Scavenger Hunt is on Hiatus
Дата: 28.03.2019 19:11:33
DomoSapien: Hey Folks, You probably noticed the month of March has come
and gone, with no news about the Scavenger Hunt. While I did
mention this in quite a few forum threads & our Reddit Q&A, I
should probably make a post about it as well. (Shoutout to
heavymetal1967 for the reminder!)
The Scavenger Hunt project is temporarily on hiatus while we go over all the data, figure out what worked, what didn't work, and make improvements to the format. While I'm not yet certain if we will be able to accomplish everything we want to with the format, ideally we are shooting for the next Scavenger Hunt to operate in a similar, month-long format, with some key differences to address some of the biggest pain points with the previous format.
In an ideal world, the next Scavenger Hunt will run concurrently with the Scavenger Hunt missions, so that players won't have to wait a whole month and hope that they didn't miss any codes. Ideally, you will be able to enter your code, then immediately log in and complete your mission if you'd like to do so.
Having the missions run concurrently with the code-gathering portion of the event should also allow us to include an extra mission that will let you track how many codes you have redeemed up to that point. So if there are any issues with how many codes you've redeemed, you'll have the whole month to contact Customer Support and get that issue resolved.
Additionally, one of the most common bits of feedback involved the timeframe that each code was available. While each code was theoretically active for a full 48 hours, some CC's don't release content until the evening, which significantly reduced the redemption window for some players. To address this, we'd like to either: post a full schedule at the beginning of the month, or post an article at the beginning of the month that would be updated daily with links & instructions for each day's code drop.
It's challenging, because we have CC's in different time zones and countries, with different jobs, schedules, and responsibilities - it's hard to commit to a specific date and time a full month in advance, since life has a way of throwing us curveballs, so we're still trying to figure out the best way to do it.
That said, there will be no Scavenger Hunt in April, however it's likely to return (in a new & improved format) in May.
Thank you all for the tremendous amount of feedback, patience, and support you've given me and my crazy pet project. I have read virtually all your comments regarding the event; believe me when I say I take each and every one of them to heart. All the data and feedback I've seen thusfar indicates that it's definitely got potential to be a strong recurring community event, but we need to iron out the kinks because all the technical issues and pain points of the current format are unacceptable.
Also, I believe I got back to everyone regarding the Scavenger Hunt however it's possible and quite likely that some PM's got buried in my notifications, so if you're still waiting on a reply from me please reply to your PM so I get another notification. Thank you <3
The Scavenger Hunt project is temporarily on hiatus while we go over all the data, figure out what worked, what didn't work, and make improvements to the format. While I'm not yet certain if we will be able to accomplish everything we want to with the format, ideally we are shooting for the next Scavenger Hunt to operate in a similar, month-long format, with some key differences to address some of the biggest pain points with the previous format.
In an ideal world, the next Scavenger Hunt will run concurrently with the Scavenger Hunt missions, so that players won't have to wait a whole month and hope that they didn't miss any codes. Ideally, you will be able to enter your code, then immediately log in and complete your mission if you'd like to do so.
Having the missions run concurrently with the code-gathering portion of the event should also allow us to include an extra mission that will let you track how many codes you have redeemed up to that point. So if there are any issues with how many codes you've redeemed, you'll have the whole month to contact Customer Support and get that issue resolved.
Additionally, one of the most common bits of feedback involved the timeframe that each code was available. While each code was theoretically active for a full 48 hours, some CC's don't release content until the evening, which significantly reduced the redemption window for some players. To address this, we'd like to either: post a full schedule at the beginning of the month, or post an article at the beginning of the month that would be updated daily with links & instructions for each day's code drop.
It's challenging, because we have CC's in different time zones and countries, with different jobs, schedules, and responsibilities - it's hard to commit to a specific date and time a full month in advance, since life has a way of throwing us curveballs, so we're still trying to figure out the best way to do it.
That said, there will be no Scavenger Hunt in April, however it's likely to return (in a new & improved format) in May.
Thank you all for the tremendous amount of feedback, patience, and support you've given me and my crazy pet project. I have read virtually all your comments regarding the event; believe me when I say I take each and every one of them to heart. All the data and feedback I've seen thusfar indicates that it's definitely got potential to be a strong recurring community event, but we need to iron out the kinks because all the technical issues and pain points of the current format are unacceptable.
Also, I believe I got back to everyone regarding the Scavenger Hunt however it's possible and quite likely that some PM's got buried in my notifications, so if you're still waiting on a reply from me please reply to your PM so I get another notification. Thank you <3
Scavenger Hunt is on Hiatus