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winterfest

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

[Nyandere]

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

[Daeron Katz]

Nyandere, 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?

[ghost1e]

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

Which modifier and how?

Dropdeck + Domination + Big Map would be one lol

[Nyandere]

Daeron 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.

[Sawk]

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 : )

SAWK CLANNER

[ghost1e]

Sawk, 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 : )

SAWK CLANNER

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

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

[Raydeen]

Pass. waste of my time.

[Steve Pryde]

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.

[doctormanuse]

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.

[TWLT S]

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

[SniperFury]

BATTLE FOR WINTER CITY

That one has TERRIBLE spawns

[SCHLIMMER BESTIMMER XXX]

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.

[Tacheyon]

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.

[Archangel.84]

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.

[I am a Robot]

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.

[jiggyjiggy]

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

[Sawk]

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

SAWK CLANNER

[VaMPHuNT]

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?

[Davegt27]

"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
PGI