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[GrimRiver]

Despite IS getting it's collective bottoms rekt by Smoke Jaguar mostly, the rewards alone are enough for me to bite my lip and suck up the constant reamings we're getting and continue playing.

So is Smoke Jaguar gonna apply the lube now or later?

[Lances107]

Day what is it three or four of IS rookies talking about items, they know nothing about.
As one poster tried to tell you op several merc units went clan smoke jaguar. Now if you bothered to open your bloody eyes you would have noticed the highest score among the clans is wait for it clan smoke jaguar. Without the mercs I highly doubt we would be destroying IS like this. It would be either in favor of IS, or darn close to even.

[Vxheous]

El Bandito, on 08 May 2017 - 06:19 PM, said:

I'd accept that if IS had actually won any of the past Tuk events. But they hadn't. So faction balance is still inadequate in my view.

And as a person who had been following comp scene in League of Legends, a champion's 5% deviation from the middle bar tends to result in nerfs/buffs within the next few patches.

League of Legends also tend to balance from the Top down, and not potato up. There are champions that are absolutely broken in Wood tier, that Challenger+ will not touch. PGI seems to attempt to balance the other way

Edited by Vxheous Kerensky, 08 May 2017 - 07:20 PM.

[CFC Conky]

Hello all,

Played four matches with my unit of three this afternoon on the IS side, siege and assault. We finished 2/2 and the losses were very close. It could have well been 0/4 had we lost our mojo after being down by 4-5 mechs at one point in every match. Folks, ya just gotta keep fighting. The Clans have an advantage, that's true, and going up against a pre-made dozen usually ends poorly for IS, but I believe we can still win enough to make it enjoyable, if not particularly profitable. Unfortunately I won't have time to complete the final challenges but if nothing else, the past few days of the stomp fest have made be a better player (Yukon Gold instead of big Idaho potato now, lol)

Good hunting,
CFC Conky

Edited by CFC Conky, 08 May 2017 - 07:33 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

Agent1190, on 08 May 2017 - 06:19 PM, said:

STOP PUGGING IN FW AND JOIN A GROUP!!!!

while I don't agree with the OP, not only is that not always viable an option, it is a poorly planned event that allows you to drop as PUGs if you can "only succeed" in a group.

Since they caved to letting PUGlies into FW to begin with, they should then also have made it more viable to PUG in it. Or better yet, not have let PUGs in in the first place, but kept it as the unit on unit hard mode it was meant to be.

[Y E O N N E]

Don't boycott the event.

Start blue-beaming your way to victory. Forget any other weapons except PPCs, if you can hack it, and maybe SRMs.

[El Bandito]

Vxheous Kerensky, on 08 May 2017 - 07:19 PM, said:

League of Legends also tend to balance from the Top down, and not potato up. There are champions that are absolutely broken in Wood tier, that Challenger+ will not touch. PGI seems to attempt to balance the other way

I concur. Which is probably why MWO comp scene is filled with Clans mechs, but PGI is not doing anything about it.

Templar Dane, on 08 May 2017 - 06:47 PM, said:

Because they wanted shorter wait times and to not have to fight each other. Most of them would rather stomp pugs than risk a possible loss against another organized group.

Then you do not make any sense, because IS gets instant-drops in this event, while Clanners are waiting several minutes. I checked with KCom.

[Novakaine]

Man just play your game.
PGI is blind, mute and tone deaf.
Might well get those those freebies.
"Bekause programmins iz hardz."

Edited by Novakaine, 08 May 2017 - 08:15 PM.

[Monkey Lover]

I boycotted 1 bucket long before this event

Edited by Monkey Lover, 08 May 2017 - 09:31 PM.

[LordNothing]

why? the prizes are sweet and its the same ol fp as its always been. just with shorter wait times and a larger potato to premade ratio than usual.

[Timuroslav]

Why advertise the Factions on the website when the only thing that matters is merc? I mean Merc just saps the talent away from active units. I wonder if Loyalists stop playing all will be merc? Sounds pretty parasitic to me. It doesn't really feel like Faction warfare anymore it's more like Free play 2.0 with better rewards. Mercs shouldn't be able to own planets in my honest opinion or reap mc benefits from holding planets but Idk that's just me brainstorming.

If you want faction warfare encourage and support Factions? aka loyalists? I guess that's too simple.

Edited by Timuroslav, 08 May 2017 - 08:40 PM.

[Magnus Santini]

I agree with Bishop Steiner, Novakaine, and the others who urge you to keep fighting. Use the prize money to buy strong mechs, weapons, and modules to do better in future fights. Use the losses to try to learn something you can use or practice to do better next time.

[El Bandito]

Magnus Santini, on 08 May 2017 - 08:44 PM, said:

I agree with Bishop Steiner, Novakaine, and the others who urge you to keep fighting. Use the prize money to buy strong mechs, weapons, and modules to do better in future fights. Use the losses to try to learn something you can use or practice to do better next time.

Or they can simply join the Clans for easier time, earning more prizes, all the while getting better.

Edited by El Bandito, 08 May 2017 - 08:48 PM.

[Timuroslav]

Just got Clan, the mercs are clan so follow the mercs that's apparently how you make good mc. Follow the wins loyalty means nothing anyway, you just get punished for it. Be sure to join Merc Star and 228IBR.

Edited by Timuroslav, 08 May 2017 - 09:05 PM.

[Y E O N N E]

MS and 228th are both currently IS.

[MOBAjobg]

I pug in FP and still have a positive W/L ratio.

[Juodas Varnas]

MOBAjobg, on 08 May 2017 - 09:08 PM, said:

I pug in FP and still have a positive W/L ratio.

You're a clanner.

[Ten Roos]

GrimRiver, on 08 May 2017 - 07:13 PM, said:

Despite IS getting it's collective bottoms rekt by Smoke Jaguar mostly, the rewards alone are enough for me to bite my lip and suck up the constant reamings we're getting and continue playing.

So is Smoke Jaguar gonna apply the lube now or later?

Rewards worth it? Admittedly I have fallen for the doing the event (have like 1500 game score to go.. which being IS is like 10 games). But Rewards enough... why not just spend $10 and get the rewards (btw $10 was a total pluck... anyone actually worked out what the rewards are in $?)

[Magnus Santini]

El Bandito was supposed to put MS on the first jumpship out but he must have booked United Spacelines and they were overbooked.

[A Really Old Clan Dude]

The simple fact is if you get one or two experienced faction players in your group and the rest listen to the call then you have a good chance of winning.

Hell I dropped as the clan pug with 8 from one guild and they(we) got whipped attacking boreal against a IS group from all different guilds. The IS group setup well defensively and simply traded better on very hard map to attack on, even for clan mechs.