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[The Massive]

Kills worth 10 points, assists worth 20.

I totally understand why kills are less. In case you don't it's because people play like dickheads when kills are worth more.

But I just played a 3 kill 2 assist 500+ damage game which totaled 108 pts. Frustrating.

Please make kills and assists worth the same for these challenges. Pretty please? With a cherry on top? Even if you split the difference and make them both worth 15pts.

Thanks PGI. You're the best.

[Joseph Mallan]

its early here and I almost commented on this from just the title. The last line is a great compromise. I like how you think.

[stratagos]

Carry harder. Earn your fifteen cents worth of MC!

/they're unlikely to tweak the formula this late into the event, but the feedback is good for the next one

[Carcass23]

I'm gonna assist here and put up my post without adding any relevant information. See what I did there?

[Rear Admiral Tier 6]

15 points for both for the next challenge would be nice to see

[mike29tw]

stratagos, on 31 January 2015 - 02:51 AM, said:

Carry harder. Earn your fifteen cents worth of MC!

/they're unlikely to tweak the formula this late into the event, but the feedback is good for the next one

Actually he needs to carry less. 5 assists and 500+ damage will surely reach the 130 score goal for the event.

[Duke Nedo]

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2 kills, 3 assists in a loss, 617 damage and no cookie. I support the OP! You can't really get more point (assist) unless more people on the other team dies...

Edited by Duke Nedo, 31 January 2015 - 04:50 AM.

[TexAce]

7 kills with doing 899 damage does not qualify either

Even 8 kills with 749 damage doesn't. (That's killing 2/3 of the team on your own!)

Thats a far bigger concern than your 3/2/500

Edited by TexAss, 31 January 2015 - 04:58 AM.

[Joseph Mallan]

Carcass23, on 31 January 2015 - 02:54 AM, said:

I'm gonna assist here and put up my post without adding any relevant information. See what I did there?

Yes I did. But it was neither cute nor funny. If you are going to attempt this please try to be at least entertaining.

TexAss, on 31 January 2015 - 04:57 AM, said:

7 kills with doing 899 damage does not qualify either

Even 8 kills with 749 damage doesn't. (That's killing 2/3 of the team on your own!)

Thats a far bigger concern than your 3/2/500

You're team must have lost. Winning is the big part of the equation.

Edited by Joseph Mallan, 31 January 2015 - 05:01 AM.

[ThrashInc]

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[STEF_]

I started to play just like a noob, 'cause I want da cookie.

OP +1

I wonder why pgi dont like k=assist.....

[Matthew Ace]

I don't get why PGI doesn't just make the event such that you accumulate the points throughout the event, and then based on that tally, give 20 MC for every 130 points.

[Flaming oblivion]

I agree with you ive lost a few points through getting 5 kills.

Perhaps theirs a point to this though.

You can kill a enemy mech alone. But it becomes problematic if your not aware of whats going on around you with allies and its slower. Perhaps their trying to teach pugs the benefits of focus fire.....

[stratagos]

Matthew Ace, on 31 January 2015 - 05:27 AM, said:

I don't get why PGI doesn't just make the event such that you accumulate the points throughout the event, and then based on that tally, give 20 MC for every 130 points.

Because people would hop in a Trial, charge the enemy, tag as many as possible before dying.

Then repeat

[Matthew Ace]

stratagos, on 31 January 2015 - 05:57 AM, said:

Because people would hop in a Trial, charge the enemy, tag as many as possible before dying.

Then repeat

Hmm true hadn't thought of that. Thanks.

[Joseph Mallan]

stratagos, on 31 January 2015 - 05:57 AM, said:

Because people would hop in a Trial, charge the enemy, tag as many as possible before dying.

Then repeat

TAGging only give bonuses when Missiles are fired thought right? The act of TAGging alone is not enough?

[Fate 6]

stratagos, on 31 January 2015 - 02:51 AM, said:

Carry harder. Earn your fifteen cents worth of MC!

/they're unlikely to tweak the formula this late into the event, but the feedback is good for the next one

They had this exact scoring system in a previous event and we commented on it then too.

[Joseph Mallan]

Fate 6, on 31 January 2015 - 07:41 AM, said:

They had this exact scoring system in a previous event and we commented on it then too.

Are we missing teh point that PGI does not want it to be EASY for us to win MC? Is that something players are missing? It is an MC "Challenge" if it were easy to win it would be a MC "give away"!

[Duke Nedo]

Joseph Mallan, on 31 January 2015 - 08:01 AM, said:

Are we missing teh point that PGI does not want it to be EASY for us to win MC? Is that something players are missing? It is an MC "Challenge" if it were easy to win it would be a MC "give away"!

There is no problem what so ever with the difficult level, the problem is that if we assume a loss, we get defeated by 6-12. Assume I do a lousy performance, I spray laser everywhere, deal 150 damage and die. My awesome teammate makes a good appearance, fights the best he can, kills four and deals 700 damage before he dies. I would end up with 6 assists, 150 damage and a cookie, while mr awesome ends up with 4 kills, 2 assists, 600 damage and nothing.

That's the problem. Actually only one of the problems. The other problem is that penalizing the killing shot encourages abnormal behavior like avoiding killing mechs when the team objective is to kill mechs....

[Joseph Mallan]

Duke Nedo, on 31 January 2015 - 08:11 AM, said:

There is no problem what so ever with the difficult level, the problem is that if we assume a loss, we get defeated by 6-12. Assume I do a lousy performance, I spray laser everywhere, deal 150 damage and die. My awesome teammate makes a good appearance, fights the best he can, kills four and deals 700 damage before he dies. I would end up with 6 assists, 150 damage and a cookie, while mr awesome ends up with 4 kills, 2 assists, 600 damage and nothing.

That's the problem. Actually only one of the problems. The other problem is that penalizing the killing shot encourages abnormal behavior like avoiding killing mechs when the team objective is to kill mechs....

I see what you mean but it is an attempt to reward "team work" instead of individual success, I don't say it is doing it correctly, and it is getting gamed, But the logic is coming from the right place. If more players worked together there would be more players earning more MC. ANd lets face it the ME generation did not end with