Announcing Warboats PvP — a new head-to-head community event

Our Warboats community event has been one of the most popular we’ve ever run. We’ve decided to bring it back for 2022, but with an added twist — you are now playing head-to-head against other gamers, over four rounds of achievement-unlocking fun. Welcome to Warboats PvP .

How Warboats PvP will work Warboats PvP will run over 4 rounds. At the start of each round, each player will be matched against another player that they haven’t been matched against previously. Both players will be given an 8×8 grid of target achievements based on the locked achievements that each gamer has in their collection.

The grids will contain different achievements for each player, but they will be matched as closely as possible based on TA Ratio, which should keep their unlock difficulty similar. Hidden behind the squares of each grid will be five ships: Carrier — 5 squares long Battleship — 4 squares long Cruiser — 3 squares long Submarine — 3 squares long Destroyer — 2 squares long You fire at the ships on your target grid by unlocking the achievement in the square you are aiming for. Points are awarded as follows: Hitting a ship: 3 points Sinking a ship: 5 extra points Missing with a shot: -1 point Not firing any shots at all in a round: -20 points The person at the end of the round with the most points will win that round, and be awarded 20 bonus points for the match win .

Each round lasts for 13 days, with a rest day between each round which will allow the TA development team to re-run the matching routines to ensure even matches for the following round. Registration information In order to register for Warboats PvP , you will need to have 500 valid locked achievements in a minimum of 10 valid games . Valid games are: In your Game Collection with an ownership status of Owned You can also optionally include games with the ownership status of Xbox Game Pass or PC Game Pass On the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox 360 or Windows platforms (your choice) From Only games you’ve started or All owned games in your collection (you choice) Not completed Not set as ‘Not for contests’ in your Game Collection Valid achievements are: Not currently unlocked by you Not from any DLC packs apart from Title Updates Have a TA Ratio between 1.

00 and 2. 00 Not flagged as Unobtainable or Discontinued Not flagged as Time/Date Not flagged as Buggy Not flagged as Partly Discontinued/Unobtainable Not flagged as Time Consuming The registration page will go live on Thursday, June 16th at 2pm UTC . At that time we will post a news story with a link to register.

The registration page will allow you to choose the platforms, ownership status, and game started settings you want for the contest, and also show you how many valid locked achievements you have. Registration will close at 2pm UTC on Monday, June 20th. The first round matches and grids will be announced at 2pm UTC on Tuesday, June 21st.

Before you register, make sure you update your Game Collection Nothing dampens the enthusiasm more than getting target achievements for games you don’t have access to any more, so it’s vitally important that you update the games in your Game Collection. Here’s how to do that. Between-round requirements At the end of each period, we will re-check your valid achievement count based on the settings you chose when you registered, and any new games you may have started or added to your collection.

We will also remove any games that you have set to ‘Not For Contests. ‘ You must have at least 300 valid locked achievements at the end of rounds 1, 2 and 3 in order for us to include you in the matches for the following round. If you do not have at least 300 valid locked achievements, you will be excluded from the following round of matches.

Warboats PvP key dates Thursday, June 16th at 2pm UTC: Registration opens Monday, June 20th at 2pm UTC: Registration closes Tuesday, June 21st at 2pm UTC: Round 1 begins Monday, July 4th at 2pm UTC: Round 1 ends Tuesday, July 5th at 2pm UTC: Round 2 begins Monday, July 18th at 2pm UTC: Round 2 ends Tuesday, July 19th at 2pm UTC: Round 3 begins Monday, August 1st at 2pm UTC: Round 3 ends Tuesday, August 2nd at 2pm UTC: Round 4 begins Monday, August 15th at 2pm UTC: Round 4 ends Is there a community challenge for this event? Yes, there is. You will earn an upgrade on your Community Challenge badge for sinking at least one ship during your first match. .