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#121 Catra Lanis

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 11:30 AM

This is annoying, not the challenge per se but the LFG tool. Been looking forever for the last group and even tried to form my own but people jump in and out before you can even type in chat what you are shooting for.

#122 Apewar

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 11:31 AM

been meeting some very good toons. great event

#123 Motörhead

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 11:37 AM

Is the island cockpit unique? because I can't seem to be able to buy it with MCs.

If it's unique I might even be stupid enough to get it :D

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 11:55 AM

View PostMotörhead, on 11 April 2015 - 11:37 AM, said:

Is the island cockpit unique? because I can't seem to be able to buy it with MCs.

If it's unique I might even be stupid enough to get it :D


I wonder the same thing. If it's not I'd rather take the 500 for a War Horn.

#125 C E Dwyer

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 12:09 PM

View PostDeathlike, on 11 April 2015 - 12:22 AM, said:

The Good:
LFG works for the most part

The Bad:
LFG doesn't stop looking for people despite launching - it needs to be fixed ASAP (manual stopping of the LFG option is best workaround).
All CW matches count as 4-mans, regardless of actual group size.
There's a bit too many impatient players... occasionally unwilling to wait for team adjustment for the 3/3/3/3 rule (because the leader can't drop, so it's not the group creator's fault for that).

Also, barely anyone is using the LFG for CW purposes... which is a truly scary issue.



Its because of perceptions, only time CW will ever get a population worth anything is for events like the one before Easter.

Why's this.

Even with an LFG feature it will still be a pug.

much as people should accept CW id going to be harder and learn to at least attempt team work they don't.

Of course most of the casual players that were prepared to learn under trying circumstances were runoff by the attitude of the leet boys, garanteeing that CW is going to be a nothing event, and ensuring MWO turns into an ass of sad esport matches

#126 Bezerkah

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 12:27 PM

To make the choice for the item:
http://mwomercs.com/...s?t=201504group

Edited by Bezerkah, 11 April 2015 - 12:38 PM.


#127 SirBondySmashalot

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 01:00 PM

I finished all challenges. Where do i redeem the island item or 500 mc ? I want the MC to buy a mech bay would help me out a lot. Do i have to wait till end of weekend or does it just take awhile to update? Its been 2 or 3 hours

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 01:11 PM

View PostSirBondySmashalot, on 11 April 2015 - 01:00 PM, said:

I finished all challenges. Where do i redeem the island item or 500 mc ? I want the MC to buy a mech bay would help me out a lot. Do i have to wait till end of weekend or does it just take awhile to update? Its been 2 or 3 hours

You can select it shortly after you qualify. There's a link on this page:

http://mwomercs.com/...s?t=201504group

#129 Harlock Fredrick

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 01:25 PM

Love to see Mech weight list in the LFG tab. would make it easy to find people for weights you need. Finding out people will join and be heavy and refuse to go to any other mechs.

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 01:55 PM

View PostPeiper, on 09 April 2015 - 02:20 PM, said:

Interesting. So those who don't even know what being on an island is all about can earn the item, but those of us who WERE ON THAT ISLAND have to fight for it? It's like getting a campaign ribbon for a war you didn't fight in. As being a proud islander and crusader for the cause of Mechwarrior, having been playing in the beta since before the founders program, continued to play through all of the bullshizzle, vehemently argued on the forums against consumables, 3rd person, and the gross bastardization and overpowering of ECM - I KNOW what being on the island is like. I would research and gather opinions from the 300+ person strong LCAF hub community, and ensure my ideas supported the mainstream players before presenting them to the devs via the forums and PM's. I still have ideas sitting in the sent box that Russ and Paul have not read, along with ideas to Tina regarding the 'on an island' cockpit item that has not been read. (At least acknowledgement would be nice, but I know, stating that, I sound passive aggressive, so I'll digress instead.) I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt for not having time to read my essays, but I KNOW what it's like to live on that island. I've lived longer on the island than many of the people who will be able to earn the campaign ribbon 'on an island' have been playing the game. I've already had to explain it to two of my veteran players because they might have been playing, but weren't part of the forum, twitter, and reddit wars and didn't go to the town hall meetings. The only time they go to the forums is when I give them a link they should check out.

So, am I bitter about people who 'weren't there' earning the 'on the island' medal? No, because this is EXACTLY the kind of bullshizzle that makes me feel that us islanders are on an island to begin with. I am a proud islander. I don't need a medal to prove it, but I would like one. But if ANYONE can get the medal, then it's not fair to those of us who have actually earned it. Makes me sad.

HOWEVER. PGI has done a fantastic job with the game since dumping IGP, which I would say was the end of the 'on an island' era, and I'm glad for that. Customer service is excellent! The game really has improved and I have faith the game will keep improving. This is NOT the feeling we islanders had a year or so ago. So, great work! I'll stick around. And when PGI wants to row their dugout canoes to the island to visit, we'll be here with coconut milk and crab legs.



1st world problems??

I think anyone whom has been supporting this game for the past two years and longer (like all of us founders) whether we knew about the Island Comment or not earned our stripes. I suspect the bulk of the community is still made up of guys whom have been playing for over a year at least. If you have made it this long and spent real $$ on this game then you are more than welcome to join us on said Island.

View PostSirBondySmashalot, on 11 April 2015 - 01:00 PM, said:

I finished all challenges. Where do i redeem the island item or 500 mc ? I want the MC to buy a mech bay would help me out a lot. Do i have to wait till end of weekend or does it just take awhile to update? Its been 2 or 3 hours



If you are NOT in a unit ... just do some CW faction hopping and you will quickly acquire mech bays etc.

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 02:47 PM

Yep, CW will help out anyone who needs mech bays by moving around a bit and picking up the Faction Rewards. I did want the cockpit item, but PGI gave me the choice of the Island or MC. I chose the MC, maybe the cockpit item will come up again.

Edited by Zolaz, 11 April 2015 - 02:49 PM.


#132 TercieI

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 03:39 PM

View PostVotanin FleshRender, on 11 April 2015 - 07:22 AM, said:

Banged it out in 4ish hours, but it wasn't a very fun 4 hours. Almost every game was a stomp. Even the games my team won, we slaughtered the other team. And when we lost, we lost huge. 12-3, or 3-12 or worse for 80-85% of my games.

I tend to solo drop a lot, and these kind of experiences are largely why I do. In my humble, very unscientific subjective opinion, games are just better in the solo Q. Sure there are stomps there, too, but I would peg it at slightly less than half of my games in the solo Q end 12-3, 3-12 or worse. That's still a lot of bad games, but it's better than my experiences in the group Q.


We were glad you picked up with us but you definitely hit some of our more one-sided matches. Sorry bout that, we had some really good matches too.

#133 ColonelProctor

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 04:47 PM

Hoping to get this finished up tomorrow evening and into Monday early morning. Got two qualified matches last evening. Fun challenge. Would be in tonight but work is in my way.

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 09:08 PM

View PostMotörhead, on 11 April 2015 - 11:37 AM, said:

Is the island cockpit unique? because I can't seem to be able to buy it with MCs.

If it's unique I might even be stupid enough to get it :D


It is unpurchasable and used to be extremely rare.
I think most will take MC so still going to be fairly rare.

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 10:11 PM

A good match before that stupid earnings nerf would get me as much as 700k I already refunded the wave 3 mechs and not going back on that decision again. The clan mechs in this game suck and not worth the high cost be better off just playing regular matches once in a while.

These events just prove that they have no real clear goal and dont really know how to achieve it. cw just isn't worth my time.

cya.

View PostCrockdaddy, on 11 April 2015 - 01:55 PM, said:



1st world problems??

I think anyone whom has been supporting this game for the past two years and longer (like all of us founders) whether we knew about the Island Comment or not earned our stripes. I suspect the bulk of the community is still made up of guys whom have been playing for over a year at least. If you have made it this long and spent real $$ on this game then you are more than welcome to join us on said Island.




If you are NOT in a unit ... just do some CW faction hopping and you will quickly acquire mech bays etc.



This is why cw is such a pathetic failure. It's purely about exploiting rewards instead of being part of a loyal faction. None of it matters. Why I'm not gonna waste my time on it much anymore.

#136 Dylan Pickles

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 10:36 PM

they went from an endless grind in-game challenge to an endless grind in the lfg list, people dropping in and out constantly. Frig that, I did a 12 and I'm out unless I'm with friends.

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 10:57 PM

If your not dropping with fellow mech pilots, its a disaster trying to get a drop with people jumping in and out and changing mechs. It works best starting a private group.

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 11:29 PM

Any way to make the island item larger? Because I can barely see it in my Stalker.

Maybe its a chasis size or chasis type issue, but I really want it in my "lazy day at the beach" LRM boat....

edit - its not so much the size, its that the bottom is cut off at normal magnification.

Edited by Fenrisulvyn, 11 April 2015 - 11:38 PM.


#139 brissifu

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 11:45 PM

Hello!
Could someone tell me where to get the island or 500MC prize, I did qualify for it but cannot see where to get it!!!
Good event!

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Posted 11 April 2015 - 11:52 PM

LFG worked fine, great little challenge, easy peasy had it done in a few hours. Sadly going to miss out on using some of that premium time as it's still challenge time and people are still hacking and scrambling for their 30/80 points. Kinda sad but hey, if that's what you need to do





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