So, after damn near breaking my wrist with all the mind-numbingly dull & endless click-click-clicking, FA's are still;
1. Absolute gak overall...
Waaaaaay too much effort to do even just one path due to massive numbers of badges required.
2. The quest cycling is still a bloody nightmare.
There's been plenty of suggestions to fix this, usually the same ideas we keep begging for after every one of these 'torture weeks'.
3. The prizes are rank, flaming garbage.
While Valorian Valor
was quite excellent, the other 2 prizes were literally "hope you're in WE's or Halflings, otherwise - Lolz! You suck!trollololz!"
Mana Sawmill was lackluster even when it first came out in last year's Fall event, and is frankly a complete & utter joke for Orks & earlier chapters... meanwhile, Golden Palace is 'okay' for mana, and amazing for Halflings and on where seeds are all important.
4. The whole 'competition' aspect is beyond a bad joke.
basically, unless nearly all/all your fellowship have at least some combination of;
a) most/all diamond expansions
b) multiple current era Magic Residences
c) pay for badges
d) many/most fellows are in between GR chapters
There's exactly 0 chance you can ever even hope to compete for a top 11-20 slot, let alone even think of aiming for the top 1-5...
What would
ACTUALLY IMPROVE these rage-inducing exercises in pain & suffering?
Simple;
1.
Remove the competition aspect, OR, make it only for Fellowship Ranking pts. (perhaps a bonus applied to every member's overall score?!)
Why should anyone ever do more than the bare minimum when currently, there's almost no difference in additional "rewards" outside of the top 20 or so? Who gives a flying rodent's fart about making it to 31st, when you just get the same kick in the pants as 41st spot does?!
2.
Fix the damned Quest cycling BS!!
We go over this every single time... currently, it's just soul destroying in how awful it is to be forced to cancel 12-14+ quests, make you one measly collection, then cycle through
everything all over again to collect one more badge, then repeat ad nausium, etc...
Not to mention,
holy gak Inno - my wrists are friggin broken after all this gak!
3. Better prizes for the 'end of stage' rewards
that are useful for ALL players!
Many have said after previous FA's, the 'best' idea for prizes is to give out the pop/culture stuff, or else the likes of the VV or GotOS's, etc...
The 3rd stage could even be one of the 'grand prizes' of a previous seasonal event?! (*cough*phoenixtempleplz*cough*)
4. Put small prizes on the various waypoints.
These don't have to be world changing or anything... but things like runeshards/broken shards & instants at certain 'small' points, and then the 'big' waypoints that can change paths could have the occasional deco or small culture building such as the Dark Signpost or an Elemental Codex/Frozen Flame, etc...
At least with those, there's
something for EVERY fellowship to achieve, vs. just the 10-15 or so who *might* be competing for a 'top spot' bonus reward.
But seriously, fix that stupid quest cycling!
I'm in actual, real physical pain after this last "MISadventure".