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[DarthHias]

And stocking stuffer event starting 22. To the new players: Those events are most fun, basically with every match you can earn a random chance for different items it´s a bit like gambling.

[Nightmare1]

Aw! This is such a cool Event and I won't be able to participate because I'm traveling!

Oh well, I guess that there'll be next year. Best of luck to everyone!

[Lily from animove]

nawwwwww, why not a full chassis challange for everyone?

I know you want to promote the new mechs a bit but its annoying only having leaderboards for a few mechs.

[Luscious Dan]

Are people really still surprised when the new paid content gets a leaderboard event or challenge? It's not like they haven't done this exact same thing all year long...

[Luscious Dan]

WVAnonymous, on 17 December 2015 - 10:54 AM, said:

I take farming to mean "drop in and walk off or disconnect and hope your team carries you". I'm pretty sure if you can do 400 damage to an AFK mech, that's entirely fine. And profitable.

If you go AFK and assume your team will win you the match, that won't get you on the leader boards. It might get you some premium time (2 whole days) and some consumables, but you'd get virtually nothing else for your troubles.

I still think there should be a way to detect when someone is picking apart an AFK mech and prevent it from inflating their scores. Such a stupid tactic. Oh hey look I found 2 AFK mechs, get ready for the 1k damage screenshot...

[MikiMousee]

What is ACH-Prime (S) ? i use ACH-prime but wont get any progress

[Sky Hawk]

OK.. A very Nice multi-reward/level Event again... (No, I'm not complaining agains it,... I am happy with it!.. )...

But..

I have the fear, that since the last time, PGI in a very generous way give us MC and a bunch of colors.. that means the same time, that, the Decal System will be very expensive (MC heavy)... I hope not...

So.. Thanks for the Event... (I just wish, I could use the old gamemode-selector again.. )

[BoxDrunken]

SO I own a number of the Mechs but IM not sure If I have an (s) specific how can I tell?

[MikiMousee]

BoxDrunken, on 17 December 2015 - 11:28 AM, said:

SO I own a number of the Mechs but IM not sure If I have an (s) specific how can I tell?

Help US what is the (S) variant cause Regular prime wont do the trick :S

[meteorol]

Nice personal challenge. Took me like 40 minutes to complete everything but premium time because i lost all but 1 or 2 matches. Still pretty big rewards for little time invested. ty

[Luscious Dan]

MikiMousee, on 17 December 2015 - 11:22 AM, said:

What is ACH-Prime (S) ? i use ACH-prime but wont get any progress

The ACH-Prime (S) is in the Steam Performance Pack that just came out for real $$. If you have one from Clan Wave 3 or the subsequent MC/C-bill release, they won't count.

More info on the pack that comes with a Cheetah, taken from another post:

Light 'Mech Performance Pack

This pack features 2 popular Light 'Mechs each with 30% C-Bill boost and custom load outs built for performance.

Inner Sphere: Raven RVN-3L [S]
Clan: Arctic Cheetah ACH-PRIME [S]

The Light 'Mech Performance Pack also contains:
• 2 'Mech Bays
• Phranken pattern and colors applied and unlocked
• 30 days Premium Time (activates upon next log in)
• 1500 MC
• 2.5 million C-Bills

Edited by Luscious Dan, 17 December 2015 - 12:04 PM.

[Tom Sawyer]

I love the scratch off stocking stuffer contests. I will complete the personal goals but I will not go out of my way to compete in the leader boards. Too much going on this close to Christmas

[Luscious Dan]

Tom Sawyer, on 17 December 2015 - 12:42 PM, said:

I love the scratch off stocking stuffer contests. I will complete the personal goals but I will not go out of my way to compete in the leader boards. Too much going on this close to Christmas

The event basically means I need to take my laptop with me to BC for the weekend when I visit my folks. They're old and go to bed at like 10:00 anyway what else am I gonna do

[Ninjah]

Nice little warm-up event, hope PGI comes up with something interesting for the Stocking Stuffer event like a champion or even a hero mech ^^

[DrnkJawa]

Juodas Varnas, on 17 December 2015 - 09:46 AM, said:

Yeaaaaaah, i'm missing the entire event due to reasons.

I get back to my PC the NEXT day after the event ends. Bummer.

I got a few days free, i can help you with that.
Garbės žodis.

[cSand]

Nice, was gonna try to finish mastering my Marauders tonight anyways.

GL to everyone!

[Wild_Alaskan]

Howdy, Developers.

First of all, I'd like to say thank you for doing this event. I've taken a few days off from MW:O, and this event has given me incentive to come back and play my Marauders for a few days.

However, I would like to know why the Leaderboard challenge uses such a different score equation than the in-game score. It's really confusing to get a 380 match score, then see that my Leaderboard reads 105. Why not just use the in-game score?

Edited by wfischer, 17 December 2015 - 02:11 PM.

[Lupis Volk]

So when do the stats start counting? Just won a Assualt match can check the event stats and it says i haven't won yet.

Edited by Lupis Volk, 17 December 2015 - 02:14 PM.

[White Bear 84]

Sereglach, on 17 December 2015 - 09:58 AM, said:

. The system isn't set to actually reward overall skill, but sheer volume of matches in order to get a few "perfect storms" due to the scoring value of solo kills. I really HATE that scoring system and it made me stop caring about the leaderboard facets of said challenges. That trying for the "perfect storm" where things fall into place makes the whole tournament setup a slog. I'd be more inclined if it was based on something like an overall scoring average (of match score, and not this all kills all damage formula) . . . that would at least be a better reflection of a person's overall skill, since everyone has spikes and ruts in match performance. This is just a matter of "who has the best 10 spikes".

There is a degree of skill, after all you do have to score well to get on the board! But you are spot on, you can inflate the hell out of the stats with a lot of games, just trying to get those 10 lucky matches.. ..not to mention its easy enough for groups to band together and fix matches for players.. ..as we saw on the 77k match score CW match that was posted up during that event..
Personally think the formula can stay, but you get a modifier for the number of matches you play so if say get 10 out of 100 matchs 1000+, this will place you higher than 10 out of 1000. This would also be offset by your general match scores. So a player with an avg of 600 that gets 10 1000+ matches would rank LOWER than a player that has an avg of 700 that gets 10 1000+ matches.

[Luscious Dan]

Lupis Volk, on 17 December 2015 - 02:13 PM, said:

So when do the stats start counting? Just won a Assualt match can check the event stats and it says i haven't won yet.

15 minute delay usually.