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Hunt changes being tested!


Hey everyone!

We have some more tests on the way so we wanted to give you more of a heads-up on these, as well as directly share what changes are being made to this new test and why.

We want to keep trying to create the best, most engaging content that we can for you and these tests will help sculpt the future of Party in my Dorm. PIMD is just as much our game as it is yours so we want you to be included in this as we move forward.

This test will be running over the course of the next hunt (September 12 to September 26). The hunt after that will go back to the usual format.

We ran a similar test during the Dog Days of Summer hunt. That test included changes to the side stories and to the number of main story reward tiers.

We heard your feedback (good and bad) and are continuing to iterate on these changes to see what players enjoy most and what still needs tweaking.
​
Nothing being tested is permanent and is subject to change.

Reward Tiers


We are changing the reward tiers to 18 instead of 25.

This change had a lot of feedback and we went through it all. A few of the most common pieces were:
- Too many tiers, which also made them harder to reach and progress
- Not being able to see all of the tiers
- The rewards were weighted too heavily towards the highest tiers

To address these, we'll be reducing the number of tiers to make them easier to reach and view. We're also adjusting the rewards within these 18 tiers and spreading them more towards the earlier tiers, not later. That means more rewards (yes, that includes avatars) and more obtainable lower tiers so that we all get a chance to enjoy some more story rewards!

Still not enough?

We will also have two 72-hour XCs (Extracurricular timed events) that run each weekend (1 each weekend). These XCs will include multiple tiers that will have both rewards AND additional progress for your main story.


Lastly, be sure to check in daily on Molly's Deals throughout the hunt as there will be more FREE ways to earn progress for the main story.

Party Activity Items


We will be testing an item that rewards based on party activity!

Another big piece of feedback that we received was that Club admins had a more difficult time being able to tell which members were active and which weren't since side story drops were gone.

That's where our new activity tracking item comes in! Similar to a side story drop, you'll only be able to collect these from being active in parties.

This is not a stat item but is just meant to help Clubs track their members. As a sneak peek, here's what it looks like for the next hunt!

itemtrack.png


Here's where we need you


We want to make it clear that these are just tests. These are not final and they will also not be the last tests we do.

Your feedback is extremely important in how we move forward from here. Let's try to keep things constructive though, okay?

Are we on the right track with something? Let us know!
Not a fan of a certain change? Please let us know why.

Please share all of your feedback on this test through this forum post.

Please also fill out the regular survey and be sure to answer the question on what you thought of the hunt design! Positive or negative, we want to know.

the-simpsons-simpsons.gif

Take your time. This test isn't as stressful as Milhouse's. <3

 
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Ata when will zodiac Avis and those Greeks be removed from store I mean they've been there for so long can't they be removed and then maybe resigned and put back in store or something new Just saying and yh these new tests thingy better get good 💜
 
As an initial piece of feed back from the dog days hunt -- after the story part is finished, y'all added a little conversation marker for every milestone. The first time was cute, but I think having it for every collection point was a unnecessary. Wouldn't that bog down servers and create more room for potential issues?
 
Thank you so much for the heads up! Communication is important for upcoming changes as well as for the testing period(s) for such changes. Having the thread would make it easier for y’all to see comments on testing itself(as I’m sure hunt thread will still be swamped with the standard design and theme commentary, possibly risking some testing-related comments to be missed). Of course, this thread also eases us(and saves y’all from some of the often repeated-and-thus-clogging “When will things be back to normal!?” panic-y comments.

Now to comment on specifics noted here:
-rewards being modified from being weighted towards later tiers is a huuuuuuge relief! As a player for many years, seeing base rewards for daily activity be shifted forward 30k drops above my high activity was practically a insult to me lol
-curious about the xc! Will it be club based? I love club XCs especially the first few ones when regular potd/ppotd clubs could succeed
-OOOOOO excited for the free upcoming stuff in Mollys deals that’ll aid in progressing for main story! Sometimes I don’t have enough tokens to trade for lite boxes, but they’ve been really helpful whenever I was able to! Needing to check in daily for this will definitely incentivize activity, so that’s a win for y’all already, ATA!

Suggestion about post-hunt surveys: Could you guys include a free text space at the very end? Many times during the surveys, I have a thought or two triggered by the images or questions then the survey just ends after I’m done rating and I just move on to the next hunt.
 
I liked the way that hunt was set up. It made it feel like the top tier avis were more accessible. I'm glad for the changes, because it was hard for me to get the 2nd set without flashing. 🙄

I'm excited to see how this goes!
 
BRUH- I’m-

The new system that had been tested was horrible. Giving us LESS in response is a horrible idea. The side story system we have currently is extremely rewarding to activity and committed growth. I remember how excited I was the first time I was able to finish every side story - it was wonderful! Taking that away to make one mass of rewards is ridiculous and unnecessary.
 
I'm very appreciative and so relieved there was communication that you guys 1) Have seen our feedback. 2) Did something with that feedback. 3) Warned us and updated us on what's to come before big changes again. Ive been hoping for some time at the very least you'd communicate more so we understand better why changes are being made and if you guys were even listening to the player base. This is exactly what I've been wanting, and so many others! Please keep communicating to us changes like this, and that you're actually considering and or using our feedback. It's very refreshing and hopeful to know we aren't leaving messages that will never reach. I'm very happy to see there was a solution introduced to the various issues that came with the Dog Hunt's format. The activity tracker essentially feels like the same thing as a side drop just without the story, and specific phone rewards so it's not too different a change. It's good this can still be used to track activity, as a president of a club I'm relieved. I'm glad you've adjusted the main tier rewards and are considering the smaller players and the difficulty of getting the bigger rewards and avatars, that was a huge consistent in the feedback. I do hope it's easier period to hit main drop goals, as even without these changes it has proven difficult for even those in the mcs range unless you are aiming for T500, going to flashes or are in ec clubs consistently... Or of course spending. I've noticed most POTD clubs can probably provide up to 35-65K highest on average I think. Not many make it past those points, and many many still don't even make it to 35K. I'm also glad this will fix the visual problem with the bunch of tiers. As someone previously mentioned additionally, I am also curious on if it will be similar amounts from parties that these activity trackers will give or it will be different. I'm curious and a bit excited to know if the activity tracker item is hunt themed like side drops are, if they are, I'm hopeful for a witchy hunt or a DnD hunt.
 
ATAClaptrap said:

Hunt changes being tested!


Hey everyone!

We have some more tests on the way so we wanted to give you more of a heads-up on these, as well as directly share what changes are being made to this new test and why.

We want to keep trying to create the best, most engaging content that we can for you and these tests will help sculpt the future of Party in my Dorm. PIMD is just as much our game as it is yours so we want you to be included in this as we move forward.

This test will be running over the course of the next hunt (September 12 to September 26). The hunt after that will go back to the usual format.

We ran a similar test during the Dog Days of Summer hunt. That test included changes to the side stories and to the number of main story reward tiers.

We heard your feedback (good and bad) and are continuing to iterate on these changes to see what players enjoy most and what still needs tweaking.
​
Nothing being tested is permanent and is subject to change.

Reward Tiers


We are changing the reward tiers to 18 instead of 25.

This change had a lot of feedback and we went through it all. A few of the most common pieces were:
- Too many tiers, which also made them harder to reach and progress
- Not being able to see all of the tiers
- The rewards were weighted too heavily towards the highest tiers

To address these, we'll be reducing the number of tiers to make them easier to reach and view. We're also adjusting the rewards within these 18 tiers and spreading them more towards the earlier tiers, not later. That means more rewards (yes, that includes avatars) and more obtainable lower tiers so that we all get a chance to enjoy some more story rewards!

Still not enough?

We will also have two 72-hour XCs (Extracurricular timed events) that run each weekend (1 each weekend). These XCs will include multiple tiers that will have both rewards AND additional progress for your main story.


Lastly, be sure to check in daily on Molly's Deals throughout the hunt as there will be more FREE ways to earn progress for the main story.

Party Activity Items


We will be testing an item that rewards based on party activity!

Another big piece of feedback that we received was that Club admins had a more difficult time being able to tell which members were active and which weren't since side story drops were gone.

That's where our new activity tracking item comes in! Similar to a side story drop, you'll only be able to collect these from being active in parties.

This is not a stat item but is just meant to help Clubs track their members. As a sneak peek, here's what it looks like for the next hunt!

itemtrack.png


Here's where we need you


We want to make it clear that these are just tests. These are not final and they will also not be the last tests we do.

Your feedback is extremely important in how we move forward from here. Let's try to keep things constructive though, okay?

Are we on the right track with something? Let us know!
Not a fan of a certain change? Please let us know why.

Please share all of your feedback on this test through this forum post.

Please also fill out the regular survey and be sure to answer the question on what you thought of the hunt design! Positive or negative, we want to know.

the-simpsons-simpsons.gif

Take your time. This test isn't as stressful as Milhouse's. <3

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in regards to PARTY ACTIVITY ITEMS Is this rewarded for each party completed or in regards to each tier completed? and does it appear in a person's showcase or in the party history? I ask because in regards to people who flash all the time and are booked at multiple clubs they will always have thousands of these books (if rewarded per party) as a reward for being active.

if that's the case, anybody who DOES NOT flash and DOES NOT book more than one or two clubs at a time will always have less of these books thus making them appear to be inactive/semi-active.

i also don't understand why admins need to check who's active because if the person already paid for their stay via bentos or dropped and they suddenly disappeared that's on them not a club admin to worry about in regards to ecs clubs/flashes. and if the person hasn't hit and hasn't paid or has hit but hasn't paid admins can easily kick. as for POTD clubs, there's already a setting to auto kick for 3 days of inactivity and the person may request to join again when they're active again.

the item is very cute (wish it was normal stat hehe) but what could have also worked is separate the party history by the date (month/day/year) the party's happened so it's easier to back check who came to which flash and when / who booked at what club and when and how active they were each day during their stay and who's active on which days vs other days in POTD.

it could be a matter of busy with life (children /family /work etc) or something even more simple as a timezone difference so it only looks like someone isn't active but really they are sleeping🧍🏻‍♂️

in regards to the less tiers for rewards on main story , does this mean we will receive extra side stories that maybe come earlier than normal so that we still get the same amount of stats (or extra stats 😏) like previous hunts? or are we just going to receive less stats in general? I hope this doesn't mean we're not going to get the 6 MCS singles any longer 😔 we all love that juicy misc. it's just a tad difficult for those not doing Subscriptions (for extra drops etc), not flashing much or at all and not doing LBH at multiple clubs and who are a little busy to even reach 125k drops because they might need more hits than one UL without CP 🙈 there's also the matter of POTD not dropping a lot of drops or side drops to begin with even if you met the requirement for max drops each party.


i'm looking forward to the testing and if any of my questions get answered come next hunt 🦝🖤
 
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