Author Topic: Care Packages (Read 5167 times)

Mike Bobbitt · « **on:** January 31, 2011, 21:02:11 »

For everyone who appreciates a happy surprise once in a while, I've added a new feature to the game. Every day you play, you will now receive a 'care package' in addition to your danger pay. The care package is simply a piece of equipment from the game, added to your inventory for free. When you first log in for the day, the equipment is selected based on your rank and your current "consecutive days played" streak.

Specifically, if you add your rank and consecutive days streak together, you get the max MilPoint value for your care package, and the equipment given to you is randomly selected from all available equipment in that range. As I am bad at explaining this sort of thing, let's look at an example:

If I am rank 22 and have played for 8 days in a row, the max value of my care package will be 22+8=30 MilPoints. The item you get will be randomly selected from the 69 pieces of equipment that cost 30 MilPoints or less. Tomorrow, if I play again, I will bump up to a max value 31. And if I'm promoted in the mean time, it will go up to 32 MilPoints.

As a final note, if your "care quotient" is below 10, you don't get anything. Sorry, but nobody cares enough to send you anything until you make a name for yourself...

Any of us who have already played today will have to wait until after midnight AT to see the care package in action.

Comments and feedback are always welcome.

Cheers
Mike

NavyShooter · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2011, 21:25:09 »

Thanks Mike!

Navalsnipr · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2011, 21:26:10 »

Very Nice!!

a.schamb · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2011, 21:59:19 »

Sounds great Mike! The long streak of days played is starting to pay off!

Larry Strong · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2011, 22:36:06 »

Sweet

CEEBEE501 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2011, 23:38:34 »

Ah so that explains the Hawaiian shirt I just got.....So what do i do with it?

CanadianTire · « **Reply #6 on:** February 01, 2011, 02:09:58 »

Thanks for the 24 rounds of .338!

Larry Strong · « **Reply #7 on:** February 01, 2011, 02:44:06 »

Dang....all I got was a trip flare....'n I tripped over it

JohnTBay · « **Reply #8 on:** February 01, 2011, 03:18:30 »

You have received a care package, and it contained a Gas Mask

I got suspicious

Mike Bobbitt · « **Reply #9 on:** February 01, 2011, 04:09:48 »

lol, read what you will into it!

Harris · « **Reply #10 on:** February 01, 2011, 05:04:24 »

Hummmm, I "won" a crewman, but I don't have an entry for that in my QM list. And isn't slavery abolished? ;-)

Captsapper · « **Reply #11 on:** February 01, 2011, 07:54:39 »

I received a medical kit, is that the game's way of telling me that I am going to have a bad day?

Mike Bobbitt · « **Reply #12 on:** February 01, 2011, 08:05:41 »

Todd, you can win kit you haven't unlocked yet... If you do it won't show up in the QM until you unlock it (I may have to change that) but one you do... you'll already have one!

Captsapper I got a flak vest... looks like we are both in for bad days.

Tango18A · « **Reply #13 on:** February 01, 2011, 08:14:07 »

Thanks for the camera.

MMSS · « **Reply #14 on:** February 01, 2011, 08:51:56 »

I have a feeling I should report to the CoC the machine gun that just arrived via CANADA POST

ArmyVern · « **Reply #15 on:** February 01, 2011, 08:54:29 »

LOL.

I got a t-shirt!!

Mike Bobbitt · « **Reply #16 on:** February 01, 2011, 10:42:53 »

Quote from: MMSS on February 01, 2011, 08:51:56

I have a feeling I should report to the CoC the machine gun that just arrived via CANADA POST

Wait until you get a Leopard 2!

'Care Package' is probably the wrong term to use but I couldn't come up with anything better. I'm open to ideas.

airmich · « **Reply #17 on:** February 01, 2011, 10:44:03 »

Quote from: Mike Bobbitt on February 01, 2011, 08:05:41

Captsapper I got a flak vest... looks like we are both in for bad days.

Just because I got a C8 doesn't mean you can't trust me....although it might be a good hint for me to win the contest draw today!

kratz · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2011, 10:45:28 »

'Care package' is a good enoug term to use.

The fun side effect is reading the discussion here.

NavyShooter · « **Reply #19 on:** February 01, 2011, 16:14:29 »

I got a box of 5.56 Link.... :-)

Interestingly, I recently got a .22 Beltfed....

Co-incidence...

?

PuckChaser · « **Reply #20 on:** February 04, 2011, 17:25:12 »

After spending a week in the only place the Arctic Circle touches Ontario (Petawawa), I logon to find this awesome change. I can't wait to get a Leopard 2 as a gift.

Keep up the great work, Mike!

airmich · « **Reply #21 on:** February 23, 2011, 06:56:33 »

Quote

You have received a care package, and it contained a €100 Euros worth 10 MPs!

This item isn't in my QM. Is there any explanation?

PuckChaser · « **Reply #22 on:** February 23, 2011, 07:00:47 »

Quote from: airmich on February 23, 2011, 06:56:33

This item isn't in my QM. Is there any explanation?

Quote from: Mike Bobbitt on February 01, 2011, 08:05:41

Todd, you can win kit you haven't unlocked yet... If you do it won't show up in the QM until you unlock it (I may have to change that) but one you do... you'll already have one!

Tango18A · « **Reply #23 on:** February 23, 2011, 08:16:51 »

Ohhh, an AK-47. If I'm a good boy will I get a Badger?

airmich · « **Reply #24 on:** February 23, 2011, 08:40:42 »

Thanks PC. I thought I had seen something about that but since my 0600 eyes couldn't find it, thought I might have been imagining it.

Mike Bobbitt · « **Reply #25 on:** February 23, 2011, 09:28:10 »

I am seriously considering adding nonsensical items that can only be obtained via care package. (E.G. grid lines, CADPAT paint, etc.)

ArmyVern · « **Reply #26 on:** February 23, 2011, 09:40:52 »

Quote from: Mike Bobbitt on February 23, 2011, 09:28:10

I am seriously considering adding nonsensical items that can only be obtained via care package. (E.G. grid lines, CADPAT paint, etc.)

But those items are priceless; how can you give them a MP value??

NavyShooter · « **Reply #27 on:** February 23, 2011, 16:29:45 »

Bucket of frictionless bearing grease?

A bucket of steam?

20 yards of shore-line?

agc · « **Reply #28 on:** February 23, 2011, 16:34:49 »

Some left handed screw drivers would come in handy.

NFLD Sapper · « **Reply #29 on:** February 23, 2011, 16:56:00 »

Frequency lube
Sky hooks
box of grid squares
bottle of drive

ArmyVern · « **Reply #30 on:** February 23, 2011, 19:04:28 »

I'm all-in for a B.O.B.

NavyShooter · « **Reply #31 on:** February 23, 2011, 19:05:45 »

A gallon of striped paint (for the old barberpoles on the Steamers)

Key for the Anchor Pocket Door....

PuckChaser · « **Reply #32 on:** February 23, 2011, 19:08:08 »

Bison reverse light?

Blinker fluid?

NavyShooter · « **Reply #33 on:** February 23, 2011, 19:08:31 »

Vern, send your addy over there and ya never know what will show up...ask Navalsnipr about the care packages I sent him....

Tactical Bacon (in a can with an M-16 on the label)

Bacon Mints (given to a friend working with the ANA guys....apparently they like the flavour)

Bacon strip band-aids....in case anyone got a boo-boo

An inflatable parrot and BIG WIDE beach sunglasses....

A sand-bucket and shovel to "play in the sand-box"...

Good fun.

NavyShooter · « **Reply #34 on:** February 23, 2011, 19:10:14 »

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34370769@N07/4230072208/

(Anchor Pocket door visible in this photo....)

agc · « **Reply #35 on:** February 26, 2011, 12:43:23 »

How about some food for the shaft seals?

Or grease for the relative bearing?

kuchunwah · « **Reply #36 on:** February 28, 2011, 09:42:25 »

care packages are great, although I haven't been able to use any of them yet..

kratz · « **Reply #37 on:** March 07, 2011, 07:54:06 »

Thanks Mike,

Today's care package was a GPS.

I don't even have one around here, so at least now I have one for the game.

jeffb · « **Reply #38 on:** March 15, 2011, 13:34:53 »

BFA for the M777?

kuchunwah · « **Reply #39 on:** March 17, 2011, 18:50:49 »

Quote from: jeffb on March 15, 2011, 13:34:53

BFA for the M777?

does it even exist?

jeffb · « **Reply #40 on:** March 17, 2011, 19:04:23 »

There wouldn't be much point if it did. The BFA is mainly there to divert gas back to cycle the bolt. Howitzers, such as the M777, don't have bolts. However, there was a thread somewhere here that showed a "silencer" for a PzH 2000. If you're curious, here's a link to the image.

http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/ground-warfare/40962-self-propelled-artillery-2.html

AJFitzpatrick · « **Reply #41 on:** September 18, 2011, 00:16:57 »

Pistol bayonet

FlyingDutchman · « **Reply #42 on:** September 18, 2011, 18:41:55 »

Headlight fluid, elbow greese, blue team's flag, and blue tooth floss.

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