I’m mind blown at how many people genuinely seem surprised at the 10% bar going up over the course of the event and their high score relative to the new high scores changing their reward tier.

You guys are playing it wrong ... you should run the activities over & over on the lowest difficulty, get the worst scores possible & bring down the "average score" so that your registered high score gets bumped into the next bracket... hahaaaa jkjk, thats kinda evil... but it would work.

This event is just showing how entitled you guys are 😂 If you don’t get the helmet you arent a top 10% player. Why that bothers so many of you guys is weird.

Dude, every activity in the scoring system has automatic matchmaking. You should be able to place at least a half decent score for each activity with even a little effort. Even if you aren’t that great you will probably end up with a decent teammate after long enough.

Genuinely, I’m sorry the event screwed over people who aren’t gatekeepers. I’ve had a good guffaw at the “dedicated 1%ers” who claimed everyone with complaints about the scoring were entitled participation trophy players, only to complain about losing 40 points today. Still, it sucks to see non-sweats getting their hard work undone.

I'm not chasing no high scores for a silly helmet with a bit of fire that doesn't go with the rest of my guardian's outfit, and the fact that my 2200000 high score in the salt mines only got me 20 points made it pretty clear it's not worth the effort.

Average solo player here. I share your annoyance. That said, the real issue isn’t malice from the devs but rather how design principles around human motivation, recognition, and reward have been applied. I suspect the end results are more about diabolical population characteristic the devs don’t control. Read on if interested. I’ve included a suggested way for you and me to get the helm at the end of this reply. The top 1% should have activities that are genuinely challenging, with elite rewards that recognise talent and effort. Elite activities normally use advancement systems with both upside and downside consequences. This approach often provides an appealing challenge with a nice bit of tension to help improve skills, and provide that sense of achievement. Arms Week’s averaging mechanic is a solid example. These events should be open to open to everyone, so players who want to learn and grow can give it a crack. For average players, who aren’t elite and don’t have the time to grind, it works best when there’s a clear, appealing reward structure. That is play mode X, get Y points toward your achievement. Then come back tomorrow, do a bit more, and your score edges up even if you play poorly, and climbs faster if you improve. Rewards should feel worthwhile recognising time invested and for achieving the objective, but still differentiated from elite rewards so both pools maintain their perceived value. These are not new ideas. They’re grounded in more than a century of motivational research, Herzberg, Maslow’s and more recently Deci & Ryan’s self-determination theory have all been applied in game design to better connect recognition, reward and motivation to help all players feel and sense of satisfaction and fun. Now if I know this I’d image the devs do too. After all they are professional game designers an player motivation and satisfaction is learnt early for these folks. I suspect player stratification and population numbers per stratum is this a big factor. Anyway, just my two cents. I’m feeling the same frustration you are. For what it’s worth, I’m planning to wait for the score lock, then use LFG for the non-matchmade events, together with match made activities, to grab two top-10% scores, which should be enough to nab the helm. Kind of cheapens things for the elite players, though. After all that effort, all they really have to show for their top 1% status is the First of the New emblem. Maybe that’s enough for them. Not sure.

I feel same way my man. Did a Salt mines after the changes to scoring last night and got up to 70 points then log in this afternoon and I'm right back to 30. What a dam joke if you ask me about this whole event. Scoring should have been a cumulative score system

I managed to get my solo 1% position back in the Salt Mines but honestly, it’s way too much HVT RNG for a “Position”, even with the hotfix. Edit: And the goal post has increased. Looks like i’m not going to get that position back. Not going to waste my RNG luck on it anymore.

Coil/helio/salt mines are all easily soloable top 1%.. make a half decent build

I hear you but that’s exactly how the event was designed: competitive. Meaning whatever score you have, as more people beat you your position go down. I was top 10 in all activities and this afternoon, logged on, and I was down top 30% on Hélio. The feeling sucks I agree, but I had to go back and try harder to get the score back to top 10. Also, being solo means nothing, I play solo and I use LFG.