Updates on Grand Arena Championship Exhibitions

CG_Erik
30 posts EA Administrator
edited September 2019
Hi folks, the team got together early this morning and is continuing to discuss our plans to compensate players for last week's Grand Arena Championship Exhibition that we had to cut short, as well as the plan to get the next Exhibition running.

We intend to communicate our plans around both the planned compensation and the schedule moving forward, and I'll use this thread to communicate updates across the day as they become available.

Here are a few things we already have decided upon:

IMPLICATIONS ON CHAMPIONSHIP AND LIFETIME SCORE & GAC CURRENCY
In resetting the Exhibition, we'll be resetting both the accumulated Championship and Lifetime Score. We'll likely also reset it again at the end of the Exhibition Season before we move into prime time.

You will, however, keep your accumulated GAC currency from the last event.

COMPENSATION
It seems like there was a lot of confusion around the minimal credits that were paid out by the cancelled Exhibition. We set the Grand Arena Round End, Grand Arena Event End and Grand Arena Championship End rewards each to 1 credit both to reduce risk as well as to simplify the compensation we'd have to do in the future. These credits were not the compensation for the event.

The team is working through what that compensation will be, and I'll update both on the timing of when we'll send the compensation out and what the compensation will be later today.

COMPENSATION FOR FLEET ARENA FEATS
Lastly, we're looking into how to compensate players who completed the Fleet Arena Feat. This will happen separately from the compensation for the cancelled Exhibition and at some point further in the future. We'll update you on our plans around this as soon as we're able.
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  • CG_Erik
    30 posts EA Administrator
    edited June 2019
    UPDATE (14:52 PACIFIC):
    The team is planning a release at approximately 1615 Pacific to start the next Exhibition Championship and award the compensation for the cancelled Exhibition. Your game client will restart at that time.

    COMPENSATION
    We will be compensating all level 85 players with 1st place rewards from this 1-week Exhibition event. We had nearly full participation in this Grand Arena Championship Exhibition, and it's far easier tactically for the team than omitting the small percentage of players who did not participate, we will be compensating all level 85 players with the 1st place rewards from the Grand Arena event:
    • 700 Championship Tokens
    • 2 Ability Material Zeta
    • 3 Ability Mateiral Omega
    • 50 Mk 1 Power Flow Control Chip
    • 45 Mk 1 Fusion Coil
    • 65 Mk 1 Amplifier
    • 65 Mk 1 Capacitor
    • 25 Mk 2 Pulse Modulator

    Since we're restarting this 1-week Championship, we will not be awarding the End of Championship rewards.

    We know there are some players who have concerns around us allowing players to keep the accrued Championship currency, however our perspective is that this amount is minuscule compared to what we're giving everyone and will be insignificant in the long-term. Going back and removing that currency would have required additional steps which likely would have delayed us from starting the next Exhibition today.

    This compensation will be granted to your inbox in today's update.

    NEXT EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
    The next Exhibition Championship will begin today. The preview period will be reduced to approximately 22 hours.

    Here's the day-by-day schedule:
    • June 24: Preview
    • 25: Setup
    • 26: Attack
    • 27: Setup
    • 28: Attack
    • 29: Setup
    • 30: Attack
    • July 1: End of the Grand Arena event
    • 2: End of the Grand Arena Championship Exhibition

    MATCHMAKING
    The team is monitoring matchmaking throughout the Exhibition season and is considering changes to matchmaking for future Championships. Matchmaking will remain unchanged for the next Exhibition Championship.

    EDIT: The team is making some limited changes to matchmaking for this next Championship. We will continue to monitor and will let you know if there are any further changes.
  • CG_Erik
    30 posts EA Administrator
    edited June 2019
    Update (16:11 PACIFIC):
    The release is now expected to rollout at approximately 17:15 Pacific (00:15 UTC).
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