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CCP Cmdr Wang C C P C C P Alliance 2045	Posted - 2013.07.02 05:50:00 - [1] - Quote Hi all, So here are the answers to questionis regarding the triple SP event. 1. The weekly SP cap will reset on Wednesday, July 3rd as usual after DT. If you hit your weekly in the first day then you will still be eligible for the extended SP cap for the event on Thursday. For example, if the weekly SP cap was 1000 and you hit the cap on Wednesday before the event starts, then on Thursday we will extend the weekly SP cap to 3000 so you will have an extra 2000 added to your weekly SP cap for the event. Of course, the number I used in the example is just an arbitray number and not the actual SP cap amounts in order to illustrate the point. 2. The passive SP gain and caps are not part of the triple SP event, so they will work normally. 3. Your extra SP earned from skill boosters do not count towards your weekly SP cap. For more info on that go to https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=74943&find=unread


CCP Cmdr Wang C C P C C P Alliance 2051	Posted - 2013.07.02 06:43:00 - [2] - Quote Cruor Abominare wrote: Made sense to me, granted still not much of a reason to play Wednesday since you'll be working longer than it would take if you just did it Thursday. For the posters above me, he explained it as this. Max cap is x. If you cap Wednesday, then you will have done 1/3 of x and on Thursday the other 2/3 of x will unlock. Granted Wednesday cap would be earned at normal speed but Thursday you would gain at 3 times the speed. Playing Wednesday doesn't hurt you, just doesn't earn as fast. That is correct. If you play Wednesday AND hit your weekly cap, then the extra SP cap from the event will allow you to keep playing starting on Thursday so you will still recevie the triple SP from the event. The total amount of extra SP from the Triple SP event that you can earn is the same whether you hit your cap on Wednesday or not. In other words, you won't miss out on earning any extra skill points from the Triple SP event if you hit your weekly cap this Wednesday.


CCP Cmdr Wang C C P C C P Alliance 2054	Posted - 2013.07.02 06:48:00 - [3] - Quote Halfwings Warbringer wrote: Cruor Abominare wrote: Made sense to me, granted still not much of a reason to play Wednesday since you'll be working longer than it would take if you just did it Thursday. For the posters above me, he explained it as this. Max cap is x. If you cap Wednesday, then you will have done 1/3 of x and on Thursday the other 2/3 of x will unlock. Granted Wednesday cap would be earned at normal speed but Thursday you would gain at 3 times the speed. Playing Wednesday doesn't hurt you, just doesn't earn as fast. 1)3x = 900k sp b4 cap 2)if u cap(291k) b4 3x u lost about like 600k sp. forgot how much sp cap per week with bosster. i think its about 291k and sorry about my english I think you are assuming that we only triple what is left in your weekly SP cap for the event, which is not the case. The amount of SP you earn on Wednesday will not affect the amount of extra SP cap available to you from the event.


CCP Cmdr Wang C C P C C P Alliance 2054	Posted - 2013.07.02 07:06:00 - [4] - Quote Nguruthos IX wrote: Chances Ghost wrote: Nguruthos IX wrote: This does leave the question about the end of the event, and if there will be essentially a chance to get an extra triple SP cap during one day after the first week or not. the answer is no they add 2x your cap to your claimable SP for the week on thursday you get 3x your original cap weather or not you play weds or not. when the cap resets again just after the event they dont add more SP to your unclaimed reserves and therefore there arnt any they have changed how they do these events on the backend to prevent this and other issues that were had in the past. But reset is Wednesday and the event ends Thursday..? I hope you're right but I'm not in the proper state of mind to conclude such things implicitly from the above blue posts The event ends next Wednesday, July 10th.


CCP Cmdr Wang C C P C C P Alliance 2054	Posted - 2013.07.02 07:32:00 - [5] - Quote Nguruthos IX wrote: Sponglyboy Squaredoo wrote: CCP Cmdr Wang wrote: Nguruthos IX wrote: Chances Ghost wrote: Nguruthos IX wrote: This does leave the question about the end of the event, and if there will be essentially a chance to get an extra triple SP cap during one day after the first week or not. the answer is no they add 2x your cap to your claimable SP for the week on thursday you get 3x your original cap weather or not you play weds or not. when the cap resets again just after the event they dont add more SP to your unclaimed reserves and therefore there arnt any they have changed how they do these events on the backend to prevent this and other issues that were had in the past. But reset is Wednesday and the event ends Thursday..? I hope you're right but I'm not in the proper state of mind to conclude such things implicitly from the above blue posts The event ends next Wednesday, July 10th. I take it that this is the chance to cap out another 900K in one day? If i recall the problem last time was when they said "Ends this day" It's not clear if they mean once that day Starts or once that day Ends. So yes, we don't know still. This is why time zones/timestamps clear all sorts of mess up around such issues. If they said, for example, "Triple SP will not be earned a moment past 7AM EDT on Wednesday the 10th" then it all makes sense. But saying something ends "Wednesday". is like the English problem of indicating something happens "next weekend" vs "This weekend". Do they meant at the end of Wednesday AKA midnight Pretty sure the start and end times from previous SP bonus events are from downtime to downtime and it is the same for this Thursday's Triple SP event as well. So, it starts after this Thursday's July 4 downtime (11:30 GMT if no extended downtime) and ends at next Wednesday's July 10 downtime (11:00 GMT).


CCP Cmdr Wang C C P C C P Alliance 2054	Posted - 2013.07.02 07:39:00 - [6] - Quote zzZaXxx wrote: If I understand correctly, we'll also recieve triple the bonus from active boosters, so the amount that I earned on Wednesday wouldn't affect my base cap earnings, but if I had earned those points on Thursday I would have had triple the boosted points, so I should save all my points until the event so that they all get x3 boosted. Am I totally off? There is no need to save your skill points. The total skill points you can earn from this event with or without a skll booster will not be affected by the skill points earned on Wednesday. You will simply earn skill points faster starting on Thursday.