Update - Jan 15th - Cooperative Challenge 2.0 - Discussion

Lija (US1) · 22.01.2015

What was it? I was third in our co-op and I got something, but the box was blank - it just said 1/1 ranking reward received - and there is nothing new in my dropbox...

gavinfarms (US1) · 22.01.2015

I got 3 seaweed humus.

Trippel (NL1) · 22.01.2015

Attachment not found.

Final ranking.

Raven68 (US1) · 22.01.2015

Nice summary page at the end of the challenge.

So glad it's over! Now I can go back to running missions w/out the craziness!

BTW, still think that co-op members who earned 0 RPs shouldn't be awarded the activity prizes.

Also I still think it's ridiculous to be selling RPs. Gold can be used to upgrade our farms. Gold can be used to buy special feed and humus. Gold can be used to speed up the harvest. Isn't that enough of an advantage for the gold buyers?

Fortunately, my co-op is far enough down the chain that it doesn't affect us if someones else used gold to buy RPs. The issue, IMO, is that selling RPs removes any integrity to the challenge and frankly, leaves egg on your face GGS. Hope that you will reconsider.

Mantis (GB1) · 22.01.2015

I didn't receive mine at all for top rank. I didn't get the mystery box that we earned either :S didn't keep track of the rest of the prizes though.

gizmo22 (AU1) · 22.01.2015

Yeah have to say i'm also glad its over.....didnt realise how draining a contest like this could be but at this stage it looks like the new apple orchard and cherry orchard was worth the effort. It would be nice if coop challenge rewards 1-50 didn't stay the same for each challenge....mix it up a little to make things interesting.

gavinfarms (US1) · 23.01.2015

They did not do what they said about the rewards. When you combine that with selling points to people and using those points toward the reward, it is just terribly disappointing. They are capable of doing better.

RunsWivScissors (GB1) · 20.02.2015

Its back!... Next Coop Challenge starting in 45 hours

Good luck everyone!
Fingerscrossed its a bit less traumatic than the last one lol

Hodor4 · 20.02.2015

I would just like one question answered by GGS/moderator - will there be another 'Buy RP for gold' offer during the contest?

If there is then I will not be participating. I don't see the point of me earning RP through missions when my efforts can be blown out of the water by other members simply using gold to buy RP.

I used to do missions continuously until the last fiasco when I stopped completely.

Pingo42 · 20.02.2015

Hodor4 wrote: »

I would just like one question answered by GGS/moderator - will there be another 'Buy RP for gold' offer during the contest?

Yes, can we PLEASE have an answer to that question? Quite a few people in my co-op don't want to participate if RPs are going to be sold again. There doesn't seem to be much point in working hard to do missions when someone else can just buy RPs and not play at all.

GGS, don't destroy one of the best new additions to the game. The co-op challenge was a lot of fun until the infamous hot deal came along. Selling RPs for gold makes a mockery of the hard work, planning and teamwork that goes into missions. We need an answer!

Lesley52 (GB1) · 20.02.2015

Yes I got e mail about it this morning

enochnock (US1) · 20.02.2015

Pingo42 wrote: »

Yes, can we PLEASE have an answer to that question? Quite a few people in my co-op don't want to participate if RPs are going to be sold again. There doesn't seem to be much point in working hard to do missions when someone else can just buy RPs and not play at all.

GGS, don't destroy one of the best new additions to the game. The co-op challenge was a lot of fun until the infamous hot deal came along. Selling RPs for gold makes a mockery of the hard work, planning and teamwork that goes into missions. We need an answer!

I agree with Pingo4, very well written and to the point. Thanks for your reply and asking for all of us who want to know this as well.

We are waiting an answer to this question as well as the many others on the forum that keep/continue to be/get ignored.

Thanks.

ujjwal kumar gu (IN1) · 20.02.2015

This time,Indian Future coop in indian server is going to ROCK!!!!!!!!!!Best Of Luck to all....8)

tomtom (IN1) · 20.02.2015

Has something been changed to the rewards for the top 10 ranking coops? Now only the special cherry for the winning coop is mentioned.

kaydidit (US1) · 20.02.2015

I for one plan to boycott the co-op challenge. For the duration of the challenge I refuse to do any missions or chat about it. I play the game for relaxation, not gobbledegook. If GGS continues to make the game nothing but competitions, I may have to look elsewhere for a game to play.

WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) · 20.02.2015

tomtom16 wrote: »

Has something been changed to the rewards for the top 10 ranking coops? Now only the special cherry for the winning coop is mentioned.

The rewards should be the same as last time, the top coop get the apple orchard & the top 10 get the cherry orchard. I can only assume the rewards mentioned on the timer are just 2 examples, wait to see on the main event tent when it lists all the prizes, should be ok there.

Gen_sigmaGamer (US1) · 20.02.2015

WascallyWabbit wrote: »

The rewards should be the same as last time, the top coop get the apple orchard & the top 10 get the cherry orchard. I can only assume the rewards mentioned on the timer are just 2 examples, wait to see on the main event tent when it lists all the prizes, should be ok there.

That is an answer to one question, thank you. What about answering the MOST important question, that is, will the infamous Hot Deal be back? The answer should be one of two very simple words: YES or NO

Niryn (INT1) · 20.02.2015

I'm gonna have to chime in with the others here, sorry for repetition...
I love the challenge event and the revamped missions along with the garage, the whole trio of those things has proved to be more fun for me than the island cycle in its entirety so far~

Please ease our worries though and promise there won't be another ridiculous "Hot Deal" to outright buy hundreds of thousands of rep points, it was completely unreasonable. I saw a member make that amount with actual missionwork in 4 days and on the 5th day I could have just undone all of his work by buying points and winning in the internal co-op rankings?!
Ridiculous, awful, no idea how it even got through as an idea in the first place. Please stop before it gets out of hand. Bad enough that gold can be used to buy "better" rep point boosters during the event, but at least there's a dollar option for that. The rankings are also out of whack if someone can just buy a bunch of rep points - what on earth happened to "keeping the ranks fresh by having rep points deteriorate each week"? How can anyone dream of actually using missions what they're intended for, you know, competing, if a person who has never done a single mission in their lives can win?

Think it through, and please be reasonable. I've looked the other way several times in past "come on the gold stuff is outrageous" issues because I've always seen the good side but this problem has no good side. ;_;

fadedjean (US1) · 20.02.2015

just my 2 cents worth.... in real life game competitions and sweepstakes, there are terms and conditions. In this game where real money and real time hours spent, why not provide FULL DISCLOSURE. Oh, but that provision would not support the strategy of the game developers to see who buys into the mentality of CHEAT TO WIN. I often think the developers sit back and laugh at the turmoil they create, a bit sadistic (human behavior studies indeed, repurposed and soured).

Stork The Bear (GB1) · 20.02.2015

I think you can safely say that due to an unwillingness to confirm or deny that the hot deal has been removed that it will still be there. If it was removed then they would have said as everyone would then do the challenges. They wont confirm it is there in the hope that people planning a boycott would play until it does hit and then probably carry on rather than them not doing it from the start.

WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) · 20.02.2015

Gen_sigmaGamer wrote: »

That is an answer to one question, thank you. What about answering the MOST important question, that is, will the infamous Hot Deal be back? The answer should be one of two very simple words: YES or NO

Of course I would love to be able to say NO, but I really don`t know any more than Nafaru already said on this thread asking the same question... Sorry!

BriannospamGame (SKN1) · 20.02.2015

I'll be one of the players who boykot that stupid unfair coop challenge.

Gen_sigmaGamer (US1) · 20.02.2015

Thank you for that answer WascallyWabbit. It is a good "Maybe, eventually, probably, one day, we will think about it".

One thing I can "definitely, for sure, absolutely" say is that I will sit this challenge out and wait until GGS has made up their mind (or finished their profit calculations). I like to know the rules of a competition before I enter it and not have them changed half-way through.

Julie2577 · 20.02.2015

Gen_sigmaGamer wrote: »

Thank you for that answer WascallyWabbit. It is a good "Maybe, eventually, probably, one day, we will think about it".

One thing I can "definitely, for sure, absolutely" say is that I will sit this challenge out and wait until GGS has made up their mind (or finished their profit calculations). I like to know the rules of a competition before I enter it and not have them changed half-way through.

Could not agree more. Thank you for your post

Graycat Ashes S (US1) · 20.02.2015

My cooperative did well last time. Equally United only was beaten by the cooperatives that bought reputation points. I don't get why some people don't like the cooperative challenge because of being able to buy reputation points and boosters. They help the cooperative if you use them and promote competition if others use them. Besides, GGS needs to earn money somehow. It is just one more way for people to support them. And if you boycott the competition then you don't even get any rewards. The reputation offer helps you get rewards. If you don't like that there is no logical reason not to do missions. It won't hurt GGS for you not to do the missions, it will hurt your cooperative. Just keep that in mind before complaining.

fadedjean (US1) · 21.02.2015

to be silent is to acquiesce

Yakoska (US1) · 21.02.2015

Well, I will take part in the Co-op challenge. But as a player who spends gold on select things (the Co-op challenge being one of them usually) I will not be spending any gold on missions unless the game starts working as smoothly as it usually does. There is literally no point to speeding things up, if a freeze will slow you down anyway.

-Y

tove999 (SKN1) · 21.02.2015

This buying rep points for gold is a deep shame on GGS. Yet another one!!!
The only thing still not available for gold, is coop points.

But before you move my post to the suggestion section, i have a
question about the boosters.

Exactly when do we benefit from them?
Does the booster has to be active when we begin the mission?
Or when we end it? Or all the time? Half the time?

SANDRAUser602 · 21.02.2015

fadedjean wrote: »

just my 2 cents worth.... in real life game competitions and sweepstakes, there are terms and conditions. In this game where real money and real time hours spent, why not provide FULL DISCLOSURE. Oh, but that provision would not support the strategy of the game developers to see who buys into the mentality of CHEAT TO WIN. I often think the developers sit back and laugh at the turmoil they create, a bit sadistic (human behavior studies indeed, repurposed and soured).

Yes I often think they run their own competition challenge within the company,,,,whose idea will take off and whose won't.....big bonus for the winning team. It's a win win for all.

Guess you could say we are guinea pigs with a purpose, and although I don't spend the rich stuff, I purpose to play this game for as long as I can, and since their not sticking needles in me I'll stay and play THEIR game !

A Big thanks to a capitalist company who could give OUR US government a refresher course !!

acm · 21.02.2015

GG went against the popular vote of separating gold and no gold. You can still buy the win.

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