The Future of Side Quests and the Community - a message to Kabam
XXGhost_RiderXX
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I must say, recently (over the past few months) I have found side quests to be rather boring, and unnecessarily time consuming and tedious, especially considering the menial payout. EOP has been a blessing (I'm currently thronebreaker... probably gonna be paragon in 2+ years at this pace) but events like this aren't for everyone (literally and figuratively). I understand not everyone feels this way and that rank will/does affect a lot, however, Contest of Champions is a player driven game (kinda why Realm of Champions up and died after a bit of time), and I think it's time Kabam consult the community on what they want from an event, especially if it's going to be a month long.
Now, I understand things are planned months and months ahead, and side quests often correlate even if briefly to the event quest/champions released for a specific month; and there obviously will be caveats to this, such as not everyone getting what they want in terms of an event, prizes, etc. But I think the community should really be involved in this process.
As for how something like this can be figured out, I was thinking along the lines of maybe conducting a poll to figure out which past side quests were most appreciated/desirable according to the community. This will then be followed by several propositions (from the community) which would be similar to, but not the same as, the most desirable/appreciated past side quests. From there, Kabam could cherry pick the options they like (with any alterations if necessary), and conduct a summoner's choice styled poll on these events. This will both get the community involved and bring more interest into the rather lackluster side quest lineup.
That's it for me mostly, however, if anyone else has any recommendations, feel free to drop a comment, and y'all have a great day
Now, I understand things are planned months and months ahead, and side quests often correlate even if briefly to the event quest/champions released for a specific month; and there obviously will be caveats to this, such as not everyone getting what they want in terms of an event, prizes, etc. But I think the community should really be involved in this process.
As for how something like this can be figured out, I was thinking along the lines of maybe conducting a poll to figure out which past side quests were most appreciated/desirable according to the community. This will then be followed by several propositions (from the community) which would be similar to, but not the same as, the most desirable/appreciated past side quests. From there, Kabam could cherry pick the options they like (with any alterations if necessary), and conduct a summoner's choice styled poll on these events. This will both get the community involved and bring more interest into the rather lackluster side quest lineup.
That's it for me mostly, however, if anyone else has any recommendations, feel free to drop a comment, and y'all have a great day
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Typically the best side events are those that contain a store and currency for the month to buy what you want. If kabam only did that every month it would become very boring. So leaving it their creative hands is best for the community imo.
Exactly this.
Why make a lengthy post but really say nothing other than you don't like side quests?
What would you change in the rewards?
What would make them not boring for you?
What members of the community gets to make decisions on side quest content?
Who decides the rewards?
How does Kabam decide what to do and how would they handle the fighting if an idea isn't picked but one that doesn't feel as valuable is?
Aside from all that, just giving your feedback on what you think works and what doesn't is just as good as creating a poll that everyone would just vote for their best interests. Kabam already sends out surveys for those who signed up for summer sanctum. They also pull feedback from posts on the forums. But this, there's nothing in this post to take back to the team.
Personally, I'm just happy to have a side event each month. Maybe I've been playing too long but I remember the days when side events weren't automatic and were extremely appreciated if they did show up in a month.
Currently, if I like a side event, I play it (probably do 95% of them) and if I don't like it, I just don't do it.
Then you have others who prefer an event Quest so simplified it's essentially no risk/ all reward featuring the most exclusive and rarest of Rewards to the point that it causes a major shift of both the economy and The Meta of the game and arguably pushing us closer to the point where we're going to have to have that discussion again about Seven Stars or relics and as they pointed out on other threads recently, they're not in a rush to introduce Seven Stars after their mistakes from the debut of six stars.
1) the star ore store - pick the rewards you need in the order you need.
2) r4 materials are NOT locked to the last day of the month or some such BS. I could buy early last month. I can do one path per week this month.
3) best rewards are not locked behind 100% completion. I feel comfortable skipping those 5-star sig stones and it doesn’t cost me a second extremely valuable reward.
4) multiple difficulties are available but not required - this is great for hero use or when you’re chasing oddly specific rewards (4-star shards for iso?)
5) no energy use or one per tile - speaks for itself. I’ve made loads of progress on act 7 and I’ve enjoyed reengafing with the game.
5a) the completion offers for EQ with the potions and revives are a must-keep. This is a personal mental block for me, but if I have to buy that stuff during a quest, each failure feels worse than the one before it. If I have a stack of expiring team revives and I can go nuts on 7.3.6 Kang or Gwenmaster, then I can do it without beating myself up.