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[InnerSphereNews]

BATTLE OF LUTHIEN EVENT QUEUE WEEKEND

STARTS: Friday Dec 13, 10am PST / 6pm UTC

ENDS: Monday Dec 16, 10am PST / 6pm UTC

Friday Dec 13 10am PST / 6pm UTC

Leopard Drop

8v8

Groups 1-2

Drop Deck

250 Max Tonnage

Skirmish

Luthien

100% More Armor

3x CBill and XP Rewards

25 Minute Match

Friday Dec 13 4pm PST / 12am UTC

Battle of Luthien

12v12

Groups 1-4

Drop Deck

250 Max Tonnage

Skirmish

Luthien

100% More Armor

3x CBill and XP Rewards

25 Minute Match

Friday Dec 13 10pm PST / Saturday Dec 14 6am UTC

Scouting Mission

4v4

Groups 1-2

Light and Medium 'Mechs Only

Domination

Luthien

3x CBill and XP Rewards

10 Minute Match

Saturday Dec 14 4am PST / 12pm UTC

Lance Encounter

4v4

Groups 1-2

Heavy and Assault 'Mechs Only

Domination

Mining Collective

100% More Armor

3x CBill and XP Rewards

10 Minute Match

Saturday Dec 14 10am PST / 6pm UTC

Leopard Drop

8v8

Groups 1-2

Drop Deck

250 Max Tonnage

Skirmish

Luthien

100% More Armor

3x CBill and XP Rewards

25 Minute Match

Saturday Dec 14 4pm PST / 12am UTC

Battle of Luthien

12v12

Groups 1-4

Drop Deck

250 Max Tonnage

Skirmish

Luthien

100% More Armor

3x CBill and XP Rewards

25 Minute Match

Saturday Dec 14 10pm PST / Sunday Dec 15 6am UTC

Escort Operation

6v6

Groups 1-2

Medium and Heavy 'Mechs Only

Escort

Forest Colony

3x CBill and XP Rewards

15 Minute Match

Sunday Dec 15 4am PST / 12pm UTC

Scouting Mission

4v4

Groups 1-2

Light and Medium 'Mechs Only

Domination

Luthien

3x CBill and XP Rewards

10 Minute Match

Sunday Dec 15 10am PST / 6pm UTC

Battle of Luthien

12v12

Groups 1-4

Drop Deck

250 Max Tonnage

Skirmish

Luthien

100% More Armor

3x CBill and XP Rewards

25 Minute Match

Sunday Dec 15 4pm PST / 12am UTC

Leopard Drop

8v8

Groups 1-2

Drop Deck

250 Max Tonnage

Skirmish

Luthien

100% More Armor

3x CBill and XP Rewards

25 Minute Match

Sunday Dec 15 10pm PST / Monday Dec 16 6am UTC

Scouting Mission

4v4

Groups 1-2

Light and Medium 'Mechs Only

Domination

Luthien

3x CBill and XP Rewards

10 Minute Match

Monday Dec 16 4am PST / 12pm UTC

Lance Encounter

4v4

Groups 1-2

Heavy and Assault 'Mechs Only

Skirmish

Frozen City Night Classic

100% More Armor

3x CBill and XP Rewards

10 Minute Match

[FRAGTAST1C]

Non-Drop deck Assault matches didn't roll Luthien. I say it was XCOM'd on purpose!

[Drake67]

nice

[CSJ Edward]

A second chance for Smoke Jaguar!

[Ery]

Finally a 12vs12 event! Nice!

[ASL]

Awesome!

Edited by ASL, 13 December 2024 - 04:02 AM.

[BMKA]

nice event, ty. good way to farm both xp for new/abandon mechs and match score

[Strelok7]

T H A N K Y O U !
Happy Upcoming Holidays to all !

[Crashburn]

9pm PST and it went to scouting already.....apparently somebody can't get their times right. :/

[FRAGTAST1C]

Crashburn, on 13 December 2024 - 09:06 PM, said:

9pm PST and it went to scouting already.....apparently somebody can't get their times right. :/

And after that, it was meant to be heavy and assault mechs with 3x Cbill and XP. Well, it's Medium and Heavy on Luthien.

Edited by FRAGTAST1C, 14 December 2024 - 03:59 AM.

[FlamingBeard]

Now that this new map is on the Event roll can we please remove the force feeding from QP map selection? I don't want to keep playing that map until I need to puke.

[Crashburn]

Crashburn, on 13 December 2024 - 09:06 PM, said:

9pm PST and it went to scouting already.....apparently somebody can't get their times right. :/

Guess PGI is still on Daylight Savings time. All windows start an hour earlier than stated.

Edited by Crashburn, 14 December 2024 - 09:33 AM.

[mytilus edulis]

Did Mining Collective ever show up last night?

[hubingkun]

mytilus edulis, on 14 December 2024 - 09:07 PM, said:

Did Mining Collective ever show up last night?

Not appearing
Replacing it is the medium/heavy-duty limited edition Luthien

Edited by hubingkun, 14 December 2024 - 11:05 PM.

[Xypherious]

Is anyone else getting incompetent teammates against coordinated teams nearly every game? What the heck is up with the matchmaking since the November patch?

[martian]

Xypherious, on 15 December 2024 - 07:02 AM, said:

Is anyone else getting incompetent teammates against coordinated teams nearly every game? What the heck is up with the matchmaking since the November patch?

Are you talking about the Quick Play queue or about the Event queue?

I am asking because the Event queue includes premades, but it does not discern between a top premade and a clueless premade.

[Xypherious]

martian, on 15 December 2024 - 07:08 AM, said:

Are you talking about the Quick Play queue or about the Event queue?

I am asking because the Event queue includes premades, but it does not discern between a top premade and a clueless premade.

Both, really. I think played 20-ish games of the 4v4 domination light/medium only, and not much coordination. But I've noticed in my games generally far less communication and teamwork since November for some reason.

[martian]

Xypherious, on 15 December 2024 - 07:54 AM, said:

Both, really. I think played 20-ish games of the 4v4 domination light/medium only, and not much coordination. But I've noticed in my games generally far less communication and teamwork since November for some reason.

It is possible.

[MountainRat]

Wish we could have this type of event every weekend, was a lot of fun playing 12v12. almost impossibe to get faction invasion game.

[D V Devnull]

Merely for the reference, this particular December 2024 "Battle Of Luthien" Event Queue was something I had to avoid for a few reasons, even if I had not wanted to... I think posting them here is the best spot...
(In advance, please pardon any serious run-on of sentences... I try to avoid them, but some things really get me talking long thoughts!)

• Escort Game Mode was not set up to play on the New "Luthien" Map — This got under my skin because Escort could be worth having game-wide once again if someone would re-design it as a worthwhile Symmetric-type Game Mode for everyone to enjoy. That way, both Teams could then have an Atlas AS7-D-DC VIP 'Mech to protect and/or abandon as they saw fit. This was the one particular thing regarding Escort in past times which made most everyone angry, especially when those Event Trackers would require that a player had to be on one side or the other, and then were being put on the wrong side of any Match they were given to play. With how things are right now, the very thought of Escort is being severely detracted from, simply due to not being made right and re-introduced in an updated format with more Maps where one can play the content on. (Please, for all the Objective-enjoying MechWarriors everywhere, fix this and finally make it right!!!)
  
• Lack of any Conquest Game Mode during this entire Event Queue run — To date, since the introduction of this New "Luthien" Map for all of us to play, it has been impossible for me (and therefore, I suspect others have this issue as well) to get Conquest Game Mode over in the Quick Play environment whenever this New "Luthien" Map has been selected by enough people. I do not know what is going on in the background, but those Domination & Skirmish options have become very tiring (perhaps one could even say they were sickening) things to end up seeing & playing ad nauseam with no other option being allowed the enjoyment of. More variety is severely desired/wanted/needed without question, and lack of Conquest to play rather much can freeze me out.
  
• Availability of time to play — Not everyone has that nice enjoyable ability on Weekends to get any useful amount of time available. While this may be a "partial 'Me' problem" that I'm stuck permanently contending with IRL as part of my life, it still would have been a good idea to run this Event Queue for at least another few days with some added Game Mode variety thrown in. That would also allow people to find bugs in the New "Luthien" Map Game Modes which were not already caught before release. In short, more time is something I think would end up being a win for both PGI and the Player Base alike. Maybe an extension of this Event Queue is somehow unexpectedly in order?

...and I fully understand that my thoughts here about this December 2024 "Battle Of Luthien" Event Queue are not something which everyone is going to agree with. I'm not even sure that I lined them up in the right order, or even in any sense of priority because recalling for posting is a mental pain. But if I were silent, then this feedback would never reach those who could and/or should be able to read/hear their contents. If these thoughts are to be worth anything, then they required posting... even if I'm in a depressed state while typing this. I hope someone at least found this read insightful...


~D. V. "Providing thoughts about December 2024's 'Battle Of Luthien' Event Queue" Devnull



[Edit by post's author due to a very minor bit of missed formatting... All is fixed now.]

Edited by D V Devnull, 16 December 2024 - 06:20 AM.