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[Marcel Leander]

It's in the patch notes https://mwomercs.com...2790-20june2023

Desperada is a Quickdraw, and Howl is a Timber Wolf

[Bpisaac88]

Urbie Connoisseur, on 16 June 2023 - 11:59 AM, said:

That's like, 100-200+ matches.

so I broke it down like 400 Loot bags x 200 match score (per bag) is 80,000 Match score. WIth some good and bad games match score average, idk say 350. 80,000 / 350per game = 228.5 games. so say maybe 4 games an hour thats 228.5 / 4games PHour = 57.1 hours.

So just random average numbers 350 score 4 games an hour may take 57hours. Not that bad considering this even is supposed to be the free mech event for June, July, August.


edit - looks like i missed read

Edited by Bpisaac88, 17 June 2023 - 03:01 AM.

[w0qj]

MWO did their home, make it easier for us:

Phase 1: 200 match score per Loot Bag
Phase 2: 200 damage per Loot Bag
Phase 3: 150 match score per Loot Bag
Phase 4: 150 damage per Loot Bag

Bpisaac88, on 16 June 2023 - 06:25 PM, said:

so I broke it down like 400 Loot bags x 200 match score (per bag) is 80,000 Match score. WIth some good and bad games match score average, idk say 350. 80,000 / 350per game = 228.5 games. so say maybe 4 games an hour thats 228.5 / 4games PHour = 57.1 hours.

So just random average numbers 350 score 4 games an hour may take 57hours. Not that bad considering this even is supposed to be the free mech event for June, July, August.

Edited by w0qj, 16 June 2023 - 09:05 PM.

[Marcel Leander]

w0qj, on 16 June 2023 - 09:03 PM, said:

MWO did their home, make it easier for us:

Phase 1: 200 match score per Loot Bag
Phase 2: 200 damage per Loot Bag
Phase 3: 150 match score per Loot Bag
Phase 4: 150 damage per Loot Bag

Not only that but the first two are 200 and the second two are 150. That's 35000 match score and 35000 damage total. Since the phases have a staggered start but all end on the same date, it's only worth putting in extra game time (if you do that) when you can earn toward both match score and damage at the same time, and the rest of the time just play for fun like normal and take what you get passively.

[Ronbo]

I also agree, why not let us redeem for buying moonwalker and juggernaut, the first legends? Seems unfair to leave those out.

[The Chancelor]

No Bonus for Moonwalker?

[Ruediger Steiner]

Now they are going nuts. Four Hero Mechs for free? And a shitload of loot bags? Awesome event. Thanks!

[w0qj]

1. Dear MWO, please confirm that buying a second Moonwalker (it's that good!) would give me Loot Bags for this Beach Party June 2023 Event!

2. Noted that Juggernaut Legendary mech purchase would give you Loot Bags!
"Purchase the Dreadnought Legendary Mech Pack to earn 50 bonus redeems (retroactively applies to anyone that has purchased since release)"
https://mwomercs.com...each-party-2023

Ronbo, on 17 June 2023 - 12:37 AM, said:

I also agree, why not let us redeem for buying moonwalker and juggernaut, the first legends? Seems unfair to leave those out.

The Chancelor, on 17 June 2023 - 01:44 AM, said:

No Bonus for Moonwalker?

[Matt Newman]

You folks sure like your Bonus Redeems and we sure do appreciate all the support In that spirit I will get them to add loot bag bonus redeems for purchases/gifts of the Juggernaut and Moonwalker made after the Lucky Charms Deadline as folks who bought / redeemed before or during the Lucky Charms would have already received Lucky Charms Loot Bags.

Official Text will look something like this:

Purchase the Juggernaut Legendary Mech Pack to earn 50 bonus redeems (retroactively applies to anyone that has purchased or Redeemed since the end of Lucky Charms 2023 on April 11th at 00:00 UTC)
Purchase the Moonwalker Legendary Mech Pack to earn 50 bonus redeems (retroactively applies to anyone that has purchased or Redeemed since the end of Lucky Charms 2023 on April 11th at 00:00 UTC)

[Enamillion89]

Oooh! B I G. E V E N T. Thanks PGI for letting everyone partake (even those w/out the special edition mechs). . I already know which hero mechs to pickup during this event. Either the…
Light mech: Firestarter hero, or the Adder
Medium: not known
Heavy: the hero Dragon, QuickDraw, Roughneck.
Assault: hero Executioner, or Warhawk

I’m still waiting on a “Legend Mech” that catches my eye. The Marauder IIc almost had me.
Might consider a Legend Black knight, or Firestarter if it was offered

Edited by Enamillion89, 17 June 2023 - 12:56 PM.

[Lance McRaven]

Desperada is a Quickdraw, and the Howl is a Timber Wolf.

[Voice of Kerensky]

Four hero mechs? Royal gift. Thx, PGI!

[Tywren]

So we can't redeem our first mech until phase 3? That's a little disappointing, I mean if this is covering free mechs for June through August, then the June mech won't hit the mech bay until mid July at the earliest. Still it's 4 mechs instead of 3, and it's out pick off of the hero list at that, so pros outweigh cons.

[The Chancelor]

I love this event and think it's great that it lasts so long.

Do I understand correctly that I can still play each phase later, i.e. phase 1 even after the start of phase 3?

Then I can get to work after the summer vacation without my wife getting mad ^^

[Matt Newman]

The Chancelor, on 18 June 2023 - 11:13 PM, said:

I love this event and think it's great that it lasts so long. Do I understand correctly that I can still play each phase later, i.e. phase 1 even after the start of phase 3? Then I can get to work after the summer vacation without my wife getting mad ^^

Yes if you start playing at the beginning of Phase 4 (July 26th 00:00 UTC) you will be earning Loot bags for all 4 Challenges Phases.
You will have until August 22nd at 00:00 UTC to earn all your loot bags and until Sept 1st to redeem all loot bags and Pick a Prize Heroes.

Should be plenty of time to earn everything!

I hope this works out with your Summer Vacation.

[CwStrife]

Matt Newman, on 19 June 2023 - 10:00 AM, said:

Yes if you start playing at the beginning of Phase 4 (July 26th 00:00 UTC) you will be earning Loot bags for all 4 Challenges Phases.
You will have until August 22nd at 00:00 UTC to earn all your loot bags and until Sept 1st to redeem all loot bags and Pick a Prize Heroes.

Should be plenty of time to earn everything!

I hope this works out with your Summer Vacation.

Interesting that you could just complete phase 4 and complete the other 3 phases... Shouldn't it be each phase by itself and one ending when another starts? Otherwise someone could just wait until the end to do it all? Either way, cool event, bought my legend mech now and ready for it to start. Thank you for everything so far PGI, the objectives (events) make it alot of fun.

[D V Devnull]

CwStrife, on 19 June 2023 - 10:53 AM, said:

Interesting that you could just complete phase 4 and complete the other 3 phases... Shouldn't it be each phase by itself and one ending when another starts? Otherwise someone could just wait until the end to do it all?

The overlap and stacking of Phases is meant to enable those who have important things needing doing (or simply can not play at the start for some other reason) to join in later and enjoy the Beach Party 2023 Event as well. I personally applaud this approach as it invites the maximum number of players possible to get in the Queues over time, and make things crescendo as time keeps flowing along. Even further, those who want it a little quiet up front get their thing, and those who want absolute maximum loaded madness also get theirs as time goes on. Of course, we must not forget those who have something happen in the middle and would get chopped out if things were not set up in an overlapping stack like this, as the best they can do is rejoining later on, and they thankfully get included too. Expect during early Phase 4 (and to a lesser extent, early Phase 3 as well) to see the absolute maximum chaos happening on the battlefields, as the MatchMaker should have the most players to work with during that spot.

It basically near-fully avoids what would happen if most people are told "Oh, you can not play right now? Sorry, but you must miss out!" and feel completely disinterested because they were wrongfully & needlessly blocked via what I refer to as "Pressure Cooker Timing" from a reasonable chance at full participation. About the only group they do not cover here is those who want to do it all up-front and then walk off for the rest of the time, but that kind of people would likely be the ones which really hurt the Queues & MatchMaker functioning properly. Like geez, 'CwStrife', did you not see the post two above yours (and one above 'Matt Newman' who you replied to) by 'The Chancelor' along this same thread of thought? Would you really want to cause unnecessary disruption in the marriages & relationships of other people? They simply do not get a choice in these matters as to what time they have if their life is to remain in balance, and not forcibly torn down by those not so interested in MWO who will penalize for being ignored!

~D. V. "giving reasonable explanation in June 2023 as to why Phases are designed for friendliness & stacking" Devnull



[Micro-Edit by the Post Author for something that felt like a wording redundancy... It's fixed now.]

Edited by D V Devnull, 20 June 2023 - 05:35 PM.

[LordNothing]

redeemed 300 loot bags for buying all the first six legendries via redeem all button (thanks pgi for adding that). bought the 2 new legendries a couple hours ago. didn't get the extra 100 bags. glitch?

e: seems to have corrected itself. i got all of them.

Edited by LordNothing, 21 June 2023 - 05:40 AM.

[Al_Bundy]

can you please add the catapult butterbee to the rewards? is the only Hero Mech I'm missing in my collection, and also the only Hero Mech missing as a reward.

[Bpisaac88]

LordNothing, on 20 June 2023 - 09:04 PM, said:

redeemed 300 loot bags for buying all the first six legendries via redeem all button (thanks pgi for adding that). bought the 2 new legendries a couple hours ago. didn't get the extra 100 bags. glitch?

In same Boat I got 300 out of 325. I got 4 legendries and Stone Rhino so 300points but also got 1 custom Platinum pack (25 points) and am missing those 25.

They'll probably update it later