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[Ryan220]

Oh well, we're several hours into the event and I've only racked up 4 kills so it'll no freebie 'Phract for me then.

No excuses, no blaming lag, or other players - Im new and just not yet good enough.

Maybe next time I guess.

Good luck all.

[Star Wolves Admin Account]

I wouldn't be too rough on yourself. These events are not made for "fair play".

All anyone ever does is start boating LRMs in public games.

Its a lot easier if you can join a team with some dedicated ecm ams support. You can also work with your teammates so no one hogs all the kills.

Its really the only way to do these events.

[Vanguard836]

Just to be clear, you need a kill, an assist and to win in order to score 1 point for the event.

[WildeKarde]

Also there's no teamwork when it comes to the easy kill, everyone converges. Won matches but ended up with a load of assists or I make the attack to go for the kill then ended up in losing matches. Probably just me ....

[MoonUnitBeta]

if you want we can play together.
You need 30 winning matches, 1 kill and 1 assist in each of those in order to get a point towards the free mech. It's pretty tough, but it's not as bad as previous challenges where you also needed to live

[MerryIguana]

I wouldnt worry bout it too much, champion phract doesnt even come with a xl. Not worth the effort.

[Navid A1]

These events are just there to remind you how much you hate your teammates at any given moment.

everything will be back to normal soon.

[Flaming oblivion]

Yeah I've give up on it . I'm at 6 points.

The kill and assist I've got every game but 2 . The win unfortunately I only contribute 8.3% to the win , I have to rely on 11 others to contribute to that , Not much I can do when I can get 8 kills and still watch the team lose.

Pretty messed up challenge when part of the criteria you have no control over.

[F4T 4L]

Flaming oblivion, on 17 January 2015 - 01:19 PM, said:

Pretty messed up challenge when part of the criteria you have no control over.

Didn't you leave?

Anyhow, I hope that's a joke.

[Alistair Winter]

MerryIguana, on 17 January 2015 - 01:14 PM, said:

I wouldnt worry bout it too much, champion phract doesnt even come with a xl. Not worth the effort.

....

the fuq? That crazy grind and you don't even get an xl engine?

[Nubirak]

I'm not even mad about losing half the matches... but why is that I only win matches that I either have no kills or no assists?

[Johnny Z]

MerryIguana, on 17 January 2015 - 01:14 PM, said:

I wouldnt worry bout it too much, champion phract doesnt even come with a xl. Not worth the effort.

I have a champion mech in my mech stable but every player should have one for the exp bonus. Same goes for a hero/bonus credit mech.

A champion heavy to get GXP for modules may be one of the best weight classes for it to.

Edited by Johnny Z, 17 January 2015 - 01:37 PM.

[Latorque]

Nubirak, on 17 January 2015 - 01:32 PM, said:

I'm not even mad about losing half the matches... but why is that I only win matches that I either have no kills or no assists?

Playing like normal, enjoying the free premium time. In the case i get the Phract; it's a free mechbay (i hope i can sell this heap of junk )... if not; who cares?

[Agent 0 Fortune]

The thing that bugs me is that it doesn't reward effort. I have been tracking matches, and so far 25% of the time I have had multiple kills and/or 600+ damage and lost. That isn't counting the 40% of the time where we have just been rolled up (yeah go MM 65% loss record, note less that 5% of my matches have been victories without a qualifying kill).
I would like to see a system were you need 4 points per match to get a victory token. You get 1 point per kill, you get 1 point per 4 assists, you get 1 point per 500 damage, you get 1 point for a victory. Of course I suggest that because it fits my playstyle but I think the win condition is completely unfair, the matchmaker is literally working against you half the time (or more).

[jacko01]

Latorque, on 17 January 2015 - 01:35 PM, said:

Playing like normal, enjoying the free premium time. In the case i get the Phract; it's a free mechbay (i hope i can sell this heap of junk )... if not; who cares?

Very unlikely you'll be able to sell it it's a freebie afterall,

only 5 points away from it anyway

[Eider]

i do plenty of damage least 600 or more and end up with zero kills as teammates will jump in front of my full alpha just to try and get a kill. End up losing more matches than winning.

[Wildstreak]

Feh, I was more focused on messing around with the discount Jag-DD I got, I got 3 days Premium time and expect no more.
Never had plans to get Phracts and if I really want one, I can always pay for the Pracht Mastery Pack that includes this Mech.

[Cleverbird]

I hate this event with a passion.

I either get a kill and no assists

Assists but no kill

Kill and assists and no win

Stuck at 11/30 for hours now >.<

[Flaming oblivion]

TIMBER WOLF TBR-PRIME games played-290 wins -157 losses-128 w/l ratio-1.23 kills-342 deaths-159 k/d ratio-2.15 damage-115,983 257,924


That's my stats for just one mech definitely above average and all done in pugland. And I can honestly say this challenge is bad. Just bad the win requirement makes it hellish in pugland and just highlights how terribad the matchmaker is.

[LowSubmarino]

MoonUnitBeta, on 17 January 2015 - 01:09 PM, said:

if you want we can play together.
You need 30 winning matches, 1 kill and 1 assist in each of those in order to get a point towards the free mech. It's pretty tough, but it's not as bad as previous challenges where you also needed to live

Haha, yeah. Damn, the 'to the victors' event was one brutal challenge. The victor was/is utter crap though. I only did it for the free mech bay hehe.