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[Bartholomew bartholomew]

Thanks for this PGI. I don't think I will get the whole 100. But honestly do not care about that. Just glad that you do something like this for us.

Thank you again. And Merry Christmas.

[DEMAX51]

Wormflush, on 23 December 2014 - 03:05 PM, said:

My experience indicates that these figures might be correct: 1 mech bay in 54 drawings so far.
Once I drew 500.000 MC.

I think you mean C-bills, not MC.

500,000 MC is like $2,000 in real money.

[CrashieJ]

Some of my matches are not registering on the board, I counted at least 6 in which I know I got more than 30 but it did not register.

also some rewards are not in my inventory along with Mech XP

[Nightmare1]

Best Special Challenge Ever!

Thanks PGI and have a very Merry Christmas!

Edited by Nightmare1, 23 December 2014 - 05:30 PM.

[Void2258]

WTF does it take to get a match score of 30? I did 236 damage, 5 kill assists and still only 26 match score.

PS could everyone please stop being obsessed with Theta in conquest? Every game turns into a slaughter as my team HAS to take theta at any cost.

Edited by Void2258, 23 December 2014 - 06:54 PM.

[ShinVector]

Void2258, on 23 December 2014 - 06:29 PM, said:

WTF does it take to get a match score of 30? I did 236 damage, 5 kill assists and still only 26 match score.

Are you being serious ?

[Void2258]

ShinVector, on 23 December 2014 - 06:54 PM, said:

Are you being serious ?

Of Course I am being serious.

[Weirdjedi]

This event was actually pretty nice.

Pros: Unlike how we usually only have a few days for a tournament/event, we are given two weeks to accomplish this goal. To compliment that, people stated that they have received e-mails containing the code "holiday2014" to which gives a full week of premium time. This was offered last year as well. Also, the event supports all play styles. You can go in solo or group and choose whichever game mode you want to at least gain something in return. If for some reason you didn't know about the event beforehand, you don't need to opt-in. However, you do need to redeem them from the main post. I assume they want to see how many people log in to their profile/website

More Pros: The best thing they did was make the rewards in the Stocking Stuffer Event easy to get. You may recall To The Victors event where you had to "Get 1 or more Kill, Get 1 or more Assist, Survive, and Win the match." This time around, all you need is a match score of 30. This allows people to redeem their item for at least participating in battle, regardless of what happens to your team or round.

Rewards: I've heard complaints of how random or cheap the items are. Personally, I think the items are worth it. Not counting community warfare, I have received...

• 28 c-bills (50,000 to 100,000 and one 500,000 reward)
  
• 15 GXP (100 to 400)
  
• 14 MC (5 to 40)
  
• 11 Consumables (Improved UAV, Improved Coolant Pod, Priority Artillery Strike, and Priority Air Strike)
  
• 2 Naughty Items (Flamer and Medium Laser)
  
• 2 Cockpit Items (Snow Globe and Lump of Coal)
  
• 3 Other (2 Mechbays and 1 day of Premium Time)

I'm pretty sure the snow globe was actually a reward for the 12 Christmas Wins from last year. The actual icon under your challenges tab in your profile has a picture of a tree, which is a completely different cockpit item. I did not participate in the event so I don't know which reward people received. I should also point out that it is possible to obtain a few other items I was not able to. They are listed in the original post.

Bonus Reward: It is worth mentioning how cheap the New Year items are. I received a total of 350 MC (worth 1 cheap cockpit item or 1 mech bay slot). It is enough to buy all the items except for the urbanmech. If you missed it from the Win 25 Matches Challenge, now is your chance to get the 3050 hologram.

Cons: At the beginning of the event, they offered the option to convert 50 Mech XP to GXP for 1 MC. This is double the normal amount of 25 Mech XP to GXP for 1 MC. This happened within a day's time before giving a chance for ones to use their won MC in the event. And as a side point, the required match score of 30 does not take into consideration any specific objectives. Without fully testing it, dedicating yourself to just taking bases will not meet that goal.

[ShinVector]

Void2258, on 23 December 2014 - 07:03 PM, said:

Of Course I am being serious.

Just use your strongest longest range mech.
You probably get over 30 with 1 kill 200 damage even on a lost.
Just surprising because 30 is relatively easy to get unless you screwed up big time.

[Void2258]

ShinVector, on 23 December 2014 - 07:15 PM, said:

Just use your strongest longest range mech.
You probably get over 30 with 1 kill 200 damage even on a lost.
Just surprising because 30 is relatively easy to get unless you screwed up big time.

What game are you playing because I never seem to get a 30 without 3+ kills or 400+ damage.

[ShinVector]

Void2258, on 23 December 2014 - 07:19 PM, said:

What game are you playing because I never seem to get a 30 without 3+ kills or 400+ damage.

Hmmmm...
1 kill + assists + average damage will get you what you need.

I think the below screenshot might be a good reference for the match score.
Just remember to take a jab at any enemy mech insight for assists.

Edited by ShinVector, 23 December 2014 - 07:51 PM.

[Void2258]

Now I just had a game where I walked into a huge ambush right at the start and only had 2 assists and 101 damage, but somehow that gave me a match score of 34. I do not understand how this is determined. It seems random at this point.

Edited by Void2258, 23 December 2014 - 08:47 PM.

[RiotHero]

I've made enough MC to buy a new paint color(over 500) lots of GXP, a decent chunk of cbills, 3 days premium time, 3 trees, 1 lump of coal and some random consumables. Overall I'd say it's been great for me and I'm not done yet. I've only got naughty about 4/5 times. I've got 35, 45, and 50mc a lot of times but I haven't seen a mech bay yet.

I'm happy, any time there is an event that gives me something for nothing and doesn't ruin my gaming I'm happy. In the past they set it up in such a way that forces idiots to ruin the game for everyone, this event is play as normal and you get something. 30 points is nothing to get even for a loss.

[Colonel Fubar]

Another Fantastic Event PGI.
Grab Bag's are always fun...keep them coming!

[utzelbrutz]

Awesome event. But you maybe should double the draws for CW matches. 30 points are really easy to get and you can play 2+ "normal" matches vs 1 CW match.

[Gremlinn]

I wish there wasn't a limit. I have already been done with my 100 matches. I understand you don't want people just playing 1 kind of game, maybe you could have unlocked another 25 of each when the person completed the first set of 25's. Either way, thanks, and I appreciate what I did get. Thanks for the length too. I would have liked that with the things over thanks giving, I missed the whole event.

[Gremlinn]

Btw, for those of you wondering, I got a ton of consumables, GXP, and Cbills. I did not receive any mech bays, only 1 day of premium time, and 1 hanging item. I also received 7 naughty items out of 100 qualifying matches.

[Angels Bane]

yeah.... stare at the screen for 20 mins to go shoot some turrents for 20 points. prob gonna need another month to get the community wait-fair stockings >.<

[Angels Bane]

whups, correction. 22 mins to watch half the team bail. oh well, cant blame em. back to puggin It I guess O.o

[Kjudoon]

Very happy with this event, but could you include random colors and 1 shot camo schemes next time you do a doozy like this? I'd really love to see that!