And now the rubber meets the road. The top 50 players on a server will qualify for next weekend’s grand finale event. There are no tiers. Your level doesn’t matter. Server-wide contest.
Only players who’ve completed both part one and part two of the event will be eligible.
This one is all about Armadas. And a lot of armadas. You’re going to be doing them over, and over, and over again.
So starting a uncommon armada will get you 1,000 points. A rare will score you . An epic will get you 7,500 points.
Launch armadas and defeat armadas. The bigger armada you defeat, the more points you’ll get. Of course, since only the top 5 alliances qualified on weekend one, you’re likely going to be competing with a lot of the people in your own alliance to move on.
Those finishing in the top 50 will move on to next weekend’s player-vs-player event.
Those finishing 51-100 will get Heist Loot as a consolation prize. Thanks for playing see you again next time.
Gauntlet III Thoughts
I’ve seen a lot of players upset by the way this played out. To be fair, this is the first time we’ve had an event like this, so this is in all reality, a test. There are going to be some hiccups, and there will need to be refinements before another event comes along.
First of all, I love the concept. Basically playoffs for a Star Trek Fleet Command Tournament. I think the PvP event next week could be a lot of fun for the players that qualify. I also love to see the development team getting creative.
But there are problems. Far too many players were eliminated on the first weekend. Alliance events are fun, and the drama watching to see who would finish fifth and who would be out of the running by finishing sixth was pretty great.
The second weekend was way, way, way too easy. One Stella scrapping and it was all over. I also think that the first and second weekends should have been swapped. The individual event first, and then the big alliance elimination event. Keep more players involved at least until the halfway point of the event.
And this third weekend promises to be a spend-a-thon. Not so much one of dollars spent, but in terms of armada directives. The players who’ve been active and have saved a lot of epic armada directives are going to do well here.
But where is the skill in launching off empty epic armada after empty epic armada in Penumbra for 7,500 points a pop? Where’s the excitement in people launching armadas without attacking? And this is happening because there are players have a glut of epic armada directives, and those epics aren’t spawning nearly often enough.
I hope that if we see this event in the future, that it’s a little more skill-based.
Also This Weekend?
Didn’t qualify for the Gauntlet event? You can still get Heist Loot from both the Alliance and solo milestone Toppling the Eclipse events. Coincidentally, they’ll both be giving you points for launching and destroying armada targets.
And today’s daily event for Battle Pass Points is once again, Master Surveyor, where you can mine for fun and prizes. Because who doesn’t love a mining event?
Have a fun weekend everyone! Get yourself some good beer. You deserve it.
