Dear Settlers,
The 2017 Easter Event Developers Diary has been been published. We are looking forward to reading your impressions about the new features and improvements for this year's event.
Have fun,
BB_Aeyline
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Dear Settlers,
The 2017 Easter Event Developers Diary has been been published. We are looking forward to reading your impressions about the new features and improvements for this year's event.
Have fun,
BB_Aeyline
Looks like it will be a great event :)
Would be nice if there was a Easter Bunny Topiary that also faced the opposite direction. (my two cents).
KM
For those who are running Premium, with the tripled resources on certain adventures, will the premium bonus be calculated on the amount of resources given after it has been tripled, or before?
this looks like the best written, most thorough developers diary we've ever been given, thanks!
Yes I am eggcited to get started ;)
The seasonal adventures is a nice touch, sadly I doubt it will make much difference. Horseback will be nice on my French account, and the loot is pretty good for Victor the Vicious before the bonus, but the others are not even close to worth it... not even if the eggs get tripled too. I am sure you will find after the numbers are crunched people still did the same adventures as last year. Also, Motherly Love on the list makes little sense as you know follow ups are a pain in the *** to find, right?
In the end, can we please keep the bridge this year? It sure is pretty.
A bit confused by the starting time, it shows 0:01 GMT on other servers, which is 7PM ET in N.A, but it used to be 8:00PM until Sunday, when EU switched to Daylight Saving as well. So my question is...is it really 8PM ? or is just an arithmetic error ?
Hello KingZaz,Quote:
Originally Posted by KingZaz
There haven't been any changes on how premium loot is calculated, which means players who are running premium will receive their bonus loot based on the tripled resources awarded by that particular adventure.
Cheers,
BB_Aeyline
cant wait to get started it is always alot of fun in the duck pond where we all help each other we do tons of adventures and enjoy the event as much if not more than a kid in a candy store lol
Okay, not to be a nit-picker or anything, but when the dev diary states, in part, "...The resources rewarded upon completion of either of these adventures will be tripled. This applies only to resources, ..." I just want to clarify that the eggs WILL be considered a resource in this case, will the number of eggs awarded will also be tripled?
Hello Raubhautz,Quote:
Originally Posted by Raubhautz
Yes, event resources (or Stripy Eggs) will also be tripled for these adventures. This does not apply to experience points, buffs, or buildings that may be included in the loot.
Happy adventuring,
BB_Aeyline
only complain i got is how late this dev diary came out
the event is looking good though
I don't mind Horseback that much. It's a nice adventure, although too low in experience for my level. I'd do it possibly for a side-quest reward. Honestly, the others I wouldn't do even with the triple resources.
I like it overall.
My one negative comment is: Motherly Love in the Seasonal Adventures?? It might be one of the least run, but that's not due to popularity. It's due to the fact that it is a beast to obtain. If you are trying to encourage running of the less popular adventures, they should be obtainable less popular adventures.
Horseback at 54 eggs is a really nice offer for players in the low 40s or about the 15 levels leading up to that.
Looking forward to lots of new specialists. MMAs get a bit more ho hum at this point, but that's still my top pick.
Achievements are easier to obtain for anyone in a guild, but the 800 level for the max university is still fair regardless. I've already picked out the ones I don't care if I finish them or not.
Oddly enough, it struck me as one of _the_ most imbalanced ones growing up.Quote:
The Black Knights was one of the most played adventures in the past event due to its well balanced design.
Pretty sure feedback for 4 years+ has been to just delete the adventure from existence and nobody would even notice, but hey!Quote:
satisfy your feedback requests.
The list of seasonal adventures for Easter 2017 is:
Wild Mary
Horseback is the only real winner in that list, I'll look forward to getting a list at the end confirming the other seasonals still weren't played at all :D
Okay, the event has started for me, but nothing seems to be working. I got an initial quest to check achievements. I did that. Now it tells me to place a University. I have no University nor any other quest to potentially give me a University. I don't have the bridge leading to the island or anything on that island either.
Cancel that. I refreshed and now have a uni in my inventory.
Is Wild Mary still giving 150 eggs like last year? If so tripled would be 450. That and the COAs do some nice damage to it... still takes forever to run.
Whole heartedly agreed :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mister_Blister
How do we expect more of Motherly Love, if it is so hard to find :(
OK, here something I don't get. From the Dev's Diary:
Mr. Croix Sant's ultimate treat
A buff that will be necessary to be created for the "Mr. Croix Sant" quest chain. It can be produced in either the Provision house or the Rarity provision house. The buff cannot be traded or gifted; it can be exchanged for its original cost once the event is completely deactivated. (Emphasis mine)
Now, the cost of an ultimate treat includes 1 Stripy Egg each.
When the event is deactivated entirely, all Stripy Eggs will be converted to 1 coin each.
So, if I have leftover Ultimate Treats that I can't exchange for their original cost until AFTER the event is deactivated, and all Stripy Eggs have already been removed and exchanged for coins, just what will I get as "its original cost"?
Beautifully run event. Diary extremely comprehensive. No complaints but one comment. I know there is a fine line when it comes to just how much to give the players but new buildings and making some things easier has a negative effect on the trade office. Items become more expensive and fewer players use it. Not sure at all how to address this but the trade office needs to keep its groove.
Events always shake up trade with an additional frequently used resource added to the mix. It will perhaps make you adjust your trading style for a few weeks, but there is also much benefit to be had both from getting things from the merchant and also from new trading options.
This event is the most fun one I've done since starting the game a year and a half ago. I love the triple loot from some less-popular adventures. It's a wonderful idea, and I hope will be used in future events. And I am sure glad I didn't delete those VTVs and Whirlwinds from my star, seeing as how I'm just finishing my 7th Whirlwind of the event! haha
You can probably buy them for a fish at any given time, just holla lolQuote:
And I am sure glad I didn't delete those VTVs and Whirlwinds from my star, seeing as how I'm just finishing my 7th Whirlwind of the event! haha
I've done 2 Wild Mary's and in both, 2 of the loot slots didn't triple. The coins, bread and meat slots. That being said I did this adv once and didn't think it was worth it, now it is. Thanks
Point of clarification please.
For Courageous Explorer, is the Artifact Search considered a treasure search and gaining the CE's bonus?
On test server the Courageous Explorer bonus applied to artifact searches.
Yep. But not anymore... they nerfed her.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perwyn
No surprise there, now she is worthless to me with exception of events. Just typical.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trialgame
Still a nice addition, but other than events, she's basically a savage scout.
To BB team,
I think you did a good job on the 3x loot option for some Coop adventures and some other adventures that were not getting a lot of attention. The change made them more attractive to run.
Hopefully, this is constructive criticism on what to address for the next event. This post is about the Easter event, but pertains to all of them.
I think it is safe to say that the Easter event is all about collecting eggs. Everything revolves around that.
Player excitement is driven by collecting eggs while doing adventures. And nothing kills the momentum more than receiving zero eggs after running an adventure. Please eliminate this option.
Personally I had five loot drops in a row that delivered zero eggs. This causes a lot of frustration with the game and concern that the game is broken somehow. This increases complaints and tickets to the support team. Nobody wants this to happen.
There a few ways to deal with the zero egg drop problem. The easiest for the development team is probably to keep the existing three tiers of 25% = zero, 55% = current base rate and 20% = bonus rate and simply change the drops in those tiers. A suggested drop rate is 25% = 1/2 the current base rate, 55% = current base rate and 20% = double the current base rate.
Example is as follows, Witch of the Swamp is currently 0, 30, 50. Change this to 15, 30 , 60.
Doing this would make the event more enjoyable for everyone and it is not a difficult thing to do. There are of course other options for changing the drop rate, but I find them more complicated and the simplest solution is usually a very good one even if it is not the best.
There are some adventures where the bonus is more than 2x the base rate. I am not suggesting that this be lowered to 2x, but I do understand that it might be necessary. Maybe the bonus could be 2.2x or 2.5 times. Or, perhaps simply change the minimum drop to be 1/2x and not make any other changes.
If overall egg inflation is a worry to BB, then the spoiler will explain how to do what I am proposing without increasing the total egg count.
Spoiler
It should be noted that by removing the zero egg drops from the adventures, you may be causing an increase of players running more adventures. This will increase the overall egg count on the server. But this should be a positive outcome and a measurement of a successful change to the game.
Please consider making these changes for future events that drop special loot when running adventures.
Regarding the 3x loot for some adventures. I think this was a great idea and a good approach. I think it should apply to all the COOP adventures. Also, not sure what happened to Sons of the Veld, but this adventure needs the 3x loot bonus applied to it as well.
Thank you for your time BB and thanks for the game.
Great idea Suts!
Yes, zero drops is very frustrating and "feels" that it happen more often than that. I work full time and so when I do an adventure that takes an hour - and get nothing for it, it's very frustrating. Sometimes that's my game time for the day.
Au contraire mon ami........ sent my Courageous Explorer out on an artifact search and she came back with 2, count 'em, 2 artifacts. A solid sammich and a rainbow snow. So obviously she hasn't been nerfed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trialgame
Will we still be able to drop the truces & bribes on the mayors house for a refund of resources , after the event, like we have in the past?
There's nothing in Dev's Diary about it.
Very good to hear. ty. She is out now on her first Artifact Search...Quote:
Originally Posted by Perwyn
+1 to a changing 0 egg drop to at least something. Nothing more frustrating than seeing no eggs after you spend lots of time adventuring. Overall I think this event was eggcellent. So many goodies in the shop to buy with them. Just wondering if some people realize this is just a game and gold coins here are not real money, so gauging prices gets them nowhere. Even try to sell eggs last minute for outrageous amount of resources :D
Please get rid of the zero drops for event currencies.
It's very annoying/disheartening/frustrating to deal with and while the 'jackpot' large rewards are supposed to offset it, this is putting too much RNG into the picture for a rewarding player experience.
Having Horseback drop triple was the single best offset for the zero drops in this year's event.
I believe that the numbers will show that the co-op maps STILL are unplayable at triple loot. Maybe 10x loot?
The selection of products available from the shop was varied and broad. Very nice.
The 'go find the 9 eggs on this island' adventures remain boring as hell. Howsabout ditching those in favor of some content that's fun? I'd like to see some new adventure maps introduced during events. Perhaps those can get the 3x loot bonus to give them an initial popularity bump.
This event was generally not broken re: login issues, servers down and such. Well, a little. But not too horribly. Good job. Keep doing better in this department cause it matters a lot.
Party Crashers are annoying after the first couple of days. I don't suppose party crashers would be anything BUT annoying by definition but maybe something could be done to make this element a little less meh?
Overall, I give this event a very positive rating. On a scale of 1-100, 85%.
I don't like the current way that the delayed release of event segments works. (Like how one quest chain part starts on the first day, then next is released 5 days later, etc.) I feel like this would be okay for a player that starts the event on the first day, but if a player begins late, I feel like the next segments of the Event chain should start whenever they complete the previous segment. The player shouldn't be forced to sit there for 5 days, unable to progress, while all the players around them who didn't miss a few days at the beginning get to move on, only to meet the end of the event missing a segment where a timer simply didn't expire and let the player begin that final segment.
Also, I didn't appreciate doing adventures and not receiving any eggs as a reward. It'd be nice if there's a guaranteed amount with a chance of bonus event items added on.
And, being unable to use the Modest Truces on anyone because everyone had advanced beyond the initial stage before I started the event...that's annoying. It would be nice if there was a way to still get to use those earlier truces, without missing out on the event achievements.
I agree with Suts, and the others that posted about the egg drops, my first two days of event running 4 of my own BK runs a Day and accepting loot spot for several more, I had 0 eggs from Adventures and on second day I had 90, almost felt like quitting at that point, I was so disappointed, on the 3rd day I started to average a 0 drop every other adventure, but the bonus and regular eggs dropped alternately between the 0 egg drop. I am not sure if it was because I was on Premium? but the whole event I averaged very close to 50% of the time 0 eggs, I may not do Adventures next year, just sell materials for eggs if that system is in Place next year, as I was exhausted by the end of event, I ran close to 90 of my own Bk runs and was in 30 to 50 Loot spots on other adventures; and I did not get enough eggs to purchase all the generals and buildings I had planned without buying eggs. Please consider changing the 0 eggs to at least some amount, so people don't get disappointed, at one point I was close to quitting the game.