[TI] Skoll Gate issue

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  1. Prior to the restart for today...
    I saw the Skoll Gate was out and selected it to do next.
    I was very surprised by the fact that it auto completed... Just by clicking on it to accept the quest, it showed the following:
    11.12.2018 - 08:20
    [​IMG]Received item: Ammunition - Cold Wave Rocket (300)
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 08:20[​IMG]You have successfully completed mission "Special mission"!
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 08:20[​IMG]You received 200000 EP.
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 08:20[​IMG]You received 600 honor.

    ========================
    After the restart ....
    I figured it was just a quirk leftover from last year, so I selected the hard version and saw the auto complete happen again.
    11.12.2018 - 08:33
    [​IMG]Received item: Ammunition - Cold Wave Rocket (300)
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 08:33[​IMG]You have successfully completed mission "Special mission"!
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 08:33[​IMG]You received 120000 EP.
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 08:33[​IMG]You received 500 honor.

    Yes, I did like this (and have complained about a lot of different things from time to time) but, to be fair, I did not earn these rewards. So I am letting you know about it as soon as I could.
     
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  2. thor714

    thor714 User

    some would take it and run.........good on you!!! sooo many people NEED scruples
     
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  3. ZOMBIEs dont have scruples we just take it all and use it against you when you are low on HP on a cube half asleep..0..o
     
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  4. bisphenol

    bisphenol User

    I have exactly the same issue as ]Coldheart[ but not on all accounts.

    On GE 1, both easy and hard gate auto completed instantly as I have accepted the quests:
    11.12.2018 - 12:24[​IMG]Received item: Ammunition - Cold Wave Rocket (300)
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 12:24[​IMG]You have successfully completed mission "Special mission"!
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 12:24[​IMG]You received 132300 EP.
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 12:24[​IMG]You received 525 honor.
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 12:23[​IMG]Received item: Ammunition - Cold Wave Rocket (300)
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 12:23[​IMG]You have successfully completed mission "Special mission"!
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 12:23[​IMG]You received 220500 EP.
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 12:23[​IMG]You received 630 honor.
    On GB 1, the easy gate auto completed (here I'm not level 16 to accept the hard one):
    DateAction
    11.12.2018 - 12:49[​IMG]Received item: Ammunition - Cold Wave Rocket (300)
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 12:49[​IMG]You have successfully completed mission "Special mission"!
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 12:49[​IMG]You received 220500 EP.
    [​IMG]
    11.12.2018 - 12:49[​IMG]You received 630 honor.
    However, all my other ships on US East, GE 6 and GE 7 worked normally and accepted the mission. But from my memory, I never did winter gate on these accounts.
    I have no idea how last year's gate can influence current event gate but I remember there were reports of users seeing the gate a week before it was supposed to appear, though I'm not sure if it was about VoT, ToT or Cold Wave.

    So, what is our next move? Honestly, I'm afraid someone can accuse me of cheating or hacking.
     
  5. Me too logged into game on break and it gave the same result.
    I figure after all the lag,MCC clan problems,losing all my rocket techs over night and botters in 5-2 knocking out the big Sab quest ,,I (WE) deserve it all..
     
  6. The gates become available to be played after accepting the quest. Even though it auto-completed, you can still go to 1-4 to do both Easy & Hard gates.
     
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  7. Thanks for the reply KilerStreak - I got back on in the afternoon, my time, and did the easy gate and got the remainder of the rewards.
    As per the moderators post in the section above this one, looks like they figure it'll be fixed sometime tomorrow.

    Both gate were able to be completed and they gave only the 'remaining' rewards.
    So all is good.

    This thread can close.
     
    Last edited: Dec 12, 2018
  8. I also saw the easy skoll gate event quest the first day of this event, I accepted it and did it and received the rewards, but still I didn't know why I don't have the hard mode quest that time. After the reset, I found out that I have 2 open quest for the hard and easy version, I accepted the hard and did it and received the rewards, then I accepted again the easy quest but this time it auto completes. I don't know if its just normal or a bug until I read this post.
     
  9. Not sure, unless (as a guess) it was a carryover from last year.
     
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  10. bisphenol

    bisphenol User

    I did the same, with both gates. Here's an interesting picture of "dual gate":
    [​IMG]
    My ship was to the left of the gates as can be seen, the left one is Easy, the right one is Hard. After finishing easy gate, it disappeared from the map and only the hard remained.
    Also, I have a question: on the previous years I did the gate with 4 ordinary, not upgraded lf4s and the rest were regular lf3s, using only credit ammo. The ship is Aegis.
    This time I noticed some changes in waves and the Skoll seems to be buffed up in both damage and health. Now I have a mix of PD/MD/HP lasers and only few ordinary lf4s but I ended up using UCB-100/SAB/RSB, PLT-3030 and Uber HST along with kamikaze and the last wave still took me longer than the entire gate of previous years. Anyone noticed that Hard gate is really harder this year?

    EDIT:
    There is an OA regarding the gate issues: http://www.bigpoint.com/darkorbit/board/threads/cold-wave-gate-issue.123335/
     
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  11. Yes, it did seem as though the hard gate skoll had been given an improvement on it's AI routine. It also did seem to be slightly tougher to take down allowing for player equipment upgrades.
     
  12. bisphenol

    bisphenol User

    Well, it seemed a lot tougher... started with credit ammo but couldn't see a dent in its HP, while Skoll was spawning swarms of 10 Icies that needed kami to get rid of. And even before I've dealt with the Icy swarm, Skoll was already on me shooting 15k on average. Too bad I had no one in group to check Skoll's HP and shields - I'm very curious about that info.
     
  13. Jurjstyle

    Jurjstyle User

    Still the Skoll boss can be beaten with any account (if you have the necessary time + moth formation), since its behaviour wasn't really changed from release. He spawns icy's every 5-10% of its shield, so let's say you just deal with the first wave (so that you can shoot for more time each time after) and then you just shoot for x seconds (so that it will not reach its next threshold) then wait to repair itself (only the shield recovers) and try again + 9/10 times the actual skoll npc won't shoot back if you shoot it first. So it is actually pretty easy and it might not take longer since in the 'hard-normal' method you have to kill the icy-s in between.
     
  14. bisphenol

    bisphenol User

    Yes, I am pretty much familiar with that strategy from the time when Skoll was first released, and I had only lf3s. I used to stop shooting it and waiting for it to repair, with moth/hearth (even some then-UFEs failed by hitting Skoll repeatedly and spawning large number of Icy swarms - can be a big problem if they escape in the corner).
    But, moth was heavily nerfed so shields go down fast and if Skoll starts to shoot, it is 15k+ damage plus if you make a mistake and have another Icy swarm chasing you, it may be a trouble. I have DMGx2/HP/SHD boosters but still barely survived in Aegis. Probably not the best piloting and execution of the gate, but it surely caught me by surprise.
    The biggest issue is that Skoll's HP has been significantly increased, so credit ammo does very little. And yeah, I was like "let's do the hard gate before bed" but then soon it was more than 1.5 hrs past bedtime. :D
    So I lost patience and hit it with whatever "force" I had to kill it ASAP... :p
     
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  15. Odin®

    Odin® User

    That's what it was … a carryover … I have had carryovers from events and finished up those missions and some quests from previous events and unfinished missions
     
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  16. Wingm8

    Wingm8 Board Administrator Team Darkorbit

    Hello there,

    Players who completed the gate last year gets the missions autocompleted this time, however it's not intended. This won't be fixed in time during this event, but it will be fixed for the next one. This is not on you, so don't feel bad for skipping the actual mission and getting the goodies. :)

    As KilerStreak mentioned, the gates are still available to you after the auto-completion of the missions.

    *Closing thread as per OP.

    Sincerely,
    Wingm8
     
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