![]() With proper development support (in-game UI, tracking, notifications, cheese avoidance, it would have retained what made it fun, but certainly would have been a far better experience. ![]() It’s not that the concept/idea wasn’t a success, but rather the execution that I believe fell short. I don’t consider it a failure, but it did not meet my standards for what I’d rate successful, overall. With proper development support (in-game UI, tracking, notifications, cheese avoidance, it certainly could work. Some players disagreed with Zyloh’s take on the Vanduul mask challenge in 2020 instead saying it was highly successful and some of the most fun they had, brining the community out and actually getting players active. The development team has far more exciting and complex plans when it comes to looting, and I’m really excited to share more when we can. In short, the original Vanduul mask event was not a good representation of the future of in-game earnables. You may think “woah, they must have killed X to get that helmet!” or “wow they must have explored X to have found that!” There will be those epic moments when you see another player’s adornment and it represents their achievements. Our developers have some seriously fantastic plans related to in-game discoverables/earnables, and fully understand the importance of being able to collect/earn rare items, armor, weapons, etc. It really came down to my eagerness to provide in-game earnables and forcing it into existence, when it should have been driven by development with proper in-game support, which it is now. In hindsight, I wish we had not done this event. It also meant that you had to wait for your prize until we ran the script at the end of the event. It meant no user interface to alert you if you had achieved the reward. It meant no in-game notification or tracking of your progress in getting the 50 kills. The game didn’t have the functionality and wasn’t set up for an event like this, but as I mentioned above, to avoid distracting development, we simply worked with the data analysis team to capture player activity and manually run a script to award the Vanduul mask to anyone who had achieved the 50 kills. We came up with the 50-kill criteria to unlock the mask. We didn’t have an “achievement” system, but we were so eager to provide in-game earnables for our community, we found a workaround way to do it without needing to pull development off their current tasks. The original Vanduul mask event was actually designed by the Community team, not the designers like it should have been. A moment in time captured, and a great conversation starter in-game (i.e. For example, I’m still proud of my OG Runescape account which houses legendary rares, such as a set of bunny ears I looted from an exclusive Easter event in 2003. Browsing my bank, recounting adventures, and enjoying the memories of yesterday’s spoils. In fact, my favourite form of progression is item based. As a passionate MMO addict (I play them all), I’m a big fan of collecting rares. On the bright side when I’m wearing my Benny Henge mask and call for a medical beacon my rescuer won’t shoot me dead so they can loot my mask. Now it’s more like ugh that person paid cash to get that. That person worked really hard to get that or was a really talented player. I’d like to be able to see something on a player in the verse and be like wow that’s really cool. What’s the point of taking part in any of these in-game contests to earn things if we can get them for little to no effort at a later date. Now you’re offering it up just as a found item for anyone. Yes, some cheesed it however others worked hard at it and it was a big accomplishment. Those of us that were around to earn the Vanduul mask remember it as being the first thing of any value you could earn in game. There was a thread Nothing has value in the PU the OP (original poster) says: Previously you had to kill 50 unique players to get the Vanduul mask in a limited period. This is more in reference to the Day of Vara Masks… both Neveills Lot Mask and Vanduul Mask now being available to find around the verse and if you find them, they get permanently added to your account…
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