Zipacnaa Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I was online yesterday. I played for 4 hours. Not once during that time did anything anywhere pop up letting me know a TIME-LIMITED world event was ongoing. In my honest, and happy with BW and SWTOR up till now, opinion: this is absolute rubbish. Absolute bull cr*p Why on earth couldn't you have let players know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-mar Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 they just want you to log in every day i do not think its such a big thing ehat they did. its like in the so called real life. it happens, when it happens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipacnaa Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 That's my point though, I was logged in .. and didn't know. To make things worse I was running around .. shock horror Taris with one of my toons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartalectwo Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Hm. Beyond the trailer release, header on the website and news broadcast terminals on the Fleet, how would you suggest they do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipacnaa Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 (edited) How would I like it? I would like for it to be obviouis enough so that I'd be able to partake in a time limited event. Is that bit hard to understand? Like I've already said twice: I was online & online for quite some time without ANYONE in general chat picking this up and no messages popping. No emails. Nothing. So I didn't see the trailer. Shoot me. So I didn't stop by any forum thread that mentioned this event. Hang me. So I didn't stop by the fleet as I was playing my low level toon. Such a crime. Edited August 15, 2012 by Zipacnaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartalectwo Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I'm being serious here. What is your suggestion? Some sort of server announcement, repeated every hour or so? An email? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipacnaa Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 I'm not a creative person. I can't think of anything more obvious really than emailpopupperson appears giving questvendors/medical droids mention it/push it outBW actually displays the info when loading the gameetc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HistoryGods Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 The day BEFORE the event BW released a teaser trailer. The day BEFORE the event, on every planet I went to, people were talking in General Chat about the impending event. Yesterday (at least on my server) General chat was so spammed with event-related messages and spoilers on both the Fleets, Coruscant, Dromund Kaas, and Nar Shadda that I had to turn General chat off to do the event and enjoy the content. Yesterday the game launcher had an image of a Chevin and an announcement of the Grand Acquisitions Race. Sorry to the OP that you were not informed. Perhaps your server is not all that chatty, but I would dare say that the majority of the player base was not surprised by the start of the world event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebado Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 It was displayed on the launcher for most of yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipacnaa Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Looks like I should change the title to 'inform ME' .. I'll not create any more fuss. I really & honestly did not 1. see any general chat banter 2. see any info on the loading screen 3. did not check on any forum that day or the day before. Had a mad week @ work 4. ran around Taris all yesterday which is depressing enough in itself I'll agree that a lot of people have cottoned onto it. It should still be bulletproof though I feel, considering it's a world event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotndrop Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I'm being serious here. What is your suggestion? Some sort of server announcement, repeated every hour or so? An email? I think an in game calendar would be good for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartalectwo Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I think an in game calendar would be good for this Ah, now we're gettin' somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueZair Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I agree with the OP. We are playing a sci-fi game with light speed starships, holocoms, etc... I think a message of some sort would be perfectly reasonable when a World Event starts. My suggestions (some from previous posters): Game CalendarGlobal message every hour during event"News Terminals" at most locations that pop up a quest during eventsA holocom message when you log onA simple popup when you log on Given the game world, I do not think it would be out of place to get a holocom transmission when something as important as a world event is going on, and you clearly have the means (your own personal starship) to participate. That message would involve a short NPC dialog to introduce the event, and then an option to [decline quest]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBBP Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 There has also been an advertisement for the event on the launcher. That is on you if you missed that. Pay attention rather than blaming others for what you missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipacnaa Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 Well glad to see viewpoints from both sides appear. It may have been on the launcher prior to the GE taking place but it mentioned nothing when I logged in yesterday. Again, my claim is that an event such as this such be bulletproof. Oh and I recon I'm fully within my rights to blame "others" aka BW. I'm the customer after all and want to fully enjoy what I pay for. This is no big-deal in the bigger picture but I've taken the time to suggest a perceived improvement all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBBP Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Oh and I recon I'm fully within my rights to blame "others" aka BW. You can blame anyone you want. It does not mean that BioWare did not do their job in letting people know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorill Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 The only thing i can suggest is an ingame mail to your characters that there is something going on at the fleet. Other than that im not sure what they should do. I dont want server announcements every hour as that would get annoying, well for me at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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