With 2 days to go, IGÇÖd very much like to know if I shouldn't be playing until the weekend or not...... Any word yet CCP?

We have clarified the event details for easier understanding on how the SP event will work, you can check them out here.

We will also move the event start date forward so that it will begin on Wednesday, September 4 after downtime and end next Monday September 9 at downtime. We will give out the bonus SP from this event next Tuesday, September 10. .

Mainly, we've shortened the time scale, running over the weekend from downtime on September 6 until downtime on September 9

So, you're basically confirming that we need to confine ourselves to the horrible Ambush match type in order to maximize SP gain?

Because I normally play Domination, and average 4500/match w.o booster. According to the math, I would lose out on approx. 72,000 bonus XP. That's no small amount of XP.

Just thought I'd point that out. Unless the community at large is just playing Ambush, in which case I'll lose faith in this game, as I like to think of it as something a little better than just a COD Team-Deathmatch clone..

We will also move the event start date forward so that it will begin on Wednesday, September 4 after downtime and end next Monday September 9 at downtime.

We have clarified the event details for easier understanding on how the SP event will work, you can check them out here.

We will also move the event start date forward so that it will begin on Wednesday, September 4 after downtime and end next Monday September 9 at downtime. We will give out the bonus SP from this event next Tuesday, September 10. This should prevent players who play more frequently from being punished in the event due to hitting the weekly SP cap sooner.

I also want to explain the reason behind changing the length of the SP events. Previously, we are tied to a week long SP event due to the weekly SP cap being reset on Wednesdays. While we understand that the general consensus from the community is that longer events are preferred because they seem less grindy, we also want to offer more variety with events as many of you have requested.

While we are developing the required features to do the types of events that many of you have asked for (such as missions and LP type rewards) we want the ability to alter current events now. This Caldari Bootcamp event is one such effort. If successful, we will be able to do different types of SP events, instead of only offering week long ones. We aim to do shorter SP events but more frequently. We also want to do different types of SP rewards such as giving 5x SP for the first win of the day. This will depend on how well this event works out first, as we want to be sure that shortening the event duration will not adversly affect other game mechanics.

Another reason to do shorter events is logistics. We aim to do more events with shorter duration so we can increase their frequency as shorter events will be less taxing on the devs who do the support work. We also want to give more equality to casual players who may not be able to play all week in order to achieve the required event goals, so shorter events will help make furture events feel less grindy.

Lastly, reguarding why the SP bonus is capped at 3000 per match. This is in order for us to estimate the expected amount of SP that players can gain from this event. Since the bonus SP can still be earned even after the weekly SP cap is hit, we need to ensure that there is a limit on how much SP a player can earn from this event. What I can tell you is that if you play 100 matches over the course of the event and earn an average of 3000 SP per match (with boosters) before hitting the cap, and average 1000 SP per match after hitting the cap, then the amount of SP you can expect to earn is roughly equal to a week long Triple SP event. If you play an average of 14-16 matches a day and earn the same amount of SP per match as mentioned above, then you can expect to earn roughly the same amount of SP as a week long Double SP event. So I hope that many of you will see the benefit of doing such an SP event, you can earn the same amount of SP in less time than a conventional week long SP event.

In the meantime, enjoy the bonus SP from this week's event and I'll see you on the battlefield.

Just saying guys get out of the min/max mind set u play games for fun not not to move a bar a little more to the right just play the dam gamemodes you want.

This generation of gamers forgot what games are ment to be about :-(

Without booster (SP bonus is capped at 3000 per battle):

If base SP earned from a match is 1000, then you get 1000 +1000 (bonus)=2000SP (you get the bonus 1000 SP after the event)

If base SP earned from a match is 3000, then you can get 3000 +3000 (bonus)=6000SP (you get the bonus 3000 SP after the event)

If base SP earned from a match is from 3001 to 5000, then you can get 3001 to 5000 +3000 (bonus SP)= 6001 to 8000SP (you get the bonus 3000 SP after event)



With Booster (SP bonus is capped at 3000x1.5=4500 per battle):

If total SP earned from a match is 1000 (including booster bonus), then you get 1000 +1000 (bonus)=2000SP (you get the bonus 1000 SP after the event)

[b]If total SP earned from a match is 4500 (including booster bonus), then you get 4500 +4500 (bonus)=9000SP (you get the bonus 4500 SP after the event)[/b]

If total SP earned from a match is 5000 (including booster bonus), then you get 5000 +4500 (bonus)=9500SP (the user can get the bonus 4500 SP after the event)

We already said why the maximum of 3k SP per match is rather stupid and I fail to see how the "need to ensure that there is a limit on how much SP a player can from this event" has to result in the 3k maximum. You already have the 1k maximum after the weekly cap to ensure SP earnings are kept quite low. There is absolutely no reason for another limit beyond the 1k maximum.

SO: If I run boosters shouldn't I still be running Skirmish? I generally get right about 3000 + 1500 (booster) per skirmish and I generally get under that playing Ambushes.

What I can tell you is that if you play 100 matches over the course of the event and earn an average of 3000 SP per match (with boosters) before hitting the cap, and average 1000 SP per match after hitting the cap, then the amount of SP you can expect to earn is roughly equal to a week long Triple SP event. If you play an average of 14-16 matches a day and earn the same amount of SP per match as mentioned above, then you can expect to earn roughly the same amount of SP as a week long Double SP event. So I hope that many of you will see the benefit of doing such an SP event, you can earn the same amount of SP in less time than a conventional week long SP event.

We have clarified the event details for easier understanding on how the SP event will work, you can check them out here.

I still don't get it. Is it meant to be like a normal double SP event? All the metrics around are still confusing.
The standard double SP events make sense and don't require a blog full of convoluted examples.

The issue with event length isn't around it feeling grindy. You can still have an event that is a week long, but can simply set a low threshold for achieving the reward (your first 20 games of the week will earn you double SP).

Short events are worse for casual players than longer events, if you don't casually play on the 2-3 days the event was on, you miss out. It also means those that have real life clashes on the day miss out.

Are you sure you only get 4500 SP per skirmish including the booster? That seems incredibly low. I would have thought you'd get more than that just from being in the battle.

Whatever you may think about the mechanics of the event it does affect one major complaint for the period upto you cap.

The proto stomp.

Vet: I am not shooting him, you shoot him.
Vet 2: no way, I might exceed the 3000 SP for this match.

Noob: Skirmish - where is everyone.
Noob: Ambush - how come all these players are running away. I must be a badass as all these vets are easy to kill they do not even shoot back or hit me.

Whatever you may think about the mechanics of the event it does affect one major complaint for the period upto you cap.

The proto stomp.

Vet: I am not shooting him, you shoot him.
Vet 2: no way, I might exceed the 3000 SP for this match.

Noob: Skirmish - where is everyone.
Noob: Ambush - how come all these players are running away. I must be a badass as all these vets are easy to kill they do not even shoot back or hit me.

1-2 days later, maybe 3, the SP cap is met. Proto stomp commences. At least until you hit 1000 WP then you consider quitting the match and entering another one.

Of course if you do not care about SP then none of this matters.

.... Furthermore, the majority of players don't read the forums and probably won't realize that there is a bonus event going on if they don't see that they're getting extra SP. So this actually defeats the purpose of the event, i.e. to get more players logged in.

[quote=Ryme Intrinseca].
Also, why don't you give us some more perspective on the events you're planning to run?