Fix the "latest news" pop up timing

Slarow
Slarow Posts: 204 Tile Toppler
edited April 2014 in MPQ Suggestions and Feedback
Newish player here, just a quick suggestion. If I log in to the app, I get three "latest news" items, one is the Simulator, which ended a half hour ago, and one is the Unholy Outlaw which ended yesterday. If I recall correctly, the "Fearless defenders" appeared before the event was available.

Two suggestions:

1) Remove events from the news pop up as soon as the event ends.
2) When an event is coming soon, and not yet available, mark it as such ("Coming Soon!") in the news pop up.

Comments

  • CNash
    CNash Posts: 952 Critical Contributor
    I'd like an option to disable the intro pop-ups whenever I select an event. I know I'm playing the Simulator, I've done it hundreds of times now!
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    When an event is coming soon, and not yet available, mark it as such ("Coming Soon!") in the news pop up.
    You can see date range on the events, though. I wonder if the lack of a 'Coming soon' flag, and events persisting on the news page a little while after finishing, are the result of the developers trying to keep the number of updates to the news page down.

    I do like to have news about events before they happen.
  • Slarow
    Slarow Posts: 204 Tile Toppler
    Dayraven wrote:
    When an event is coming soon, and not yet available, mark it as such ("Coming Soon!") in the news pop up.
    You can see date range on the events, though.
    Yeah, but with 4 events on right now, It takes a few seconds to scan through each one and make sure nothing has changed. Having "coming soon" listed first, then current events listed, would make the scan through instantaneous...
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    yup, it really is annoying, they should provide an option to disable the popups
  • Infrared
    Infrared Posts: 240 Tile Toppler
    Let's have a button (maybe next to the alliance button) that brings up the news. And make it such that the news pops up automatically once per day at most. If there is further news added within that 24-hr period, then the news button can start flashing to get our attention.

    This way, people who already are familiar with the current events will not be needlessly pestered by the popups. And those who want to check the news every now and then can do so without restarting the game.
  • Slarow
    Slarow Posts: 204 Tile Toppler
    Infrared wrote:
    Let's have a button (maybe next to the alliance button) that brings up the news. And make it such that the news pops up automatically once per day at most. If there is further news added within that 24-hr period, then the news button can start flashing to get our attention.

    This way, people who already are familiar with the current events will not be needlessly pestered by the popups. And those who want to check the news every now and then can do so without restarting the game.

    I would say it should pop up automatically whenever there is a change. Other than that, a button to launch news.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    It does sometimes get annoying when they always pop up, but it only happens once in the intro when the game is launched, where every event is listed on one pop up. Selecting a tournament just to see the same pop up multiple times a day is what is even more annoying to me. I think it should only pop up once the very first time you open the event, and from their, you can open up the event information to see all the details a second time if needed. Pop ups should only happen when new information is listed since people would make a habit of hitting the "X" button every time it shows up, defeating its entire purpose.

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