Better ingame communication regarding event dates

[Urd123]

Oh I am sorry, did I forget to mention the MODS spamming chat with that info for quite some time before event end. That you did not keep abreast with event's is your failure don't blame BB for it.

As for some on screen reminder there are plenty of alarm programs available.

Edited. Please try to express your opinions in a non-aggressive manner.

Sorry to say that your way of answering is both condensing and for me rather aggressive. And I fail to see you point.
It might be that you read the chat and forum and use your time in the game doing those things. We are different and play different, why cant you respect that and have an open mind.
Players dont write here to attack BB or annoy you. They just sees things different than you do.

Some players don use chat or forum,- it says not where in the game that you has to. We got that message every time we logged in- " the midsummer event has started" even on the last day. Cant see it hurting you or BB if that was changed when the event had moire than started but was ending soon, to be changed to something like " The midsummer event is ending on 21st of juli"

[Safron]

Sorry to say that your way of answering is both condensing and for me rather aggressive. And I fail to see you point.
It might be that you read the chat and forum and use your time in the game doing those things. We are different and play different, why cant you respect that and have an open mind.
Players dont write here to attack BB or annoy you. They just sees things different than you do.

Some players don use chat or forum,- it says not where in the game that you has to. We got that message every time we logged in- " the midsummer event has started" even on the last day. Cant see it hurting you or BB if that was changed when the event had moire than started but was ending soon, to be changed to something like " The midsummer event is ending on 21st of juli"

Thank you Urd123, it seems that most of the others who have replied to the thread have a misunderstanding on what it is about. Rather than accusing the players like you have previously said, each player has their own style and being informed in game would help everyone, not just those who do not check the forums, social media, etc.

I would like to remind some of the others that this is a suggestion on improving the game. I only posted this not because of my mistakes but from what I have seen, heard from those around me and thought it would be beneficial to those players.

[Ozzymandeus]

Thank you Urd123, it seems that most of the others who have replied to the thread have a misunderstanding on what it is about...

I understand perfectly and, upon further consideration, I must agree that having a pop-up window stating "The Midsummer Event has started" during the final days of the event was misleading and should have been altered to reflect that the event was coming to a close at some point during the final week. Such a change should be very quick and easy to perform and should have been enough to satisfy your suggestion. However, anything more elaborate than that, such as the countdown proposed by Xibor, then I would much prefer the development time to be used producing new content.

[SmurfAsH]

However, anything more elaborate than that, such as the countdown proposed by Xibor, then I would much prefer the development time to be used producing new content.

To be fair, BB is already using a countdown for their Happy Hour gem sales so one for this wouldn't effect development time.

[Aliccis]

So over a months notice, information about it appearing on twitter and Facebook and it being talked about in global and help on Sandycove almost daily since the initial announcement. Short of the devs dancing outside your front window singing songs about it while wearing pink tutu's their is not much more they could do to keep you informed .

My main server started like three years ago and in that time all info that is now passed in diaries was passed on to players also via ingame list you had to click off when logging in. You wouldnt believe how many would argue there was no info at all.
That also brings me to the fact that for some reason (be it hard to maintain multiple info spots or clutter when logging to game or other) this change list was removed from plain view and replaced by link to forum.
That alone is not bad solution (you want info, you go to read it up), problem is you dont know if there is any new info. Any new info requires active checking for. It would be nice if say tag "NEW INFO" was added for first five log-ins after update or until you click the link, whichever comes first.

So, clicking on a link on the front page of the website that takes you straight to the relevant forum entry is too much effort now... *SIGH*

Obviously its not. But it could be made much better which is what the OP requested i guess. Like a year ago (*estimated) new feature was added - called Event Window. That would be the place to post info like start/end dates and other stuff. If I remember correctly, this info was not present in there, it was only in forum at the end of the dev diary thread.

[Ozzymandeus]

There is an old proverb that states you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink. So, to take Dorotheus' example, even if the devs did dance outside our front windows singing songs about it while wearing pink tutus, there would still be a chunk of players appearing in Global and/or Help tabs asking, "When does the event end?", because that is what happens during every event!

[Dorotheus]

We even have players coming into help asking when will events start days after the event has started despite the small pop-up telling then that it has during the log in when the game brings you back up to date with what's happened while you was off line. Clearly no amount of effort is enough to keep some players informed.

[SmurfAsH]

We even have players coming into help asking when will events start days after the event has started despite the small pop-up telling then that it has during the log in when the game brings you back up to date with what's happened while you was off line. Clearly no amount of effort is enough to keep some players informed.

True, but still I see "potentials" here in providing the right info. It's not like there's no typos et c in this game.

[Urd123]

We even have players coming into help asking when will events start days after the event has started despite the small pop-up telling then that it has during the log in when the game brings you back up to date with what's happened while you was off line. Clearly no amount of effort is enough to keep some players informed.

I cant see that the fact that some players dont read any info what so ever should be an excuse for BB not to give best info possible
And if it was in connection with the last "event/special" I cant really blame them. An event was announced - but there was no event - just a shop.
So if you dont follow forum discussion, I can understand why they search for an actual event :P

[Dorotheus]

I cant see that the fact that some players dont read any info what so ever should be an excuse for BB not to give best info possible
And if it was in connection with the last "event/special" I cant really blame them. An event was announced - but there was no event - just a shop.
So if you dont follow forum discussion, I can understand why they search for an actual event :P

I'm sorry but if they can not be bothered to read information which is right in front of their face then they are to blame not BB.