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[Mechwarrior9194373]

this event teaches me that

Warkhawk can do a lot of DAMAGE
Zeus is very very sturdy

and yes I created a thread that

Orion IIC is a mini Atlas

so I say this event has something good

[Wind Coder]

I have been playing my Zeus, and it wasn't hard to meet the requirements even though I had some goofy teams. If the event requires quickplay, then you are going to have to accept the fact that you will be playing with randomly selected players. If you don't want to do that, then join up with your unit, and don't participate in the event.

[Zookeeper Dan]

I had a blast in the last event woth the dog mechs, but I'm mainly sitting this one out. The 1000 damage could be a bit of a grind, but at least it felt like you were always making progress. Trying to get KMMD's is frustrating especially if you are on the back side of stomps. The event would have been better if it also counted kills like it was first intended.

[Orville Righteous]

This event has grown on me. I'm not a light pilot so those mechs have been hard, but I really enjoyed the Orion IIC. I've gained a lot of respect for light pilots; Getting KMDDs in lights has been pretty hard for me. I haven't tried the Warhawk or Zeus yet.

It's awesome seeing different mechs in QP for a change.

[Nesutizale]

Samial, on 10 March 2018 - 07:09 AM, said:

I know i'm not but i have low money so events are pretty much helpful to getting extra cbils, not needed no but a very big help to get much needed upgrades, not everyone has 300-400 million cbils hanging around..

Also the free camo for some mechs that don't have any is a real incentive.. Yes you are right but it still was a miserable slog getting those things i wanted.

Just think events should be fun not a grind.

Yah before I sold a bunch of stuff I didn't needed I was also around 3 millions. Event brought in about another 3, so yes I can understand that it looks like easy to be made money and the camo is a nice addition.

Still if you find a good match or a bad one is just the luck of the day and the event runs long enough to get what you need even with a day or two not playing or bad matches. So don't get worked up about it, its not worth it.
I had stopped a day because I also got only bad matches one after the other and the next day it was better.

As for grinding...can there be another event that is not grinding? To me grinding is defined by doing the same thing over and over again to get something.

So what event could we have that isn't a grind....except you make it "play one game". Thats not a grind but to easy.
Even if we would switch the target each game, so lets say in the first game you need 2 KMDD, next one shot down 30 missiles, next one get a kill....and so on.
That would still be a grind, sure different goals each time but you still more or less the same each time.
Well Damage vs shooting down missiles could change your playstyle but you could still take your favorit mech that has an AMS and just play more games.

So if anyone has a good idea of an event that is not grinding please tell. Maybe we can make PGI create an event around that idea.

[Haacknslay]

so i tried the challenge myself and im missing a lot of the required mechs i noticed that IS Trial Mechs are all using XL- Engines.
GG PGI

[CFC Conky]

Hello all,

The event encouraged me to dust off my Oxide which completed its challenge in a surprisingly short time, even under the old event conditions. I've been wanting to get a Catapult-K2 for awhile now so it was nice that they are on sale. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the Orion IIC trial mech brawls and will probably pick one up as well.

I may pick up an Arctic Cheetah on sale next week. The Blackjack trial mech has a pretty good loadout; I own it already and run it often so that challenge will be a piece of cake.

Good hunting,
CFC Conky

[Roughneck45]

That's just MWO, not the event.

I love this event. Anything that encourages using mechs that you rarely see it good. Unlocking permanent patterns for them is a superb award too, I hope they do it again and often.

[Marquis De Lafayette]

As much as I hate some of those mechs (even the rewards are not enough to get me in the cockpit), it’s a good event...just in that it’s very, very different and it’s good to see these unloved chassis once again roaming as free as the day they launched. Plus...while the oxide isn’t as good as it once was, it’s still a fun and really pretty decent 35 ton IS mech..,,so that was fun to get back in that and might even make me play it again a bit without the enticements.

[Asym]

Of course, it's not about selling you mechs you don't own...................no, that can bot be ! I own a shadow cat and that's the only mech I own that falls into this event.

Oh well, no MC anyway.

[BlueStrat]

Meh, event and rewards suck, tunnel-visioned teammates suck, I'm taking a break from MWO until the event is finished. I don't need an event to earn a few million cbills and I wouldn't use that camo if I owned it. Nothing in this event for me.

Edited by BlueStrat, 10 March 2018 - 11:11 AM.

[Alkabides]

I’m enjoying this event.... man, I have to play shadowcat more.... I was almost dissapointed how fast I was able to achieve the skin for that mech. Going back as soon as I knock out the other achievements. X2 med pulse lasers, x3 ATM6, emc. Stick and move your way to 1000 damage. So fun.

Edited by Alkabides, 10 March 2018 - 11:24 AM.

[HGAK47]

I for one like events like this that actually shake up QP. Its been nice seeing different mechs and using different mechs.

Edited by HGAK47, 10 March 2018 - 11:25 AM.

[Xaat Xuun]

recent read I learned that some of the loadouts on these latest added trials, were designed before the skill tree, and many quirk changes, while they may had been good choice for a trial (champion designation) back the, they certainly not now.

I thought this was an awesome event, though not some of the best choices of trial mech one would want to use, if you do not own that Chassis.
only bad thing I saw coming out of the event, and using trials, was due to the new skill tree, XP/GXP is not earned from trials anymore. oh and and and, that a couple of those trials should not have that (C) attached to it

I never really saw worse playing, then there was prior to the event, the bad pilots were still there, you know some of them . . will not partake in team movements, only there for themselves. nonparticipating with the team, in a Team game
I still saw that same bad playing, the event didn't really add to it, I do see a lot of using the event , as a excuse that's why there was bad matches.

too bad about the kill/KMDD bug

there was something else I wanted to add but forgot what it was now, too many interruptions while attempting to reply, so I'll just press the Poat button, and if I recall what it was reply again then . . or not

[CFC Conky]

Asym, on 10 March 2018 - 10:50 AM, said:

Of course, it's not about selling you mechs you don't own...................no, that can bot be ! I own a shadow cat and that's the only mech I own that falls into this event.

Oh well, no MC anyway.

Pretty much all the mech chassis are available for c-bills so it's not like you have to spend real $ if you don't want to. The event might get a lot of players out of their comfort zone, which is not a bad thing.

Good hunting,
CFC Conky

[BlueStrat]

I managed to capture a bit of in-game video from solo-QP during the current event before I logged out.

https://youtu.be/p-3e0EkvIEM

[N a p e s]

Alkabides, on 10 March 2018 - 11:23 AM, said:

I’m enjoying this event.... man, I have to play shadowcat more.... I was almost dissapointed how fast I was able to achieve the skin for that mech. Going back as soon as I knock out the other achievements. X2 med pulse lasers, x3 ATM6, emc. Stick and move your way to 1000 damage. So fun.

You sure about that loadout? I built in smurfy and it only leaves .5 tons for ammo.

[LordNothing]

Kiiyor, on 10 March 2018 - 04:27 AM, said:

We had 5 Jenners on my team earlier. While it's awesomely nostalgic to see those little mechs getting around, it wasn't awesome to see them running at 120kph or lower. Turns out that the allure of 6 MLAS and 150+kph isn't quite what it used to be.

We... did not win. We didn't win with extreme prejudice.

i ran an oxide, which made me question why i ever bought an oxide. most it can carry is 20 non-artemis srm tubes. buff the legacy thingstuffs.

[Vellron2005]

Papaspud, on 10 March 2018 - 03:48 AM, said:

Worst matches ever, no reason to play.this event blows. Keep it up PGI, I will finally stop playing. Tired of being on a team that really sucks, over, and over.

Edited by Vellron2005, 10 March 2018 - 02:24 PM.

[Pariah Devalis]

I mean, I got a chassis done in just two drops. It isn't so bad if you pull numbers on the regular.