20 December 2013 00:00:01 - 22 December 2013 23:59:59 This TEN Event will accommodate all play styles on Cyrene: Crafting, Hunting, Mining, and PvPing. The prizes will be distributed the following way: Two from PvPing Three from Hunting Three from Crafting Two from Mining Here's the breakdown: 1st Prize: Highest total PED earned in the Hub Arenas (excluding the Proving Grounds and 1vs1 Arena) 2nd Prize: 2nd Highest total PED earned in the Hub Arenas (excluding the Proving Grounds and 1vs1 Arena) 3rd-10th: Highest Global PED value from hunting, crafting, mining on Cyrene (placement determined by Global PED Value) The PvP PED value will be determined directly by the PED earned: 1 kill in the 25 PEC Arena = 20 PEC 1 kill in the 50 PEC Arena = 40 PEC 1 kill in the 1 PED Arena = 80 PEC 1 kill in the 2 PED Arena = 160 PEC 1 kill in the 5 PED Arena = 4 PED 1 kill in the 10 PED Arena = 8 PED Avatar kills across all arenas will be counted and totaled per avatar. In the event of a tie, the player with the most kills in the higher level Arenas will be the winner. EX: Player 1 and 2 both have 100 PED of kills, player 1 got 50% of his kills from the 10 PED Arena and 50% from the 5 PED Arena. Player 2 got 25% of his kills in the 10 PED Arena and 75% of his kills in the 1 PED Arena. Player 1 will win the tie breaker. Prizes for the highest single loot HoFs/Globals will be awarded to individual players (no teams) for the following professions: Crafting, Mining, and Hunting. All Crafting and Mining HoFs/Globals must be on Cyrene Specific Resources / Blueprints. Only The Highest Single Loot per Avatar across All three Professions will be Entered to Win… Only 1 Prize per avatar! The Cyrene TEN Event starts at 00:00:01 on December 20th 2013 and ends at 23:59:59 on December 22nd 2013. (all times server time) We are aware that some players are experiencing an issue with the Hub Arenas and the skill over ride, however, MindArk has informed us that they have been unable after months of testing to replicate the issue in order to solve it. We have decided to include the Hub for the ten event despite there still being a possible issue. It is out of our hands and we consider the Hub to be one the most fair place to test skills in Entropia for an event such as this. Here's the Prizes: 1st Place - Chronicle Thigh Guards TEN Edition (F) + Armor Plating Mark. 10C (L) TEN Edition 2nd Place - Chronicle Helmet (M) TEN Edition 3nd Place - Chronicle Gloves (F) TEN Edition 4th Place - Armor Plating Mark. 10B TEN Edition 5th Place - Armor Plating Mark. 10C TEN Edition 6th Place - Arsonistic Chip III TEN Edition 7th Place - Paladin Thigh Guards (F) TEN Edition 8th Place - Paladin Helmet (M) TEN Edition 9th Place - Paladin Gloves (F) TEN Edition 10th Place - Arsonistic Chip III (L) TEN Edition Item Info: Source
So 5 days to go. It's really interesting to see how Cyrene denies to fully exploit EU's revenue model: repetitively grinding and decaying for a vanishingly low chance to get something cool/valuable. I mean, this could be designed as a months lasting Mayhem style event as well. Another example: natural organic continents/islands for a realistic experience instead of extending land masses to almost the full square server area in order to maximize revenues just like other planets. Tyvm, Planet Cyrene.
The timing of the Cyrene TEN event is unfortunate with everyone on Ark killing oratans. Also the event seems like it was thrown together quickly to meet the year end deadline and featuring the Hub is risky. However a three day event is much better than a Calypso style extended grind-a-thon. Totally unrelated - I'm really curious to see how the Ark event affects CLD revenue this month.
