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CCP Logibro wrote:

Million Clone Challenge
Throughout the weekend of March 14-17, should the total number of clones destroyed in New Eden reach 1 million, everyone shall receive 1 million skill points! The details for this event are:

When: The Million Clone Challenge runs from March 14 through 17 from downtime to downtime.
Objectives: During this period, the total number of mercenary clones destroyed by the player community will be tallied and for each milestone achieved, active player characters will be rewarded with commensurate skill points. The clone kill milestones are the following:

For 250,000 clones destroyed, all active players will receive 250,000 skill points
For 500,000 clones destroyed, all active players will receive 500,000 skill points
For 750,000 clones destroyed, all active players will receive 750,000 skill points
For 1,000,000 clones destroyed, all active players will receive 1,000,000 skill points

Additional event info

Only the total number of clones destroyed during the event will be counted, not the number of kills
Clone kills by friendly fire will not be counted
Active players characters in this case means any player characters that have logged in during event times and play at least 10 battles
Active skill boosters will grant bonus skill points earned in this event GÇô in order to receive the bonus you must:
Have a character that has an active skill booster installed on the first day of the event i.e. after downtime on March 14 in order to qualify for the bonus
The length of the booster does not affect the amount of skill point bonus applied i.e. as long as you have an active skill booster of any type installed on your character after downtime on March 14, your character will receive the full bonus from the skill booster for this event

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501st Headstrong G0DS AM0NG MEN D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E 149	Posted - 2014.03.12 08:32:00 - [211] - Quote Time to dust off my Mass Driver and Militia Suit with Lvl 4 prof in the Plasma Rilfe IDGAF who you are. You shot at my Corp, now I WILL kill you. Only question is: Will you fight back?
shaman oga Nexus Balusa Horizon 1774	Posted - 2014.03.12 09:47:00 - [212] - Quote Probably they have already answered but i will ask anyway. If i activate the 3 days omega booster today after DT will i get the 2 millions SP from the event (if we reach 1kk of course)? Because the booster will end on saturday after DT, does it have to run for all the event? 1.8 it's so secret that nobody know what will be in it, even after patch notes... #SoloDoloreSuCharlie
501st Headstrong G0DS AM0NG MEN D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E 149	Posted - 2014.03.12 09:51:00 - [213] - Quote shaman oga wrote: Probably they have already answered but i will ask anyway. If i activate the 3 days omega booster today after DT will i get the 2 millions SP from the event (if we reach 1kk of course)? Because the booster will end on saturday after DT, does it have to run for all the event? It'll end Monday after downtime first of all. And to answer your question, I believe you should activate it before Friday's downtime. Not today however. IDGAF who you are. You shot at my Corp, now I WILL kill you. Only question is: Will you fight back?
Ensar Cael Black Spire Force Recon 94	Posted - 2014.03.12 10:53:00 - [214] - Quote Well now, time to dust off the old shooter and get at it for this event...
501st Headstrong G0DS AM0NG MEN D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E 149	Posted - 2014.03.12 10:57:00 - [215] - Quote Ensar Cael wrote: Well now, time to dust off the old shooter and get at it for this event... ENSAR!!!!!!!!! HEY BUDDY!!!!!!!!!! IDGAF who you are. You shot at my Corp, now I WILL kill you. Only question is: Will you fight back?
Meee One The dyst0pian Corporation Zero-Day 504	Posted - 2014.03.12 11:05:00 - [216] - Quote CCP Cmdr Wang wrote: Disturbingly Bored wrote: CCP I HAVE A REQUEST If we destroy more than 1 million clones do we get more free SP? ie 2 million clones = 2million SP? I see quite a few people asking about this and don't mind setting a stretch goal for 2 million. However, the intent of this event is to set a goal for the community that is realistic and achievable without a lot of time commitment. If we start raising that bar, then it starts the slippery slope towards the grind and that would be my main concern. Too bad i wouldn't mind a goal for unlimited,with milestones of course. I've always thought impossible goals were always the best kind. Hard work for well earned rewards,and all that. Plus it would give booster users more incentive to play,especially if the could earn infinitely more SP in a single weekend. Plus boost Aur sales... The event could even be renamed "Infinite slaughterhouse". To debut how merciless New Eden can be. Only users lose drugs. Time wounds all heels.
NextDark Knight Hellstorm Inc League of Infamy 272	Posted - 2014.03.12 11:12:00 - [217] - Quote CCP Cmdr Wang wrote: I see quite a few people asking about this and don't mind setting a stretch goal for 2 million. However, the intent of this event is to set a goal for the community that is realistic and achievable without a lot of time commitment. If we start raising that bar, then it starts the slippery slope towards the grind and that would be my main concern. If you set a stretch goal maybe set it internally and surprise us.. If you wanted to turn it into a grind you could do Kill 500 people 1 Balac Sniper Riffle, Kill 1,000 people get 3 Officer Dropsuits. Die 500 times get 50 State 100% Needles, Die 1,000 times get 100 moble CRUs. For every 100 deaths you get a Bottle of Quafe Zero. Forge Changes needed Officer Splash 3.0, Proto 2.7 Advanced 2.5 Standard 2.1. Original ROF needs to return!
Aikuchi Tomaru Subdreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 1941	Posted - 2014.03.12 11:25:00 - [218] - Quote CCP Cmdr Wang wrote: I see quite a few people asking about this and don't mind setting a stretch goal for 2 million. However, the intent of this event is to set a goal for the community that is realistic and achievable without a lot of time commitment. If we start raising that bar, then it starts the slippery slope towards the grind and that would be my main concern. Just say the Event goal is 1 million clones and specify 2 Million kills as some kind of a stretch goal. Maybe you can set it after we achieved the 1 million? Sign up for Caldari FW and defeat the evil Gallente Overlords!
Rami Hamilo Ghost Wolf Industries Alpha Wolf Pack 44	Posted - 2014.03.12 12:05:00 - [219] - Quote hey, you guys said the Operation Mauler reward script would be run earlier this week. Well, Wednesday isn't 'early this week'. It is exactly 'half way through the week. Did you mean early NEXT week? Cause I know I am still waiting for my reward. Will the reward payout for this event be paid out a month after it is over? You guys really need to work on rewarding people in a timely manner. If it isn't chinese new years, then it's something else you guys are probably getting drunk over and forgetting. Also, this basically confirms you are not giving us a respec in 1.8. 1 million, with a possible of 2 million, SP, on top of the possible 750k SP from Mauler - so 1.75m to 2.75m SP is just barely enough to get one of the new proto suits and then you're left grinding for a new weapon.
Kigurosaka Laaksonen DUST University Ivy League 584	Posted - 2014.03.12 12:23:00 - [220] - Quote Rami Hamilo wrote: hey, you guys said the Operation Mauler reward script would be run earlier this week. Well, Wednesday isn't 'early this week'. It is exactly 'half way through the week. Did you mean early NEXT week? Cause I know I am still waiting for my reward. Will the reward payout for this event be paid out a month after it is over? You guys really need to work on rewarding people in a timely manner. If it isn't chinese new years, then it's something else you guys are probably getting drunk over and forgetting. Also, this basically confirms you are not giving us a respec in 1.8. 1 million, with a possible of 2 million, SP, on top of the possible 750k SP from Mauler - so 1.75m to 2.75m SP is just barely enough to get one of the new proto suits and then you're left grinding for a new weapon. It's just now been a week since the event ended. Cool your jets. CCP goes to work, works hard, and have families and lives outside of their office. If they have a holiday, they can damn well do as they please during their holiday. CCP Cmdr Wang post about Mauler rewards on March 9th, a Sunday. The Sunday of this week. Mean next week would be.... Next week. If you could have potentially had 2.75m SP to put where ever you want when 1.8 drops after making no effort to save any SP at all, then the fault lies with you. As far as respecs and these events go, CCP Logibro says you're wrong in this very thread. Apparently, monthly events with SP payouts that we planned to be run independently of patches have no bearing on whether or not a respec will be given. DUST 514 Recruit Code - https://dust514.com/recruit/zluCyb/ EVE Buddy Invite - Too damn long. Ask me for it.

Disturbingly Bored Forum Warfare 2015	Posted - 2014.03.12 13:06:00 - [221] - Quote Aikuchi Tomaru wrote: CCP Cmdr Wang wrote: I see quite a few people asking about this and don't mind setting a stretch goal for 2 million. However, the intent of this event is to set a goal for the community that is realistic and achievable without a lot of time commitment. If we start raising that bar, then it starts the slippery slope towards the grind and that would be my main concern. Just say the Event goal is 1 million clones and specify 2 Million kills as some kind of a stretch goal. Maybe you can set it after we achieved the 1 million? That's good PR and good management of public expectation, too. "You guys blew the goal out of the water! You doubled the maximum kill limit! So we have a surprise for you all: we're giving you 2 million SP instead." On the topic of grinding: For a community-wide goal like this, I think it's okay to set a number that's slightly on the grind side. There will always be some players who are more than happy to slaughter thousands of clones on their own, and others who only have time to get their 10 matches in. As you've seen in this thread, some people actually like the grind. And that's okay, because it's a joint goal: the people who love it help out the people who hate it, and we all achieve the number anyway. When every single individual has to grind to do the event, that's when it robs it of fun. Collectively, it's a sense of achievement. Anyway. Even if there isn't a stretch goal, I think CCP is doing a heck of a job with their first attempt at this kind of event. We're only asking for higher goals because we're greedy little SP-mongering killing machines. I used to own the FAT GAT until this --> [ASCII Art removed - *draconian forum overlord* CCP Logibro]
Brigitte Newt The Rainbow Effect Negative-Feedback 82	Posted - 2014.03.12 13:10:00 - [222] - Quote 501st Headstrong wrote: shaman oga wrote: Probably they have already answered but i will ask anyway. If i activate the 3 days omega booster today after DT will i get the 2 millions SP from the event (if we reach 1kk of course)? Because the booster will end on saturday after DT, does it have to run for all the event? It'll end Monday after downtime first of all. And to answer your question, I believe you should activate it before Friday's downtime. Not today however. I am wondering about this as well. I think CCP answered somewhere that ANY booster activated will count. So I guess if you activate 1-day booster on Friday, you will still get bonus. But I am more curious will I be eligible for reward if I activate 3-day omega booster on Wndnesday after DT, since that booster will be active until Saturday.
D34NOS MAZDA WASTELAND JUNK REMOVAL Top Men. 353	Posted - 2014.03.12 14:01:00 - [223] - Quote CCP Cmdr Wang wrote: SirManBoy wrote: I'm a bit confused about the booster issue. I currently have a 30 day active booster on, but I plan on purchasing an Omega booster to maximize my SP gains for the event. How can I be sure that you'll recognize my Omega booster rather than my standard active booster that's already running? Do I need to start the Omega booster prior to downtime on the 14th? Will starting it after be okay? If it's fine to start it after downtime, what would happen if I forget to activate it during my first match on the 14th? Would I be screwed, making only 1.5x SP instead 2.0x SP for the entire event? Please give us explicit details on how to ensure that we have absolutely no problems getting the most from this event with our boosters. Thank you!!! Here is our plan to approach this issue: We will look at what kind of booster you have right after Friday's DT is over on the 14th and that is the booster bonus you will receive. There will be edge cases like the one you pointed out. To mitigate this, we will take another look at character boosters installed later in the day (currently, 6 hours after DT on Friday) to see if the booster has been changed. We will take the higher bonus from the boosters when calculating your SP bonus from this event, i.e. if you had an Omega booster and a regular booster installed on Friday, we will give you the bonus from the Omega booster. We could do a third check at 11pm UTC on Friday to catch as many edge cases as possible as well. Let me know your thoughts. The best way to ensure that you will receive your bonus SP from this event is to make sure that your character(s) have a SP booster installed before DT (11:00 UTC) on Friday March 14th. Cmdr Wang Why dont you just do two checks one straight after down time on the 14th and one before downtime on the 15th. This way people know that they can active the booster before the event start and also on the first day that the event starts. You can then take whatever booster pays out the highest multiplier to be used. You are not at risk of missing anyone out as boosters last for 24 hours. What does everyone else think
Disturbingly Bored Forum Warfare 2015	Posted - 2014.03.12 14:02:00 - [224] - Quote Brigitte Newt wrote: I am wondering about this as well. I think CCP answered somewhere that ANY booster activated will count. So I guess if you activate 1-day booster on Friday, you will still get bonus. But I am more curious will I be eligible for reward if I activate 3-day omega booster on Wndnesday after DT, since that booster will be active until Saturday. I'm pretty positive that the answer to both of your scenarios is: yes, you'll get the bonus. I used to own the FAT GAT until this --> [ASCII Art removed - *draconian forum overlord* CCP Logibro]
InsidiousN KILL-EM-QUICK RISE of LEGION 189	Posted - 2014.03.12 14:27:00 - [225] - Quote CCP Cmdr Wang wrote: If we destroy more than 1 million clones do we get more free SP? ie 2 million clones = 2million SP? I see quite a few people asking about this and don't mind setting a stretch goal for 2 million. However, the intent of this event is to set a goal for the community that is realistic and achievable without a lot of time commitment. If we start raising that bar, then it starts the slippery slope towards the grind and that would be my main concern. [/quote] Do it! 2 Mil clones, 2 Mil SP! Still have the lower goal of 1 Mil clones so we as a community can decide.
Rami Hamilo Ghost Wolf Industries Alpha Wolf Pack 45	Posted - 2014.03.12 15:03:00 - [226] - Quote Kigurosaka Laaksonen wrote: Rami Hamilo wrote: hey, you guys said the Operation Mauler reward script would be run earlier this week. Well, Wednesday isn't 'early this week'. It is exactly 'half way through the week. Did you mean early NEXT week? Cause I know I am still waiting for my reward. Will the reward payout for this event be paid out a month after it is over? You guys really need to work on rewarding people in a timely manner. If it isn't chinese new years, then it's something else you guys are probably getting drunk over and forgetting. Also, this basically confirms you are not giving us a respec in 1.8. 1 million, with a possible of 2 million, SP, on top of the possible 750k SP from Mauler - so 1.75m to 2.75m SP is just barely enough to get one of the new proto suits and then you're left grinding for a new weapon. It's just now been a week since the event ended. Cool your jets. CCP goes to work, works hard, and have families and lives outside of their office. If they have a holiday, they can damn well do as they please during their holiday. CCP Cmdr Wang post about Mauler rewards on March 9th, a Sunday. The Sunday of this week. Mean next week would be.... Next week. If you could have potentially had 2.75m SP to put where ever you want when 1.8 drops after making no effort to save any SP at all, then the fault lies with you. As far as respecs and these events go, CCP Logibro says you're wrong in this very thread. Apparently, monthly events with SP payouts that we planned to be run independently of patches have no bearing on whether or not a respec will be given. Actually, I call bullshit on that. All the have to do is run one little script. The push of a button that should have been pressed the day after the event. Had they made the code nice and clean in the first place to actually track everything, it should have already been given out. As for me saving SP, I have been skilling into things that will not change IE dropsuit upgrades. Things that I will have to have at 5 anyways. The fact I'm not saving SP is irrelevant to this topic. The fact that they are giving us an even that will give us a potential 2million SP right after an event that can give us up to 750k SP confirms they will not give us a respec in 1.8. A patch, that I'm not sure you're aware of, is going to drastically change everything about ground warfare. All I'm saying is, these events confirmed there will be no respec, which will lose them players AND they constantly delay and delay event rewards. The Battle for Caldari Prime rewards were, surprisingly, given out really fast. Every event after that, we've had to wait more than a week to get our rewards. And even then, they never actually told us that we got any rewards (in the case of Operation Shinobi) on the login screen. So, I am going to call bullshit on your first statement.
Sana Rayya WASTELAND JUNK REMOVAL Top Men. 982	Posted - 2014.03.12 17:04:00 - [227] - Quote CCP, please do another booster check at 2300 EVE time, as many people on USEC who work regular office hours won't be able to trigger boosters immediately after downtime, and might not get the chance until after the workday is over.
The Headless Horseman Paladin Survey Force Amarr Empire 46	Posted - 2014.03.12 19:12:00 - [228] - Quote CCP Cmdr Wang wrote: D legendary hero wrote: [quote=Disturbingly Bored] CCP I HAVE A REQUEST If we destroy more than 1 million clones do we get more free SP? ie 2 million clones = 2million SP? I see quite a few people asking about this and don't mind setting a stretch goal for 2 million. However, the intent of this event is to set a goal for the community that is realistic and achievable without a lot of time commitment. If we start raising that bar, then it starts the slippery slope towards the grind and that would be my main concern. PLEASE DO! Whats the worst that can happen? Old players come back to make 2 mill sp? Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Ghetto Troll Nos Nothi 20	Posted - 2014.03.12 21:10:00 - [229] - Quote Disturbingly Bored wrote: Brigitte Newt wrote: I am wondering about this as well. I think CCP answered somewhere that ANY booster activated will count. So I guess if you activate 1-day booster on Friday, you will still get bonus. But I am more curious will I be eligible for reward if I activate 3-day omega booster on Wndnesday after DT, since that booster will be active until Saturday. I'm pretty positive that the answer to both of your scenarios is: yes, you'll get the bonus. Yeah I plan on activating the 3-day omega booster tonight if I buy it. I can get the required 10 games during the event before booster expires on Saturday night. https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1927978#post1927978 CCP Logibro wrote: Yes, and you'll still get 2x the base SP reward if we only hit a lower number. Just make sure you activate is as soon as possible after downtime, or better yet, just before downtime. Ninja Troll is more ninja than troll
Vespasian Andendare Subsonic Synthesis RISE of LEGION 628	Posted - 2014.03.12 21:13:00 - [230] - Quote CCP Cmdr Wang wrote: then it starts the slippery slope towards the grind and that would be my main concern. I appreciate your concern on this matter, but if you would have a stretch goal for TWO MILLION sp, then I hardly think any merc here would consider mass deaths required for that a grind. Especially since it's a very rare occurrence, and the carrot of the two million sp is too large to pass up. Hell, I'd go buy another PS3 to make it happen! ;) >> Play Dust 514 FREE! Sign up for exclusive gear today! <<

Spartan MK420 D.A.R.K L.E.G.I.O.N D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E 242	Posted - 2014.03.12 21:31:00 - [231] - Quote CCP Logibro wrote: Million Clone Challenge Throughout the weekend of March 14-17, should the total number of clones destroyed in New Eden reach 1 million, everyone shall receive 1 million skill points! The details for this event are: When: The Million Clone Challenge runs from March 14 through 17 from downtime to downtime. Objectives: During this period, the total number of mercenary clones destroyed by the player community will be tallied and for each milestone achieved, active player characters will be rewarded with commensurate skill points. The clone kill milestones are the following: For 250,000 clones destroyed, all active players will receive 250,000 skill points For 500,000 clones destroyed, all active players will receive 500,000 skill points For 750,000 clones destroyed, all active players will receive 750,000 skill points For 1,000,000 clones destroyed, all active players will receive 1,000,000 skill points Additional event info Only the total number of clones destroyed during the event will be counted, not the number of kills Clone kills by friendly fire will not be counted Active players characters in this case means any player characters that have logged in during event times and play at least 10 battles Active skill boosters will grant bonus skill points earned in this event GÇô in order to receive the bonus you must: Have a character that has an active skill booster installed on the first day of the event i.e. after downtime on March 14 in order to qualify for the bonus The length of the booster does not affect the amount of skill point bonus applied i.e. as long as you have an active skill booster of any type installed on your character after downtime on March 14, your character will receive the full bonus from the skill booster for this event What if we get 2mil kills. Can we have 2mil sp? Official Unofficial D.A.R.K L.E.G.I.O.N team mascot.
saxonmish Third Rock From The Sun 16	Posted - 2014.03.12 23:51:00 - [232] - Quote I'll go for a record this weekend 4,000 kills in 3 days. I want that 1Mil sp, HAPPY HUNTING MERCS
John Demonsbane Unorganized Ninja Infantry Tactics League of Infamy 2352	Posted - 2014.03.13 00:13:00 - [233] - Quote I applaud your efforts to keep events from being "grindy", Cmdr Wang, it is 100% appreciated. That said, there's nothing grindy about giving us a realistic goal and saying "This is your goal, and you get a sweet reward. If somehow you guys crush this, you can get some extra credit, sure!" "The line between disorder and order lies in logistics" -Sun Tzu Forum Warrior lv.2 Amarr victor!
501st Headstrong G0DS AM0NG MEN D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E 151	Posted - 2014.03.13 01:11:00 - [234] - Quote I just have to write it: CHALLENGE....ACCEPTED! IDGAF who you are. You shot at my Corp, now I WILL kill you. Only question is: Will you fight back?
lee corwood Knights Of Ender Galactic Skyfleet Empire 595	Posted - 2014.03.13 01:19:00 - [235] - Quote 501st Headstrong wrote: I just have to write it: CHALLENGE....ACCEPTED! Challenge Accepted Minmatar Logisis \| Heavy lover. Come get some badass Band-Aids from this chick
Venerable Phage Red Shirts Away Team 79	Posted - 2014.03.13 01:35:00 - [236] - Quote So get out of the tanks, get out of the redzone. Play ambush with light suits and a million SP for everyone. What's the odds that we will see roving packs of RR heavies?
The Headless Horseman Paladin Survey Force Amarr Empire 46	Posted - 2014.03.13 02:12:00 - [237] - Quote If 1,000,000 players log on and kill just 2 people. It would be over in minutes. That or the the severs would explode into balls of fire..........poor hampsters Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Joel II X Dah Gods O Bacon 1615	Posted - 2014.03.13 03:04:00 - [238] - Quote shaman oga wrote: Probably they have already answered but i will ask anyway. If i activate the 3 days omega booster today after DT will i get the 2 millions SP from the event (if we reach 1kk of course)? Because the booster will end on saturday after DT, does it have to run for all the event? Activating before downtime is your best bet. They will check 6 hours later to see if it is still active or if you have changed it. After that, the ball is in your court. If it ends in Saturday, so be it. They already checked it on Friday.
Jadek Menaheim Xer Cloud Consortium 2217	Posted - 2014.03.13 03:15:00 - [239] - Quote Alright Mercs, I am incentivizing an efficiency program for this event. If you want to win the million clone challenge, read this Video: I don't always fight dropships, but when I do...
Robert Conway Concordiat Mercenaries Dropsuit Samurai 36	Posted - 2014.03.13 03:36:00 - [240] - Quote Not sure if this has been suggested, but perhaps since each goal of the event has the same corresponding number of skill points awarded (i.e. 1,000,000 clones killed equals 1,000,000 skill points), I suggest it is simply changed to "each clone killed is worth 1 skill point." That way if we manage to kill 999,999 clones we aren't stuck only getting 750,000 skill points. That also makes it easier if for some reason we get 1,009,468 kills we will get the same in skill points. Just a suggestion.



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