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[N7-RedFox]

I played this one smart. I promoted 3 characters soon as i saw the Op Weekend splash screen. Then i promoted 3 more 24 hours later. Plan ahead ppl

[mybudgee]

Hooray Mtn timezone!
Woot!

[incinerator950]

Derek Hollan wrote...

There has been a bit of confusion over the date/times of Operation Shieldwall.

Contrary to what was original posted and what I had mention in an earlier thread, the final decision from the brass is that Operation Shieldwall extended past 0000 because we forgot to do something.

[N7-RedFox]

So............ did we make 50, 000 promotions?

[TLK Spires]

so first, people thought it would end at the same time every other one had before. then it's announced via a blog no one save some random forum member linked that it actually ended 12 hours earlier, despite it being a holiday weekend. at this point, if you havent promoted, there's no further incentive to. and 3 hours ago, 7 hours after it supposedly ended anyway, which is yet another 12 hours after it was already "ended" according to a blog no one in particular linked to, it's announced that it actually ended at the same time all the others have. so even though people who were originally screwed actually had more opportunities, they weren't informed until 7 hours after the actual deadline.


yup, the ball was still dropped, but in a wonderfully convoluted way this time, and no amount of fangoonery will change that. good thing i have all 4 comm pack weapons or i'd be even more annoyed/screwed.

Modifié par TLK Spires, 28 mai 2012 - 08:25 .

[rimwalker]

CaptainTeabag wrote...

I played this one smart. I promoted 3 characters soon as i saw the Op Weekend splash screen. Then i promoted 3 more 24 hours later. Plan ahead ppl

I also promoted three classes as soon as the Operation started... Then I remembered that my "send info" setting was set to off.  So I turned it back on and promoted another three classes. I was pretty grateful I happned to have all six classes at 20.

Also! Yesterday, while in a mission against Cerberus, a Banshee appeared (as per the operation's special circumstances) and someone (he sounded like a pre-teen or young teenager) said in an alarmed tone, "Why is there a Banshee?!?!" I LOLed.

[D Wrecks]

This is BS. I knew I should have promoted straight away this weekend, but I didn't. I held off. I figured I could play over the weekend with level twenty characters and promote last minute to still get the commendation pack. Last night at about midnight PST, I for some reason checked the forum and found out the posted time was 5PM Sunday night and not 5AM Monday morning like usual. So I didn't bother promoting. Then come to find out I did still have time? Lesson learned (I'll make sure to meet the requirements as quickly as possible), but thanks a lot nonetheless for the screwjob, guys.

[Daynan]

Official announcements are given in Pacific (or PT) which is
UTC-08:00 or GMT-08:00 for anyone foreign to North America.

Areas affected are in daylight savings time atm, so events could end an hour before you expect.
(with PDT, 7 hours difference instead of 8?)

Completing objectives at least 1 hour early before the end time is probably wise!

Modifié par Daynan, 28 mai 2012 - 11:20 .

[rollblows]

@CaptainTeabag you dont get 2 packs if you send 6 chars

[ExecutorBG]

I could really never ever understand why people would not leave atleast 1 or 2 maxed characters at all times. And why would they need to level chars during promotion operations, when these are known atleast 3 days in advance, hence giving them like a whole week to actually level them up in case they have had the stupid idea to promote them as soon as they have got them to 20.

I personally had all chars maxed and only promoted 3 of them for the event... why would I want to waste time to relevel them again? After all there is no real reason to promote except to respec without a respec card.

[Fyurian2]

Anyone manage to get three other people in the "squad" to promote a character?
I didn't come across anyone in the past two days doing it at all, when still in the lobby.

[-tzi]

Derek Hollan wrote...

 All times mountain.

I hereby present my humble request for you to provide times in UTC as well from now on for the sake of all the European gamers. I dare to deem such effort only reasonable considering the highly international nature of the industry.

[Reel Trendy]

Hope we hit the 50,000 mark!

[jrod512ATX]

Lol I can't win...I thought it was over so I spent my time doing other things. Turns out I could have promoted that last character...

[Stance Punk]

It would be nice if BW gave us a live tally of the operation.

[Mr_Johnson]

So, I just got home from vacation, no chance to log in. Is there any point in promoting my characters now?

[Vigilance_Pep]

I went by the blog and it looks like I barely squeezed in my last promotions, a few minutes before the 5PM pacific time came came due. But now learning that the deadline was extended, I could have had several more units promoted in that time.

Sorry guys, if I knew I had more time then I would have contributed more. I did get 10 promoted, though.

Please keep information consistent and fully detailed across the site/blog/etc. for future operations.

A live tally has been echoed by many users and I hope to see it happen. I would like to see a bar graph with ticks to delineate each hour in the operation against the victory objective.

[NobleVigilante]

Vigilance_Pep wrote...

I went by the blog and it looks like I barely squeezed in my last promotions, a few minutes before the 5PM pacific time came came due. But now learning that the deadline was extended, I could have had several more units promoted in that time.

Sorry guys, if I knew I had more time then I would have contributed more. I did get 10 promoted, though.

Please keep information consistent and fully detailed across the site/blog/etc. for future operations.

A live tally has been echoed by many users and I hope to see it happen. I would like to see a bar graph with ticks to delineate each hour in the operation against the victory objective.

You've done us proud.

[Mr_Johnson]

Eff it, no solid answers all weekend long, so I just promoted my three in the hopes that Bioware's giving us some leeway in the States.

[Cohen le Barbare]

Holy cannoli, I might just have made it!

[Morladin]

i just now started playing...was moving this weekend...when I logged on I saw the ops screen...I'm confused do I have time to promote or not?

[Mr_Johnson]

That was the source of my confusion too. The op is technically over, but I still saw the splash page, so... maybe I got in on time?

[FrozenShadow]

bhsup wrote...

They have GOT to switch to making the time announcements in UTC. I keep repeating this at every operation, but saying something is starting in PST (Pacific STANDARD Time) when no place in America in the pacific zone is even in Standard time right now (They are in PDT (DAYLIGHT) time) just makes it more confusing. Because frankly, it seems like even though they are saying STANDARD, the events actually start at the stated hour in DAYLIGHT. And now Mountain Standard Time, with the same issue that most places in the Mountain time zone are actually in DAYLIGHT savings and not STANDARD.

And yes, I know the whole world isn't America, which if anything reinforces my point. Use UTC to list times and avoid confusions caused by Standard/Daylight or anything else.

Indeed.

Or make it even easier.  Add some sort of mission timer, which shows you how long you have before the challenge will end. Now this timer could be similar to what there used to in store with PSP's and Jumbo packs, when we had them only for a one week at the time. This system showed us when the packs will expire and when you can't buy them any longer. Because of this people knew exactly how long they had time to gather credits and buy those packs.

Now Bioware should be doing something similar with these challenges. Add some timer in MP menu, which shows you how much you have time before the challenge will end.

This way people would know exactly, when the challenges will end and you wouldn't need to deal with PST or MST or any other timezone issues or post multiple post in forum to ask, when the challenges will really end.

Of course this is a suggestion.

[Maria Caliban]

bhsup wrote...

They have GOT to switch to making the time announcements in UTC. I keep repeating this at every operation, but saying something is starting in PST (Pacific STANDARD Time) when no place in America in the pacific zone is even in Standard time right now (They are in PDT (DAYLIGHT) time) just makes it more confusing. Because frankly, it seems like even though they are saying STANDARD, the events actually start at the stated hour in DAYLIGHT. And now Mountain Standard Time, with the same issue that most places in the Mountain time zone are actually in DAYLIGHT savings and not STANDARD.

Neither Derek nor the original blog used 'standard' time. The blog said 'pacific time' and Derek said 'times mountain.'

Derek Hollan wrote...

All times mountain.

From the blog...

Welcome to the next N7 Weekend Operation, Operation SHIELDWALL, beginning this Friday, May 25 at 6:00PM PT until Sunday, May 27 at 5:00PM PT, on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Please remember to set the “Upload Gameplay Feedback” setting to “On” in the online options to be able to participate in this N7 Operation.

Modifié par Maria Caliban, 28 mai 2012 - 09:39 .