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Bring back sandcastles in the sand
captiannemo117
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Please bring back sandcastles in the sand. The powerboard races never actually take the full 8 minutes they run for, just take 3 minutes off each one, and you can add a 6 minute long sandcastles in the sand event. The sandcastles were pretty fun, and the other events are kinda boring, especially the new artifact one.
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There is only a handful of places to build sandcastles in a zone with a maximum occupancy of around 50, many of whom are all going to want to take advantage of the event. With a finite number of places to build castles, there are going to be people who simply will not get to make a sandcastle in time, which then leads to ranting, complaints, etc.
There were a few ways to work around this, but keep in mind, this was a work around, not exactly working within the designs of the event -- meaning the sandcastle thing was not that well thought out. You could build a sandcastle in between events and turn in the mission during the bonus period and get full credit... or you could zone hop into a less populated zone hoping there is a sandcastle place open.
The problem with that is there are usually way more people who would get the same idea as you, and Risa instances with around 5 people then get packed up to full in moments as they change maps -- the same thing that happens for the Powerboard race. Then you have the same problem as before, with everybody rushing for a sand castle plot.
I'm actually kind of glad they replaced Castles in the Sand, because the complaints had gotten real old and I got real tired of explaining these things to my friends. If anything, I think they should just improve the payout to max 24/7, since you're still affected by the cooldown timer.
Other than that, this is one of the times it was a good idea Cryptic did this.
I mean, I had trouble finding spots, but whenever I was on, I only saw the occasional complaint. It was mostly just reminding people to kick down castles whenever they could because it literally only took 4 minutes to build a castle, thus, many people could get them done in the given amount of time.
But, I do understand where you're coming from. If anything, I would have liked that they add more spots, as they have various stretches unused. Or, if they wanted to, they could very easily shorten the distance between each plot.
I took the full 15 minutes, course I did it on three toons each time, Im trying for 4 this year.
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Now that you mention I don't remember seeing them last night. Bah they remove something nice and easy and replace it with something tedious and annoying. Boooo Boooo
I never had trouble finding spots, even running the castles with multiple toons.
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With good positioning you should be able to do 3 without trying very hard - 4 is the challenge.
Since this is action is no longer on the timed schedule, could you please up the Favor Reward to 30.
Even if You have to lengthen the in-between time, it's just not worth bothering with now.
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It was annoying that they didn't up the spots, and now they chose to cut it instead. It sort of makes sense, but now we have two questy missions in the hour. Would be nice if they increased the rewards, or maybe added new options?
It actually takes several hours of work because of the amount of data setup involved.
there are several accolades for doing castles and you get to build more ornate ones as you go on, then you can do a "memorial"
nothing major and its just 3 base castles, 3 walls, 3 towers, and one faction memorial.
maybe a minute of work for 20 favors.
If it only takes several hours, then by all means get a player to do it for ya. Most players would be ecstatic to do something like that. Plus, the player would just ask for credit for doing it. It would also improve relations with the player base by showing that the devs are willing to let the players get involved.
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The summer event is a big thing. A returning event players anticipate as soon as the former event ends. Also we get hyped up timely to all participate. So I'd have loved to see that some development took place of the event, like introducing more sandcastle shapes every year, new dances just like we get new costumes. Yes, the sandcastle spots are few - it was a problem last year. But you couldn't find anyone (volunteer or employee) to create a few more spots all year and instead simply remove the event? We get the exact same event as last year but with less content (the artifact hunt is... unlucky) - this is not a major thing or dealbreaker, mind you. But I'm a bit disappointed. And yes I realise castles can still be built, but the event rotation was a nice thing so you always had something to do for the course of the hour especially if you tried it with multiple characters. This year, the artefact hunt is a gap of downtime since it's just not fun.
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It is, I think it's just a change I find very unfortunate, that and not having any new sandcastles to build.
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