Suggestions

Support for 2 weeks.

I often take breaks from FR in the two weeks between the festivals and come back refreshed and happy to grind for currency and stock up on food after my absence. It would suck to permanently miss out on a retired item, simply because I want to keep my amount of playing to what is, for me, an enjoyable amount. I quickly end up feeling worn out by games with features that REQUIRE me to regularly log in just to not miss out. It’s stressful and even if it’s not really a huge deal, games that incorporate that kind of thing quickly end up feeling exploitative and unpleasant, regardless of what kind of game it is, and I usually quit them pretty quickly. It would be different if the items weren’t restricted, or they were on a schedule, like the festivals.

If it’s not possible to extend the one week to two, it would be nice if Galores items were available during the festival week, when active players are more likely to be... well. Active.

FR's target audience seems to be teens and young adults. Finals are a week long. A week is not a long time to take a hiatus from a video game. Plenty of people, both in school and the working world, take short hiatuses to deal with IRL things. (Plus, having an NPC that's only active two or three weeks a year is straight-up bizarre to me.)

Support

[quote name="Cronch" date="2019-05-06 12:08:28" ] tl;dr Galore's pick up time should be increased to about 2 weeks, 7 days isn't enough for some players when real life gets in the way and if these events happen more often it could also [b]negatively affect those on hiatus[/b]. [/quote] If Galore is supposed to be for the active players, then by the very definition of "hiatus", those on it are not the targets of Galore... Festivals are 7 days-long, so this could be thought as a festival of sorts. Frankly, I think some consistency is great and so if festivals can last for a week and be for everyone, then Galore's thing - which seems to be a single button press, not a multi-step process of getting the currency and trading it - is more or less OK too.

@AlphaSobek
Thank you, that makes sense!
(I remember the globe being exclusive too - hopefully we're done with that...)

Personally i think this whole idea of Galore is silly. Why out of all the ways you could go about this, do it like this? It just seems needlessly punishing for those that have lives outside of FR. Basically anyone and everyone.

With that said because they decided to it this way, i think 2 weeks is fine. I wouldn't object to longer however.


As a small side note: i have a hard believing that the server is being strained so badly. Reason being staff said one of the main reasons we wouldn't get true lair space in the future anytime soon is because the coliseum couldn't handle loading all the dragons.
Lo and behold all the dragons from the HD load in the coliseum just fine. So it's obvious it's not an issue.

There should not be a time limit at all. Why not just let a player collect everything whenever they are ready to? It solves all the problems involved. And is less stressful.

[quote name="RedWillia" date="2019-05-07 09:58:09" ] [quote name="Cronch" date="2019-05-06 12:08:28" ] tl;dr Galore's pick up time should be increased to about 2 weeks, 7 days isn't enough for some players when real life gets in the way and if these events happen more often it could also [b]negatively affect those on hiatus[/b]. [/quote] If Galore is supposed to be for the active players, then by the very definition of "hiatus", those on it are not the targets of Galore... Festivals are 7 days-long, so this could be thought as a festival of sorts. Frankly, I think some consistency is great and so if festivals can last for a week and be for everyone, then Galore's thing - which seems to be a single button press, not a multi-step process of getting the currency and trading it - is more or less OK too. [/quote] Except the festivals are on an actual schedule of sorts (last week of the month), so people on breaks [i]know[/i] they are missing out on a festival and are (in the case of people willingly taking breaks/hiatuses anyways, as opposed to people actually unable to get on) willingly doing so. Support for making it at least two weeks, especially since it would make more sense, thinking on the dom activity thing someone else mentioned.

Support! I for one am VERY active in flight rising logging in almost everyday but I also live in a country where blackouts/power outages are a daily thing that go on for 5-6 hours and usually we end up with no internet for days or [i]weeks[/i], in fact I haven't even been able to participate AT ALL during april fool events the last 3 years and just like that there are many people with internet/energy/medical/school/work/life problems and missing an item previously [i]guaranteed[/i] to be obtained just because "I couldn't log in in time" sounds not only sad but kinda punishing also I really like this idea too [quote name="Sopheroo" date="2019-05-07 07:42:58" ] Bold take, why do we need to have a time limit? The actual time limit should be "until the next item is released". Other sites have this kind of feature, and it works fine - it's a free gift. [/quote]