Summary: Normally only 1% of the players will win, but if you have never won in that Season (usually 10 weeks per Season) you just need to finish in the top 10%. This way people who don’t win get better odds of winning as time goes by.
1). We will keep a list of every player that has won a grand prize in a mission
2). The list will be wiped out every 10 weeks (number may change based on feedback). We will refer to this period as a Season.
3) If you have NOT won a grand prize through finishing in the top during a Season, then you are placed in pool A.
4) If you have won a grand prize through finishing in the top during a Season, then you are immediately placed in pool B.
5) For players in pool A, the number of grand prizes awarded in each mission will equal to 10% of the people who completed (everyone in both pools who got to the end including the people who lost) the prior week’s mission.
6) For players in pool B, the number of grand prizes awarded in each mission will equal to 1% of the people who completed (everyone in both pools who got to the end including the people who lost) the prior week’s mission.
I really dislike all the old oms being repeated. They shoulve at least cycled through all the new arks before going back. I haven’t played pvp in 3 weeks due to there being no new ark for me to battle with (aside from the bad Cerberus). I get that people want to get the older arks, but i dont like the repeat part. An island would be better.
I agree. We also have the issue about players getting another Shadowstalker when they have already one.
Repeating OMs is not the best idea. The devs should keep releasing new arks and at the same time work on the island (or another system) to let other players to win the missing arks.
I agree with the island idea, but I will not spit on this OM because I do not have SS and this is one of the most strategic monster in this game.
I assume that a person with SS in pvp have an advantage against those who have not!
That’s another issue. We have the 1% and 10% pool to have a lot of variety in pvp where players have different monsters. However the pool idea can’t work in this game because there’re a few overpowered arks that you MUST have or you can’t do competitive pvp. That’s another reason because I’d like to see instead new arks that can counter the existing ones.
There is no completely effective counter strategy to shadowstalker - released or unreleased. Nothing with mysticbane can do much damage with it currently, and those with it aren’t seen in PvP much to begin with. That and being coupled with SS’s holy typing makes it the hardest ark to kill in PvP, in my opinion, should you know how to use it.
At this point, I don’t see any further content being released to receive older OM’s other than simply the repeats. Of course those with SS already are going to complain. They’ll be losing something that’s long since season 1 given them an advantage. Many of the newer players began when this game was free – at the end of last season. You can’t complain when the devs are just trying to let them play catchup when you have a majority, if not all, of the OM’s already released.
While I do not have SS, I’m also not very inclined to use it, because it wouldn’t fit into my lineup should I be so inclined to try it (if I ever get back to PvP, that is).
At least this ark will give some of the newer players a chance to tank their weaker arks for the time being.
*i say that I don’t see any further content being released due to the sheer length the update has taken. I say this not as a pessimist, rather a pragmatist. Further content, if even considered for THIS game, wouldn’t be expected for even longer than the update due to the complexity and scale of which it’d take to create to begin with. Their next game, however, could see that introduction.
Awesome, I have to work Saturday, and now I don’t have to worry about missing out on anything since I already have a couple of shadowkits, I can just do it when I have free time later in the week and still get my Shadowstalker.
I’m totally ok with repeats of the stronger OM arks so people who didn’t start at the beginning can have a shot at competing with those who did. I haven’t see any unreleased arks that just scream out as being super powerful. It’s not going to kill anybody to wait a couple more weeks to get arks you’ll never use anyway.
Yes yes… YES!!!