Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-1820055-20150701022818/@comment-26574811-20150707104934

Clover tea wrote: 202.166.14.133 wrote: Clover tea wrote: Isn't this event likely to be a four map event, though? What makes you think that? It's bad to make assumptions and come out unprepared Well, the developers have adhered to the pattern of small event, medium event, large event for some time now. It  also lends credence to the theory that the theme of the map will be the Battle of the Philippine Sea, since it was a short battle.

Preparedness doesn't factor into it either way though. A four map event could be much more complex and difficult, while a six map event could be a complete breeze (such as Spring 2015). The number of maps says nothing to how difficult or time consuming the event as a whole may or may not be. So it's honestly just a theory that has more to do with what battle the event will be themed around, rather than how much one should or should not prepare. The pattern of "small-medium-large" only repeated two times, and the first "small" was the Arpeggio collaboration event, which could have been made small due to other reasons like the numbers of Fog Ships allowed to use, time they have to have the voices recorded, etc. I don't think the pattern should be considered as confirmed for the time being.

But there's one thing you might be right, there's no prior cases of a six-map event right after another, so maybe we should be considering a 5-map one? I don't know.