No more HoD. Please.

Laeuftbeidir
Laeuftbeidir Posts: 1,841 Chairperson of the Boards
in MtGPQ General Discussion
Please!
I'm sick of it. I mean, I don't dislike the concept of secondaries.
It could be the best event ever made, but with the countless repetition, you'd have killed it. It was the same with revolt against the consulate - but that event wasn't half as often played. My players and me are bored out.

I'll enjoy it if I see it again in half a year, but not before.

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  • Mburn7
    Mburn7 Posts: 3,427 Chairperson of the Boards
    Seriously.

    I just find it terrifying that Oktagon is completely unable to run any of the events that they made over the last year + (except BoFT, which we are now sick of too).

    I don't mind HoD.  But why is it the only event being run now?  Even a Trial of Strength/Trial of Zeal would be fun at this point.
  • KageTora
    KageTora Posts: 33 Just Dropped In
    I have to admit, I'm completely sick, tired and bored out of this event.  This used to be one of my favorite events when I first started playing, but this completely unnecessary and unwelcome repetition completely ruined it for me   -  and I haven't even been playing for that long of a time, compared to some old timers!

    The core of this game is its events. Sure, some people aim to get all PWs, some aim to get all their favorite cards - heck, some even want ALL the cards. But then, how are they supposed to keep their motivation and completionist hunger going of all we get is the same, old, dusty events over and over again? What about standard events, for a chance? Heck, even legacy events - please, anything BUT HoD.
  • fiirst
    fiirst Posts: 438 Mover and Shaker
    edited November 2018
    Mburn7 said:
    Seriously.

    I just find it terrifying that Oktagon is completely unable to run any of the events that they made over the last year + (except BoFT, which we are now sick of too).

    I don't mind HoD.  But why is it the only event being run now?  Even a Trial of Strength/Trial of Zeal would be fun at this point.
    I agreed with ToS & ToZ , i am totally curious why they overlooked ToS & ToZ while ToA become Legacy.

    BTW, i dont mind to play BoFT.



    @Brigby

    Enitrely countless HoU events during Nov.17 - Feb.18 is totally bad experieced. We were HoU saturated, plenty players also quit during that period. Please dont bring it back.
  • rafalele
    rafalele Posts: 876 Critical Contributor
    Me too. I want other event.

    I do not understand why cannot run a pve standard event. 
  • Brakkis
    Brakkis Posts: 777 Critical Contributor
    edited November 2018
    I don't recall when the last time we ran ToA was but it wasn't as a coalition event. Don't remember the last HoR either.

    The last time Trial of Zeal was run was August 16th of last year. When they tried to convert it over to the format that RatC and FS use. It was bugged and progression was impossible.
    https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/66997/trial-of-zeal-8-16-17-progression-impossible-solved/p1
    I find it amusing that the title of the thread was edited to say Solved yet we have never seen the event since.
    @Brigby Want to explain that one?


    As far as their mindset in all of this, I'm having a tough time following it

    They chose not to run Race to Orazca because of the Sphinx's Decree bug. I'm trying to think of a PvP event in this entire game where you can't run white and use that card. Even if there's no white node, you can run a dual-color walker and use it.

    So what about some current PvE events? We've got BoFT and AWR to choose from. BoFT only has a single node that uses Sphinx's Decree in 2.2. Players can just avoid that node and still make progression. The bug related to bouncing cards causing problems appears to be servo related. Servo spawners aren't standard so they can't run in AWR so the two nodes that have bouncing creatures shouldn't cause an issue.

    Why the hell are we running events that are over a year old every week? Events that we ran into the ground during a time when we were running 2 coalition events per week. Events that aren't even standard.
  • bk1234
    bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
    rafalele said:
    Me too. I want other event.

    I do not understand why cannot run a pve standard event. 
    Because both of the Standard PvE events have major freeze bugs. 
  • Brakkis
    Brakkis Posts: 777 Critical Contributor
    edited November 2018
    bken1234 said:
    rafalele said:
    Me too. I want other event.

    I do not understand why cannot run a pve standard event. 
    Because both of the Standard PvE events have major freeze bugs. 

    AWR hasn't been run to confirm this. The events we're running now can have bounce in them. We're still running them. The events we're running now can have Sphinx's Decree in them. Still running them. Hell, the duel decks event has a game breaking bug in it. We're running that right this moment.

    It's a very flawed argument.
  • madwren
    madwren Posts: 2,259 Chairperson of the Boards
    Add my name to the list.  Another HoD, with the same objectives, makes me want to claw my eyes out. 

    If being unable to fix standard events is the price for having Duel Decks, I wish they hadn't bothered.

  • Mburn7
    Mburn7 Posts: 3,427 Chairperson of the Boards
    bken1234 said:
    rafalele said:
    Me too. I want other event.

    I do not understand why cannot run a pve standard event. 
    Because both of the Standard PvE events have major freeze bugs. 
    Why is that always the excuse? 
    Every event has major freeze bugs.

    DDZE has major freeze bugs that started in "Beta" and made it to release, but they keep running that event.

    Hallows Eve is both really dumb (since they didn't listen to us warning them that the number of zombie casts needed to be reduced every time we mentioned the event) and full of crashes (since apparently half of the patches that made Relentless Dead and Prized Amalgam actually playable have been undone) and yet that event is currently on its third run in 2 weeks.

    And, Sphinx's Decree is still a thing that can be used in any PvP event (as can the above mentioned Relentless Dead and Prized Amalgam), so all of those have major freeze bugs too (in addition to the usual pause menu freeze, SWW freeze, Giant Picture freeze, Lost Connection freeze, screen-taps-won't-work freeze, and spontaneous app force close crash to name just a few).

    If we are going to be dealing with a buggy dumpster fire of an app, we might as well have some variety in events.  That's all we're asking for

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Just Dropped In
    edited November 2018
    Just going to say, i like HoD. 

    And it is nice that they changed it to be Samut - its been a while. And at one point i believe some wanted anything other than bolas. 

    I like it because:
    1. Extremely high rewards compared to other events.
    2. Only 3 nodes!!
    3. Extremely high maximum node charge limit (7). i can clear nodes and then not have that lingering anxiety in the back of my head of when i have to clear my nodes before i lose out while juggling my hectic life because there is well over 24 hours, 36 hours, *gasp* 48 hours, a whooping 56 hours! Wooohooo.

    For instance one could go out, come home, evening routine, sleep, wake up, do morning routine, work, and..... we're over 24 hours...


    **although i wish the difference between starting initial charges (5) and maximum charges (7) was actually 4 charges (8hours x 4) instead of 2 charges (8hours x 2). This way it gives 32 hours before you lose a charge. Although 3 charges (24 hours) is reasonable, i believe 32 is the most forgiving for most to all minor-medium situations. 

    The best is remove maximum node charge limits or give all nodes upfront. With the latter accommodating event start and end time zone issues. 
  • rafalele
    rafalele Posts: 876 Critical Contributor
    edited November 2018
    bken1234 said:
    rafalele said:
    Me too. I want other event.

    I do not understand why cannot run a pve standard event. 
    Because both of the Standard PvE events have major freeze bugs. 
    The problem is that legacy pvp events have also the same bugs. ;)
  • tfg76
    tfg76 Posts: 258 Mover and Shaker
    @bken1234 If this is the case (freeze bugs), I wish the development team would come out and say "Unfortunately we cannot schedule X because of bug Y. We hope to fix this by <ETA>". This bug is not present in HoD, therefore... Their silence creates so much anxiety and uncertainty. @Brigby
  • Bil
    Bil Posts: 831 Critical Contributor
       Those critical bugs ruin legacy events as much as standard events.

      As far as im concerned, i suffered crashes in the 2 last runs of HOD and in hallows eve and they are all legacy. 
      Each time, the crash cost me a top 5 or top 25 spot ... Sorry but ... "standard events are bugged" is definitely the most ridiculous excuse ever.

     Besides, we've been asking for AWR again and again ...  it isn't bugged as far as we know but you still refuse to schedule it .... Is there any reason for that anyway?
  • Theros
    Theros Posts: 490 Mover and Shaker
    Add my name too. They should dial back on the legacy events in general, not just HOD. 
  • FindingHeart8
    FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,731 Chairperson of the Boards
    I want to work at Octagon.

    Where I can send the same events out biweekly, not have to communicate to my consumers, fix bugs at my leisure, have someone else do all my apologizing for me (thank you Brigby for your continued professionalism in that role) and have no real deadlines to anything. 

    Talk about job security.

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