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[RalphyNoPants]

NASCAR mode: 8v8 Assaults, groups of 3, with speed +75% and Canyon network.

Edited by RalphyNoPants, 08 November 2023 - 08:36 PM.

[CrustyMech]

Sale portion broke? I see random engines and weapons on sale but not all...

[Odwalla]

Anything with no groups would be great. Every match I played tonight has been a complete 1 sided stomp. There's already plenty of content for groups to play, would love something for solo players to enjoy.

[Mark Yore]

I'd like to see the unpopular and weird mechs on sale with maybe a slight tweak to make them interesting. As an example the Victor 9K - possibly one of the worst mechs in existence - has a Gauss cooldown of 25%. If that could be changed to a Ballistic cooldown of 25% the Mech would suddenly have a purpose.

Adding tweaks to ammunition, seismic sensor range, heat dissipation and HSL could be transformative on overlooked mechs.

Pick the least used Mechs (you should have the info available), call it the Dirty Dozen, add a unique locked warhorn or a 10 percent credit boost (or just create Champion versions) and let people play with then. Don't pick Atlases, Mad Cats, Urbies (or any Heroes) and let's see some variety out there.

[Mark Yore]

As for events, what about a Glass Cannon game?

For each point of Firepower over 50 you start with one less point of armour from each spot on your Mech excluding the head. For each point under 50 you gain a point. So my Atlas 7-D with 80 points of Firepower would lose 30 points from each of the arms, torsos and legs. Or you could do the same effect with speed - the more weapons you have the slower you move.

[epikt]

Don't know if it's only a visual bug on the paper dolls, but during this session (heavies and assaults on mining) the hit-registration seems like it only works half the time. Both when I'm shot at and when I'm shooting on targets, the paperdoll often does not update.
I noticed this on all my (three) drops.

As for event proposition, please refrain from doing stuff too stupid that are only fun twice and get stale quickly.
8v8 with dropdeck is great for example, but meme events like Atlas only wet noodles fight get boring pretty fast.

[PraetorGix]

epikt, on 09 November 2023 - 07:20 AM, said:

As for event proposition, please refrain from doing stuff too stupid that are only fun twice and get stale quickly.
8v8 with dropdeck is great for example, but meme events like Atlas only wet noodles fight get boring pretty fast.

In which case you can stop playing the event queue and go to quick play for the same old boring game modes. Because, you know, it's not like quick play stops existing during event queue...

[epikt]

PraetorGix, on 09 November 2023 - 07:25 AM, said:

In which case you can stop playing the event queue and go to quick play for the same old boring game modes. Because, you know, it's not like quick play stops existing during event queue...

To continue with my example of the first 12 hours of EQ, there are no dropdecks and respawns in QP. Also, it's not 8v8. etc
=> I find value in event queue, when the game mode is not stupid.

But at the moment you're right, I went back to QP :/

[AmbidXtrousGNOME]

Brawlhalla - Steiner Colosseum, 12v12, drop deck, 100% armor, top ropes, elbow bombs and glorious mayhem!

[Heavy Money]

4v4 Atlas only is fun but not for so long. There's nearly 9h left on it. Can we go back to 8v8 4 mech drop decks?

I like 4v4 assaults only, but not limited to only the Atlas. And I like 1 mech only, but not for so long

[Gadolinium64]

I really think that the one-chassis-only event queues, such as this atlas 4v4 and the Urbie derbies, are quite boring. With class-only, say, assault, you have plenty of options. Run a brawl or gaussvom MCII, a sniper or dakka DWF, a lasvom or poptart EXE, etc.
With Atlas only, on the other hand, it's pretty flavorless because there are only a couple good builds for each bracket and you're forced to go slow instead of having a choice between chassis.
Additionally, there are no trial mechs in those classes so the vast majority of new players cannot actually even participate in the event, which imo is not friendly to the community. Even something like "Atlas or Stalker" would be better for example because the Stalker has a trial mech.

One more note I have is that with the current timing, most NA players and EU players alike will only get to play one of the events of the day. PST seems like the only time zone even considered with a 10pm swap. As the other 2 most populous, Central and Eastern NA are midnight and 1am respectively. EU is a little better with 7pm but for a lot of people that's still before they could get on. Currently feels like a 24-hour cycle except the one you wanted might've been the one you missed. Even a swap every 2-4 hours between 2 modes for a 24h cycle would be much better than this...

As for future event suggestions, I think that the heavy/assault ones only are overused, I would like to see more light/med (together) drop deck events to get a semblance of balance. And I'm sure the reason is technical limitations (1 or 4 only) but having a 2-mech drop deck 4v4 would be pretty cool, still getting the drop deck experience but making it a little more fast-paced while also getting something refreshing.
P.S. 10x Heat Dissipation I miss so much

[Gadolinium64]

epikt, on 09 November 2023 - 07:20 AM, said:

Don't know if it's only a visual bug on the paper dolls, but during this session (heavies and assaults on mining) the hit-registration seems like it only works half the time. Both when I'm shot at and when I'm shooting on targets, the paperdoll often does not update.
I noticed this on all my (three) drops.

As for event proposition, please refrain from doing stuff too stupid that are only fun twice and get stale quickly.
8v8 with dropdeck is great for example, but meme events like Atlas only wet noodles fight get boring pretty fast.

This is because with bonus armor, the paperdoll does not display any of the damage until the bonus armor is broken. If a mech has 150 CT armor with 50% bonus, once 75 damage is dealt it will start showing as yellow and the rest of the scaling is like normal

[Clint Taurus]

F i s s i o n, on 06 November 2023 - 04:09 PM, said:

This is fantastic thank you! And thanks in particular for the notice before it starts this is really helpful.

As for maps Vitric tends to play really well for these things so some rounds with that map would be wonderful
Unsure if this variable would be adjustable but a few founds with 10v10 or 12v12 with group size bumped up to 3 would be great so a larger friend group could enter without dominating the 8v8 format.
Thanks again and appreciate you hearing our input!

They tried that before. The larger team size makes the queue take significantly longer for matches to form, especially once the seal clubbing tryhards start dropping in groups and troll the queue for several hours at a time. Many other players get turned off by that crap (I know I do) and go back to QP. Allowing groups to troll the queue pretty much negates the entire point of having an event queue (that's it's something different than what happens in QP every evening in Europe and NA). If anything, they should drop groups completely for the event queues. Let MM actually function for once.

[Clint Taurus]

Odwalla, on 08 November 2023 - 09:43 PM, said:

Anything with no groups would be great. Every match I played tonight has been a complete 1 sided stomp. There's already plenty of content for groups to play, would love something for solo players to enjoy.

Quoted because this would be amazing. Please God yes give us casuals a queue where we're not logging in just to be meat for the sealclubbing trolls who drop in groups.

[Raining Fire]

InnerSphereNews, on 06 November 2023 - 03:24 PM, said:

Fri Nov 10 10pm PST / Sat Nov 11 6am UTC
8v8
Vitric Station
Conquest
Light 'Mechs Only
1.25x 'Mech Speed
3x CBill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match

I very much appreciate that conquest was used for at least one of the event slots. I have to admit that it seems that nearly every event falls into essentially one of two categories: Brawl or memes.

It would be very much appreciated if you could add at least one more conquest event, and try to use existing quirks like the capture accelerator one, +strike capacity, or +strike duration to make them even more engaging.

Especially when it comes to trying out new things, I think it would be useful to use event queue to try these things out just to see if/how they work in game.

For another example, incursion is no longer in quick play, but is it possible to implement the radar scan feature as a "constant UAV" for both teams in an event? That would be reminiscent of some older FPS shooters where you could always see the enemy on your minimap. It would be interesting to see how matches would play out if both teams were always aware of everyone's positions.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

epikt, on 09 November 2023 - 07:20 AM, said:

Don't know if it's only a visual bug on the paper dolls, but during this session (heavies and assaults on mining) the hit-registration seems like it only works half the time. Both when I'm shot at and when I'm shooting on targets, the paperdoll often does not update.
I noticed this on all my (three) drops.

As for event proposition, please refrain from doing stuff too stupid that are only fun twice and get stale quickly.
8v8 with dropdeck is great for example, but meme events like Atlas only wet noodles fight get boring pretty fast.

When there's extra armour from the EQ settings, the paper doll only reflects damage after the extra is gone.

[KursedVixen]

Aidan Crenshaw, on 09 November 2023 - 09:30 PM, said:

When there's extra armour from the EQ settings, the paper doll only reflects damage after the extra is gone.

what's EQ? Don't act like everyone knows what the hell your talking about ,please..

Edited by KursedVixen, 10 November 2023 - 07:41 AM.

[Lord Sevenous]

EQ: Event Queue

Edited by Lord Sevenous, 10 November 2023 - 08:03 AM.

[Chickenman919]

InnerSphereNews, on 06 November 2023 - 03:24 PM, said:

MECH-VEMBER EVENT QUEUE AND SALES!






Greetings MechWarriors! It's time for another Event Queue and Sale, and this time we're trying something different. We will take your input on potential 'Mechs to go on sale, as well as your ideas for Event Queue matches. This DOES mean that we will be reading every post and taking every constructive suggestion into consideration, it DOES NOT mean every idea will make it in. When posting your match suggestions, keep in mind that there are some limitations based on the Event Queue system. For example, some maps can't use drop decks, certain time zones make matches with limited 'Mech options more difficult to populate, and so on. Therefore, we may take an idea and modify it to make it work, or make minor adjustments based on learned experience. Event Queue will start at 10am PST this coming Wednesday and change to a new map/mode every 12 hours, ending on Monday at 10am PST. We've already chosen the first match, which is a pretty basic 8v8 skirmish on Scrapyard, with drop decks and groups up to 2, all 'Mechs, 3x rewards, but no other modifiers. That leaves 9 cycles left to be filled with your great ideas, so let's hear them!







STARTS: Wednesday, November 8th 10am PST / Wednesday, November 8th 6pm UTC
ENDS: Monday, November 13th 10am PST / Monday, November 13th 6pm UTC






SALE

50% OFF C-BILL AND MC PRICES ON:



All Engines
All Weapons
All Consumables
'Mech Bays
Premium Time
GSP
Drop Deck
Heavy 'Mechs






EVENT
Wed Nov 8 10am PST / Wed Nov 8 6pm UTC



8v8
Groups 1-2
Drop Deck
285 Max Tonnage
Scrapyard
Skirmish
3x CBills and XP Rewards
25 Minute Match





Wed Nov 8 10pm PST / Thu Nov 9 6am UTC
8v8
Mining Collective
Skirmish
Heavy and Assault 'Mechs Only
1.25x 'Mech Speed
50% More Armor
3x CBill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match





Thu Nov 9 10am PST / Thu Nov 9 6pm UTC
4v4
Test Map B
Skirmish
Atlas 'Mechs Only
1.25x 'Mech Speed
50% More Armor
3x CBill and XP Rewards
10 Minute Match





Thu Nov 9 10pm PST / Fri Nov 10 6am UTC
6v6
Drop Deck
285 Max Tonnage
Caustic Valley
Skirmish
3x CBill and XP Rewards
20 Minute Match





Fri Nov 10 10am PST / Fri Nov 10 6pm UTC
8v8
Drop Deck
285 Max Tonnage
Vitric Station
Domination
3x CBills and XP Rewards
25 Minute Match





Fri Nov 10 10pm PST / Sat Nov 11 6am UTC
8v8
Vitric Station
Conquest
Light 'Mechs Only
1.25x 'Mech Speed
3x CBill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match





Sat Nov 11 10am PST / Sat Nov 11 6pm UTC
12v12
Group 1-3
Rubellite Oasis
Skirmish
Unlimited Jump Jets
3x CBill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match





Sat Nov 11 10pm PST / Sun Nov 12 6am UTC
6v6
Medium 'Mechs Only
Mining Collective
Skirmish
3x CBill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match





Sun Nov 12 10am PST / Sun Nov 12 6pm UTC
8v8
Drop Deck
360 Max Tonnage
Heavy and Assault 'Mechs
Only,Rubellite Oasis
Skirmish
Unlimited Jump Jets
3x CBill and XP Rewards
25 Minute Match





Sun Nov 12 10pm PST / Mon Nov 13 6am UTC
6v6
Heavy 'Mechs Only
Canyon Network
Domination
3x CBill and XP Rewards
15 Minute Match

Hey I would really like to play with my friends in these, I wish u guys mix it up a but more. Like every 12 hrs it changes from no groups to groups.

[mytilus edulis]

Can you add X Pulse lasers to the store page please?