That’s one of my new weekly quests. It was horrible before because it forced us to play a particular game mode which also had very long waiting times due to its unpopularity.
But in the last patch you also cut the Strongholds playlist for Windows. So the only way to do the quest now is using the "Versus AI’ playlist which only has a 1/3 chance to actually be Strongholds?
It seems you were smart enough to remove the daily Strongholds quest (at least I didn’t get anymore since patch) but why is there still the weekly?
I want to apologize in advance to the skirmish players that they will a have team mate who actually doesn’t want to play their mode…
I also find this annoying. I need to complete this and want to be able to play strongholds mode not going into find a match where there is a 1 in 3 chance so to get 6 matches of strongholds i could end up having to play 18+ games to complete It. This is ridiculous and should have to take that long!
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> But in the last patch you also cut the Strongholds playlist. So the only way to do the quest now is using the "Versus AI’ playlist which only has a 1/3 chance to actually be Strongholds?
> I want to apologize in advance to the skirmish players that they will a have team mate who actually doesn’t want to play their mode…
And what’s worse? There’s a chance of running into a (or two!) Shipmaster AI(s) that will promptly take your dethball and teleport it outside the map, thus castrating your army for the rest of the match.
I had this weekly and did it without issues. 
Same Que time as the other playlists for me. (Pacific Timezone)
I just learned that the daily ‘Finish three match-made games of Strongholds.’ challenge is also still in for Windows Players (who no longer have a Stronghold Playlist). Just another sign that devs don’t think things through.
I had this weekly challenge as well,however I don’t see the problem with it. I completed it in 1 day by playing rumble which is guaranteed to give you strongholds and the games can’t last longer than 12-15 minutes. Unless they took rumble out,and I don’t believe they did,this thread is pointless. I’d rather have to play games of strongholds,which I don’t enjoy that much,than have to play 9 games as a specific leader. At least with game types I get to choose my play style.
thats why i have posted a thread about AI playlists.
they should give us the AI playlists for each mode instead of this random crap. no mode would die because there are the dailys and weeklys.
btw: long waiting time? i have no long waiting time and i play mostly together against AI (against AI because i don’t need the other lame rush -Yoink-, since i want to build bases and an huge army - and i have enough of these rage quitter)
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> That’s one of my new weekly quests. It was horrible before because it forced us to play a particular game mode which also had very long waiting times due to its unpopularity.
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> But in the last patch you also cut the Strongholds playlist. So the only way to do the quest now is using the "Versus AI’ playlist which only has a 1/3 chance to actually be Strongholds?
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> It seems you were smart enough to remove the daily Strongholds quest (at least I didn’t get anymore since patch) but why is there still the weekly?
>
> I want to apologize in advance to the skirmish players that they will a have team mate who actually doesn’t want to play their mode…
Rumble never was removed?
I agree completely on the topic. Its so annoying to complete this challenge… Playing a Strongholds achievement without a Strongholds playlist. That genius who works there and has decided this… Probably a business school graduate with internships at consulting firms.
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> Unless they took rumble out,and I don’t believe they did,this thread is pointless.
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> Rumble never was removed?
How about you actually do you research or just read what I wrote? The Rumble (Strongholds) playlist was removed for us Windows players.
Ok,sorry,it was early in the morning and I must have misread what you said. With that being said,why would they remove a playlist for the Windows community and not the Xbox community? Were there complications with the playlist on Windows? I can see the challenge being annoying,especially against the AI.
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> With that being said,why would they remove a playlist for the Windows community and not the Xbox community? Were there complications with the playlist on Windows?
No explanation was ever given. People assume it is because of the low player count on Windows to consolidate people in fewer playlists. However they also removed Blitz 1v1 but split Blitz 3v3 in two playlists (so noone finds a game anymore) which doesn’t make any sense under this assumption.
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> > With that being said,why would they remove a playlist for the Windows community and not the Xbox community? Were there complications with the playlist on Windows?
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> No explanation was ever given. People assume it is because of the low player count on Windows to consolidate people in fewer playlists. However they also removed Blitz 1v1 but split Blitz 3v3 in two playlists (so noone finds a game anymore) which doesn’t make any sense under this assumption.
I’ll have to look later but I’m pretty sure the same happened on Xbox. They removed blitz 1v1 and added a ranked version of blitz 2v2 and 3v3. They also removed 1v1 deathmatch and added a ranked version for 1v1,2v2,and 3v3 deathmatch.
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> I had this weekly challenge as well,however I don’t see the problem with it. I completed it in 1 day by playing rumble which is guaranteed to give you strongholds and the games can’t last longer than 12-15 minutes. Unless they took rumble out,and I don’t believe they did,this thread is pointless. I’d rather have to play games of strongholds,which I don’t enjoy that much,than have to play 9 games as a specific leader. At least with game types I get to choose my play style.
That’s not the case for us PC palyers though… We don’t have Strongholds as a standalone playmode anymore, so getting is complete RNG. Since launch - during the month I still could play online that is, there are no payers anymore now - I played well over a dozen of ‘Versus AI’ modes, none of them were on Stronghold. Getting that challenge was a pure mater of luck which I and many others simply never had. So I get why it is annoying.
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> > 2535451029651955;6:
> > I had this weekly challenge as well,however I don’t see the problem with it. I completed it in 1 day by playing rumble which is guaranteed to give you strongholds and the games can’t last longer than 12-15 minutes. Unless they took rumble out,and I don’t believe they did,this thread is pointless. I’d rather have to play games of strongholds,which I don’t enjoy that much,than have to play 9 games as a specific leader. At least with game types I get to choose my play style.
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> That’s not the case for us PC palyers though… We don’t have Strongholds as a standalone playmode anymore, so getting is complete RNG. Since launch - during the month I still could play online that is, there are no payers anymore now - I played well over a dozen of ‘Versus AI’ modes, none of them were on Stronghold. Getting that challenge was a pure mater of luck which I and many others simply never had. So I get why it is annoying.
At the time of posting my previous statement,I hadn’t realized that he was talking about PC and I also play on Xbox so naturally I don’t follow the PC side of things. That really sucks and they need to address that.
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> > But in the last patch you also cut the Strongholds playlist. So the only way to do the quest now is using the "Versus AI’ playlist which only has a 1/3 chance to actually be Strongholds?
> > I want to apologize in advance to the skirmish players that they will a have team mate who actually doesn’t want to play their mode…
>
> And what’s worse? There’s a chance of running into a (or two!) Shipmaster AI(s) that will promptly take your dethball and teleport it outside the map, thus castrating your army for the rest of the match.
Dont speak of that, please…
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> > > But in the last patch you also cut the Strongholds playlist. So the only way to do the quest now is using the "Versus AI’ playlist which only has a 1/3 chance to actually be Strongholds?
> > > I want to apologize in advance to the skirmish players that they will a have team mate who actually doesn’t want to play their mode…
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> > And what’s worse? There’s a chance of running into a (or two!) Shipmaster AI(s) that will promptly take your dethball and teleport it outside the map, thus castrating your army for the rest of the match.
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> Dont speak of that, please…
That’s the reason I haven’t played in a week. I will not play this game until that damn bug is patched. I have had enough of having my forces get telepunted from the map.
It’s even worse when actual players do it.
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> > > > But in the last patch you also cut the Strongholds playlist. So the only way to do the quest now is using the "Versus AI’ playlist which only has a 1/3 chance to actually be Strongholds?
> > > > I want to apologize in advance to the skirmish players that they will a have team mate who actually doesn’t want to play their mode…
> > >
> > > And what’s worse? There’s a chance of running into a (or two!) Shipmaster AI(s) that will promptly take your dethball and teleport it outside the map, thus castrating your army for the rest of the match.
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> > Dont speak of that, please…
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> That’s the reason I haven’t played in a week. I will not play this game until that damn bug is patched. I have had enough of having my forces get telepunted from the map.
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> It’s even worse when actual players do it.
Oh yes, the CHEESE. Yeah, Imma stick to grinding Campaign, where I can be the cheese one…
Oh whats that, Atriox? Sorry, can’t hear your boasting over the sound of MY SPARTANS RAMMING YOUR FORCES
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> > > > > But in the last patch you also cut the Strongholds playlist. So the only way to do the quest now is using the "Versus AI’ playlist which only has a 1/3 chance to actually be Strongholds?
> > > > > I want to apologize in advance to the skirmish players that they will a have team mate who actually doesn’t want to play their mode…
> > > >
> > > > And what’s worse? There’s a chance of running into a (or two!) Shipmaster AI(s) that will promptly take your dethball and teleport it outside the map, thus castrating your army for the rest of the match.
> > >
> > > Dont speak of that, please…
> >
> > That’s the reason I haven’t played in a week. I will not play this game until that damn bug is patched. I have had enough of having my forces get telepunted from the map.
> > It’s even worse when actual players do it.
>
> Oh yes, the CHEESE. Yeah, Imma stick to grinding Campaign, where I can be the cheese one…
Enduring Conviction’s plasma beam, which can still fire and melt your forces even when the CAS in question has been split in half and downed.
>:)
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> > > > > > But in the last patch you also cut the Strongholds playlist. So the only way to do the quest now is using the "Versus AI’ playlist which only has a 1/3 chance to actually be Strongholds?
> > > > > > I want to apologize in advance to the skirmish players that they will a have team mate who actually doesn’t want to play their mode…
> > > > >
> > > > > And what’s worse? There’s a chance of running into a (or two!) Shipmaster AI(s) that will promptly take your dethball and teleport it outside the map, thus castrating your army for the rest of the match.
> > > >
> > > > Dont speak of that, please…
> > >
> > > That’s the reason I haven’t played in a week. I will not play this game until that damn bug is patched. I have had enough of having my forces get telepunted from the map.
> > >
> > > It’s even worse when actual players do it.
> >
> > Oh yes, the CHEESE. Yeah, Imma stick to grinding Campaign, where I can be the cheese one…
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> Enduring Conviction’s plasma beam, which can still fire even when the CAS in question has been split in half and downed.
> 
…Good point.
Seriously the hell.