Accreditation cap? How does it work?

haly · April 2016

So I am going to be offline for 2 solid weeks during this event because of Government obligations. So I was going to try and do as much of this event as I could while I was able to be online. Unfortunately I learned that there is a cap on the accreditation of 100 a week. which is annoying but maybe it is to slow the progress down to stretch the event out, sure fine what ever, I'm not sure personally if that is good plan or bad. What I want to know is whether it is a slowly rising cap that if I wanted to no life the last week I could get an alt from 0 to 400 in a day or two at the end. or is it an actually weekly cap where any one that misses 100/400 in any of the 4 weeks will be incapable of completing the event?

In unrelated news, because this is the GD and I can, judos to the devs baring the foot race being bugged on almost every instance and the queue system being all out of wack at the moment, this event isn't to bad, it is pretty, some what engaging and some of the rewards are actually not to bad, I rate it above average and a good step in the right direction.

The cut scenes really should be skip able though not because there is anything wrong with them, it is just I have several alts and if I did decide I wanted to run it on multiple I would literally end up seeing the same series of cut scenes for the dungeons over a a hundred times. Which is probably the only reason I haven't been running the event as much as I want to because it gets old fast having to wait after the first 5 times watching the same event.

ktrelis · April 2016

Not that it matters but after posting that I noticed that for some reason the sister in law was signed in no me >_> I didn't even think to look it being my computer and all. kids...

darkstarcrash · April 2016

Asterdahl answered this on this thread:

In reality, the restriction is that you can't pass the current adventuring rank until the next week of the event and the next queue is released. For instance, next week you'll be able to earn up to 200 accreditation. In the final week, you could earn all 400 accreditation if you'd like. That's a lot to earn in one week though, I wouldn't recommend it!

We did this so that those of you playing throughout the event took the time to enjoy running the new queues as they were released.

So you can catch up later.

ktrelis · April 2016

thank you for the response, and I am glad to hear it is being run that way.

squirrelloid · April 2016

Along the lines of 'how does accreditation work'

What are all the sources of accreditation?
-i know of the 3 per category per day on the campaign page
-i know of the 4 from the evaluator daily

But that's only 13/day. How do you even get 100 in the first week?

Also, why do dungeons fail to give accreditation? The only thing that shows up in the queue category i've ever gotten cred from is Throne of the Dwarven Gods, which is a skirmish, and the cred comes in the guaranteed award (that shows up on the 'x' menu). Whenever i do a dungeon on the list, there's no cred in any treasure chest, and no cred gets added to my campaign total afterward.

(Not that i can even play right now, because the server is lagged to hell. But I'd like to try to complete the campaign before the event ends.)

ktrelis · April 2016

As far as that goes I do know you can run the trap survivor mission over and over and it will give you 3 every time. but it will hit the current cap if you keep running it. For this week that cap is 100 and as was just clarified for me will be moved up by 100 each week. I'm gong to be offline week 2 and 3 completely but I will have 1 week to make up the last 300 which is fine with me.

With that I have also noticed that many dungeons seem to not give me accreditation from that list as well, I don't think any of them has worked during the event, but I could be wrong. I assume it is bug. and maybe it will be fixed it tomorrow patch if it is well enough known.

silence1x · April 2016

Trial of traps gives you 4 accreditations/run. I just completed my weekly limit (100 points) last night and all points but 8 were from the trap runs. The other 8 were from the evaluator.

plasticbat · April 2016

Run Trail of Traps 25 times and you will reach the weekly limit. You will see the cut scenes 100 times per week doing so. You may want to plan out what you should do during cut scene such as stretching, drinking your tea/coffee/pops, scratching, foot massage, banging your head onto your desk, etc.

wildfirede · April 2016

or pressing esc with some hope that devs read the forums and accept feedback. Then reallize they do not

asterdahl · April 2016

For those of you experiencing a situation where you are not receiving accreditation for running today's indicated Heroic Feat of Heroism queue, can you specify which queues you are experiencing the issue with? It's important to note that there is always one max level queue and one lower level queue available in a given day. For instance, if Temple of the Spider and Valindra's Tower are available, Temple of the Spider refers to the level 50 queue, not the level 70 Temple of the Spider (Master) queue.

kvet · April 2016

Also the foot race gave accreditation 3 I think... maybe 4... for first place (I got first the first time I tried it, but never was able to run it again). But it broke pretty early on, so that's likely not common knowledge. Running the Portabello dungeon is the main way to earn them, 4 per run until you hit your limit for the week anyway.

@asterdahl - I believe the confusion is that not everyone realized the it was a specific dungeon vs any given dungeon and that it's only the first run - you can't grind the same DD and get accreditation each time. One thing, on your other post - seems like you should leave it to us to decide what content we want to grind relentlessly and when. For me, I had time last weekend to grind the HAMSTER out of this event, but I won't this weekend or next week. Doesn't mean I don't want to try the other trials, I very much do, but I work and have a family and therefore don't binge play except when the stars align and I have time. For many casual players like me, we want to enjoy the content, but not always be forced to grind it relentlessly. I'm not suggesting I get anything for nothing, merely that the 100 per week limit is ill-conceived. Rather, you already have the blank report card limiter that can be done to require players to at least try each run one time to complete the event, but if someone happens to like one of them more than the others, or has time constraints, they can still earn the 400 points (the much harder-to-do requirement because of the time needed) and have a fair shot at completing the event and therefore feeling like the event was satisfying. The way you have it now, the event ends up being stressful for anyone who wants to complete it, but isn't sure if they'll have the time next week or the week after to keep on schedule. Again, I'm not saying you shouldn't require the 400 point grind, just that it should be left to players to decide exactly how and when they can spend the time required to do that grind.

grogthemagnif · April 2016

squirrelloid said:
Along the lines of 'how does accreditation work'

What are all the sources of accreditation?
-i know of the 3 per category per day on the campaign page
-i know of the 4 from the evaluator daily

But that's only 13/day. How do you even get 100 in the first week?

Also, why do dungeons fail to give accreditation? The only thing that shows up in the queue category i've ever gotten cred from is Throne of the Dwarven Gods, which is a skirmish, and the cred comes in the guaranteed award (that shows up on the 'x' menu). Whenever i do a dungeon on the list, there's no cred in any treasure chest, and no cred gets added to my campaign total afterward.

(Not that i can even play right now, because the server is lagged to hell. But I'd like to try to complete the campaign before the event ends.)

Buy the Gargoyle and Summon it during Portobello's for double points.

reddog7879 · April 2016

> @grogthemagnif said:
> Along the lines of 'how does accreditation work'
>
> What are all the sources of accreditation?
> -i know of the 3 per category per day on the campaign page
> -i know of the 4 from the evaluator daily
>
> But that's only 13/day. How do you even get 100 in the first week?
>
> Also, why do dungeons fail to give accreditation? The only thing that shows up in the queue category i've ever gotten cred from is Throne of the Dwarven Gods, which is a skirmish, and the cred comes in the guaranteed award (that shows up on the 'x' menu). Whenever i do a dungeon on the list, there's no cred in any treasure chest, and no cred gets added to my campaign total afterward.
>
> (Not that i can even play right now, because the server is lagged to hell. But I'd like to try to complete the campaign before the event ends.)
>
>
>
> Buy the Gargoyle and Summon it during Portobello's for double points.

Buy it, stow away while you're fighting all the way through, summon it before looting the chest. Ta-da! Double accreditation.

squirrelloid · April 2016

asterdahl said:
For those of you experiencing a situation where you are not receiving accreditation for running today's indicated Heroic Feat of Heroism queue, can you specify which queues you are experiencing the issue with? It's important to note that there is always one max level queue and one lower level queue available in a given day. For instance, if Temple of the Spider and Valindra's Tower are available, Temple of the Spider refers to the level 50 queue, not the level 70 Temple of the Spider (Master) queue.

All of them are failing except Dwarf Throne. Includes:

At least one pre-70 queue. I can't remember which one. (Whatever is paired with Castle Never).
Tuern
Lostnauth
Malabog
Probably others, but I can't even remember what's been up at this point. But *only* Dwarf Throne has ever given be accreditation.

Tuern killed my previous theory, that skirmishes had a way to deliver the accred, but dungeons didn't.

kvet said:
@asterdahl - I believe the confusion is that not everyone realized the it was a specific dungeon vs any given dungeon and that it's only the first run - you can't grind the same DD and get accreditation each time.

No, this is very much not it. It was obvious it was only supposed to be one run. But *no run* has ever given me accreditation for the queue category except Dwarven Throne.

guzwar · April 2016

Is anyone else getting no accreditation from the profession tasks because they're marked as "complete" without doing them? Log in in the morning, go to the campaign window, and hey look at that, I apparently made a soldier's greatsword in the 10 seconds between logging in and opening the window. No credits, no sword in my inventory, can't do the other profession task.

beckylunatic · April 2016

guzwar said:
Is anyone else getting no accreditation from the profession tasks because they're marked as "complete" without doing them? Log in in the morning, go to the campaign window, and hey look at that, I apparently made a soldier's greatsword in the 10 seconds between logging in and opening the window. No credits, no sword in my inventory, can't do the other profession task.

It's on a 20-hour personal cooldown. You can't do one in the evening and then queue another task the following morning, because apparently that would make it too easy.

squirrelloid · April 2016

beckylunatic said:

guzwar said:
Is anyone else getting no accreditation from the profession tasks because they're marked as "complete" without doing them? Log in in the morning, go to the campaign window, and hey look at that, I apparently made a soldier's greatsword in the 10 seconds between logging in and opening the window. No credits, no sword in my inventory, can't do the other profession task.
It's on a 20-hour personal cooldown. You can't do one in the evening and then queue another task the following morning, because apparently that would make it too easy.

Let's ignore the fact that none of the other dailies in NWO work that way, or the fact that you can just keep repeating event dungeons for cred. Yep, putting it on a true 'day' limit would be totally broken.

plasticbat · April 2016

squirrelloid said:

beckylunatic said:

guzwar said:
Is anyone else getting no accreditation from the profession tasks because they're marked as "complete" without doing them? Log in in the morning, go to the campaign window, and hey look at that, I apparently made a soldier's greatsword in the 10 seconds between logging in and opening the window. No credits, no sword in my inventory, can't do the other profession task.
It's on a 20-hour personal cooldown. You can't do one in the evening and then queue another task the following morning, because apparently that would make it too easy.
Let's ignore the fact that none of the other dailies in NWO work that way, or the fact that you can just keep repeating event dungeons for cred. Yep, putting it on a true 'day' limit would be totally broken.

Actually, there are other dailies in NWO work that way and yes, I also hate that.
The temple quest and barrack quest in SH work that way.
Making keys work that way (for me, it is part of the "daily").

guzwar · April 2016

beckylunatic said:

guzwar said:
Is anyone else getting no accreditation from the profession tasks because they're marked as "complete" without doing them? Log in in the morning, go to the campaign window, and hey look at that, I apparently made a soldier's greatsword in the 10 seconds between logging in and opening the window. No credits, no sword in my inventory, can't do the other profession task.
It's on a 20-hour personal cooldown. You can't do one in the evening and then queue another task the following morning, because apparently that would make it too easy.

Ah, I see, thanks!

Accreditation cap? How does it work?

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