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[Sky Hawk]

tee5, on 23 December 2016 - 06:06 PM, said:

Stocking Stuffer Event?
What is with CW- ?
Do they count for normal Skirmish/....? I bet no.
Do they count for Invasion? I bet no.
I bet they count for nothing.

I bet only CW-Invasion counts for Invasion Stocking Stuffer Event, so all this other CW-Game-Modes are played for nothing?

Can anyone confirm my assumptions?

Luckily, you are wrong.. Skirmish/Domination/Conquest/Assault counts, no matter QP or CW...

[Dee Eight]

Yep, at some point I am going to have to just run a couple dozen scout matches in a row for the extra stockings.

[Commander A9]

That's what we were doing last night.

I got a feeling that I'll be home too late to participate in the Assault 60-80% window for tonight's challenge (thank you, brainless PGI).

So I might as well Quick Play it up, and, you know, sacrifice time with my family since it's Christmas EVE right?

[Apollo777]

tee5, on 23 December 2016 - 06:06 PM, said:

Stocking Stuffer Event?
What is with CW- Skirmish/Domination/Conquest/Assault?
Do they count for normal Skirmish/....? I bet no.
Do they count for Invasion? I bet no.
I bet they count for nothing.

I bet only CW-Invasion counts for Invasion Stocking Stuffer Event, so all this other CW-Game-Modes are played for nothing?

Can anyone confirm my assumptions?

You're right, Assult/Skimisher/Conquest/Domination from FP don't count toeward FP! I don't understand why not?! They're part of FP!!

They count as QP mode!

Edited by Apollo777, 25 December 2016 - 03:03 AM.

[Aramuside]

Jay Leon Hart, on 23 December 2016 - 04:32 AM, said:

Although this issue was raised shortly after the announcement, so there was ample time to alter the Challenge.

Fairly irrelevant to his comment though as he specified designed....

Not disagreeing that the tournament is badly designed btw but if they don't try new stuff we just complain that its all KMDD...

[Commander A9]

Yeah, but we've been in this situation many times before.

PGI will design a challenge that can only be won on a specific game type or map.

And if that map or game type never pops up or is inaccessible, then congratulations! You lost the challenge not because of lack of skill, but because the challenge's requirements coupled with game design does not permit one to actually win it!

Better to have the challenge tied to Community Warfare in general rather than a single aspect. At least then people would be more inclined to play...

--Update For Today:--

Oh, look! Even with getting out of work an hour early, I'm home right in time for...Invasion! Not Assault! So I missed today's challenge!

And with it being Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and my entire team having, you know, lives and families, I'm out of today's challenge anyway!

...way to go, PGI.

Edited by Commander A9, 24 December 2016 - 05:05 PM.

[MunStarr]

Good Xmas Event. I liked that you tried to put a little of something for everyone. Thanks PGI.

[Dee Eight]

In the space of 2.5 hours I watched the FW modes go from skirmish to domination to conquest to assault to invasion. In that time, the clans won 38 out of 50 matches. I managed to get ONE assault game in before it had shifted to invasion mode because the clans were winning so many matches. In fact they were winning so fast that it was in assault mode for barely 15 minutes because I went into a quick play and the mode bar had been right on the light between assault and conquest, came out and it was halfway thru assault, got time to load modules/horns onto my deck mechs, get into an assault FW match, and when it ended 20 minutes later it was half way into invasion mode. Now after composing this message, its buried the bar well past capture the planet stage.

Now all that said, fortunately there is no 'grand' prize for getting all 12 days to chase after, and I didn't need another useless leopard dropship cockpit item.

So far for stocking pulls, i'm at 4.2 million cbills, 630MC, 17 improved consumables, 8 priority consumables, 7400 GXP and I don't keep track of cockpit items as they mean little to me. I have 87 more stocking pulls I can earn still.

Edited by Dee Eight, 25 December 2016 - 09:29 AM.

[Kodyn]

There have been maybe 3-4 really decent events done by PGI in my 2+ years playing, and yet I, along with most, are still surprised when they create another terrible event.

They really set the standard by doing it right those few times, now the 90% of the time they produce a complete waste of time, we are inclined to care, because we know they could do better if they bothered.

One note, PGI, you normally keep Halloween, Xmas, and maybe one other event for the grab bag stuff, you know, the events your players actually like, what happened to that idea? Just going for the least amount of players enjoying your events possible, for some kinda study?

EDIT: Belatedly, I found the stocking stuffer stuff is still there, just harder to notice with the 12 Days of Garbage event taking the forefront. Good job PGI, you kept part of a good event at least...still needs to be said often and loudly that you guys are in general pretty godawful at events however, maybe someday you'll be shamed into giving a damn about doing a better job.

Edited by Kodyn, 25 December 2016 - 04:11 PM.

[Khan Felix Pryde]

The only thing that should be said loudly is that PGI does a great job listening to its playerbase. The game is constantly changing because of people like your inputs, but you always have something negative to say. Maybe someday you'll be shamed into learning some respect for the difficulty in designing a working and balanced game while juggling to keep the game changing enough to keep you engaged. Its not an easy job, but they've done admirably.

[Timber Ghost]

Wait, you missed out on a Leopard Dropship. A cockpit item. Holy cow, what shall we do? Anything that had a requirement to it, like a specific game mode, were nothing but cockpit items. The good things, such as the 100MC, 300k c-bills, or premium time, all you had to do was play. Of all the things to cry about, you chose a leopard dropship cockpit item.

I had no issues completing the challenge everyday. But, there was not an overall prize for completing everything, so who really cares? The stocking stuffers are where it is at anyway. That just requires you to play the game, which I think would be the point anyway.

Commander A9, on 24 December 2016 - 02:35 PM, said:

--Update For Today:--

Oh, look! Even with getting out of work an hour early, I'm home right in time for...Invasion! Not Assault! So I missed today's challenge!

And with it being Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and my entire team having, you know, lives and families, I'm out of today's challenge anyway!

...way to go, PGI.

[Kael Posavatz]

It's times like this that I miss being able to say 'I will not drop in X' game-mode, or being able to see which way people are voting.

It's going to be a real trial to get those conquest and escort games, I can just tell.

[Dee Eight]

65 pulls to go. All the scouting, 22 invasions, 10 domination, 3 skirmish, 5 escort. Really that's my only goal to chase....maximizing random freebies.

[Fox the Apprentice]

D V Devnull, on 19 December 2016 - 01:19 PM, said:

[...]
(Sort of beside the point, but I wish they would do 'yyyy/mm/dd' format, instead of 'mm/dd/yyyy' format.)
[...]

+1

[Xoxim SC]

Kael Posavatz, on 26 December 2016 - 05:35 PM, said:

It's times like this that I miss being able to say 'I will not drop in X' game-mode, or being able to see which way people are voting.

It's going to be a real trial to get those conquest and escort games, I can just tell.

I generally don't even play during these events because I don't like being forced to play particular game modes, especially ones I don't like. Takes away from the fun for me.

[PPO Kuro]

Oh look I can get free stuff by playing the event/challenge games, let's complain and moan.

(I just gave up doing invasion, too much hassle for the 24 more rewards I could get. Got one: 112.500)

I liked the stocking stuffer event, it got me 705 MC, plus the 100 from day 11. So yay for 805 MC.

[Johnny Z]

Still not getting the stuffers from the other modes aside from assault. It says quick play and fp both count for those.

Edited by Johnny Z, 28 December 2016 - 04:31 PM.

[Dee Eight]

It took THIRTY scouting matches in a row today to get my 25 stockings for that mode. Now I just need to get another 20 invasions in and I'm done.

[D V Devnull]

Dee Eight, on 28 December 2016 - 06:23 PM, said:

It took THIRTY scouting matches in a row today to get my 25 stockings for that mode. Now I just need to get another 20 invasions in and I'm done.

Sounds like I might have needed to meet up with you on the FRR/Kurita Hub... Dang... I still need some for Scouting.

~D. V. "Argh... So much to do, so little time!!!" Devnull

[Graugger]

Yeah, drop in a Shadow Hawk and get one shot by the new Marauder IIC with its 80 point Alpha!

Nope...