Community Content Contest IV | February Issue | HWS+ Changes

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Dear HWS Community @everyone

today was my birthday and while I don’t want to bother you with it, I thought I share couple of things with you - be it as little present for you here and there, be it, that I count you as my family after all those years :hugs:

Community Content Contest IV (CCC 4)

After a very long pause, it’s time to start the fourth iteration of our big CCC.
The goal with it is, to mobilze all of you great creative builders to build content by the community for the community!
And while this is already a big thing for many to see their creations on the server, on top you get rewarded from me for your time doing it of course!

Theme: Star Fragments

This round I want you to build dedicated content for the Star Fragment Story.
Many should know it by now but as a super quick refresher: The Star Fragment Hunt is a community collaboration, to find 7 POIs spread throughout the whole universe, collecting them, bringing them to the Time Space Continuum Generator and by doing it, you collect massive rewards along the way.

Those Star Fragments are protected by some POIs and overall it is just the beginning of a much bigger story line I have in mind with them.

We need your POIs

To make it more fun and especially more fitting, I would like you, the community to build more POIs for the Star Fragments. Mainly:

  • Star Fragment Defense POIs and **Star Fragment OPVs **(Orbital Patrol Vessels)

Some can build better Bases, some can build better CVs. So hopefully it’s for everyone something included.

Contribution Guidelines

  • You can build both a SF Defense POI and SF OPV, but you can also submit just one category as well
  • You are not allowed to use anything from the workshop. It must be your own creation
  • You can work with others together, submit your work together
  • Your submission must be complete. Signal Logic, if any, LCDs, if any, must be all working correctly
  • You can make use of decals, but don’t overdo it. Performance is always the most important factor
  • If possible, do not use any RE2 specific blocks / decals, etc. You can use them but if you keep it at vanilla level, it means I can use your content also for HWS+. Up to you.
  • Do not exceed Class / Complexity of 30
  • For both the Defense POI and OPV, you have to use more than 1 Alien Core - at least 3-7, to make it more challenging to take them down.
  • For building style and colors, please orient yourself to the current Star Fragments / EGS HQ / Racom.
  • If possible, provide a video of you playing against your creation to show how you defeated it yourself
  • The more difficult you make it, the better. The more skilled you are, the better (use of Dialogues / PDA) - you get extra points :wink:
  • Please submit your work latest at 8th March 23:59 server time!

Prizes

If there are too many submissions, I can’t add all of them into the game unfortunately. But I try to add as many as possible. Please note, that they should be really special and should not be some generic bricks.

That being said: for all submissions that get into the game, they get mentioned on our dedicated Thank You page!

  • 4th-10th place: 100 HWS DNA, 10 million credits and a random item goodie package to have a nice start into the season

:3rd_place_medal: 3rd place: 300 HWS DNA, 30 million credits, a random item goodie package, 150 HWS Ingots and a 1 month HWS Elite Patreon gifted membership

:2nd_place_medal: 2nd place: 500 HWS DNA, 50 million credits, a random item goodie package, 264 HWS Ingots and a 1 month HWS Master Patreon gifted membership

:1st_place_medal: 1st place: 1000 HWS DNA, 100 million credits, a random item goodie package, 1 HWS Supporter Playfield (Planet or Space) for a whole season and a 1 month HWS Meta Patreon gifted membership

Note: if more than one person worked on a submissions, the rewards will be shared between them / one of you must be picked to receive the Patreon membership for example. Obviously no alt account or other account boosting is allowed.

Feel free to ask questions in the feedback channel if I missed anything or something is not clear!

HWS+ and HWS RE Season Start

Now to the tricky part. As I said, I want to be as transparent as possible and the February will be honestly a life changer for me.
On 7th February, 14:00, I will have an Eye Laser surgery (Trans-PRK).
My goal is to fix 2 issues with one go.

  1. fixing my -4 diopter and don’t need glasses anymore would be a huge game changer
  2. the more important part though is to fix my Recurrent Corneal Erosion (RCE) syndrome. Since 7+ years, randomly, I suffer under that and am unable to do a lot for ~3 days.
    Insane pain I hope to get rid of it with this surgery.

That means though, that I’m blind for ~1 week and need recover for ~3-4 weeks.
So February will be quite nasty for me and unfortunately not that productive I guess. It all depends how my eyes will react to it, after I had glasses for 20+ years.

I have to compensate that time frame of course and so the season might need to get shifted back as well. Just so you know exactly what is going on. I keep you updated!

HWS+ Teasers

The wait will not be for nothing though. I prepare big goodies for all of you - it’s our 10th HWS Anniversary after all!
So while RE gets some special love with T.E.A.M.S., the EGS Flying City and some other iconic things from the old HWS scenario, there is one big surprise coming for both servers!

For HWS+ I’m excited to announce, that major changes are coming to overall improve your experience.
More details to come but three major teasers for you today:

  • we are moving away from the Fantasy themed Elemental Weapon System and move to a Sci-fi approach. For example instead of Nox and Strangelet, we go with Void and Singularity. With updated names, updated crafting ingredients and updated weapons, it should make more fun and fits Empyrion better.

  • PvP / the new Resonance Matrix gets a dedicated HWS Connect service and game logic, where you know upfront what playfield consists of what type. The random Rock-Paper-Scissor game will be rather a strategy game you can prepare for.
    PvE has themed POIs where you can also prepare your Resonance Matrix Weapon loadout

  • for the first time, I give up my heliocentric HWS System approach and create a more dynamic and engaging universe, where you start at the edge of the universe and need to reach the center of the universe to find glory and wealth. The closer you come, the more rewarding the resources, PvPvE encounter and completing the campaign

In the end I want to provide you a complete unique experience you can play, whenever you are done / bored with Reforged Eden - since all 4 servers will be connected via CSW+.

Alright, that should be it for today :slightly_smiling_face:
I have more to share along the way and I am really eager to start the year with a big bang and build on top of it.
You deserve it!

I thank you honestly for your patience - so far and in advance!! :folded_hands:
Without you, I couldn’t do all of that and I hope you enjoy your time here and we can continue building something big together!

RexXxuS

(Link to this Discord Channel message: Discord)