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[Dassh]

ItMightHaveBeen, on 22 September 2015 - 11:14 AM, said:

I still have yet to receive the reward for the event. Any idea whats going on or is it not supposed to be given yet?

If I'm optimistic I suppose they realised the huge frustration and they are trying to figure out a solution what sooth us down a bit but still won't give any single player 6 days premium and 600 mc (not that it would really ruind the business but anyways...).

But of course, maybe it's just some technical delay...

[Speedy Plysitkos]

where are T1 + T2 rewards :? WHEN injected ?

[Torezu]

I would prefer the premium time start as late in the day as possible, personally. I'm only going to get 3 days, since I didn't have time/patience for CW, and the later the start on that the better, as I might actually get a chance to play for 3 days running that way.

[Dassh]

Torezu, on 22 September 2015 - 11:16 AM, said:

I wouldn't be particularly concerned. I would imagine PGI is currently deciding whether or not to lower or change the qualification conditions, based on all the feedback in this thread and in other places. I for one would not be unhappy to see them change from 9 to 8 or 7 maps to 200/300, or a total higher than X for a Tier 1/2 condition.

That would solve the problem I think. Based on that most people are missing one single map. If they would decrease it to 8 not just 9 that would make even more people satisfied.
I don't think there's a reason to lower it more since if you couldn't complete 6-7 maps even with these conditions you aren't grinded through the event.

[Zog The Loremaster]

[C0rk]

When do rewards get injected??

[Night Thastus]

Yeah, I'd like my rewards now. Please.

[Falcon One]

Hey PGI, thanks for the tournament and the free stuff. It sounds ironic mostly because there are many complains and I agree to most of them. But no one forces me to play and it is free stuff so I have no "right" to complain.

I guess you want an exiting experience for us player so I'll give you my feedback maybe it can help to improve your product. First of all, I didn't make it, I'm a map short. But this made me realize something very interesting: now I don't care it is just a game, nothing that change my life. But what would happened when I had made it? What did I hope it would make? I played hours not enjoying the game, suffering through map after map in hope the next map will be the missing one. I didn't throw the game but I played poorly, overaggressive and seeking death so I could immediately drop out and start a new match. And back to the question; would I have got redemption for this games? Obversely I thought so and now I learned something about my self.

So my feedback in short: I had to play to many maps which I didn't need to play (gave me no benefit) and this lead to bad performance on my side which also influences the joy of my teammate. I ended up playing a mech that didn't suite my play style but were needed for a "better" score. Again something that was no fun but something that I "must" do. I also noticed that the play style of many player changed. More people where in heaves and played very aggressive, because the match score can be easily brought up by damage. Others just didn't want to play the map and dropped out immediately.

Here is the reason why I couldn't just stop playing. Take a look at Extra Credits (https://youtu.be/tWtvrPTbQ_c) and use it at best to improve the exiting factor and not try to abuse the Skinner factor. Sure it works but have a look on reddit and Imagen this on steam.

Thats all folks, I hope this is helpful.

[r4p70r]

I must be very lucky when i think about all the comments with players dont get a drop on a specific map.
Started the event yesterday before they changed the needed points so i finished it in one go and jump to CW, there i was not so lucky, i needed 2 maps to complete but didnt see one of them.
Im happy if PGI extend the event so i and many others have a chance to finish the event, anyway, thx for the event and next time pls no map requirement.

[A Vieira]

They could just alter the conditions so that if you have the necessary score on 8 of the 9 public queue and 5 of the 6 CW maps you qualify for the prizes. That would solve probably 90% of the problems.

[Lunatic_Asylum]

Everything on Extra Credits about games conveys the most wrong ideas ever proposed by one person with his amateur lectures.

[Frattak]

I played every match i was in except 2 of them in which my internet dropped but still no reward.....

[Acid Phreak]

reward or riot...

na just kidding...

but really where is it?

greetz
AP

[Kodyn]

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Russ Bullock ‏[color=#B1BBC3]@[/color]russ_bullock 28m28 minutes ago[/color]
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Currently trying to lock down a time to inject the event rewards - we just have a little extra investigation this time, forum post asap[/color]
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EDIT: Not sure why that showed up all weird, but that was from Russ on twitter, so I assume we'll be hearing more soon.

Edited by Kodyn, 22 September 2015 - 12:02 PM.

[Diddi Doedel]

Extra investigation? Will they withhold the prizes for those that constantly and immideately disconnected when not hitting the right map?

[RighteousDude]

OMG... whine more! jesus, I stopped playing last year for a couple of months and DIDN'T GET TO PLAY in 13 different challenges... I had time to play this one, all weekend long. I placed 79 on the leaderboards for public queue. I completed the challenge through persaverance. Yes, there were many people disconnecting. And many people telling me to "Carry Harder" when my team lost. I started to "Communicate Harder" and my teams won. I ran scout, I suggested where they go, I suggested who they target, and I won 4/5 drops because I used my VoIP. That's what the challenge was supposed to make everyone do, but... instead: people hide behind hills "i need my match score"... People disconnect "this isn't the map I needed." .. when what you should have been doing: "Fallow me around this hill, there's only 3! PUSH THEM!" and "oh darn, not the map I needed... "hey guys, who needs qualifying score for this map? okay fallow me, I'll distract them!" But NOOOOOOO! all you could ever do is think of yourselves, and YOUR PRIZE. nobody elses, just YOURS. complaint without proposal of solution is called "WHINING"... quit being whiners, try to be winners, invest in BAP, and hit "R".

[Dassh]

Kodyn, on 22 September 2015 - 12:01 PM, said:

Russ Bullock ‏[color=#B1BBC3]@[/color]russ_bullock 28m28 minutes ago

Currently trying to lock down a time to inject the event rewards - we just have a little extra investigation this time, forum post asap





EDIT: Not sure why that showed up all weird, but that was from Russ on twitter, so I assume we'll be hearing more soon.

I think they are doing what we already suspected: figuring out a way to stop mass frustration (most reasonably with just lowering the map requirement by one...).

Or maybe they just gathering disco abusers to not give them rewards. But after this that would be a marketing seppuku kind of.

[R1CK D0M]

They really shouldn't be screwing over disco abusers like this. They kind of brought it on themselves with this kind of event.

Speaking as someone who got all his maps and was really lucky, I really don't blame any of the DC'ers for doing what they did, esp since DC'ers appeared on both sides pretty evenly as far as I experienced so it didn't super affect match outcomes maybe?

Judging from my unit TS while this was going on unless you were blessed by whatever higher power you answer to this event would have been near impossible to accomplish without it.

[Kael Posavatz]

Right, well...

Thanks to you who saw Russ's twit and conveyed that information to us who do not slavishly follow twitter, as I was about to call him on the lack of rewards being injected. I a not certain why they did not post to inform us.

[Tywren]

Empyrrean, on 22 September 2015 - 12:23 PM, said:

You're an idiot. The guy has legitimate good points. Something tells me you're defensive about it because of sunk cost fallacy.

Ehh, it depends on what EC is talking about in a given ep.. If it's the nuts and bolts of game design such as system mechanics and such, they do good work, and their theories on more esoteric game concepts such as Negative Space are good to watch. It's only when they start slipping of into sociopolitical tangents that i tend to cringe.