Merry Mayhem 2013

Haha very true. Sorry it was badly phrased :)
What i was trying to say was it is better to always do a full hour.
Also if you had many CTD it would benefit to hunt more to cover that time (unless you in that time have even more crashes) but that is a no brainer :p
 
Theres two clocks guys...

This reasoning does not make any sense since the 2 minutes keep being 3.3% of the time; no matter how many hours you do. If you do 30h it will be 1h of no mobs; if you 3000h; it will be 100h of no mobs and since every score is brought back to 30 the % value of no mobs spawning does not matter.

Although if you do a very tight time 30-32h; don't stop halfway (30 minutes) since that make about 1.5% of extra lost time on that run; or 0,05% of total lost time; which is about the time needed to shoot a spider or 2points...

...your out of instance clock that you get at end on Calypso that says 1:02:00 which includes the 2:00 spawn time and the in instance clock that 'spawns' with the initial mob spawn...they will not be counting those extra 2 minutes of downtime towards your point score or ur in instance time IMO.

Brick
 
Can a member of Planet Calypso staff confirm that we may enter Mayhem without the time counting against our score please? Thanks.
 
FAQ

Q: Do I need to actually spend 30 hours inside the Merry Mayhem instances, or just use 30 of the instance keys that were provided?
A: All Merry Mayhem event score and time calculations are based on actual time spent in the event instances, not on keys consumed.


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From the wording here, all time in the instance should count, including the 2 minutes before the mobs spawn.
 
The only advantage to...

FAQ

Q: Do I need to actually spend 30 hours inside the Merry Mayhem instances, or just use 30 of the instance keys that were provided?
A: All Merry Mayhem event score and time calculations are based on actual time spent in the event instances, not on keys consumed.


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From the wording here, all time in the instance should count, including the 2 minutes before the mobs spawn.

...including the two minutes prior to spawn would be to encourage one to complete the other 60 minutes of active decay time every time because of the reduction in average by 2 minutes of dead time...plus if that was the case then I know my Halloween Mayhem time was well over 30 hours and I did not qualify I presume based on lacking a full 30 hours so my presumption is that only that second clock that spawns is the time counted towards you average and your total time spent in instance...but who knows thats why i did 32 hours in both team and solo
 
...including the two minutes prior to spawn would be to encourage one to complete the other 60 minutes of active decay time every time because of the reduction in average by 2 minutes of dead time...plus if that was the case then I know my Halloween Mayhem time was well over 30 hours and I did not qualify I presume based on lacking a full 30 hours so my presumption is that only that second clock that spawns is the time counted towards you average and your total time spent in instance...but who knows thats why i did 32 hours in both team and solo

Which would work to penalize people who do the instances only as long as barely necessary to kill the bot and then recycle. Which is imho not a bad thing.
 
...including the two minutes prior to spawn would be to encourage one to complete the other 60 minutes of active decay time every time because of the reduction in average by 2 minutes of dead time...plus if that was the case then I know my Halloween Mayhem time was well over 30 hours and I did not qualify I presume based on lacking a full 30 hours so my presumption is that only that second clock that spawns is the time counted towards you average and your total time spent in instance...but who knows thats why i did 32 hours in both team and solo

Doesn't matter, that's what they stated, that's how it should be counted.
 
Had terible tt returns... ~77% tt return in ~83k ped spent... Good that i looted shadow foots, that will cover around half of lost peds... had runs even without one global in category 5, alot of runs with one or two globals... little strange when each mob is close to 50 ped to kill... :scratch2:
 
hmmm...I wonder....
how many weeks will it take now till we get the results?
Will they be fast and we get them beginning of February?
Or will it take till the next migration? :D
 
well, yeah, I've seen almost 0 complaints this year so I expect MA to give the results earlier then 31 of Jan
 
It does matter because...

Doesn't matter, that's what they stated, that's how it should be counted.

...like always in life...what is stated is always subject to interpretation and MA I think has a pattern of making statements that on the surface are easy to interpret but if you actually play the game are 'subject to interpretation'...

Brick
 
Have a puzzlement here about this MM-event and have to ask, as you all know MA has made this selection and to what class we who will compete based on only Professional Standing ( In other words, just how much the skills we have and what lvl these skills gives us ).

Now, my question is can any player in the game who has lvl +100 some chanse to kill a Mayhem Araneatrox Category 5 in the solo category without having a Imp-Mod fap or high end armor with a weapon who gives much dps even if the avatar are lvl + 100 in the Professional Standing.

My musings in the situation as it is, it would be better that all MM-mobs do the same dmg but the higher categorys the more hp to this MM-mob because the rewards and loot is greater in higher categorys.

Then would this event be fair because you look just at ( Professional Standing-your skills ) and not what gear you have.

Just an idea worth thinking about before the next MM-event.
 
Some ppl told me we have to go inside the instances again to kill 1 mob to get the "mission update". Else, the points wont count. Is that so?

I did that on solo, but can't enter in team as I now have passed away from lvl 50. And no way for me to chip down again just because of that...

Ideas?
 
If it anything like previous mayhems you don't need to go back in. Just talk to the npc - I believe there is one left?
 
Some ppl told me we have to go inside the instances again to kill 1 mob to get the "mission update". Else, the points wont count. Is that so?

I did that on solo, but can't enter in team as I now have passed away from lvl 50. And no way for me to chip down again just because of that...

Ideas?

u must kill another.. for certain for the update to mission to happen.
 
Wtf?

If it anything like previous mayhems you don't need to go back in. Just talk to the npc - I believe there is one left?

...Seriously? Is that NPC in Minopolis or where is it? Im on Next Island now. What a fucking pain in the ass! Can MA do anything right? How hard is it to just track what you've done. Not providing clear instructions on how to terminate the mission chain is pretty shitty...and Rock's problems is another reason that makes it completely fucked up...someone tell me that this half-ass system is not true?

Brick
 
I've sent a SC, so will drop some info when I get reply(this week I hope) :)

If that will appear to be true, we should organize international trip to Sweden :D

Hof big!
 
The instructions say nothing about eligibility associated with...

...NPC final check or re-entrance to instance and 'kill one last mob'...are you guys sure this isnt your own personal voodoo?

Brick
 
Everybody CHILL OUT! :) Amazingly fast answer from SC!

"No this rumor is not true, there's no official information from our team that mentions such thing. You do not need to enter an instance and kill one creature.

If you have completed at least 30 hours in the assigned Merry Mayhem instance then you are qualified."
 
Everybody CHILL OUT! :) Amazingly fast answer from SC!

"No this rumor is not true, there's no official information from our team that mentions such thing. You do not need to enter an instance and kill one creature.

If you have completed at least 30 hours in the assigned Merry Mayhem instance then you are qualified."

I asked them already with no answer. WTH! Why do they answer u so fast and ignore my sc???
2 days on this sc and more than weeks on another sc with no answer during MM.

At least, thanks for the answer.
 
That's strange! I always wondered why someone get reply much faster than others. Maybe some specific sorting system or other factor. Well, at least we now know for sure :wtg:
 
Perhaps chose the wrong issue type?
 
The thing with killing 1 more mob is related only to the mission ending - i.e. receiving the MM diploma. Was the same for the last 2 MM.

In 2011 I had to kill 1 more daikiba (anywhere) and then got my diploma.

In 2012 I did not killed any extra MM mob as I TTed my keys and mobs were specific. Incidentally, the mobs for this year MM were the same, killed 1 mob inside and could get my 2012 diploma from Carl Tucker NPC after 1 year (I kept the mission all this time)

In 2013/14 I killed one extra mob today after event ended and my MM mission updated (as finished) for solo. I'll get my MM 2013 diploma on Feb xx and as usual I'll sell it for a couple of peds on AH (no idea who is buying those but they do :D )

All this mess I do not think it applies to the contest itself.
 
My support case and response...pretty straightforward....

On 2014-01-23 20:04:15 you wrote:

some people are saying that you have to do 'one last kill' or something with NPC to 'end' the mission to qualify your points? is that true? I see nothing on the rules page or PCF threads to support this and I show my points in team and solo as i expect them to be...i have myself and probably 20-30 team members of varying involvement awaiting your response si that I can make sure I qualify my points if I need to do something else i NEED to know ASAP!
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On 2014-01-23 20:19:47 SUPPORT replied:

Hi Brick,

Thank you for contacting us. This is not true, there's no official announcement that mention you have to perform the described actions.
The official channel where you can read more about this event is at our news section[1].
Kind regards,
Entropia Universe Support

1.http://www.planetcalypso.com/news/

+ rep would be appreciated :yay:
 
So, this was my first year competing. Are you telling me that I am going to get screwed out of my diploma if I didn't go back in to kill another mob after event ended?
 
Does anyone know, at what time today can we turn in our Merry Mayhem mission?
 
Some already turned them in and received the Diplomas, go try it out:)
 
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