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[Tarzan of Barsoom]

F i s s i o n, on 01 June 2023 - 03:47 PM, said:

solo or groups of two allowed for this one?

Solo only

[Mokkor]

Are all events gonna be solo only? Is there gonna be any where at least groups of two are allowed?

[Mechwarrior2342356]

Mokkor, on 01 June 2023 - 04:23 PM, said:

Are all events gonna be solo only? Is there gonna be any where at least groups of two are allowed?

I'm seeing what looks like groups of 3 in EQ. Not sure if syncdropped or what. Plaintive cries from one of them to hold a low ground deathtrap simply because Red was getting ready to spawncamp at 5 mechs up. Not sticking around for you or anyone else, toodles, better luck next match.

Challenges involve trials or Champions. Well, trials it is, but ain't taking this that serious. After first EQ match got hit by a mass DC and consequent quitter penalty, I'm not expecting anything great.

Edited by the check engine light, 01 June 2023 - 04:35 PM.

[Nyandere]

Would love some of them to allow groups of 2, a good part of the enjoyment from games is socialising

[Tarzan of Barsoom]

You can still socialize. I think they are testing this as a possible precursor to limiting groups even more. Due to the tendency of elite pre-mades to roll stomp without mercy in QP and Faction when they face solo drops or new players. Spread the experience out a bit.

[Mechwarrior2342356]

Yeah don't use trials if you can avoid doing so, very bad idea. This is pretty much solely a bone tossed to people who got Champions.

[Adrian Porter]

7500 matchscore in a weekend? That's the requirement for a free mech in a month. Seems like a lot

[crazytimes]

There's just something exciting about the idea of an event with no matchmaking and encouraging people to take dropdecks full of trial Mechs.

[Mechwarrior2342356]

Adrian Porter, on 01 June 2023 - 05:01 PM, said:

7500 matchscore in a weekend? That's the requirement for a free mech in a month. Seems like a lot

it's literally just there for the farmers

people literally openly requested stuff in events after the FP event that would be extremely difficult or out of reach of "lesser players" to keep them out (or keep them queuing up longer to farm off of, depending on your outlook), so if the MS total looks kind of severe it is and it's probably by design

congratulations you're being gatekept out of/time-taxed for playing in the "fun mode queue", can you feel all that appreciation yet? remember that when they talk about long match waits

Edited by the check engine light, 01 June 2023 - 07:47 PM.

[BLACKR0SE]

1 match average 400 1000 positive 7500/400
1 match average 100 200 negative 7500/100

easy

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[CwStrife]

Wow solo only wtf seriously PGI? Thanks for the event but not even a group of like 2 or 3? That would definitely resolve the issue of a full 8 man or an imbalance and allow people to still play with their friends.... Sigh

On a side note at least you can claim the rewards by playing QP and playing the trial mechs isn't a bad move, but overall the event itself would have been great to duplicate the Faction Play we just had going which was fun as long as you didn't face the premade groups all the time in the queue.

Edited by CwStrife, 02 June 2023 - 12:09 AM.

[BigBadVlad]

this is one of the worst, most frustrating events PGI. Playing unskilled, no consumable champs is frustrating against custom built, skilled mechs. It's no contest. I feel bad for new players trying to complete the event to get free stuff. Way to make any new players go away. Should be a Champions only Event Queue for this.

.02

Edited by BigBadVlad, 01 June 2023 - 10:57 PM.

[P H O T O N]

No event queue this morning! Have the times been messed up?

[Mechwarrior2342356]

P H O T O N, on 01 June 2023 - 11:25 PM, said:

No event queue this morning! Have the times been messed up?

Came back from a smoke break and noticed it disappeared. Lol. 99 wretched damage away from never having to touch that trial LRM Archer again, too.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

the check engine light, on 01 June 2023 - 11:28 PM, said:

Came back from a smoke break and noticed it disappeared. Lol. 99 wretched damage away from never having to touch that trial LRM Archer again, too.

You can farm damage in QP for the event, no need to drop EQ only.

[Heavy Money]

Looks like the event queue has gone down?

[Mechwarrior2342356]

Aidan Crenshaw, on 01 June 2023 - 11:36 PM, said:

You can farm damage in QP for the event, no need to drop EQ only.

there, done, it can rot in the trial bin now

E: guess what? It didn't count the damage from that QP match at all. Funny. Went to events page on the site, redeemed it there. In game tracker is borked. Wasn't that a problem with the FP event too?

Edited by the check engine light, 02 June 2023 - 12:02 AM.

[P H O T O N]

the check engine light, on 01 June 2023 - 11:40 PM, said:

there, done, it can rot in the trial bin now

E: guess what? It didn't count the damage from that QP match at all. Funny. Went to events page on the site, redeemed it there. In game tracker is borked. Wasn't that a problem with the FP event too?

Can one put trial mechs in their drop deck? From your comment it seems you can - in which case it would appear the event could be done without owning a single one of those champion mechs. That'd be nice!

[Mechwarrior2342356]

P H O T O N, on 02 June 2023 - 12:08 AM, said:

Can one put trial mechs in their drop deck? From your comment it seems you can - in which case it would appear the event could be done without owning a single one of those champion mechs. That'd be nice!

It's something. The trials are unskilled, and you'll really notice the lack of things like Cool Run and Heat Gen and coolshots on that LBK. At least you definitely will on Rubellite. Annie got hot super fast too. Summoner feels crazy fragile compared to a skilled version and gets hot. Etc. Puts the impact of skill tree into perspective.

Edited by the check engine light, 02 June 2023 - 12:21 AM.