http://dust514.com/news/2013/08/double-skill-point-event-for-august/

So I guess this is my cue to start saving SP to prepare for when the upcoming vehicle patch re-balances everything and my SP already spent starts to look stupid and in the wrong place.

-Passive skill point gain from matches are NOT doubled, this is to discourage AFK farming.
-Active skill point gain is doubled! Your warpoints earned during the match will be doubled when it is converted into skill points.

Gonna take forever to reach cap... jesus. They should have doubled the cap and like quadrupled the SP earned in battle.

SP payouts in each match will be pretty much the same as they are now, just with double the cap... yuck.

Still gonna be easier and more bearable to just afk farm twice as long.

Passive skill point gain from matches are NOT doubled, this is to discourage AFK farming

Racists.

I swear it's like CCP know the exact days I will be out of town when they plan these SP events...

Your like my little brother, who is 12, that thinks anything discriminatory or if you say that something is black is racist. For example, "That sign is black" my brother will immediately respond in his high pitched voice that has burned holes into my ears "THAT'S RACIST".

You're so philosophical. please adorn me with more pearls of wisdom.

Here's an idea. who cares about the cap. go outside, and get a life.

you get 2x sp for active WP sounds fine to me.

When is there an event?
When the peak player count is below 4500 and the sustained max 8 hour count is below 3000.

Your like my little brother, who is 12, that thinks anything discriminatory or if you say that something is black is racist. For example, "That sign is black" my brother will immediately respond in his high pitched voice that has burned holes into my ears "THAT'S RACIST".

Don't waste your active boosters here.

It only doubles the skill point gain from your wp in battle.

That means if you play for 10 minutes that's 3000 sp (5sp/sec)
and if you get 1000 wp, you will get 2000 more sp instead of 1000 sp like usual.

So your gains will go from 4000 per match to 5000, or something like that.

Why is it going to take so long to cap out?
If you play the game and get WP you will get your double SP for that game simple as........ Or am I missing something?

Because most of the sp from matchs are passive, and passive sp isnt being doubled.

Another chance for the hardcore gamers to **** over the casual gamers. Well done CCP, you havenGÇÖt listen to the feedback forums.

So ......

If I get 4k SP regular without an active booster for a game of Skirmish will that then become 8k?

If I use and active booster will that then become 12k?

Some clarity would be nice.

As explained by another poster:

For example, using your 4k regular.

Say you get 1000 WP from the match. That means 3000 SP were from passive gain in match.

You'll get 2000 SP (from your 1000 WP) + 3000 SP = 5000 SP from this event.

If you add a booster, you'll get 2000 SP x 1.5 + 3000 SP = 6000 SP

So, the better you do, the faster you cap out, AFK doesn't help, and you'll have to AFK twice as much to hit the cap if that's your preferred method.

lol@AFKers

Aw, poor babies, now you have to actaully PARTICIPATE to benefit from this.

Oh, the horror!

As explained by another poster:

For example, using your 4k regular.

Say you get 1000 WP from the match. That means 3000 SP were from passive gain in match.

You'll get 2000 SP (from your 1000 WP) + 3000 SP = 5000 SP from this event.

If you add a booster, you'll get 2000 SP x 1.5 + 3000 SP = 6000 SP

So, the better you do, the faster you cap out, AFK doesn't help, and you'll have to AFK twice as much to hit the cap if that's your preferred method.

SO how the do you know how much passive SP per game you are getting from a match?

SP earned - WP earned.

Even for the highest performers for WP, earning about 2000 WP per match, the payout is around 6000 SP.

So for the high scorers active SP is still only a third of the total. For everyone else? Even less.

Thanks dude, appreciate that.

Kinda sucks then a wee bit. I know it's better than nothing but compared to the triple SP it's a bit meh!

Guess it just goes to show how much of an issue AFK'ers actually are. They say they like the game etc and don't want to fall behind but in actual fact the effect is nothing but negative. Bunch of selfish arseholes.

I just gotta love the "no passive boost to disscourage AFK".

Why not just make a game that doesn't allow it in the first place???

The incompetence is strong in CCP indeed....

Whats so selfish about it?

- Compared to far away snipers?
- Compared to all the morons running about like a headless chicken?
- Compared to all the scrubs that can't get anything done?
- Compared to all the people using really cheap fits reducing their average effectiveness?

I'm probably more of a factor when I play 1 of 3 games than many players are who lpay every single one. It may make me a tryhard chestthumping moron, but it doesn't make it any less true.

Whats so selfish about it?

- Compared to far away snipers?
- Compared to all the morons running about like a headless chicken?
- Compared to all the scrubs that can't get anything done?
- Compared to all the people using really cheap fits reducing their average effectiveness?

I'm probably more of a factor when I play 1 of 3 games than many players are who lpay every single one. It may make me a tryhard chestthumping moron, but it doesn't make it any less true.

Your like my little brother, who is 12, that thinks anything discriminatory or if you say that something is black is racist. For example, "That sign is black" my brother will immediately respond in his high pitched voice that has burned holes into my ears "THAT'S RACIST".

As explained by another poster:

For example, using your 4k regular.

Say you get 1000 WP from the match. That means 3000 SP were from passive gain in match.

You'll get 2000 SP (from your 1000 WP) + 3000 SP = 5000 SP from this event.

If you add a booster, you'll get 2000 SP x 1.5 + 3000 SP = 6000 SP

So, the better you do, the faster you cap out, AFK doesn't help, and you'll have to AFK twice as much to hit the cap if that's your preferred method.

This is also incorrect. Not sure why people struggle so much to understand active boosters. All active boosters do is give you 0.5 free SP for every SP you earn in battle. Thats it, they don't affect anything else.

So it would be 3000 passively gained active SP + 2000 from (1000 WP x 2 for event) = 5000 SP + (2500 free SP from active booster).

Active boosters don't help you cap faster, they don't affect whether or not you afk farm, they just give you free WP.

Your like my little brother, who is 12, that thinks anything discriminatory or if you say that something is black is racist. For example, "That sign is black" my brother will immediately respond in his high pitched voice that has burned holes into my ears "THAT'S RACIST".

works for me =)

anything to shave an extra week off of my goal of 26 million sp.

Twenty-six million SP, huh? I'm conducting a study and I think you would make an excellent candidate. Please answer the following questions: Have you ever been kissed by someone not related to you? Do you have a girlfriend? How often do you go outside? Are you a virgin bit not by choice?

The only reason I ask is for research.