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[Quandoo]

Can you explain the "Purchase and Redeem a 200 GSP Bundle during the event and earn 25 Bonus Redeems"

You buy 200GSP and get 25 x 200GSP or 25 extra loot bags?

Edited by Quandoo, 18 December 2019 - 12:48 PM.

[Mister Maf]

Quandoo, on 18 December 2019 - 12:32 PM, said:

Can you explain the "Purchase and Redeem a 200 GSP Bundle during the event and earn 25 Bonus Redeems"

You buy 200GSP and get 25 x 200GSP or 25 extra loot bags?

Tradtionally the way they do these events is if you buy whatever mechpack is current, you get extra loot bags. There are no new mechpacks right now, so one would assume you get bonus lootbags for buying GSP.

[NocturnalBeast]

Quandoo, on 18 December 2019 - 12:32 PM, said:

Can you explain the "Purchase and Redeem a 200 GSP Bundle during the event and earn 25 Bonus Redeems"

You buy 200GSP and get 25 x 200GSP or 25 extra loot bags?

On the event page, you click on the word "redeem" to redeem each loot bag that you have earned, so if you buy the 200 GSP bundle you get 25 Bonus (loot bag) Redeems.

PGI could avoid people asking this question by replacing the word "Redeems" with the words "Loot Bags" on the events page.

Edited by Ed Steele, 18 December 2019 - 03:50 PM.

[KentThuir66]

Somebody has the spec of the (S) versions (or i will take the warhawk, clan are easy to assemble for me).

[Dee Eight]

If you use the steamcharts as a metric of player involvement in MWO, it took a nosedive on December 10th dropping the 24h peak player #s from 700s to 400s as players stopped playing MWO to play MW5 instead and it held consistently there every day (including on last weekend) since. It will thus be interesting to see if this event causes the numbers to go up as players shift back to doing MWO for the event or if they just stay the same.

[Dee Eight]

(S) versions are usually identical to (C) versions of the same mech, except the 30% bonus becomes one for c-bills instead and they have a default premium camo pattern and colors. The (S) Stormcrow for example is the phranken pattern with phranken colors but the same 5 medium pulse build as the (C) Stormcrow. The four pick a prize option mechs are from the second year steam performance packs and like the pick a prize mechs during the last loot bag event, they have the same hot rod pattern and Camo Black, Crimson Red, and FRR Pure Orange colors.

Edited by Dee Eight, 19 December 2019 - 06:11 AM.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Lockheed_, on 19 December 2019 - 04:57 AM, said:

I thought they were (C) versions until you mentioned it. Have (S) versions of these mechs been released before?

The (S) variants were part of the "steam performance packs". The have the same loadout as the respective (C) variants, but a 30% CBill-bonus instead of the XP-Bonus and come with either the Phranken or the Hotrod pattern already applied as default.

[Battle-mage]

Nice. A reason to play and try out my new Thrustmaster. Switching from trackball and keyboard. I hope the learning curve does not hurt my match scores too much.

[Kodan Black]

Thank you for this. Love the cockpit items.

[Kalimaster]

Dear Santa
For this stocking stuffer event I want a kitten, lots of MC, an Anubis Light Mech, Christmas Bolt On Flags, 1-Million Dollars (U.S.) in cash, and a new Hero King Crab. I made sure my stocking was extra big to fit all of this into it.

[martian]

So it seems to me that every PUG pulled his Clan 'Mech filled with nothing but LRMs from his hangar.

Usual challenge ...

Oh, well.

[Rkshz]

InnerSphereNews, on 17 December 2019 - 03:58 PM, said:

Select Hero Mechs 50% off in game

• Start: Dec 19th 12 PM PDT (8 PM UTC)
  
• Ends: Jan 2nd 12 PM PST (8 PM UTC)

Why is there no 50% discount on heroes for MC in game?

[Matt Newman]

Rkshz, on 19 December 2019 - 12:30 PM, said:

[/i] Why is there no 50% discount on heroes for MC in game?

FIXED! Thank you!

[martian]

Matt Newman, on 19 December 2019 - 01:12 PM, said:

FIXED! Thank you!

Thanks.

[CyanEyd]

[color=#959595]I think that it means that "1 Loot Bag every 250 match score you accumulate" adds a bit towards the total sum. So if you play three games with scores 200, 200, 100, you will get two loot bags, if you know what I mean. At least that's how I understand it.[/color]

Yep yep I remember now thanks. And as always thanks PGI I do love me some stocking stuffers!

[ClawsofIron]

If you shoot an ECM Mech with a PPC which counters the ECM, you should get credit for the "Counter ECM" event achievement, since the achievement does not specify that the ECM has to be countered in any specific way (PPC / ECM / TAG / Active Probe).

[ClawsofIron]

Kalimaster, on 19 December 2019 - 11:20 AM, said:

Dear Santa
For this stocking stuffer event I want a kitten, lots of MC, an Anubis Light Mech, Christmas Bolt On Flags, 1-Million Dollars (U.S.) in cash, and a new Hero King Crab. I made sure my stocking was extra big to fit all of this into it.

1 Million is middle-class in many parts of the US now, so you should be wishing for more.

[Audacious Aubergine]

What is special about the (S) variants, again? I'm assuming XP or c-bill bonus and comes with a camo pattern unlocked but I don't know which?

[martian]

Audacious Aubergine, on 19 December 2019 - 10:43 PM, said:

What is special about the (S) variants, again? I'm assuming XP or c-bill bonus and comes with a camo pattern unlocked but I don't know which?

So-called Steam variants.

30% C-Bills bonus (like Hero 'Mechs) and special camo pattern (Hotrod for the Cauldron-Born and the Grasshopper; Phranken for the Zeus and the Masakari).

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Aidan Crenshaw, on 19 December 2019 - 06:09 AM, said:

The (S) variants were part of the "steam performance packs". The have the same loadout as the respective (C) variants, but a 30% CBill-bonus instead of the XP-Bonus and come with either the Phranken or the Hotrod pattern already applied as default.