tawny peak
Basically what I said. Completing Arcade with one character makes it go up like 3 whole tiers for me. Normally it takes a bit of effort (especially offline) to get up even one tier but now im getting a metric crap ton of points per match
I skimmed the patch notes and it didnt say anything about a 'special event! fill your event pass faster!' or anything
glad shuttle
Are you at the start of an event pass?
The first 10 rewards take less exp than every other level
tawny peak
The first 10 rewards take less exp than every other level
Absolutely not; I completed the Dreamscape pass with this bug
also went back to Aether legends to grab the emote (ye, I abused it at bit, couldnt resist)
tawny peak
I havent been playing online; I was just doing some matches vs the CPU offline
if you wanna help me test, we could play a single match and see how much it goes up so I dont have to find a random
can even do a comparison with however much it rises on your pass
also saves me from needing to one-and-done somoene I probably wouldnt win but it feel bad either way
distant radish
If it's your first time completing Arcade and getting a medal (Easy, Normal, Hard) with a character, you get bonus xp if I remember right. Think that could've contributed to your progress?
nimble imp
No, it's just super nuts, like "play one game and get an entire level" kinda boosted.
Either it's always giving first win, or the level amounts got changed somehow.
tawny peak
If it's your first time completing Arcade and getting a medal (Easy, Normal, Har...
once more, nope. Was just playing Easy arcade on characters i've already done it on.
I did want some of the stuff on the dreamscape pass so I was doing that when I felt like it to grind it. I just look at the pass afterdoing it once and go "oh thats...ALOT more than it should be"
honestly im wondering if the game just bugged and is giving me the 'first win' bonus on every fight for whatever reason or something
hang on, imma boot up my game and see if its still happening. It didnt stop after I waited a day last time so lets see
honestly I'd rather not abuse the bug if I can avoid it. It would be nice if you got a bit more for playing offline but this definitely feels like overkill
also keep in mind playing offline doesnt give you nearly as much as playing online either
distant radish
I'm aware, though it seems I underestimated how big of a boost this bug gives apparently. I haven't seen it firsthand yet, so this is news to me
tawny peak
ye, if I recall, one arcade run gave me like 3 and a half levels
distant radish
I'll have to test this momentarily and see if there's anything that differs between me and others, assuming I activate this bug as well
tawny peak
well idk what triggered it is the thing. I kinda assumed it was just a patch wide thing at first but I didnt see anyone talk about it
(though considering the benefit I wouldnt be surprised if people were just not admitting to it)
distant radish
Assuming it's like Songbird said, I'm curious if there's something that causes the game to think it's a character's first Arcade run or maybe something with a player's profile
But I'm just speculating at that point and need to look myself
tawny peak
okay, did a match, first win of the day bonus, filled it up this much
(ye theres still the bug of the UI not being correct either but I assumed that was a common issue too)
oh the match was about 2 minutes vs the CPU btw
I'll run another one to see if it just increases by the same amount
tawny peak
Assuming it's like Songbird said, I'm curious if there's something that causes t...
if its related to Arcade specifically I can test that too, but I'll do this first
proud fractal
could it have to do with the skins that give a bonus?
Idk if that's a factor or if something else is
tawny peak
could it have to do with the skins that give a bonus?
unlikely since I completed the Dreamscape event with playing Absa a bunch and I didnt get the new skin for her, but if playing with La Reina's skin once somehow carried it over into the other matches, then maybe?
the thing is this is still much more of a benefit than just having the skin would be
tawny peak
okay, did a match, first win of the day bonus, filled it up this much
yeah another 2 minute match and its definitely much more than it should be
normally it take a match or two just to get past the number block
proud fractal
Hmm
nimble imp
I think Dan mentioned they were reworking events to have more levels at some point soon, so it's possible some change went into effect that wasn't intended to be live
distant radish
Maybe
proud fractal
Yeah that's what I was thinking
proud fractal
Not affecting anyone else?
tawny peak
im wondering if i accidentally bugged the game by going into a vs match or arcadematch and then leaving back to the menu or something
tawny peak
Not affecting anyone else?
no one's admitted to it at least from what I've seen.
then again all I checked was the subreddit and the bug discussion thing in this discord
proud fractal
I think songbird had something similar based on reading chat earlier but idk
tawny peak
my only guess is I did something to accidentally bug itwhich could obviously be a problem if other people find out how to abuse it
distant radish
I'm going to get on and try Easy Arcade, see what happens on my end
tawny peak
aye, aye
nimble imp
I played just a few 1 stock games vs a level 1 CPU to test and got an event level after 3-4 games twice in a row, winning in about 15 seconds. I didn't get a level after five games of jumping off the stage immediately for like 1 exp.
tawny peak
I believe you get more XP the longer the match goes rather than how many games you play
distant radish
I think I possibly got the bug too? Easy Arcade got me 622 xp and I leveled my event track two times
tawny peak
hmmm
distant radish
Quick question, does this affect other event tracks?
nimble imp
I'm playing on Food Fight so yes
tawny peak
you mean if I switch from one track to another? yeah
cause I went from Dreamscape than swapped to the Aether legends one
distant radish
Alright
tawny peak
(worth noting I dont even have any skins for the Aether legends one)
distant radish
Part of me wonders if the medal type from arcade affects it. I got Aetherian on Easy so I wonder if it's the same if I do bad intentionally and get bronze or something
I doubt it but it's worth lookin into maybe
tawny peak
I dont know and part of me assumes that wouldn't matter
give it a shot if you want
mostly cause I dont think medal type affects the gain of the event pass at all. Im pretty sure it just counts as a bunch of matches in a row
distant radish
Got a silver medal this time and got "138 xp", but the track boosted by three whole levels. Sheesh
tawny peak
💀 bloody ell
was that a first time completion for that run + character?
also did you have a skin for the current event you had on
just helps to have specifics
distant radish
Nah, I've already completed everyone's arcade modes. And I just used the Leon Clairen skin on the Legends track, so no dice there either
Easy Arcade, same skin on both runs
tawny peak
fair nuff fair nuff
distant radish
I'm assuming this works for all difficulties of Arcade?
tawny peak
I think so, ye. idk if I checked but I may have done a normal run
tawny peak
well reassuring the bug is doing the same thing for other people at least
distant radish
I'd like to investigate more but it's late for me, so I'll have to do so tomorrow assuming this bug persists. Sorry I couldn't find much new information about this
tawny peak
nah nah, I think this helps regardless
know its happening for other people and got some confirmation about how much it is and that its definitely not stuff like skins or first-time runs
tawny peak
Random thought: Does this mean the pass boost isnt happening in online matches?
havent played an online match myself since the bug started
nimble imp
it's literally all modes that give exp
bot games, online, etc.
you just play the game normally and you will get like 7 levels in an hour
neat bloom
I noticed this as well playing online, I was a bit confused at how quickly the Event Pass was filling out ever since the mid-month update but I had just chocked it up to the compounding bonuses.
opaque hull
I have also noticed this... but I am also ok with it.....
proud fractal
This is true
neat bloom
It seems to be a flat bonus on every match cleared - maybe the +500exp bonus applying every match to the event track? I am currently looking through the victory animations for any changes and that involves a lot of matches where I quickly go in and kill myself and my event tracker do be going up, which it definitely shouldn't be since character exp only goes up by like 1 exp each game
astral mirage
I tested it and the 1xp thing is not a thing. even after like doing it 5 times in a row.
But tbh...I'm also okay with this like it is right now. because you still need to play matches it seems. It is more now but it's kinda welcomed to be this way.
icy nova
As a relatively new player, I admit I abused it to get the event pass skins. I never would have got them otherwise, it's too long and there are too many past events.
(I also co-TO locals in my area + I gave the devs +100€ in bought skins, so I'm not feeling too bad about it)
fringe jewel
It also happened to me but I didn't say anything bc i wasn't sure if it was a bug or they just buffed it but also it wasn't bothering me
The thing is now im not receiving any xp for the event tracks lol
fringe jewel
Ok i am receiving some xp but it's a really small amount, like i didn't notice the first time that it was going up, i don't remember if that was the default lol
Before and after arcade on easy
proud fractal
maybe it got fixed or something
icy nova
Yeah I think they fixed it
tawny peak
Checked it out, yeah. I think it is. This was the difference off one match
