COO REPORT #43

FROM: COO/VA Hawkins DATE SUBMITTED: 25th July 2016

NEWS

LOC screenshots waiting to be processed: 0 LOS screenshots waiting to be processed: 8 [SALUTE] Welcome to the COO Report! COOA MAJ Silvius is on a well earned vactation. And yet still seems to be processing Screens. That man is a droid of some sort, I swear! He never stops! Thanks to him for his on going work, and to those others who have offered to support the Office of the COO in his absence! It is very much appreciated. Incidentally, sorry for the lateness of the report - am a teacher at the end of the academic year. I'm amazed I can still function enough to type at all. That, and I had a really difficult report to write on the current state of activity in the TC which I have removed from this edition as I don't know what yet to say about it exactly, and have re-written it several times, which has delayed this. So, it is gone for now, just to get this out! CHANGES TO BATTLEFRONT There have been some further changes to Battlefront 2015. The main difference is a 'Skirmish' mode has been added to Fighter Squadron. This lets you play either 1v1 MP matches against an opponent, or play Fighter Squadron solo to gain experience. The 1v1 mode is accepted as valid for Legions of Combat, and may be submitted as normal via the database. This will be reviewed over a one month probabtion period. The solo-play mode is quite challenging on hard - the AI is significantly better than in MP matches. At a 10 min time limit, this makes solo-matches a significant effort, and potentially worthy of recognsition within the TC. Options on how this could, or if it should, be implemented are being explored. Please direct any suggestions to VA Hawkins at nedius@gmail.com. Full patch notes can be found here

COO COMPETITIONS FOR JULY 2016

This Month's Competitions: COMBAT EVENTS COO Monthly Challenge 2016: - whole TC Star Conflict: PvP Kills This Combat Event will be for the Distinguished Flying Cross for July. Your goal will be to submit a victory screenshot with the highest number of kills + half assists you can get in one round of and Star conflict PvP matches. For this event, Assists are counted, but only at half weight and we round down. If a pilot finishes a match with 10 kills and 5 Assists, the score for the match would be recorded as 12. Submissions to this competition are made through the database like any other 24/7 LoC submission. While processing LoCs, the COO and COOA keep an eye out for new personal bests and update a shared spreadsheet. July Standings: Top 3 ranked pilots: 1st - MAJ Silvius - 15 points 2nd - HA Dempsey, FA Pellaeon - 14 points 3rd - HA Elwood - 13 points For ages, I've not included the scores - mny thinking was, that the best pilots often get scores that are unobtainable for the less experienced pilots, but I don't want to put them off taking part. However, in the light of previous conversations I've had, I think perhaps it's time for a change. As yopu can see, only 2 points seperating the top three places. Perhaps this can inspire one of those players to up their game enough to get that extra point. COMPETITIONS MP Ace Of The TIE Corps 2016 - whole TC The Multiplayer Kill Board will used to keep track of points. Each LoC earns you a point for the competition, and a DFC counts for 5 points. Whoever scores most points win. The numbers on the MP KillBoard at the end of the month are the numbers that are tallied. If there are three participants then IS-GW/SW/BW, if only two IS-SW/BW, etc. At the end of the year the top 3 pilots with the most points will receive IS-PW/GW/SW. July Standings: Top 3 ranked pilots: 1st - VA Hawkins - 39 points 2nd - FA Elwood the Brave - 36 points 3rd - MAJ Silvius - 27 points MP Co-op Ace Of The TIE Corps 2016 - whole TC The Co-op Kill Board will used to keep track of points. Each LoS earns you a point for the competition. Whoever scores most points win. The numbers on the MP Co-Op KillBoard at the end of the month are the numbers that are tallied. If there are three participants then IS-GW/SW/BW, if only two IS-SW/BW, etc. At the end of the year the top 3 pilots with the most points will receive IS-PW/GW/SW. July Standings: Top 3 ranked pilots: 1st - HA Dempsey - 611 points 2nd - MAJ Silvius - 355 points 3rd - FA Pellaeon - 91 points Here is a good example of why I hadn't published these numbers in reports (well, these ones you can find on the Co-op Kill Board anyway). Even as COO I don't have the time to fly 611 SC matches - even the quickest of them. So... getting onto the scoreboard at 91 victories is a bit daunting, and topping the board an imposibility for me, personally speaking. Would making those numbers harder to come by make people make more of an effort, as that dautning total is unknown? Not sure! COO's Star Wars Challenge; Episode II - whole TC The COO's Star Wars Challenge is a competition designed to promote and reward the playing of MP matches based on a Star Wars platform. Simply submit your MP Screenshot report as normal, and the COO and COOA will track the number of matches played on any Star Wars MP platform, such as XvT, XWA, BF3, and all other approved MP platforms. Both PvP and PvE matches count towards a pilot's total. The player with the highest overall Star Wars based MP victories will win each month, and for the year over all. Normal Screenshot submission requirements apply. Screenshots that are submitted that were not taken in a given month, or very close to the start of it, will not count towards that month's total, but will count for the yearly total. July Standings: Top 3 ranked pilots: 1st - VA Hawkins - (Would love some company on this list! Any one for Star Wars MP?) 2nd - Still none 3rd - Double none Star Conflict; PvP Wingman - whole TC With the recent Star Conflict change to 'last hit kills', being a good wingman is an even more selfless act than before! to recognise this, this month's Competition is to achieve the highest single 'Assists' score in any PvP battle. . If there are three participants then IS-GW/SW/BW, if only two IS-SW/BW, etc. At the end of the year the top 3 pilots with the most points will receive IS-PW/GW/SW. July Standings: Top 3 ranked pilots: 1st - HA Elwood the Brave - 23 assists 2nd - MAJ Silvius - 21 assists 3rd - FA Pellaeon - 19 assists

OTHER COMBAT COMPETITIONS

TIE Corps vs. AI (TCAI) (MP Coop) - Entire TC Ruler of the Stars (MP & MP Coop) - Kappa Squadron Sinner's Delight 2016 - Sin Squadron Hammer's MP Pilot of the Month - ISD Hammer TIE Corps on Recon - Entire TC The Hammer's February Frenzy - ISD Hammer Epsilon MP Ace of the Month 2016 - Epsilon Squadron Beta Pilot of the Month - Beta Squadron Please let me know if I've missed any!

COO'S ACTIVITIES

Mail/telegram activity Processed LoC and LoS Playing Fighter Squadron The drafting fiction for the WARD's fiction competition Back to work on XWiTF - PLEASE get in touch if you can beta-test. Painted a shed Some Graphic work underway

AND FINALLY...

If anyone wants to test out 1v1 BF on the PC, please let me know! respectfully submitted, VA Hawkins COO-TCT-TCS/VA Hawkins/TC-4/VSDII Aggressor OoED GSx2/SSx2/BSx5/PCx4/ISMx7/IS-1GW-14SW-29BW-2GR-7SR-23BR/MoI/MoT-4rh-4gh/LoC-RS-CSx4/LoS- RS-CSx3-Rx1/DFC-Rx1/MoC-1doc-1poc-1goc-2soc-12boc/CoLx3/CoS/CoB/LoAx5/OV-17E [LGNR] [Veteran 4th] {IWATS-BFM-HIST-MCBS-MP/2-SC-SFW-SGBMC-SM/4-TM/1/3-TT-WIKI-XAM-XWAC-XWAI}