First off the banner for the event when you entered multiplayer said that it would be 11 rounds and that it would have a boss round so you were informed. Everyone I played through it with a few times knew that too. Second, it is completely optional. You do not have to play the event and you could have done other stuff. Frankly around 14k credits for a few extra rounds is pretty decent especially when you should have been tearing through enemies with good gear and tier 3 and 4 boosters because you went "looking for trouble". See what I did there? It is an endurance, accuracy and resource management event for talented players and I found it to be rewarding and fun just to play it. Finally a reason to dust off the gold and N7 Boosters I've been hoarding. I would have played it even if it did not reward credits or exp. just for the fun of it.
Joined a game in progress not looking for this specific mission nor was I aware of this kind of mission, and only expecting a "normal" gold. Wasted almost all my consumables before wave 7. Good thing my teammates were good and I got carried.
Every now and then it happens to me as well that I forgot to check the missions settings in the lobby before blindly entering a match.
And I know a lot of players regularly don't care about mission settings judging by the fact how many inappropriate weapon load outs are used in specific Assault rifle/Shotgun/etc. skirmish matches ...
Make it a habbit to check mission settings first (even if it is already running; one is not auto thrown into the running match, you always are in the lobby first).
That being said: 11 waves are not displayed in the mission settings like 'extended waves' or so. Devs shouls add that kind on information in the settings descriptions as well, not only in a banner (but which you have to close manually, so everyone should have the information - reading is your friend).
BCFreeman1 wrote:
Joined a game in progress not looking for this specific mission nor was I aware of this kind of mission, and only expecting a "normal" gold. Wasted almost all my consumables before wave 7. Good thing my teammates were good and I got carried.
I have had a helluva time trying to get 4 competent players to run this on gold. I have nothing against new players, I am essentially still a new player myself. I don't mind "shenanigans" on lower level tiers because its manageable. But this mission is 11 waves of gold tier enemies, with some extra oomph.
Last night we cleared this easy, after we managed to kick a 15k rating player who refused to change from his level 5 - T1 Asari duelist. The kicker is the replacement player only had 2k rating, but a level 19 T5 Asari Sentinel character and played like a boss.
Before that it was all sub 1k, sub level 10 players trying to get in. No offense peeps but I don't carry. I am too old for that, and can only manage my pull my own weight these days. I am not about to waste time I could spend playing and having fun, on playing and not having fun because the team can't pull its weight.
