Event Times Lucidgold/silver

Denaini - Sanctuary
Denaini - Sanctuary Posts: 33 Arc User
edited March 2012 in General Discussion
While I'm not very happy about event times in general ( I suggest to move the dates for TW, CoA etc by 12h every day/week to make them available for everybody ), they are not the reason I made this thread. What I'd really like to know is:
What are the reasons for limiting the Lucidgold/silver event to a specific hour, instead of making it a 'regular' daily, i.e. you can take the quest at any time of the day, once per day ?
To me, the limited availability of this event or quest seems absolutely random, so I wanted to know the reasoning behind it (if any).

I'm mainly addressing PWE, but anybody is free to tell what they think about this.
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  • _Nerox_ - Dreamweaver
    _Nerox_ - Dreamweaver Posts: 753 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Players think 1 way, GMs another and they dont care.
    you should know by now, when there is an event for good/free items, its when few ppl are on and often limited.
    they are just to...greedy b:surrender

    But I will keep feeding this game real money only so I can see it die faster.
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  • truekossy
    truekossy Posts: 7,021 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Seems like something done by the devs and not the GMs... however it's a good way to keep some semblance of control on the inflation it would cause of those of us with a large amount of characters could simply pick it up whenever we felt like it.
  • CroPsy - Heavens Tear
    CroPsy - Heavens Tear Posts: 476 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    I have one conspiracy theory! b:laugh
    They made it that way, so they could say, "hey, our servers are really populated at "prime-time", we're good, buy our stock". b:thanks
  • /Groovy/ - Harshlands
    /Groovy/ - Harshlands Posts: 688 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    ^


    Also, to encourage European players who remained on US servers to "gtfo, nubs"
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  • Bromsen - Heavens Tear
    Bromsen - Heavens Tear Posts: 24 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Yeah, I can do Silver but not Gold. I have to be up too early in the AM to wait until midnight.
  • VeniceQueen - Sanctuary
    VeniceQueen - Sanctuary Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    This must be bugging lots of people..
    I do understand other events, like celestial tigers, tw and so forth...
    But I seriously don't understand why they need to put a time limit on a quest simply handing out chests. You don't even need to do a freaking thing, else than standing there or even not standing there... b:chuckle

    I've been playing on this server for more than 3 years, and no! Even if they've been trying so hard, I won't be leaving for a european server;

    1) I don't speak german or french...

    2) I have lots of friends that are so dear to me, why would i leave them?

    3) Those servers are dead...

    4) Thanks god that I didn't pay lots of money on this game, but I still merched and acquired lots of stuff on my current server... I spent my time here...

    Though if there was a european server when I started playing pwi, I'd eventually end up playing on that server..

    Anyways, I don't care about the chests to be honest, it's just not fair.. And it doesn't even make sense putting a time limit which is also so late for the players in the server time zone..

    Omg I'm actually QQing on forums b:shocked

    b:surrender *vanishes*
  • Hazumi_chan - Sanctuary
    Hazumi_chan - Sanctuary Posts: 1,264 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    It's weird indeed that there's a specific time for them.
    I'm from Europe, 5am to get up to participate :3 no thanks.
    It's my own choice not to, so I won't QQ about it, but it would be nice to see this kind of dailies without a certain time limit to pick it up ;)
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  • lordhanzo
    lordhanzo Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    The event took place in my working time.. even thou it's around my lunch time (The Lucidgold ones), and I actually can login to take the Quest, I usually forgot because I was focusing/thinking about work..

    Ya would be nice if it doesn't has specific time on it.
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  • tantak
    tantak Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    /Groovy/ - Harshlands wrote: »
    ^


    Also, to encourage European players who remained on US servers to "gtfo, nubs"

    this
    and they dont give a **** bout european players even tho u have bunch of them on all east/west servers so why would they try to make something "fair" for all ...


    and

    Gm's want players to switch to private servers cause they dont like their job b:thanks
  • Regenbogen - Lost City
    Regenbogen - Lost City Posts: 1,559 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    uh its right before i gotta get ready for work...take quest 1 right before 20:00, take quest 2 few minutes later, go to work, and get my rewards when i come home <3

    b:victory
    i am waiting for you my little flagcarriers b:kiss
  • CrusherJam - Dreamweaver
    CrusherJam - Dreamweaver Posts: 550 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    its considered prime time

    its no huge conspiracy as stated above unless you are thinking the way I am were

    for some reason they want the server populated during these times

    in my time zone its 8-9 then 9-10 PM EST.

    so that's my thoughts and feelings.
    19k Hp and rising my goal is 20k unbuffed (would love 25k )
  • Empu - Sanctuary
    Empu - Sanctuary Posts: 1,154 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    /Groovy/ - Harshlands wrote: »
    ^


    Also, to encourage European players who remained on US servers to "gtfo, nubs"

    This probably. All events have always been at ****ty times for anyone not in the same timezones as US. Why would they change that now ? They already made european servers (which I consider a huge mistake. would have been better if they spread out events at that time, rather then making 2 new servers when they already had 2 nearly empty ones).

    At least on this one, I won't get asked by random ppl why they never see me in the rankings b:laugh
  • Mr_Punkster - Dreamweaver
    Mr_Punkster - Dreamweaver Posts: 272 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    just a note...

    The quest takes a second to pick up...and you can hand it in any time after it's completed...even 2 days later.

    2 much QQ over nothing
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  • HexOmega - Dreamweaver
    HexOmega - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,342 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    Mr_Punkster - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    just a note...

    The quest takes a second to pick up...and you can hand it in any time after it's completed...even 2 days later.

    2 much QQ over nothing

    you login to a game at 5 am to pick up a quest and go back to sleep for 1 hour?
    i like potato
  • VeniceQueen - Sanctuary
    VeniceQueen - Sanctuary Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    Not that I'm trying to justify anything but come on, you can pick it up and turn in whenever you want to? You're missing the whole point there, "why would they even put a time limit on it" is more of a real concern, not that I care about whatever I could get from those, not that I need them also.

    And it just doesn't make sense. Since it can be like 4 am in the morning for some people, and nobody would actually want to wake up for a chest, and go back to sleep for like 2 hours anyways..

    As Hazumi_chan above pointed out, it's all about choice, I could have chosen to wake up so early so that I could have time to get it before I go out. I don't.. But it doesn't mean that this is logical and it's still not fair.. But then again, as it was stated above, why would they try to be fair for all? I feel enlightened!

    People are free to talk about what's bothering them or ask questions about it, or state whatever they think, even if it means nothing to some people.

    And I think that I will go for the prime time theory over there... b:bye
  • PotatoHeadQR - Dreamweaver
    PotatoHeadQR - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,507 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    HexOmega - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    you login to a game at 5 am to pick up a quest and go back to sleep for 1 hour?

    ofc, i love fruits! :b


    actually i think that the reason is the auction ads during that time and maybe to boost numbers in a certain time period to sell ads in the future?

    I dont believe that the theory of forcing people to move to EU servers is reasonable; will you abandon your char and start from scratch for 25k exp per day? xD
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  • _DarkSeph_ - Sanctuary
    _DarkSeph_ - Sanctuary Posts: 2,294 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    truekossy wrote: »
    however it's a good way to keep some semblance of control on the inflation it would cause of those of us with a large amount of characters could simply pick it up whenever we felt like it.

    If inflation was a problem, then why would they even have the event? If they never made it, no one would be the wiser, or care.

    Kinda baffled on this one, it's 5 am for me and even for my gf who lives in the US, it's midnight, which is still almost undoable. Not complaining, just don't see the logic behind it.
  • HexOmega - Dreamweaver
    HexOmega - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,342 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    PotatoHeadQR - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    ofc, i love fruits! :b


    actually i think that the reason is the auction ads during that time and maybe to boost numbers in a certain time period to sell ads in the future?

    I dont believe that the theory of forcing people to move to EU servers is reasonable; will you abandon your char and start from scratch for 25k exp per day? xD

    you know this is just the top of it..



    any event featuring masses of players has an unfortunate time, but that is OKAY since we want to play international
    but events that dont require the company of fellow players should not be that way
    you know what i mean ;o



    i love the international server i am on, i cant imagine playing an online game on the server for my first language ever again. i would always choose all the world
    you see an overall higher lvl of maturity and education.. well.. if you exclude the rednecks ofc
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  • RosangeIa - Heavens Tear
    RosangeIa - Heavens Tear Posts: 240 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    I think the event is okay I mean... even for me (in the USA) it is a little late. Nearly midnight at the end of the hour for just the first chest. I don't even grab the second (I didn't know about the "gold" version to be honest).

    It would be nice if maybe it was "activated" twice or three times a day at certain hours so that everyone could participate when it was most convenient but still only be able to pick up the quests once a day. That would be the more logical solution if they really wanted to stick to a time limit on it.
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  • tantak
    tantak Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    Mr_Punkster - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    just a note...

    The quest takes a second to pick up...and you can hand it in any time after it's completed...even 2 days later.

    2 much QQ over nothing

    *double facepalm*


    yea...gettin up in 4am to take quest...damn...good idea m8 b:beatupb:mischievous

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