So the Morai CG to build empire ships just finished with the following payouts:
Top 4 Commanders: 553,512,960 Cr
Top 10%: 332,107,776 Cr
Top 25%: 221,405,184 Cr
Top 50%: 138,378,240 CR
Top 75%: 59,189,120 CR
Top 99%: 800,000 CR
The payout here is like nothing ever seen in ED. In the space of three days, 5-6 hours game time, it was possible to make enough money to buy an Anaconda. The poor people who only did 25% or 50% will have to slum around in Pythons, or maybe just A-rate what they've got across the board. Note that between 99% and 75% there is a difference of 58 million credits.
Now, it's happened before that the template used to create CG's has been bugged, resulting in payouts 10x what was to be expected. If you divide all of the 75% tiers and above by 10, you get the following:
Top 4 Commanders: 55,351,296 Cr
Top 10%: 33,210,777 Cr
Top 25%: 22,140,518 Cr
Top 50%: 13,837,824 CR
Top 75%: 5,918,912 CR
Top 99%: 800,000 CR
That's a lot more in line with a regular CG, and because the CG reached tier 8, those are still very generous payouts for a CG.
So what happened? Either it was a mistake, or it wasn't. If it was a mistake, you basically had a store that had a product with a price set at $99 be put up for sale for $0.99 and people stormed the store to get a piece of the action. Or maybe a better example is that an ATM was handing out 10x the amount it should have without charging the customer's account. And thanks to a long weekend/bank holiday, the people responsible for monitoring the mistake didn't catch it. Either way, the players made out HUGE.
Will FD roll back the winnings? Can they do that without a player revolt? Should they, given that it was possible to make more in this CG in a few hours than days or weeks of play? I made more money on this CG by itself than an entire year of play after launch. Did I earn it? Do I deserve it?
If this wasn't an error, what does this mean for future CG's? Is this going to be the payout from now on? Are people going to bother with a CG unless they know it's going to net them 100+ mil?
In my opinion it was a mistake and I won't squawk if they take the money back. I'd happily live with 22 million for being in the top 25% because up until now, that number represented a huge windfall and was representative of the effort I put into contributing to the CG. 224 Million? Again, that's about everything I've made since I started playing in 2014. Effectively doubling up doesn't make me feel like I've won the lottery or anything, it makes me think that what I've achieved so far is pretty meaningless. Part of me thinks "Woohoo! Spend it all, go for the Big Ship!" but another part of me continues to think it's the journey not the destination and while this huge chunk of change might be exciting in the short term, it will ultimately take enjoyment out of the game.
Top 4 Commanders: 553,512,960 Cr
Top 10%: 332,107,776 Cr
Top 25%: 221,405,184 Cr
Top 50%: 138,378,240 CR
Top 75%: 59,189,120 CR
Top 99%: 800,000 CR
The payout here is like nothing ever seen in ED. In the space of three days, 5-6 hours game time, it was possible to make enough money to buy an Anaconda. The poor people who only did 25% or 50% will have to slum around in Pythons, or maybe just A-rate what they've got across the board. Note that between 99% and 75% there is a difference of 58 million credits.
Now, it's happened before that the template used to create CG's has been bugged, resulting in payouts 10x what was to be expected. If you divide all of the 75% tiers and above by 10, you get the following:
Top 4 Commanders: 55,351,296 Cr
Top 10%: 33,210,777 Cr
Top 25%: 22,140,518 Cr
Top 50%: 13,837,824 CR
Top 75%: 5,918,912 CR
Top 99%: 800,000 CR
That's a lot more in line with a regular CG, and because the CG reached tier 8, those are still very generous payouts for a CG.
So what happened? Either it was a mistake, or it wasn't. If it was a mistake, you basically had a store that had a product with a price set at $99 be put up for sale for $0.99 and people stormed the store to get a piece of the action. Or maybe a better example is that an ATM was handing out 10x the amount it should have without charging the customer's account. And thanks to a long weekend/bank holiday, the people responsible for monitoring the mistake didn't catch it. Either way, the players made out HUGE.
Will FD roll back the winnings? Can they do that without a player revolt? Should they, given that it was possible to make more in this CG in a few hours than days or weeks of play? I made more money on this CG by itself than an entire year of play after launch. Did I earn it? Do I deserve it?
If this wasn't an error, what does this mean for future CG's? Is this going to be the payout from now on? Are people going to bother with a CG unless they know it's going to net them 100+ mil?
In my opinion it was a mistake and I won't squawk if they take the money back. I'd happily live with 22 million for being in the top 25% because up until now, that number represented a huge windfall and was representative of the effort I put into contributing to the CG. 224 Million? Again, that's about everything I've made since I started playing in 2014. Effectively doubling up doesn't make me feel like I've won the lottery or anything, it makes me think that what I've achieved so far is pretty meaningless. Part of me thinks "Woohoo! Spend it all, go for the Big Ship!" but another part of me continues to think it's the journey not the destination and while this huge chunk of change might be exciting in the short term, it will ultimately take enjoyment out of the game.
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