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[Crossbone 516]

While its nice to have them here and there, I think having them every weekend is a bit overwhelming and unnecessary.

 

Casual players that can only play on weekends have a tough time competing because MM battles become more unbalanced so they skip these days.

 

Not to mention these weekends devalue actual holiday events that this game celebrates like the upcoming tankers day and soon to be Halloween.

 

Can these ultra weekends become a monthly thing again like the olden days?

[Maf 32,300]

22 minutes ago, Crossbone said:

 

Topic merged

[numericable 2,375]

47 minutes ago, Crossbone said:

While its nice to have them here and there, I think having them every weekend is a bit overwhelming and unnecessary.

 

Casual players that can only play on weekends have a tough time competing because MM battles become more unbalanced so they skip these days.

 

Not to mention these weekends devalue actual holiday events that this game celebrates like the upcoming tankers day and soon to be Halloween.

 

Can these ultra weekends become a monthly thing again like the olden days?

If this become a monthly thing, the difficulty of completing them will also increase by X4 and i have no time for that, also 7 monthly UC is too little, but if they do 28 UC and easy mission, why not, otherwise, no. 

[Crossbone 516]

2 minutes ago, numericable said:

If this become a monthly thing, the difficulty of completing them will also increase by X4 and i have no time for that, also 7 monthly UC is too little, but if they do 28 UC and easy mission, why not, otherwise, no. 

Maybe I should've said "once a month" rather than monthly. 

 

But I'm not suggesting increasing the length of the ultra weekends, but decreasing how often they occur.

[numericable 2,375]

14 hours ago, Crossbone said:

Heavyweight augment isn't useless. I have it on my main for Viking, default Viking is a joke compared to a Viking with this augment.

Lets say that two Vikings one just default and the other with heavyweight try to attack the enemy base head on.

Default Viking dies quickly because it is getting thrown around like a rag doll against heavy fire and is unable to get back into cover in time.

Heavyweight viking takes longer to die because no matter how much it is getting attacked, it ain't budging hardly at all. Which allows it to take down a few enemies, and getting behind cover in time to use repair.

 

Not lets say both Vikings are using Thunder to go 1v1 against a smoky, ricochet, or twins.

Default Viking has a hard time hitting the enemy because its again getting its aim knocked off, resulting in an easy kill for the enemy.

Heavyweight Viking won't budge, which means it can even aim at the enemies corners to try to knock off their aim. The Viking might have a chance of winning this encounter.

 

Now lets say both Vikings are using their OD against a group of enemies or a juggernaut.

Default viking gets hit and most likely get swung, making it lose precious seconds to maximize the effect of its OD.

Heavyweight Viking gets hit, and nothing happens except it received damage. So it is able to maximize the effect of its OD.

Dont forget in assault mode, no matter of if you are attacking of defending in both case, you will have to push ennemies, and with this augment, attackers couldnt cap or if you are attacking, you can easily push fat hulls. Also, it is always good if you sit on a goldbox dropzone.

[x_Sorinel_x 552]

23 hours ago, x_Sorinel_x said:

From all 7 Ultras, I got Watercolor paint from Epic, Violet color for Shaft and druggs.

They say Ultras are better ? Wrong ! This is what I got today, from 5 Normals:

[Cleric 1,385]

1 hour ago, x_Sorinel_x said:

They say Ultras are better ? Wrong ! This is what I got today, from 5 Normals:

Ultra is indeed better. But it is an improvement from "trash" chances to "a bit better than trash" chances

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

15 hours ago, Crossbone said:

While its nice to have them here and there, I think having them every weekend is a bit overwhelming and unnecessary.

 

Casual players that can only play on weekends have a tough time competing because MM battles become more unbalanced so they skip these days.

 

Not to mention these weekends devalue actual holiday events that this game celebrates like the upcoming tankers day and soon to be Halloween.

 

Can these ultra weekends become a monthly thing again like the olden days?

I understand what you are saying, but I think you are shooting yourself in the foot with this suggestion - you are a non-buyer right? The Ultra weekends being every weekend is a great thing for free players, it means greatly increased income. If they were less frequent, the amount of Ultras - and hence rewards you would get - would be much less.

Also personally, I like the events every single weekend - I think this is a big improvement on how the game used to be. Special modes every weekend, different from the previous weekend - sometimes standard DM, sometimes same equipment with special settings, sometimes something crazy and missions to complete personally makes MM a lot more interesting for me, and I know it does for a lot of other players too. I think the frequent events like we have now is a good thing, and as well as adding variety it also brings a lot more income to free players - which helps even the balance between buyers and free players, which is also a good thing.

So in summary, I am glad we have special events every weekend - and Ultra weekends every weekend where there are no other special events - and I would be pretty disappointed if this were to stop. I wouldn't be alone on that.

From the this Ultra weekend, I picked up Stun Railgun - yet another to add to the collection. If you complete the missions regularly, the rewards add up to you being able to have a chance against heavy buyers. So be careful what you wish for, if you are asking for free players income to be reduced from what it is now - which would not be a good thing.

And also don't forget that with the much higher 1500 tankoin price for the battle pass, the Ultra weekends and events like that which reward Ultra Containers, is pretty much the only way that free players can access the "exclusive" augments and Ultra Container items. So with the price of the battle pass so high, regular Ultra weekends and events are even more important than ever for some level of balance between heavy buyers and other players.

Edited August 2, 2021 by DestrotankAI9

[Crossbone 516]

4 hours ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

I understand what you are saying, but I think you are shooting yourself in the foot with this suggestion - you are a non-buyer right? The Ultra weekends being every weekend is a great thing for free players, it means greatly increased income. If they were less frequent, the amount of Ultras - and hence rewards you would get - would be much less.

Also personally, I like the events every single weekend - I think this is a big improvement on how the game used to be. Special modes every weekend, different from the previous weekend - sometimes standard DM, sometimes same equipment with special settings, sometimes something crazy and missions to complete personally makes MM a lot more interesting for me, and I know it does for a lot of other players too. I think the frequent events like we have now is a good thing, and as well as adding variety it also brings a lot more income to free players - which helps even the balance between buyers and free players, which is also a good thing.

So in summary, I am glad we have special events every weekend - and Ultra weekends every weekend where there are no other special events - and I would be pretty disappointed if this were to stop. I wouldn't be alone on that.

From the this Ultra weekend, I picked up Stun Railgun - yet another to add to the collection. If you complete the missions regularly, the rewards add up to you being able to have a chance against heavy buyers. So be careful what you wish for, if you are asking for free players income to be reduced from what it is now - which would not be a good thing.

And also don't forget that with the much higher 1500 tankoin price for the battle pass, the Ultra weekends and events like that which reward Ultra Containers, is pretty much the only way that free players can access the "exclusive" augments and Ultra Container items. So with the price of the battle pass so high, regular Ultra weekends and events are even more important than ever for some level of balance between heavy buyers and other players.

You sure mentioned free players alot. Well, the truth is that there are 2 different types of free players.

Casual: free players that don't play much and just want to have fun, also makes up the a good chunk of player base.

Tryhard: free players that play all the time and do what it takes to benefit only themselves, they also tend to be very toxic.

So which free player will benefit more from ultra weekends? To me, I think tryhards will benefit more. Most of the casuals won't even show up during the weekends. And for the remaining casuals, rather than competing against other casuals, they now have to compete against all kinds of oddities, which they too will get tired of and also not show up.

This is my prediction of what will happen. We will have to see in the long run. But I really dont think having ultra weekend every weekend is a good idea.

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

39 minutes ago, Crossbone said:

You sure mentioned free players alot. Well, the truth is that there are 2 different types of free players.

Casual: free players that don't play much and just want to have fun, also makes up the a good chunk of player base.

Tryhard: free players that play all the time and do what it takes to benefit only themselves, they also tend to be very toxic.

So which free player will benefit more from ultra weekends? To me, I think tryhards will benefit more. Most of the casuals won't even show up during the weekends. And for the remaining casuals, rather than competing against other casuals, they now have to compete against all kinds of oddities, which they too will get tired of and also not show up.

This is my prediction of what will happen. We will have to see in the long run. But I really dont think having ultra weekend every weekend is a good idea.

What do you suppose they do instead if Ultra Weekend frequency drops significantly? Ultra Weekend are to sell Ultra Containers, which seems to be where they make the most money as evidenced by their frequency and prizes found in them. 

[Crossbone 516]

5 minutes ago, TheCongoSpider said:

What do you suppose they do instead if Ultra Weekend frequency drops significantly? Ultra Weekend are to sell Ultra Containers, which seems to be where they make the most money as evidenced by their frequency and prizes found in them. 

Oooh, hadn't thought of that. Maybe they can put together a nice juicy bundle or two. Maybe bring back discounts for shop and garage items. Put something crazy in UCs but that something would have to be an exotic. Put skin containers up in shop for a high price.

 

Those would all be good marketing strategies, right?

[fghjkl54 1,517]

Just now, Crossbone said:

 

and i suggest to reduce a bit the difficulty on casual players especially if they miss one day 20k crys in 3 days that's a lot!!

[mjmj5558 2,346]

2 minutes ago, fghjkl54 said:

and i suggest to reduce a bit the difficulty on casual players especially if they miss one day 20k crys in 3 days that's a lot!!

You can earn more than 1000 cry/match, without premium, so it's not really a hard mission. I think.

[fghjkl54 1,517]

Just now, mjmj5558 said:

 

well not hard for me but think about those who fight in Mk7 with Mk5 they don't earn many BPs and thus low crys

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

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