When is the ARX Weekly cap supposed to reset?

Scoob

Scoob
Hey all,

Should be obvious no doubt, but my ARX limit hasn't reset.

For the first time, I hit my weekly ARX limit of 400 on Saturday 4th of January. I was still at this limit during my session on Sunday the 5th - not unexpected. However, it's now Monday 6th - albeit early on Monday, yet the menu is still showing "400/400" with no additional ARX earnt over the last hour of play. I've not done much during that hour, but I have shot some ships, bought a few million credits worth of modules, and flown to an Engineer to have some Engineering done on the new modules.

Perhaps it's just a a UI thing, but I don't seem to have earnt any additional ARX and the "400 / 400" was flashing still.

Scoob.
 

Scoob

Scoob
Screemonster said:
Yeah, it goes on the server maintenance tick, the same time as the powerplay and megaship ticks.
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That makes sense. I've never really thought about the server tick before (I've never power-played) but I was aware of it, just forgot. Still shocked I earnt ARX so quickly. I was just in a wing shooting stuff for the most part.

Scoob.
 

Screemonster

Screemonster
Scoob said:
That makes sense. I've never really thought about the server tick before (I've never power-played) but I was aware of it, just forgot. Still shocked I earnt ARX so quickly. I was just in a wing shooting stuff for the most part.

Scoob.
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Ohyeah, I tend to rack it up quite quick. I've got a pocket system where people keep starting wars with the second-from-top faction (they went quiet for november-december, but they're back - can't tell if it's a deliberate group or just passive traffic, as neither of them are PMFs and it's in spitting distance of a big player hub) and I just take a massacre mission each day while the wars are active. Missions pay you 1 arx per million credits in the reward, plus you get 1 per kill, and I don't know if there's an additional reward for winning a CZ, so a good 30-million-credit massacre mission to kill 90 ships will get you halfway through your week's allowance in a single session.
 

Scoob

Scoob
Oh, I did do a CZ the other day, perhaps that was a chunk of ARX? I've not really payed much attention, other than when I noticed Mining gave zero ARX, but selling the stuff gave some. I did lots of mining when ARX was new, and didn't even get into triple figures. A couple of sessions shooting stuff and I've hit the limit for the week lol.

Scoob.
 

Screemonster

Screemonster
Yeah, CZs pay lots. Especially if you stack with massacre missions.
I did some bounty hunting too and that's another way to rack them up. Targets tend to be softer in a haz-res than a CZ.
 

Scoob

Scoob
I've not really done many Massacre missions. Did a few a while back, but got put off when I was a few ships away from a rather large one I'd been plugging away at, and all CZ'd dried up - not a ship in sight. There were still several CZ'd, but all were devoid of ships. Haven't done any since, but may try again.

Scoob.
 

Florenus

Florenus
Yeah, combat is one of the fastest ways to earn ARX.
Mining and exploring pay least, apart from the moment you sell what you mined/explored.
 

Kenneth McGrew

Kenneth McGrew
Kelster87 said:
I've accumulated about 10k free ARX, that's about £6 FDev won't get from me..
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have you spent it on a halfords ship kit yet?

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NecasekO

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Like many other parts of ED, Arx rewards for different activities are quite unbalanced.

Some examples of things that earn a LOT of Arx quickly include:
  • Trading materials and performing engineer mods
  • Selling large amounts of exploration data
  • Delivering powerplay cargo
  • To a lesser extent, combat (including getting destroyed)

And on the other hand examples of activities that earn surprisingly little:
  • Bulk trading
  • Scanning systems
  • Completing missions
 
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