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[DarkFhoenix]

Yay finally got my Arctic wolf "you have no life " prize now onto my IS account for Hellspawn . I will take my time on the buccaneer camo prize . It looks more like graffiti than any pirate theme and so few mechs that look good with it . It should have been a phranken pattern .

[Aura Natsumi]

Am i missing something or is the champion not listed for the buccaneer camo unlock?

[D V Devnull]

RampageReborn, on 28 October 2018 - 07:35 AM, said:

Am i missing something or is the champion not listed for the buccaneer camo unlock?

I'll bet you the Event was designed before the October 2018 Monthly Update arrived. You can probably expect that Mech to become part of Future Pick-A-Prize Camo options. But for now, I get the feeling it has become too late to include here, directly because an unknown-sized pool of people will have chosen theirs by now. It wouldn't be fair to them to add the option after theirs is already locked in. Unfortunately, I can't apologize for PGI as I'm not a member of their Staff, should it happen that they had not meant to intend this.

~D. V. "Just giving you my best available perspective here..." Devnull

[Mikayshen]

I liked the system for loot bag earning this time around, though I think the numbers should have been closer such as 50 for the lower MS and 75 for the higher. That said, what I would have very much preferred to have seen is something like Phase 1: earn up to 125 loot bags. Earn 1 bag for a match score of 50, 2 for 100, 3 for 150 and 4 for 200 as the system to acquire loot bags. Overall though I'm happy.

[Horseman]

Mikayshen, on 29 October 2018 - 10:48 AM, said:

I liked the system for loot bag earning this time around, though I think the numbers should have been closer such as 50 for the lower MS and 75 for the higher.

Eh. It doesn't take much to break 150MS.

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That said, what I would have very much preferred to have seen is something like Phase 1: earn up to 125 loot bags. Earn 1 bag for a match score of 50, 2 for 100, 3 for 150 and 4 for 200 as the system to acquire loot bags. Overall though I'm happy.

Agreed, the one they went with was just way grindy.

[D V Devnull]

Ery, on 26 October 2018 - 07:06 AM, said:

It seems that some games are not counted. Especially if you die and leave the game before the end of the round. Every time the same **** ...

D V Devnull, on 26 October 2018 - 01:29 PM, said:

I think I am seeing the same problem with the Trackers. It should be still counting your Match(es) properly if one has enough done to still get the proper Match Score earned. It should NOT choke over an early leave, should you have happened to die already and be unable to help the team through spectating. It should also NOT choke at random either, suddenly failing to count a match where you were connected the whole time. Sadly, I think I may be seeing this troublesome behavior too, even though I am pressed for time in some situations, just like many other people are. With the Active Premium Time from the Previous Event running, it simply is NOT fair to force a person to have to sit and wait, when their time can be better used on another different Match.

~Mr. D. V. "I'm possibly seeing a Bug in the Trackers too, at least that's how it looks and feels." Devnull

Yup... I've just had a number more matches where the Enemy Team killed me early, and nobody was listening which forces me to give up and move on to Another Match before the one I'm on completes. This has resulted in my finding that any Post-Death Early Leave causes the Event Loot Bag System to actively punish people for not allowing themselves to lose time by waiting for the Match to complete. That's actually kind of rude and disrespectful to the player to force them to be punished by just sitting there because their team would NOT work together. On top of this, the problem is particularly prevalent in the Loot Bags for the 150 Match Score meter.


Now pinging Matt Newman because he should be alerted to this problem in the Event Loot Bag System...

Matt Newman, on 23 October 2018 - 03:19 PM, said:

I have Set Phase 2 to start 24 hours Earlier!
Get them Loot Bags!

...and the rest of us will just have to hope that this problem can be prevented with the Next Loot Bag Event.


~D. V. "Problem Confirmed... And I'm sitting on a pile of broken dreams..." Devnull

[Nicholas Hyde]

I've found that games where you die early and leave the match are just counted later, together with what cbills and xp you gained there.

[BumbaCLot]

Nicholas Hyde, on 29 October 2018 - 01:22 PM, said:

I've found that games where you die early and leave the match are just counted later, together with what cbills and xp you gained there.

D V is delusional, if he left the match prior to the end, what proof does he have that he's not getting bags?
Early leaves with actual + match scores appear two matches later sometimes.
I don't believe there is a bug, and his match scores are just less than he believes.
Literally I've played 100s of matches on multiple accounts and he claims he's 'way behind schedule due to these bugs'..
Maybe doesn't understand how the math works?

[D V Devnull]

Nicholas Hyde, on 29 October 2018 - 01:22 PM, said:

I've found that games where you die early and leave the match are just counted later, together with what cbills and xp you gained there.

BumbaCLot, on 29 October 2018 - 04:28 PM, said:

D V is delusional, if he left the match prior to the end, what proof does he have that he's not getting bags?
Early leaves with actual + match scores appear two matches later sometimes.
I don't believe there is a bug, and his match scores are just less than he believes.
Literally I've played 100s of matches on multiple accounts and he claims he's 'way behind schedule due to these bugs'..
Maybe doesn't understand how the math works?

Guys, some of those matches where I died early and needed to move on had Damage Totals of 300+ to 400+... I may not have screenshots due to being really angry at teams that would NOT communicate, but I do know that matches like that do not fail to get at least 150 Match Score. So your attempts to say I'm delusional are absolute junk... Particularly since you would have to also be saying that other person, Ery, is delusional as well. There's definitely a Bug there, since they didn't show up even 5 matches later. Geez...

~D. V. "Quit trying to hammer on people who are already being punished by bad teammates..." Devnull

[BumbaCLot]

D V Devnull, on 29 October 2018 - 04:40 PM, said:

Guys, some of those matches where I died early and needed to move on had Damage Totals of 300+ to 400+... I may not have screenshots due to being really angry at teams that would NOT communicate, but I do know that matches like that do not fail to get at least 150 Match Score. So your attempts to say I'm delusional are absolute junk... Particularly since you would have to also be saying that other person, Ery, is delusional as well. There's definitely a Bug there, since they didn't show up even 5 matches later. Geez...

~D. V. "Quit trying to hammer on people who are already being punished by bad teammates..." Devnull

You blame PGI every event for not making it longer, now you are saying there is some bug like you would magically have gotten 150 match score in the exact amount of time you had scheduled, and will probably beg for yet another extension due to something. I have no life, so that's why I have 209 bags on this account, and 185 on another. Oh that's because the 185 account was done all in Phase 2, where I got 100 bags for my first 25 matches. So I played another 50 or so and got another 85. Oh well. At least it didn't have some 500 match score (although I have gotten tons of those since I didn't need it) for me to stress over. I don't care about camo and will probably sell the mech on both accounts and buy something better on sale.

[D V Devnull]

BumbaCLot, on 29 October 2018 - 06:55 PM, said:

You blame PGI every event for not making it longer, now you are saying there is some bug like you would magically have gotten 150 match score in the exact amount of time you had scheduled, and will probably beg for yet another extension due to something. I have no life, so that's why I have 209 bags on this account, and 185 on another. Oh that's because the 185 account was done all in Phase 2, where I got 100 bags for my first 25 matches. So I played another 50 or so and got another 85. Oh well. At least it didn't have some 500 match score (although I have gotten tons of those since I didn't need it) for me to stress over. I don't care about camo and will probably sell the mech on both accounts and buy something better on sale.

Ask for an Extension??? Nah!!! Geez, you're a laugh!!! LOL!!!

Thankfully, I've been able to run my estimates on time versus earnings, and I'll still manage to finish the Event. At least, provided nothing cataclysmic like the Earth falling into the Sun happens. Of course, if that happens, I don't think any of us will be here to gripe about it.

As for that Bug, as I mentioned before, I would only look forward to it being fixed in Future Events. I have ultimately found it does not happen 100% of the time, at least from what I can tell. But, the Current Event is too far along to properly patch it, so I'm just not that worried about Time Boosts or anything anymore. I only wanted to alert PGI so that they could possibly have the chance to prevent that glitch from happening again.

~Mr. D. V. "QUIT TRYING TO UNNECESSARILY READ THINGS IN THAT I DON'T INTEND." Devnull

[DeadWeight18]

Still 33 loot bags away from the maximum and already feel the grind. But I am happy with what I have got and about the 24-hour earlier start of phase 2 which makes it possible for me to reach the max loot bags in time.

Would have been great if the event goals in loot bags were a bit lower.

[ExoForce]

Finished Wolf event. Made a mistake and opened loot bags during the event. Got 3 premium days, dont have time to use them. After the event I got 6 more premium days! Thanks!

Edited by ExoForce, 30 October 2018 - 03:22 AM.

[Akillius]

Horseman, on 26 October 2018 - 10:52 PM, said:

Actually, decals were added in July 2016.

TSP 2016 first available/announced April 2016
https://mwomercs.com...supporter-pack/

The first TSP was originally to only let players purchase:
• 10% boost to all of your C-Bill and XP earnings until December 31st 2016
• 1 Overlord Dropship Standing Cockpit Item
• 1 Globe Warhorn Mounted Cockpit Item
• 1 Tournament Medallion Hanging Cockpit Item
• 1 Badge
• 1 Title: "The Patron"
• Help financially support the Tournament and increase the winning money pool.


Yes Decals and Supply Caches did get added to MWO on July 19, 2016
However Supply Caches did not include Decals.
And Decals were not free.
• Basic (180 MC)
• Special (500 MC)
• Premium (1250 MC)
https://mwomercs.com...9jul2016#decals

Free Decals only happened after the newness-sales wore off.
So in my previous post I should've wrote:
No Decals when TSP announced, decals added later in 2016 but no free decals during 2016 = no 2016 TSP decal.

[ERescue]

@BumbaCLot and D V Devnull: I fully admit that my impressions on MS can be faulty, but if I am not entirely mistaken about how the system works... Under normal circumstances one gets 1 MS for each 2 damage done... but this formula only forms a base that can be modified by BOTH positive AND negative factors, such as team damage or suiciding... Which can mean that it is possible to both succeed AND fail to achieve 150 MS at both 297 and 303 damage done, depending on which other factors apply.

Which means, that IF I am correct, D V Devnull (and everyone else, too) could have both failed and succeeded in achieving 150 MS while scoring slightly over 300 damage depending on their specific circumstances... Which in turn would explain, why some games have registered at 150, while others have not. Opinions, please?

[Aidan Crenshaw]

MS is modified by several factors, such as weight class, team performance, teamdamage, team kills, win/loss and so forth.
300 dmg in an assault don't count the same as 300 dmg in a medium mech.

Edited by Aidan Crenshaw, 31 October 2018 - 01:10 AM.

[Baron Blitz Fokheimer]

Real talk: there isn't enough time for most people to complete phase 2. Not with work and holiday stuff to worry about as well. This should have gone on for another 2-3 days. The only reason I personally qualify for both rewards is because I own the TSP.

[CycKath]

I'm seven away from pattern unlock, but only play an hour and a half a night, without packs would have missed it.

[D V Devnull]

Baron Blitz Fokheimer, on 31 October 2018 - 09:56 PM, said:

Real talk: there isn't enough time for most people to complete phase 2. Not with work and holiday stuff to worry about as well. This should have gone on for another 2-3 days. The only reason I personally qualify for both rewards is because I own the TSP.

CycKath, on 31 October 2018 - 11:18 PM, said:

I'm seven away from pattern unlock, but only play an hour and a half a night, without packs would have missed it.

In that case, would you two say that in the Next Event like this, those two Phases should be merged into one, and have all four trackers launch at once?

~D. V. "Asking the useful question..." Devnull

[MOBAjobg]

37 loot bags to grind for the pattern