DUST Search - Announcement:[Event] Five Million Clone Challenge!

Sleepy Shadow wrote:

Some feedback for this event...

Three things went wrong with this event; requirements for the rewards, matchmaking and the rewards themselves. These three combined made this event terrible in my eyes and ultimately caused me to give up on it. I havenGÇÖt played since Friday and will not log in for the extended time either.

Requirements for the rewards

The aim of the event is to destroy clones but you make it so that we must win matches first before concentrating on the event itself. Especially for small squads and soloers it is easy to go a whole evening without a win. I know as I have witnessed it time and time again. I am constantly put up against full squads and trying to win matches when you absolutely have to is like pulling teeth. Last time the requirements for the rewards was to complete 10 matches, this was much better. When the requirement for obtaining the rewards is not something you have to worry about, people are more relaxed. People are happier to throw themselves at the enemy when they donGÇÖt have to worry about qualifying for the rewards. If you think 10 matches is too easy then make it 20 but donGÇÖt make it mandatory to win. If we need clones destroyed, why emphasize winning?

Matchmaking

As we know, we donGÇÖt have one. Team balancer might work as intended but in the end, it is not enough. Coupled with an absolute necessity to win matches, this event became a chore with the lopsided matches we have suffered with for so long. I donGÇÖt think IGÇÖve ever seen as many people leave matches in the beginning as I did during this event. I donGÇÖt blame them though, I started doing the same. After spawning in, check teams, if it looks like weGÇÖre going to lose, leave battle and queue for the next one. I hope the next time we have an event like this we have that MLT only queue. This is not CCPGÇÖs fault, but I got absolutely fed up with 6-man proto death squads mowing people down and then using needles when they happened to die. It was infuriating.

Rewards themselves

BPOGÇÖs are nice, I love them and happily take more of them but not knowing what BPO it actually is, itGÇÖs not motivating. ItGÇÖs actually the opposite. If you want me to get my teeth kicked in for 5 days straight at least tell me what for. I am not going to dedicate my time to grind endlessly for a chance to get a lackluster BPO. On top of an unknown BPO, 1000 Warbarge components is an absolute joke. Why so little? That is not enough to do anything with after you have upgraded your WB once. And then the keysGÇª I have over 1500 boxes, probably a lot more, so 20 keys is hardly worth it. DonGÇÖt get me wrong, I like keys as a reward but again, why so little? I will never run out boxes so donGÇÖt worry about that. And you may say we have had enough SP rewards in the past but so what? SP rewards for events like this make sense and SP is valuable commodity in DUST. Most people have their own goals with their SP and reaching that goal faster motivates you to participate to the bitter end.

Well, thatGÇÖs my opinion on this event; I hope the next one is better. Happy hunting.


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ThePlayerkyle13 The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 183	Posted - 2015.02.25 16:45:00 - [1] - Quote To be honest these rewards aren't Rewarding to me, you can get these Rewards just by spending -ú20. To kill 5 Million Clones to get these Rewards is pointless, the SP Clone Challenges were more Rewarding and engaging, but this isn't, i'll still play the game in between the event but it won't encourage me to gain these rewards...
ThePlayerkyle13 The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 183	Posted - 2015.02.25 22:49:00 - [2] - Quote Myron Kundera wrote: Come on CCP! At least 1 million SP reward! Killing 5 million clones is not an easy task and the extra incentive will be enough for me to sacrifice my clones to the op CR! Pretty plz? Exactly my Point as well, this won't encourage me to kill clones and waste suits, the Rewards given are acquirable through use of AUR, & a BPO? There's loads of them on the market, what makes this one any different? & yet people would waste their 5 days trying to kill 5 Million Clones just to get these pointless rewards that CCP might as well just said "Hey, Good Job with the last 2 Million Challenges, here's another one but try and kill 5 Million Clones to gain these pointless Rewards that you probably could just buy straight out of the market & run out as soon you get them" During this event i'll just be playing casually not bothering because how pointless the rewards are & i really doubt 5 Million would succeed because of the lack of useful Rewards like SP, which is more rewarding & if SP was a reward it'll definitely encourage me and many others but thats the case now. Good Luck trying to complete the challenge, which i doubt would happen anyway...
ThePlayerkyle13 The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 183	Posted - 2015.02.26 00:05:00 - [3] - Quote Xocoyol Zaraoul wrote: ThePlayerkyle13 wrote: Insert rant here about free stuff Well then Wasn't a "Rant", more like "Opinion" you fourm people always perceive things as a "Rant"....
ThePlayerkyle13 The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 196	Posted - 2015.03.10 13:02:00 - [4] - Quote Sleepy Shadow wrote: Some feedback for this event... Three things went wrong with this event; requirements for the rewards, matchmaking and the rewards themselves. These three combined made this event terrible in my eyes and ultimately caused me to give up on it. I havenGÇÖt played since Friday and will not log in for the extended time either. Requirements for the rewards The aim of the event is to destroy clones but you make it so that we must win matches first before concentrating on the event itself. Especially for small squads and soloers it is easy to go a whole evening without a win. I know as I have witnessed it time and time again. I am constantly put up against full squads and trying to win matches when you absolutely have to is like pulling teeth. Last time the requirements for the rewards was to complete 10 matches, this was much better. When the requirement for obtaining the rewards is not something you have to worry about, people are more relaxed. People are happier to throw themselves at the enemy when they donGÇÖt have to worry about qualifying for the rewards. If you think 10 matches is too easy then make it 20 but donGÇÖt make it mandatory to win. If we need clones destroyed, why emphasize winning? Matchmaking As we know, we donGÇÖt have one. Team balancer might work as intended but in the end, it is not enough. Coupled with an absolute necessity to win matches, this event became a chore with the lopsided matches we have suffered with for so long. I donGÇÖt think IGÇÖve ever seen as many people leave matches in the beginning as I did during this event. I donGÇÖt blame them though, I started doing the same. After spawning in, check teams, if it looks like weGÇÖre going to lose, leave battle and queue for the next one. I hope the next time we have an event like this we have that MLT only queue. This is not CCPGÇÖs fault, but I got absolutely fed up with 6-man proto death squads mowing people down and then using needles when they happened to die. It was infuriating. Rewards themselves BPOGÇÖs are nice, I love them and happily take more of them but not knowing what BPO it actually is, itGÇÖs not motivating. ItGÇÖs actually the opposite. If you want me to get my teeth kicked in for 5 days straight at least tell me what for. I am not going to dedicate my time to grind endlessly for a chance to get a lackluster BPO. On top of an unknown BPO, 1000 Warbarge components is an absolute joke. Why so little? That is not enough to do anything with after you have upgraded your WB once. And then the keysGÇª I have over 1500 boxes, probably a lot more, so 20 keys is hardly worth it. DonGÇÖt get me wrong, I like keys as a reward but again, why so little? I will never run out boxes so donGÇÖt worry about that. And you may say we have had enough SP rewards in the past but so what? SP rewards for events like this make sense and SP is valuable commodity in DUST. Most people have their own goals with their SP and reaching that goal faster motivates you to participate to the bitter end. Well, thatGÇÖs my opinion on this event; I hope the next one is better. Happy hunting. Yes, finally someone that understands...