Feedback - Midsummer Night Event

[ROKSettler]

It's a nice idea but I think it would have been even better if there were ways for newer players to at least try to get tokens via adventures or explorers.

[SkyePromise]

I started playing last August and have really enjoyed the excitement of the events. Planning on how to obtain the necessary items to obtain the special items. I got my first MMA during the Easter event and was looking forward to this event so I could get the lucky explorer until I heard there was zero opportunity to earn tokens. I have leftover pumpkins and Christmas presents from last year but after conversion, will only have 260 as I used all the ones I could during the earlier events. I have few gems and not many coins to be able to acquire additional tokens. No opportunity to earn tokens in this event means that this event is a major flop for me. I really wish I could participate in this event, but really do not see the possibility of doing so. There are so many items on my wish list in this event.

[pelexyz]

BB make sure you allows us to use both the PH and RPH to convert the event resources to tokens .
I think it will be unfair to use only one and to have a high time conversion, because at the end you will gives us few coins and ...

[Aurboth]

While I understand why they want to remove the ongoing resources from events, it would appear that this event becomes the extreme of the example. While there was concern that the passage of event currency from year to year, in this case the event is completely dependent on the old resources, and newer players are essentially shut out of the event. I understand that BlueByte is a business, and it depends on the sale of gems to maintain the game, the overemphasis on gem buying over event participation seems shortsighted.

There are a limited number of events each year, with typically four major ones - Easter, Summer, Halloween, and Xmas. Three of these (Halloween being the exception) previously used explorers to get event resources or currency. This encourages players to make long-term investment in the game through buying explorers, and encourages game longevity. In the past, events have also been a peak time for players to return to the game, as it is a chance to get items without spending real money, and many of the players stay with the game after. The same would not seem to apply for this event, as real participation is limited to people who held on to old event currency and people who will trade for it. Sadly, this event will likely preclude having another major event before Halloween.

It would likely be better to allow some form of player participation to obtain tokens, either from adventures or explorers (or both), as in previous events. This would make the event more inclusive, especially to newer players. While we should not expect people to be able to get everything through that method, it would encourage full participation, which is ultimately better for the game and more likely to provide increased revenue overall.

[Raubhautz]

[...] the overemphasis on gem buying over event participation seems shortsighted [...]

Hear, hear to your entire post, with the above statement being key.

[Perwyn]

I think calling this an event has led to expectations, since events have specific components.

This is strictly a limited offer sale. No one gets upset over limited offer sales, they either buy or don't buy.

I'm very happy to have the opportunity to get what I want using leftover event resources rather than having them arbitrarily exchanged for gold coins, or even just arbitrarily deleted from my storage, either of which are options BB could have implemented.

BB seems to be trying to do a good thing for people who have been playing for a long time. How would I feel if I was new to the game? I don't know. It's unfortunate there's no good way to balance this limited offer sale out for noobies.

But it's not an event, it's a sale, so like all sales, if you have the resources or the cash to spend, it's good, if you don't it's not so good.

[Snacknado]

While there was concern that the passage of event currency from year to year, in this case the event is completely dependent on the old resources, and newer players are essentially shut out of the event.

why would new players be shut out of the event? tokens will be tradable as well as buyable from gem shop.... in any other (real) event- new players cannot rely on solely quests and colllectibles, lootspots and explorers- especially for newer players to buy everything in the event shop (all the limited items especially) with limited # of explorers they have without books (im guessing).

i did calc for the amount of tokens i will have left after i purchase everything and it came out to 286,345- so i will have a bunch of tokens going into circulation, i am sure i am not the only one either. So will it be more difficult to obtain tokens than previous event items, yes probably, but it is still possible for new players to get what they need/want

[Gwalben]

If tokens were obtainable as loot, the people with 18 upgraded explorers and tens of thousands of troops would get everything they want and then drop the difference on the trade office at exorbitant prices, while the noobs would still struggle to get 1 or 2 items. The increased supply would help with pricing of tokens in trade, but it would mainly serve to enrich those who already have the resources to obtain as many tokens as they want.

In the context of what it is, a liquidation of defunct resources, rather than an event, the plan as spelled out for the most part seems pretty fair.

[NeoOne]

[...] In the context of what it is, a liquidation of defunct resources, rather than an event, the plan as spelled out for the most part seems pretty fair.

Yes. It is not truly an event as we have come to know it in TSO, but a cleansing. lol I kept my collectibles low, using (or trading) them by the end of the events; no reason to hoard them imo.

I do note that the ones in this thread who defend the event are those that are lvl50, either spend or have spent big bucks and/or been the tyrants hoarding. I am glad to see that one less set of tools will be available for those greedy ones. :P I do spend a little depending on what is available or is needed, but I'd rather spend on gems or trade with friends than give the hoarders any of my resources. There are enough noobs to do that for them.

[Snacknado]

. :P I do spend a little depending on what is available or is needed, but I'd rather spend on gems or trade with friends than give the hoarders any of my resources. There are enough noobs to do that for them.

no noob could afford my trades