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[Dee Eight]

I used a Phx-1b, 2 hardpoints and +20% rof... it doesn't take too many matches to get the damages you need for the MG challenge. There's a couple good roughneck and bushwacker choices too that have MG and Ballistic cooldown quirks together. Mix your MGs and autocannons/gauss and just play one mech to get all the challenges done eventually. The Vindicator 1X and Dragon 5N also work well for everything except the 20 class autocannons and the heavy gauss.

Edited by Dee Eight, 20 September 2017 - 10:20 PM.

[Brother MEX]

Genesis23, on 20 September 2017 - 10:01 PM, said:

... , but which mech would you use on IS side? no IS light can boat that load of minature-dakka, and mechs like the arrow are a bit too slow and fragile to get that close in. i thought about using my beloved spider 5k but thats just too terrible in terms of firepower.

I prefer the PIRATES BANE with STEALTH !

Sadly I have bought the Jägermech DD before the start of the event for the full price ( -50% SALE now ) for this challenge

I just put a LIGHT 315 engine into it, together with 2 large lasers and 2 of EACH variant of MG. With at least 1 ton of EACH ammo in EACH arm

With 6 ballistic hardpoints ( 3 in each arm ) the DD is even better than the King Crab with 6 ballistic as the Jägermech is much faster !

For the AC20 challenges I suggest using a Centurion AH or YEN-LO-WANG

Edited by Brother MEX, 20 September 2017 - 10:55 PM.

[ZortPointNarf]

Matt Newman, on 20 September 2017 - 02:32 PM, said:

Keep the Feedback coming guys!
I really appreciate you taking the time to give me feedback and allowing us to continually improve!

This event was born out of some simple criteria I had.

• Keep the event concept simple (ballistics only)
  
• uses statistics we have never used before (Weapon exclusive damage)
  
• get the event up early showing the Future events functionality- ( the day before)
  
• Create an awesome sale to complement the event (CHECK)

So yeah I think that maybe some of the targets may be high for Damage.

and I get the point that new players at a disadvantage (I will try to address this for future events)
but you don't have to complete every challenge.
I'll Probably throw in some Daily challenges to smooth this one out a bit. Everyone here is really excited about the potential this new system has.


FYI I am also planning on doing a “Lrmageddon” type event with all Missile Type weapons
and a “Pew Pew Pew” Energy event but I will refine the targets and rewards to make it suitable.

As far as posting the details on the Site as well I can do that moving forward but the tracking of progress and rewarding will be in-game for now.

We are looking into some issues where the detail window may not be showing for some people as well as an unrelated crash.

Matt

@Matt, this event is great, I am a bit of a pokemech collector, so having a reason to finally fire up some of the variants to run them with ballistics is fun, even though I suck at using them further than 500m (ping makes hitting anything a guess).

The sale added in was great too, just bought a Rifleman and Warhammer hero as well as 3 Maulers and a Sneaky Cat, thanks for the HUGE discount. As someone who has a currency that is 1:13 against the dollar, the 50% off makes a massive difference.

I look forward to the other events, and please don't be deterred, the forum warriors hail from the salt mines of Utah and there will be no pleasing them on everything. I would request that just the outline of the events be pushed to the websites, such as when and what, without your status updates, those are no longer needed. This will allow me and other to rally the troops to go stomping.

Terrien, on 20 September 2017 - 07:36 PM, said:

I'm looking forward to this event. It is understood that I might not be able to meet all of the objectives given my resources, but the gains that are available are a nice bonus. I like that this is an opportunity to play more ballistics than I usually do, and in so doing hone my skills with weapons that I may have, beforehand, found too difficult for whatever reason. Perhaps I will discover a new killer combo that I have not built before. Just because there is a challenge it does not mean that I will "conquer all" but I will *within my limitations* rise to meet that challenge and see how well I do. In fact, I look forward to more events such as this. I greet Lurmageddon with open arms and eager Catapults and Archers. This can test the balance of ECM and AMS. If these specialized events help PGI to collect more data on the behavior of certain weapons so that they can analyse and improve, then I am happy to collect whatever rewards I can and know that I am contributing to the evolution and improvement of my favorite pastime. If not, there is no compulsion for me to follow the carrot on the stick and I'll just bring the Wubs to the party. I say Bravo! Let the game creators worry about the fallout of their choices. I for one will make the most of the events and not squeeze sour grapes into bitter wine. Give it a try. If you don't like it vote with your internet connection.

Seconded. The events are optional, you do not have to do them (wish more people would get that). For those struggling with builds, I stripped all my mechs and thus have a pool of parts available to use for whatever tickles my fancy, reduces the costs dramatically, especially on engines and big weapons. The cache drops are great for getting big weapons cheaply.

[Genesis23]

ZortPointNarf, on 20 September 2017 - 10:59 PM, said:

The cache drops are great for getting big weapons cheaply.

good for you, but i only get crap off those which isnt even remotely worth the mc-investment for a key. i pretty much allways sell them for the 50k and only try open one if there is a mech in the rotation - which i never got. after a few dozen tries i learned my lesson (jah, was quite on the slow side there but i had hopes to get a new stompy out of it).

Edited by Genesis23, 20 September 2017 - 11:51 PM.

[Zandel Corrin]

Adding to the list of people saying the same thing with the hope that PGI actually reads these topics.

Return the web page version as well please, I don't care about it being delayed at all I'd just like to see the event details from outside of the game as well please.

[TheFourthAlly]

Harlock69, on 19 September 2017 - 04:38 PM, said:

O.k....I hit the event portal, and there's no events listed to choose. Is it not active yet? I really liked having events accessible through the website much better.

Still nothing for me. I'd really like to find out what this event actually entails and what my progress has been so far guys.

[Brother MEX]

TheFourthAlly, on 21 September 2017 - 12:25 AM, said:

Still nothing for me. I'd really like to find out what this event actually entails and what my progress has been so far guys.

As you wont be able to CLAIM the rewards when you have reached them, it doesnt matter how your progress is so far

I suggest that you IMMEDIATLY send a Email to support ( technical@mwomercs.com or general@mwomercs.com ) about this issue !
But before that go into the EVENT BROWSER before you take a break for at least several minutes and WAIT !
Usually the issue should resoulve itself within less than 15min, as it seems to be a cache problem ( https://en.wikipedia...ache_(computing)#Buffer_vs._cache )

[Ramon Tagarr]

Harlock69, on 19 September 2017 - 04:38 PM, said:

O.k....I hit the event portal, and there's no events listed to choose. Is it not active yet? I really liked having events accessible through the website much better.

same at my acc....

[ZortPointNarf]

Genesis23, on 20 September 2017 - 11:50 PM, said:

good for you, but i only get crap off those which isnt even remotely worth the mc-investment for a key. i pretty much allways sell them for the 50k and only try open one if there is a mech in the rotation - which i never got. after a few dozen tries i learned my lesson (jah, was quite on the slow side there but i had hopes to get a new stompy out of it).

I am yet to win a mech from it, so for big prices like that it is meh.
Best I've won is 1000mc
The main reason for opening them is the loot inside, e.g. 2 Large Pulse Lazers is 1.4m CB, that is a big saving not having to buy them, and the bulk of my heavy ballistics come from opening these as I do not play ballistics due to ping.

[Xaat Xuun]

“Lrmageddon”

reward better be a collectors pack of our choice, if you go that route

ETA: forgot to add
I like event page in game , seeing the progress is great, no more waiting till it gets past the top of the hour, just to see if you need to do one more match or not in or with something you don't like playing with

Edited by Xaat Xuun, 21 September 2017 - 03:28 AM.

[Aramuside]

Jondoeiowa, on 20 September 2017 - 04:57 PM, said:

Actually we checked, since 7:44 there has been a clan victory every 10 minutes, means no one is getting drops, it's just ghost drop after ghost drop

I empathise with the pain as Ghost drops really do suck but... if you didn't all stack one side you wouldn't have that problem.

[TheFourthAlly]

Brother MEX, on 21 September 2017 - 01:25 AM, said:

As you wont be able to CLAIM the rewards when you have reached them, it doesnt matter how your progress is so far

Smartypants.

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I suggest that you IMMEDIATLY send a Email to support ( technical@mwomercs.com or general@mwomercs.com ) about this issue !
But before that go into the EVENT BROWSER before you take a break for at least several minutes and WAIT !
Usually the issue should resoulve itself within less than 15min, as it seems to be a cache problem ( https://en.wikipedia...ache_(computing)#Buffer_vs._cache )

I have not tried waiting it out yet, will do. I've seen a post from company reps they are aware and looking into why it's not showing for (what seems to be) a fair number of people. But I will try the wait one next. Alt-tab and changing screen settings didn't do it for, but others have reported that did it for them.

Cheers.

Edited by TheFourthAlly, 21 September 2017 - 03:47 AM.

[Kuaron]

Concerning the error where the event is not shown:

I found out that if you select different Mechs and in between check if the event appears when clicking on the E symbol, it eventually does after some tries.

You don't have to log out, reboot or reinstall the game or sth., just select another Mech and try again.

[JonDoeIowa]

Aramuside, on 21 September 2017 - 03:27 AM, said:

I empathise with the pain as Ghost drops really do suck but... if you didn't all stack one side you wouldn't have that problem.

Tell that to my Unit leader, I vote IS every time, but they all wanna play their clan mechs.

[FuzzyNZ]

300 DMG for Heavy Machine Guns is too difficult!
HMGs are the worst MG at the moment I reckon, yet they have the highest damage requirement.

[Brother MEX]

Jondoeiowa, on 21 September 2017 - 04:03 AM, said:

Tell that to my Unit leader, I vote IS every time, but they all wanna play their clan mechs.

Obviously YOU are in the WRONG unit !

I suggest you search for a IS loyal unit and JOIN THEM

FuzzyNZ, on 21 September 2017 - 04:36 AM, said:

300 DMG for Heavy Machine Guns is too difficult!
HMGs are the worst MG at the moment I reckon, yet they have the highest damage requirement.

Actually the HMG challenge as the EASIEST for me !
I did it in a single game with a Koshi with 3 HMG + 1 LMG + 3 micro lasers, together with the LMG challenge ... 2 challenges in one game

PS: just look at my signature !

Edited by Brother MEX, 21 September 2017 - 04:51 AM.

[VerKa]

My event portal is blank. What am I doing wrong?

[MortallyTransparentCupcake]

Unit 86, on 20 September 2017 - 01:17 PM, said:

The event is a huge flop. How is a new player supposed to participate? I don't have all Ultracannons.

I was hoping for the 500k CBill reward right after I've gotten the 500/500 with my UAC10 but guess what - no. I have to also do the requirement for UAC2, UAC5 and UAC20 alltogether combined. If I was to buy these weapons right now just so I can finish the event, they would together cost me more than 500k CBill. Spend that much for weapons just to finish the event and then never use them again? I think not.

You'll make money using them in-game. Say about 100-150k per match. You'll have the weapons you buy forever, depending on whether or not you use them again, is, of course, up to you. If you're really new, how do you know you'll never use these again?

[KodiakGW]

Looks like the only one I'll power through is the C-AC one to get a Rocket Girl. Not sure why the UAC challenges are 1/2 the damage required than the AC ones. Oh well. *reasons*

Got mechs to do all the challenges. But, dealing with the CARRY HARDER queue to get duplicates of items I already have is not appealing. Did want another Worksite Radio, though. Edit: Forgot about the BoomHammer for dual UAC20s. May end up doing that one too. Plenty of decent UAC or UAC5 jam reduction quirked mechs in my inventory that I can boat 2 and meet the low damage requirments. But, going to end up having a lot of losses because no way I can CARRY HARDER with them. /End Edit

Some of the load outs/mechs people are suggesting really baffles me. Seems like they are purposely trying to convince others to take crappy mechs so they can be cannon fodder.

And riddle me this: Why are all the Clan UACs one slot smaller that their AC counterparts, while all the IS UACs are the same or more? *reasons* I guess.

Edited by KodiakGW, 21 September 2017 - 12:17 PM.

[MortallyTransparentCupcake]

FuzzyNZ, on 21 September 2017 - 04:36 AM, said:

300 DMG for Heavy Machine Guns is too difficult!
HMGs are the worst MG at the moment I reckon, yet they have the highest damage requirement.

It took me only 2 matches..? I suggest changing your play style up. I usually play heavies, and used a light to get this done.

Jondoeiowa, on 20 September 2017 - 04:42 PM, said:

Why does this event only happen in QP? FW is already hard to get matches, it's a ghost town now. Nothing but Ghost Drops

This is simply their first one... more than likely a trial to see if things would even work as expected... He already stated that there would be a LRM and Lazor event coming... Makes sense that there will eventually be a FW event coming.