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ONE VERSUS MANY
Wednesdays at 5 PM CST (2300 game time), starting November 4
Something has gone wrong in Sedina. A Hive Observer has been captured and reprogrammed. It can no longer command the Hive, but it can still call down drones, and now it sends them after one pilot at a time. Every drone that falls is replaced by a stronger one.
The Observer is taking volunteers. Each pilot gets a number, a swarm, and a choice: how much can you survive?
HOW IT WORKS
On event day, channel 100 will announce the sector. Fly there in a fighter-class ship and send the Observer the message "hi". You will get a player number from 1 to 20. Your drones will be named "Gauntlet P" and your number (for example, "Gauntlet P7").
When the gauntlets begin, send the event host a private message with the difficulty you want. Your gauntlet starts. A few drones attack you at once. Each drone you destroy is replaced by a stronger one, until you clear the whole gauntlet.
- Easy: 8 drones, 2 at a time
- Medium: 12 drones, 3 at a time
- Hard: 12 stronger drones, 3 at a time
- Ultra: 16 drones, 4 at a time
When you clear a gauntlet, you may ask for another one. You can choose any difficulty you have unlocked. For example, you can run three Easy gauntlets, or one Hard. Up to 20 pilots fight their own gauntlets in the same sector at the same time, so you can also help other pilots.
RULES
1. To sign up, send the Observer the message "hi" before the gauntlets start. There are 20 places.
2. Fighter-class ships only. A capital ship that enters the sector may be destroyed.
3. A gauntlet is a series of drones sent to attack you. To start one, send the event host a private message with your difficulty: Easy, Medium, Hard, or Ultra.
4. Anyone may run Easy or Medium. Clear a Medium to unlock Hard. Clear a Hard to unlock Ultra. Unlocks are permanent and carry over to future weeks.
5. You may run as many gauntlets as you like, but you must clear each one before you start the next. You can start a new gauntlet only in the first 20 minutes. The event ends at 30 minutes.
6. If you die or leave the sector, your event is over.
7. Everyone runs their own gauntlet at the same time. If you are signed up, you can also help others: damage drones named "Gauntlet P#" that are attacking another pilot, and you get a smaller reward.
REWARDS
For each gauntlet you clear:
- Easy: 25,000 credits, 1,500 Combat XP, 750 Light Weapons XP, 750 Heavy Weapons XP
- Medium: 50,000 credits, 3,000 Combat XP, 1,500 Light Weapons XP, 1,500 Heavy Weapons XP
- Hard: 100,000 credits, 5,000 Combat XP, 2,500 Light Weapons XP, 2,500 Heavy Weapons XP
- Ultra: 200,000 credits, 8,000 Combat XP, 4,000 Light Weapons XP, 4,000 Heavy Weapons XP
For each drone you damage (30% of its health or more), you also get Combat XP:
- Your own drones: 200 (Easy), 350 (Medium), 500 (Hard), 650 (Ultra)
- Another pilot's drones: 100 (Easy), 150 (Medium), 250 (Hard), 350 (Ultra)
TIPS
- Damage counts, not only kills. You do not need the last shot to earn the XP.
- Stay in the sector. If you leave, even for a moment, your event is over.
- Clearing a Medium once unlocks Hard for every future week. It is worth doing early.
The event lasts about half an hour. See you in Sedina.
LEADERBOARD
Updated after the November 4 event
1. Hawkfeather: Ultra 1, Hard 1, Medium 1, Easy 0 (unlocked: Ultra)
2. Ashanti of The Sands: Ultra 0, Hard 0, Medium 1, Easy 0 (unlocked: Hard)
On the first night Hawkfeather cleared Medium, Hard and Ultra in one run, finishing the Ultra gauntlet during the ion storm that swept through Sedina I-10. Ashanti of The Sands cleared Medium and unlocked Hard.
Next gauntlets: Wednesday at 5 PM CST (2300 game time) in Sedina.
Wednesdays at 5 PM CST (2300 game time), starting November 4
Something has gone wrong in Sedina. A Hive Observer has been captured and reprogrammed. It can no longer command the Hive, but it can still call down drones, and now it sends them after one pilot at a time. Every drone that falls is replaced by a stronger one.
The Observer is taking volunteers. Each pilot gets a number, a swarm, and a choice: how much can you survive?
HOW IT WORKS
On event day, channel 100 will announce the sector. Fly there in a fighter-class ship and send the Observer the message "hi". You will get a player number from 1 to 20. Your drones will be named "Gauntlet P" and your number (for example, "Gauntlet P7").
When the gauntlets begin, send the event host a private message with the difficulty you want. Your gauntlet starts. A few drones attack you at once. Each drone you destroy is replaced by a stronger one, until you clear the whole gauntlet.
- Easy: 8 drones, 2 at a time
- Medium: 12 drones, 3 at a time
- Hard: 12 stronger drones, 3 at a time
- Ultra: 16 drones, 4 at a time
When you clear a gauntlet, you may ask for another one. You can choose any difficulty you have unlocked. For example, you can run three Easy gauntlets, or one Hard. Up to 20 pilots fight their own gauntlets in the same sector at the same time, so you can also help other pilots.
RULES
1. To sign up, send the Observer the message "hi" before the gauntlets start. There are 20 places.
2. Fighter-class ships only. A capital ship that enters the sector may be destroyed.
3. A gauntlet is a series of drones sent to attack you. To start one, send the event host a private message with your difficulty: Easy, Medium, Hard, or Ultra.
4. Anyone may run Easy or Medium. Clear a Medium to unlock Hard. Clear a Hard to unlock Ultra. Unlocks are permanent and carry over to future weeks.
5. You may run as many gauntlets as you like, but you must clear each one before you start the next. You can start a new gauntlet only in the first 20 minutes. The event ends at 30 minutes.
6. If you die or leave the sector, your event is over.
7. Everyone runs their own gauntlet at the same time. If you are signed up, you can also help others: damage drones named "Gauntlet P#" that are attacking another pilot, and you get a smaller reward.
REWARDS
For each gauntlet you clear:
- Easy: 25,000 credits, 1,500 Combat XP, 750 Light Weapons XP, 750 Heavy Weapons XP
- Medium: 50,000 credits, 3,000 Combat XP, 1,500 Light Weapons XP, 1,500 Heavy Weapons XP
- Hard: 100,000 credits, 5,000 Combat XP, 2,500 Light Weapons XP, 2,500 Heavy Weapons XP
- Ultra: 200,000 credits, 8,000 Combat XP, 4,000 Light Weapons XP, 4,000 Heavy Weapons XP
For each drone you damage (30% of its health or more), you also get Combat XP:
- Your own drones: 200 (Easy), 350 (Medium), 500 (Hard), 650 (Ultra)
- Another pilot's drones: 100 (Easy), 150 (Medium), 250 (Hard), 350 (Ultra)
TIPS
- Damage counts, not only kills. You do not need the last shot to earn the XP.
- Stay in the sector. If you leave, even for a moment, your event is over.
- Clearing a Medium once unlocks Hard for every future week. It is worth doing early.
The event lasts about half an hour. See you in Sedina.
LEADERBOARD
Updated after the November 4 event
1. Hawkfeather: Ultra 1, Hard 1, Medium 1, Easy 0 (unlocked: Ultra)
2. Ashanti of The Sands: Ultra 0, Hard 0, Medium 1, Easy 0 (unlocked: Hard)
On the first night Hawkfeather cleared Medium, Hard and Ultra in one run, finishing the Ultra gauntlet during the ion storm that swept through Sedina I-10. Ashanti of The Sands cleared Medium and unlocked Hard.
Next gauntlets: Wednesday at 5 PM CST (2300 game time) in Sedina.