So, playing the last match right before downtime was disappointing for me tonight.

Why? Because I was the only one using an officer weapon that match and it was boring. Well fun because I got to use mine, but it's sad that no one else knows about this glitch so I want to publicly announce this now that EVERYONE has them. The last battle of the night should be the most hectic and crazy with everyone running proto and officer gear.

All you have to do is queue for a skirmish or domination about 10-15 minutes before downtime (ambush is too risky and can end sooner than you want). As long as downtime disconnects you BEFORE the match ends YOU WILL NOT LOSE ANY GEAR USED DURING THAT MATCH

The way the game works is that it subtracts assets from your inventory and gives you isk/sp all at the same time when one side is declared victorious. If the match cannot be completed, all data from that match is wiped and therefore none of your items used during that match will be taken from you.

So go ahead and be crazy the next downtime. Tell all your friends and everyone in the chat channels 30 minutes before so you can get a group of players with varied officer weapons and proto suits. Hopefully the other team will be doing the same thing and we'll all be able to have a ton of fun doing it.
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PLEASE BE CAREFUL THOUGH.

If you queue too early for a match and/or take too many objectives (or have the enemy completely stomp you), you will risk ending the game before downtime which is exactly what you don't want. If you join a game that is already halfway over, leave the match and try queuing for another one as soon as possible.

Don't believe me? Think I'm trolling just to get people to waste their Officer gear?

Run ******* mlt suits and check how many of that fitting you have before you get off. Log in after downtime and see for yourself. Honestly, I'd do that if I were you just to make sure it works for you. If anything, run your best suits at least. If you can use proto, go for it! Have a super awesome tank or ADS that is way too expensive to run in pubs? Take it out and go to town on all of the guys freely running their officer gear (watch out for officer forges and swarms that might appear though)

In any case, have fun with it. Trust me, the first time I ever did this it was a rush of adrenaline and probably the best match I've ever had in this game. Over the next week I will be recording gameplay of the weapons and will compile it into a video showing off as many of them as I can for those of you who don't yet have prof 3 into these weapons to try them out for yourselves.

Oh, and you're welcome ^^