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[Horseman]

Aufelir, on 04 May 2019 - 10:17 PM, said:

For anyone struggling to make the 500 match score, try this loadout for the MCII-B. Try for component destruction and target softened enemies. If you are an average pilot, you can get 500 match score easy.

MWO Import Link:
A89D40\1|RR|QR|9f|l^|l^|l^p41|l^|QR|RRq41|l^|QR|RR|EC|0Srl0|fB|eBsl0|fB|eBt21|RR|QRu21|RR|QRvA0|RRw808080

MechDB link:
https://mech.nav-alp...fecac991_MCII-B

Try this on for size:
https://mech.nav-alp...eb077c27_MCII-B
A89D40_1|l^|l^|l^|7f|LR|RRp71|fR|LRq71|RRrl0|fB|bBsl0|fB|bBt31|RR|LRu31|RR|LRv?0|RRw505050
abf5bf7dc37de7477bbefffff7f0000000000000000000000000080a2211b

Edited by Horseman, 05 May 2019 - 01:37 AM.

[Bloodwitch]

Sarsaparilla Kid, on 04 May 2019 - 08:04 AM, said:

Reading comprehension helps...I already have one. If you're a collector or enjoy challenges, by all means go for it. My post was not meant to dissuade people, but to lessen their stress over it and hopefully lessen the whining on the forums that usually follows.

That wasn't meant in a way that implies YOU would dodge the challenge by telling the reward wasn't worth it anyway.
Although, you go in about it, quite lenghty, how bad the banshee hero is. It frankly looks like a reason for not trying to get the challenge done (or a good explaination when "i wasn't able to get the challenge done" doesn't come out easily).
Personally, i like challenges, actual challenges. This one is actually somewhat of a challenge challenge and not a participation challenge which i very much like and would like to see more of.
I don't care if the hero is bad. I'd try to complete the challenge even if it only rewards with gxp or consumables. Just because challenge. It gives me something to do ingame other then useless progession bars.
Would be kinda cool to have a really hard challenge going on for once with a unique reward which shows that someone actually got a hard challenge done. (custom camo on a mech, even a bad mech or a badge/title or something).

[Todd Marshall]

Yay! Free Banshee!

Thank you guys and have a great week!

[Bwah Ha Ha]

Thank you Matt & company in mixing weight classes with this sale!

Aufelir, on 04 May 2019 - 10:17 PM, said:

For anyone struggling to make the 500 match score, try this loadout for the MCII-B. Try for component destruction and target softened enemies. If you are an average pilot, you can get 500 match score easy.

MWO Import Link:
A89D40\1|RR|QR|9f|l^|l^|l^p41|l^|QR|RRq41|l^|QR|RR|EC|0Srl0|fB|eBsl0|fB|eBt21|RR|QRu21|RR|QRvA0|RRw808080

MechDB link:
https://mech.nav-alp...fecac991_MCII-B

This is a good set up with the Kodiak Champion also, plus you can take medium lasers. Don't forget your cool shot.

[Adarven]

Thx for the event - I played only this afternoon, got Banshee ))) Still some minor goals missing (Incursion, Faction play, Solaris, Crimson) - but the main goal is done (hero mech) ))

[suum74]

Thanks to PGI for another nice event with really cool rewards!
Now I wish I could stop here, but unfortunately I have to criticise especially this event and most notable one challenge: the 5 times over 500 match score. And no, I am not complaining about it, cuz I am struggling to achieve it. I got it.
I just had to notice that the way many people are playing during this event has gotten really bad. The return of really bad nascar, a total lack of any team play or even team cohesion. Assaults stay back and only join in lately to got the 500 matchscore.
This challenge hurts teamplay. And MWO is - well should be - all about teamplay.
Now I really have to wonder if you guys do play yourself during such an event and look what this event does cause to gameplay.
I do not have a problem with hard challenges. I do not have a problem if I cannot achieve them all. I do tho have a problem how some challenges result in far, far less fun...even if a game is won.
Many of the challenges reward good playstyle...like lance in formation. They reward the single player for doing good....WITHIN his team. But going for the 500 matchscore to get the big price hero Banshee makes most peeps go all egoistical.
So why not more challenges that reward teamplay? Why not rewarding something like if your lance gets an overall matchscore of 1800 or something instead? I don't care what, but please think of the effects some of the challenges can have to teamplay.
Oh, and another side-note: In the past 3 days I have seen only 4 times Incursion in the map rotation...and 3 times it was downvoted big time...cos players want the Banshee more than the 100MC. Another thing to look at in the first place: challenges that work against each other in the way they affect players going for it.
So please keep on coming up with events, but try to create them in a way that does support teamplay. For the rest we have Solaris...

Edited by suum74, 05 May 2019 - 01:20 PM.

[Rotteck Koempel]

max 1 Matchscore 500+ per game (24 Mechs)....
is there more to say....?

[XX BURT XX]

Damn that 500 mark, I hit 498, 479, 487

[Xeno Phalcon]

People are 'way' too ravenous for a free hero, Legged a osiris last night from just under 600 meters with MRMs only to be OBLITERATED by six medium pulse lasers in the back as a "friendly" hunchback tried to finish him off to get kill credit.

*Shakes fist* hope that TK is the reason you didnt break 500ms that match. (He got like, 423 or something)

[Adarven]

Rotteck Koempel, on 05 May 2019 - 10:50 AM, said:

max 1 Matchscore 500+ per game (24 Mechs)....
is there more to say....?

I saw multiple 500+ score - same lance, different lance, assault, lights. If you have 900+ dmg, u should get it. If you are light, you can have less, because u can have scouting + other rewards.

[Rattler GUNZ]

MechDB link:

https://mech.nav-alp...eac56e7a_MCII-B


MWO Import Link:

A89D4:\1|<f|l^|l^|l^|RR|SRp41|RR|e<2q41|l^|RR|SR|ECrl0|gB|SRsl0|fB|fBt<1|RR|SRu<1|RR|SRvB0|RRw808080

Edited by Rattler GUNZ, 05 May 2019 - 01:51 PM.

[mad kat]

So when my flea 20 scouts out the enemy team alone pops two UAVs above their heads, drops two enhanced arty strikes on them gets over 550 damage a kill or two it's only worth 430 match score.

Meanwhile dumb and dumber sitting back lobbing ATMs and lurms can get 500ms.

Really does show just how badly thought out the rewards system is.

[Aufelir]

Horseman, on 05 May 2019 - 01:36 AM, said:

Try this on for size:
https://mech.nav-alp...eb077c27_MCII-B
A89D40_1|l^|l^|l^|7f|LR|RRp71|fR|LRq71|RRrl0|fB|bBsl0|fB|bBt31|RR|LRu31|RR|LRv?0|RRw505050
abf5bf7dc37de7477bbefffff7f0000000000000000000000000080a2211b

I actually started using that right after my post. It is way better than the UAC5/UAC10 combo XD
Great suggestion!

[G 4 R R E T]

Rattler GUNZ, on 05 May 2019 - 01:51 PM, said:

MechDB link:

https://mech.nav-alp...eac56e7a_MCII-B


MWO Import Link:

A89D4:\1|<f|l^|l^|l^|RR|SRp41|RR|e<2q41|l^|RR|SR|ECrl0|gB|SRsl0|fB|fBt<1|RR|SRu<1|RR|SRvB0|RRw808080

Yeah, AMS Ammo is overrated

[Aufelir]

Average Sloth, on 05 May 2019 - 04:05 PM, said:

Yeah, AMS Ammo is overrated

LOL I think I forgot to add that XD

[Rattler GUNZ]

Average Sloth, on 05 May 2019 - 04:05 PM, said:

Yeah, AMS Ammo is overrated

It was to be CLAMS

https://mech.nav-alp...d90a9373_MCII-B

[Steel Raven]

Funny, the Mad Cat IIC B actually under performs for me (ultra always jam at the worst moment)

3/5 500+ matches with other MS being all over the place, the only answer I have is that you got to be super active. Means supporting your team and your team supporting you.

[ScorpioMech]

suum74, on 05 May 2019 - 10:10 AM, said:

Thanks to PGI for another nice event with really cool rewards!
Now I wish I could stop here, but unfortunately I have to criticise especially this event and most notable one challenge: the 5 times over 500 match score. And no, I am not complaining about it, cuz I am struggling to achieve it. I got it.
I just had to notice that the way many people are playing during this event has gotten really bad. The return of really bad nascar, a total lack of any team play or even team cohesion. Assaults stay back and only join in lately to got the 500 matchscore.
This challenge hurts teamplay. And MWO is - well should be - all about teamplay.
Now I really have to wonder if you guys do play yourself during such an event and look what this event does cause to gameplay.
I do not have a problem with hard challenges. I do not have a problem if I cannot achieve them all. I do tho have a problem how some challenges result in far, far less fun...even if a game is won.
Many of the challenges reward good playstyle...like lance in formation. They reward the single player for doing good....WITHIN his team. But going for the 500 matchscore to get the big price hero Banshee makes most peeps go all egoistical.
So why not more challenges that reward teamplay? Why not rewarding something like if your lance gets an overall matchscore of 1800 or something instead? I don't care what, but please think of the effects some of the challenges can have to teamplay.
Oh, and another side-note: In the past 3 days I have seen only 4 times Incursion in the map rotation...and 3 times it was downvoted big time...cos players want the Banshee more than the 100MC. Another thing to look at in the first place: challenges that work against each other in the way they affect players going for it.
So please keep on coming up with events, but try to create them in a way that does support teamplay. For the rest we have Solaris...

I totally agree! I'm also in for challenges which deserve their name and really don't share the view of some, that in the end you should get your freebie anyway, but... what suum74 wrote is totally true from what I've experienced in the matches I played last night...

Honestly, that were the worst matches in the whole time I play this game (about two years, that is). Egoism at it's finest, no team cohesion, no comms at all - and I will not even mention nascar, because unfortunately it seems to have become the new standard... Last night for the first time I just gave up, went to bed and cried myself to sleep...

Of course I will rise to try again today...

This having said I really want to ask what suum74 already asked: "Do you guys really check the game "ingame" and play it yourselves - especially during events?" and to support him (and others) regarding the idea to put (much) more weight on team-supporting factors than on damage when it comes to calculating the match score (and not only during events, but in general!).

Aside from that one thing I'm still very happy with the event - so: Thanks, PGI

[Telemachus -Salt Wife Salt Life-]

Since we are complaining about things, the most frustrating part about this event was that Matt made me play TWENTY matches when I was done the requirements before I hit the 20 games. WTF Matt

Pro tip, the easiest way to get 500 matchscore is to do a lot of damage, not die, and win the game.

Damage > Everything

Also, thanks for the free mech I guess, but now I have a La Malinche AND a Siren gathering dust in my stable of mechs. GG PGI

Edited by Telemachus -Salt Wife Salt Life-, 05 May 2019 - 11:25 PM.

[Pain G0D]

La munchy mech is an ironic prize . It would be most appreciated by newbies who dont have any hero mechs but they will never make 500 MS .

The Try Hards who can claim it easily on the other hand , will never play with it or they already have one.

Thats kind of a wasted prize in my opinion .
If i made an Event I would guesstimate which demographic values what and tweak the challenges for each .

Thats said its still a most wonderful awesome event . Thank you PGI .

Edited by Pain G0D, 05 May 2019 - 11:29 PM.