There has to be a way to correct this. What in the world is going to break, when the system is clearly already broken?
Come on, guys.
What, you don't enjoy going off slice for a new character release?
Why does this keep happening?
Because their test and live environments are out of synch and apparently fixing that is not trivial.
Devs, please fix this overlap NOW. It is in the middle of a workweek, there really is no excuse not to remedy this. Last time I already had to deal with enraged players threatening to quit, even if cmd made one of the events req free. I do not want to face this storm again as alliance cmd.
I think they've said they literally cannot fix it once the preview is up, so I would plan on this not changing.
Edit: not judging, not saying you shouldn't complain, definitely not saying they're right...just saying if you have to make plans or adapt, assume this won't be changed at this point.
I think it's time to spam their names here and get a bloody response. @IceIX
Mistakes happen and are perfectly understandable when the new devs first took over the role, but here we are 10 months later and it's been one scheduling snafu after another. These things didn't happen before with such alarming frequency and could be avoided with a sanity check. If players are frustrated, and they are, it's because of scheduling fatigue.
It would be great to get back to a normal schedule again where events don't overlap, events start/end on Thursday instead of Friday, and there is timely communication from the devs answering players who legitimately ask what is going on.
What is being done to prevent these repeated occurrences? Please, please, please make it stop!
This is pretty annoying. This is the second time in a month.
Can we please not normalize this mistake?
I for one would love it if they would just let the new event start tomorrow, open every sub at once, let us earn all the progression rewards, then re-start it a day later correctly (one sub per day).
@helix72 said: I for one would love it if they would just let the new event start tomorrow, open every sub at once, let us earn all the progression rewards, then re-start it a day later correctly (one sub per day).
This sounds strangely familiar. Oh, wait...
I feel like this problem wouldn’t be such a big issue if there was some actual communication from the dev team about why this happened for a second time this month, their plans to prevent this going forward, and possible compensation that would be given out for this happening a second time in such a short time span.
Unfortunately here we are with complete radio silence from them yet again as we all wonder and complain about this happening again. Not a good look from the team here .
Maybe they are just testing a creative way to shake up the rankings a bit, enticing people to swap slice or choose between two events. They can also get feedback on how players and alliance adapt to evolving schedule. (yeah this theory is far fetched , but as they are planning economy shakeup getting info would be sensible )
Also everyone play as they like, but it is just a match 3 game scheduling error... is it really worth getting annoyed for more than a minute about it ?
@pepitedechocolat said: Maybe they are just testing a creative way to shake up the rankings a bit, enticing people to swap slice or choose between two events. They can also get feedback on how players and alliance adapt to evolving schedule. (yeah this theory is far fetched , but as they are planning economy shakeup getting info would be sensible ) Also everyone play as they like, but it is just a match 3 game scheduling error... is it really worth getting annoyed for more than a minute about it ?
@pepitedechocolat said: Maybe they are just testing a creative way to shake up the rankings a bit, enticing people to swap slice or choose between two events. They can also get feedback on how players and alliance adapt to evolving schedule. (yeah this theory is far fetched , but as they are planning economy shakeup getting info would be sensible )
So, I think you need to think a bit about the PvE People, and this situation will make more sense. Many of these players have been playing the same fights, in the same events, with the same characters, at the same time of day, 365 days a year, for like 8 years (or longer).
The developers have cultivated a playerbase of folks who like routine, predictable games -- anyone who got bored of the routine either found some way to make it random/fun for them (which means you really can't be competitive in PvE), or is long gone by now.
You really can't blame this group of players for getting upset because their routine has been disrupted. They like the routine and the predictability, and the devs have kept the game routine and predictable for many, many, years.
That's why some of the greatest skills in the world are being nimble and being adaptable.
Are we going to have a new game studio onboard or are they planning to...
Please don't misconstrue (and PvE People, please don't take offense) -- I don't understand the PvE People, and I couldn't do what they do, but I'm not making fun of them, or saying they're wrong to like what they like, or anything at all like that.
I thought you said you are in the competitive(?) scenes for years, so it's puzzling that you don't understand them.
@pepitedechocolat said: Also everyone play as they like, but it is just a match 3 game scheduling error... is it really worth getting annoyed for more than a minute about it ?
@pepitedechocolat said:
For those who play competitively for placement, yes it is definitely worth something getting annoyed about. And the frustration isn't just that events have been overlapping at an increasing rate over the last few months or so, it's the lack of communication from the devs. Absolutely zero word (on these forums at least) about the snafus, whether they are aware of it, whether something is being done about it. Intentionally or not, BCS is doing what Demiurge did (or rather, didn't do, that is, communicate with the playerbase on these forums), and that's not necessarily a good thing.
For more casual players, obviously it won't bother them as much. Still, it's nice to have some fixed routines.
That might be fine IF players were given proper notice. Given the timing of the information & the confusion surrounding the conflicting schedules, however, that choice was taken away. Instead, players are confronted with 2 overlapping events again where they may have to decide which one is more important to them or forced to play a different slice in order to avoid the overlap.
Players like routine, not due to the game but because we are creatures of habit. Some of my alliance mates are giving up on Cosmic Chaos and making Fight For Wakanda as the new release event their priority. Why? Because even if they were to play off slice, they're bound to forget and miss their grind for the different slice times. It's a disruption that forces players to make a change to their real-life schedules for the next 4 days. For competitive players, the impact on their daily lives is compounded further by having to compete in 2 overlapping events.
It's very annoying for sure.
Uggghhhhhhhh.