169 replies to this topic

[Krivvan]

The score minimum for regular this time is pretty good. It's not a complete guarantee that you get it every match like it was before, had to try a little this time.

Edited by Krivvan, 19 September 2015 - 11:47 AM.

[AssaultPig]

it's going to get worse as the weekend goes along, too. Right now lots of folks are presumably happy to just play whatever because there's a couple days left, but sunday evening and monday people are just gonna want to get it finished up.

[zagibu]

Took me about 50 matches for solo drop queue tier 1. Not gonna attempt tier 2.

[stuntmahn]

Feels really stupid to not get 300 off that.

No I wasnt swooping in for the kills last second style.

[Xyroc]

only puged and almost have tier 2 complete, its really not that bad.

[FireDog]

I have already seen numerous mechs do "Leeroy Jenkins" battle charges to get out of matches early on maps they did not want. When they are on my team it bodes ill for our team's chances of getting qualifying games.

It frustrating to say the least. PGI really does need to rethink this Challenge mode.

Edited by FireDog, 19 September 2015 - 04:32 PM.

[Mycrus]

stuntmahn, on 19 September 2015 - 01:01 PM, said:

Feels really stupid to not get 300 off that.

No I wasnt swooping in for the kills last second style.

So what you were headshotting?

Low match score so you didnt get the most dmg or solo kill rewards

[Mawai]

Xyroc, on 19 September 2015 - 02:43 PM, said:

only puged and almost have tier 2 complete, its really not that bad.

You have to keep in mind that it is statistical both for seeing the maps and getting the requisite score.

Many folks seem to find LRM boats are the best way to get the match score required ... but if you don't like them or don't play them or something else that can get high scores easily then it gets harder.

Also, statistically, it will take on average 63 matches to get a minimum 2 games on each map. Of course the minimum number is 18 and if you are really lucky on maps, score well, then you could finish the challenge in 18 matches. Unfortunately, for folks who are not so lucky it could require 100 matches to see all maps at least twice and if they aren't scoring as well it could take a lot more.

For example, if folks make the required match score in about 50% of their matches then on average they will need to see each map 4 times to get the necessary number of matches ... on average it will require about 151 matches to get each map 4 times. Personally, I think that is a lot.

TLDR ... You were lucky, be grateful, it doesn't change how bad it can be for other folks.

[Absurdia]

Only 2 maps left for tier 2 and haven't seen them in 3 hours now and i didn't see the tourmaline during the first day. Even if i get them now i am half asleep. I now hate some of the maps i liked as they come up constantly. I love it when an event puts a mildly annoying "problem" game has and amplifies it like this.

[RoboPatton]

Absurdia, on 19 September 2015 - 05:09 PM, said:

Only 2 maps left for tier 2 and haven't seen them in 3 hours now and i didn't see the tourmaline during the first day. Even if i get them now i am half asleep.

I quit the event for just this reason. Went back to grinding out mechs. Guess what, never saw tourmaline since.

Event is flawed to the point of broken.

[crashlogic]

Yeah the biggest flaw is the map rotation, and its causing multiple DCs per game. PGI ****** this up from the beginning

[Malagant]

FupDup, on 18 September 2015 - 11:45 AM, said:

I've discovered over the years that it's often more rewarding to simply not do these events at all than it is to try to poopsock through them.

Poopsock he says... Made me laugh

[zeves]

personally i dont think the point of theese events is to make them fair or logical or thought out, but simply to have something different to do, to buy them some time, a distraction from the state of the game.
it works somewhat, i find it interesting how people react.

[Commander A9]

It's the same thing each time though; just a different point goal...and the same selfish player-base...

Edited by Commander A9, 19 September 2015 - 08:10 PM.

[Chuck Jager]

Sabertooth1966, on 18 September 2015 - 06:37 PM, said:

The last match I played before stopping we rolled them like 12 to 2 and I don't think 5 people out of all 24 got above 300. I ran a thunderbolt punched the hole in the enemy lines got 1 kill, 8 assists and just shy of 500 damage, match score of 234. That has been the highest match score on any map so far. From what I have seen last night and today 5 to 6 players at most out of all 24 are getting the minimum match score, usually less than that.

My last game 2 on my team and 1 on the enemy team got above 300pts. It is playing like group Q with goods builds and aggressive play, so this is good. I continually get 250-285 points so I will treat like an earned reward that may not be possible for all.

[ChewBaka]

Xyroc, on 19 September 2015 - 02:43 PM, said:

only puged and almost have tier 2 complete, its really not that bad.

When you get to that last map, you're basically grinding until you get the last one you need.

[Talorien]

See easy fix for PGI here:

http://mwomercs.com/...-fix-for-event/

[aniviron]

Charlie Pohr, on 19 September 2015 - 11:16 PM, said:

When you get to that last map, you're basically grinding until you get the last one you need.

Yeah, once you get to that last map you're about half done.

[Talorien]

aniviron, on 19 September 2015 - 11:57 PM, said:

Yeah, once you get to that last map you're about half done.

Worst thing is, you get 0% of the rewards until the last map. Then you jump to 100% of the rewards

[Speedy Plysitkos]

GRiPSViGiL, on 18 September 2015 - 12:08 PM, said:

I don't mind the hard factor on this one. It still caters to the jobless or the people who have the time to actually grind this out.

Give me an event that can be handled by not playing the game like it is our job.

this. But are they capable ?