Plarium please read plenty of constructive criticism in here!
Having the same issue with my playtime timer. Gave the benefit of the doubt the first couple of times I thought it happened. Now I make it a point to check my timer every time I exit game and this has happened 3 times today. Lost almost 30 min each time the timer reverted.
Considering it only takes 30min - 1Hr to complete daily quests and BP daily’s (not including playtime rewards) as well as acquiring 3 stars in clan activities (aside from 90min playtime) (which btw should reset the same time as daily’s due too playtimes being insinc but that’s a different matter for a different forum).
Back to the main issue... The fact that we have to have the game open for 3 hours is ridiculous when compared to the absolutely trivial rewards we get for each time checkpoint. (1 lesser arcane potion? Like really? Was that Kevin’s idea? Cause you should fire him and everyone who agreed with that idea...)
All jokes aside this is a summary of things I hope Plarium takes seriously in overhauling and fixing.
1. Why are players playtime timers reverting?
1a. Primarily fix this cause the fact I have to have my game open for 3 hours is already enough for me to consistently give this game a 3 star every time I’m asked to rate it. (Which I seriously do but would consider giving 4 stars if condition 1 is met and maybe even 5 star if my second condition is met)
2. Is 3 hours worth what we are giving them in rewards? (No)
2a. I figure reducing the timer won’t happen because the more overall game play the better for you guys in sales and marketing and yata yata... so check my suggestion in 2b.
2b. Just give us better rewards.
Reward Suggestions
5min - 10k silver.
Because it’s honestly a trivial amount of silver for a trivial amount of time
20min - Energy Potion to our mailbox *(I’ll leave the expiration up to you guys)*.
Because it helps us complete the rest of the hoops we have to go through in order to reach your 3 hour Challenge. ***(Like hey guys, I know we’re asking for a lot so here take this potion to help get you there)***
40min - Bag of Arena Tokens to our mailbox (*expiration up to you*).
Because at this point in time I’ve already used all of mine.
60min - Chest of 1 Random Greater Potion. Because it’s actually worth it and marks the first solid incentive to continue playing for two more hours.
90min - 6 to 10 Gems *(real quick was it Kevin’s idea to give 20k silver for this? Come on guys that’s less than 4 runs of 12-3 brutal which I can do in less than 2 min with my current progress in the game and I know that Bellower can do that run in 6 sec. Literally the absolute worst reward to time ratio you have on here. Like even worse then the lesser potion... and that’s bad)*.
Because 5 gems just isn’t satisfying enough. This gives us players who do enjoy your game a well earned 180 gems at least per 30 days. (which is honestly pretty minimal considering other rewards we have access too in regards to gems but absolutely more enticing then silver since it’s more useful)
180min - 1 Random Uncommon 6 star Artifact. Because well honestly it’s a pretty shit deal for us players but it sounds F***ing awesome if you don’t think about it.
(Think about it.) Solely based off Dungeons, there is 27 sets, 6 pieces each. 222 random uncommon items. That alone makes this kinda not worth it but there’s still that hopeful glimmer that you’ll get an artifact you want to complete a set and it’s still 6 stars. So then you play more to get the silver to upgrade it. Then you get 4 random substats that all need glyphs to upgrade so you have incentive to farm the h*ll out of spider just to increase those substats. Which is that playtime you guys are trying to force anyway but in a way that actually seems productive. Bottom line is this gives new players a stopgag to continue playing, intermediate players a stopgag to progress into end game and finally veteran players virtually nothing except for the miracle of getting an item with all the substats they want when upgraded. Most likely they will sell it for a measly 10.8k silver which in the end scheme of things is once again less than terrible but it won’t matter to them because at this point they are so invested that they can’t stop playing.
Edit* The chance of getting the exact Artifact your looking for from this is somewhere around .05% (this is a rough estimate but shows that giving a six star item each day won’t break the game)
I really hope you guys in Plarium take this seriously and aren’t upset with what I’ve said.
This is the way.