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[HauptmanT]

suffocater, on 06 March 2018 - 04:49 PM, said:

Yes, if you got the kill and the kmdd on the same enemy, you are awarded a solokill.

Always amuses me when I'm wolf-packin, a teammate takes the hits, while me n 3 other lights tear up the target, then I get "Solokill" credit.

I always take advantage of that to tell my pack they suck.

[Xaat Xuun]

sad for those trying to get the mist lynx KMMD, stuck using the trial .. . . there is a real challenge

[Elizander]

Matt Newman, on 06 March 2018 - 10:34 AM, said:

Issue Identified and the event requirements have been updated.

Light Mechs
5 Kill or KMDD changed to 3 KMDD

Medium Mechs
10 Kill or KMDD changed to 6 KMDD

Heavy Mechs
15 Kill or KMDD changed to 9 KMDD

Assault Mechs
20 Kill or KMDD changed to 12 KMDD

No event progress will be lost by this change.

Sorry for the issues folks.

This is an acceptable change.

[HansonTheory]

Unless you only have trial mecks ...Gl getting tham done 20 matches for 1 kmdd no thanks.

[Dee Eight]

Took me 4 matches on my streak cat to get its million. triple streak 6s, ecm and a pair of SPLs. Probably made over a million in earnings for the matches also.

[Neutron IX]

Matt Newman, on 06 March 2018 - 10:34 AM, said:

Issue Identified and the event requirements have been updated.

Light Mechs
5 Kill or KMDD changed to 3 KMDD

Medium Mechs
10 Kill or KMDD changed to 6 KMDD

Heavy Mechs
15 Kill or KMDD changed to 9 KMDD

Assault Mechs
20 Kill or KMDD changed to 12 KMDD

No event progress will be lost by this change.

Sorry for the issues folks.

Is it too late to put a vote in for "Kills OR KMDD"?

Having a hell of a time getting a KMDD on my Jenner, and I can only imagine that newer players stuck with Trial mechs are having it even worse (haven't even started on the Mist Lynx yet).

Funnily enough, I do have a couple kills on the Jenner in the same period, but it's tough to get the "MDD" part in the current high-alpha frenzy to deal damage environment...

[Xaat Xuun]

I used my PPCat, no problem, but my alt does not have one.. using just the trials made this more of a real challenge.
not used to taking longer to complete

a couple of those trials, no fun, with no skills, and earn no xp or gxp . . . don't know how many times I went to launch a UAV, or a strike . . .. "oh Yeah . . .I don't have those on this mech" "it's a trail mech"

event is not hard or bad if you have the mech and skilled, and loaded how you would use it .

[MrKvola]

Rip Snorgan, on 07 March 2018 - 12:14 AM, said:

Is it too late to put a vote in for "Kills OR KMDD"?

Having a hell of a time getting a KMDD on my Jenner, and I can only imagine that newer players stuck with Trial mechs are having it even worse (haven't even started on the Mist Lynx yet).

Funnily enough, I do have a couple kills on the Jenner in the same period, but it's tough to get the "MDD" part in the current high-alpha frenzy to deal damage environment...

Matt said that it would take a hotfix to correct the problem with the challenge. So no, we are stuck with KMDDs for now.

Try to focus on single targets, or at least try to prioritize certain targets so you get more damage downrange on them specifically.

[Scythe Kagato]

**** coding remedied with **** fix, as per usual.

[D V Devnull]

Matt Newman, on 06 March 2018 - 02:31 PM, said:

In the past players have been frustrated with challenges that require the cooperation of teammates
The outcome of the event becomes beyond their control.
Savior Kill, I believe, requires you to score a Kill on an enemy while he is firing on a friendly unit.
Would you not fire on the enemy unless he was firing on a friendly unit? would you wait to kill him?

I see and understand your viewpoint.

While I would try to help Teammates get rid of threats at the earliest opportunity, I was thinking more along the lines of encouraging teamwork by using payment (Those "Danged Mercs", right?) to promote fighting the enemy in order to keep Teammates alive. Also, it is possible to score multiple counts of Savior Kill on one Enemy Mech's elimination (as I came to learn out of an odd moment of normal gameplay), so people would be far less likely to complain about "grind issues" as they're trying to complete such a Challenge. Although, I suppose these days that it's rather hard to teach people who are being selfish about keeping their teammates alive.

I still remember MechWarrior 2&3 though, where they really blasted your earnings if a Teammate died at any time. I figured MWO could do the reverse, and give even more of a bonus at the end of the round for keeping them alive instead, which could get people thinking that helping each other pays really well. But, you're probably right about that just being a 'pipe dream' of an idea. Oh well, one can dream, can't they?


EDIT :: Due to your post creating some good discussion value, I put a 'Like' on your post.

~D. V. "It might still be worth trying in the future, but I get what you mean about it likely not working." Devnull

Edited by D V Devnull, 07 March 2018 - 09:43 AM.

[Kodyn]

Meh, an event with no mechs I own, nor mechs I would buy even being on sale. I'm sure some will enjoy it, but definitely not an event for everyone.

Hopefully they give us a good, old-fashioned loot bag event for St. Patty's day and/or Easter so that everyone can participate and feel involved.

[DarkFhoenix]

Although thats an ugly skin , it kinda works for mist lynx and shadow cat . Its horrible on Orion . I hope it looks better on Warhawk .

Its an awesome event . KMDD is not as bad as i thought it would be . I bought my first Orion iic and IS jenner .....and a spare Warhawk .

This is subtly sneaky . None of us will sell a skin prize mech , so we gonna need to buy more mech bays . Well played gentlemen .....

Edited by DarkFhoenix, 07 March 2018 - 06:00 AM.

[AnHell86]

KMDDs are a real challenge in some of the trial mechs. Thanks for the challenge update.

Expect lots of friendly fire when you are securing your kills up close.

[MrKvola]

Kodyn, on 07 March 2018 - 05:18 AM, said:

Meh, an event with no mechs I own, nor mechs I would buy even being on sale. I'm sure some will enjoy it, but definitely not an event for everyone.

Hopefully they give us a good, old-fashioned loot bag event for St. Patty's day and/or Easter so that everyone can participate and feel involved.

In case you have not noticed, all the 'mechs in the challenge are also trial 'mechs. So you can complete the entire challenge without purchasing a single 'mech. That easy.

[suffocater]

Finished the event a few hours ago. Hunting for KMDDs can be painful.

[Dee Eight]

took my mlx-g out and got the kmdd achievement in 1 match... the assists took a couple more.

[Wild_Alaskan]

Matt Newman, on 06 March 2018 - 02:31 PM, said:

In the past players have been frustrated with challenges that require the cooperation of teammates
The outcome of the event becomes beyond their control.

So you changed the event in such a way that I now have to rely on my teammates to secure kills after I've dealt damage. I'm not sure how that qualifies as less frustrating!

[FallGuy0815]

wfischer, on 07 March 2018 - 10:14 AM, said:

So you changed the event in such a way that I now have to rely on my teammates to secure kills after I've dealt damage. I'm not sure how that qualifies as less frustrating!

I thought the same, but it really seems that the solo kills alway includes one kmdd. Or did you mean the assists? Just touch everyone early when you approach, then concentrate fire. I cannot imagine getting the necessary kmdds before i have the assists i need, except maybe a very lucky run with a light.

[Wolfgang Grenzstein]

Another giant middle finger to average players.

You might as well go all in and ask for solo kills on the next event on the off chance of not having pissed of any moderate IS player left.
You COULD have gone for support events, destroy X amount of missiles, earn Y amount of team in formation or Z protect but nooooo kmdd which is akin to solo kill for n00b and moderate IS players (clan can equip streaks and yolo it).

[D V Devnull]

suffocater, on 07 March 2018 - 09:53 AM, said:

Finished the event a few hours ago. Hunting for KMDDs can be painful.

Well, you're rather insanely lucky. I keep getting Teammates provided by the MatchMaker that are dead bent on not acting as a Team, causing me to struggle to progress. They don't understand the value of keeping their Team alive. Worse, they instead sacrifice their Teammates, and cause themselves to lose ultimately, because they're selfishly focused on getting KMDDs only for themselves. I think things like Extra Rewards for "Savior Kills" might have stopped that behavior, but I really don't know. This awful behavior that I'm seeing from MWO's Community is ruining these Events, even before "Phase 2" can begin.

~D. V. "getting 'pugstomped' due to things beyond my control" Devnull