Dragonfly (Viper) announced!

[Orin J.]

What the heck is that Dragonfly shooting at?  ???

the giant bug larve that pop up in viridian bog sometimes. they can clip with your legs and lock you in place on rare occasion, more often they just pop up and block the way you're moving because you don't look at the ground.

[martian]

Dragonfly cockpit:
(thumbnail; click for full-size image)





Dragonfly in the Clan Ghost Bear livery:



I like this picture because a long time ago I played a campaign for the Ghost Bears and deployed multiple 'Mechs of this type.

[Cyc]

Viper Leaderboard (and generic challenge for those of us without)

https://mwomercs.com/tournaments?t=201607mechs

[Orin J.]

i took a break for a while and decided to see how people play the Dragonfly. turns out people have actually gotten worse at the game faster than me.

so, the game crashed trying to load the bog and i triggered some kind of penalty system. is this something i should worry about or is it just a handful of extra time between matches no matter what?

[martian]

so, the game crashed trying to load the bog and i triggered some kind of penalty system. is this something i should worry about or is it just a handful of extra time between matches no matter what?

Disconnect triggers that penalty. Teamkill triggers that penalty too. Team damage (about 60-70 points in one game) triggers that penalty too.

For cases where the disconnect was not intentional, the 3 minute timer is intended to provide players with sufficient time to re-join the match in question. If circumstances prevent a successful re-join within that 3 minutes, the first penalty level is a mere 10 second delay toward the next matchmaking search. It is only when a player purposefully disconnects from multiple matches that the real penalties will begin to pile up.

This is a breakdown of the current penalty levels:

• First Disconnect: 10 second delay for next matchmaking search
• Second Disconnect: 2 minute delay for next matchmaking search
• Third Disconnect: 5 minute delay for next matchmaking search
• Fourth Disconnect: 10 minute delay for next matchmaking search
• Fifth Disconnect: 20 minute delay for next matchmaking search

Each subsequent disconnect beyond the Fifth Disconnect will also enforce a 20 minute penalty.

Penalty levels reset every 4 hours.