21 replies to this topic

[General Pete]

I am liking this event- it is making us pull unused mechs out of their hangars and put them on the field. I think they should have events like this one more often.

[El Bandito]

[Pain G0D]

I live for events . It adds an extra bit of magic to a great game . It was battle of tukkayid event that made me into a hopeless addict .

I am rather sad PGI skipped on Tukkayid this year . I understand why but it still sucks .

[Bud Crue]

I'd prefer that they buff some of the trash tier mechs that are "unused" because they are unfun or just bad relative to what they allow to be the meta atm, so that we had a reason to play them regularly instead of them bribing us with MC to play them once a year in an event

But that's just me.

[Haipyng]

Bud Crue, on 12 June 2018 - 04:58 AM, said:

I'd prefer that they buff some of the trash tier mechs that are "unused" because they are unfun or just bad relative to what they allow to be the meta atm, so that we had a reason to play them regularly instead of them bribing us with MC to play them once a year in an event

But that's just me.

Absolutely. I have 2/3 of my stable that are not competitive to what is being run today either on armor, firepower, mobility or all three.

[skelley92]

Agree, I have been really enjoying it. Love having a reason to get the old mechs out.

I also purchase (C-Bill) a couple of mechs I never would have purchased without it. Ended up loving the Assassin and picked up a couple.

[RickySpanish]

It's a good idea; encouraging the use of a wide variety of 'Mechs not only helps the game's bottom line, but it also alters match dynamics in interesting ways. The metagame can often be both the product of a perceived most efficient form of fighting, and of players being set in their ways.

[Blue Vermin]

I have neither the c-bills, nor the spare mech bays (trying to stay f2p), so I am having to take out stock, unskilled mechs into battle. This has proved...interesting . I am able to tweak the load outs using the stuff I already own, but nothing else. Some mechs have proved to be better than I thought (I'm looking at you COM-1D), others not so much...

I'm looking forward to trying out the JVN-10F today.

BV

Edited by Blue Vermin, 12 June 2018 - 06:50 AM.

[GamerPro4000]

Pain G0D, on 12 June 2018 - 04:58 AM, said:

I live for events . It adds an extra bit of magic to a great game . It was battle of tukkayid event that made me into a hopeless addict .

I am rather sad PGI skipped on Tukkayid this year . I understand why but it still sucks .

I was wondering what happened to that event. I am sad to hear it was cancelled because people kept complaining. Some of the hatewas justified since I get pub stomped by 12 man premades.

[Asym]

The only issues is that I don't own 85% of the mechs needed? So, it's "other games" till the next event. Too bad, it's been while since I had a mech out....

[Humpday]

I agree this is a good one.

I'm taking out many IS mechs that I generally never take out(rifleman, awesome, old school ac/uac5 warhammmer, catapult, HBK-GI) because there is far less monster alpha-vomit running around so now you don't have to worrry about getting cored out at 400+ meter from a 72point laser vom build.

Man is this how it was pre-clan? Because this is WAY better.

You can really see how the introduction of Clan tech broke the game(further exacerbated by the Heavy laser tech) and that the raw damage power needs to be dialed back a bit. My strongest mechs are clan for a reason, there is no getting around raw damage potential, my most played mechs as of late are clan...so don't take me as a clan hater.

I'm just pointing out that having everything mostly IS vs IS, is quite nice for a change.

Edited by Humpday, 12 June 2018 - 07:25 AM.

[Cloves]

Asym, on 12 June 2018 - 07:22 AM, said:

The only issues is that I don't own 85% of the mechs needed? So, it's "other games" till the next event. Too bad, it's been while since I had a mech out....

i have posted quite a few times, you don't need to own them to do this.

[Prototelis]

Event pros; lots of sub optimal mechs to scrub.

Cons; tanking my stats a little trying to get a couple of these to work for me. My inner sphere builds are kinda weak.

[Humpday]

Prototelis, on 12 June 2018 - 07:59 AM, said:

Event pros; lots of sub optimal mechs to scrub.

Cons; tanking my stats a little trying to get a couple of these to work for me. My inner sphere builds are kinda weak.

It does take getting re-used to, having to shoot an open CT mech 2 sometimes 3 times to drop it.
Thats one major advantage with clans. Any decent build can drop any open mech in on volley(regardless of weight class). IS with your 45-50 point alpha, only gets you part the way there.

So many times I've shot, and cherried someone, just for someone else to come around an gank the kill...kinda annoying.

Edited by Humpday, 12 June 2018 - 08:06 AM.

[ClockworkDragon]

How to do this event. Buy the mechs you don't own, and can't use the trial versions of. Kit them out with you gear, then unkit them and sell them. Profit.

[Asym]

Cloves, on 12 June 2018 - 07:37 AM, said:

i have posted quite a few times, you don't need to own them to do this.

I don't want to buy another mech ??? It's non-value added to buy a mech, play a few games, lose c-Bills and for what 50 MC and having to fight what, 5 games in nothing but stomps? Naw......

Thanks for the data and for some, they may do just that.....but, I'm not sure why? Too many better things to grind for in other games. Cheers !

[Cnaiur]

I’ll agree with OP as well, it was fun to take out old junkers like my Spider and Phoenix Hawk. Even managed to have some pretty good games in them, although that’s probably just because so many other players were also piloting terrible mechs/builds. Still, good change of pace, kudos to PGI for this one.

[Cloves]

Yes, I was pleasantly surprised at how well my spider and vindicator played after taking the time to figure out the right playstyle.

- and these are games with plenty of clan non event participant vultures. ;p. (I know you are all pissed we are ruining your games with our goofiness)

Edited by Cloves, 13 June 2018 - 07:44 AM.

[Elizander]

It made me build a 100 alpha Hunchback 4SP so it's a great event

[Tier5 Kerensky]

GamerPro4000, on 12 June 2018 - 07:00 AM, said:

I was wondering what happened to that event. I am sad to hear it was cancelled because people kept complaining. Some of the hatewas justified since I get pub stomped by 12 man premades.

It was not cancelled. The FP has moved to stage beond it. Instead we've had 2 events of IS capital planets under attack. (these were last year) But then progress has stalled as large units switched sides so that it's mostly ties after ties, and eventually the FP state was reset to state right after Tukkayid. And neither side really has made any progress so we aren't getting those capital planet battle events.

Edited by Teer Kerensky, 13 June 2018 - 09:10 AM.