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[Grendel408]

Quick question, maybe it was addressed already but...

Why is this event shorter in time available vs the Founders and Phoenix events?

[ALKALIN3]

Alexander Garden, on 21 May 2015 - 05:26 PM, said:

You're sane! I just didn't update the posts with all the necessary information (until now).

If a large amount of folks break IS contracts to go Clan, won't this just turn into Tukyiid all over again in regards to wait times?

[Mawai]

Ken Moore, on 21 May 2015 - 04:51 PM, said:

So for the last 2 events the Inner Sphere guys got a stupid Hula Girl for making it to 20 points in the personal challenge. The clan only have to go to 12 points and they are given MC!!! MC = Real money! Can we trade in the Hula girl for MC??

Honestly it is 12 points from CW ... considering that the matches are longer and how long it takes to get a match I think they NEEDED to offer MC as the top level prize ... a hula girl just would not cut it

[YaKillinMeSmalls]

So Clan Davion is eligible for all reward sets, right?

[JudgeDeathCZ]

This challenge does not make sense at all...if every1 would like to get points->every1 will be clan then will be there any IS enemy?

[fishballz]

I predict this will be tukayyid all over again, this time with long clan queues and instant IS queues.

[Haplo88]

I would ask if the clan population difference is really so low that you need clan only events to encourage people to play them, but I already know the answer to that question is yes. If it does work and everyone switches to clans, the clans will need to fight each other to get quicker matches.

[sdsnowbum]

Ken Moore, on 21 May 2015 - 04:51 PM, said:

So for the last 2 events the Inner Sphere guys got a stupid Hula Girl for making it to 20 points in the personal challenge. The clan only have to go to 12 points and they are given MC!!! MC = Real money! Can we trade in the Hula girl for MC??

If you are IS and you get to 12 points you will also get MC.

[sdsnowbum]

JudgeDeathCZ, on 21 May 2015 - 06:06 PM, said:

This challenge does not make sense at all...if every1 would like to get points->every1 will be clan then will be there any IS enemy?

You can get points as IS for the personal challenge. Any faction any mech, as long as you play in CW matches.

[Boaz Roshak]

Wow what a crappy event. I have all the clan packages but have a life time Davion contract. Is this PGI's way of telling me to stop giving them money for clan mechs, I am thinking so. Good to know. Here is a thing to ponder what if the IS decides they do not want to play a part in this abysmal event and none of them show up... I guess every one can fail to earn rewards as you can not get points with out an opponent. I suspect I will sit this one out even after placing in the last 2 event and having booth of these packages. Still amazed how horrible of an idea this was even for you guys.

Edited by Boaz Roshak, 21 May 2015 - 06:24 PM.

[Zibmo]

My wife will be thrilled. I will have all kinds of time to do honey-dos. I hate pug CW with the heat of a thousand suns. I will not be playing.

[Hylius]

While getting rid of the cooldown helps, it doesn't solve the problem. Let's say I wanted to move my unit to clan for this event, to give people the chance to play it. Right now it would cost 51,500,000 CBills for my unit to break contract. That's simply not an option. And that's with only 13 days left. What about a unit that just yesterday signed up for 28 days or somesuch? They're in an even worse position. If you want it to be viable, at the least you need to make contract breaking have 0 penalty. Even that can be asking for too much for many units/players (especially given the current state of clan 'Mechs).

I understand running the I and G 'Mechs is a requirement for the non-personal challenge, that's fine and how the others worked. But suddenly changing from "any regular drops" to "must be CW" is a fairly big restriction and the lack of consistency seems frustrating for all sides..

[Crotch RockIt]

Boaz Roshak, on 21 May 2015 - 06:23 PM, said:

Wow what a crappy event. I have all the clan packages but have a life time Davion contract. Is this PGI's way of telling me to stop giving them money for clan mechs, I am thinking so. Good to know. Here is a thing to ponder what if the IS decides they do not want to play a part in this abysmal event and none of them show up... I guess every one can fail to earn rewards as you can not get points with out an opponent. I suspect I will sit this one out even after placing in the last 2 event and having booth of these packages. Still amazed how horrible of an idea this was even for you guys.

Hylius, on 21 May 2015 - 06:35 PM, said:

While getting rid of the cooldown helps, it doesn't solve the problem. Let's say I wanted to move my unit to clan for this event, to give people the chance to play it. Right now it would cost 51,500,000 CBills for my unit to break contract. That's simply not an option. And that's with only 13 days left. What about a unit that just yesterday signed up for 28 days or somesuch? They're in an even worse position. If you want it to be viable, at the least you need to make contract breaking have 0 penalty. Even that can be asking for too much for many units/players (especially given the current state of clan 'Mechs).

I understand running the I and G 'Mechs is a requirement for the non-personal challenge, that's fine and how the others worked. But suddenly changing from "any regular drops" to "must be CW" is a fairly big restriction and the lack of consistency seems frustrating for all sides..

PGI is breaking all contracts (for free) tomorrow prior to the event. So you could get a one week clan contract for the event, and then go back to your IS contract after the event is over.

Edited by Crotch RockIt, 21 May 2015 - 06:39 PM.

[lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol]

It's all about statistics and data.

Basically now that the SC and TW have had their nuts stomped, PGI needs to see a few things.

How pissed the Clan player community really is about the nerfs and if they will engage in CW at all.

If Clan players can perform within certain paramaters while using TW and SC and if they are still overpowered, or evened out.

But most importantly, they need to see the new metas. What mechs will basically need to be nerfed next, and having a clan specific event to pull everyone in is the best way for them to get their coveted data.

If you people haven't figured it out yet, how well you do and how popular the mech is determines its fate. Personally I'm thinking about testing Flamers and making a SC orTW dropdeck. Don't know if the Top Men read the forum input, but I hear they pay more attention to statistical data. Too bad I couldn't convince enough players to follow suit.

[Hylius]

Crotch RockIt, on 21 May 2015 - 06:38 PM, said:

PGI is breaking all contracts (for free) tomorrow prior to the event. So you could get a one week clan contract for the event, and then go back to your IS contract after the event is over.

Where does it say it'll be free? All I see is that the 72 hour cooldown will be erased. I don't see anything about the C-bill penalty.

[Crotch RockIt]

Hylius, on 21 May 2015 - 06:41 PM, said:

Where does it say it'll be free? All I see is that the 72 hour cooldown will be erased. I don't see anything about the C-bill penalty.

Upon re-reading the announcement, you may be right. If so, that needs to be addressed, too. Your unit shouldn't have to pay tens of millions of C-Bills just to participate in the event.

[Victor Thane]

Might be shifting a little bit away from what has been discussed, but is there a reason that Founders and Phoenix owners got leaderboards to work for and Clan Wave 1 and 2 owners don't? I get that the general idea here is to pull more people in to playing CW. Given the state of the map, yeah, the Clans could use some help right about now. But at the same time, those were fun to try for. Even if it was only a leaderboard for top pilots in CW matches using the Prime (I) and (G) mechs. Those seemed to offer decent rewards for those who want to put the time into it, and maybe it would draw a few more players in?

That said, ideally there would be 2 leaderboards, one for CW matches in an (I) or (G) mech, and one for Public matches, but I get that the intent behind this event is to boost the Clan CW numbers.

[Frost Lord]

Soulstrom, on 21 May 2015 - 03:32 PM, said:

Wow. 50 CW points in 5 days. Ouch.

if you read the details tho you get a point for every prime mech you use so you can get fore points a match

[Ace Selin]

Need to remove Cbill cost to move to Clans from IS to be honest.

Also can you choose the Faction medallion..... what if you play both IS / Clan but want the medallion for an IS faction?

[Boaz Roshak]

Aught not to have to change factions to do it either for players with said mechs to take part. I will not be braking my life time contract or taking part in Clan on IS fights for the event.