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[etarm]

Personally, I love these grab-bag events. The prizes aren't so valuable as to promote bad play, but they're enough to add some fun.

[Luscious Dan]

etarm, on 28 October 2015 - 03:24 PM, said:

Personally, I love these grab-bag events. The prizes aren't so valuable as to promote bad play, but they're enough to add some fun.

I love how ironic this statement is, and it's true. Some folks are so worried about their score that they end up tanking the whole team, and everyone's scores in the process.

Anyway, these are nice simple events and I really like the way they're set up. They're not hard, they reward all game modes, and the prizes are pretty cool. And they throw some freebies at people who spend real $$, which is appreciated.

[Dustdog]

i loved the event last year too , but this year ... 250 is really to high - got it in 3 /15 games and thats not fun - at this rate i would have to play 375 to get them all in skirmish /assault /conquest and there is still CW.i think 200 would be ok - it would be doable challenge in a reasonable amount of playtime - i skip this one i think and play just my x2 - 3 timberwolfs in the mechbays in enough anyway.

[Sparkymarkyp]

No way.
I only played one game tonight and won the bloody Madcat!!!
Not gonna play the lottery this week...that's my luck all spent 😂😂

Can you sell the Madcat? ? Just realised I already got the C

[War Pudding]

Guess this event wasn't meant for me Just finished my cadet bonuses.. maybe 26 matches in.. all I have is a light.

Managed to grab 2 bags after 7 matches. The teams get all kinds of stupid, 2 heavies and 2 assaults abandoned the team in one match to chase a stupid light :/

Can't really get anywhere being new so all you older players enjoy.... 250 is pretty hard for me.

If I would have known you should really use certain mechs and setups for events like this I would have chose differently...

[KreepyKrawly]

Ho Hum, another boring event, I think I'll spend my time cleaning up my shed this weekend... I might find something interesting...

[Lucky Noob]

Where is my beloved 1/2 ton MG Ammo,? i realy loved that one

as usual great work PGI, and by throwing in even an Champion Mech, very cool acttion.

[Fire for Effect]

How about including some other things but damage into the matchscore?

20% at max of all players in a match get above 250. That means that you need 125 : 0,2 (yes... most countries use a "," NOT a "." as decimal) statistical average to get all grab bags thats 725 games.

In... what is it? 5 days? 7 Minutes for each game is a whopping 5075 minutes or 211 hours.

Congrats... thats sadly more time needed statictically than the event actually takes place. I wonder if anyone who designs these events actually has a calculator.... or the time to use it...


As a side note, the worst egotistical behaviour surfaces again,
-kill stealing
-shoving in front of a firing mech or a target to be sure only the offender can make damage or the kill.
-shoving people aside or blocking own team mechs.
-firing like a mad man on already disarmed mechs instead of ignoring these and firing on mechs that are actually dangerous... resulting in a loss

useful group play is mostly nonexistent right now...

[Ancalimon]

May I suggest that CW gives you, i dont know, 3 event points?

[Bud Crue]

Dang Nabit! What's a dedicated role player to do? I play as a dedicated FRR loyalist with a loathing for the clans and all things clan. Now I have their poster child for IS killing mechs as I just won the Timber.

First world problems I tell ya.

Though I doubt I will play the thing, I must say my sincerest thanks to PGI. This is a fun event thus far.

[Kodyn]

Not finding the 250 too difficult to attain, though I understand how it could be for many.

My only issue is with RNJesus, who seems to hate me...nothing but GXP and CBills so far, crap cockpit items, consumable.

I'll be happy if I nab the TBR and a few days premium, all I'm really looking for.

[Randall Flagg]

Good Event ! Thank you.

[jadef1]

sucks to not be good enough to get the 200, but good luck to the rest of ya

[lkjreaperl]

250 to high. Reduce to 120 points in public match

Edited by lkjreaperl, 28 October 2015 - 06:12 PM.

[Commander A9]

Really got to push yourself to make 250. I don't recall grab-bag events in the past being THIS tough...

But PGI doesn't care about the average paying customer's inability to reach the thresshold. I've about had enough of PGI ignoring us.

Edited by Commander A9, 28 October 2015 - 06:51 PM.

[Skamay]

Sparkymarkyp, on 28 October 2015 - 03:57 PM, said:

No way.
I only played one game tonight and won the bloody Madcat!!!
Not gonna play the lottery this week...that's my luck all spent ������������

Can you sell the Madcat? ? Just realised I already got the C

Sparkymarkyp, on 28 October 2015 - 03:57 PM, said:

No way.
I only played one game tonight and won the bloody Madcat!!!
Not gonna play the lottery this week...that's my luck all spent ������������

Can you sell the Madcat? ? Just realised I already got the C

Sparkymarkyp, on 28 October 2015 - 03:57 PM, said:

No way.
I only played one game tonight and won the bloody Madcat!!!
Not gonna play the lottery this week...that's my luck all spent ������������

Can you sell the Madcat? ? Just realised I already got the C

You should be able to sell, if not the new one, then definitely your original one of same variant.

[no one]

lkjreaperl, on 28 October 2015 - 06:11 PM, said:

250 to high. Reduce to 120 points in public match

120's a bit silly. 200 is reasonable for most.

I'd like to see an event like this that makes some consideration for weaker 'Mechs. Like, if the required score was 140 + your 'Mech's tonnage then the heavy queue wouldn't flood on these events. But even that's not perfect.
*cough* arctic cheetah *cough*

[Hawk819]

ooooooooookkkkkkkkkk. . . what are the point requirements to get the Timber Wolf C Champ? I see all the rest of the points: 200 and 250, but nothing on how to get the Clan Champ!

[no one]

Hawk819, on 28 October 2015 - 07:04 PM, said:

ooooooooookkkkkkkkkk. . . what are the point requirements to get the Timber Wolf C Champ? I see all the rest of the points: 200 and 250, but nothing on how to get the Clan Champ!

luck

[SubGenius23]

I shall call this event: "should have bought Warhammer instead of Marauder"

Edited by SubGenius23, 28 October 2015 - 07:30 PM.