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over 3 years ago - /u/bunheadwhat - Direct link

I get that you're joking, but I really do hope that you enjoy the 1.5.0 patch. We have put tons of effort into it and we are really excited to show it to the community.

over 3 years ago - /u/bunheadwhat - Direct link

Originally posted by cakehavenvitriol

Believe me, a lot of people, like myself, know and appreciate the hopes and efforts of you all, as well are being so vocal and concerned because we do love this game, want it to succeed, and want to continue our Slayer journey, and want these efforts of yours to pay off. I really hope all of everyone's effort succeeds and I know you all are hoping to deliver a good game; it must be nerve-wracking and stressful for all of you seeing the discussions and exchanges while waiting for it to drop. Hope you all are well and keeping well through that stress and the tensions here!

<3

over 3 years ago - /u/tinouti - Direct link

Originally posted by SOMEHOWW

For real , PHXL I didnt like timegated event I cant just play game all day I got stuff to do when I comeback and play dauntless I feel.like I didnt missing somethings.. , the bounties is there.. trials is there , Patrol chest is there wait for me to open , It like you respect my times I can play whenever I want to Get it? and when update is out.. Every hours is pass I have to feel like I miss something that make my progression move It like forza horizon where you have to play event every hours that you get special point, you can spend to buy for special car

But hey.. It is what it is , Bring it on and we will see what good and bad :)

I think there's some confusion about island events. Let me try and clarify:

  • They are semi-random events that spawns every 10-15 minutes.
  • It doesn't matter which island you are on, there will be events.
  • There's no cap on how many you can complete per hour/day/week/month.
  • You can grind as many of them as you want.
  • Which means you can grind aethersparks without limit, and without paying anything.

I hope this helps!

over 3 years ago - /u/tinouti - Direct link

Originally posted by Py-Reaux

Very helpful! Thanks a bunch for posting that!

Question #1: Are the events synchronized (happen simultaneously) on all the islands? If not, then it seems that it would make sense to complete an event on 1 island and immediately jump to another to hopefully complete events faster.

Question #2: How many aethersparks can we expect from each event? If one, and the average event cycle time is 12.5 minutes, then that's almost 21 hours of playing events to get to 100 aethersparks.

(My bad if these questions have already been answered elsewhere. Hard to read every post about 1.5)

Edit: Added " to get to 100 aethersparks" to Q2.

No worries, that is some good questions.

  1. They are not, event timers are per islands. So jumping to another island would indeed in theory reduce your average time between event. But there's other factors to keep in mind like load time, completion success, completion time, etc. Depending on the other slayers on the island, it might make more sense to stick around with a good group than to switch to another island where you might end up with less skilled players for example.
  2. I unfortunately wouldn't be able to give you a number at this time, this is a value we've been playing with quite a bit, and is very susceptible to change - one way or the other - up to and after the patch, so giving you a number now would only set false expectations. Sorry about that. Less than a week left until patch day though! \o/
over 3 years ago - /u/tinouti - Direct link

Originally posted by _RitZ_

" They are semi-random events that spawns every 10-15 minutes. " - Ah there's the timing confirmation I was waiting for. I was hoping it would be 5-10mins but I guess it's still ok. It needs testing to be sure.

Only confirmation am waiting for now is the event chest keys - how will get them for free. Am hoping for passive accumulation per day like bounty tokens, but I guess we'll know next week.

I really don't get why people just started echo-ing time-gated endlessly without properly thinking on how the grind will become, which is essential not so different from what we have.

Bounty tokens are not accumulated passively anymore after 1.5.0, but part of the daily coin flip. On the other hand, you'll get 4 per day instead of 2. AND daily coin flips now (finally) reset every day at 10 a.m. PT (instead of on a 23h timer from last coin flip).

Ways to get patrol keys for free:

  • Daily coin flip
  • Hunt Pass free track
  • (1:1 conversion of all your current Patrol Chests)

I really don't get why people just started echo-ing time-gated endlessly

Welcome to the internet! 😊

over 3 years ago - /u/tinouti - Direct link

Originally posted by GreatMadWombat

It does. You should repost this on the big, pinned thread where everyone is worried about aetherspark sources. Information in pinned threads is a lot easier to reach than information spread throughout Reddit.

I think I get what the endgoal for 1.5 is, and I think I get why you're not engaging with the loud negative voices, but this feels like a time where more detail from official PHX accounts is good vs less detail + non-PHX people filling in the blanks for themselves.

I will be interested in seeing how 1.5 turns out.

Good idea! 👍

over 3 years ago - /u/tinouti - Direct link

Originally posted by deathbladeishere

Daily coin flip

Hunt Pass free track

(1:1 conversion of all your current Patrol Chests)

I really don't get why people just started echo-ing time-gated endlessly

how is any of this not time gated? patrol chests to patrol keys is a one time only thing. daily coin flip is once every 24 hours giving extremely limited resources for progression. hunt pass free track I'm sure isn't going to be loaded with many patrol keys at all and there is still the fact of needing bounty tokens which again are limited to a coin flip every 24 hours. on top of the very limited resources there is a "hey wanna progress right now? well then drop some money in the store" which just furthers the reason why you greatly limit the resources we can obtain

You don't need patrol keys to progress though. Everything you get in chests, you can grind with island events.

over 3 years ago - /u/tinouti - Direct link

Originally posted by -p4p-

I have about +300 daily login cores saved, plus another 50 daily cores that i think are from a different type before the actual one, if open it, i will get patrol keys instead right? even from the older daily cores?

I'm not 100% sure about the very old ones, but for the current daily login cores, yes. No patrol key shortage for you! \o/

over 3 years ago - /u/bunheadwhat - Direct link

Originally posted by carnerodelmal

If anything, many of us will voice their concern --some more aggresively than others-- instead of just dropping the game without a word. Some players will do it before the patch arrives, some are willing to at least try the changes before judging and going full aethercharged rage on this reddit, but what will really matter to most players is what the official response is after the community is done giving its feedback. Like cakehavenvitriol said, its because we care.

Absolutely, totally agree. We are so thankful to have a community that cares so much about our game. <3