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[FRAGTAST1C]

10k Match Score doesn't give you anything special. Just do the other challenges and move on. This is a welcome event. Perfectly timed, too, since I can use all of my new Loyalty mechs there.

[simon1812]

Ekson Valdez, on 19 November 2025 - 07:45 AM, said:

Are you sure you are talking about matchscore? Because that is much harder to achieve.

woops!!! yeah you right!!! my bad. yeah if its score then yeah it will be take a while event if one happens to land on winning team at every match.

[WalterChronic]

First off, thank you PGI for the event!

I think FP needs a little more love (implementation). Some of the factions are under-represented in the current config. Houses Davion and Liao, for example, never get to see their faction spear-head any of the conflicts. Just pick a couple of worlds on the map and match these factions up with two different Clans. It doesn't have to be Battletech canon (I'm trying to make this take as little work as possible!).

But here are a couple more ideas:

1. Bring back the ability for player Units to fight over worlds. We don't need the the MC rewards! Please allow our collective efforts to make a difference on the map, a pure fight for territory. That's what FP is all about.

2. Give us a new batch of worlds to fight over! Pick some new worlds and assign some new faction pairs. This could be rolled out over time. IS vs IS and Clan vs Clan conflicts could be included.

I'm trying to keep it simple and not sound "too whiny." Love you guys and thanks again for keeping the lights on in FP.

Happy Holidays!

[Teslacoil]

Voice of Kerensky, on 19 November 2025 - 03:22 AM, said:

10,000 Matche Score? With an average score of 350 score per battle, that's almost 30 battles. In a Faction Play? 30 battles? About 30 minutes per match. 15 hours in FP?
In my time zone, that's almost impossible. And considering that FP will be more or less active on weekends and only for the first week and a half, completing this quest (at least for me) is practically impossible.
Some players will probably be able to complete the required tasks.

Don't forget waiting 30 minutes for a match.

That said, I'd rather sit on a nest of piss ants than partake in this event for a multitude of reasons.

[BlueDevilspawn]

There have been 3-5 concurrent matches continuously popping off for the last 8 hours. Not sure where waiting 30 minutes comes from unless you somehow missed every match.

[Gezkill]

Gonna skip, honestly. I'm usually up to the task for these events but Faction Play is just terribly long ques followed by stomps because Faction Play is borked.

I'd have much better time running around naked in the street eating rusty nails then participating in the event.

[KeZangaren777]

Do you have the Higher Size version of the Total war poster with Urbeasant in it? I want to save it

[Bud Crue]

Haven't played FP for about 4 years. This event got even our most ardent anti-FP players willing to at least give it a try. We agreed to give it 10 minutes to find a match, then back to QP. We dropped 4 times, no drop was out right terrible. No match took more than 6 minutes to get a drop. Looking forward to more.

[RabidBeagles]

This is silly lore stuff, but shouldn't the warhawk Kasai be available to Inner Sphere forces in faction play? It's got Kurita markings on it, after all.

Along the same line, Bounty Hunter's not known to have fought for Clans so maybe the new timber wolf should also be available to IS. Clan archer, if it's supposed to be Morgan Kell's?

[BlueDevilspawn]

Markings/camo don't determine where mechs go, functional tech base does. As it's been years since coding was done to FP, I wouldn't hold my breath for it to happen.

As for lore... the Clan Archer is Jaime Wolf's, it's literally called "Clan Archer Jaime" in the game.

[Poseidolon]

This might be the best graphic you guys have made to date.

[LordNothing]

Lee Cross, on 19 November 2025 - 06:28 AM, said:

Sorry, out of context but is there any chance for sell mech bay pack again?

the mechbay bundle comes and goes. last one was for some spring sale. maybe it will come back for christmas or maybe next spring. i dont know why this isnt a permanent thing. its very useful and very helpful to new players, and people with big mech collections.

[LordNothing]

BlueDevilspawn, on 19 November 2025 - 04:24 PM, said:

There have been 3-5 concurrent matches continuously popping off for the last 8 hours. Not sure where waiting 30 minutes comes from unless you somehow missed every match.

30 minutes is about the maximum a player will put up with before quitting. i figure once the wait to play ratio is worse than 1:1, the mode effectively goes dormant. usually happens at the end of active periods too. events such as these the wait times are usually less than 10 minutes.

[Voice of Kerensky]

Yllirion, on 19 November 2025 - 03:27 AM, said:

What’s the problem?

I wrote right away:

Voice of Kerensky, on 19 November 2025 - 03:22 AM, said:

In my time zone, that's almost impossible.

Or are there some problems with the language barrier?

[Yllirion]

Voice of Kerensky, on 20 November 2025 - 03:11 AM, said:

I wrote right away:

Or are there some problems with the language barrier?

156 matches in the last 16 hours. So stop crying.

[Voice of Kerensky]

FRAGTAST1C, on 19 November 2025 - 09:12 AM, said:

10k Match Score doesn't give you anything special. Just do the other challenges and move on.

Thanks for the advice.
Yes, of course, I was considering doing some other challenges. But I did the math.
Any mission for 5000 damage from weapon types (ballistics, energy, missiles), given my average results per match (1700-2300 damage), takes three to four matches (assuming I take all four mechs with the same weapon type in my drop deck).
So, it turns out I'll have to spend between nine and twelve battles on three different weapon types. That's between four and a half and six hours, assuming matches are found very quickly. But knowing the number of players during my play time, I can't believe the optimistic estimates I made earlier.
I'll probably try playing a few games. Just to remember what Faction Play is. And to revisit why it essentially died.
For me, it's more important to focus on the Trick or Treat 2025 event right now. I still need to get 16,000 match score and 10,000 damage.

[Voice of Kerensky]

Yllirion, on 20 November 2025 - 03:27 AM, said:

So stop crying.

Watch your language.
Talk to your wife or kids like that.

Do you really not understand what a "time zone" is?
And tell me what that is in your screenshot?


It doesn't look like the faction matchmaker is bursting with people waiting to play.
Let me show you a screenshot I literally just took:



Any other smart ideas?

Edited by Voice of Kerensky, 20 November 2025 - 04:01 AM.

[Yllirion]

Voice of Kerensky, on 20 November 2025 - 03:59 AM, said:

And tell me what that is in your screenshot?

It means that while you’re whining on the forum, people keep playing FP.

[FRAGTAST1C]

Voice of Kerensky, on 20 November 2025 - 03:37 AM, said:

So, it turns out I'll have to spend between nine and twelve battles on three different weapon types. That's between four and a half and six hours, assuming matches are found very quickly. But knowing the number of players during my play time, I can't believe the optimistic estimates I made earlier.
I'll probably try playing a few games. Just to remember what Faction Play is. And to revisit why it essentially died.
For me, it's more important to focus on the Trick or Treat 2025 event right now. I still need to get 16,000 match score and 10,000 damage.

Yeah, approximately 40 days to play this event. That's at least 4 weekends playing 2-3 hours per day. Now, if you want to talk about why FW got neglected, I'm all ears 'cause I, too am disappointed at the lack of effort towards FW. Not even a map. Heck, they didn't even randomise the attack and defense for each siege match in a phase to remove the "12-man stack on defense for the whole phase".

[LordNothing]

KeZangaren777, on 19 November 2025 - 07:01 PM, said:

Do you have the Higher Size version of the Total war poster with Urbeasant in it? I want to save it

wondering if those bolt ons are in the game.