From the Reserve Stamina page: "Sometimes the game will experience downtime, or we may just be feeling generous! In such a situation, we will credit your character with 'reserve stamina' which can be used whenever you wish and will never expire."
As HCS declared, this was not a "burst of generosity" that brought about this last reserve stamina distribution. But rather HCS being true to their own pledge, to compensate their customers for 'denial of service' due to some technical issues. Do they have to do so? Well, if they say they will, they should.
But this was not the issue. Rather the question was if the manner in which it was done is indeed the best way to do it ?
This is a legitimate question I think, and it does call for some discussion, and maybe even better ideas on how to do it.
In the far past, there were much more cases of 'down time' than we have today. Back then, as far as I recall, the reserve stamina was given on an equal ground. At some point that changed. Why ? I do not know. Maybe for a good reason, and maybe just because. Still, it does deserve some attention since this method is, to my opinion, not good enough.
Does HCS have to accept my opinion or that of anyone else ? Obviously they don't. But if during a serious discussion a better idea pops up, they might embrace it, and hence the game just got better.
This is, to my opinion, the main purpose of this forum. It was not meant for people that just kiss up to HCS no matter what, but it is a place where people raise issues that need to be fixed, or at least get some attention, in favor of improving this game.
By that I don't mean that HCS do not deserve a 'thank you' or a good word, as they surely do, but rather that if a person raise a legitimate issue here, he should not get a bunch of irrelevant reactions just because it is not all praises to HCS.
Thanks for reading.