Please change the "Most Wanted" contest into something not based around grinding

[Squiddy]

Seriously, I've given up before even starting because I know there are either players who are playing 24/7 to win this or cheaters who might manage to win this by using undetected hacks.

So here's what I propose:

Turn it into a lottery that everyone can enter by doing one or a couple of contracts.

That still asks of some dedication and skill from the players, but also allow all sorts of players to win this - regardless of how much time they have on their hands

[Ahundredsuns]

I'm not fully understanding what you're suggesting.

[ItISLupus]

It's not. You didn't read the rules. Go read them again.

Salvage per hour. a person playing smart for a few hours here or there is just as likely to win as people running around desperately trying to win.

[Xazur]

I'm not fully understanding what you're suggesting.

There is a contest to see who can grind the most Salvage in an hour, but this is TOTAL salvage / Total time played for the next 2 weeks. I think the prize is a plushie lol, or at least thats what I keep reading.

[Squiddy]

I'm not fully understanding what you're suggesting.

Basically, a lottery
Updated.

[ItISLupus]

There is a contest to see who can grind the most Salvage in an hour, but this is TOTAL salvage / Total time played for the next 2 weeks. I think the prize is a plushie lol, or at least thats what I keep reading.

this was in an hour last night only I believe.

[Squiddy]

It's not. You didn't read the rules. Go read them again.

Salvage per hour. a person playing smart for a few hours here or there is just as likely to win as people running around desperately trying to win.

Which still allows cheaters with undetected hacks to win, by simply going for slightly higher salvage than an honest player.
We know there are cheaters in the game, we know Trion are aware of them, and we know that they haven't managed to catch them all.

[Sludge]

I haven't read about this contest but this sounds exactly like the sort of thing that exists to catch cheaters. Hand out some meaningless prize, but encourage a bunch of cheaters to cheat to excess so it's easy to catch and ban them.

But less conspiracy theory and more realism.. it makes sense to make a contest that requires extended online time. What better way to encourage a massive number of people to be logged in for a massive number of hours than to give them a contest that requires a massive number of people to be logged in for a massive number of hours?

[ItISLupus]

Which still allows cheaters with undetected hacks to win, by simply going for slightly higher salvage than an honest player.
We know there are cheaters in the game, we know Trion are aware of them, and we know that they haven't managed to catch them all.

As far as I'm aware, and I peruse these forums quite frequently, the only ways of really "boosting" salvage is through continually running rampages and I could get more salvage quicker through a single hellbug hive prime arkfall.

Cash shop boosts will be deducted from totals to make things even. and even salvage from the matrix isn't being counted

[Munx]

It's not. You didn't read the rules. Go read them again.

Salvage per hour. a person playing smart for a few hours here or there is just as likely to win as people running around desperately trying to win.

But not as likely to win as someone who only plays one hour at full efficiency.

Poster may be wrong about grind being a requirement for winning, but it being a grind would actually be a huge improvement over the current concept for the contest.