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[Ryanlegend]

i'm waiting for the next event matt

[DeadWeight18]

yeah, missing the 1%

[Dee Eight]

Apollo777, on 01 October 2019 - 10:32 AM, said:

So, no Halloween (loot bag) event this year?!

The loot bag event last year began October 19th.

[FRAGTAST1C]

Please make the Loot Bag event part of FW. You don't need to make it FW exclusive. Just make 125 LBs as FW and 75 for any mode including FW.

Every 500 damage done = 1 LB (not limited to 1 per match). This will incentivize people to play FW (probably). I think this will be a decent challenge and those who get sick and tired of LRM-queue 'cause "Damage done" is a requirement, can come to FW.

[Dee Eight]

FRAGTAST1C, on 02 October 2019 - 11:13 PM, said:

Please make the Loot Bag event part of FW. You don't need to make it FW exclusive. Just make 125 LBs as FW and 75 for any mode including FW.

Every 500 damage done = 1 LB (not limited to 1 per match). This will incentivize people to play FW (probably). I think this will be a decent challenge and those who get sick and tired of LRM-queue 'cause "Damage done" is a requirement, can come to FW.

Did you not look at damages during the last FW event ? I routinely saw a quarter of the players (of 24) each match fail to even do 500 damage, let alone multiples of it.

[Roodkapje]

Appogee, on 01 October 2019 - 05:04 AM, said:

I understand your point. However, in almost every instance, taking SRM6s without artemis isn't "being creative", it's "being a potato" It's splashing damage instead of focusing it and making the kill.

Given there are lots of MWO players who don't really understand the ins and outs of weapons and builds, encouraging them to take a bad build doesn't help them get better at the game.

The annoying thing is that the game suggests that it only works for LRM, Stream SRM, ATM and so on and not for SRM or MRM for example!

I thought I knew a thing or two about this game but I have also only found out recently that SRM6 is affected by Artemis too...

/WEIRD!

Tesunie, on 01 October 2019 - 08:03 AM, said:

I find it funny you should mention this, as in another recent "help my build", someone had posted an SRM4 and SRM2 boating Archer build.

My Archer A2R with 2x MRM 20 and 6x ML (or MPL, not sure...) kicks a s s and chews bubblegum while it destroys everything in front of him!

Z Paradox, on 01 October 2019 - 08:41 AM, said:

500 Match Score can be done with any mach, I did get it with different mechs (lrm build, laser build, dakka...) for this event, and positioning is most important. (and so-so team)

100% AGREE!

Dee Eight, on 01 October 2019 - 09:50 AM, said:

Why ? I've done it 11 times so far since the event began.

Lucky you!

I have only had 5 "Almost there!" rounds before the 6th one kicked in which did the trick!
The team you are in is important too!

[FRAGTAST1C]

Dee Eight, on 03 October 2019 - 03:11 AM, said:

Did you not look at damages during the last FW event ? I routinely saw a quarter of the players (of 24) each match fail to even do 500 damage, let alone multiples of it.

So? Do you want the challenges to resemble something akin to a Challenge or a Participation Certificate?

[HolyGrail101]

FRAGTAST1C, on 03 October 2019 - 06:11 AM, said:

So? Do you want the challenges to resemble something akin to a Challenge or a Participation Certificate?

Yes.

[Tesunie]

Dee Eight, on 01 October 2019 - 04:53 PM, said:

I've done the full event and all challenges on 3 accounts so far with 47 hours to go in the event.

Just wanted to say (I know I'm a little late), that not all of us are players who are routinely in the 80+% on the Jarl's list. I can hit 80% when I try, but I know I like to goof off too much with strange builds too much (and over time pain has limited my capabilities). So it's great that you can so regularly hit 500 match score.

However, having events that only 20% (or less) of the player population can "regularly accomplish" may need to be relooked at. Though, I do also want to state now that I don't disagree with you, and that it's okay to have a pushing challenge within an event. Hence, I'm not complaining on a 500 match score requirement on an event that lasted for seven days. I think this aspect was well done for this event, though we have had events of the past that I think where too punishing.

Dee Eight, on 03 October 2019 - 03:11 AM, said:

Did you not look at damages during the last FW event ? I routinely saw a quarter of the players (of 24) each match fail to even do 500 damage, let alone multiples of it.

On this one, there are many factors that can come into effect.
- Where they in a group? Solo players within a group (I find groups tend to ignore their "pugs")? Was it a group of solo players only (which means absolutely no leadership, strategy nor comms during the match most times)?
- Who where they fighting against? Did the other side have a (large) group? How good were the players on the other side?
- What was the tier and/or age of said players? Were they still new to the game? T5 players in faction for an event?

Many factors can go into a player getting sub-optimal results. I can recall a few matches where mechs would drop out of the dropship already dead (the enemy could shoot them before they even dropped). If/when that happens, there isn't exactly much that player can do with a mech down right there... (as an example.)

Though, sub 500 damage is a little low (read as "wow, that is really low") damage for FP. Even most "new to faction play" players normally get around 700-800 damage in a FP match... (But, without being in said match or even seeing the match, I don't want to be too condescending to those players, as I do not know what happened.)

[Apollo777]

FRAGTAST1C, on 02 October 2019 - 11:13 PM, said:

Please make the Loot Bag event part of FW. You don't need to make it FW exclusive. Just make 125 LBs as FW and 75 for any mode including FW.

Every 500 damage done = 1 LB (not limited to 1 per match). This will incentivize people to play FW (probably). I think this will be a decent challenge and those who get sick and tired of LRM-queue 'cause "Damage done" is a requirement, can come to FW.

With all respect to players who like FP mode, I don't think that everyone likes FP (specially the current FP) so i think it's better that we all have a free choice, and loot bag can be earned in all modes.

[Tesunie]

Apollo777, on 03 October 2019 - 10:44 AM, said:

With all respect to players who like FP mode, I don't think that everyone likes FP (specially the current FP) so i think it's better that we all have a free choice, and loot bag can be earned in all modes.

I think he was mostly hinting that he wanted loot bags to be based upon damage dealt, rather than match score because FP match scores aren't any higher than QP match scores per game, and considering FP games are longer... If grinding for loot bags, it will hinder FP's population...

[Aidan Crenshaw]

So, some additional 24 hrs for the downtime affecting the end of the running event?

[n00biwan]

A good answer to the "loot bags need to be a challenge to get" vs "loot bags are a bit of fun and we should all get them because reasons" is..... have two types?

Default loot bag for bulk challenge (pls not match score because of the disparity between modes, but easy level, 300 dmg or whatever) and "shiny" loot bag for 500 point games or 5 kill games or whatever markers can be set that represent a "good match". Just give a sightly higher chance of the good stuff and maybe one or two cosmetics that aren't in the others.

Can they make a "paint ticket = good for one premium colour of choice"? That would be a good reward....

Anyway, I ramble.

[Xaat Xuun]

events should encourage team play, this is a group effort to win the match, events that just hand out rewards for just showing up, does not help in team cooperation , then all a player needs to do is run out there alone, shoot what they see, , get destroyed, quit match and grab another mech, and do it all again, repeat over and over, and eventually reach the requirement for the reward in what ever phase.
they hand out participation reward in just about all events, (lately) 2 wins. don't need to be alive to reach that one, just need the rest of the team carrying and getting that team win, which can happen

as for the FP reaching 500 match score, only ones that may obtain that match score, are those with well over 2k damage, One may, at least, need an average of 500+ damage per mech, not a total of 500 from 4 mechs. and of course any thing that adds towards the match score.
basically, if you can't reach a 500 match score in QP, you're not going to in FP.

The thing,(I found) that was bad about this event, was the IS LBX20 thing, and trial mechs unable to be used. it did need some adjustments to work out better, for the new players. So yeah, to me I see these events benefiting new pilots more then old, this one . . was not one of those events for new players, so it happens sometimes

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[FRAGTAST1C]

I think some of you guys are making it unnecessarily complicated. Just do 500 damage for 1 LB. LBs aren't limited to 1 per match. Done. Get 125 LBs in FW and 75 more across all game modes.

[Mighty Spike]

No new event over the Wekend? meh Damn, also misssed to buy a Deathstrike can we have a new event and sale pls?

Edited by Mighty Spike, 04 October 2019 - 01:14 AM.

[FRAGTAST1C]

Mighty Spike, on 04 October 2019 - 01:12 AM, said:

No new event over the Wekend? meh Damn, also misssed to buy a Deathstrike can we have a new event and sale pls?

Well, new event but with specific mechs this time XD Ah, PGI.

At least I have some good variants and even Heroes of those mechs listed as a requirement. Maybe it's time to use my Firestarter Firestorm that I got with the Solaris 7 mech pack. I've never used that at all.