Now the event is over I can confirm I wasn't getting double WP or Active Booster. Now I'm grinding the "normal" cap I'm getting pretty much the exact same amount of SP as I normally do irrespective of the event.

While I appreciate the event and extra SP, I, like others, have found the event to be a massive grind fest (more than normal!). I run 3 characters and by the time I finished all 3 I was nearly burnt out and even contemplating not playing for a while. I guess this isn't the kind of reaction CCP would hope for.

The previous event (Tripple SP), the WP and Active Booster was correct, I was getting between 25K and 35K per match, meaning the grind wasn't as taxing. This event was the complete opposite.

Please CCP, can you c/d that WP and Active Booster was borked during this event?

Your SP reward is calculated by 5 SP for each second that you play + 1 SP for each WP that you earn. The event changed that to 5 SP for each second that you play + 2 SP for each WP that you earn.

Clearly when most of your SP come from the time spent in the battle and not from the WP that you earn, you'll find that your SP reward does not double in size. This is the way that they designed it, though many of us pointed out that the consequence was an increase in grind required to hit the SP cap for all players.

Thanks for clearing that up..... again. Here we are on page 9 of this thread (and the event is over) and we still have people who lack the basic reading comprehension to go to the beginning of the thread before going all crybaby. This questions has been asked and answered sooooooo many times during this thread you almost have to be trolling to keep on about it.... lulz
edit: comment directed at rogue saint, not absolute idiom II.

top 1/30th of the players

AFK Farming? What does that mean?

Away From Keyboard. AFK.

Farming; the grinding of points/cash/items/loot in a game, very prevalent in video games. The more grind focused the game the more likely gamers will discover ways to grind with as little effort required as possible.

In DUST it has evolved to players that park their clone in the MCC (Mobile Command Carrier aka big thing in sky). They earn nearly as much ISK/SP as those that play but they contribute nothing to the win and enough of them can guarantee a loss. Fun. Additionally it generates many, many posts with suggestions (most from non-programmers) letting CCP/Shanghai know how easy it is to fix if they would only use their very special idea. Which is an absolutely perfect silver bullet*.

Many of the suggestions would lead to unfairly punishing New Berries (players new to DUST).

Others will constantly want WP adjusted as well. Much of the current WP/SP/ISK balance was determined during Beta (closed and open) when vehicles could be driven into installations then repairing both in the red zone thus enabling those with repair tools (aka everyone) to generate vast WP totals without shooting a weapon nor getting shot at.

Gamers game everything. It is best to remember that.



* The essence of software development dictates that there Cannot Be A Silver Bullet.