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[Ovion]

Stormur Vakten, on 15 January 2018 - 08:15 PM, said:

This event has shown me just how evil a JM6-DD can really be with 2xLPL, 6MG's and a MK. VIII targeting comp can be >.>

That's an awful lot of weight for just boosts to the LPL's...

What are you giving up for the 8T for the TC? (I mean, I have a TC2 on my DD with a light 300 and 40pts Light Ferro)

[Righter8]

Skimming through the posts, I noticed one thing. People who didn't have issues with the event appear to be Mercs. Those who had an issue with the event are primarily Loyalists, whether Clan or Inner Sphere. I think that spotlights the issue some people are having with difficulty in completing this: Lack of mechs from the "Other Side" (That is, besides the announcement being an afterthought)
Personally, I don't plan on spending a couple million c-bills to buy and load out a mech I am unlikely to play ever again for what amounts to 56 cents worth of MC. (I have enough cockpit items to decorate my mechs 10 times.)

[Ironically Ironclad Irony]

Completely unleveled, 3rd drop EVER in this mech BWAHAHAHAHAHA Urbies are awesome!



4MG, 2 ML and STD180 as prescribed for a cheap IS mechs for us Clan lifers...

Edited by Ironically Ironclad Irony, 16 January 2018 - 09:04 AM.

[Sonny Black]

Jonathan8883, on 16 January 2018 - 04:57 AM, said:

I'm having fun with this, and I think it serves a useful purpose pre-Pirhana.



I suspect it's also going to give them some useful data about how IS is much less efficient at using MGs due to the higher weapon weight and lack of hardpoints, and this might point us towards a Vulcan or something similar in the near future (6+ MGs, high maneuverability, JJs, 30-35 tons).

Right, real lack of hardpoints on the Bushwacker 4, BJ Arrow 6, Jagermech DD 6.

[Sonny Black]

Stormur Vakten, on 15 January 2018 - 08:15 PM, said:

This event has shown me just how evil a JM6-DD can really be with 2xLPL, 6MG's and a MK. VIII targeting comp can be >.>

I run mine with 6 LMG's 2 LL's, all the range nodes giving it an optimum range of 312 meters. The MG's guns give for 4.2 points of damage per second. It's a beautiful thing!

[MovinTarget]

Sonny Black, on 16 January 2018 - 09:04 AM, said:

Right, real lack of hardpoints on the Bushwacker 4, BJ Arrow 6, Jagermech DD 6.

I see your point, however... If MGs are argued to be OP in brawling and no IS mech can boat more than 6 where there are multiple clan mechs that can boat 6+ (MLX and SCat come to mind)... then you have a mech with the speed of a locust combined with 'dat crit chance...

...I won't declare that the Piranha will break the game, but it will definetely change it a good bit on its own, especially in FP where clans can now go hardcore Hi-Lo with something like 2 DWF and 2 'Ranhas...

[Mikayshen]

My issue with this one day event isn't that it needs me to play both IS and Clan on one account. I think that's fine though I have an alt account that won't be able to participate, but given the rewards it's not really missing out that much.

My issue is that the event was announced when it went live, not before to let people know it was going on. Even when the event had been going on for over 6 hours, I was still seeing people in game asking 'what event are you talking about' which tells me that people needed to be made of this a lot better than it was handled.

Cool event, but it needed a 24-48 hour lead up so we knew it was coming. I'm sure there's going to be a lot of people who won't see the event at all, especially since my in game tracker never gave me an alert that something that happened.

[Apollo777]

Just came back from work and noticed this event, (6 hours left)! 1000 damage with MGs?! Very funny.
Too much effort in very little time for smal reward!!
I'll pass on this.

Edited by Apollo777, 16 January 2018 - 09:30 AM.

[MovinTarget]

Mikayshen, on 16 January 2018 - 09:24 AM, said:

My issue with this one day event isn't that it needs me to play both IS and Clan on one account. I think that's fine though I have an alt account that won't be able to participate, but given the rewards it's not really missing out that much.

My issue is that the event was announced when it went live, not before to let people know it was going on. Even when the event had been going on for over 6 hours, I was still seeing people in game asking 'what event are you talking about' which tells me that people needed to be made of this a lot better than it was handled.

Cool event, but it needed a 24-48 hour lead up so we knew it was coming. I'm sure there's going to be a lot of people who won't see the event at all, especially since my in game tracker never gave me an alert that something that happened.

Also, as I asked in the second post of this thread... make it CRYSTAL clear that its standard MG only

Apollo777, on 16 January 2018 - 09:29 AM, said:

Just came back from work and noticed this event, (6 hours left)! 1000 damage with MGs?! Very funny.
Too much effort in very little time for smal reward!!
I'll pass on this.

It really isn't that hard unless your are driving a 'tater

[Tenacious B]

This challenge is amazing. First couple matches were total machine gun brawls.

[Stf Sgt Marblez]

Holy flippin hell, the machine guns are real in QP.

Fun event- check

Delayed announcement- check

People complaining they can't earn things because of choices they have made....... CHECK!
(And before y'all drag me into that disscusion, Don't, plz and thank you.)


Yup PGI ya hit it right outta the park on this one. GJ

[MovinTarget]

Again, clanners in need of a quick, cheap IS mech can invest in an Urbie R60 and get out with only a 3.3 mill bill on the high end...

Speroids are gonna have to plunk down alot more just for a Mist Lynx if you are going bargain basement...

[C E Dwyer]

Didn't even know this event was happening until it was 17 hours old

whoopie...

Another P.G.I failure to communicate promptly

[Captain Caveman DE]

gotta hand it to you:

you really know how to do your events.
again, no info.
again way too much "senseless" stuff - and normally I like crazy things.
again, qp is unplayable right now (even more than the last few months, and I thought that was hard to beat).


with the risk of sounding salty again, but:
-why the heck don't you learn to announce stuff days in advance? the rest of the world is capable of that.

-I'm all for machinegun madness. but not 24h of that. srsly: play your event and look how long it takes you to get 500 mg-dmg.
in balanced games - totally do-able in 1-"a few". in the current state of qp (12:3 all monthS long) - just. no. fun.


so.. for a fun event - who has actually fun in that? cause everyone I see is either salty, stubbornly mining - or is out of the game for now.

pls get your act together.

[WarmasterRaptor]

It was a nice event, thanks PGI ! 11/10 on the craziness that that caused !! XD

Messy brawls all over the place!!

Although I have to admit : the timing was a bit off with the announcement...

No c-bills bonus for you !

Edited by WarmasterRaptor, 16 January 2018 - 11:02 AM.

[Smith Gibson]

Crap event PGI, 1/10 on excluding any player that plays true loyalist.

I own no Clan 'Mechs and immediately sell any Clan 'Mech I receive as a prize. I play Inner Sphere only, and because I play the game "wrong" I might as well not even show up.

[arther]

dam

[Ninjah]

All done with:

IS: Spider 5k (4 mg)
Clan: SHC (7mg + atm9)

fun and easy

Edited by Ninjah, 16 January 2018 - 11:37 AM.

[IllCaesar]

So not only do you have to play both Clan and IS but you can't even use HMGs or LMGs either?

What's the point?

Oh, and only one day to do it without any forewarning. You know I was playing for hours last night and had no clue that this was going on at all.

Edit: The future events look much better Even one for 600 MS. That should be a real challenge.

Edited by IllCaesar, 16 January 2018 - 12:05 PM.

[heckler8]

The biggest problem was that PGI should have split this one in two, IS and Clan.
But i had some fun with it, got to see more lights working together then I tend to.