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#1 InnerSphereNews

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Posted 16 December 2022 - 03:12 PM




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EVENT QUEUE WEEKENDs!


Greetings MechWarriors,

This weekend launches the first of three weekends of Event Queue fun and extra rewards, with 3x C-Bill and XP Rewards throughout the Events! Here is the upcoming Event Queue schedule:

HOLIDAY EVENT QUEUE WEEKEND
3x C-Bills and XP all weekend!
Starts: Friday December 16th 4pm PST / Saturday December 17th 12am UTC
Ends: Monday December 19th 8am PST / 4pm UTC

CHRISTMAS EVENT QUEUE WEEKEND
3x C-Bills and XP all weekend!
Starts: Friday December 23rd 4pm PST / Saturday December 24th 12am UTC
Ends: Monday December 26th 8am PST / 4pm UTC

NEW YEAR CELEBRATION EVENT QUEUE WEEKEND
3x C-Bills and XP all weekend!
Starts: Friday December 30th 4pm PST / Saturday December 31st 12am UTC
Ends: Monday January 2nd 8am PST / 4pm UTC



NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION
EVENT QUEUE WEEKEND SCHEDULE:


Friday December 30th 4pm PST / Saturday December 31st 12am UTC
BIG RESOLUTIONS
8v8
Groups up-to-2
Heavy and Assault 'Mechs Only
4 'Mech Drop Deck
350 Max Tonnage
Vitric Station
Skirmish
Unlimited Jump Jets
1.25x 'Mech Speed
50% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
25 Minute Match

Saturday December 31st 12am PST / 8am UTC
BIG RESOLUTIONS
8v8
Groups up-to-2
Heavy and Assault 'Mechs Only
Emerald Vale
Domination
Unlimited Jump Jets
1.25x 'Mech Speed
50% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match

Saturday December 31st 8am PST / 4pm UTC
BIG RESOLUTIONS
8v8
Groups up-to-2
Heavy and Assault 'Mechs Only
4 'Mech Drop Deck
350 Max Tonnage
Rubellite Oasis
Skirmish
Unlimited Jump Jets
1.25x 'Mech Speed
50% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
25 Minute Match

Saturday December 31st 4pm PST / 12am UTC
COUNTDOWN
10v10
Groups up-to-2
4 'Mech Drop Deck
275 Max Tonnage
Vitric Station
Domination
50% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
25 Minute Match

Sunday January 1st 12am PST / 8am UTC
HAPPY NEW YEAR
8v8
Groups up-to-2
Assault 'Mechs Only
Hellebore Springs
Skirmish
Unlimited Ammo
Unlimited Jump Jets
1.25x 'Mech Speed
50% More Armor
4x C-Bill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match

Sunday January 1st 8am PST / 4pm UTC
ATLAS SMASH
10v10
Groups up-to-2
Atlas 'Mechs Only
Emerald Vale
Skirmish
1.5x 'Mech Speed
100% More Armor
4x C-Bill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match

Sunday January 1st 4pm PST / Monday January 2nd 12am UTC
HAVE A CLANTASTIC NEW YEAR
8v8
Groups up-to-2
Clan 'Mechs Only
Drop Deck
275 Max Tonnage
Vitric Station
Skirmish
50% More Armor
4x C-Bill and XP Rewards
25 Minute Match

Monday January 2nd 12am PST / 8am UTC
ATLAS SMASH
8v8
Groups up-to-2
Atlas 'Mechs Only
Canyon Network
Domination
1.5x 'Mech Speed
100% More Armor
4x C-Bill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match



CHRISTMAS EVENT QUEUE WEEKEND
SCHEDULE:


Friday December 23rd 4pm PST / Saturday December 24th 12am UTC
SANTLAS VILLAGE
6v6
No Groups
Atlas 'Mechs Only (ALL ATLAS VARIANTS 50% OFF!)
Frozen City Classic
Skirmish
1.5x 'Mech Speed
100% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match

Saturday December 24th 12am PST / 8am UTC
SANTLAS BOWL
6v6
No Groups
Atlas 'Mechs Only (ALL ATLAS VARIANTS 50% OFF!)
Emerald Vale
Skirmish
1.5x 'Mech Speed
100% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match

Saturday December 24th 8am PST / 4pm UTC
WINTER WONDERCLAN
8V8
Groups up-to-2
4' Mech Drop Deck
240 Max Tonnage
Alpine Peaks
Skirmish
Light, Medium and Heavy Clan 'Mechs Only
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
20 Minute Match

Saturday December 24th 4pm PST / Sunday December 25th 12am UTC
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU
8V8
Groups up-to-2
4' Mech Drop Deck
240 Max Tonnage
Frozen City
Skirmish
Light, Medium and Heavy Inner Sphere 'Mechs Only
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
20 Minute Match

Sunday December 25th 12am PST / 25th 8am UTC
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
8v8
Groups up-to-2
4' Mech Drop Deck
280 Max Tonnage
Frozen City
Skirmish
50% More Armor
4x C-Bill and XP Rewards
25 Minute Match

Sunday December 25th 8am PST / 25th 4pm UTC
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
8v8
Groups up-to-2
4' Mech Drop Deck
280 Max Tonnage
Polar Highlands
Skirmish
50% More Armor
4x C-Bill and XP Rewards
25 Minute Match

Sunday December 25th 4pm PST / Monday December 26th 12am UTC
SANTLAS VILLAGE
8v8
Groups up-to-2
Atlas 'Mechs Only (ALL ATLAS VARIANTS 50% OFF!)
Emerald Vale
Skirmish
1.5x 'Mech Speed
100% More Armor
4x C-Bill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match

Monday December 26th 12am PST / 8am UTC
SANTA VS ELVES
8v8
Groups up-to-2
Atlas and UrbanMechs Only
4' Mech Drop Deck
260 Max Tonnage
(ALL ATLAS and URBANMECH VARIANTS 50% OFF!)
Frozen City
Skirmish
1.5x 'Mech Speed
100% More Armor
4x C-Bill and XP Rewards
25 Minute Match



HOLIDAY EVENT QUEUE WEEKEND
SCHEDULE:


Friday December 16th 4pm PST / Saturday December 17th 12am UTC
BATTLE FOR WINTER STATION
8v8
Groups up-to-2
4' Mech Drop Deck
350 Max Tonnage
Polar Highlands
Skirmish
Heavy and Assault 'Mechs Only
Extreme Heat Dissipation
Unlimited Jump Jets
1.25x 'Mech Speed
50% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
20 Minute Match

Saturday December 17th 12am PST / 8am UTC
BATTLE FOR WINTER CITY
8v8
Groups up-to-2
4' Mech Drop Deck
260 Max Tonnage
Frozen City
Skirmish
Medium and Heavy 'Mechs Only
Extreme Heat Dissipation
1.25x 'Mech Speed
50% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
20 Minute Match

Saturday December 17th 8am PST / 4pm UTC
BATTLE FOR WINTER MOUNTAIN
8v8
Groups up-to-2
4' Mech Drop Deck
180 Max Tonnage
Alpine Peaks
Skirmish
Light and Medium 'Mechs Only
Extreme Heat Dissipation
1.25x 'Mech Speed
50% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
20 Minute Match

Saturday December 17th 4pm PST / Sunday December 18th 12am UTC
BATTLE FOR WINTER CITY
8v8
Groups up-to-2
4' Mech Drop Deck
260 Max Tonnage
Frozen City
Skirmish
Medium and Heavy 'Mechs Only
Extreme Heat Dissipation
1.25x 'Mech Speed
50% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
20 Minute Match

Sunday December 18th 12am PST / 8am UTC
BATTLE FOR WINTER STATION
8v8
Groups up-to-2
4' Mech Drop Deck
350 Max Tonnage
Polar Highlands
Skirmish
Heavy and Assault 'Mechs Only
Extreme Heat Dissipation
Unlimited Jump Jets
1.25x 'Mech Speed
50% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
20 Minute Match

Sunday December 18th 8am PST / 4pm UTC
WINTER WONDERCLAN
10v10
Groups up-to-2
4' Mech Drop Deck
Clan Assault 'Mechs Only
Frozen City
Skirmish
Unlimited Ammo
1.75x 'Mech Speed
100% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
25 Minute Match

Sunday December 18th 4pm PST / Monday December 19th 12am UTC
HOLIDAY STATION
10v10
Groups up-to-2
4' Mech Drop Deck
Assault 'Mechs Only
Polar Highlands
Skirmish
Unlimited Ammo
1.75x 'Mech Speed
100% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
25 Minute Match

Monday December 19th 12am PST / 8am UTC
WINTER WONDERCLAN
8v8
Groups up-to-2
Clan Heavy 'Mechs Only
Frozen City Night
Skirmish
Unlimited Ammo
1.25x 'Mech Speed
50% More Armor
3x C-Bill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match


#2 Nyandere

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Posted 16 December 2022 - 03:28 PM

Why does every event queue ruleset need to include at least one completely game breaking modifier?

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Posted 16 December 2022 - 03:30 PM

View PostNyandere, on 16 December 2022 - 03:28 PM, said:

Why does every event queue ruleset need to include at least one completely game breaking modifier?

Which modifier and how?

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Posted 16 December 2022 - 04:11 PM

View PostDaeron Katz, on 16 December 2022 - 03:30 PM, said:

Which modifier and how?

Dropdeck + Domination + Big Map would be one lol

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Posted 16 December 2022 - 04:13 PM

View PostDaeron Katz, on 16 December 2022 - 03:30 PM, said:

Which modifier and how?


Things like unlimited jumpjets completely change the way the game is played, it's fun sometimes but having someone flying above the clouds on rubelite for example gets very old very fast. Unlimited heat/ammo/jumpjets are all very 'extreme' modifiers that completely break the normal flow of a match. The unlimited ammo/heat events for example from last event queue were funny once, but every second ruleset had it and it got incredibly old when every mech was spamming 100+ rockets.

1.25x speed and 50% armor with a tonnage restriction is already fun. Adding unlimited jj/heat goes past fun into gimmick land where a couple of cheese builds completely break the game.

Edited by Nyandere, 16 December 2022 - 04:17 PM.


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Posted 16 December 2022 - 04:42 PM

hmm SEEMS you need to build a mech for this, you have time to think thru it, chat with folks if you can, i would think something with large lasers and jump jets would work, wait jump jets are not for high flying there for turning faster, then let your feet hit the ground, try thinking about changing your vectoring in your skill tree, and the extra to find a snipper spot just saying : )

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Posted 16 December 2022 - 04:49 PM

View PostSawk, on 16 December 2022 - 04:42 PM, said:

hmm SEEMS you need to build a mech for this, you have time to think thru it, chat with folks if you can, i would think something with large lasers and jump jets would work, wait jump jets are not for high flying there for turning faster, then let your feet hit the ground, try thinking about changing your vectoring in your skill tree, and the extra to find a snipper spot just saying : )

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yeah nah. the meta in this is literally hold spacebar and mouse 1.

here's the build: https://mwo.nav-alph...=749e7d2e_BAS-E

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Posted 16 December 2022 - 10:00 PM

Pass. waste of my time.

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Posted 17 December 2022 - 12:01 AM

Yeah, don't like those weird "quirks". Not sure if I play this weekend at all. Normal queue will be dead because u earn way more c-bills and XP in event queue.

Edited by Steve Pryde, 17 December 2022 - 12:02 AM.


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Posted 17 December 2022 - 02:42 AM

I like the event feature a lot, gives a special flavor and style to the game. But please, PLEASE, stop doing these crazy features like unlimited jump jets, extreme heat dissipation etc. A bit more armor.. great, more ammo, more speed, limited to weight classes... awsome... but please do not go crazy. These changes requieres to reconfigurate the builds and skill trees significantly to perform in the specific environment. Me as a long time player with fine tuned and optimzed mechs I love to play, will not rebuild my mechs every couple hours due to a different event queue. I will rather not participate in the queue than speinding time in the mechlab to match the game for a couple hours.

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Posted 17 December 2022 - 06:00 AM

As others already said. I want to play the game and not customize new mechs. Pls stop these quirk-madness.

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Posted 17 December 2022 - 05:19 PM

BATTLE FOR WINTER CITY

That one has TERRIBLE spawns


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Posted 18 December 2022 - 06:23 AM

WOW! Really having a blast so far.The first event that really make me enjoy the time to participate in it.Also nice idea to spit up the engagements between lights/mediums and heavys/assaults.
The rewards are also more then generous!
I wish PGI woud reintroduce Faction Warfare and incooperated it into the quick play queue with simialr brackets for scouting/assault phases.

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Posted 18 December 2022 - 10:50 AM

For future events. Please no more Clan or IS only restrictions. Some of us who have "chosen" one side don't have the mechs needed to be useful to a team.

I do love running at 136 kph in an Assault though. Though stopping on a dime is rough.

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Posted 18 December 2022 - 11:58 AM

I like LRM boats but the "unlimited ammo" assaults combined with 100% armor is absolutely absurd. Is the goal here to make people hate LRMs more instead of making them actually viable?

Played one round of that and logged off for the day.

Edited by Archangel.84, 18 December 2022 - 11:58 AM.


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Posted 18 December 2022 - 12:24 PM

Queued up for the current event. Started loaded the Match. Then I get kicked back to the Mech Lab with a "Invalid Loadout" error...?

All 4 mechs are still in the match and can't rejoin without the same error happening.

Anyone else have this happen? I'm pretty sure the loadouts are all fine.

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Posted 18 December 2022 - 02:26 PM

Make sure you have at least 1/2 ton of ammo for each weapon system you have that uses it.

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Posted 18 December 2022 - 04:56 PM

SILLY FOLKS ---- build a 2 weapon system, no run out of ammo : )

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Posted 18 December 2022 - 05:06 PM

Question for PGI: Did I miss the change for rockets to where they now have something like a 1-2 minute reload time? Or was this something changed just for the event because all the whining from the last unlimited ammo event we had?

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Posted 18 December 2022 - 07:41 PM

"Extreme Heat Dissipation"

was a Mech Warrior dream come true
I remember way back in the day MW (MW2/MW4) had this cool sci-fi weapon called the PPC
but the weapons was so hot I could not use it

with extreme heat dissipation I get the mech on mech combat I always wanted
imagine dying to combat instead of heat

thanks
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