So basically, you guys are trying to be a mobile game but combining all the worst aspects of it and it's just leading to frustration.
If this were a mobile game the event would send our phones a notification when the timers were up. We don't have that, so people are setting their own timers and trying to rush back to the site in mass numbers when those timers come up. Which honestly is leading to lag so bad it's making quests hard to do again.
As others have said, if this were a mobile game we'd have a pay to win option by now given how impossible seeming the 30k tier is. I shouldn't have to sacrifice sleep and my health to get the epic tier, being able to spend ~12 hours a day on site should do that because that's already more than the average and this whole event completely screws over people who have a life and obligations outside of the internet.
The travel boon feels like you're listening to us at least a little, but it's not enough. Many people who were here for the beta are echoing that this is relatively the same event and they hated it, it's what made them quit the beta, ect and many more are saying that this event is what's going to make them quit now. Staff needs to be more open and clear with us about what is happening and the fact that they're hearing our concerns and are working to address them.
Also agree it's extremely unprofessional for a staffer to be on the leaderboard. Even if the tickets aren't his/aren't anything he can do anything about, even if he's working in between the time he's clicking the timers (like I am usually), it still sets a bad precedent especially because he's either cheating via some kind of bot or showing that he is willing to sacrifice his health and wellness to remain at the top of the leaderboard and both are bad examples to set for the remainder of the community.
Oh, and for those saying this isn't as bad as it could be; that's not helpful and it is 100% disrespectful to the people stressing about this event. This isn't "whose event is worse?" this is "we the users don't like this event and have ideas on how it could be changed to make it better and more accessible to everyone" and we feel like we aren't being heard. Doubly so since apparently people gave vastly the same feedback during the beta event and like the turnip machine the staff decided not to address the mechanical aspect and went ahead with it. Now they're getting slammed by more people and everything they've built is in danger, which is a bad place to be in and they can either change or risk losing everything.
