Did some Assault matches? got 700 xp before the x2 Did some conquest matches? Got this!!!!! Nothing says "You can play for free but we are gonna nerf shit into oblivion until you buy premium time; otherwise no grinding mechs for you" like this result.
That is why you don't play conquest if you want to grind xp. Oh, it is better if you play each mech til you get the first win, then switch.
We played more than just conquest. Losses on non-conquest matches are less than 200 on average. The problem is I 2 out of the 3 girffins through basic and am working on this last silly 2x ERLLas 3x LRM5 grinder build to get it through basic. It is just really really slow going. To the point I become very uninterested in MWO.
It can be hard to level a mech u dont appreciate and which cant kill or damage components (saviour kills are the best source for XP but hard to aim for). I usually play these untill I receive the 2x bonus and then switch to something else (like enileph suggested).
It's not a bug, it's just being unlucky. Usually you get a LOT of experience from Savior Kills, 150xp for each friendly critical mech close, per mech you kill or get an assist on. That stacks quickly. In your match you don't have any, and all experience/c-bill gains are halved from playing on conquest. I also assume you didn't win by capping which would've given 125 xp as well from capping assist and objective win. All these 'missing' bonuses together, while they're usually very easy to get, will turn out to be one of these extremely low XP matches.
Try Loadout man. I'm really getting into it. The game modes are fun, weapon customization is amazing, and it's the kind of game that you you can play flexibly. Win or lose you get a daily reward so the frustration of grinding you get in MWO is gone.
Conquest is broken, because their game designers are really bad and inexperienced. Why the f*ck would you introduce a conquest mode where there is basically no reward for doing something conquesty, like capturing a control point.
