jaywalker
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EDIT: IN THE LIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING RESPONSE FROM MA, it now seems unnecessary to re-post the petition and collect signatures! It is not exactly what was asked for but it does address some major concerns. Please continue to comment.
EDIT 2: on reflection, it might be necessary to re-draft the petition. Please see my comment here (or on page 4, if i never get that link working)
EDIT 3 (10th june) : WILL EVERYBODY WHO "SIGNED" ON THIS THREAD PLEASE GO HERE, READ THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, AND SIGN AGAIN. Thanks
Note to players. This Petition has been written after careful consideration of answers given to this poll, and is designed to address the main concerns of the majority of players. THIS IS A DRAFT. DO NOT SIGN IT YET. I WILL RE-POST IT SHORTLY, after getting some feedback. Do you think anything needs to be altered? (and please post a thumbs-up if you don't think it needs altering)
Also: which forum do you think do you think the petition should be posted in?
jay
Dear MindArk,
Whilst the majority of players applaud most of the changes to the mission system, and believe them to be long overdue, we are not happy with the implementation, for the following reasons:
Many of us have started several simultaneous mission chains in good faith, and find we have nowhere near enough time to complete them all before the changes take effect
Equally, many of us had planned to raise our attributes by natural skilling before taking advantage of the attribute rewards. In this way, much time and many PED have been invested in preparing for the missions., as they stand. However since this activity is not obviously related to the missions, we suspect that it has been overlooked by you. The proposed schedule completely fails to take account of us.
To help save the situation, we propose the following (in order of preference)
A . An extended transitional period of at least one year, preferably longer , during which the player may choose to accept either the old reward or the new reward for any given mission.
or B. An extended transitional period of at least one year, preferably longer , during which missions chains that were started prior to the change will continue to offer the old reward rather than the new
or C. A n extended delay of at least one year before implementing the changes.
We also wish to be offered ASAP complete information as to which mission rewards will change and in what way they will change, to enable us to focus our efforts appropriately. In the event that no transitional period can be offered, this would be crucial.
We also wish to be assured that the Stamina point awards will remain unchanged.
Signed
EDIT 2: on reflection, it might be necessary to re-draft the petition. Please see my comment here (or on page 4, if i never get that link working)
EDIT 3 (10th june) : WILL EVERYBODY WHO "SIGNED" ON THIS THREAD PLEASE GO HERE, READ THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, AND SIGN AGAIN. Thanks
I think many users will be very happy to hear that MindArk is devising a change to the mission rewards system that will allow individual missions to award non-tradeable Attribute Tokens, which can be turned in to an NPC in exchange for attribute points.
This system would address two of the major concerns we have received in feedback from participants regarding the mission rewards rebalancing-
- A larger number of mission creatures can continue to reward mission efforts in the form of increasing attributes.
- Participants will be able to choose the best time to redeem their attribute rewards, for example after having skilled up 'naturally' to a certain level.
We are finishing up the necessary adjustments to the mission rewards formulas and guidelines provided to planet partners to accommodate the new attribute token system and the awarding of fractional attributes. Once those adjustments are completed, planet partners will have the ability to provide everyone with an overview of the new rewards that will be implemented on Aug. 21, so that participants can make informed decisions as to which missions to complete over the summer.
Note to players. This Petition has been written after careful consideration of answers given to this poll, and is designed to address the main concerns of the majority of players. THIS IS A DRAFT. DO NOT SIGN IT YET. I WILL RE-POST IT SHORTLY, after getting some feedback. Do you think anything needs to be altered? (and please post a thumbs-up if you don't think it needs altering)
Also: which forum do you think do you think the petition should be posted in?
jay
Dear MindArk,
Whilst the majority of players applaud most of the changes to the mission system, and believe them to be long overdue, we are not happy with the implementation, for the following reasons:
Many of us have started several simultaneous mission chains in good faith, and find we have nowhere near enough time to complete them all before the changes take effect
Equally, many of us had planned to raise our attributes by natural skilling before taking advantage of the attribute rewards. In this way, much time and many PED have been invested in preparing for the missions., as they stand. However since this activity is not obviously related to the missions, we suspect that it has been overlooked by you. The proposed schedule completely fails to take account of us.
To help save the situation, we propose the following (in order of preference)
A . An extended transitional period of at least one year, preferably longer , during which the player may choose to accept either the old reward or the new reward for any given mission.
or B. An extended transitional period of at least one year, preferably longer , during which missions chains that were started prior to the change will continue to offer the old reward rather than the new
or C. A n extended delay of at least one year before implementing the changes.
We also wish to be offered ASAP complete information as to which mission rewards will change and in what way they will change, to enable us to focus our efforts appropriately. In the event that no transitional period can be offered, this would be crucial.
We also wish to be assured that the Stamina point awards will remain unchanged.
Signed
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