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[D V Devnull]

Hadesuwa, on 16 June 2018 - 06:58 AM, said:

You had your chance to stock up on mech bays while the "Crazy Deals" were on. For some reasons quite a few people didn't not get the hint with 50% off.

What you have missed is that NOT everyone was able to stock up at the time. It's a sad truth, but NOT everyone had the (MC) to spare when the Sale was running. It is NOT either safe or right to consider everyone to always be able to do something at a given point in time! If you're trying to make people incendiary through assuming others can just do anything 'at the proverbial drop of a hat', you've just succeeded horribly in doing so.

~D. V. "Well, it seems somebody was going to get my blood boiling today... and now it has happened." Devnull

[Hadesuwa]

Bet you did notice it but people tend to complain about mech bays in pretty much every event when it is not on the sale. It is NOT either safe or right to consider that PGI have to include the said offer in every event. It's rather silly to even consider the possibility of them being able to catch the right moment when everyone has MC to spare.
Unless of course you go ahead and suggest something like cutting the price permanently and even after that what do you think?
That's right. Someone will be sure to ask "Hey guys when is the next mech bay sale? 75 mc is a totally reasonable price and a way to go!".

[Buenaventura]

Missing out on several of Phase 2, since I didn't have those chassis' yet and didn't have the time to look for something interesting. Still 4 bays free, with a Cicada-2A and a Victor-9A1 ready to be sold - bought them for Phase 1, didn't like them, especially the weird cockpit movement of the Victor.
For the next Phase, several Trial mechs will help.

[Tier5 Kerensky]

Wait, what?? I came to check what is Dad event? No mention anywhere expect event page, expect it's it's live now.

[D V Devnull]

Hadesuwa, on 16 June 2018 - 07:58 AM, said:

Bet you did notice it but people tend to complain about mech bays in pretty much every event when it is not on the sale. It is NOT either safe or right to consider that PGI have to include the said offer in every event. It's rather silly to even consider the possibility of them being able to catch the right moment when everyone has MC to spare.

You've just noted -- right there -- the reason that PGI should not forget to have a Mech Bay Sale with any "##% Off Mech Sale" that they do. That way, it doesn't matter who has (MC) to spare at any given time, people will always be able to generally cover their needs that connect with the Mech Sale. Then people would not be angry, left to wonder why PGI didn't drop advance notice of something big coming up so people would realize that they had to stock up in advance. It's never a 100% certainty that people will also get the hint ahead of time either. Heck, it's more than just the Real $$$ that PGI gets, they could be aiming for the positive word-of-mouth that comes with covering everything that generally would get them even more Real $$$. I wonder if PGI even realizes they're in direct competition to things like "TitanFall", the FREE "MechWarrior: Living Legends", or even HBS's "BattleTech"?

Hadesuwa, on 16 June 2018 - 07:58 AM, said:

Unless of course you go ahead and suggest something like cutting the price permanently and even after that what do you think?
That's right. Someone will be sure to ask "Hey guys when is the next mech bay sale? 75 mc is a totally reasonable price and a way to go!".

Eh... 75 (MC)??? That's just overboard, and I think you're going too far with that thought. Now maybe I'm crazy, but I think PGI would find themselves NEVER having to do another "50% Off Mech Bay Sale" IF they perma-cut the price to 150 (MC) forever. At least, that's how I feel on the matter, and I would probably get cranky at anyone who tried to call for chopping it down farther than the 150 (MC) line. Even I know PGI's gotta make money, but the solution for making the most hides where the player base feels ultra-comfortable with the pricing.


Meh... I don't know if it will happen for sure, but I might end up just having to get a couple Mech Bays at 300 (MC) while they're not on Sale anyway, just to cover Mechs that I would keep. But, that depends on whether my (C-Bills) Wallet will be able to help me get through the Event in the first place. It just struck me that PGI is probably using this Event as a way to see if they need to adjust all these Chassis that they're making a part of the '2018 MWO World Championship' competition.

~D. V. "Feels like you're trying to go too extreme here. That's NOT needed. I sense our discussion is useless anyway." Devnull




[Edit by Post Author to cover a Formatting Screw-Up.]

Edited by D V Devnull, 17 June 2018 - 03:41 AM.

[Pain G0D]

Hadesuwa, on 16 June 2018 - 06:58 AM, said:

You had your chance to stock up on mech bays while the "Crazy Deals" were on. For some reasons quite a few people didn't not get the hint with 50% off.

Actually I did stock up on a few mechbays when that deal was on . XD

[Leviathan MDK]

Teer Kerensky, on 16 June 2018 - 01:59 PM, said:

Wait, what?? I came to check what is Dad event? No mention anywhere expect event page, expect it's it's live now.

Surprised me as well. Not complaining got free stuff out of it.

[D V Devnull]

Well, as this Event progresses, I keep seeing worse and worse out of people. Sure, the (MC) & (C-Bills) are something I'm really glad to be able to earn (and what caused me to jump into the Event even when I had the feeling I was toast anyway), but I wish it didn't come with the stress-inducing atmosphere that I'm encountering from other people on the battlefield. There is a Total Lack of Communication, Total Lack of Caring to Keep Teammates ALIVE, Total Lack of willingness to Focus Fire... I thought once people got to 'Tier 1' that they were supposed to be able to function with each other, no matter who the MatchMaker put you with?!?!?

~Mr. D. V. "Way off beyond burned out currently, at risk of turning 'nuclear incendiary'..." Devnull

[Pain G0D]

Bad games and sucky players are all part of your mech warrior adventure bro .

[Tier5 Kerensky]

I have missed many of this easy event because I've seen just so unmotivated to play at all. I'll not likely complete much of the rest of the event either.

Not due to game, just felt so drained. I have playd less other other games too. I think it's the heat of summer and how we've had a very dry summer with really like one rain in a month.

Lol I didn't even realize we had an update.

Edited by Teer Kerensky, 19 June 2018 - 03:51 PM.

[D V Devnull]

Damn... pardon my taking quite some time to come back to this thread. There's been a lot happening to me offline.

Anyway, against all odds, I managed to still finish this Event even when I thought I couldn't. I have no idea how, I have no idea why, I just know I did... Maybe I'm insane, I don't know... Either that, or someone giving me a royal nudge IRL had an effect that I didn't expect... Who knows?

Looking back across the Challenges in my head, they were definitely a great mix. Unfortunately, they cost a whole hell of a lot more (C-Bills) than one could/would be awarded for their trouble, particularly if you had to buy Mechs at all. And because I missed several 50% Off Mech Bay Sales due to my (MC) Wallet getting too small, I even got forced to spend out for a Mech Bay at Full Price... Ouch.

Frankly, I get that it was effectively Free Stuff for putting in the effort to finish. However, it wasn't enough to make up for the drain introduced by any Mech Purchases, and it didn't cover outfitting in manners that would cause a player to keep what they built in their bays. Frankly, I know the feeling about it being near-impossible to part with something that you've really made your own, so my Bays are Full at the moment, no spares to speak of.

Finally, I got so warped by the Anti-TeamWork Behavior of the Community during this particular Event that it caused me to sell off several Mechs. It took some real hounding from someone who knew what they were telling me to even have a chance at recovering most of those right at the end. I might have ended up losing them permanently otherwise, just because of a bunch of 'Bad Apples'... This caused me to burn out temporarily, forcing me to take almost a month to come back and place my review for this Event, albeit I thought I would NEVER have done one.


So, with everything factored in that should have been, and those things that started to over-skew my Rating shoved aside, I'll give this Event the Rating of...

8.4/10

...with a Recommendation that if this kind of Event is done again, a Mech Bay Sale should mandatorily come with it, and the (C-Bills) Rewards should be at least 50% to 100% larger in order to compensate for the drain from Extra Mech Purchases. If we're going to be testing the Community and the Game Balance, shouldn't we unstop ALL the possible bottlenecks, and not leave people with a bad feeling after trying to do the Event? Heck, I'm reasonably sure I would have spent out for more Mech Bays if they had been On-Sale!!!

~Mr. D. V. "Finally recovering enough from burnout to Post A Review..." Devnull





[Edit by Post Author, about 27 Minutes Later, in order to correct their long post for something that was not fit in from their personal notes.]

Edited by D V Devnull, 06 July 2018 - 02:53 PM.

[SCHLIMMER BESTIMMER XXX]

D V Devnull, on 06 July 2018 - 02:24 PM, said:

Damn... pardon my taking quite some time to come back to this thread. There's been a lot happening to me offline.

Anyway, against all odds, I managed to still finish this Event even when I thought I couldn't. I have no idea how, I have no idea why, I just know I did... Maybe I'm insane, I don't know... Either that, or someone giving me a royal nudge IRL had an effect that I didn't expect... Who knows?

Looking back across the Challenges in my head, they were definitely a great mix. Unfortunately, they cost a whole hell of a lot more (C-Bills) than one could/would be awarded for their trouble, particularly if you had to buy Mechs at all. And because I missed several 50% Off Mech Bay Sales due to my (MC) Wallet getting too small, I even got forced to spend out for a Mech Bay at Full Price... Ouch.

Frankly, I get that it was effectively Free Stuff for putting in the effort to finish. However, it wasn't enough to make up for the drain introduced by any Mech Purchases, and it didn't cover outfitting in manners that would cause a player to keep what they built in their bays. Frankly, I know the feeling about it being near-impossible to part with something that you've really made your own, so my Bays are Full at the moment, no spares to speak of.

Finally, I got so warped by the Anti-TeamWork Behavior of the Community during this particular Event that it caused me to sell off several Mechs. It took some real hounding from someone who knew what they were telling me to even have a chance at recovering most of those right at the end. I might have ended up losing them permanently otherwise, just because of a bunch of 'Bad Apples'... This caused me to burn out temporarily, forcing me to take almost a month to come back and place my review for this Event, albeit I thought I would NEVER have done one.


So, with everything factored in that should have been, and those things that started to over-skew my Rating shoved aside, I'll give this Event the Rating of...

8.4/10

...with a Recommendation that if this kind of Event is done again, a Mech Bay Sale should mandatorily come with it, and the (C-Bills) Rewards should be at least 50% to 100% larger in order to compensate for the drain from Extra Mech Purchases. If we're going to be testing the Community and the Game Balance, shouldn't we unstop ALL the possible bottlenecks, and not leave people with a bad feeling after trying to do the Event? Heck, I'm reasonably sure I would have spent out for more Mech Bays if they had been On-Sale!!!

~Mr. D. V. "Finally recovering enough from burnout to Post A Review..." Devnull





[Edit by Post Author, about 27 Minutes Later, in order to correct their long post for something that was not fit in from their personal notes.]

man, i wish i had your problems c(@___@)