Dear HCS,
I was online via phone most of the time the last few days and therefore couldn't join in with the seasonal titans. Now both the Gurgriss and Tommy titans have been secured by my fellow guild mates I am, along with 80 other active players in FFS blocked from taking part in the titan event which I believe finishes in 2 weeks from the start date.
Cooldown on the everyday titans is one thing, even if I personally don't like it, but cooldown on seasonal titans blocks a large proportion of players from taking part in the entire game on offer.
The online players figure ranges from 350 - 800 depending on the time of day, if 80 active players are in FFS and blocked from the event then 10% of the game can't participate in the event, which is a significant amount of the active player base. This is just an example of one guild and as other guilds get a secure then the players who were not online at the right time, with time on their hands to hunt the titans that time are also blocked from the event.
At present three guilds are now on cooldown from the Gurgriss Titan which constitutes *about* 180 ACTIVE players = 22.5% of the active players in the game.
I look forward to hearing back from HCS on their thoughts on this
First off, I just finished the new quest and added some extra global kills for the fun of it. Great event, especially coupled with the Guy Fawkes event, well done BigGrim and gang.
A couple comments on the above post...
1) At this time, 15 members of FFS are online, with a total of 828 online. If my calculator is working correctly, that is 1.8%. And taking the 80 FFSers into account, the total population is not the 828 online, its a larger figure as total population is not on at the same time. As others have noted, the cooldown gives other guilds a chance to secure. FFS still has the size and resource advantage.
2) If you are on the phone the whole event, I will assume it is due to employment; you are a valuable employee, well done. But are we to adjust the whole game for your schedule as your guildmates went ahead and secured a titan? This was a rather odd posting.
Again, great job HCS, looking forward to XMAS!
DP
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