Missions & Complexes

I saw a list where was mentioned that "gold MAY contain a serpentis dreadnought 1 run bpc". But i cant confirm if its true or not.

My experience so far is:
2 days with a total of 6 hours spent. 2200 points made (i need 1250 each day to reach the goal of gold in time - i m alrleady short of 100).

That would mean (at this rate): 120 hours of "grind" where i will make almost no isk.
At the same time doing level 4 missions with an income of 30 - 40m / hours i´ll generate 3.6b - 4.8b.

At this point i stoped doing the sites.

....keep on grinding, just keep on grinding, keep on grinding.....

Going back to wow at least i can swing my axe,

No body even goes flashy in high sec like before you cant secure can with your effort nor there can be any unscripted actions like before when you got flashy.

100% grind or douche route that warrant you safety .

This event = Meh.

I said i stop grinding... but to my shame... i just can´t.
It´s like im addicted to that grind allready.

"This day is probably better" (points wise)... oh my...

Part of the problem, for me at least, is the whole "40 days of solid site running and objective hunting" for some prize boxes that I have no idea what they might contain. And it's all very 100% or nothing at all setting. So much for encouraging. At this point, I'd sooner spend time scanning down DED sites in hopes of an escalation rather than for the points. I'm not gonna devout several dozens of hours on a scavenger hunt for "???" just because it says prize on it. As far as the event sites go, it's nice that they went with an "all on grid" system for giving credit for the sites that are tied to an objective rather than giving the points to one player, but still, and I've yet to see any site that was even close to worth running just on the notion of the rewards for THAT site by itself. Some sites are no more than a few cruisers and maybe a BC with no drops and no can. I know that's arguing High-Sec sites and the rewards likely get better (or simply exist in this case) on other parts of Eve, but if weren't going to low or null before, this wasn't gonna suddenly change my mind all on its own.

The objectives are also oddly set up too: I had one 24h objective asking for 50 Drifter kills for 2000 points while above it sat another objective without a timer asking for 10 Drifter kills for the same 2000 points. I kind of had to laugh at that when I first saw it, quite honestly. Getting some partial credit for getting nearly all of an objective done would have been nice, too. 49 kills would have gotten me nothing at all. Again, even some partial credit for objectives like that would have gone a long way I think. I imagine you get more than one objective at a time and that they are varied enough so that something is at least somewhat relevant to what you do normally, but it's still very hit or miss. Most of them seem like they need you to drop what you are doing to focus just on that to get anywhere.

It all feels like it assumes you have nothing else to do for the next month or so, but still have a lot of time in Eve to burn for that month. This little side show honestly cost way too much time and effort for some unidentified rewards that will likely be relegated to items that would be cool to have, but certainly not for the energy or time spent getting them. Sorry, CCP, but I think I'll pass this time. It'll be nice if I happen to make some points along the way doing what I've been doing all along, but unless I get really lucky with unintentionally racking up points, I won't be seeing the insides of any of these prize boxes. Back to L4's, I guess. I've gotten a chance to getting a Gila set up the way I want, but I have little more interests in these objectives and sites.

tl:dr
Neither the sites nor the objectives feel worth the time and effort to doing them beyond just for fun and, what's worse, for goals that are far to vague and unknown.

Having just accumulated 2 x 10,000 points on two characters I thought I'd redeem those for the lower tier rewards (to see what came up).

I was rewarded with 2 x skill accelerators, some clothing & skins. I also accumulated some bounty payments along the way, plus some of the drops from the main site everyone is farming.

While the "event" was fun at the start it soon became nothing more than a grind. With no variation in the rats, it became an exercise to see how fast I could complete the sites. Once I optimised that it was as boring as watching grass grow.

I haven't decided if the rewards are worth the effort (I very much doubt they are) but the repetitive nature of the event just makes it no fun at all.

If CCP are trying to create new content to generate more interest in the game, these sort of events need to be tiered so that the easy stuff can be done by newer players & made progressively harder (with better rewards) for longer term players.

The event ends in 32 days (ninth of august?), the description of the gold implant mentions that it does not work after YC118/08/19 and that after use it only works for 5 days.

The bronze box gave me:
- Men's 'Marshal' Jacket (Serpentis),
- Copper Ouroboros,
- Atron Serpentis SKIN (Permanent),
- Women's 'Gunner' Jacket (Serpentis).

The silver box gave me:
- Thorax Serpentis SKIN (Permanent),
- Brutix Serpentis SKIN (Permanent),
- Iteron Mark V Serpentis SKIN (Permanent),
- Silver Ouroboros.

Cannot say that this event was a complete waste for me:

I did that one where you have to kill one of their ships in a Rookie ship.
I was astounded how much heat you can actually fit on a Velator: 2 light drones, 2 blasters, DCM, AB, armor repper

I decided: No

One thing to consider is that The Shipyard can drop Implants. I’ve had a High-Grade, Mid-Grade, and 2x Low-Grades drop so far, it’s a nice little bonus.

Seriously why isn't there an official Sticky Thread for this event? I'm tired of scouring the Forums