Weekend Warfront Medals – Live Event Slot Item Rewards

This past weekend’s Warfront introduced a much-needed change to the reward system associated with these mini-Events:  Class-Specific Live Event Slot Items.

But they didn’t just introduce an item that everyone could get and be done with it, they created a random system for generating an Uncommon, Rare or Very Rare item for your efforts.

After spending Sunday finishing up the Weekend Warfront and talking to others that had done it and asking them to link their rewards to me, I’ve got what appears to be the breakdown for the possible items you can receive.

Let’s take a look!

~Gaar

Weekend Warfront Medals

General Information

These new rewards are received by achieving Elite Reward influence in the Weekend Warfronts.  Basically, you have to complete all the tasks set before you.

The reward you actually receive from the Herald is a Chest labeled with the type of Medal it contains.  This chest has a 2-day real-time decay timer on it.  This means you can keep it in your inventory for a while before you open it and thus start the timer on your actual item.

The Medals themselves have a 5-day real-time decay timer on them.  Basically, you’ll earn one for your efforts one weekend, then it will be decayed around the time you need to earn a new one.  This stays true to the initial idea behind these Live Event Slot Items in general, being that they were supposed to decay around the time a new Live Event was going to begin where you’d be able to earn a new one.  This hasn’t held true in regards to the full-size Live Events and their rewards, but this new system added to the Weekend Warfronts will mean that unless they don’t have one on a random weekend, you have the possibility to permanently keep this slot filled with an item now.

Ranks and Rarities

So as to make these items available for all Tiers, there are Medals for Ranks 11, 21, 31 and 40.

In addition to that, upon opening your Chest, you’ll receive either an Uncommon (Green), Rare (Blue), or Very Rare (Purple) Medal.

Note: Despite rumors to the contrary, I don’t believe there are Mythic-Rarity Medals available.  No one has yet been able to link one to me.  If you have one, let me know the Server you’re on and I’ll create a character there to come verify it.  Thanks!

Types of Medals

Brawn
Strength (Main Stat)
Weapon Skill (Secondary Stat)
Toughness (Final Stat)
Melee Crit (Bonus Stat)

Insight
Intelligence (Main Stat)
Toughness (Secondary Stat)
Wounds (Final Stat)
Magic Crit (Bonus Stat)

Discipline
Willpower (Main Stat)
Toughness (Secondary Stat)
Wounds (Final Stat)
Healing Crit (Bonus Stat)

Accuracy
Ballistic Skill (Main Stat)
Weapon Skill (Secondary Stat)
Toughness (Final Stat)
Ranged Crit (Bonus Stat)

Perseverance
Wounds (Main Stat)
Toughness (Secondary Stat)
Initiative (Final Stat)
Crit Reduction (Bonus Stat)

Stat Value Progression via Rarity

Dignified – Uncommon (Green)

Dignified Main Stat
Rank 11 = 7
Rank 21 = 8
Rank 31 = 8
Rank 40 = 11

Dignified Secondary Stat
Rank 11 = None
Rank 21 = 6
Rank 31 = 6
Rank 40 = 7

Dignified Final Stat
Rank 11 = None
Rank 21 = None
Rank 31 = 5
Rank 40 = 6

Dignified Bonus Stat
Rank 11 = None
Rank 21 = None
Rank 31 = None
Rank 40 = None

Noble – Rare (Blue)

Noble Main Stat
Rank 11 = 8
Rank 21 = 9
Rank 31 = 9
Rank 40 = 12

Noble Secondary Stat
Rank 11 = None
Rank 21 = 6
Rank 31 = 7
Rank 40 = 8

Noble Final Stat
Rank 11 = None
Rank 21 = None
Rank 31 = 5
Rank 40 = 7

Noble Bonus Stat
Rank 11 = None
Rank 21 = None
Rank 31 = None
Rank 40 = None

Royal – Very Rare (Purple)

Royal Main Stat
Rank 11 = 9
Rank 21 = 10
Rank 31 = 11
Rank 40 = 12

Royal Secondary Stat
Rank 11 = None
Rank 21 = 6
Rank 31 = 8
Rank 40 = 8

Royal Final Stat
Rank 11 = None
Rank 21 = None
Rank 31 = 5
Rank 40 = 5

Royal Bonus Stat
Rank 11 = None
Rank 21 = None
Rank 31 = None
Rank 40 = 1

As you can see, while not “Must Have” items, they do give very pertinent stat bonuses for whatever playstyle you choose to follow.  In the case of the Royal Medals, the +1 to Crit in your chosen path is a very nice bonus indeed.

I look forward to seeing how this affects participation in the Weekend Warfronts.  It may just give them that little extra “oomph” they needed to get more people to not only participate, but attempt to complete the Tasks and thus work together a bit more than in the past.  Only time will tell.

~Gaar