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Aero Yassavi
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2013.08.30 18:34:00 -
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1. I thought the whole point of only counting the warpoints for bonus SP last time was to prevent AFKing. Hasn't AFKing been addressed in 1.4? Why then is this still happening?
2. You're saying you shortened it to three days so it doesn't feel like a long 7 day grind, but in actuality all it's doing is condensing that same 7 day grind into 3 days. You're giving us only 3 days to hit the skill cap to maximize gains, that is less than half the normal time. On top of that, because only warpoints are counted for bonus SP the amount of play time required to cap is even longer than normal weeks.
3. Why in the world can't this start alongside the normal weekly cap reset so we don't have to worry about waiting to play until the event. Why not just make take place over a normal SP cap cycle?
I'll partake in this because I want the points, but I'm not happy about how ridiculous the grind is going to be over the weekend. Hopefully someone at CCP will acknowledge this and change it so the event takes place from Wednesday to Wednesday and doubles all your active skill point gain, not just warpoints. |
Aero Yassavi
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
1383
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Posted - 2013.08.30 18:57:00 -
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Remember that because this isn't a true 2x event (only the warpoints get doubled) that means the amount of play time required to reach the cap is actually increased, as we discovered during the August "2x" event. Also as noted we only have 3 days to hit the cap to get maximum points for the week.
So basically CCP's idea of lessening the grind means give us less time to do more stuff.  |
Aero Yassavi
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
1441
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Posted - 2013.09.02 12:46:00 -
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Personally not worried about the 3000 WP cap since I've never scored over that many points in a round before, but there is a valid concern because of how you define a match. Say I earn 3500 WP in a match of skirmish. Then I play two Ambush matches that combined take the same amount of time and earn 1750 points per match. In the first situation I get cheated of my 500 points, but in the second situation despite taking the same amount of time and getting the same amount of points, I don't get cheated of anything.
This same phenomena happens after you hit the weekly cap, why would I play Skirmish when every point after 1000 is for nothing while in Ambush I can get all my points to count?
To end on a positive note, thank you for moving the event up to Wednesday! |
Aero Yassavi
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
1470
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Posted - 2013.09.03 07:54:00 -
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So we're doubling the entire skill points earned now, not just warpoints? There is a massive problem with this. Isn't the formula for active skill points gained:
(seconds in battle) x 5 + (warpoints earned) = skill points rewarded
Furthermore, isn't the average Skirmish around 15 minutes long? So if we calculate how many points you'd get just from participating in a skirmish it's:
15 minutes x (60 seconds/minute) x (5 skill points/second) = 4500 skill points
So by playing a skirmish you are automatically ensuring that 1500 of your skill points will not qualify for the 2x multiplier. Now let's look at the real problem that ensues here. Let's say the average Ambush take about half as long, so that's 7 and a half minutes and 2250 skill points.
If you were to play exclusively Ambush and hit your cap, none of your points will go over the 3000 limit meaning your bonus pay out will be a full 190,400 skill points.
If you were to play exclusively Skirmish, it would take just as long but at least 1500 of your points would not count towards the bonus. So lets see, at 4500 points from participating and say an average of 500 warpoints gained, that's 5000 skill points per match. That will take about 38 matches. 2000 skill points from each match is not counted, so 38 x 2000 = 76,000 skill points. Meaning at the end of the event you'd earn 190,400 - 76,000 = 114,400 skill points.
The same amount of playing time is done, but the person who plays Ambush is getting rewarded more simply because the matches are broken down into smaller chunks to avoid going over this artificial limit. Yup, I will unfortunately be playing Ambush only this week. |
Aero Yassavi
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
1473
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Posted - 2013.09.03 09:03:00 -
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Ryme Intrinseca wrote:Thanks guys. I'm basically just very confused by this event and am going to shut up.
I don't blame you. I don't understand why CCP doesn't just make it so you gain skill points as normal throughout the duration of the event, than at the end ALL points gained during the event are doubled. |
Aero Yassavi
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
1477
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Posted - 2013.09.03 11:24:00 -
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True Adamance wrote:Aero Yassavi wrote:Ryme Intrinseca wrote:Thanks guys. I'm basically just very confused by this event and am going to shut up. I don't blame you. I don't understand why CCP doesn't just make it so you gain skill points as normal throughout the duration of the event, than at the end ALL points gained during the event are doubled. When the hell do you sleep Aero?
Whenever I darn well feel like it.
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