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[mikerso]

MovinTarget, on 25 January 2016 - 07:25 AM, said:

It would seem that ship has sailed... more likely they're dangling this as a carrot for those that have not yet purchased the rifleman or archer...

That and I don't feel like there were as many Warhammers as marauders. I feel like it's sales may have been really low. For myself it was the only one I did not buy.

Edited by mikerso, 25 January 2016 - 02:11 PM.

[Luscious Dan]

You really think so? I still had matches on Sunday night (solo pug queue) where I was put into the light lance with my Warhammer 6D, because the team was 6 Warhammers and few others. I saw plenty of other Warhammers all weekend.

[mikerso]

Luscious Dan, on 25 January 2016 - 02:15 PM, said:

You really think so? I still had matches on Sunday night (solo pug queue) where I was put into the light lance with my Warhammer 6D, because the team was 6 Warhammers and few others. I saw plenty of other Warhammers all weekend.

Yeah, I never saw more than one in a match, but as people have stated above. This game can be random in maps and match maker.

[Luscious Dan]

I played maybe 30 matches over the weekend in my Warhammers, I'd estimate around 3 per team was pretty normal. Plenty of matches with 5+ and I don't think I ever saw a drop where I was the only one.

Anyway, random drops and small sample sizes make for wacky results.

[Wildstreak]

Sorry, too busy digging out from a winter storm for this, thanks though.

[BrioS]

Is it me or is the leaderboard bugged?

Finally managed to get some time to play the leaderboard between work, chores and kid and brought my WHM-6D up to 1990 pts before it got stuck there for 3+ hours. Honestly speaking, not bloody likely that I'll go up into the top 50 but just wondering if I was the only one whose score was not updating.

On a seperate note, hope you guys in the East Coast stay warm and safe. Frozen City can be fun in game but is definitely not safe irl.

[WVAnonymous]

AbyssalTyrant, on 21 January 2016 - 09:11 PM, said:

No , its open to everyone. The leaderboard is WH only.

THANK YOU FOR READING THE FINE PRINT FOR ME. OH MY GOD I HATE TRYING TO LEVEL A MECH DURING A CHALLENGE. Whew. Got that out of my system.

Mauler, here I come baby! 18 hours to knock out the rest of the challenge!

[Kyle Ward]

you cant even buy one radar derp module with 5 million cbills, those rewards are a joke except for the mc and spider

[Kshat]

You can't expect to held a serious leaderboardevent with "awesome" prizes while you're allowed to contribute to the score with groupqueue-matches.
Too easy to "help" one teammate to rake in massive damagenumbers. And that is the state of the matchscore, damage is what counts the most.
Some might argue that even PUG-matches aren't the perfect scenario for a competition, but there is so much randomness present, over the course of a weekend it will equal out.

[D Heth]

Naryck, on 25 January 2016 - 09:00 AM, said:

once again the random based event?
if players played hard for several days they are now choosing another maps. I just began to do the event, how often will I get the required map?

Events suck for people who have their days off in the middle of the week. Also the last map specific event was one of the hardest. Didn't complete it because I only got to play at towards the end of the event. Same with this one only worse, because now people could vote down the required map because they were tired of playing on it.

Edited by D Heth, 26 January 2016 - 10:19 AM.

[el piromaniaco]

"Is it me or is the leaderboard bugged?

Finally managed to get some time to play the leaderboard between work, chores and kid and brought my WHM-6D up to 1990 pts before it got stuck there for 3+ hours. Honestly speaking, not bloody likely that I'll go up into the top 50 but just wondering if I was the only one whose score was not updating.

On a seperate note, hope you guys in the East Coast stay warm and safe. Frozen City can be fun in game but is definitely not safe irl. "

It's ten best matches, that's why you hit a ceiling somewhere.

[apostateCourier]

I had to have some stupidly fantastic rounds to break 3000 with my WHM-6D. We're talking ~4 solo kills, a couple more regular ones, a smattering of assists and over a thousand damage- what in the hell were the people at the top doing differently!?

[el piromaniaco]

10 stupidly fantastic matches with massive solo kills and massive damage.
It's surely a question of pure and honest skill, that's at least what I think

[apostateCourier]

el piromaniaco, on 26 January 2016 - 10:51 AM, said:

10 stupidly fantastic matches with massive solo kills and massive damage.
It's surely a question of pure and honest skill, that's at least what I think

10 rounds of 7+ solo kills, though? That's what some of those scores require- How in the hell!?

[Kifferson von doober]

Playing all weekend without rest would probably do it lol

[Puraaj]

rank 14 hype in my 7s not bad for only having played 2 weeks! (ignoring the fact i played in beta )



edit: yes i'm braggin allow me my moment of triumph!

Edited by Puraaj, 26 January 2016 - 11:19 AM.

[Mechteric]

Had no power all weekend from the winter storm, no mechwarrior makes me a sad panda

[John Archer]

What I am still trying to figure out is how the same person ended up at 1st place (3 times) and 2nd place in all variant categories.

No one.. and I mean no one is THAT good. There are too many variables in place that will keep one from getting such a high score and staying there.

I imagine though that if said person had his friends log on to his account and thus his account played 24/7 during the even, that this is possible.

[Puraaj]

John Archer, on 26 January 2016 - 11:45 AM, said:

What I am still trying to figure out is how the same person ended up at 1st place (3 times) and 2nd place in all variant categories.

No one.. and I mean no one is THAT good. There are too many variables in place that will keep one from getting such a high score and staying there.

I imagine though that if said person had his friends log on to his account and thus his account played 24/7 during the even, that this is possible.

I had noticed this too ... odd to say the least, maybe he's just really really good ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Edited by Puraaj, 26 January 2016 - 12:34 PM.

[White Bear 84]

John Archer, on 26 January 2016 - 11:45 AM, said:

What I am still trying to figure out is how the same person ended up at 1st place (3 times) and 2nd place in all variant categories. No one.. and I mean no one is THAT good. There are too many variables in place that will keep one from getting such a high score and staying there.

Yes it is somewhat concerning, but some people also put a lot of time into the game - I had several drops with and against said player and from what I could see he was actually playing very well, racking up consistent scores.

Now, I finished up at 32nd and missed out cause even though I was getting consistent 600-700dmg matches with 3/4 kills per match my build was not getting the solo kills it needed to get up the ranks...

Kshat, on 26 January 2016 - 08:03 AM, said:

And that is the state of the matchscore, damage is what counts the most.

Not true.

500dmg = ~33pts

Each solo kill is 30pts
Each KMD is 20pts
K/A = 10 points each
Win 10pts
survive 10pts

So you get 5 solo kills (killing blow and kmd) and finish up with 500 damage, while hitting all other mechs..

SK = 150
KMD = 100
K/A = 120 (10x12 mechs)
Win = 10
Survive = 10
Damage = 33.

Score = 423

Damage only contributes to 7.8% of that final score.

Edited by White Bear 84, 26 January 2016 - 03:05 PM.