AlienEyeTX Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 This is the stupidest, most annoying thing in the game and now they're rewarding people for it? Why doesn't that surprise me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnAskham Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Throwin' Snowballs, Gettin' Error Messages - seems throwing snow balls doesn't work against any NPCs, not even the NPC droids that are part of the decorations and achievements event. Not surprisingly, the cash shop version of snowballs throwing (snow ball cannon) works against NPCs. GG BIoware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadess Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Hey folks, It has been brought to our attention that when you gain a parcel from throwing a snowball in the Life Day event, you earn Command Experience Points. This is 100% intended as a nice little bonus of CXP for participating in the event. Between the cooldown on snowballs and the % chance to get parcels, this isn't better than simply participating in in-game activities such as Uprisings, Warzones, etc. We will continue to monitor this activity and if it creeps up to being better than endgame activities, we will likely lower the CXP that you earn from parcels. Now, there is some concern about players exploiting this using bots and whatnot so here is a reminder: botting and macroing of any kind is against the Terms of Service. If an account is found to be using either, appropriate action will be taken up to and including account closure. Happy Life Day to all! Get in there and throw some snowballs and get some CXP for yourself. -eric Really? Nice! Thanks guys and gals and non-binary staff at Bioware! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yurnerocit Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) I throw a snowball to a rakghoul, and she jumps on to me to show her happiness get some CXP for yourself. Is someone talking about abusing warzones? Edited December 14, 2016 by Yurnerocit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanhedgehog Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 I can't throw snowballs at the Life Day droids. Nothing happens when I try, whether they are overheated or not. I talked to a couple of people in my guild and they're having the same issue. idiots at buggoware broke their event..again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanhedgehog Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Time to grind snowballs for 20 CXP vs grinding mobs for 2. Will be a much better payout then most other content for your time for CXP. Plus the added benefit of you cannot lose or waste time on it like running other content and wiping or losing. snowball grind till they nerf it like the other mob grinds for the same CXP reward (which were not exploits btw. bw just didn't like you doing that particular grind) no repairs also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith-Viscera Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 it would be nice if we could throw the snowballs at the droids for the event though I concur. I like to smack my snowballs across the Schismatic faces of those A.I. smart@ $ $es. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanhedgehog Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 It does look like this needs to be nerfed. More CXP than you get from flashpoints and operations. With very good luck close to uprisings. Looks like this and pvp both need to be nerfed to encourage uprisings. thta should get them the metrics they need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omaan Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Leeeet me guess - these snowballs you buy only within CM or gtn for big price? Another gumbling moove... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarkHelsing Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Leeeet me guess - these snowballs you buy only within CM or gtn for big price? Another gumbling moove... Nope. The Snowball cannon isn't available anymore so people can't buy it from the CM even if they wanted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelJedaii Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 No one can aim at the overheated droids with the snowball thing? It's my first Lifeday event so I thought I was doing something wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casirabit Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 No one can aim at the overheated droids with the snowball thing? It's my first Lifeday event so I thought I was doing something wrong. Nope, they mess something up. Only those with the snowball cannons (which you can't get this year) can do it. It used to be you could throw snowballs at the NPC/companions, which I enjoyed. I don't hang around the fleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AscendingSky Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Nope. The Snowball cannon isn't available anymore so people can't buy it from the CM even if they wanted to. It wouldn't be an EAWare game event if it wasn't broken somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeNaCe-NZ Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Nope, they mess something up. Only those with the snowball cannons (which you can't get this year) can do it. It used to be you could throw snowballs at the NPC/companions, which I enjoyed. I don't hang around the fleet I found 3 in inventory - sold 2 for 40 mill a pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andryah Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) So effectively what you're saying is that unless you were able to purchase the cannon from last year then you are being automatically put at a disadvantage to players who did get it. In the wee morning hours when the server population dwindles to almost nothing then those who are not able to get the cannon have few player targets in which to try and not only get parcels but now command points as well. However, the npc's and droids are Always available in multitude around the clock, thereby giving an unfair advantage to those with a cannon. The cannon was also an advantage last year. Why? 7 second cooldown instead of 15. A lot of players got one last year if they were doing the event..... for the fast cooldown. The only people who should really be grumpy right now about the cannon are people who never cared for the event and ignored it entirely until now, and newer players who this is their first time with the event. Snowballs not working is a bug and will get fixed I'm sure. The event runs for an entire month... so maybe a little patience if you don't have the cannon. It's a chance to get one of 4 trees... and when you hit, it lets you choose. Personally, I find them underwhelming and do not bother chasing down droids to get the chance. Last year they had a bug where they were freely sellable/tradable.. so I just bought a truck ton of them off the GTN for cheap. Then after the event, they patched them to be bound. Keep in mind.. the only thing you do not have the ability to get with not being able to target NPCs with the snowballs is the 15% chance at getting a decoration from hitting an overheated droid. Parcels drop just fine from striking anyone you can strike. And here's a tip folks..... you can get a parcel drop from hitting someone or an NPC that has the buff on it... AS LONG AS... it is not your buff. So three players could setup somewhere and play circular firing squad and everyone fire to the left or right at the same time.. and you will keep overriding each others buff. If you have the cannon I guess you could just sit in your stronghold and shoot your companion, remove the buff from the companion while the cannon is on 7 second cooldown, rinse and repeat until you fall asleep or passout. Edited December 15, 2016 by Andryah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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