Completing 5 Major Solstice Arkfalls.

[SmokinRoses]

Lol! Well I agree with that! But after this last update/patch....We haven't found one yet. Only one in the last 5 hours. Now it's shut down and I'm seeing more mini Solstice Arkfalls. It seems like when me and my clan go into one, there's a lot of purples there, but seems like everyone disappears, and you can't find anyone. Then when you think you got the Arkfall taken care of, you seem like five purples on the side of the hill fighting ten of em. Lol! It's crazy...But I think me and my clan have only lost two..but that's like 2/5 being done. Tonight was the worst, only one Major Solstice Arkfall showed up and everything disappeared and reappeared at last minute. So didn't see that fair. But it's the system glitch. lol

[SirServed]

I think it's just an xbox thing. These events always fail. It may be because all the idjits that think they're still playing Call of Duty :P

These events fail for the same reason Warmasters do. People show up with the intention of playing "their way" and expect to win when there's a requirement that must be met within a certain amount of time or you lose. They are only able to succeed when they meet said requirement through strength in numbers rather than skill. We almost failed one about half an hour ago. Half of the people present were spamming BMG heal because it games the system and the other 10 were dying faster than BMGs can heal them because Volge don't pull punches. I literally had to use 1 of my 2 characters (dual boxing) as an anchor to teleport back to after extracting just to save time. /2 Cents

[brokenshield]

These events fail for the same reason Warmasters do. People show up with the intention of playing "their way" and expect to win when there's a requirement that must be met within a certain amount of time or you lose. They are only able to succeed when they meet said requirement through strength in numbers rather than skill. We almost failed one about half an hour ago. Half of the people present were spamming BMG heal because it games the system and the other 10 were dying faster than BMGs can heal them because Volge don't pull punches. I literally had to use 1 of my 2 characters (dual boxing) as an anchor to teleport back to after extracting just to save time. /2 Cents

This, so much this.

I am no vet by any means. Only been playing a few months. I still have a lot to figure out with weapons, mods, shield, hell the game as a whole. The one thing I have *learned* though is that those glaring shield symbols sitting atop everything is preventing a majority of damage people think they are doing at these things. I've given up on actually trying to take down single targets and just do my best to remove the ablative armor for the rest. Besides, I waste so much time trying to switch weps or loadouts, it's almost not worth it.

*This is from what I understand from the forums and my observations. However I am not a Grand Master, so if I am wrong, I am wrong. Feel free to correct me. The day I know everything in life, is the day I die.*

[konstantinov]

These events fail for the same reason Warmasters do. People show up with the intention of playing "their way" and expect to win when there's a requirement that must be met within a certain amount of time or you lose. They are only able to succeed when they meet said requirement through strength in numbers rather than skill. We almost failed one about half an hour ago. Half of the people present were spamming BMG heal because it games the system and the other 10 were dying faster than BMGs can heal them because Volge don't pull punches. I literally had to use 1 of my 2 characters (dual boxing) as an anchor to teleport back to after extracting just to save time. /2 Cents

[NullWolf]

main 2 gripes I've had with the Solstice majors have been firstly the large amounts of time between them (saturday, PS3NA, shard hopped for 4 hours before finding one major) and the uncanny track record of not being able to see anyone soon as I get to the main event.

Without fail I can do a minor with 40+ people and be able to see every single person but the second I get to the main battle everyone disappears and I see nothing but volge randomly attacking nothing and running all over the battlefield. It makes coordinating on enemies short of impossible.

[konstantinov]

main 2 gripes I've had with the Solstice majors have been firstly the large amounts of time between them (saturday, PS3NA, shard hopped for 4 hours before finding one major) and the uncanny track record of not being able to see anyone soon as I get to the main event.

Without fail I can do a minor with 40+ people and be able to see every single person but the second I get to the main battle everyone disappears and I see nothing but volge randomly attacking nothing and running all over the battlefield. It makes coordinating on enemies short of impossible.

It's kind of a free for all anyways.

[BC001]

It's kind of a free for all anyways.

The point is that it takes massed fire to take down the viseras in a reasonable time and it is difficult to do that when you cannot see any friendlies. The volge are too tough to casually run and gun which is why so many arkfalls end up as fails.

The social functions really need a major overhaul, even announcing in clan when major arkfalls happen does not guarantee that any of them can use "teleport to clanmate" since the screen is often lacking its scroll bar so only the first screenfull are accessible. Even those do not always have the teleport button either.

Sticking to one shard is not practical either because the majors can be hours in between them.

These events fail for the same reason Warmasters do. People show up with the intention of playing "their way" and expect to win when there's a requirement that must be met within a certain amount of time or you lose. They are only able to succeed when they meet said requirement through strength in numbers rather than skill. We almost failed one about half an hour ago. Half of the people present were spamming BMG heal because it games the system and the other 10 were dying faster than BMGs can heal them because Volge don't pull punches. I literally had to use 1 of my 2 characters (dual boxing) as an anchor to teleport back to after extracting just to save time. /2 Cents

The BMG thing is not always for "gaming the system" (though I do agree that using one for WM events is a waste of time, but that is a special case). For example, in non-WM events I use it for self-healing mostly and stripping shields so that my primary weapon can get at the crits (especially with the SS weapons since they need to crit to activate their first synergy function). I sometimes hit heal to help others when I notice they need it but the lack of bars and the chaos of the big events makes that iffy at best so I do not usually do that.

I will sometimes run it on heal between waves (when it is not a hazard to aiming) to heal myself and others; that is not "gaming the system" it is preparation for the next wave. Also I sometimes accidentally activate the heal function for a moment by the aim reflex, especially when the weapon swap fails to happen. I suspect that most BMG users are doing something similar and not "gaming the system", especially since not all events even track the healing score and the bmgs are used the same way in those too.

[Fallen_Aingeal]

These Volge are absolutely no different than those at Sieges.

The way y'all talk about it, you never made it past stage 5 at one.

Treat this no differently than you would a siege.

Those that know my play style on PS3, and there are still a few here that do, know that I know what I'm talking about. During these arkfalls, I can solo a viscera at tl10 in just under 90 seconds....I know several others that use similar loadouts and are doing the same. Potato is one of them. You won't see a bmg or cf in our loadout. ar/smg/lmg and a good wolf. That's all you need.

[mortaug]

Sorry to divert the thread but it is one the same subject. Anyone else not get their weekly defiant few reset?
Mine still shows completed 5/5 but I only completed it sunday night. So now this week I cant get a weekly as it still shows completed.
Anyone else having this problem?

[SmokinRoses]

Sorry to divert the thread but it is one the same subject. Anyone else not get their weekly defiant few reset?
Mine still shows completed 5/5 but I only completed it sunday night. So now this week I cant get a weekly as it still shows completed.
Anyone else having this problem?

I agree Mortaug. Lol, yeah mines still 4/5...But barely any Major Solstice to complete it. *Shrugs*