Thank you for all the feedback. We have read all the posts and will answer as many as possible. We value this a lot as we are trying to do something better. This is one of the reasons we wanted to post this as soon as possible.
First I will explain the system that will hopefully clarify some of your concerns.
This system doesn’t replace the existing quest/mission system. Its purpose is to have the missions now known as Hunting Iron Missions in one place where most, if not all creatures could be unlocked in a creature knowledge database. Also to serve as a Bestiary where additional information about them can be unlocked and a system that we can build upon. There are also several other reasons why we are doing this:
* The existing system is quite taxing on the servers and when designed, was not intended to be used this way where many players have lots of Iron Missions at the same time
* The existing Iron missions today have many manual steps when it comes to create, edit and maintain. That results in tough decisions when players asks for more of them or changes (even accidentally removing them was hard to resolve)
* Players were forced to find the missions before hunting so they didn’t feel that they lost progression. This will no longer be necessary with the new systems as the mission of the creature will be added automatically if you participate in the kill.
* We want players to be able to play together and get rewarded for all the activity that they do.
* We want to create more interesting missions instead of relying on the Iron Missions for activity,
* A system that can reward players retroactively depending on the progress if we so choose.
This is also extremely bad for new player retention.
We think that new players will be given goals to complete as Iron Missions unlock as they progress in their adventure in Entropia Universe
Grace period should be letting ppl finish missions that are undegoing.
We in the management have read the feedback and we will extend the grace period to approx one year. It is better to admit when in fault, this is one of those times and we have therefore reconsidered.
I'm interested in scanning part. Shooting and healing is returned in loot so I get it but scanning is not right now. Do they plan to start including scanner decay in loot returned? That would be something for ppl trying to up their looter levels.
Our plan is to add knowledge progression for anything you do towards the target that decays.
You really need to find a way to transfer progress from current missions to the new system. This is unacceptable.
As the systems are not compatible this is not possible. They will also have more ranks/steps than the previous Iron Mission chain. As the rewards are different too, where you can choose from a larger selection of skills, we feel that it is better for everyone to start from first rank to gain the most benefit from it.
They post this on a Saturday and no one here to respond. WTF
Most of us are on vacation right now, including me, but we didn’t want to wait. Hopefully we can answer most of your questions.
Are attributes going to be issued as mission rewards?
That is something we are discussing but not ready to share any info as of yet.
Are the new "iron" missions going to be repeatable (e.g. repeatable last stage)?
Yes!
Let everybody finish their missions in the old system and then start new one under the new system.
As the new system automatically adds the mission of the creature if it is eligible as soon as you participate in a kill it won’t be possible to choose when to start it.
Ok, and where is the problem to code a program to transmit all that data to the new system, or give the players/accounts in % the skills of the not done missions? Computers todays have no problem to calculate all this within minuts or less.
Current mission system is based on kill count/points where the new is based on the contribution calculation.
In a game where a lot of things are about progressing, losing a progress is totally unacceptable.
The progression will now be at one place where you can easily track and see it. It can also be compared with others and that can also open up for new challenges in the future.
Thanks again for the feedback and we will keep reading your posts. We will share more information as we get closer to the release.