The problem with the art series is that it isn't consistent, it's very ranged. I had one drop after 45 days, but other people have reported waiting over 100 days for the drop.

If we were to say that the average was 70 days per h gift, it wouldn't be that bad for the prize. The problem is the massive range and the fact you could go weeks without finding a piece.

So, looking at my seven Pops, five are working on their second, while two are working on their third. The second and sixth ones are the ones working on their third, with second being won one day after the first, while the sixth was won five days after the first. Their second drops were the 25th of October and the 10th of October, with them currently being at 3/17 and 6/17 respectfully.

The closest one to their second drop is the first one, who is 14/17, with their only drop being on the 11th of August, while the furthest ones away are 11/17 and are numbers three, four, and five, dropping for the first time on the 27th of August, 1st of September, and the 6th of September.

In short, very ranged, especially for how close the dates are that they were won.

That is a pretty wide range, but with Pop Art released in June only getting a single drop in 5 months (2 if you're REALLY lucky) on a single-use breeding item is definitely not a good drop rate.

I guess it's possible they fixed it for Romanticism, but I'm not willing to spend the passes on just the hopes they did so.

Why is "enter the Grand Prix" an objective for this every day when it doesn't run on weekends?

it doesn't matter. just do other things. what would they change it to? you don't need to do all of the obj to get the points. you could enter 100 comps and get all the points. if you do that try focusing on the ones you get more points for winning. this is what i do. takes me 10 minutes. i've not donated any horses or used any bmi's or tack.

Same here. And it 'takes' me no time either, because I just do my daily things and at some point the 100 horseshoes are there.

I do understand the question though, they could easily exchange the GP objective for something else in the weekends.

'Worth it' is an opinion, but if you check the Black Market the Key prizes will equal around 850 passes and that doesn't take into account the prizes like the companions, pass seeds and Samurai tack which you can't buy in the BM, you have to wait for them to be prizes in an event.

In addition, like sfts said on page 1, it will be different whether you're a starting player or someone with a gigantic item inventory.

I'm already having my doubts about four, as UK and AU are already working towards their third, yet we are still over 7k off finishing second. How is this fair? Int almost never gets the fourth, so at what point is it going to be accepted that the goal is just too big for the server? I know it's only the third day, but 10/21 prizes would have been won by free players who have kept up, that's almost half. With that in mind, we should realistically be working on the third.

Personally, I just wish they would do away with it and make it 3 or 4 from the start, and then have the goal be something along the lines of earning free bonuses for the battle and extra tickets for the lottery. This way the entire server is not missing out on a quarter of the prizes just because they couldn't reach an unreachable goal.

What is the goal for the thrid then?
Sounds like we might not even get that one.

I feel like we used to unlock 4 when it was about horseshoe collection, but then they switched it to collected prizes when they introduced the Key in order to put the 4th goal behind a paywall and make it so people who don't drop the 600 passes aren't "contributing" or whatever.

Really in the spirit of the thing it *should* be based on horseshoes so everyone can pitch in equally in my opinion, then it would feel more like working together and not like "oh well unless you can pay a whole bunch of passes you're not doing your share"

Especially when it's been noted that the 4th goal isn't an incentive for people to buy the Key, since we literally NEVER hit it. So I don't see what the point is to keeping this up. It doesn't sell more Keys.

I agreed. If i could buy 600 passes right now i would because i like prizes and cute raven but for people playing for free or cheap…it can be bit steep. I get passes from quartz, zaldia, objectives and wilds and chimeras from when i bought passes and sometimes the wind divines.

I think they do it on purpose, to be honest. Sometimes it's attainable, and sometimes they purposely set it too high to not be attainable.

What is the community objective thing in with the event

Even when it was horseshoes, we barely reached it. In fact, I could probably count on one hand the amount of times this server has reached four across both versions.

I think the problem with this version as a whole is that there is this expectation of more people being able to afford the key on the big versions, as sales are very active, so the goal is set to reflect that. However, loads of players who can afford it usually don't consider the key prizes worth it, so don't spend.

The timing also doesn't help, with loads of people saving at this particular time. An event like the great challenge would be better suited for just after Christmas, where people would be more likely to 'treat themselves' with the passes they have.

I guess my frustration comes from this server always being the one that gets a lot less out of this particular event. UK and AU, more often than not, reach their goal, yet INT almost always comes up short.

The community objective will pertain to the Festivities that follow the Great Challenge, which is the UFO battle.

During the Battle, new UFOs will spawn every 8 hours. If we reach level 4 of the community objective we will get 8 UFOs. Level 3 only spawns 3 UFOs. The UFOs contain items that we can either keep (and lose points in the UFO ranking), or send away to another player (and earn points in the UFO ranking). 4 gifts is definitely better than 3.

The bottom of the Great Challenge page shows the Community Objective progression. The goals for each level we need to reach is determine by the number of prizes we players win during the Great Challenge. To reach level 4 the community has to get another 54,000 gifts. Which is possibly out of reach, given that the majority of gifts of won during the early days of the Great Challenge, and we're now in the slower stages.

Will the raven companion be available in future events?

At some point, probably. That said, we only know what is shared through test and spoilers. Items don't tend to be rereleased until several months after their first release at the earliest.

I've been wondering for a while why we never seem to unlock the community objectives anymore. When did they change it from horseshoes collected to prizes obtained? That seems a ridiculous change considering how few players are willing to spend on the pass.

I still don’t get what what to do in the treats battle

It'll be more clear once the Battle starts. Every 8 hours you catch a UFO, then decide to keep it or send it away. If you keep the item, you lose ranking points, and if you send it away you get points. We get at least 3, possibly (yet unlikely) 4, UFOs in this 8 hour period. Once you choose what to do with the UFO item, the next one spawns fairly quickly, so it will only take a few minutes to do.

There is a special UFO ranking during the event that has prizes for different placings

By Hiram Farmer, 2nd November 2024 11:31:142

it doesn't matter. just do other things. what would they change it to? you don't need to do all of the obj to get the points. you could enter 100 comps and get all the points. if you do that try focusing on the ones you get more points for winning. this is what i do. takes me 10 minutes. i've not donated any horses or used any bmi's or tack.



It actually does matter, this event has been here for years and it shows how developers dont even care about you and just wants your money, if there is a bug for several years its not actually a good thing sweetie

It also matters what the main prize is.
If the free main price is Zebra, and the payed main price Jenny, then spending 600 passes does give you 2 extra Divines (Jenny & Zonkey). A deal like that would be intresting for me, as it is a guaranteed 'get'.

But a bird companion is not worth 600 pass to me.

it's NOT a bug. since there is NO need what soever to enter a horse in the grand prix to get the points there's no need to switch it. if it was absolutely necessary to enter the GP to get the points then yeah they'd change it but there's 8 other ways to get points. so who cares if you can't get the points from the GP get them another way.

I like the raven hope its a real pet at nighttime. I would pay passes if i was buying passes right now mostly for philosophers stone, harmony pack, tychee crown, pass seeds, raven custom clip and iris coat. Somewhat for samurai tack, aging points needs to be more, etc. for raven itself with minor prizes ill wait until its more common in sales etc