Events...the Main Problems & how to fix. Everyone has chimed in on this-last event, whether you're paying ie HTE, Seals, Xtals & Nobs OR enjoying the game which is free. After BURNING TOO many brain cells as to what wrong with it. For the record I generally hit HTE and use Xtals yet these event tiers seem foolish. Here are a few thoughts: Events by definition should give everyone a chance to compete. That said many bonuses are given to us the players by KAW-ThinkingApe via HTE. So despite the debate good or bad HTE is special, in addition to the 3x more. That said events and rewards should be based on "reasonable play." Winning tiers should be created off that same reasonable play without Xtals, items bonus & crux chest. The benchmark for this reasonable play should be HTE. Quickly a few reasons: it's special in general, it only costs $6 for 100ppl, it's quick and all item drop regardless of event type. With variables on drops and caches, any two playing the same amount will not have the exact same number of jewels. The Top tier should be calculated by taking KAW's average completion time on HTE divided by time to complete event. Example 14days = 336hr = 20,160min say the KAW average HTE time is 45mins (no Xtals) so jewel range is 2240-4480!! That's if you hit EVERY EB, NOT factoring regen, delayed starts, assuming every HTE is FFA-quick items, or sleep. Which would be difficult but...possible if you wanted to stop everything in life. Currently the revised tiers are higher??? We can argue about the 2000x2240 versus 5000x4480 but you get the idea. Just factoring 4hr of sleep and those numbers are 1500-3500 roughly. Not saying change the top 10 category, just general tier lvls. I said HTE is benchmark for tiers. In my opinion Hunt events are a pain in the butt, admitting I'm lazy or loyal depending on point of view as I prefer to stay in clans for awhile. That said you could randomly assign better drops to all other non-HTE EB's where the motivated non-paying player willing to visit several clans in a day aka "hunting drops" has a chance to compete as well. That would be two fold: luck that the random EB aren't longer SS or TSG and openly posting that using Xtals on these randomly selected EB's will help drop rate. Maybe consider making or posting: Max Xtaling doesn't guarantee highest drops but finding a sweet spot for each will(or something similar). SO, WE GOT SOMETHING COOKING?? Now we have and event-competition where being a DIEHARD either big spender or free player have best possible odds to make the leader board, yet variable drops & caches makes it more interesting and harder to predict. Remember my range 2240-4480 was if you hit EVERY EB!! Which is very difficult, if not impossible. KAW you said tier are set up to be hard, currently they're expensive...not hard, big difference. Also TOP clans certainly will complete HTE's faster, smaller clans then could use Xtals or recruit "Hitters" to stay on pace to compete. So there is a clan aspect which helps the individual diehard player. In addition players on leader board, large CS, played longer etc. do get a little advantage, as they should, yet small accounts can compete by Xtal'ing or recruiting which is free. WIN WIN....NO?? This should help these type of events in the future. Love to share a few thoughts on PVP too....next time
Just an observation... 10 is a finite number... Therefore i presume everyone else must have tied for 11th. Therefore attained what their activity n money got them. I hit my personal goal of 2k so i can use the EQ for war. I spent n played for my reasons. What reasons did others play the event for? Possible answers: Better eq for war... To collect eq just because... Items for growth n enchant... I like a challenge n see my name on LB... Simply addicted to KaW etc Summary: its a freebie event with options
Glad you got you personal goal. Of course last Saturday I open to cache and got 200 jewels so I was in range then to make 2000k, I think Sunday I had 1400. But It the Big tease, three days 600 jewels. I would have to leave clan, join HTE, Seal at least three time and max Xtal, $18.00 plus I have to buy 19.99 pack of 32 Xtals, right it's a bargain , 38.00 later it's a nail bitter if I would need to spend more. That on top of what I spend already
Personal I wish it was the same as the feather event. After the update it was super easy to complete the highest teir (got the 90k in a week for free) but if they made it so it a lot hard so not everyone gets it I'm fine. The thing that made it the best event was that to the chambers(I believe it was the eb after they changed the drops) was a small eb that if you are active you could stay in a clan where they did the eb in 1-2min. The interaction between the players was stronger it made me want to check the phone to talk instead of feeling like its a choir. (The pvp event is the closest to that feeling) but I know I have to accept that they will never do that kind again ):
I agree, I would totally take feather format. M really saying make it fun, make it something that builds support of game, and expands experience. I get the example of To the Chamber, it's quick the 15min down time allows everyone to yuk it up in chat for awhile. Last two formats just haven't been fun, this one worse then last. Plus banner were rare..,now if your willing to spend $100 on an event you get one.
Tbh events r not high on the list if on it at all for ppl in OSW nor for the majority who enter EE. Thats an assumption but i'm confident thats the case. Its merely a 2 week filler for the EB ONLY folks n a delay til S5 for everyone else not in all the current OSW's in progress.