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[InnerSphereNews]

EVENT QUEUE/REQUEST QUEUE

STARTS: Tuesday, January 23 10am PST / 6pm UTC
ENDS: Tuesday, January 30 10am PST / 6pm UTC

WHAT: We've kicked off the event with a simple drop deck domination mode on Vitric Station. What's next at 10pm PST / 6am UTC? Well that's up to you! We'll be monitoring this thread and your requests, and any that will work and are likely to be enjoyed by the majority of players, will be added to the schedule.

SCHEDULE

Tue Jan 23 10am PST / 6pm UTC

8v8

Drop Deck

285 Max Tonnage

Vitric Station

Domination

3x CBills and XP Rewards]

25 Minute Match

Tue Jan 23 10pm PST / Wed Jan 24 6am UTC

4v4

Test Map A

Skirmish

Light 'Mechs Only

3x CBill and XP Rewards

10 Minute Match

Wed Jan 24 10am PST / Wed Jan 24 6pm UTC

8v8

Groups 1-3

Drop Deck

Heavy 'Mechs Only

Bearclaw II

Skirmish

Unlimited Ammo

50% More Armor

25 Minute Match

Wed Jan 24 10pm PST / Thu Jan 25 6am UTC

4v4

Groups 1-3

Assault 'Mechs Only

Mining Collective

Domination

3x CBill and XP Rewards

10 Minute Match

Thu Jan 25 10am PST / Thu Jan 25 6pm UTC

10v10

Groups 1-2

Atlas 'Mechs Only

(ATLAS 'Mechs are 50% OFF right now!)

Free Worlds Colosseum

Domination

1.25x 'Mech Speed

50% More Armor

3x CBill and XP Rewards

15 Minute Match

Thu Jan 25 10pm PST / Fri Jan 26 6am UTC

8v8

Groups 1-2

Drop Deck

285 Max Tonnage

Rubellite Oasis

Domination

3x CBill and XP Rewards

25 Minute Match

Fri Jan 26 10am PST / Fri Jan 26 6pm UTC

8v8

Drop Deck

Assault 'Mechs Only

Vitric Station

Domination

Unlimited Ammo

1.25x 'Mech Speed

50% More Armor

3x CBill and XP Rewards

25 Minute Match

Fri Jan 26 10pm PST / Sat Jan 27 6am UTC

4v4

Drop Deck

Caustic Valley

Domination

3x CBill and XP Rewards

15 Minute Match

Sat Jan 27 10am PST / Sat Jan 27 6pm UTC

12v12

Solaris City

Domination

UrbanMech's and UrbanMechIIC's Only

(URBIES are 50% OFF right now!)

3x CBill and XP Rewards

15 Minute Match

Sat Jan 27 10pm PST / Sun Jan 28 6am UTC

4v4

Medium 'Mechs Only

Mining Collective

Domination

3x CBill and XP Rewards

10 Minute Match

Sun Jan 28 10am PST / Sun Jan 28 6pm UTC

4v4

Drop Deck

100 Ton 'Mechs Only

Caustic Valley

Domination

3x CBill and XP Rewards

15 Minute Match

Sun Jan 28 10pm PST / Mon Jan 29 6am UTC

4v4

UrbanMech's Only

Test Map A

Skirmish

Unlimited Ammo

50% More Armor

3x CBill and XP Rewards

10 Minute Match

Mon Jan 29 10am PST / Mon Jan 29 6pm UTC

8v8

Drop Deck

285 Max Tonnage

Inner Sphere 'Mechs Only

Forest Colony

Skirmish

3x CBill and XP Rewards

25 Minute Match

Mon Jan 29 1pm PST / Mon Jan 29 9pm UTC

8v8

Groups 1-2

Drop Deck

285 Max Tonnage

Clan 'Mechs Only

HPG Manifold

Skirmish

3x CBill and XP Rewards

25 Minute Match

Mon Jan 29 4pm PST / Tue Jan 30 12am UTC

8v8

Groups 1-2

Drop Deck

285 Max Tonnage

Inner Sphere 'Mechs Only

Alpine Peaks

Skirmish

3x CBill and XP Rewards

25 Minute Match

Mon Jan 29 7pm PST / Tue Jan 30 3am UTC

8v8

Drop Deck

285 Max Tonnage

Clan 'Mechs Only

Vitric Station

Skirmish

3x CBill and XP Rewards

25 Minute Match

Mon Jan 29 10pm PST / Tue Jan 30 6am UTC

4v4

Heavy 'Mechs Only

Mining Collective

Domination

50% More Armor

3x CBill and XP Rewards

10 Minute Match

[Ralph Edwards]

Nice! First! And I'd like a heavy que on bearclaw with the 50% armor and ammo increase 8v8 drop deck included. Also a large fry and small soda.

[Nelos Kniven]

More small matches (maybe even 4v4s) are always welcome. Drop decks are fun, and wacky modifiers too. Maybe lights with reduced armor and increased speed. I'd also like to see an opportunity for groups larger than 4 (I could just wait for faction play incentives I suppose).

[whatever it takes]

Atlas only like event with one mech chassis or riot!

[Delta Spectra]

4v4
Assault
The Mining Collective
Domination
10 Minute Match
Groups allowed

Edited by Delta Spectra, 23 January 2024 - 10:28 AM.

[Manboobs-sama]

Wondering if it would be possible to bring back Incursion but with drop decks in Event Queue. Maybe greatly increase the CBill incentive to actually do the objectives and give the base installations way more HP.

I miss you, Incursion

[Rhaelcan]

8V8 drop deck event que on vitric. Thank you.

[Ilostmycactus]

Maybe a "realism" mode. Where damage is greatly increased. (Or I guess armor reduction would work).

Greatly increased speed but assaults only. 140kph atlases etc.

Marauders vs Timberwolves.

Medieval warfare: Something like Trebuchets and Catapults only (incentivising lrms only, maybe on the test maps to be fun).

[TheDeathCrepeer]

I would love to see some of these wacky ideas (some of these might throw the game balancing out the window, but it's only for one event):

- Heavily reduced weapon cooldown (100% or maybe even more, please give me 1000%) and increased armor to compensate. And yes, messing with the heat efficiency values is optional for extra chaos...
- Light Mechs only, but their speed is reduced by half and their armor is increased.
- Full Assault Mech Drop Deck with increased speed and armor.
- Maximum heat efficiency, as in no weapon effectively generates heat anymore.
- Conquest with a ridiculous speed increase so that Mechs can reach the cap points within seconds, making it infeasible to shoot them while moving and hopefully prioritizing the cap points (where you have to stand still as per necessity, of course). Could be worth looking into adding capture accelerator to every Mech or reducing overall cap time for this, but increasing the overall point limit/win condition as well.
- Domination, but with multiple circles.
- All weapon spread is increased by a lot, but affected weapons have less cooldown/heat/etc.
- Increase weapon velocity by a lot, resulting in projectile weapons without travel time and acting like lasers.
- All Mechs have no armor.
- All Mechs have no front armor, but only rear armor.
- Jump Jets propel a Mech forward at a 45 degree angle rather than almost straight upward.
- Increase the targeting time to infeasible levels, aka "no targeting data mode" (sorry LRM, ATM, and Streak enjoyers out there).
- Stock loadouts only.
- If possible, all Mechs have a built-in Seismic Sensor range that covers the entire map.
- If possible, all Mechs have external heat transfer and the map is randomly picked between really cold and really hot maps.
- If possible, maybe remove any HSL for one event? I would be interested to see how that would play out.
- If possible, bring back Escort for just one event, but increase the VIP Atlas armor.

Please allow groups for all of these whenever possible!

Edited by TheDeathCrepeer, 23 January 2024 - 10:46 AM.

[BlueDevilspawn]

Thanks for setting up Event Queue. Here are my suggestions –

1. 8v8 groups 1-2, drop deck, 285 tons, Rubellite Domination
2. 8v8 groups 1-2, drop deck, 285 tons, HPG Manifold, Conquest (medium map for Conquest)
3. 8v8 groups 1-2, drop deck 285 tons, Mining Collective, Conquest (smaller map for Conquest)
4. (Limited to 1 session) 8v8 groups up to 8 (simulate old group queue), drop deck 285 tons, Canyon Network, Domination
5. 10v10 groups 1-3, drop deck, 285 tons, Viridian Bog, Conquest (medium map for Conquest)

All Conquest configs should be 20 minutes to actually allow for full time to kill mechs as opposed to running out on counter.

Edited by BlueDevilspawn, 23 January 2024 - 11:12 AM.

[Duke Falcon]

I am an awful light pilot but love their speed, so...

8v8 lights only (drop deck of 4) on some of the test maps (no JJ).

Or Urbie Derby with a DDeck of Urbies\Urbie IICs on Ceres Scrapyard...

+1 to the re-introduce of Incursion! I liked that mode...

[CrustyMech]

I'd like to see more Conquest matches, limit tonnage to encourage lights and throw in a ++ damage modifier. Dust off those light mechs gathering cobwebs since the Assault sniper meta has settled in . Rubellite and the desert for sure, maybe the good old Polar maps for the long sprints between caps!

Edit: +2 to bringing back Incursion mode!

Edited by CrustyMech, 23 January 2024 - 10:54 AM.

[Lion El Johnsonn]

8v8
No Groups
Drop Deck
Assault Mechs Only
Rubelite Oasis
Domination
1.5x Mech Speed
50% More Armor
25 Minute Match

Edited by Lion El Johnsonn, 23 January 2024 - 11:28 AM.

[Pitfall47]

8v8 Urbie Derby
Drop Deck
Solaris City
Domination
Mo' money, Mo' speed.

Throw in a bottle of whiskey and bring back VIP Escort and we'll call it a deal.

[axerion]

8v8
Groups up to 4
Drop Deck
Assaults only
1,5% speed
50% more Armor
unlimited JJ
unlimited ammunition
50% less heat
25 min match
Solaris City
Conquest

Edited by axerion, 23 January 2024 - 11:03 AM.

[suum74]

The Solaris test maps please and 4v4!!
Preferable Light and Mediums!

[JIKOSU]

Please do an urbie derby on Friday night, I have missed every single one and have always wanted to try it. You keep doing them on days when I can't play or when I am sleeping and I keep hoping for one in a Friday night.

[JIKOSU]

TheDeathCrepeer, on 23 January 2024 - 10:46 AM, said:

I would love to see some of these wacky ideas (some of these might throw the game balancing out the window, but it's only for one event):

- Heavily reduced weapon cooldown (100% or maybe even more, please give me 1000%) and increased armor to compensate. And yes, messing with the heat efficiency values is optional for extra chaos...
- Light Mechs only, but their speed is reduced by half and their armor is increased.
- Full Assault Mech Drop Deck with increased speed and armor.
- Maximum heat efficiency, as in no weapon effectively generates heat anymore.
- Conquest with a ridiculous speed increase so that Mechs can reach the cap points within seconds, making it infeasible to shoot them while moving and hopefully prioritizing the cap points (where you have to stand still as per necessity, of course). Could be worth looking into adding capture accelerator to every Mech or reducing overall cap time for this, but increasing the overall point limit/win condition as well.
- Domination, but with multiple circles.
- All weapon spread is increased by a lot, but affected weapons have less cooldown/heat/etc.
- Increase weapon velocity by a lot, resulting in projectile weapons without travel time and acting like lasers.
- All Mechs have no armor.
- All Mechs have no front armor, but only rear armor.
- Jump Jets propel a Mech forward at a 45 degree angle rather than almost straight upward.
- Increase the targeting time to infeasible levels, aka "no targeting data mode" (sorry LRM, ATM, and Streak enjoyers out there).
- Stock loadouts only.
- If possible, all Mechs have a built-in Seismic Sensor range that covers the entire map.
- If possible, all Mechs have external heat transfer and the map is randomly picked between really cold and really hot maps.
- If possible, maybe remove any HSL for one event? I would be interested to see how that would play out.
- If possible, bring back Escort for just one event, but increase the VIP Atlas armor.

Please allow groups for all of these whenever possible!

THIS SOUNDS INCREDIBLY AMAZING

Edited by JIKOSU, 23 January 2024 - 11:20 AM.

[next comp]

Can we please have another round of unlimited ammo giga-dakka? The last time on bear claw was amazing.

[The Chancelor]

Urbi at orbit!

Only urbanmechs with unlimited jj and triple speed