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[Ridir Semii]

White Bear 84, on 26 February 2015 - 07:01 PM, said:

No it was definitely wave 1 (90% sure lol) - Im pretty sure I had the camo on my mechs before I got wave 2. Wave 2 camo was the specific clan camo's (ghost bear etc)

I got the full wave 2 package, and the clan camo specs were part of the package, the polygon was a pre-order bonus.... however that doesn't mean I am not wrong about wave 1 having it, but to my knowledge it did not

[Alaskan Nobody]

Uminix, on 26 February 2015 - 07:11 PM, said:

I got the full wave 2 package, and the clan camo specs were part of the package, the polygon was a pre-order bonus.... however that doesn't mean I am not wrong about wave 1 having it, but to my knowledge it did not

I have not bought any camo for my Clan mechs - but my Adder have polygon.

Having said that - I had to check

[Biggest Salami]

I just want to say how grateful I am that the Win requirement has been dropped. Now I can really feel enthusiastic about this event, knowing that whether I get points or not is up to me.

[VoodooLou Kerensky]

Is this the Adder Prime(I)(Invasion version with 30% cbill boost) or just the standard Adder Prime that is currently available for C-Bills?

[Team Imp]

!!! good event PGI!!!!

[Alaskan Nobody]

VoodooLou Kerensky, on 26 February 2015 - 07:41 PM, said:

Is this the Adder Prime(I)(Invasion version with 30% cbill boost) or just the standard Adder Prime that is currently available for C-Bills?

Basic Adder Prime.

(I) mechs and other () marks are only available through the pre-orders, and are, in fact, the only actual exclusive from pre-orders

[Appogee]

A great event - thanks PGI.

I particularly appreciate that you removed the "win" requirement, which was a source of constant frustration.

[Hayato1983]

So much better.

[Ridir Semii]

Shar Wolf, on 26 February 2015 - 07:15 PM, said:

I have not bought any camo for my Clan mechs - but my Adder have polygon.

Having said that - I had to check

then it was a bonus for both waves... lol and for the urbie packages too

[YakkSlapper]

sad in a way, already have adder, (have wave 1 and 2 soon to be 3rd, so cant sell the adder primes, arent they NON sellable champs? so one duplicate mech wont ever need taking up space,, a free colour? great,,,BUT, the colour chosen? too close to the ones already given for buying sets, and NOT a popular colour to begine with, for some exelent on the bonus time, but from a point of view of almost a year already banked n active, no biggy, paid consumables are great for some, an after thought for others, (hell im lucky i can remember i have any 'consumable' loaded,

so from a "paid account so to speak, meh weaksauce, bfd over nothing special, BUT!!!!!!!,,,,
how many ppl DO NOT have what some of us have? and how many others cant afford even that little? answer, A LOT, so for them its a damned godsend and a boon, so let them enjoy some of the 'finer things' they only wished they had, could afford,,,

My only 'gripe' is, SCREW THAT CAMO! its ugly trash (least to me,) and i likely would not use it even if it was given away free for asking, (well that and the choice of colour but thats already coverd)

so, let those who have not, enjoy the chance, let them reap some rewards and spiffy nice nices,

so all in all, *THANK YOU POWERS THAT BE FOR TRYING ,,,and removing the 'win' condition as well, making score for kill and assist be the requirements!!* (then again just making win the only condition works too, THAT will promote ' teamwork ' more then anything else

(now, whare can i find a LEFT handed joystick, NOT changeable, not ambidextrous, left handed)

[Alik Kerensky]

80 is a bit high, but I like that you don't have to win... so hopefully I can do this in under 150 matches this time...

Too bad I already have an Adder with that Camo for everything but the PRIME, don't need help buying consumables, and I'm not personally partial to the color. So free mech bay, some CB bills, and a color I may never use. It's free and I'll most likely play to 60 as I also got that Hanging Item.

Edited by Alik Kerensky, 26 February 2015 - 09:52 PM.

[Bill Lumbar]

Here is my take on this new event.... looks the same as the last two. You guys that say what are you all complaining about simply amaze me. Last event had the win factor in it or it didn't count, 25 points for the champion Raven. This one....well, lets see, we have to get 50 points, so they doubled the total points needed = the same amount of games give or take to obtain the Badder.

Same thing for the top tier items to be earned... they pretty much doubled the points needed to get them, and this once again = the same number of games played to get them for many. Keep saying good job PGI.... rock on, this one will be way easier then the last. Sorry, simple truth, you have been duped, had, because it will take just as many games to get the "free" stuff. I would have been impressed that they listened to "us" if they would have taken off the win requirement and kept the points at 25 for the badder, and 50 for the top Items... color/etc. etc. Nothing new here guys... just a long and painful weekend if you want the "free" Items. Its almost like the raging mob of Rome up in here.... seriously. Enjoy the weekend and good luck!

I could care less about the consumables, I am sure they are great for some of you guys, I don't use them. I still have all of them from the last events and giveaways collecting dust in my hanger.

[mikerso]

Michael Costanza, on 26 February 2015 - 04:29 PM, said:

It should be pretty easy to add a piece of code that prevents people from getting points in matches where they fail to reconnect by the time the match ends or before they die.

This would only work if the client software was 100% reliable. As is it is not.

sabujo, on 26 February 2015 - 04:41 PM, said:

I miss the time these events would extend up till Tuesday. That would give some opportunity to those that cannot used the weekend.

Ditto on this. I feel lucky when PGI has a server issue that causes an event extension. I work 12 hr days on the weekends. I have a hard time justifying the money I spend in game if I don't see any events.

[mikerso]

Cab, on 26 February 2015 - 01:36 PM, said:

i wonder how many disconnects we will see during this event after s.o. has 1 kill and 1 assist

I don't call them disconnects. I call them our free road to a new adder. This is my only disagreement with taking out the win requirement. People will disconnect, but then it allows you to get a point. Or post up above a team disconnect, and get your point from those trying to kill it.

Edited by mikerso, 26 February 2015 - 10:27 PM.

[Windscape]

I have enough light mechs already PGI!! THe adder seems good but the cockpit of it bothers my little brain

[Motörhead]

Too close to the past competition, 3 days premium for me, and then let's see how much I get/want to play.
The raven had more value, given the removable XL295 inside. The adder is kind of cheap and buying a mechbay is not a problem, not really worth the grind for me.

It would be nice if the blue color was 20 or 30 points tho.

[kka]

If one would add: if you get 2 kills and 2 assists, you get 2 points etc, it would be better.

Oh, and half the points required to lessen the grind.

[Punk Oblivion]

I like this format much better than the win condition. I would say I get a kill in 80% of my matches, but my win percentage is much lower. without the win condition it is much more individual skill based, rather then team skill based. Meaning even if I get put in a team that messes up big time, I can still earn a point. (I.E. No more matches where I get 6 kills and 1000+ dmg, but don't get a point because my team somehow still blows the match)

Now the only thing left is deciding how to play. Do I use an assault to bludgeon mechs to death early, or take something like my Arrow as a clean-up mech for the second half of the match?

[Zesaric]

WVAnonymous, on 26 February 2015 - 03:25 PM, said:

Get your free bonus kill from the discos...

Actually, I'm not at all worried about getting the kills or the 80 points. In the last event, I got the 50 points in like 130 games because I wasn't particularly lucky in the Win column. So I believe I will get 80 in significantly fewer games, which for sure is an improvement.

However, I'm disappointed that despite all the clear player feedback, it has not been understood what the problem of the current event format is and how they could be made so much more fun. To sum it up:

1) Single aspects (e.g. kills, assists) as criteria for rewards deteriorate teamwork and gamestyle. Better use Match Score instead as it rewards overall contribution and promotes teamwork.

2) Threshold values that decide between green tick and red cross are a source of frustration: Theoretically, a player could do top damage and have 12 assists in each of say 100 matches and still have zero points. Had match score been used and just summed up (like XP), the same player probably gets all rewards after 30 games. Which is only fair because his constant excellent performance enabled his side to win matches.

[Astennu]

Foxfire kadrpg, on 26 February 2015 - 01:00 PM, said:

PGI, you've been doing an OUTSTANDING job since escaping the clutches of IGP,

but I'm starting to think that the trend is eventually going to lead to a contest where the single requirement is 'show up'.

Either way. Thanks. A new mech is always a worthy objective.

I think thats unfair to say. The last tournament was rubish. If you play very well and your team screwed up you still did not get a point. I had a lot of matches where i had 3-4 kills and 5-7 assists and 400-800 damage and stil no points.
Thats totally unfair.

I stil think match score is a better way to do it because one kill and one assist make it to intereisting to go kammikaze mode but its better then 1k, 1a and 1w.

Edited by Astennu, 27 February 2015 - 12:34 AM.