Dev Post EricMusco Posted February 23, 2015 Dev Post Share Posted February 23, 2015 Hey folks, BioWare is partnering with ESL to host our first ever “Operation Victory” tournament. It is a contest to “speedrun” our 8-man story mode Operations from Shadow of Revan. We wanted to give you about a week’s notice so you have time to get your teams together and establish your strategies. We will announce all of the details within the next week but here are some of the key pieces of information: The competition will be team based and all Operations run will be 8-man story modeThe qualifying heat will be one week – starting next TuesdayThe entire tournament will run over a few weeks with you submitting your timed runs to ESLThe best teams of the qualifying round will advance to the final round – winners based on details we’ll provideThere are some serious rewards up for grabs including, but not limited to, cash prizes for the top two teams, in-game items, and even a trip to be our guest at STAR WARS: Celebration! Look for another post within the next week detailing everything about the contest. I know many of you will be showcasing your practice, and real runs, on Twitch. I will make a separate thread closer to contest where you can post your twitch channels along with dates/times! I am looking forward to seeing all of the great Operations runs. Thanks everyone. -eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSaberMaster Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) First? Sounds cool. Edited February 23, 2015 by DarkSaberMaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlin Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 The Ravagers is still bugged on coratanni.. until that there cant be any speedrun tournament.. otherwise it will be unfair and random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggzy Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Swtor going esports !!!!! Oh wait were talking about pve here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anariodin Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Also the unreliability of Underlurker's cross will make runs even more fun. The bugs will make or break teams! -_-' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unibim Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 PvE Tournament? Wat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margoth Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Great! Speed run to see who hits which bugs, with a weekly lockouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsillah Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Well on my server there are a handful of guilds that always get server firsts and do everything HM before the rest have cleared SM. I'm thinking that this might be a nice competition for them, but what about the other 95% of players? I mean I don't see how anybody would beat these teams especially when they have multiple alts all geared up to have multiple attempts... Just too bad most of us won't ever get near these "serious rewards" but it's probably a good way to advertise the game a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anariodin Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 And the fun part is, some of those teams have been doing these ops since that closed PTS stuff too... so PVP has seasons and PVE has speed runs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckman Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 This could be pretty awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xistince Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I can already hear the PVP guys crying that this is not for them...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menofhorror Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 It`s a cool idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerba Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Hm, would hope to hear some details on this. While I'm sure my raid group is interested in this, we'd have to abandon HM progression to record the speedruns. Also, in the end it will be just a DPS check - I don't think anyone wipes on story mode, so it will come down to which groups can clear the bosses and trash the fastest, probably with just one healer and tank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandoras_Jar Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 To be honest, I'm pretty shocked that this is actually a thing you guys are doing.. But yes, depending on how well this one goes, you guys definitely should look at doing one for PvP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleurdelis Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I am surprised that you would announce something like this before fixing the bugs in these operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korevas Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 So is this "better than cross server" now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invertioN Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) Hm, would hope to hear some details on this. While I'm sure my raid group is interested in this, we'd have to abandon HM progression to record the speedruns. Also, in the end it will be just a DPS check - I don't think anyone wipes on story mode, so it will come down to which groups can clear the bosses and trash the fastest, probably with just one healer and tank... check the whiners before your post, bugs are killing them, but they are decent players otherwise! Edited February 23, 2015 by invertioN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strlder Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 pve tournament? are you **** kidding me? THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE TIME FOR A PVP TOURNAMENT.. I can't wait to see commentary for this "oh look at jwizzizhzihiaihthor get globaled" oh noez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerba Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 check the whiners before your post, bugs are killing them, but they are decent players otherwise! This contest is not for guilds who are held up by bugs. No progression guild I know of has encountered the Underlurker cross or Coratanni resetting bug, and if they have, they are not wiping due to such a bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inc_CichYBoB Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 pick full stealth team, boom y win gg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckman Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 pick full stealth team, boom y win gg I wonder if they would put in a rule against this or if it is a fair strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafr Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 This contest is not for guilds who are held up by bugs. No progression guild I know of has encountered the Underlurker cross or Coratanni resetting bug, and if they have, they are not wiping due to such a bug. You don't know what Coratanni bug is, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerba Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) pick full stealth team, boom y win gg ^^ This x100. Who had the brilliant idea of placing adds with millions of HP inside ToS? Those alone take minutes to kill, a stealth team can easily shave 10-15 minutes off of the whole raid; you can never close such a gap with a regular group. And can we please get a word on the full rules and regulations soon? In Any% speedruns, by default any means to finish the level are allowed, including exploits and glitches, and I don't think they'd want to encourage that. You don't know what Coratanni bug is, do you? I've read about a few groups complaining on the forums about it but I've killed her many times without encountering any problems week after week. Edited February 23, 2015 by Jerba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XORDYH Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 This contest is not for guilds who are held up by bugs. No progression guild I know of has encountered the Underlurker cross or Coratanni resetting bug, and if they have, they are not wiping due to such a bug. Please explain your magic solution to completing Coratanni when she decides to attack her own escape pod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowShrike Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Also the unreliability of Underlurker's cross will make runs even more fun. The bugs will make or break teams! -_-' Or maybe your tank can hold still when the cross is gonna happen.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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