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[Virlutris]

Ollys Ghost, on 20 November 2016 - 10:36 AM, said:

One quarter done with Darker's Stock Mech.

DRAGON DRG-1N
25 matches played; Win/Loss: 12 & 13 (0.92); K/D: 9 & 17 (0.53)

There just isn't a lot of damage in it but the ability to plink/suppress with LRMs and AC5 saves it a little.

Saw one comment in chat before a match: "A Dragon! Do they still make those?"; if only they knew...

I find the kills come from poaching mechs with orange components. I spam LRMs, then pick off orange components with the MLs and/or pile on with the AC5.

That's how I'm making the most of it on Amaranth's account.

[Amaranth Panther]

The streak is real:

45 matches, 15 wins, 30 losses, 20 kills, 28 deaths.

At one point, I was 11-12 w/l, with 12-12 k/d. That's how ugly this stretch is. Stock mechs aren't very forgiving, and a lot of these matches are rofl-stomps that I can't do a thing about.

This is why it's a challenge.

[Snazzy Dragon]

You are an URBANMECH

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[NocturnalBeast]

Snazzy Dragon, on 20 November 2016 - 11:12 PM, said:

You are an URBANMECH

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Good Luck! I didn't even remember that they were in the test ☺

[Virlutris]

Ed Steele, on 21 November 2016 - 11:53 AM, said:

Good Luck! I didn't even remember that they were in the test ☺

Unless they added them, they weren't.

Somebody's havin' lulz

[Amaranth Panther]

My curiosity's getting the better of me:

Do we need to wait until we've competed Bonus Challenge 3 before we start running our Reinforcement mechs?

The first several challenges are really clear that we must complete one before we do the next.

Bonus 4 and 5 are written with a helpful degree of flexibility in general. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate it.

How specific do we want to be about running those 100 stock matches before running any reinforcements?

Part of me want to start working the reinforcement mechs I've identified while carefully managing my faltering hopes for my DRG-1N. Another part want to make sure I can't "skip out" on Bonus 3.

Now, I'm good with the honor system (just make sure I finish the DRG, start the other in parallel), and I'm good with finish stock first. I want to remain closest to the spirit of the thing while staying within the letter of it. The letter's not as clear for the later challenges as it is for the early ones.

TL;DR: Finish Bonus 3 first? Or can I work reinforcements in parallel with my stock matches? I'm happy with either.

[Sully McLiwenn]

I multitask the challenges^^. I just cant play the same mech more then 5 games in a row. 5 losses in a row make me even quit the game for some hours...

Stockchallenge 50% done...its the hardest challenge Ed came along with so far . I will play the 100 games but not meet the requirements.


Just checked my stats since weeks...
My best K/D was done in a Panter-10K o.O. 1.64 (in 51 matches)
FollowUps are the Hunchback(S) -P and J. with K/Ds ~1,4 (~55m.)
My worst K/Ds are done in the Stock Battlemaster 1G:0,44 (50m.), Grid Iron(!!!, 0,88 in 89 matches) and Arctic Cheetah-B (0,76 in 31 matches)

Edited by Sully McLiwenn, 22 November 2016 - 12:17 PM.

[NocturnalBeast]

Amaranth Panther, on 21 November 2016 - 02:09 PM, said:

My curiosity's getting the better of me:

Do we need to wait until we've competed Bonus Challenge 3 before we start running our Reinforcement mechs?

The first several challenges are really clear that we must complete one before we do the next.

Bonus 4 and 5 are written with a helpful degree of flexibility in general. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate it.
Thanks
How specific do we want to be about running those 100 stock matches before running any reinforcements?

Part of me want to start working the reinforcement mechs I've identified while carefully managing my faltering hopes for my DRG-1N. Another part want to make sure I can't "skip out" on Bonus 3.

Now, I'm good with the honor system (just make sure I finish the DRG, start the other in parallel), and I'm good with finish stock first. I want to remain closest to the spirit of the thing while staying within the letter of it. The letter's not as clear for the later challenges as it is for the early ones.

TL;DR: Finish Bonus 3 first? Or can I work reinforcements in parallel with my stock matches? I'm happy with either.

When writing the later challenges I assumed that you would have amassed enough currency and Mechbays to be able to work on multiple challenges simultaneously if you really wanted to.

[Amaranth Panther]

Ed Steele, on 22 November 2016 - 03:58 PM, said:

When writing the later challenges I assumed that you would have amassed enough currency and Mechbays to be able to work on multiple challenges simultaneously if you really wanted to.

Yay \o/

Grasshopper Lance deploy!

Don't stop until you've secured all the things!

[Ih8tevictors]

1/2 way thru the current tournament and really needing to smash stuff. Out come the Victors. Believe it or not the 9K with lrms, guass, erll, and an XL engine is working very well in the snipe long range fest that i am seeing these days. highly team dependent though. the component challenge is the one i really need to finish. never have enough MC around here....

now what to do with another free Med. if i finish that will make 3 med mechs just sitting there.

[Amaranth Panther]

Ih8tevictors, on 25 November 2016 - 07:40 AM, said:

1/2 way thru the current tournament and really needing to smash stuff. Out come the Victors. Believe it or not the 9K with lrms, guass, erll, and an XL engine is working very well in the snipe long range fest that i am seeing these days. highly team dependent though. the component challenge is the one i really need to finish. never have enough MC around here....

now what to do with another free Med. if i finish that will make 3 med mechs just sitting there.

My reasoning, for my own navigation of the Challenge's intrinsic and intentional limitations:

I'd probably hold on to them if it were my main account.

Here? I've got no challenge parameters available to have and run Hunchies. I picked up Panthers and Victors in my quiz challenges, and Dragons for 3025. I'm not sure there's another option to do so coming down the pike either, given the array of options we've been given in the reinforcement challenges.

It's totally okay that I'm not getting Hunchies. I've sold a Mad Dog, and something else I got as a freebie that I can't recall. I've gotten other fun instead, and willl get still other fun inkeeping with the constrainst of the challenges in the future

The resulting temptation to sell the Grid Iron to free up the mechbay and cash is real. I'm looking at 8 more reinforcement mechs, plus my Panther hero, and they aren't generally coming with their own mech bays.

[NocturnalBeast]

Amaranth Panther, on 25 November 2016 - 09:00 AM, said:

My reasoning, for my own navigation of the Challenge's intrinsic and intentional limitations:

I'd probably hold on to them if it were my main account.

Here? I've got no challenge parameters available to have and run Hunchies. I picked up Panthers and Victors in my quiz challenges, and Dragons for 3025. I'm not sure there's another option to do so coming down the pike either, given the array of options we've been given in the reinforcement challenges.

It's totally okay that I'm not getting Hunchies. I've sold a Mad Dog, and something else I got as a freebie that I can't recall. I've gotten other fun instead, and willl get still other fun inkeeping with the constrainst of the challenges in the future

The resulting temptation to sell the Grid Iron to free up the mechbay and cash is real. I'm looking at 8 more reinforcement mechs, plus my Panther hero, and they aren't generally coming with their own mech bays.

Yes, if you pick up a free mech that you can not use for one of the challenges, it will be up to you to sell it, or hold on to it and wait to see if I feel like adding another challenge that might allow you to use it. PGI has definitely increased the frequency of events since I created the challenge and you may run into this situation more often than you think.

Edited by Ed Steele, 25 November 2016 - 06:27 PM.

[Ih8tevictors]

hence why i have 2 med mechs that i can't use just siting.

some day they maybe worth their weight in MC. that i can't easily sell a special.

oh well back to playing HULK SMASH! maybe if i painted my mech all green.....

[Amaranth Panther]

You know what I might do?

I might let that Grid Iron sit there in its mechbay, and keep it warm for the day my Panther hero arrives.

If I find I've got enough mechbays at the time, and I don't need to sell it, then great.

If I somehow am able to run Hunchies, then that's great too.

No special need to rush, and if I want to impulsively sell it for room for a Reinforcement #5 TimberwolfMad Cat, or something, then I can do that too.

[Sully McLiwenn]

would have liked a second Grid Iron, just to play around with setups but i cant get i, because im missing 100pt gamedays...

p.s: got an advanced zoom in a cache

p.s.s:bought my 3rd battlemaster (a 2C)

[Ih8tevictors]

Double XP!!!
You know the drill get out there and level up those mechs!

Double XP ends 12 am UTC 1 Dec 2017

and of course the one we all have been waiting for Monday 28 Nov 2017 at 6PM UCT.......

50% OFF MECHBAYS!!!!!

[Caesar Octavius]

Solo Kill on 2 Kodiaks and Killing Blow on a Warhammer. . . Team? Not so much. At least I finished elites on the AH with this round:

[Ih8tevictors]

after much grinding i now own a EXE D. 3 Executioners! what a grind. 45 mil Cbills, got one on sale. both of the first 2 have enough xp to elite and almost master after i get the D thru basics. only 40k xp to go till i can start on my stock mech, although i may just pick it up and play a bit once i get out of the Cbill hole i am in. last i looked i had less the 400k Cbill. not even enough for a ticket back to outreach....

in round numbers, cause, once you go double digits mil Cbills 10k Cbills is a rounding error....

3 Ravens 10.8 mil Cbills

3 Victors 22.6 mil Cbills

3 Executioners 45 mil Cbills

78.5 mil Cbills the rest i waste on wine, women, and song...

[NocturnalBeast]

Ih8tevictors, on 27 November 2016 - 10:51 AM, said:

after much grinding i now own a EXE D. 3 Executioners! what a grind. 45 mil Cbills, got one on sale. both of the first 2 have enough xp to elite and almost master after i get the D thru basics. only 40k xp to go till i can start on my stock mech, although i may just pick it up and play a bit once i get out of the Cbill hole i am in. last i looked i had less the 400k Cbill. not even enough for a ticket back to outreach....

in round numbers, cause, once you go double digits mil Cbills 10k Cbills is a rounding error....

3 Ravens 10.8 mil Cbills

3 Victors 22.6 mil Cbills

3 Executioners 45 mil Cbills

78.5 mil Cbills the rest i waste on wine, women, and song...

I love my Executioners (on my Clan account).

[Ih8tevictors]

Ed Steele, on 27 November 2016 - 02:08 PM, said:

I love my Executioners (on my Clan account).

almost went with HGN IICs as both were onsale. could of got 2 HGNs for the cost of 1 EXE. but now that i am at the end i think it was worth it. if we ever get to do clan drops in FW it will be worth it. beside EXEs fit my play style. i like to flank and skirmish. nothing is better then a fast assault coming out of nowhere in the middle of the reds then fades away...

might explain my .46 KDR...