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[Wooky1]

I just want to say that a requirement to get to get the incursion prize when you cannot get the maps to play is really REALLY Pissing me off i went for a long spell that i couldnt get incursion, thus and solely i couldnt get the free mech bay after all there are people who do have to work

[Liquid Leopard]

I finally killed a battery carrier. This guy asked who needed the kill, I answered, he picked up a battery and walked up to me...
Good thing I saved a screenshot with his name:
Answer74, thanks for being a good samaritan!

I've been trying to pay it forward, but can't get Incursion matches. :-/

I'm going to try one more time, and if I get an Incursion match I hope the kill goes to the needy, and not the greedy.

EDIT: I can't help if I get killed by an SPL locust before I even pick up a cell. It's too late at night to keep trying.
It's not the kind of thing I can explain to my boss, in the morning.

Edited by Liquid Leopard, 25 April 2017 - 02:32 AM.

[MavadoG]

thanks to the people trying to help with the 'failed delivery' challenge!.... i finally found someone to help me but team mates killed him off while he was waiting peacefully for the cell to regenerate..... alas, i shall keep trying and hoping to be able to complete this event

[Liquid Leopard]

Gazbeard, on 24 April 2017 - 07:04 AM, said:

Where are the Roughnecks?

Right here! I saw them in every match!
But it sounds like many players are having bad luck with this.

[Bolter01]

for christ sake how about answering one of the 400 odd responses to your event or put that ******* Incursion on every 2nd game instead of once in a ******* blue moon!

[KekistanWillRiseAgain]

Bolter01, on 24 April 2017 - 07:59 PM, said:

for christ sake how about answering one of the 400 odd responses to your event or put that ******* Incursion on every 2nd game instead of once in a ******* blue moon!

That would require them acknowledging what a colossal cluster **** the event requirement is... not gonna happen

[Marek Nur]

Usually I thank PGI for the Challenges and Events. This however is one of the worst conceived Challenges.

-You only rarely get to play the Incursion game mode.
-The game mode challenges depend heavily on the map chosen, sometimes it's impossible to achieve certain objectives on certain maps (Killing the energy carrier!).
-You cannot avoid playing in the challenge because it effects the playstyle of everyone in quickplay! Even when not in Incursion, people are actually suicidal to get out of every other game mode so they have a chance to complete the challenge before the deadline since the game mode of Incursion is rare.
-Everyone is so surprised when an Incursion game launches that they sabotage each other rather than working together.
-The game mode everyone is after is sorely in need of play testing, so when it is played, it has serious issues.

I have gone two hours this weekend, roughly five to eight matches per hour, with only one Incursion voted for. Some people with multipliers actually vote against the game mode on the weekend when there is an event launching the game mode. THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR NEW GAME MODE PGI!

[Baron Blitz Fokheimer]

The only decent response would be to extend the event by a few days (including the leaderboard component, since that was affected too), and change "Delivery Failed" to something like getting five assists against carriers.

If they don't, my only tip is to try to stay alive toward the end of the match, because it's easier to kill damaged targets (and you'll have less competition doing so). Use something light with SRMs or pulses, and machine guns. But don't game the system and compromise the integrity of the game by giving/taking free kills; that just enables PGI to get away with bad decisions because it lessens the negative perception of the problem if less people are dissatisfied.

Good luck. You'll need it.

[MavadoG]

unfortunately, the few times incursion pops up, some fuel cells aren't even being picked up..... in the last 1.5 hours i've had incursion as an option twice, and both time's i've camped fuel cells that were never touched.... impossible to kill a carrier if there isn't one....

[Hawk819]

Anhydrite, on 24 April 2017 - 02:54 PM, said:

If it was a Butterbee....your welcome! I've been doing that any chance I get.

Actually, it wasn't. Standard variant. I didn't get it's designation. Just saw the Lightning Bolt near the name and killed him. Not sure who the pilot was, either.

[SaintLucifer]

Less than 12 hours left, still no carrier. Why i'm still even trying...

[MickaStarkiller]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, i play so much and i cant even get a kill on the guy with the battery like really, who ever made this part up should take a good hard look in the mirror, cause its obvious they dont play the game at all and havent played this game mode at all...

this event part is all luck tbh and i dont care if i dont finish it, but i feel bad for all the ppl new and old that this event is just driving mad.

when i start selling stuff out of anger u know something is up lol...

[MavadoG]

SaintLucifer, on 24 April 2017 - 09:04 PM, said:

Less than 12 hours left, still no carrier. Why i'm still even trying...

LOL! at least you're getting incursion as an option..... seen it 2-3 times out of about 15+ matches

[Kit Nagasawa]

Seems this whole incursion war has been...*sunglasses* Uncivil.... *CSI Scream*

[Manthor]

Wence the Wanderer, on 24 April 2017 - 05:31 PM, said:

So long as you go down swinging, I see no reason to complain

well, to be honest, i was just running up to the enemy and standing still until dead. but someone on my team got their panties in a knot and reported me. so i'll shoot once or twice next time.

[Avian Blackfrost]

Let's face it. The only time somebody is going to risk getting a fuel cell is if there are no enemies around to snipe him for the challenge.

And for those good samaritans who helped others get their challenge: Bully for you!

[Ober Affengeil]

I grabbed a fuel cell in a Linebacker C. I can't do all the work, folks.

[ZortPointNarf]

I am usually a big fan of events, but this one is the very definition of frustrating. 8/9, and not enough Incursion games to even stand a chance of getting the carrier. I have seen exactly 3 battery carriers from Red over the entire event, ons died in a hail of fire from everyone in my team, the second just out ran me in his PB and the final died like the first with me still closing the distance to weapons range.
I think the reduction in the requirement of the number of cells that need to be delivered early on in the event has led to an unintended side effect that there is no real reward for anyone to pick it up and lug it back to base in anything other than a LCT or JNR. This was raised in PTS and the changes to rewards made were minimal at best. The simple fact is that if you are looking to make money and not drop your skill score you don't touch the batteries, you go out there and you brawl it out. (Even though I like the new mode, it is not rewarding)

The frustration of this event has for the first time in just over a year annoyed me to the point where I will be playing some other games for a bit and scaling down my hours played. The behaviour of the players during this event did nothing to improve it either, no I am not cancelling orders and the like, but the lack of response to players clearly voicing concerns even before the event started and then the deafening silence during has for the first time left me feeling rather annoyed at PGI, whom I've always defended for the complexities involved in this rather brilliant game.

500 posts about this event is a clear indication that people are upset, more so than the skill tree, PGI, you are loosing friends by keeping quiet.

Edited by ZortPointNarf, 24 April 2017 - 11:26 PM.

[Valdemaar]

Finally managed to kill a Roughneck with only 10 hours left in the event. Now if only I could track down a battery carrier without getting shot at, carrying enough weapons to quickly kill it, and being fast enough to outrun what will most likely be a locust. Suggestions anyone?

[Manthor]

Valdemaar, on 24 April 2017 - 10:59 PM, said:

Finally managed to kill a Roughneck with only 10 hours left in the event. Now if only I could track down a battery carrier without getting shot at, carrying enough weapons to quickly kill it, and being fast enough to outrun what will most likely be a locust. Suggestions anyone?

i'll be looking for your name. if you are on the other side in an incursion match, i will contact you to meet in an out of the way area to get a free kill. gonna spend the next 10 hours in my fastest mech to run in, grab then run away with a battery. forget the base. free mechbays for all!

Edited by Manthor, 24 April 2017 - 11:28 PM.