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EQ-Raiders
08-07-2013, 07:26 AM
In an effort to condense contested avatars to increase the likelihood of more guilds attempting content as well as add in more variety in the spawn timers, SOE has revealed how the avatar spawn mechanics work and for now what exactly "Prime Time" means for each server.

The following information is a quote from Kander from the official SOE forums.


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· Each day at a set hour (typically 3PM local time for that server), the avatar spawn system makes 1 to 3 independent random rolls to determine if 1 to 3 avatars will spawn that day on that server.
· The chance for the roll to succeed depends on how many days have passed since the last avatar has spawned (for each day no spawn of any avatar occurs on a given server the chance increases). If no avatar has spawned in the last 4 days, the chance goes to 100%.
· There can be no more than 6 avatars spawning on any given server in a 7 day period.
· A given server will most likely get 6 avatars in any 7 day period, but this is not an absolute guarantee. It will average out to 6 per 7 days over time.
· Avatars rarely spawn singly, it can happen but it’s far more likely that they will spawn in 2’s or 3’s on any given day.
· All avatars who made their roll on that day spawn simultaneously, from 0-12 hours from the time of that days check (usually 3PM local time, meaning for the most part on most servers they will spawn at a random time from 3PM to 3AM)
· Once an avatar is killed it will not spawn again for a couple of days, and its chance of spawning is lower than avatars that haven’t spawned for a while after that 2 day period.



Current Server Times



Valor 3pm to 3am CET (Central European Time)
Splitpaw 3pm to 3am GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
Sebilis 3pm to 3am JST (Japanese Standard Time)
Butcherblock 3pm to 3am PST
Nagafen 3pm to 3am PST
Guk 3pm to 3am PST
Freeport 3pm to 3am PST
Everfrost 3pm to 3am PST
Unrest 6pm to 6am PST
Oasis 6pm to 6am PST
Antonia Bayle 3pm to 3am PST
Permafrost 3pm to 3am PST
Crushbone 3pm to 3am PST
Storms 3pm to 3am CET (Central European Time)
Harla Dar 3pm to 3am MSK (Moscow Standard Time)
Barren Sky 3pm to 3am MSK (Moscow Standard Time)

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