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Merry Mayhem 2015!

It’s time once again for Planet Calypso’s annual winter hunting extravaganza - Merry Mayhem!

Running for 25 days over the Christmas and New Year holiday period, Merry Mayhem is among the most exciting and popular events in all of Entropia Universe, with lots of valuable prizes.

The highly popular Merry Mayhem event will see many changes this year, combining elements from other Mayhem-style events as well as older incarnations of Merry Mayhem.

So grab your best gear and join in the Mayhem!


 

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Event Dates

Dec 17, 14:00:00 UTC - The Santa's Little Helper NPCs in Nymphtown, Fort Zeus and Fort Ithaca become active and the event begins.

Jan 11, 14:00:00 UTC - Event ends.

Jan 18, 14:00:00 UTC - Cutoff for submission of FFA Mayhem Stars for the Free For All Mayhem category.

Jan 25 - Event results announced.

 

 


 


Categories

The Merry Mayhem event offers two competition categories: Solo Mayhem and Free For All (FFA) Mayhem, with five instance areas for each category.

The solo event, as the name implies, is the place for individual hunters to shine. Only a single avatar may enter the solo event instances.

The Free For All category is a new twist on the former Team category, and will allow groups of participants to work together to accumulate points. Mayhem FFA Stars are tradable, allowing participants to farm point tokens that can be sold to the highest bidder, or turned in to increase their own event scores.


 

Event Registration & Participation

Santa's Little Helper event NPCs are located in Nymphtown, Fort Zeus and Fort Ithaca. Speak with one of these NPCs to enter an instance of your choice. Entering an instance will activate the mission corresponding to the category, Solo instances for Solo Mayhem and FFA instances for FFA Mayhem. The Merry Mayhem Solo and FFA missions can be active simultaneously.

Event points are earned by looting special Mayhem Stars for the Solo Mayhem event, and FFA Mayhem Stars for the FFA Mayhem event (see below).

 

 


 


Solo Mayhem Creatures

  • Solo 1 Instance: Mayhem Kerberos (Solo 1), Mayhem Araneatrox (Solo 1), Yulebot (Solo 1)
  • Solo 2 Instance: Mayhem Kerberos (Solo 2), Mayhem Araneatrox (Solo 2), Yulebot (Solo 2)
  • Solo 3 Instance: Mayhem Kerberos (Solo 3), Mayhem Araneatrox (Solo 3), Yulebot (Solo 3)
  • Solo 4 Instance: Mayhem Kerberos (Solo 4), Mayhem Araneatrox (Solo 4), Yulebot (Solo 4)
  • Solo 5 Instance: Mayhem Kerberos (Solo 5), Mayhem Araneatrox (Solo 5), Yulebot (Solo 5)

 

FFA Mayhem Creatures

  • FFA 1 Instance: Mayhem Kerberos (FFA 1), Mayhem Araneatrox (FFA 1), Yulebot (FFA 1)
  • FFA 2 Instance: Mayhem Kerberos (FFA 2), Mayhem Araneatrox (FFA 2), Yulebot (FFA 2)
  • FFA 3 Instance: Mayhem Kerberos (FFA 3), Mayhem Araneatrox (FFA 3), Yulebot (FFA 3)
  • FFA 4 Instance: Mayhem Kerberos (FFA 4), Mayhem Araneatrox (FFA 4), Yulebot (FFA 4)
  • FFA 5 Instance: Mayhem Kerberos (FFA 5), Mayhem Araneatrox (FFA 5), Yulebot (FFA 5)


 

Scoring

Solo Merry Mayhem

Event points are scored by looting special Mayhem Star event tokens. In Solo Merry Mayhem, looting one of the Mayhem Star tokens automatically increments your event score. The Mayhem Star tokens can be saved as souvenirs, or discarded at the Trade Terminal. Solo Mayhem Star tokens are non-tradable.

Final event scores will be calculated based on hourly point averages to derive each participant's 40-hour normalized event score.

This scoring method removes the need for participants to track time spent in the instances (beyond meeting the 40-hour prize eligibility requirement, described below), removes the risk of participants being inadvertently disqualified from the event for time reasons, and allows all participants to hunt as much as desired in the Solo Merry Mayhem instances without giving an unfair advantage to those who are able to hunt for many hours.

Example

Avatar A - Point total: 4000, Hours : 40, Hourly point average: 100, 40-hour normalized score: 4000

Avatar B - Point total: 6900, Hours: 72, Hourly point average: 95.83, 40-hour normalized score: 3833.33

In this example, Avatar A would place higher in the final results, even though Avatar B has more total points.

Highest Single Loot Bonus - The participant who scores the highest single loot on each of the various Solo Mayhem creatures outlined above will receive a 50% boost to their final 40-hour normalized score! (Limit of one bonus per participant).

***IMPORTANT*** A participant must complete at least 40 hours in the Solo Merry Mayhem instances in order to qualify for winning a prize in the Solo Merry Mayhem category.

 

FFA Merry Mayhem

Event points are scored by turning in FFA Mayhem Star tokens to one of the Santa’s Little Helper NPCs located in Nymphtown, Fort Zeus and Fort Ithaca. Acquire FFA Merry Mayhem tokens by defeating creatures in one of the FFA Merry Mayhem instances, or by acquiring tokens from other participants.

There are no time requirements or restrictions in the FFA Mayhem category.


 

Prizes

Solo Merry Mayhem

 

  • 1st Place - Christmas Ring 2015 + 50000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 2nd Place - Christmas Ring 2015 + 25000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 3rd Place - Christmas Ring 2015 + 10000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 4th Place - Christmas Ring 2015 + 5000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 5th Place - Christmas Ring 2015
  • 6th Place - Tier Upgrade Token 5
  • 7th Place - Tier Upgrade Token 4
  • 8th Place - Tier Upgrade Token 3
  • 9th Place - Tier Upgrade Token 2
  • 10th Place - 10000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 11th Place - 7500 PED Universal Ammo
  • 12th Place - 5000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 13th Place - 2500 PED Universal Ammo
  • 14th Place - 1000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 15th Place - 500 PED Universal Ammo

 


 

FFA Merry Mayhem

 

  • 1st Place - Christmas Ring 2015 + 100000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 2nd Place - Christmas Ring 2015 + 50000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 3rd Place - Christmas Ring 2015 + 25000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 4th Place - Christmas Ring 2015 + 10000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 5th Place - Christmas Ring 2015 + 5000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 6th Place - Tier Upgrade Token 5
  • 7th Place - Tier Upgrade Token 4
  • 8th Place - Tier Upgrade Token 3
  • 9th Place - Tier Upgrade Token 2
  • 10th Place - 10000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 11th Place - 7500 PED Universal Ammo
  • 12th Place - 5000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 13th Place - 2500 PED Universal Ammo
  • 14th Place - 1000 PED Universal Ammo
  • 15th Place - 500 PED Universal Ammo

 


 

Prize Item Statistics

Christmas Ring 2015

 

  • Equip Slot - Right Hand
  • Trauma Mitigation - 25%
  • Faster Reload - 12%
  • Increased Critical Damage - 12%
  • Max Health - +12
  • Loot Collection - 25 m

 

 

 

Tier Upgrade Tokens

 

These special tokens can be used to tier up an item by one level, up to the maximum tier level indicated in the token name. Contact Support with one of the Tier Upgrade Tokens in your inventory, specifying which item you would like to tier up.

Examples:

A Tier Upgrade Token 2 can be redeemed to raise the tier of any tier 1 item to tier 2.

A Tier Upgrade Token 5 can be redeemed to raise the tier of any item with tier 4 or lower by one tier level.

 

Bonus Prizes

 

In addition, all event participants reaching one of the various point thresholds will receive bonus prizes as detailed below. In Solo Mayhem, these bonus prizes are awarded automatically upon looting Mayhem Star tokens to reach each of the point tiers. In FFA Mayhem, the bonus prizes are awarded when turning in FFA Mayhem Star tokens to one of the Santa’s Little Helper NPCs to reach each of the point tiers.

 

  • 500 Points - 50 PED Universal Ammo
  • 2000 Points - 200 PED Universal Ammo
  • 5000 Points - 500 PED Universal Ammo
  • 7500 Points - 750 PED Universal Ammo   
  • 10000 Points - 1000 PED Universal Ammo

 

Rules & Notes

The Solo Mayhem category is intended for solo hunters. Any attempt at abusing team mechanics or any other Entropia Universe systems or features in order to gain an unfair advantage over other participants will be grounds for disqualification from the event, forfeiture of any prizes, and possible sanctions imposed on one’s Entropia Universe account.

Do not abandon the Merry Mayhem missions! If you abandon one of the event missions for any reason, intentionally or accidentally, all points earned up to that point will be lost forever and will not be included in your final event score. Support cannot and will not restore points for abandoned missions, regardless of the situation. Any time spent in the Solo Mayhem instances during the event period will be included in the normalized score calculation, regardless of whether the mission had been abandoned and points reset.

***IMPORTANT*** A participant must complete at least 40 hours in the Solo Merry Mayhem event instances in order to qualify for winning a prize.

For the Highest Single Loot (HSL) score bonus (Solo Mayhem only), if the participant who achieves the HSL on one of the Merry Mayhem creatures does not meet the 40-hour prize eligibility requirement, the next highest loot for the creature in question will be considered. And so on, until a prize-eligible participant is awarded the HSL score bonus. The same applies for cases where a participant has scored the HSL on more than one of the Solo Merry Mayhem creatures.

Please check the Merry Mayhem 2015 event page during the event for additional info and updates.

 

Happy Holidays and Merry Mayhem!

The Planet Calypso Team

 

F.A.Q.

Q: If I experience a client crash, disconnection or other issue while in one of the Merry Mayhem instances, how will this affect my time calculation and/or final score?

A: All calculations are based on actual time connected to one of the event instances. In the case of a client crash or disconnection, time in the event instance will stop being counted within approximately 10 seconds of disconnection.

 

Q: Is it possible to win a prize in more than one category?

A: Yes. Everyone can participate in both the Solo and Free For All (FFA) Mayhem event categories.