Don't Include Trophies As Quest Requirements (Cataclysms)

Don't Include Trophies As Quest Requirements (Cataclysms)
Posted 2022-08-22 13:38:58 (edited) #821211 Quick Update: For any that may not see Katze's post, the quest has been adjusted to 1 Wolf Skull and it's only the Pope Lick Monster that has it! I just received a quest from a Cryptid that requires 3 Wolf Skulls. After asking in the Cataclysms news post, Katze gave me the quick answer that any items asked for in quests are taken. (As in, they are not returned.) Even if it did give them back upon completion, I don't agree with this at all. Trophies should absolutely not be used as quest requirements. Asking for one is significant, let alone multiple. These are rare items we're talking about; they are often hard-earned and can be very valuable, far too valuable to use for a single quest. I'm aware that I can skip the quest, which I will be doing. But that does not make asking for trophies acceptable. Older players will see right away how crazy it is and will be forced to skip, and I'm afraid newer players won't see it as an issue and waste their trophies on what would amount to a few CS. There's nothing wrong with having quests that ask for items, but please keep those items reasonable.	Whirligig (Hiatus) #11137

Posted 2022-08-22 13:38:58 (edited)

#821211

Quick Update: For any that may not see Katze's post, the quest has been adjusted to 1 Wolf Skull and it's only the Pope Lick Monster that has it!

I just received a quest from a Cryptid that requires 3 Wolf Skulls. After asking in the Cataclysms news post, Katze gave me the quick answer that any items asked for in quests are taken. (As in, they are not returned.) Even if it did give them back upon completion, I don't agree with this at all.

Trophies should absolutely not be used as quest requirements. Asking for one is significant, let alone multiple. These are rare items we're talking about; they are often hard-earned and can be very valuable, far too valuable to use for a single quest. I'm aware that I can skip the quest, which I will be doing. But that does not make asking for trophies acceptable. Older players will see right away how crazy it is and will be forced to skip, and I'm afraid newer players won't see it as an issue and waste their trophies on what would amount to a few CS.

There's nothing wrong with having quests that ask for items, but please keep those items reasonable.

Whirligig (Hiatus)
#11137

Posted 2022-08-22 13:40:42

#821213

support support SUPPORT
trophies are so freaking rare to get: it's not like they're a guaranteed drop in the slightest, that's what makes crafting things like badger base so freaking hard. either adjust the drop rates or stop asking for them.

Ruru
#61244

Posted 2022-08-22 13:53:28

#821219

No Support

It kinda seems like some of the quests are meant to be very hard. Like I've had to skip quite a few of them today. I don't think the point is that you're supposed to be able to complete 24 quests a day, that's just the limit.

Trophies will require you to weigh the pros and cons, like all the other quests. There are some trophies I'd probably give depending on if I really needed that reward - wolf skulls included. But that might not be the same for every player. Just like I've mostly been skipping battle quests, but some people might not mind the time that it takes to do them.

Slothie
#2938

Posted 2022-08-22 14:04:17 (edited)

#821229

@Slothie

Normally I'd agree with your point to an extent, considering as you said, there's 24 quests per day. I don't have to like all of them. But the problem with that is we have no other choice but to skip the quest with 30 SC every time it asks for something like this. We can't simply move on if we get a quest with extremely high requirements, we have to go through it. And if we don't, that means losing out on every other quest for the rest of the day.

If the ability to skip was free and it counted as one of the quests for the day and/or we could have multiple quests at once to avoid the ones we don't like, that would be one thing. But I'm not okay with being strong-armed to pay up one way or another.

Whirligig (Hiatus)
#11137

Posted 2022-08-22 14:06:11

#821231

Thankfully, it's only the Pope Lick Monster who has this quest, and it only asks for Wolf Skulls, no other trophies at all are requested. That being said, the developers have adjusted the quest so that instead of asking for 3 Wolf Skulls, it only requires 1 Wolf Skull, and anyone who had already completed this quest has been credited 2 Wolf Skulls back to their hoard.

Katze
#3

Posted 2022-08-22 14:08:45

#821233

Good to know Katze! Thank you

Slothie
#2938

Posted 2022-08-22 14:13:07

#821238

Ah, okay, Katze, thank you! I was definitely under the assumption that other trophies were used, not just Wolf Skulls, so that's good to know. I appreciate the devs having adjusted the quest. :)

Whirligig (Hiatus)
#11137

Posted 2022-08-23 09:07:14

#821824

Not just trophies, but healing salves and medicines too!

Mustang 🐎
#3314

Posted 2022-08-23 09:08:48

#821825

Since there is just the one trophy that is a requirement for one cryptid's quest, I'll go ahead and lock this topic. If anyone has other suggestions related to the event quests, please feel free to make your own separate Game Development suggestion topic.

Katze
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Don't Include Trophies As Quest Requirements (Cataclysms)

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