So
today those that had missed some of the daily tasks either through issues with
the scenario not popping or due to their own schedule not allowing them to be
on every day, received some good news from Mythic and GOA.
Quote from: James Nichols of Mythic (Source)
By popular request, players will now be able to complete previous daily tasks for the Heavy Metal event. A task will continue to unlock each day and remain open until the end of the event allowing players to complete all the tasks at their convenience. Please Note: If you notice an apparent loss of credit for any previous days you have already completed simply exit the game entirely and log back in to correct this issue.
So
the first week's tasks will still be released every day as per the schedule in
my previous post, however now you have up till the end of the event to complete
them.
Now
I have mixed feelings about this announcment, yes it is the right thing to do
as some issues outside of the control of the players have made it difficult and
in some cases impossible to complete the daily tasks. However I do feel it has
now watered down the achievement of completing the event even more.
I
guess my issue is not with this amendment but with the overall difficulty of
the tasks and the type of tasks. There seems little imagination gone into the
event, so far all tasks have taken less than about 20mins to complete (minus
queue times). All tasks have been very simple just asking you to do things you
would normally do in game anyway. The only place they have shown some
imagination, is the new scenario. Yet again the tasks that involve the scenario
seem very simple.
I
think the problem or the reason why they have made the event like this is due
to the fact that they want the event to be open to all levels and all players.
This makes it very difficult to create tasks that are going to be challenging
but still able to be completed by all types who play the game (read casual up
to hardcore).
I
do feel mythic need to maybe raise the bar a little. I by no means want tasks
and events that are only for the hardcore however I would like some tasks that actually
challenge me and that leave me with a feeling of accomplishment at the end.
Anyway
back to the task in hand... Day 3 task was to "Complete the Scouting Quest
that begins in Reikland Factory Scenario". This time it took me a lot
longer to get into the scenario but when I did what I found was funny... The
quest was to scout each objective point in the scenario. So everyone grabbed
the quest and proceeded to ignore the destruction players and instead run to
all four points so they could complete the quest... now I will admit I did the
same thing.
However
once you completed the quest you were able to take it again... so once again
every one ran to all the points ignoring the enemy... handing the quest in a
second time gave you a small xp bonus... however again it was repeatable... so
in the Scenarios I played order decided just to do this quest over and over
again and the destruction actually played the scenario. This resulted in 2 very
one sided games. After this I stopped playing the scenario...
This
quest really should have been a onetime quest... any way as long as you could
get into the Scenario it was another easy one to tick off.
Today’s
tasks... Visit the Herald in a Capital City... guess this won’t take
long...
P.S.
Article about the Knights of the Blazing Sun should be completed some time over
the weekend so look out for it!
Ahzeel - Knight of the Blazing Sun - Eltharion (Open RvR)
“We are no longer the knights who say ni! We are now the knights who say ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing!”
