Revamped Daily Rewards System

CCP_Fozzie · March 30, 2022, 7:00pm

Hello spacefriends! We’re happy to be able to announce that big improvements to the daily gifts system are coming to TQ on April 5th, and you can try them out now on Singularity right now!

We’ve made big changes to the rewards you can get each day, alongside a new refreshed UI and a system that gives you a better idea of what to expect in the coming days.

Rewards:

Let’s start with the part that I know everyone will be asking about, the content of the daily gifts. We have completely overhauled the rewards: replacing the time limited skins with new permanent ones, creating a new set of boosters designed from the ground up to work as daily gifts, moving the skillpoints into the daily rewards directly, and completely removing the blueprint copies from the old system.

SKINS
All of the temporary skins have been removed from the rewards, and instead we have hundreds of permanent skins. The new system is launching with 260 new permanent skins (mostly using the new Halcyon Dawn and Carmine Horizon patterns) as well as 148 returning event skins with patterns like Strikeflight Red, Frontier Safeguarder, Zakura Hansei, Purity of the Throne, and more.

The new daily gifts system will keep track of which skins the characters on your account already have, and will avoid giving you duplicates until you have all the skins available (which shouldn’t happen for a very long time if at all since there are so many new skins and we have the ability to add more over time).

Like most login reward skins, these permanent skins will auto-apply to your character when redeemed from the redeeming queue.

The new Halcyon Dawn and Carmine Horizon patterns can be viewed on SISI right now, but for anyone curious there’s also some screenshots at the end of this post.

Boosters
The boosters included in the old daily rewards can be very useful, but they suffer a bit from being copies of pre-existing boosters instead of having been designed for daily gifts from the start. They have skill requirements, they often have drawbacks, they are only useful for a narrow set of gameplay styles and ship fits, and they have fairly short durations which isn’t a great fit for being applied from the redeeming queue.

We have endeavored to solve all these problems with the new Halcyon boosters designed for the new version of the daily rewards. These boosters provide small bonuses to a large variety of attributes, meaning that they will be useful in a wide variety of gameplay styles and on a wide variety of ships. They also avoid any skill requirements and drawbacks, and they have a base duration of 2 hours (increased further by the Biology skill) so that you can redeem them at your convenience and benefit from their bonuses all through a play session.

There are four lines of Halcyon boosters providing bonuses to different attributes, and each line has five different strength tiers. Alpha players will be able to receive tiers one through four in their daily gifts, and Omega players will receive tiers two through five.

The new daily reward boosters will all auto-inject when redeemed and they will only last 7 days in the redeeming queue so their power and versatility will be balanced by the inability to hoard them.

I’ll place the stats for these new boosters in the second post in this thread for everyone to peruse.

Skillpoints
In the new daily rewards system we have changed the way that free bonus skillpoints are distributed. Instead of the old system’s separate SP track that fills up at the bottom of the window (which user tests have shown to be unnecessarily complicated for newer players), you’ll now get skillpoints every couple of days as part of the standard rewards.

The total amount of SP that each account receives over time from the new version of the system is the same as the old system (average of 150k every 30 login days for Omegas and 50k for Alphas), but you’ll get smaller chunks of SP every few days instead of getting the bigger chunks once a month.

To transition from the old system to the new one, we’ll be running a script that gives out the SP from the partially filled SP bars of all accounts that have logged in at least once in the last year (rounding up a bit here and there).

Filaments
For people looking to get their abyss fix, low tier filaments will continue to be available in the new system. The filament days will come about half as often as the old system however, to make room for the new boosters and skins.

UI:

To go with the new rewards we have also given a major facelift to the Daily Rewards UI. You can check out how the new system looks on SISI now, or take a look at the screenshot above.
We’re continuing to tweak a few elements related to the icons but the version on SISI today is very close to what will release on TQ next week.

One major change with the new UI is that you will now be able to see what type of rewards you have coming up in the next 4 days, with different icons and labels for each reward grouping instead of the crate icons used by the old system.

The new UI will of course be available both in the Classic UI and the Photon UI styles, depending on which you have active for your game client.

We hope that you enjoy the new system, and we plan to keep making tweaks to it after release so if you have any feedback please pass it along. If you have any questions about the new system feel free to post them here and we’ll do our best to answer them.

Thanks!

New Skin Screenshots:

CCP_Fozzie · March 30, 2022, 7:01pm

New Halcyon Booster Stats:

All have a base duration of 2 hours (increased further by the Biology skill)

Halcyon R-1 Booster

1% bonus to local shield and armor repair module effectiveness
1% bonus to ship max velocity
1% bonus to turret and missile launcher rate of fire
1% bonus to capacitor recharge rate
1% bonus to signature radius
2% bonus to drone max velocity and tracking speed
2% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester range
2% bonus to scan resolution
2% bonus to scan probe deviation and scan speed

Halcyon R-2 Booster

2% bonus to local shield and armor repair module effectiveness
2% bonus to ship max velocity
2% bonus to turret and missile launcher rate of fire
2% bonus to capacitor recharge rate
2% bonus to signature radius
4% bonus to drone max velocity and tracking speed
4% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester range
4% bonus to scan resolution
4% bonus to scan probe deviation and scan speed

Halcyon R-3 Booster

3% bonus to local shield and armor repair module effectiveness
3% bonus to ship max velocity
3% bonus to turret and missile launcher rate of fire
3% bonus to capacitor recharge rate
3% bonus to signature radius
6% bonus to drone max velocity and tracking speed
6% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester range
6% bonus to scan resolution
6% bonus to scan probe deviation and scan speed

Halcyon R-4 Booster

4% bonus to local shield and armor repair module effectiveness
4% bonus to ship max velocity
4% bonus to turret and missile launcher rate of fire
4% bonus to capacitor recharge rate
4% bonus to signature radius
8% bonus to drone max velocity and tracking speed
8% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester range
8% bonus to scan resolution
8% bonus to scan probe deviation and scan speed

Halcyon R-5 Booster

5% bonus to local shield and armor repair module effectiveness
5% bonus to ship max velocity
5% bonus to turret and missile launcher rate of fire
5% bonus to capacitor recharge rate
5% bonus to signature radius
10% bonus to drone max velocity and tracking speed
10% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester range
10% bonus to scan resolution
10% bonus to scan probe deviation and scan speed

Halcyon B-1 Booster

1% bonus to shield resistances
1% bonus to warp speed and acceleration
1% bonus to turret optimal range and falloff
1% bonus to missile flight time
1% bonus to capacitor capacity
1% bonus to drone hitpoints
1% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester cycle time
2% bonus to scan resolution
2% bonus to sensor strength
+4 virus coherence for data analyzers

Halcyon B-2 Booster

2% bonus to shield resistances
2% bonus to warp speed and acceleration
2% bonus to turret optimal range and falloff
2% bonus to missile flight time
2% bonus to capacitor capacity
2% bonus to drone hitpoints
2% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester cycle time
4% bonus to scan resolution
4% bonus to sensor strength
+8 virus coherence for data analyzers

Halcyon B-3 Booster

3% bonus to shield resistances
3% bonus to warp speed and acceleration
3% bonus to turret optimal range and falloff
3% bonus to missile flight time
3% bonus to capacitor capacity
3% bonus to drone hitpoints
3% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester cycle time
6% bonus to scan resolution
6% bonus to sensor strength
+12 virus coherence for data analyzers

Halcyon B-4 Booster

4% bonus to shield resistances
4% bonus to warp speed and acceleration
4% bonus to turret optimal range and falloff
4% bonus to missile flight time
4% bonus to capacitor capacity
4% bonus to drone hitpoints
4% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester cycle time
8% bonus to scan resolution
8% bonus to sensor strength
+16 virus coherence for data analyzers

Halcyon B-5 Booster

5% bonus to shield resistances
5% bonus to warp speed and acceleration
5% bonus to turret optimal range and falloff
5% bonus to missile flight time
5% bonus to capacitor capacity
5% bonus to drone hitpoints
5% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester cycle time
10% bonus to scan resolution
10% bonus to sensor strength
+20 virus coherence for data analyzers

Halcyon G-1 Booster

1% bonus to shield, armor, and structure hitpoints
1% bonus to ship agility
1% bonus to turret tracking speed
1% bonus to missile explosion velocity
1% bonus to capacitor recharge rate
1% bonus to drone damage
1% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester cycle time
2% bonus to maximum targeting range
2% bonus to sensor strength
2% bonus to scan probe strength

Halcyon G-2 Booster

2% bonus to shield, armor, and structure hitpoints
2% bonus to ship agility
2% bonus to turret tracking speed
2% bonus to missile explosion velocity
2% bonus to capacitor recharge rate
2% bonus to drone damage
2% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester cycle time
4% bonus to maximum targeting range
4% bonus to sensor strength
4% bonus to scan probe strength

Halcyon G-3 Booster

3% bonus to shield, armor, and structure hitpoints
3% bonus to ship agility
3% bonus to turret tracking speed
3% bonus to missile explosion velocity
3% bonus to capacitor recharge rate
3% bonus to drone damage
3% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester cycle time
6% bonus to maximum targeting range
6% bonus to sensor strength
6% bonus to scan probe strength

Halcyon G-4 Booster

4% bonus to shield, armor, and structure hitpoints
4% bonus to ship agility
4% bonus to turret tracking speed
4% bonus to missile explosion velocity
4% bonus to capacitor recharge rate
4% bonus to drone damage
4% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester cycle time
8% bonus to maximum targeting range
8% bonus to sensor strength
8% bonus to scan probe strength

Halcyon G-5 Booster

5% bonus to shield, armor, and structure hitpoints
5% bonus to ship agility
5% bonus to turret tracking speed
5% bonus to missile explosion velocity
5% bonus to capacitor recharge rate
5% bonus to drone damage
5% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester cycle time
10% bonus to maximum targeting range
10% bonus to sensor strength
10% bonus to scan probe strength

Halcyon Y-1 Booster

1% bonus to armor resistances
1% bonus to ship agility
1% bonus to turret and missile damage
1% bonus to capacitor capacity
2% bonus to drone optimal range and falloff
+4km drone control range
2% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester range
2% bonus to maximum targeting range
2% bonus to energy warfare resistance
+4 virus coherence for relic analyzers

Halcyon Y-2 Booster

2% bonus to armor resistances
2% bonus to ship agility
2% bonus to turret and missile damage
2% bonus to capacitor capacity
4% bonus to drone optimal range and falloff
+8km drone control range
4% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester range
4% bonus to maximum targeting range
4% bonus to energy warfare resistance
+8 virus coherence for relic analyzers

Halcyon Y-3 Booster

3% bonus to armor resistances
3% bonus to ship agility
3% bonus to turret and missile damage
3% bonus to capacitor capacity
6% bonus to drone optimal range and falloff
+12km drone control range
6% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester range
6% bonus to maximum targeting range
6% bonus to energy warfare resistance
+12 virus coherence for relic analyzers

Halcyon Y-4 Booster

4% bonus to armor resistances
4% bonus to ship agility
4% bonus to turret and missile damage
4% bonus to capacitor capacity
8% bonus to drone optimal range and falloff
+16km drone control range
8% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester range
8% bonus to maximum targeting range
8% bonus to energy warfare resistance
+16 virus coherence for relic analyzers

Halcyon Y-5 Booster

5% bonus to armor resistances
5% bonus to ship agility
5% bonus to turret and missile damage
5% bonus to capacitor capacity
10% bonus to drone optimal range and falloff
+20km drone control range
10% bonus to mining laser and ice harvester range
10% bonus to maximum targeting range
10% bonus to energy warfare resistance
+20 virus coherence for relic analyzers

Arline_Kley · March 30, 2022, 7:36pm

Like most login reward skins, these permanent skins will auto-apply to your character when redeemed from the redeeming queue.

And immediately I am not interested. When will you get that people want to share the SKINS and sell them on rather than have only 1 person in their account ever get it? What I had 3 characters that I wanted that SKIN for?

“Oh no, this SKIN is selling for 15,000 ISK on the market, so therefore we are banning it” is a terrible counter argument when you can’t see that 15,000 ISK being used might mean that the person selling it can then afford a new ship to create another instance of ISK expenditure…

Evie_Kouvo · March 30, 2022, 7:39pm

What slot are the boosters? And how do you deal with people saying " I don’t want to fight today, we got bad booster rolls"

Debes_Sparre · March 30, 2022, 7:41pm

I’ll say upfront I’m not really the target audience for this, and I don’t ever look at my daily rewards but I feel that some of these boosters are a bit too strong. 5% extra resists is a stronger boost than a level in Amarr Battleship for an Abaddon. 20km drone range is a free highslot! I understand that these aren’t available every day or at will or anything, but some of these are really large boosts.

I think staying away from direct damage/tank boosts is a really good idea.

Emotional_Support_Clown · March 30, 2022, 7:41pm

The SP we have currently accumulated on the daily login doesn’t get wiped just paid out sooner, right?

Drake_Iddon · March 30, 2022, 7:42pm

slot 5, which means i can combine them with quafe and overclocker for even more speed

Evie_Kouvo · March 30, 2022, 7:44pm

people are going to go “bad roll today, guess i’ll play more safe”

Ayakana · March 30, 2022, 7:50pm

I wish boosters didn’t exist. Just more of a isk sink and further enhances pay to win.

T_rahk_Rokym · March 30, 2022, 7:51pm

Drugs are cool but pls can we not have 4 new drugs with ~10 effects and that have 5 levels?
I already have enough to manage like it is

Drake_Iddon · March 30, 2022, 7:51pm

the login boosters cant be traded and are free

Elizabeth_Seria · March 30, 2022, 7:57pm

All of this sounds good to me.
I’ve never once used a temporary login skin, so the permanent ones are a lot more likely to get used.
Login boosters are also very hit or miss currently, so replacing them with all-positive options with wider application makes sense.
The BPCs and filaments were hangar spam at best.
Also very happy to see player-producable items (BPCs, existing drugs) no longer in the reward list.

Dynomike_Holt · March 30, 2022, 8:00pm

I think that is kind of the point. A large boost that will help you choose what ship you should fly today.

It should be large enough to change your habits and try something new.

Emotional_Support_Clown · March 30, 2022, 8:01pm

That’s what expert system packs do for new players during events.

Small_Kitty_Paws · March 30, 2022, 8:05pm

If they can be stored in redeemed queue just like current rewards. I feel that soon, so very OP boosters would turn into mandatory meta that can change balance of many ships. Which will turn into new, impossible to balance can of worms

CCP_Fozzie · March 30, 2022, 8:05pm

I knew I forgot to mention something in the original post!

Yes we’ll be running a script that pays out the SP for the partially completed SP bars of everyone who has logged in at least once in the last year. (So if you are an omega account with a half filled bar you’ll get 75k SP added to your redeeming queue)

Drake_Iddon · March 30, 2022, 8:09pm

20 different drugs, 7 days expiration while in the redeem queue, you can probably stack 4 hours of a specific drug at max

Giddy_McFee · March 30, 2022, 8:12pm

I think the rewards needed a refresh, a good change i feel.

Ashterothi · March 30, 2022, 8:29pm

If it helps they are racially aligned.

Arakkis_Melanogaster · March 30, 2022, 8:32pm

I can’t find a single thing to be mad at in this update and it is v confusing.