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[KillerWarGuy]

wow this is so much fun... waiting an hour to get noobstomped. keep the free stuff and clan wars too!

[MovinTarget]

KillerWarGuy, on 06 July 2016 - 08:12 AM, said:

wow this is so much fun... waiting an hour to get noobstomped. keep the free stuff and clan wars too!

If PGI manages to piss of both IS and Clams, does that count as "balance"?

[MovinTarget]

EVERYBODY CHIME IN:

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Russ wants our opinion on Long Tom, He may not listen to all of us, but lets show at least show him we want changes.

Edited by MovinTarget, 06 July 2016 - 08:55 AM.

[3D Action]

Thanks for extending the event, ofc!
Those 10 victories are driving me crazy.
Some global chat for making groups could be useful.

[MovinTarget]

3D Action, on 06 July 2016 - 09:37 AM, said:

Thanks for extending the event, ofc!
Those 10 victories are driving me crazy.
Some global chat for making groups could be useful.

The closest thing to chatting globally we will get...

[DAYLEET]

PFC Carsten, on 06 July 2016 - 06:58 AM, said:

No, I do not excuse you. Get into scouting mode, listen to the tryhards cursing you for ruining their game because you didn't bring dat GRF-2N oder SHD-2 in their preferred respective configuration.

Get the weight you want but bring the meta loadout. Anything else and youre playing the "i hope the 4 guys in the other team are worse than me". Ive seen the worst loadout last 2 days. Theres a reasons why the top IS and Clan players said "bring SRM and aim for the legs" I dont usually look at loadout since i live in quickplay and sometimes group queue but in CW you get the mech that can bring the meta loadout or you are wasting everyones time. Hoping the other team fail harder than yours shouldnt be Plan A.

Scouting highlighted that still not everybody knows about R, they probably never learned the word "leg", some obviously think that being top damage with 500 because you spread it on the CT ST Arms is a good thing rather than the reason they lose. Saying "dont go out to the Crow, let them come" when we have cover is gibberish for most. There was some name i remembered and tried my best and knew they would to and we usually won. There were other names too, it's hard to try and help them and it feels like they are playing a solo game, and some dont have the possibility to change because they are new and dont have whats needed.

If you are going to create en environment that only decent players can hope to enjoy then why allow everybody in and mix them? What is you reasoning PGI? Or why have no matchmaker? Where is the logic PGI? I GET IT ITS FOR GROUP, so why allow anyone and his inbreed cousin to get in then? I require an excuse as to why you would make a niche game mode that accept people who cant hope to be ready or have the assets required to not drag everyone down. I blame you PGI, what were you thinking. If your reasoning is "we dont have enough players" THEN go back to the drawing board because something went wrong.

This pisses me off because it was my first time trying scouting and for the first time in MWO i felt like it mattered that we win. Its the first game mode in MWO that seems to have both objective and fighting that seems relevent and lo and behold it does not take half an hour to cap intel. Its very fluid and bot cap and fight are legit ways of playing and a mix ican work too. Certainly, something went right when thinking that game mode but as a whole CW is bare and frustrating and poorly thought out.

[PFC Carsten]

DAYLEET, on 06 July 2016 - 10:08 AM, said:

Get the weight you want but bring the meta loadout. Anything else and youre playing the "i hope the 4 guys in the other team are worse than me". Ive seen the worst loadout last 2 days. Theres a reasons why the top IS and Clan players said "bring SRM and aim for the legs" I dont usually look at loadout since i live in quickplay and sometimes group queue but in CW you get the mech that can bring the meta loadout or you are wasting everyones time. Hoping the other team fail harder than yours shouldnt be Plan A.

I actually like that you can configure the mechs in MWO according to your taste. When there's a game mode, that implicitly doesn't allow that, that game mode can go to hell with all the tryhards. Especially, when it is labelled misleadingly and scored inappropriately for its labelling.

I can agree to the rest though.

DAYLEET, on 06 July 2016 - 10:08 AM, said:

Scouting highlighted that still not everybody knows about R, they probably never learned the word "leg", some obviously think that being top damage with 500 because you spread it on the CT ST Arms is a good thing rather than the reason they lose. Saying "dont go out to the Crow, let them come" when we have cover is gibberish for most. There was some name i remembered and tried my best and knew they would to and we usually won. There were other names too, it's hard to try and help them and it feels like they are playing a solo game, and some dont have the possibility to change because they are new and dont have whats needed.

If you are going to create en environment that only decent players can hope to enjoy then why allow everybody in and mix them? What is you reasoning PGI? Or why have no matchmaker? Where is the logic PGI? I GET IT ITS FOR GROUP, so why allow anyone and his inbreed cousin to get in then? I require an excuse as to why you would make a niche game mode that accept people who cant hope to be ready or have the assets required to not drag everyone down. I blame you PGI, what were you thinking. If your reasoning is "we dont have enough players" THEN go back to the drawing board because something went wrong.

This pisses me off because it was my first time trying scouting and for the first time in MWO i felt like it mattered that we win. Its the first game mode in MWO that seems to have both objective and fighting that seems relevent and lo and behold it does not take half an hour to cap intel. Its very fluid and bot cap and fight are legit ways of playing and a mix ican work too. Certainly, something went right when thinking that game mode but as a whole CW is bare and frustrating and poorly thought out.

[Reno Blade]

This week I only had two days and my Merc unit is currently Smoke Jag (usually playing Inner Sphere).
So I took a Stormcrow with my buddy and we put in 5x SRM6-A and a erML to get at least the Scouting done.
The games were pretty intense brawls most times.

Only downside was that there were a lot of one sided games where one team just killed the other very fast.
Took me quite some games to get all the victories because of that.

I just saw the extension. Maybe I can take a few more days to do some invasion also.
Sadly I already have all the reward mechs

[Rushmoar]

PraetorGix, on 05 July 2016 - 08:47 PM, said:

Extension is nice, I don't get how it is not taken as good news. Can people stop complaining for 5 minutes? FFS...

The problem is they extended it on the last day. I knew I could not finish both events in the time allowed. So I did 1 of them and then left the faction because not sure where I'll go next time. Now I have a 7 day probation period.

[MovinTarget]

PFC Carsten, on 06 July 2016 - 10:33 AM, said:

I actually like that you can configure the mechs in MWO according to your taste. When there's a game mode, that implicitly doesn't allow that, that game mode can go to hell with all the tryhards. Especially, when it is labelled misleadingly and scored inappropriately for its labelling.

I can agree to the rest though.

I agree that it is based on scouting in the loosest sense. Perhaps a REAL scouting mission should exist, but as a PvE scenario... Or partition this out for a light lance scouting drop and then a medium lance mission that isn't... "scouting"

I think Dayleet's point has its merits as well. It is what it is... for now anyway and his points would help someone looking to succeed within the scope of the current mode.

Goes back to what I said before, they should have multiple drop scenarios for solo players (1 v 1? or PvE), pairs (light scouting?), lances (light or medium, not mixed), 8 man (invasion-ish mode) and 12 man (must be a full 12-man group to queue).

Rushmoar, on 06 July 2016 - 10:57 AM, said:

The problem is they extended it on the last day. I knew I could not finish both events in the time allowed. So I did 1 of them and then left the faction because not sure where I'll go next time. Now I have a 7 day probation period.

Email support, they might cut you a break, do it fast though...
Whatever else people say about PGI, I've found their support to be top notch for me, every time.

Edited by MovinTarget, 06 July 2016 - 11:01 AM.

[ExoForce]

MovinTarget, on 06 July 2016 - 08:43 AM, said:

If PGI manages to piss of both IS and Clams, does that count as "balance"?

Dīvide et īmpera!

[Blind Baku]

n00biwan, on 06 July 2016 - 07:28 AM, said:

Some of those try hards have had lots of games lost because someone was running a light and died in the first 4 seconds or did little to help. Just saying for the balanced view.

Best results I've had have been with all 50+ mechs, 2 tanky, 2 not so much. Great pilots do well in any mech, but if you are only "ok" in lights, you'll die on scouting a lot.

Normally this seems to be the case, though the meta shift from streak crows to knife SL Nova's might adjust some options.

That said, I did have one drop last night... me in a CN9(ac20, 3srm4s), lpl LCTs (2 of them, the LCT e I think) and I believe a hunchie. match starts, grim, me an the hunchback are grouped on one sound of the map. he promptly dc's...

Enemy spotted, getting close. I get stuck in and pull 2 kills, then die... the LCTs quickly get another and start working on the last mech standing for the clanners, finally our DC gets back in, just in time to deal 49 damage (poor guy), but the team of lpl lcts just cannot be stopped.

Don't underestimate the power of a good lct wolf pack!

In honesty though the clanners had 2 ice ferrets so... that may have helped us.

Edited by Blind Baku, 06 July 2016 - 04:05 PM.

[Dee Eight]

Rushmoar, on 06 July 2016 - 10:57 AM, said:

The problem is they extended it on the last day. I knew I could not finish both events in the time allowed. So I did 1 of them and then left the faction because not sure where I'll go next time. Now I have a 7 day probation period.

Actually today (the 6th) was the last day. They extended it yesterday (the 5th). Last FW event they extended it like ONE hour before it was due to end.

[The Unstoppable Puggernaut]

Thank you for the extension

[DarthHias]

Nice event, easy stuff. Got all Invasion goals with 11 matches, now I just have to drop 9 times for the 20 match requirement. Getting a good pug rolling is excellent, I love you Falcon Pugs

[DevilCrayon]

Dee Eight, on 06 July 2016 - 12:05 PM, said:

Actually today (the 6th) was the last day. They extended it yesterday (the 5th). Last FW event they extended it like ONE hour before it was due to end.

Starts: Jun 30^th 10:00:00 AM (PDT) (5:00:00 PM UTC)
Ends: Jul 11^th 10:00:00 AM (PDT) (5:00:00 PM UTC)

[NightlightSky]

Extending the challenge will not help... need 4 victories to complete scout and havnt won a single game since saturday... Sixty games so far and still counting...

[Pirate King Redjack Ryan]

Thanks for the Nova, think I'll keep it.
Now to get the Mad Dog.. too bad fri/sat will be drinking but half way there already.

[Ironically Ironclad Irony]

Pirate King Redjack Ryan, on 06 July 2016 - 02:05 PM, said:

Thanks for the Nova, think I'll keep it.
Now to get the Mad Dog.. too bad fri/sat will be drinking but half way there already.

I dunno, i happen to know a group of aussies in 228th that seem to stomp harder when they are in the drunk tank...

NightlightSky, on 06 July 2016 - 01:58 PM, said:

Extending the challenge will not help... need 4 victories to complete scout and havnt won a single game since saturday... Sixty games so far and still counting...

I mean no offense, but you must be doing something wrong for that kind of streak...

[shameless]

if you're stuck running with pugs on that sort of streak, breakdown and run streakcrow. if you're playing with people you know, coordinate better.