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[3rdstorm]

Might have actually tried to complete this event if I noticed it sooner. Pretty sure im too behind now. When I saw the faction war event announced for this month I decided to take some time off mwo because I dont like that mode.

Would have really like the hunchback hero too because Hunches are some of my favs. It being impossible to complete the event from this point is kind of frustrating and leaves me feeling somewhat excluded.

Good intentions but id like a little more notice on these things so I can decide and plan on participating.

[ERescue]

@3rdstorm: If I did not miscalculate, you can still finish all four goals IF you can make it online for the next 12 days in a row and get that 100+ match each day.

[James Argent]

It should be noted that today is included in that 'next 12 days,' so go play right now.

[Deadeeye]

PGI, thanks for coming up with this new event page design. It's really a lot better and deserves a big thumbs-up! I don't have to scroll through walls of text to find my actual scores.

[DGTLDaemon]

MovinTarget, on 20 November 2016 - 11:37 AM, said:

Since there is no clanner mech that can be otherwise worked into this football theme...

So screw this football theme. And screw the "Hero" part, too. Just give us ANY Clan mech as an alternative reward. Not special, not hero, not even champion - just any random Clan mech, so that both tech bases are equally represented as event rewards. A regular Hunchback IIC would do nicely, for example, as it is the direct counterpart of the Grid Iron.

Edited by DGTLDaemon, 20 November 2016 - 11:31 PM.

[I cant want to]

i don't need another Grid Iron, but i will be more than happy with the mech bay and c bills when i sell this FREE MECH

[invernomuto]

I am a bit worried about the "150 component destroyed" requirement. If I get a Kill does it grant me a "component destroyed" achievement? After two days and some (mostly bad) games I have only 4 component destroyed achieved. It does not seem difficult to complete the rest.

[invernomuto]

DGTLDaemon, on 20 November 2016 - 11:27 PM, said:

So screw this football theme. And screw the "Hero" part, too. Just give us ANY Clan mech as an alternative reward. Not special, not hero, not even champion - just any random Clan mech, so that both tech bases are equally represented as event rewards. A regular Hunchback IIC would do nicely, for example, as it is the direct counterpart of the Grid Iron.

Agreed, just give an alternatives for those who already bought G.I.

[martian]

3rdstorm, on 20 November 2016 - 09:25 PM, said:

Might have actually tried to complete this event if I noticed it sooner. Pretty sure im too behind now. When I saw the faction war event announced for this month I decided to take some time off mwo because I dont like that mode.

Would have really like the hunchback hero too because Hunches are some of my favs. It being impossible to complete the event from this point is kind of frustrating and leaves me feeling somewhat excluded.

Good intentions but id like a little more notice on these things so I can decide and plan on participating.

You need twelve pints and you have twelve days. So you can complete this event.

invernomuto, on 21 November 2016 - 12:29 AM, said:

I am a bit worried about the "150 component destroyed" requirement. If I get a Kill does it grant me a "component destroyed" achievement?

Almost certainly, since you destroy either the CT or side torso.

invernomuto, on 21 November 2016 - 12:29 AM, said:

After two days and some (mostly bad) games I have only 4 component destroyed achieved. It does not seem difficult to complete the rest.

Try to use SRMs.

[Deadeeye]

martian, on 21 November 2016 - 12:47 AM, said:

Try to use SRMs.

Would LBXs work just as well?

[Aramuside]

martian, on 21 November 2016 - 12:47 AM, said:

You need twelve pints and you have twelve days. So you can complete this event.



Almost certainly, since you destroy either the CT or side torso.


Try to use SRMs.

Quite a few people like Colonel O'Neill just used LRM's to farm components.

I'm just getting mine as I go because we kept getting stomped almost every time I got into my SRM 24 Linebacker.... though getting primaried by the entire other team time after time after time didn't help my mood. That said we're only a couple of days in so plenty of time and at least the Linebacker kills are now done and most of their basics.

[martian]

Deadeeye, on 21 November 2016 - 01:05 AM, said:

Would LBXs work just as well?

If you like them ...

Edited by martian, 21 November 2016 - 01:19 AM.

[Thanatos31]

Hi PGI -


Thank you for this event and the format ! Nice factors to "win" this time.

Only the collectors reward is lop-sided! Of course CLAN only players can sell the IS Hunchback , but would it be too much to ask for a CLAN mech of similar value as a reward ? So that both factions are represented and both player bases are rewarded specifically?

Thanks

[invernomuto]

martian, on 21 November 2016 - 12:47 AM, said:

Try to use SRMs.

Thanks, I'll try with my Archer 5W or my Cyclops 10-Z

[drachnien]

I got the component destroyed one quickly by focusing on anything but the ct before going for the kill. You can get many that way per kill.

[Ducciojzr]

We need an alternative reward for those who already bought Gi spending dollars. It's the first time that they gift a Hero...Now, why should I spend on hero if then they give them for free?

[martian]

Ducciojzr, on 21 November 2016 - 02:07 AM, said:

We need an alternative reward for those who already bought Gi spending dollars. It's the first time that they gift a Hero...Now, why should I spend on hero if then they give them for free?

Seriously?

So you will have two Hero 'Mechs - you can build one GI with Gauss Rifle and the other one with AC-20. Problem solved.


What about Mechbays prizes? And Premium colours? And Cockpit Items? And Champion Mechs?

Are you going to ask for some special rewards for those things too? And are you really going to stop spending on MWO because PGI might - in some indefinite future - make one of those things or some Hero Mech reward in some possible future challenge?

[stripped]

ERescue, on 20 November 2016 - 09:30 PM, said:

@3rdstorm: If I did not miscalculate, you can still finish all four goals IF you can make it online for the next 12 days in a row and get that 100+ match each day.

True.

[Dubbelklik]

Ironically Ironclad Irony, on 20 November 2016 - 06:44 AM, said:

Except for many players, i am thinking scouts particularly, playing within you lance is *not* natural. I would say this aspect is the least fun of the event as it is easy to have all three of your lancemates go different directions... it may be the one challenge that really caters to group play or perhaps fp where you can organize lances of complimentary mechs....

In solo quick play, with an influx of heavies, alpha lance could have mechs with rather disparate top speeds (ie 2 lights, a med, and a heavy).

I would agree with you, if one was to play scouting mechs exclusively. Then the fact that one finds it difficult to complete that particular portion is one's own fault, not the game makers.

Also, that particular portion of the event is perhaps the easiest to complete, since it registers every eight seconds when active. One can play a heavier mech for a short time and return to a scouting mech quite soon if one was so inclined. I think it took me all of two or three hours of game time to complete, as I was racking up around 15 per match.

[Asmosis]

invernomuto, on 21 November 2016 - 12:29 AM, said:

I am a bit worried about the "150 component destroyed" requirement. If I get a Kill does it grant me a "component destroyed" achievement? After two days and some (mostly bad) games I have only 4 component destroyed achieved. It does not seem difficult to complete the rest.

I took a DWF with 12 SPL and a pair of LBX, and shot people in the knees.

Anything with spread damage will work wonders, pinpoint stuff like IS AC20's, not so much. Worst case scenario, the engine counts as a component so your guaranteed one component per kill

I got a surprising amount of component kills just running around in the ECM spider with ERPPC, while completing the 4th challenge. Also helped me learn a bit more about how to properly pilot a light mech.

Edited by Asmosis, 21 November 2016 - 05:00 AM.