Just wanted to mention something about dropping SP into HMGs (no MLT HMGs after all.)

Use a MLT Amarr Heavy Frame with Republic HMG. No SP necessary.

Operation Mauler is a good idea but allow me some constructive criticism. It seems we've taken a step back in the "play time-to-reward" ratio with this event. A big concern for Triple SP Week was that the multiplier for play wasn't high enough and it significantly increased the amount of time spent playing if you wanted the benefits.

It seems as though we've backtracked to that in a way with this event with 500 additional SP for every kill with an HMG/Forge Gun and 250 additional SP for a heavy kill. Now, apart from having a notepad handy with a leaf chart showing Kills and Confirmed Heavy Kills, it seems the amount of time investment necessary is MUCH higher than one would see than previous events.

To give an idea of what that's like for everyone, that's 3000 heavy kills with anything besides light weaponry, 1,500 kills with heavy weapons or 1,000 heavy kills with heavy weapons

This is something that is going to take a -very- long time. Eight kills with heavy weaponry a game (spitball average) that's about 190 matches. That's 48 hours of Ambush matches spread out over two weeks, which is a lot to ask out of a gamer. There are pros as the player activity goes up and certain behavior is encouraged but we also have to consider the cons which include burn out and a lot of the game's overarching issues become more apparent.

Another thing is that it's focusing on a particular specialization that not everyone uses, so it's either drop some SP into Heavies to run them (there are no militia HMGs afterall) as a jumpstart to a larger investment or grind out the 3000 kills otherwise which is an exceptionally long time when you consider that not all of the players on the other team are going to be running heavies.

TL;DR - Bonus SP is great but this shouldn't turn Dust 514 into a second job. Or third, if you play Eve Online. Too much time for too little reward.

you're crying about bonus sp. Shut up, entitled brat.

I really don't understand these second job complaints. If you don't have time don't play the game, CCP is not forcing you to get all the SP.

I totally agree, it was fun at first, but it feels like a chore now.

although i am participating in this event as a heavy, and not a heavy killer -so to speak- i agree that people who are going after heavies are not gaining enough sp, 250 is not very fair to people who don't use heavies, plus the fact that they will get NO bonus sp for the vehicle kills
so that means it takes them twice as long to get the first portion of the event, and they cannot partake in the second event at all. not a very fair event....
But i'm still having fun :)

Make the cap to small amd people killing past the cap will whine, make it to long and people with a life and cant hit the cap will whine. Why dont you just kill people like you normaly would and be happy for any rewards you earn at the end.

They removed the vehicle part from the event. You can only get points from kills now.

The event isn't "get 1500 kills with a heavy weapon and earn bonus sp"

It's "use heavy stuff and get bonus sp"

Seriously, is your goal in this game to earn every single skill point possible? That's not what these events are about...it's just an incentive to use a certian playstyle, or a bonus for doing certain things. It's at such a high amount so that players that are hardcore players can earn bonus sp the entire time. You don't have to hit a certain amount.

Operation Mauler is a good idea but allow me some constructive criticism. It seems we've taken a step back in the "play time-to-reward" ratio with this event. A big concern for Triple SP Week was that the multiplier for play wasn't high enough and it significantly increased the amount of time spent playing if you wanted the benefits.

It seems as though we've backtracked to that in a way with this event with 500 additional SP for every kill with an HMG/Forge Gun and 250 additional SP for a heavy kill. Now, apart from having a notepad handy with a leaf chart showing Kills and Confirmed Heavy Kills, it seems the amount of time investment necessary is MUCH higher than one would see than previous events.

To give an idea of what that's like for everyone, that's 3000 heavy kills with anything besides light weaponry, 1,500 kills with heavy weapons or 1,000 heavy kills with heavy weapons

This is something that is going to take a -very- long time. Eight kills with heavy weaponry a game (spitball average) that's about 190 matches. That's 48 hours of Ambush matches spread out over two weeks, which is a lot to ask out of a gamer. There are pros as the player activity goes up and certain behavior is encouraged but we also have to consider the cons which include burn out and a lot of the game's overarching issues become more apparent.

Another thing is that it's focusing on a particular specialization that not everyone uses, so it's either drop some SP into Heavies to run them (there are no militia HMGs afterall) as a jumpstart to a larger investment or grind out the 3000 kills otherwise which is an exceptionally long time when you consider that not all of the players on the other team are going to be running heavies.

TL;DR - Bonus SP is great but this shouldn't turn Dust 514 into a second job. Or third, if you play Eve Online. Too much time for too little reward.

You'd be silly not to! 750,000 SP what with 1.8 racial parity right around the corner? (Reference point: It's 2,000,000+ to Proto out a dropsuit. The 750,000 SP will go a long way to reducing that blow)

you're crying about bonus sp. Shut up, entitled brat.

ahh amazing you've managed to make me like aeon more, and i've always thought of him as a loud mouthed douchebag, congrats you've replaced him.

+1 aeon you've summed up how i feel about this event perfectly.

You'd be silly not to! 750,000 SP what with 1.8 racial parity right around the corner? (Reference point: It's 2,000,000+ to Proto out a dropsuit. The 750,000 SP will go a long way to reducing that blow)