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Roddy Piper
Jan Member 2011

Roddy Piper

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Yes, time based vs xp drops is a lot better. (for me)

Missing out on progress is a negative feeling, and it urges me to do something I wouldn't normally do. Even though I am in the game being very productive. There's just no xp involved in my activities.

Beyond that, the details are confusing. They said I get 3 drops for my first key, but upon further review it looks like 1 drop for every 4 keys. 3 drops per week total.

That's one of the gaming features that blows my mind. Conversion of currencies. Instead of making something that requires ONE they make it so a random amount equals one. So people can 'just miss it'. Only needed 5 more minutes. Maybe I can do better next time. :p

Even more mind-blowing is how overused the feature of unlocking a chest with keys has become. I'm pretty sure every game on the planet offers it now, we have multiple versions in RS.

There is also a problem when you give away too much. It's a thought to be had right now with this Presents From The Sledge where xp lamps are falling out of the sky like hailstones, putting a dent on everything they touch.

If you give away too much to everyone, and the related sales go down, that is a mistake that should be avoided in the future. You don't make up for it elsewhere. Because riots.

04-Jan-2023 13:36:01 - Last edited on 04-Jan-2023 13:50:51 by Roddy Piper

Rikornak
Oct Member 2013

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Afaik it's just you get 3 rolls no matter whether you took part or not - following that 1 roll for every 3 keys.

In general I do not really like the presents from the sledge, due to a poor reward scaling towards purple - gold at least got fixed - I genuinely would've cried if I got those 50k oddments out of a gold one - but purple also is fairly rare - why just xp for those... and yeah - exchanging bigger amounts of paper at once also isn't too enjoyable. Of course it kinda needs to appealing, but for me xp just doesn't do that anymore. And the uniques bar the basically unobtainable dye are worthless - unsure if it's just because it's old stuff.
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04-Jan-2023 15:42:11 - Last edited on 04-Jan-2023 15:43:17 by Rikornak

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

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January 4 - January 31, from the Wiki:

Earn pirate keys for every hour of gameplay and for logging in and spend them for prizes. Maximum of 12 pirate keys to be earned each week in total.


Some of the potential rewards include:

100M GP
Uncharted Island Map (RED)
Two-Trait Animal Crate (Unchecked)
Fixate Charge Token (5)
Dragon Mattock
Clue Scrolls, seeds, charms, etc.


I'm gonna go ahead and predict I will win nothing of value. :P


I don't expect to win the best prizes either, but we don't know the actual odds yet. However, the other prizes are mostly 300-700k each. We get 3 rolls of them each time, and it means 1 to 1.5 million gp worth per 4 keys for doing almost nothing. Sounds very decent to me.

04-Jan-2023 15:56:17

Roddy Piper
Jan Member 2011

Roddy Piper

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Looking at it now that I have more information, this is a good design. I'm not sure what purpose it will serve in the future, but as a flexible event that encourages ongoing participation it works out.

For maximum rewards you login every day plus 5 hours a week. The keys just keep coming until you hit your max though. It doesn't care how or when you got them. Can probably make it all up in one day if you really wanted to.

The items in there, I really only disagree with 2 of them. The dragon mattock, which should remain at BGH. And the swamp toads because I have no idea what they are, and don't even want to know.

There are prizes I do want to win. My normal reaction is to look at daily logins as just more free stuff because I am not the target. I don't need any encouragement to just show up. I'm also not sure how much feedback they will get on this, so everything will be based on the data gathered.

Hopefully it is positive and the numbers work out. I have noticed participation is very high this month and maybe this will help keep it going once the other events begin to expire.

08-Jan-2023 12:03:41

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

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Roddy Piper said :
Looking at it now that I have more information, this is a good design. I'm not sure what purpose it will serve in the future, but as a flexible event that encourages ongoing participation it works out.

For maximum rewards you login every day plus 5 hours a week. The keys just keep coming until you hit your max though. It doesn't care how or when you got them. Can probably make it all up in one day if you really wanted to.

The items in there, I really only disagree with 2 of them. The dragon mattock, which should remain at BGH. And the swamp toads because I have no idea what they are, and don't even want to know.

There are prizes I do want to win. My normal reaction is to look at daily logins as just more free stuff because I am not the target. I don't need any encouragement to just show up. I'm also not sure how much feedback they will get on this, so everything will be based on the data gathered.

Hopefully it is positive and the numbers work out. I have noticed participation is very high this month and maybe this will help keep it going once the other events begin to expire.


Frank's Chest may be the new Raffle.

Remember we didn't have a Raffle in 2022, and Raffle 2021 was already different than the Raffles in the past.

I know we don't have the Golden Armors in Frank's Chest, but no saying they can't add them in Frank's Chest 2.0.

08-Jan-2023 15:36:05

Lions RAWR
Sep Member 2019

Lions RAWR

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Dilbert2001 said :
Frank's Chest may be the new Raffle.

Remember we didn't have a Raffle in 2022, and Raffle 2021 was already different than the Raffles in the past.

I know we don't have the Golden Armors in Frank's Chest, but no saying they can't add them in Frank's Chest 2.0.


The only good thing if Franks chest becomes the "new" raffle, is that someone would not be able to rig the rewards by the use of a ton of alts. Since I am pretty sure there is no limit to the amount of rewards that are in Franks chest ( Meaning you an I can get a red map and there can still be red maps for other players if rolled on it).

Otherwise I hope we see different variations of these new style events.
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08-Jan-2023 17:15:03

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