The event is rigged.

Lot of people claim it and there may be something to it as Pix loves rigging things. But the thing I cannot understand is how could they consistently manipulate a selection to cause a disadvantage for most players?

What seems rigged to me is the number of people using hydras. Once, I had a team which was ENTIRELY spiral and hydra builds. 2 hydra fujins, 1 spydra rhino, 1 hydra gekko rhino, and even a hydra spiral gareth. Then ofc, I was there with my orkan pinata gareth, trying to get one last win for my trident task. Later I find out that 2 of these people had a FULL HANGAR of bots with spiral/hydra. 

I consider myself lucky though, because when I'm on kill tasks nobody on my team runs a hydra or spiral setup

^^ This ^^

I use the same, but a Gareth instead of the Hover. And my brawlers are a bit different.
I can confirm it works a treat.
You can plough through the kills tasks with ease.

For Caps, go DOM, and try to use a few light speedy bots (your fastest at start), and some heavy hitters that can soak up some punishment.
I find my ancile bots can just waltz in and take the hits. You only need to survive long enough to cap.
In BR look out for players willing to beacon swap. Usually a light out by itself. Don't open fire on them unless they do.


For wins you just have to play your best and hope for the best.
There's always going to be players wanting to go kamikaze though.
But rigged? I don't think so.
Problem is, two thirds of the team (on averages) aren't  going for the win.
Wins need team work. If half the team are going kamakazi or beacon rushing it's an uphill battle

For kills, try to use punishers if you have them lv.9 or above. They are the ultimate kill-steal weapons.

I think that the dmg and armour are rigged. When my win rate is high (e.g. 60% +) my weapons do virtually no damage but when my win rate is low they do loads.

The red bot's mech level, shield etc obviously make a difference but I am noticing a real difference in dmg output and dmg taken that varies from battle to battle.

I've always had my suspicions about the objectivity (or lack thereof) of the MM. I'm in a 17-win step now, and I'm constantly getting teamed with the stupidest moron players in the game. But also, let's not forget that there really are only three task types in these events: kills, caps, and wins. So in all likelihood, at any given time, roughly 1/3 of everyone playing is on the same kind of task as you. How they all seem to end up on the same teams is a different issue.

I dunno... when I'm on win tasks, I'm pretty sure not a single one of my teammates is on the same thing. :-D

i noticed a funny buisness pattered. when i either do kills or beacons we win easily but when i need to win i noticed my team is disconnected and are not synced together. coincidence?

Fun part? Based on what we've seen Pix do, the truth is that if they truly were trying to make it harder for players to complete tasks...it wouldn't be surprising. Because, why would a company that charges $300 for a virtual mech want to give away ANYTHING without some catch? That's the problem, what brings the conspiracy theories (at least partially) into the realm of possibility. Likely? Eh, probably not. But it can't be ruled out. The MM, after all, has been configured to push most players toward a 50% win rate, as much as possible. It can compensate for players outperforming their teammates; it could certainly be configured to adjust for average kills per match, or damage, or beacons. If you're getting a lot of kills, it might automatically pair you with other players who ALSO score a lot of kills. Or beacons, damage, etc.

Again, Pix has earned their conspiracy crowd because they've consistently shown that for everything they do that benefits FTP players, there's ALWAYS a catch.

I love a really wacky conspiracy, but sadly, in this case it would be astronomically difficult for Pixo to properly rig battles.
I think they might do a really badly bodged “fix” as they’ve got significant form.

But, Pix can’t work out when you drop if you turn right or left, if you spot a known whale and duck behind a wall, or charge them in a fit of rage. We, as massively irrational, very emotional pilots are the biggest unknown variable in the game.

I had a sh1t day, ran into HarryDaBlueberry 3 times in and hour, lost every time, so the 4th time spent the entire battle chasing him down and hounding him. I came bottom, it didn’t make much difference to him, but I felt much better.
Can Pixo predict I was going to behave like a crazed teenager...?

One thing I get confused about is when I am locked on and shooting with Scourge and someone else gets credit for the kill. Maybe kills should be more like beacons and multiple people can be given credit. Although I just started wrote a post about not focusing on damage, maybe it would be a good alternative to kills. Some tasks with mixed bots would be good too. Remember when you first started and there were tasks with specific bots? It would add some variety.