The state of side quest and game in general

Man oh man has this been an EVENTFUL month to start us off. We got 1250 mythic crystals! We got marketing tactics. These aren’t really that but of a deal but it’s more of the point. But the main thing I wanted opinions on was side quest. Can someone explain to me the reason why it has a time lock. There is not a valid one that benefits us. The side quest rewards are nothing special for an end game player like my self. So if we are bored and jus wanted to knock it out to stock up resources, why is that an issue? You allowed it last month and it was very convenient. Some people did that this month before THAT bug was fixed. The new months quests have been out for a DAY. And there have been so many bugs. Plz share thoughts on the way side quest works/rewards. Am I going crazy or am I being logical???

Comments

Forevernarwhals

Wellll I believe they wanted a time lock on it to help prevent burnout which is kind of what happened last month were every one did everything in the first part of the month and had nothing to do after. Nowwww as for execution... That was poor no doubt about that!

Chimachi

I think that last month just showed how short and how little effort goes into it. The fact that the quest has to be lengthened to a month when you can do it all in a couple hours is just proving there laziness

Vegeta9001

I had a relaxing month last month, smashed the SQ in the first week, plodded along with TB and Cav EQ 100% over the rest of the month 100%ing both for the first time in months, usually just about did TB 100% so I guess it's back to just doing one again now.

TyEdge

Wellll I believe they wanted a time lock on it to help prevent burnout which is kind of what happened last month were every one did everything in the first part of the month and had nothing to do after. Nowwww as for execution... That was poor no doubt about that!

That’s PR spin nonsense. I know that because they intended to timelock last month and failed. They also locked countless others before. They locked it because they wanted to. It drives consistent engagement and is better for them.

Last month was 5 weeks long. This is 4 weeks long. That’s less time to complete a EQ that’s the same length. The last portion of this month will have AQ (as always), AW and BGs simultaneously.

If any calendar was going to contribute to burnout, it’d be this one.

TheLightBringer

Last month I finished it within like 2 days, I had time to play more bgs, I explored TB eq for the first time in 4 months or smth.

Making side eq a daily or a weekly thing is just pointless, if someone wants to finish the first day that should be an option if someone wants to play it daily so he/she doesn't burn out then good for them to, just don't force one of the two options

Colinwhitworth69

Easy answer: Because they wanted to time lock the quest.

SirGamesBond

Lock whatever you want.
Please NEVER lock SQ as a DAILY.

Lock it WEEKLY, give us 7 days to actually play when we can. The daily shyert have been damn effin annoying.

Caleb1705

I think daily entry tokens wasn't a bad idea for a 5 week month as intended for June. Launching new SQ solo objectives weekly has also been very successful in prior months. Implementing them both together seems like a pretty large overcorrection for last month's event, but putting the solo objectives on a weekly expiration timer is just unnecessary.
A large part about why people ran out of things to play last month was that extra week for SQ/EQ and the artificial removal of war in it's entirety. I think a lot more players are going to be missing entries/objectives for July, or are actually going to be burnout by all of the consecutive time crunches across game modes.
None of it was helped by an incredibly bugged release either.

Demonzfyre

Don't worry. You'll forget about this month when next month comes.

Greekhit

Don't worry. You'll forget about this month when next month comes.

Exactly.
Who will remember this month’s bugs when the next month will bring us new and more exciting bugs, to get busy with? 😂

Coppin

I dont like it.. its a side quest.. i should be able to do it whenever i please multiple runs if i have the time....

Sachhyam257

Those burnout posts last month certainly didn't help. Straight up clowns, they chose to finish it all in a week but then complained about how they didn't have anything to do for the rest of the month. Weekly was fine anyway, why change it?

Midnightfox

I agree with op. I’d rather save my time for other things and just wipe out my sq in 1 run too.

Man2th

Burnouts because of side quest is a stretch for justifying to impede full access to complete it. QOL comes to mind. Personally and then MCOC interests and goals set with the time I commit.

Many game modes which offer resources and fun moments to allow players to grow is limited when you constrain access for like SQ.

I’m a 8 year player with a life that has evolved and managed to adapt year after year in order to play the game. It gets challenging as time passes and I get older, my daughter gets older (starting freshman college year), etc etc.

AW, AQ, BGs, Incursion, Monthly EQ & SQ, and arenas all cost invaluable time. The white space or windows of time of playing require prioritization to an extent. So blitzing SQ for example because I have access is super helpful when trying to optimize the time you get to play multiple game modes while living a full life.

Seasoned players like myself are asking ourselves and others similar how can we juggle time to keep up with the trends and meta as it evolves. Last month’s unintended SQ execution was not negative - it was a great solution to address QOL and get players to enjoy more of game modes available.

Midnightfox

Burnouts because of side quest is a stretch for justifying to impede full access to complete it. QOL comes to mind. Personally and then MCOC interests and goals set with the time I commit.

Many game modes which offer resources and fun moments to allow players to grow is limited when you constrain access for like SQ.

I’m a 8 year player with a life that has evolved and managed to adapt year after year in order to play the game. It gets challenging as time passes and I get older, my daughter gets older (starting freshman college year), etc etc.

AW, AQ, BGs, Incursion, Monthly EQ & SQ, and arenas all cost invaluable time. The white space or windows of time of playing require prioritization to an extent. So blitzing SQ for example because I have access is super helpful when trying to optimize the time you get to play multiple game modes while living a full life.

Seasoned players like myself are asking ourselves and others similar how can we juggle time to keep up with the trends and meta as it evolves. Last month’s unintended SQ execution was not negative - it was a great solution to address QOL and get players to enjoy more of game modes available.

I completely agree. With my extra time I actually went into incursions and hit some areas of the game I have neglected for quite some time. Allowing quick runs of sq was a great Qol improvement.

Bee2Jay

Guess they didn't like the way people finished SQ very early last month cos K.Jax talked about it early in this month EQ & SQ info.

Dont know who complained that they were joblesss because they finished SQ faster when there are lots of other areas of the games to delve into

simply put - KABAM TIME LOCKS IT because KABAM WANTS TO TIME LOCK IT

KALAS

Ansh_A

I liked last month's bug that allowed you to finish side quests in a day. It allowed me to spend longer on battlegrounds and even finish a few story quests.

The people who complained are short sighted and Kabam should not be listening to them in the first place. This time lapse approach creates problems because you cant plan your time. Typically, the last week in the month becomes very packed for no reason.

Pandingo

I enjoyed it. It allowed me to focus on 8.2 and other content for once. I almost started a pole to see who else enjoyed being able to nail it all on a random day off. If you wanna wait....wait....but those who wanna smash it out gotta wait with you regardless of what they want? Lame

Kerneas

We used to have daily entries from calendar, where were you complaining then? This is simply better, because a missed couple days won't shoot you in the leg.

As for daily entries, I am not a huge fan myself, I prefer the weekly format, but this is pretty fine by me

Antsiou

You don’t get burned out because you have nothing to do the remainder of the month. You get bored and/or more time to do other stuff. You get burned out because you have too much to do in too little time. With last month, some chose to do all at once, some not. There was no pressure to finishing it fast. I did it fast so that I could take breaks when AQ and Aw were off, thus preventing real burnout.
The burnout argument is shaky if not straight up made up. It’s only to have one more mechanic to get the player to log back in more often. It’s just a justification for an engagement metric.

ICE.

I'm seeing many saying they will ban for the glitch with completing all at once compared to the mythic crystal opening. Not even on the same level so won't happen. Mythic crystals was basic theft. Anybody that done that knew what they were doing.. ask yourself how many members looked at the instructions of that Quest??

I know most just play it and don't bother reading in game mails. If your doing something which you think is perfectly normal why should you be punished for it? Makes no sense. Everyone knows you shouldnt open 1250 crystals, thats common sense, not everybody knew that you couldn't do that whole quest in 1 go like starry eyed or gauntlet. Easy mistake to make if your not heavily involved with the mails/twitch and community side of things. You shouldn't be punished for that.

SirGamesBond

7 day deadline? On a Wednesday? Only 24 hours to complete the objective? Just nasty.

Just Increase the weekly timer to 28 day timer.
Creating stupid problems out of thin air. 🙄🤦

Bugmat78

Guess they didn't like the way people finished SQ very early last month cos K.Jax talked about it early in this month EQ & SQ info.

Dont know who complained that they were joblesss because they finished SQ faster when there are lots of other areas of the games to delve into

simply put - KABAM TIME LOCKS IT because KABAM WANTS TO TIME LOCK IT

KALAS

The burnout will start when we have this time-locked SQ, AQ & AW all running together and BGs season finishing up. Not something to look forard to.

Allow people to do SQ on their own time at their own pace. It's their game but if they asked I'm sure most players prefer to be able to knock it out whenever they feel like vs waiting on timers.

Bugmat78

You don’t get burned out because you have nothing to do the remainder of the month. You get bored and/or more time to do other stuff. You get burned out because you have too much to do in too little time. With last month, some chose to do all at once, some not. There was no pressure to finishing it fast. I did it fast so that I could take breaks when AQ and Aw were off, thus preventing real burnout.
The burnout argument is shaky if not straight up made up. It’s only to have one more mechanic to get the player to log back in more often. It’s just a justification for an engagement metric.

Correct.

SirGamesBond

And here we are, people with all SQ rewards INTACT in thier accounts after 100% exploring bug.