Thanks for the response. I feel like this has been an ongoing issue beyond just big day events and is definitely something I've commented on in the past.Hey, thanks so much for calling this out. We totally get why it feels like announcements come a bit late sometimes. For big events like Black Friday, ATA Day, or new content/event drops, we usually hold announcements back just a little so our team can watch things live and make sure nothing unexpected pops up that we missed during testing. It helps us keep things running smoothly before sending lots of players to check it out.
That said, we talked about it as a team and w're open to posting the forum announcements right away in the future. Our community is honestly amazing at catching anything weird fast, and posting it in the comments, and we really appreciate that.
Thanks again for bringing this up and feel free to share any other thoughts about preference around this!
Many of us wait for the fourm announcement to get the full scoop of things before diving in, and sometimes when things being released aren't very straightforward (like with the most recent October event for example) the fourm post itself gets circulated in chats and pointed to.
Sometimes even when things are rather straightforward theres a caveat somewhere that isnt as readily available without the fourm post, like I suspect is the case for for the raffle participation awards.
Having the fourm post released at the same time as new additions would be much preferred.