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[ShooteyMcShooterson]

Finished all of the mech challenges in about 18-20 matches, which is pretty much what I figured before I started.

However, we can see how far along I am on the 'win' challenge. 1 Scouting win, 1 Assault win and 7 Siege wins. That's it.
http://tinypic.com/v...p?pic=pxix1&s=9

PGI, your matchmaker sucks!

Edited by ShooteyMcShooterson, 30 September 2017 - 08:14 PM.

[Commander A9]

There is no matchmaker. The map-game selector is what's stacked against you.

Meanwhile, I'm a little surprised that it's taking so long to find matches sometimes...

[blackcatf]

We have a 12 man and we've been waiting at least 15 minutes for our 10-minute match timer to start...what gives?

[Dee Eight]

Every individual potato or small-medium size jumps to clan during events expecting easy wins because of clantech, meanwhile large units jump back and forth on contracts based on obvious signs of player population. #1 they want payout bonuses but #2 they also want matches to then GET those payout bonuses but typically its go IS during events as that will satisfy #2 and Marik/Liao are paying 40% so that fits #1. I run my different accounts to different factions during events and the IS ones always get matches faster during events.

2323 for example are Marik currently. They were dropping 11-12 man groups into the queue yesterday. Kcom are Clan Steel Viper currently. At 3:36am EST they're managing 4-6 players at once. And the ones of those aren't exactly the best quality only chasing after killing blows not match wins. Again an issue with the event conditions.... where kills are everything and wins are not.

Edited by Dee Eight, 01 October 2017 - 12:06 AM.

[sub2000]

please return web functionality. Current system doesn't work as intended. It takes many attempts and time just to see where you are.
The event is clearly designed by a clueless person who doesn't play MWO, "good done PGI".

And PGI "did it again". There were quite a few events with conditions depending on random factor. Community was clear about it, and what PGI does? Again I see win conditions for modes with probability of <1/30 being necessary. Really???

Edited by sub2000, 01 October 2017 - 12:45 AM.

[blighty]

Ahhhhrg. This is killing me. How can we possibly get the final reward. Those game types just do not occur.

Please sort out the non Siege game types and make them all have the same percentage chance as siege.

This is crazy - its causing people to RUIN OTHER PEOPLES GAMES by leaving. I dont want to do that, id rather you fix this PGI.

[The Unstoppable Puggernaut]

Basing rewards off random maps....

I thought PGI would have learnt. Apparently not especially for FW ... wow.

Well, thanks for the other challenges and the MC rewards, those I'll certainly go for.

[Dee Eight]

I finally just got...and won a domination match... now just need conquest and incursion... on my primary alt. Haven't even started this account yet. Plan to play IS (more frequent matches) and I expect to have to stack the deck after I score all the light and medium payouts first... fortunately four heavies is my standard layout. Maybe I'll go with three zeus and a commando for the assault conditions.

[Ninjah]

Finished everything except 1 Domination win. Kinda bummed not one Domination came up in 2 days tho, hopefully there will be some today. The rest was pretty easy - Scouting for lights and mediums, Invasion for heavies and assaults.

[Ishishi]

Faction Play is bugged.

Im trying to get a match, but it`s only "Searching"...

Maybe we need more players?

[Insomnium80]

Another ******** FP event. Trying to complete these while dropping solo is a grind I'm not willing to do. Also once again very dissapointed about buying an ultimate pack vs what reward level you get from that. I'm thinking I'm done with this game.

[Dran Dragore]

an Faction Play event is fine, but i hate this Luck Factor: tried since two Days to finish the missing two game Types and get no Conquest mode or Assault. Just the other ones get in play. Sry, thats frustrating to get the lucky draw AND the right team for winning then the game....

[Aldodrem]

Sir JoJo, on 30 September 2017 - 02:41 PM, said:

and yeah use KMDD instead of Kills.

That only shifts the problem into a different gear for Faction Play. As a Team you are suppose to get a target call out and focus fire that mech down. Any situation which changes that team based combat tactic is tilted and shouldn't be used at all in Faction PLay. I.E. if it is kmdd when some guys are actually trying to team push a you'll have multiple people off doing their own thing in 1v1 fights happening instead, aka it'll be QP match disguised as Faction PLay.

Edited by Aldodrem, 01 October 2017 - 06:43 AM.

[Hawk819]

What we never see in these events is Savior Kills. Never. Not even once, me, Longbow, Radagast, and others on my team remarked about this.

In all the events so far, not one has mentioned getting a savior kill. Just solo kills, like now, Kill Most Damage Done (K.M.D.D.), Damage, Protected `Mech, Lance in Formation, Components Destroyed and Kill Assists.

My suggestion is to scrap this event and start again. Without earning a win in a certain event mode (siege, etc.). And do this:

Get # of kills, Kill Assists, Damage Done, # of KMDD, Components Destroyed, Lance in Formation, Protected Mech (whichever Class is used), and Savior Kills. Make sure the K.M.D.D. # is not overwhelming, irregardless of the `Mech type. 1 KMDD will suffice for each. Plus, Protected Mech (whichever is used by said player).

Also, when it comes to scouting portion, add in the number of Intel Posts captured. That too is being left out, but it doesn't hurt to have them as well.

In this event alone, I did over or more than 15 KMDD's per game. Cause one is not really competing against time and opponents but also one's teammates to complete this. Which makes it hard to complete this event by oneself. Like myself for instance and most other players. A certain acronym applies to this, but I digress and will end it with this: please think and ask us, the community, what kind of an event we want to play, and better still, ask for our suggestions. We're always full of ideas. Y'know never know.

[Millian]

Harlock69, on 30 September 2017 - 07:40 PM, said:

Have this issue on two separate computers. I got the same suggestions and answers from tech support when the new system went active. Tried all the forum 'workarounds. Still Unusable.

Only thing I haven't tried is downloading Steam, which (if it works) isn't a fix for the original issue.




Can't speak for Millian, but I've run the repair tool a couple of times on both computers. Clicking on the events does nothing.

I've ran the repair tool as well.

[TooDumbToQuit]

Well, this made me wet.....

We are Inner Sphere this week and who cares about Warhorns.......Or colors or whatever you can buy with MC.

[Ishishi]

https://imgur.com/ZYq9W6H

My kills get stolen...thats annoying and im not sure if this is what community warfare should be. #PlayYourGame

[ShooteyMcShooterson]

Played several more matches last night. I've definitely played FP at least 20 times now and probably more like 25.

I have all of the mech challenges completed and then some... Yet on the win per mode challenge, I have 8 siege wins, 1 assault win and 1 scouting win, and nothing else.





Probably about half of those matches were played with the status bar not pegged to siege mode for Clan, but it's hard to progress the challenge when you log on and this is where FP is at.




So if I bother playing MWO right now, I'll face greater than 80% odds that I don't even get a mode I need. And if I do, I've got about a 40% chance (based on past w/l in FP) of being placed on a team that actually wins.


In other words, there's roughly a 92% chance that if I play this game right now, I will not enjoy the experience because the game will be making me play a mode I don't want to play against uneven competition that stomps my team no matter what.

No thanks. I think I'll go do something more enjoyable, like go mow the yard in 90° heat, or clean the bathroom.

PGI's ill conceived game play strikes again.

Edited by ShooteyMcShooterson, 01 October 2017 - 09:29 AM.

[Juodas Varnas]

I have probably played around 40 FP matches since the event started.
I have yet to even see a single Incursion match.

It's ******* ridiculous. I have literally everything else completed, except winning an Incursion match, because i can't bloody GET ONE due to the stupid randomized map nonsense.

Edited by Juodas Varnas, 01 October 2017 - 09:26 AM.

[MarsThunder]

I played quite a lot of FP matches during this a event (all as IS). Win/Loss ratio is awful.

Edited by MarsThunder, 01 October 2017 - 09:30 AM.