Summer Festivities 2020!
The Summer Festivities have officially begun!
EVENT DURATION AUGUST 21ST TO SEPTEMBER 5TH
EVENT DURATION AUGUST 21ST TO SEPTEMBER 5TH
- The event can be accessed through the button above or by going to the community drop down menu!
- For the first few days, an additional new task will appear each day for a total of 8 different tasks.
- Tasks refresh on a set timer, for example the Gather Refreshments task can be completed every 2 hours (12AM, 2AM, and so on)
- Overtime reward details will appear if the main bar is filled before the event ends!
- A seasonal quest related to the events of this year's Summer Festivities will unlock if the bar is successfully filled by the end of the event!
- This quest, if unlocked will be enabled for the duration of September after the event ends.
- The leaderboard is just for fun and does not include any bonus prizes for high scoring users!
Event Related Item Drop
- The Shimmering Ember is an event specific item that is now obtainable by completing daily errands for Louise Hill NPC's (Both positive and negative paths)!
- All shimmering embers are account bound and will disappear at the end of the event.
Happy Summer, we hope everyone has fun while staying safe!
Comments
My physical and mental health have been negatively impacted. Since the start of the event, I've lost lots of sleep, haven't gone for walks, and haven't left my house.
When the leader board was up, 300+ people were ahead of me meaning 300+ people were compromising their health worse than me.
Why are the events not "daily"? This model allows for users to log on when they're available for a few solid hours then live life and sleep the rest of the time.
**meant to say "tasks" not events.
(for example if you claim the helping bearnard task, then get him to tell you what he wants, then tell him no, and then you can just go back and get the points as if you did complete it. It also works if an NPC asks you to do an errand for another NPC)
I did this for Lilia's tasks because most of them require seeing what Fantasia wants and I do not have what they need to do their quests at all. Though I will do Bernard's and Buli's quests because they give Ember and extra ember is something I don't have to worry about getting later.
Loss of leaderbord: I'm gonna miss being able to encourage the leaders, but i'll get over it.
having to actively select [play with pet] or [help out bearnard] or buli or whatever to take the task before doing it: also making me cry for missing out on the event task. i keep thinking it operates like the daily bonuses where you just get it done and go back to collect the reward. I've helped out bearnard after forgetting to take the task and run out of daily errands i can do for him and being left unable to get the event points
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a note for other players: I've noticed you can take the tasks super late and as long as it is before the timer for them to reset you can still get most points. For example, i've been able to go 7 hours and 50 minutes between catching bearnard's tasks. Say i catch one at 12 AM dv, i go sleep through the 4 am refresh and come back just before 8 am to complete the task from the 4 reset, do other tasks, and come back just minutes later for the 8 am reset.
Similarly with the 2 hour tasks. If you get a good idea for the refresh times you can wait until the last minute and give yourself 3 hours and 50 minutes doing whatever else.
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These shorter timer ones are inconvenient though and i hope elite tier isn't reliant on getting 90-95% of all task points. On the other side of that coin I love the 12 hour timer for helping lilia. One i can complete at anytime in the morning, and come back in the afternoon for one more. 600 points almost effortlessly.
I really didn't care about the leaderboard or the fact staff were participating in the event.
I was a mod for quite a few years on another site and I participated in an art contest and was treated badly by people because it wasn't fair that I was allowed to enter an event meant for everyone. Especially since I worked hard on my entry. So it kinda rubbed me the wrong way when I saw that complaint on here. I understand the reasoning behind the complaints, but it still bothered me a bit.
I can understand why people are frustrated. To feel like you're not being heard can be upsetting. I've heard all of this before on the site I was a moderator on. The site is like 13 years old now, so I've learned a lot from it. Even if you feel like you're not being heard, you may be. Things are likely to change or be different than you thought, it just requires patience.
I do think the amount for the tiers are incredibly high and seem unattainable. I'm someone who stays home and has a lot of free time to do stuff, so I can always be on to do the tasks. I'm happy to see the amount I got today so far with the addition of Lilia's tasks. It gives me hope that I can reach the tiers.
•Gather Refreshments: 25p/2 hours
12 times per day=300p
•Gather Decor: 75p/6 hours
4 times per day=300p
•Gather Embers: 35p/2 hours
12 times per day=420p
•bearnard: 60p/4 hours
6 times per day=360p
•buli: 70p/4 hours
6 times per day=420p
•Lilia: 300p/12 hours
2 times per day=600p
Add those all up and it’s 2,400. With 11 days left that’s 26,400 without any new tasks, missing the first 4 days, and without the pet task. That’s a lot to ask someone to commit to, but thats personally what I expected the time commitment would be to get the elite tier.
Also feel free to correct me if any of the math is wrong and I’ll fix it.
if someone were to totally dedicate 24 hours for this it'll be a max 360 pts a day