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[stealthraccoon]

Meh, this is not my cup of tea.

But I think it is a perfectly reasonable event for those who use TS and have enough tonnage and time for the multiple CW drops.

This event is a minor distraction from the pending arrival of our most holy trashcan of doom!

[Better Call Saul]

3CLIPZ3, on 26 March 2015 - 01:45 PM, said:

a new event almost every friday, awesome. So why not have the event start and end on a friday and give players a week to finish it?

Agree with this 110% especially due to CW match length.

[Ridir Semii]

stealthraccoon, on 26 March 2015 - 07:48 PM, said:

This event is a minor distraction from the pending arrival of our most holy trashcan of doom!

they need to surprise drop him on us ASAP

[Michael Costanza]

I'm glad there's a CW event but tying it into match score instead of kills or assists or some other metric makes it difficult since it's hard to tell in-game what your match score is.

That being said a new TDR-9SE is a happy thing.

[Divine Retribution]

PFC Carsten, on 26 March 2015 - 02:12 PM, said:

So, you really think that people who have experienced a weekend of frustration will stay in that game-mode deliberately? Far fetched hope, I'd say.

As opposed to the other event weekends? Players grind for stuff in the normal queues, become frustrated and post angrily, then go right back to grinding. The CW matches people play will be a twist on a familiar experience.

If 5% of the people that play CW for the first time because of the event stay afterward I'll be happy.

[627]

I like the incentive for players to play more CW. In the end you could even see more IS vs IS battles, the true gem of CW for me. Not that I don't like or play clan mechs, but IS only has a really nice flavor, it's like old times

Let's see, 80 Match score is not that hard if you don't get rushed in 5minutes, so half an hour per match, plus 10minutes waiting times. This times 20 is... hey, only 13 hours 20 minutes.... wait wut? And not even counting some failed matches because that will happen...

so roughly 15hours of MWO will bring you a new mech.

\(o_O)/

[Texas Merc]

Remember guys that picking a faction for the weekend does not just help you get the stated rewards but as you play and progress you unlock additional faction rewards for gaining ranks with whatever faction you are playing for.

[G SE7EN7]

Great event, great scoring choice. Love seeing events that promote CW, its what everyone should be playing.

[G SE7EN7]

Michael Costanza, on 26 March 2015 - 09:19 PM, said:

I'm glad there's a CW event but tying it into match score instead of kills or assists or some other metric makes it difficult since it's hard to tell in-game what your match score is.

That being said a new TDR-9SE is a happy thing.

Score 600ish dmg and you should have your 80, and 600 is p1ss easy to do.

[CycKath]

Non-voice pugging in CW, oh so much fun

[EGG]

10-15 hours of CW....I don't think I can do it

Maybe if I was north of the arctic circle and only had 2 hours daylight or something

[Smith Gibson]

Better Call Saul, on 26 March 2015 - 08:15 PM, said:

Agree with this 110% especially due to CW match length.

Isn't agreeing with something 110% the equivalent of voter fraud? You are literally... wait... checking... Literally, figuratively... Yes, literally admitting to falsifying how much you agree?

On a totally unrelated note I agree with this 90%, also especially due to CW match length.
I have no idea where my last 10% of agreeing went to. It was right here just a bit ago.

[Frost Lord]

El Bandito, on 26 March 2015 - 06:52 PM, said:

I'm pretty sure you can sell them. And only the Champion Thunderbutt has the 30% XP buff. The Crow is just a regular old Crow without any buffs.

well you cant sell a champion and the storm crow is a prime so its posable it dose, i think its a bit wearied they would pick a champion and a non champion.

Edited by Frost Lord, 27 March 2015 - 12:10 AM.

[Xione87]

So, to get a good CW mech, you have to... be good at CW...
Oh well, I already have both these mechs, but I might give it a try anyway. I can sell the doubles at least.

Additionally: PGI (yes they'll never read this) could you consider starting weekend events 5-7 hours earlier so those in western europe have something to do on their friday afternoon off? After all, you also extend this event untill midnight on tuesday for your side of the big pond

[xengk]

Can I sell the reward mech for cbill?
My King Crab funding could use the money from selling a stormcrow.

[PFC Carsten]

Divine Retribution, on 26 March 2015 - 10:26 PM, said:

As opposed to the other event weekends? Players grind for stuff in the normal queues, become frustrated and post angrily, then go right back to grinding. The CW matches people play will be a twist on a familiar experience.

If 5% of the people that play CW for the first time because of the event stay afterward I'll be happy.

Fair enough. But from my point of view (as a non-CW-Pugger), I've had way less frustration on regular events than on the single CW match I tried yesterday evening (local time) - and we weren't even stomped (it was 35-ish to 48 in the end), plus I got the landmark 80 points really easy (140, tbe; it was just a test how difficult it would be, I am aware that the event has not started), even without a single kill and with two medium and two light mechs. It was just: It was absolutely no fun.

We (IS) were fighting the tube-breds on counter attack. They have a massive advantage there IMO, being able to just stack up on lasers, doing way more damage because almost all their stuff weighs less, their DHS take up one third less space and they have a more than decent range advantage over IS weapons - and they don't die when you blow off one ST.

That means, that from a distance, when you're still trading a bit, you're either doing half the damage because you just cannot equip as many long-range weapons and with medium range, they are already doing full damage while you're still way above your optimum range, doing way less damage than nominal output, so that 2 IS-ML vs. 2 c-ERML is just laughable.

Additionally, CW is more for the hardcore players, owning and/or having mastered a full deck already, while at the previous events, odds were more even. Now it's 4x mastered/module-equipped vs. 1x elited/maybe-moduled + 3 trials for many.

To put it short: CW is even less beginner friendly than normal play, generating even more frustration with beginners. I am afraid, it's destined to drive beginners away from MWO altogether, if they are not prepared.
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All that general ranting aside, I like the general concept that CWers get their preferred event as well, since they were at a (timewise) disadvantage at almost all the events before, so I won't complain about the event in general.

[Joseph Mallan]

InnerSphereNews, on 26 March 2015 - 11:50 AM, said:

Prove My Allegiance! I'm from Furillo... Look. It. Up!

Edited by Joseph Mallan, 27 March 2015 - 01:10 AM.

[Grey Ghost]

Frost Lord, on 27 March 2015 - 12:08 AM, said:

well you cant sell a champion and the storm crow is a prime so its posable it dose, i think its a bit wearied they would pick a champion and a non champion.

You can indeed sell Champion (C) Mechs. I should know, I've sold more than one. Only the Special (I) version of PRIME Clan Mechs is not sellable, so there shouldn't be any problem with the Ryoken / Stormcrow either.

[Elizander]

PFC Carsten, on 27 March 2015 - 12:44 AM, said:

That means, that from a distance, when you're still trading a bit, you're either doing half the damage because you just cannot equip as many long-range weapons and with medium range, they are already doing full damage while you're still way above your optimum range, doing way less damage than nominal output, so that 2 IS-ML vs. 2 c-ERML is just laughable.

I know how you feel there that is why I built a new deck focused entirely on out-ranging the clans with ERLLs.

[I_AM_ZUUL]

Smith Gibson, on 26 March 2015 - 11:56 PM, said:

Isn't agreeing with something 110% the equivalent of voter fraud? You are literally... wait... checking... Literally, figuratively... Yes, literally admitting to falsifying how much you agree?

On a totally unrelated note I agree with this 90%, also especially due to CW match length.
I have no idea where my last 10% of agreeing went to. It was right here just a bit ago.

Thats mean to say.... some people think Democrats win like that everywhere not just Chicago.

Edited by I_AM_ZUUL, 27 March 2015 - 01:38 AM.