Merc on Vacation

[Nihtwaco 2]

It states get 5 kills in one day. it does not specify that they have to be in one battle. After two days I believe it is bugged or a gross misstatement as it takes five kills in one battle to advance the circle progress indicator each day.

[Haswell 295]

Intended, just bad wording.

[Nihtwaco 2]

Just want new folks to get this message to avoid frustration.

 

[Quantum_Ranger 14]

On 8/3/2021 at 10:53 PM, Nihtwaco said:

Just want new folks to get this message to avoid frustration.

 

If a new player is getting frustrated by 5 kills in 1 battle (which is not unusual given limited DPM at low tiers) try T3 M113 ACAV, which can 1-shot most bots in standard mode. Deploy an AT infantry squad from the troop compartment, and you should get there no problem.

Cheers and good luck.

DVC, QR

[knutliott 41]

These have always been "do X in 1 battle" in the past, so I didn't even notice that the wording had changed slightly.  It's a UI or translation error and is almost certainly working as intended.  You need 5 kills in 1 battle in PvE.  It really isn't that hard except right around the start of the "day" for purposes of the event.  That's when a lot of people are out trying to get their 5 kills for the day, so it can be a bit more competitive.  Just wait and do it a few hours after the start of the event day and it'll be easy.

Another problem for low-tier new players is that there are fewer bots in those missions in general.  All it takes is 1 good player getting 10+ kills and it's entirely possible that no one else in the mission will be able to get 5.

On the first day of this event, I used my CV90 Mk IV to make sure I could get 5 kills.  Got them very quickly, then tried to back off and let other people get kills too.  But the rest of the players were so bad that I ended up with 15 kills, someone else got to 7, and that was it.  No one else got 5.  I felt bad, but I was honestly trying to let other people get kills and they just weren't doing it.  I'm not going to leave an enemy alive if that enemy is shooting at me.

[Quantum_Ranger 14]

On 8/6/2021 at 2:15 PM, knutliott said:

CV90 Mk IV to make sure I could get 5 kills.  Got them very quickly, then tried to back off and let other people get kills too.  But the rest of the players were so bad that I ended up with 15 kills, someone else got to 7, and that was it.  No one else got 5. 

Yeah, I usually ask at the start of a low-tier match if anyone needs their 5... if so, I try to help them out.  I remember using a dakka-dakka to shave a bunch of bots down to ~ 100 HP on Sapphire, and the poor low-tier guy still couldn't bag 5 of them... kept running away from the hobbled bots.  Sigh.

DVC, QR