Now that the event is finished, I’d like to share my thoughts (assuming Venan still reads this topic).
I very much enjoyed the fact that the event was not luck based. It was purely a reward for dedication, and it was a bit easier for people with guild loyalty or faster energy regen, which is fine. There is a bit of luck in whether you’ll get 2 energy pots or 3 out of 100 kills, and whether you’ll get the golden spoon or not, but it’s rather insignificant compared to the energy you spend on it and the final reward. So, a small bonus if you get it and no big deal if you don’t. All good.
I enjoyed the regular schedule too, which made it easier to know when to log on without having to keep track of changing times daily.
The attacks were fun as usual although I have a small comment: the name for “secret mix of herbs and spice” (or something like that) was too long. The issue is that you have to wait 1 or 2 seconds for the text to scroll before knowing how much time left until it completes. It may not look like much but, when you’re in a hurry to dump on several toons, every little bit helps.
I notice that all three level 13 items we got so far can receive Amber enchants. I would have preferred a bit more variety (e.g. leg armor rather than bracers).
Overall it’s my favourite event so far, and I’m glad it allowed me to jump one of my enchants from 4 to 6. Thank you Venan.
I’d just like to join the crowd on the schedule change, hopefully you’ll take it into account for the future:
- As I said I liked the regular schedule better.
- On normal regen, we suddenly dropped from being able to kill 3 times every 2 hours (4 with guild favours) to 4 times every 3.5h (5 with guild favors). That’s a 30% decrease (40% with favors). Luckily I was almost done so it only took me a day more but it’s tough on people who were right on track;
- The justification given is “people were raiding less because they were doing the event”. The information here is “people wanted to do the event”. So, making it harder for people to do the event is not going to make anyone happy. Guilds have changed their schedule to accommodate for conditions countless times, I can’t see why they couldn’t do it again.
- So many times have people complained about Venan’s lack of communication and sudden changes and… it happens again.