How does players gain so much points so fast for competition?

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Post by ASIANBOSS » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:01 am

I think using gold in the competitions should be prohibited the people with gold win its not a competition

Post by PwnLaw » Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:44 pm

bellz17 wrote:I enjoy the 1 week time limit. However i hope that the 'top 20' prizes are different for the different types of competitions...now that i have a permanent extender...i hope there is incentive for me to stay involved in them!


Hey Bellz -- Glad you enjoyed the competition. We're certainly going to look into doing a broad range of prizes over time. You'll definitely get some repeats, but the hope is that we can expand the offerings a bit. We're working on a few projects that should help on this front, but they're a few months out. I'm as impatient as you are.

Post by PwnLaw » Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:43 pm

Buffpants wrote:I'm new to Valor (<= 1 wk) and wasn't expecting a comp, so when it happened, it completely changed my strategy. Had a great time with it! When are rewards issued? Keep up the good work.


Glad you enjoyed them Buffpants! Honestly, we were really happy with the results of the competitions. Players played a lot more (which is what we care most about), and it really seems like folks got into the competitive spirit. We're going through the data and making some plans on where to go next. It's definitely a feature we're planning on sticking with (I'm the guy who makes that decision).

Post by bellz17 » Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:44 am

I enjoy the 1 week time limit. However i hope that the 'top 20' prizes are different for the different types of competitions...now that i have a permanent extender...i hope there is incentive for me to stay involved in them!

Post by Buffpants » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:21 am

I'm new to Valor (<= 1 wk) and wasn't expecting a comp, so when it happened, it completely changed my strategy. Had a great time with it! When are rewards issued? Keep up the good work.

Post by Sharoman » Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:34 am

Bdenuto wrote:I think that you should give away gold instead of specific items. That way, I can decide what I want to do with it.

They are. This competition's reward is both 200 gold and an extented que.

Post by Bdenuto » Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:47 am

I think that you should give away gold instead of specific items. That way, I can decide what I want to do with it.

Post by Sharoman » Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:08 am

PwnLaw wrote:I expect we'll be doing a lot of funky/cool things with competitions over time. Our first experiments on world 74/75 gave us some thoughts which resulted in this most recent round of competitions. After this round, we're gonna sit down with the data and see what the players liked and didn't like. Then we'll move on to the next step. It'd be awesome if we could guess at the perfect competition set up on the first try, but I expect that's not a reasonable expectation. :'(

I'm glad you like the competitions though. Guild competitions are something we've definitely considered in the past and it's something I expect us to consider again in the future. :D


That's really great to hear! IMO we need more competitions in the game, both in numbers and frequency.
I also agree with larlis about the different times for each competition.

Post by Mosser » Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:28 am

I still haven't participated in a competition. I wish they'd happen more frequently.

Post by PwnLaw » Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:02 pm

larlis wrote:I think you should have different times on the competitions... This one was one week, next one 48 hrs etc.
I also think you guys should have guild competitions. This individual is fun but what would endorse teamwork more is a competition for all members to strive for the same goal.


I expect we'll be doing a lot of funky/cool things with competitions over time. Our first experiments on world 74/75 gave us some thoughts which resulted in this most recent round of competitions. After this round, we're gonna sit down with the data and see what the players liked and didn't like. Then we'll move on to the next step. It'd be awesome if we could guess at the perfect competition set up on the first try, but I expect that's not a reasonable expectation. :'(

I'm glad you like the competitions though. Guild competitions are something we've definitely considered in the past and it's something I expect us to consider again in the future. :D

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