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Is The Horga'hn Hunt Every 2 Hours Now?
sunfrancks
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As above, is it every 2 hours now, instead of the every hour like last year?
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What I feel after I hear about every decision made since Andre "Mobile Games Generalisimo" Emerson arrived...
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Thanks for the reply.
I guess i'll be spending less time at Risa than I thought..
Replace one of the artifact hunting spots with the sandcastle event.
Considering the schedule window only shows ~45 minutes of the schedule.....
But no, what he was likely talking about is keeping track from outside the game. Last year, I knew that I could log on at ~15 past the hour, any hour, because the Horgahn Hunt started at :21. Now it'll be at 10:51, 12:21, 1:51, etc. (assuming that 10:51 is correct, of course.) Doesn't quite stick in the mind as easily as the previous schedule.
Last time I checked the window, the Horga'hn Hunt wasn't even listed, nor was the Dance Off. So I figured they'd just removed those events entirely, until someone was talking about them in chat and mentioned that they were on a floating schedule.
I used to park my rear (um, Admirals) on Risa for 6 weeks to take part in the events. Real life doesn't exactly allow me time to sit around for hours waiting for an event, so I like to take the time out, when an event USED to be reliably available, and run it. Afterwards I could go back to real life and attend to things there. If time allowed, I could head back to Risa and do the events again.
Now? Now I give up. I removed all my alts from Risa, save for the one who is unlocking the ship. I intended to take a 6 week 'break' from the normal game to enjoy the event. Now I may as well take a 6 week 'break' from the game, aside from logging in for 5 minutes to unlock the ship.
And I have easy solutions to this problem.
Have the Dance Off and Horga'hn hunts running constantly. You talk to the contact to start the missions, dance for 10-15 minutes, collect your 10 Horga'hns to get the missions complete and done. Put the missions on a 60 minute cooldown so they don't get abused. With a 60 minute timer, it's similar to how they worked previously since they used to be once an hour.
Oh sure, those of us with multiple alts could still switch from alt to alt to bypass the cooldown, but how would that differ from before?
Losing faith in humanity, one person at a time.
I suppose on the plus side, there aren't many things I actually want to buy on Risa so I can gather Favors at a slower pace compared to last year.
You can build Sand Castles all day on a 15 minute timer and the reward is 20 Favors. The guy is there on the Beach outside of the Promenade to give you the 'assignment'.
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l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
But pining after the 60 minute schedule is an exercise in futility, since there are now too many events to fit into 60 minutes even with the sandcastle bonus removed.
That is the best solution to the problem.
Not sure why we need 2 each of the competitive races, since they both reward the same thing. Better to have one of each and allow the Horga'hn hunt to be every hour again..
It's hard to relax and enjoy the events when you have to plan in advance when you can actually do something. We used to have multiple horgahn events each hour IIRC. Now you have to run from one event to the other if you want to collect a decent amount of favors.
I too like this idea. I wouldn't even mind if they then put it on a two hour cooldown - just let us choose when we do which event. Maybe the longer cooldowns can then encourage players to do choose some different events. That will be a more interesting option if you can decide when to do what anyway, so without having to consider 'oh, but I also need to be ready for the horgahn hunt in 10 minutes'.
Might also help with keeping the queues filled, which tend to be more empty during these events. Playing a queue would no longer mean you risk missing out on an event.
Edit: Forum ate my post.
Oh and let's make Risa great again. I demand it
Dance Off
Powerboard Race
Horgahn Hunt
Biathlon
Artifact Hunt
Powerboard Race
Biathlon
Artifact Hunt
So two of each race, and two artifact hunts. Events seem to be either long (15m) or short (7m, I presume 7.5m rounded off). I guess the two newest events (Biathlon & Artifacts) are doubled because, well, newer content. And then you need 2 powerboard races to make an even 15m/90m.
There might also be some desire on the devs part to limit the Horgahn hunt because it's such a good source of favors for people with alts. /wildguess
Personally, the only things I tend to do are the horgahn hunt (for the favors & the eggs/birds/rep marks) & flying high. Hmm, which could also be a reason why the other events get more times/the schedule was spread out - their stats show too many people hunting horgahns/not enough doing other stuff. (also a wild guess. /shrug)
The artifact hunt I suppose is doubled because they wanted to round off the schedule time and nobody remembered they had a sandcastle event they could run instead.
it needs 2 cause you need to get over a "whole lot" of pieces to complete the deed. and it's all random. the more you have done, the less likely are you are get the missing item you need.
You don't even need to do it during the event, just do it ahead of time on all toons then cash in during the event for the bonus favors.
It doesn't need any spots, honestly. You can run the Artifact hunt at any time, outside of it being on cooldown. The scheduled ones simply give a bonus to the Favor payout.
Losing faith in humanity, one person at a time.
and why 2 races? Is DQing ppl and flag guessing really that fun ?
Hast thou not felt ashamed of thy words and deeds
Hast thou not lacked vigor
Hast thou exerted all possible efforts
Hast thou not become slothful
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
In that case... WE NEED MORE BONUS!!! if it's now 90 minutes!
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