ANNOUNCEMENT Server downtime - bonus credit weekend

[Starwolfe]

Noted the same here for the bounties...

Perhaps it only applies to collected mission payouts? ZH perk doesn't increase those - just bounties.

Edit; probably a good thing with how PP bonuses are quirky already, don't really need another multiplier on top of the multiplier.

I will have to correct myself here. It works.

*cough* Editing for clarification

Allow me to repeat what is described in the OP:

- Credits and faction reputation rewards from missions that end during this event will be 20% higher than advertised.
- Bounty Vouchers and Combat Bonds created during this event will be 20% higher than advertised.


So when you kill a target, the value which displays in the top-right corner of your screen will be the original kill value. However the value listed in your transactions tabs should be 20% higher. Therefore cashing in will match the value listed in your Transactions tab as the bonus has already been applied.

We've just tested this internally and the bonus is applying. if this isn't the case for you, please share some screenshots of the bounty gain & subsequent transaction value shown!

CMDR Sticks

Tho it is a bit misleading; I gain the bonus after the ZH power perk when I earn it - not when I cash it in.
I am only Rank 4, so its just the 50% boost with ZH.
Killed a Viper worth 20k in a conflict zone.
Got the ZH bonus - then the 20% - for a 36k in the Transactions tab.
Tho I did note a doubling effect when I cashed the payout in for 54k...

But it works, so I am quite happy with it since this is my primary paycheck here.

 

[GrumpyMinerSmuggles]

I'm just saying this is completely not balanced. That's it.

it'd be hilarious if those guys got a 20% spike in income but the combat pilots didn't.

 

[killerofstars]

Thanks frontier, this is great!

Guys who are complaining about other professions: Guys, this was given as a buffer for the people who failed missions and lost rep/credits due to the downtime. If you didnt have active missions you failed, this doesnt apply to you.

 

[Gut Rumble]

Guys who are complaining about other professions: Guys, this was given as a buffer for the people who failed missions and lost rep/credits due to the downtime. If you didnt have active missions you failed, this doesnt apply to you.

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It wasn't for that LOL , perhaps you should read it again ...oh wait....here....
"By way of a thank you for your patience and to cover any unexpected small fines due to the time delay, we will be running a 48 hour bonus credit period for all Commanders in the galaxy"
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So only people who had a mission had patience and everyone else is NOT included in the words "we will be running a 48 hour bonus credit period for all Commanders in the galaxy"...ALL COMMANDERS.
The explorers lost money too as did miners.

 

[Ozram]

Keep up the good work fellas (and ladies). My daughter is only 3 yrs old. I need this game to last long enough to get her a pc, a nice HOTAS and whatever VR is available in 2030

 

[GJ51]

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It wasn't for that LOL , perhaps you should read it again ...oh wait....here....
"By way of a thank you for your patience and to cover any unexpected small fines due to the time delay, we will be running a 48 hour bonus credit period for all Commanders in the galaxy"
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So only people who had a mission had patience and everyone else is NOT included in the words "we will be running a 48 hour bonus credit period for all Commanders in the galaxy"...ALL COMMANDERS.
The explorers lost money too as did miners.

True....

but if it's not in "the spirit of the game" then it's considered to be an "exploit" by players who know what that is. Haven't you been paying attention?

 

[Chase Quinnell]

Yeah, this doesn't appear to be working.

 

[Geezer32]

I agree.

we're left feeling like a diabetic kid whose friends are all being offered sweets, and the person handing the sweets out turns to us and says "Oh...sorry, I forgot you were diabetic....."

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Isn't it also just as unfair that the other kids all have to go without to pander to the minority.

 

[GJ51]

Yeah, this doesn't appear to be working.

Does that surprise anyone at this point?

Just add it to the list along with all the missions that don't work.

Is it working? Is it broken? Does it really work this way by design? Is it an exploit? Is it in "the spirit of the game? Am I supposed to be able to figure that out? Or, do I just take the word of someone who says that they "know for sure?"

Honestly don't care anymore.

About the only thing sadder than watching this game unravel was when I saw the Navy video of the ship I served on for four and a half years used for target practice and get sent to the bottom in 26,000ft of water just north of Hawaii.

Might be hard to believe for some new users, but I actually think the most fun I've had in ED over the last year and a half was during Beta/Gamma prior to the official release. I wrote extensively back then regarding my concerns about FD's management and decision making as well as some of the direction decisions that were being made. Sadly, they seem to be fulfilling all of the concerns I had back then. Server stability and game integrity continue to take a back seat while we get avatars for our pilot. seems like every log on, if it's successful, can hold a new surprise that changes way too many things you're not aware of.

I'd be much happier if they just slowed down the pace of change and tightened up the stability and integrity of what they have.

 

[kofeyh]

Oh, nice. Wait a second..

"Hi, as a token of our undying love for the community, given we had some issues with servers, here's some extra credits. Except explorers. Who even are you people?"

Thanks frontier!

Hey I know some of us aren't in 'the bubble' that often but hey a 20% bonus on returned data actually might have made an early trip back worth it.

edit: did anyone think of miners (who've managed to be screwed over a few times now..) either?

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Thanks frontier, this is great!

Guys who are complaining about other professions: Guys, this was given as a buffer for the people who failed missions and lost rep/credits due to the downtime. If you didnt have active missions you failed, this doesnt apply to you.

And what of the folks who are a bit reliant on actually being able to scan stars due to downtime? It's nice to be marginalised by fellow commanders almost as much as it is by frontier!

Don't get me wrong. Thank you frontier, for the gesture. It is kindly and probably more than reasonable. It's just there is a lot more going on than missions specifically and remembering that might be cool.

 

[dxm55]

And what of the folks who are a bit reliant on actually being able to scan stars due to downtime? It's nice to be marginalised by fellow commanders almost as much as it is by frontier!

Boo hoo hoo.

You do realize that pirates and bounty hunters not on a mission, in the bubble, also didn't get anything right?

 

[kofeyh]

Boo hoo hoo.

You do realize that pirates and bounty hunters not on a mission, in the bubble, also didn't get anything right?

Yes. I do. Which was sort of my point, quietly; a proportion of the community has a 20% bonus (which will equate to orders more than lost value) and the rest are simply inconvenienced. I'm not overly cut up, to be fair. It just seems a little odd to do it the way it was done, is all.

 

[Nicky the Hutt]

Didn't benefit from the 20% bonus either, did some interdictions, CZ, etc. it was standard payout all the way.

But that's ok, I play for fun. 18000, 44000, 80000, they're all the same to me, but knowing another player is happy too makes me happy as well.

Regarding bugs, I'd love it if Frontier looked into stretching the QA phase for updates. Although the community is eager to see bugs fixed quickly and features released sooner, in the long term if more bugs were caught before hitting the production environment it wouldn't matter how long it takes to fix something that doesn't affect prod, and the ease to scrap something in QA would save time and manpower.

Regarding high availability, I can't comment as I haven't seen the server infrastructure and I can imagine this isn't Sharepoint or Exchange.

 

[DragoonKnight]

This was incredibly nice of you FD. For people that actually do combat.

but what about the traders?
the miners?
the explorers especially?

The guys that aren't ever near the bulletin board? The explorers out in the black, it wouldn't be that hard to boost the values of what they scan for 48 hours.

seriously, this is wrong.

You wouldn't know "balance" if it hit your ass with a 10 foot bat.

Looks like you really lived up to the first part of your username

 

[GrahamB]

Thanks FD!
Give me an excuse to go Bounty Hunting...

 

[dxm55]

Yes. I do. Which was sort of my point, quietly; a proportion of the community has a 20% bonus (which will equate to orders more than lost value) and the rest are simply inconvenienced. I'm not overly cut up, to be fair. It just seems a little odd to do it the way it was done, is all.

For some of us, exploring, mining, or BHing, it was just some lost game time. No biggie.

The ones truly affected were the ones who were running missions on the clock and incurred merit, rep loss as a result.
That's why they're giving mission bonuses.

After all, if you're not the mission type it wouldn't make a difference either right?

BTW, I was BHing in a Haz RES when the server went down. I lost play time, but my bounties were still intact after the recovery.

And now, I can run assassination missions with a bonus. How cool is that?

 

[Commander Debic]

Nice of FD to do at least a little reparation, but in fairness either offer nothing at all or offer something like a free paint job for everyone, similar to the free black paint job that was granted to those who took advantage of the free offer.
It seems that a few benefit from this gesture of good will but many others do not, which then creates bad feeling amongst some of those who didn't benefit.

 

[Commander Debic]

For some of us, exploring, mining, or BHing, it was just some lost game time. No biggie.

The ones truly affected were the ones who were running missions on the clock and incurred merit, rep loss as a result.
That's why they're giving mission bonuses.

After all, if you're not the mission type it wouldn't make a difference either right?

BTW, I was BHing in a Haz RES when the server went down. I lost play time, but my bounties were still intact after the recovery.

And now, I can run assassination missions with a bonus. How cool is that?

Sorry to disagree, but some people will view unexpected downtime, unless it was a DOS attack, to be due to a fault that FD could have avoided in some way.
The same people will see it as FD not allowing them to use their product, which they pay rather handsomely for, and so feel aggrieved that some members of the community were compensated for their loss of game time, while others were not, regardless of whether there were missions attached to their reduced game time.

As I said in another post here a free paint job, perhaps would have been a better form of compensation.

I tend to trade and I wasn't playing during the outage time so it is of no consequence to me, but I feel if FD intend to grant compensation in some form, the gesture is better served making an offer that is available to all. They could make it a downloadable digital product that would need to be claimed by a certain time from your download page. Then those who wanted to take advantage of the offer could, and those who felt they were owed nothing from FD could let the download expire without downloading.

 

[GraXXoR]

Yeah, looks like the extra 20% isn't applying to Ch'i lin combat bonds. (Personally I don't mind - just confirming what others are seeing).
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Well, it does seem to be working now. Nice one...

TYpical. Just handed in 3M last night. Didn't work.

 

[Maximumsloth]

Bonus not working on bounties for me.