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Public News Post #639

MMR: SEASON OF DESTRUCTION.

Written by: Blademaster Xuthori
Date: Thursday, November 7th, 2024
Addressed to:


Hail all,

We've just concluded the HAY season with surprisingly little entries - none! That's alright as we head straight into the new season - THE SEASON OF (Facility) DESTRUCTION!

That's right, this season we encourage and will award spacers who take down the Ishvana threat and their facilities! It wouldn't be MMR without a twist though, so we're bringing back various categories to compete in! The top contestants in each challenge category stand to win prizes. Please find the challenges and categories listed below!

Challenges:
1) Speed Runs timed runs for facilities
2) LFG timed runs for groups
3) Mutate to Satiate timed runs for the hardcore
4) Meet you downstairs MMR matches with surges!
Rules:
LOGS NEEDED FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS. LOGS DEFINED AS FULL LOGS OF RUNS STARTING FROM FACILITY ENTRY ALL THE WAY TO FACILITY ESCAPE! (I will only accept runs in which you cannot escape from the facility self-destruction in time AFTER opening the reward crate from Self-Destruction Mutation runs).
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Challenge 1) Speed Runs
Description: Timed runs for facilities through the Season. The average of your fastest THREE runs through the season will be your final score. Top three fastest runners win prizes!

Solo or Group: Solo
Mutations: No easy mutations. All other mutations at your discretion.
Time bonuses will be given for taking certain mutations & fulfilling certain conditions. List & bonuses below:
No Cloning: 10% time reduction for the run
Crystalline: 20% time reduction for the run
Swift & Critical Vihana: 30% time reduction for the run
Self Destruct: 50% time reduction for the run
Find and kill the slug: 30 sec reduction for each slug killed in the run
Kill Overseers & Hack every floor: (Fray Credit usage allowed) 20% time reduction for the run
Bonuses above are cumulative so if you fulfill crystalline + swift + critical for example, your time will be calculated as: TIME x 0.8 x 0.7

Timing:
START: When you ENTER FACILITY CONFIRM
END: When you EXIT FACILITY AFTER killing boss AND open the crate AND exit the facility WITHOUT dying to the facility self-destruct timer.
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Challenge 2) LFG
Description: Timed runs for facilities through the season. Top three fastest group runs win prizes!

Solo or Group: Group (min 2, max 5)
Number of entries per group: Unlimited (you can win multiple prizes together)
Mutations: No easy mutations. All other mutations at your discretion.
Time bonuses will be given for taking certain mutations & fulfilling certain conditions. List & bonuses below:
No Cloning: 10% time reduction for the run
Crystalline: 20% time reduction for the run
Swift & Critical Vihana: 30% time reduction for the run
Self Destruct: 50% time reduction for the run
Find and kill the slug: 30sec reduction for each slug killed in the run
Kill Overseers & Hack every floor: (Fray Credit usage allowed) 20% time reduction for the run
Bonuses above are cumulative so if you fulfill crystalline + swift + critical for example, your time will be calculated as: TIME x 0.8 x 0.7

Timing:
START: the moment you ENTER FACILITY CONFIRM
END: the moment you EXIT FACILITY AFTER killing boss AND open the crate AND exit the facility WITHOUT dying to the facility self-destruct timer.
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Challenge 3) Mutate to Satiate
Description: Timed runs for facility runs with ALL non-easy mutations applied EXCEPT Self Destruct, Crystalline, and No Cloning. Top 3 timed runs get a prize.

Solo or Group: Either
Number of entries per group: Unlimited (you can win multiple prizes together)
Mutations: ALL non-easy mutations MUST be applied except Self Destruct & Crystalline & No Cloning & Rich Vihana & Insightful Vihana.
Time bonuses will be given for fulfilling certain conditions. List & bonuses below:
Find and kill the slug: 30sec reduction for each slug killed in the run
Kill Overseers & Hack every floor: (Fray Credit usage allowed) 20% time reduction for the run
No deaths: 10% time reduction for run
No Cloning Mutation: 30% time reduction for run
Crystalline Mutation: 20% time reduction for run
Timing:
START: the moment you ENTER FACILITY CONFIRM
END: the moment you EXIT FACILITY AFTER killing boss AND open the crate AND exit the facility WITHOUT dying to the facility self-destruct timer.
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Challenge 4) Meet you downstairs
Description: Fun MMR matches with surges! Kill a facility boss with your chosen partner and begin an MMR match with each other with surges!!

Number of entries: Unlimited, go wild!
Bonus MMR point conditions:
Fight with ONLY one of the following surges: Power, Malign, Marvelous, Expedient, Vitality, Uncanny, Resilient: 10pts if you win
Fight with NO surges: 10 pts if you win vs an opponent who has surges
Fight with ONLY any combination of these surges: Frail, Data: 10pts if you win
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Prizes wise:
1) Speed Runs: 100/50/25 credits for top 1/2/3 places
2) LFG: 200/100/50 credits for top 1/2/3 groups
3) Mutate to Satiate: 200/100/50 credits for top 1/2/3 times (times for both solo and group brackets will be in the same pool - so you split the loot if you enter as a group!)
4) Meet you downstairs: Regular MMR titles and 25 credits for top class/scorers
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As always, please let me know if you have any questions on the above. Now let's get to hindering the Ishvana!

In honour,
Xuthori


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