[Feedback] I Need A Hero Event and Sale

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Starts: June 4th 4:00 pm PDT (23:00:00 UTC)

Ends: June 9th 4:00 pm PDT (23:00:00 UTC)

Coinciding with the "I Need a Hero" weekend event, we're running a sale on Hero's and Premium Time Booster packs!

The following Hero 'Mechs are on sale for 50% off:

Centurion Hero: CN9-YLW "YEN-LO-WANG"

3750 - 50% = 1875 MC

Cataphract Hero: CTF-IM "ILYA MUROMETS"

5250 - 50% = 2625 MC

Dragon Hero: DRG-FANG "FANG"

4500 - 50% = 2250 MC

Dragon Hero: DRG-FLAME "FLAME"

4500 - 50% = 2250 MC

Commando Hero: COM-TDK "THE DEATH'S KNELL"

1875- 50% = 937 MC

Awesome Hero: AWS-PB "PRETTY BABY"

6000 - 50% = 3000 MC

Cicada Hero: CDA-X5 "The X-5"

3000 - 50% = 1500 MC

Highlander Hero: HGN-HM "HEAVY METAL"

6750 - 50% = 3375 MC

Jenner Hero: JR7-O "OXIDE"

2625 - 50% = 1312 MC


These Hero 'Mechs will also receive an additional 20% increase to their C-Bill boost for the duration of the "I Need a Hero" event, bringing them to a 50% total C-Bill boost for the duration of the event.


The following Premium Time booster packs are on sale for 50% off:

Premium Time 7 days

1250 - 50% = 625 MC

Premium Time 3 days

650 - 50% = 325 MC

Premium Time 1 day

250 - 50% = 125 MC


During the I Need a Hero event, you'll be able earn even more C-Bills when running a Hero 'Mech and active Premium Time!

Example C-Bill earnings with a Hero 'Mech and active Premium Time:

Example C-Bill Earning

Select Hero 'Mechs* 50% C-Bill Boost

50% C-Bill Boost from active Premium Time

Total C-Bill Earnings!

100,000 C-Bills

50% = 50,000 C-Bills

50% = 50,000 C-Bills

200,000 C-bills

Event:

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Starts: FRIDAY JUN 05th 10:00:00 AM (PDT) (17:00 UTC)
Ends: TUESDAY JUN 09th 10:00:00 AM (PDT) (17:00 UTC)

♪ I need a hero ('Mech)!

I'm dropping with pugs and the C-Bill boost just feels right.

It's gotta be strong, and it's gotta be fast, and it's gotta be ready to fight!

I need a hero ('Mech)!

Doesn't matter if it's an Assault or a Light.

It's gonna be fun, all the C-Bills I'll run, I'll be equipping Consumables for life! ♪


After spotlighting the pre-order packages for the last 4 weeks we felt it was time to pay homage to some of the original Hero 'Mechs.

So dust these Heroes off or grab one on sale. Premium Time booster packs are also on sale during this event, so don't forget to activate or snag some Premium Time to stack your bonuses!

Hero 'Mech C-Bill Boost increased for the Event!

We're boosting the following Hero 'Mech C-Bill bonuses from 30% to 50% for the duration of this event!

• Commando Hero: COM-TDK "THE DEATH'S KNELL"
• Jenner Hero: JR7-O "OXIDE"
• Centurion Hero: CN9-YLW "YEN-LO-WANG"
• Cicada Hero: CDA-X5 "The X-5"
• Cataphract Hero: CTF-IM "ILYA MUROMETS"
• Dragon Hero: DRG-FANG "FANG"
• Dragon Hero: DRG-FLAME "FLAME"
• Awesome Hero: AWS-PB "PRETTY BABY"
• Highlander Hero: HGN-HM "HEAVY METAL"

Combining the boosted Hero 'Mechs with active Premium Time will double your C-Bill income for the duration of the event!

• Check out the Tournament page for an example of the potential C-Bill earnings

I Need a Hero Leaderboards:

• You must play the specific Hero 'Mech to participate in the "I Need a Hero" Leaderboard Challenge
• Only your best 10 matches over the course of the event will be counted toward the Leaderboard
• Solo and Group Queue matches will be counted for these game modes: Assault, Skirmish, and Conquest
• Private matches and Community Warfare matches DO NOT count!
• Score Formula:
  • (Solo Kill x 30) + (Kill Most Damage x 20) + (Killing Blow x 10) + ( Kill Assist x 10) + (Win × 10) + (Loss × 5) + (Survive × 10) + (Dead × 5) + ((Damage done - Team Damage) ÷ 15)
• 1st Tie-Breaker: Number of Matches Played (Fewer is better)
• 2nd Tie-Breaker: Team Damage (Less is better)
• All Leaderboard prizes are awarded at the end of the event!

Head over to the Tournament page to follow the Leaderboards and check out the rewards!

Nice to get some more cbills out of hero variants...I may bring out my X5 just to see what I can do on the leaderboard (and it's a prime candidate for survivor thanks to the build I like running on it ). Russ said that there will likely be multiple events like this, hence why not every hero was included. The negative? ZERO rewards for people without hero mechs this time

 

I'm thinking about purchasing an Awesome Any owners want to come sing its praises?

 

... Is it time to dust off the Ilya? ...

 

Honestly...the 3M has always been the best choice thanks to ECM. The quirks are alright on the X5, but I tend to run it in a way that has nothing to do with the quirks (2 PPCs) so I'm a bit of an outlier

 

I'm looking at TDK honestly, might be fun to zip around at 171 kph with BAP, 4xMLAS at 45% (or there about) cooling eff.

Oxide could be fun but I have the Hugin already so it feels a bit like I got this role covered, even though one is DPS and the other Alpha damage style.

As for the rest of the heroes...not sure. I have the Ilya but the others are a bit meh?

 

@Aylek, any experiance with the Heavy Metal? I have no experiance of the standard varients for any of the Hero mechs on sale.

 

Uuuh... isn't the hero c-bill bonus 50% already?

 

@Aylek - Worth thinking about, thx. The YLW though...never liked mechs that put it all in one arm. It feels like everyone in my ELO range knows all too well how mechs are configured.

 

Ah, ok, if the question is which ones of this bunch one really NEEDS to have, I can be short:

JR7-0 and CN9-YLW

There are some other good ones in the list but imho those 2 should be in every garage.

I cannot describe the joy of driving the Oxide, just get it and experience it! It was a monster with 4 streaks but it became a true little hulk with the SRM4 quirks. (note to self,... green paint) Just watch your ammo consumption!

 

Maybe I should master the mech. I stop at elite.
Sale is not useful to me, no new mech to get.

 

The problem with X5 is that you cannot have SRM4 nicely due to tube size restriction. Increase the tubes to M(6) and all is good.
I mean a 2xSRM4+4xSPL would be spiffy.

 

You CAN actually run it like that, and just treat it like you're running quad SRM2's (which, thanks to the tube size, you pretty much ARE):



It can actually work, you just have to be very careful about choosing your moment of engagement. Of course, you can just change them to 2's, and run more DHS and it would be very efficient:

 

Not sure if it's worth too much tho, considering the amazing ML quirks :

Medium Laser Heat Generation -20%
Medium Laser Range 40%
Medium Laser Duration -20%



The 40% range is hard to skip, paired with the duration and heat gen.

Now if only it could use SRM4s properly, it would be a really nice mech :



2 and 3 tons of ammo considering the 25% cooldown missile quirk.

 

I'd be very in favor of locking all hero mech's ELO at a set point for a fair playing field. "Let's see who can carry the hardest with a Hero mech quirked to be pigeonholed into one build." *Ties some people's hands behind their backs*

 

It's the eternal choice of MLas vs SPL: range and higher alpha vs better heat and DPS. SPL can fire more often, and can tear through someone quickly. That said, either can work, it's just a matter of playstyle...though SPL IS riskier on the massive medium mech compared to, say, a Locust