grep wrote:
I'll speculate...
grep, I appreciate that you are (usually) a rather productive member of the forums, but I just thought I'd point out that there's no way you'd know all the details so please don't confuse things with conjecture. I won't be confirming or denying details about the specific reward - this isn't a guessing game.
NOTE: In the various examples below, I refer to 'Saturday' and 'Sunday'. Bear in mind that this is an ongoing bonus scheme that will run
daily - I'm just narrowing down the example to one day's goal and one day's reward to make things clearer.
In reply:
Teh_Peso wrote:
Can I automatically get these while being offline..as I am that awesome?
If you are offline, you're not online.
You need to be online and in the game to count towards the average. The subsequent reward is also for those that are online and in the game. Sorry if you're unable to play at present - hopefully that will change soon and you can join in!
grep wrote:
Is this automated?
Yes. For example, the goal for this Saturday is to have an average of 25 players across the 24hr period. On Sunday at 12:00:01 AM a script will run that will calculate the average - if we managed to achieve an average of 25 or more on Saturday, the reward ...'switch'... will turn on at 12:00:02 AM.
josephusmaximus3 wrote:
Rewards are mud wide or given to those who were logged in and contributed the previous day?
If the script that runs on Sunday morning verifies the goal was achieved, the reward will remain active for 24hrs, available to anyone and everyone online all Sunday.
Baldric wrote:
What are the nature of these rewards? Specifically, will they give an advantage in pvp?
They may, they may not. We haven't built them to necessarily suit one type of player or another. Our general preference would be a reward system that everyone who is online can enjoy.
Baldric wrote:
Doesn't this give an unfair advantage to players in certain time zones?
Whilst the start and end points in all these calculations are based on server time (US Pacific, I believe), the average measurements and the reward durations are an entire day. This means everyone is treated equally.
The script doesn't care what day it is - it runs EVERY night just after midnight, checking the prior day's average and setting the reward status for the new day. Good luck!