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End of Summer Event Questions

Roderick

By Roderick,
Posted on: 2012-07-30 07:10 in Player Questions

 

Posted

Am I correct in interpreting this:

Quote:
The 2012 Summer Blockbuster Event is scheduled to run from 10:30 a.m. PDT, Wednesday, June 27, 2012 to 11:59 p.m. PDT, Monday, July 30, 2012.
...to mean that it will end at midnight tonight (Pacific time)? That is, not at noon today, right?

(and midnight Pacific would be...3 AM Eastern? Heh.)

Another question -- I tried an experiment. A character who had just run the event ran it again, but quit without selecting a reward. If I log back into the character tonight (before the event expires) and check, will the reward screen still be available, and might I be able to select an Overwhelming Force enhancement, now that the 20-hour cooldown has expired? Or did I "waste" the reward screen by not picking before I logged out (in which case I'm out the 8 reward merits, no big deal)?

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Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sailboat View Post
Am I correct in interpreting this:

Quote:
The 2012 Summer Blockbuster Event is scheduled to run from 10:30 a.m. PDT, Wednesday, June 27, 2012 to 11:59 p.m. PDT, Monday, July 30, 2012.
...to mean that it will end at midnight tonight (Pacific time)? That is, not at noon today, right?
AM = Approaching Midday
PM = Past Midday

11:59PM is night.

I suspect that they don't use 12am (midnight) because many people get confused which 12 o'clock is noon and which is midnight.

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Originally Posted by Sailboat View Post
Another question -- I tried an experiment. A character who had just run the event ran it again, but quit without selecting a reward. If I log back into the character tonight (before the event expires) and check, will the reward screen still be available, and might I be able to select an Overwhelming Force enhancement, now that the 20-hour cooldown has expired? Or did I "waste" the reward screen by not picking before I logged out (in which case I'm out the 8 reward merits, no big deal)?
If you log in before the event ends, after the timer runs out, you will be able to select the enhancement, just like any other reward window with a timer. Log in AFTER the event ends, and... I don't know if the window will still appear.

@Roderick