15 replies to this topic

[MechWarrior3671771]

Its likely too late to fix now, but if PGI ever does a map-dependent challenge like this:

Include all maps, so you have 15 maps out there but only need 10 to complete the challenge.

That should prevent the "one map I can't get" limbo so many players are in.

[Sagamore]

Agreed.

I just need 400 on Crimson. Saw it 3 games ago and got 390. Now I'll probably play all night and never see it again!

[Monkey Lover]

Still not going to stop people from disconnecting and suicides.

How about you just do 20-50games top 10 best scores or something.

[Uncl Munkeh]

Its really not fun.

Bad ideas are just that and they don't know until its already sucky.

The business with people disconnecting and/or just staying afk made it about the worst event I've participated in.

I like your idea. I support on notion, but how do you fix the disconnect issue?

[TheRealAbray]

Uncle Monkey, on 20 September 2015 - 09:42 PM, said:

Its really not fun.

Bad ideas are just that and they don't know until its already sucky.

The business with people disconnecting and/or just staying afk made it about the worst event I've participated in.

I like your idea. I support on notion, but how do you fix the disconnect issue?

People are discoing or suiciding because they didn't get the map they NEEDED. Take away the NEED for every map and you will get people trying on whatever map they get.

[Sagamore]

Monkey Lover, on 20 September 2015 - 09:41 PM, said:

Still not going to stop people from disconnecting and suicides.

How about you just do 20-50games top 10 best scores or something.

They originally had the disconnect counter to stop this from happening so it seems like someone at PGI thought this would become an issue. Unfortunately the counter was bugged so it was pulled and people disconnect with impunity.

[Charronn]

If they do another tournament like this I'm taking my money elsewhere.
I had no interest in it but it totally ruined my enjoyment of the game over this weekend due to the selfish arseholes dc'ing every friggin match.

[Skarlock]

Charronn, on 20 September 2015 - 11:00 PM, said:

If they do another tournament like this I'm taking my money elsewhere.
I had no interest in it but it totally ruined my enjoyment of the game over this weekend due to the selfish arseholes dc'ing every friggin match.

This. I have enough cbills to buy all the modules I want and I already have tons of warhorns and cockpit items from other events. I tried playing over the weekend and the only fun I had was synch dropping with a few guys streaming and not really caring about the event. Playing single queue was an exercise in frustration and grinding out CW games solo hoping I would finally get the last map I needed was just boring. This is a 12 v 12 game, so anything that gives incentives for playing stupid or greedy is going to cause issues like this.

[Durant Carlyle]

Contests bring out the worst. Every single one of them. This one might have been worse than others, but they all suck.

[Palor]

It is nice to know i am not the only one with that one map that refuses to happen. I have a 391 on Mining Collective, have seen that map 2x since friday. Doubt I will see it again, and not having 1 map over 400 torments me.

[ChewBaka]

I agree on requiring only part of the maps, but I am thankful that LRM Peaks and Mordor are not part of the map cycle for now.

[Talorien]

Great idea OP!

See also this other fix:

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

Using the best-of-9 score helps:

- All matches can potentially increase score

- It's ok to have 290 on one map and 310 on another

- No need to rely on lottery for getting maps

- It's even possible to complete the event without one particular map

- No map is useless reducing DCs/suicide charges

[Lily from animove]

I'm currently too attached to E:D to play MWO,but I remember a few weeks ago, of not having seen Terra therma for like 5 days and already thought they deactivated the map. I feel bad for every players having this random bad luck during the event showing a single map not up often enough to have a realistic chance.

[Speedy Plysitkos]

best would be, map-free content. like get 5000 matchscore overall.

[TWIAFU]

Fenrisulvyn, on 20 September 2015 - 09:33 PM, said:

Its likely too late to fix now, but if PGI ever does a map-dependent challenge like this:

Include all maps, so you have 15 maps out there but only need 10 to complete the challenge.

That should prevent the "one map I can't get" limbo so many players are in.

Good idea.

I would also like to see stricter DC rules. DCs are so widespread and common they are far more destructive then they should be.

I want to see a hardline stance, 10 DCs and all rewards revoked. 5 and Leaderboard rewards revoked. 3 DCs and any standings are reset.

People are going to get really fed up with the amount of DCs today and support is going to be further overwhelmed with reports.

[Lostdragon]

TWIAFU, on 21 September 2015 - 04:34 AM, said:

Good idea.

I would also like to see stricter DC rules. DCs are so widespread and common they are far more destructive then they should be.

I want to see a hardline stance, 10 DCs and all rewards revoked. 5 and Leaderboard rewards revoked. 3 DCs and any standings are reset.

People are going to get really fed up with the amount of DCs today and support is going to be further overwhelmed with reports.

If people weren't DC'ing they would be suiciding OOB or into the enemy. This event was never going to cause anything but frustration.