When will raid tournament loot be returned to original loot? [Developer Response in Post #194] Answer = Never :-(

[Gryphonknight]

Proven techniques

@zephyr1

Obviously it turned out that my expectation/hope was not fulfilled.

Sorry zephyr1.

From a marketing point of view, the loot structure, defeats and continue, never made a lot of sense.

Rare quest continues, Challenge event scoring, Class quest battle items, these are proven freemium techniques.

Looking at everything I do know about Tourneys, I do think they did not turn out the way the Devs were hoping. This can also be seen in the Alliance War change log. It might be a direct result of the small number of Devs being very good at their specialties but not having the overlap, redundancy and broad coverage, that a larger team does. I would love for them to hire an Elo math specialist if they do not already have one.

I am sad that SSG appears to be the industry leader in applying proven techniques, but seems to stumble when they try and reinvent the wheel.

Puffery

@Garanwyn

decision to renege on the apparent commitment that Raid Tournaments would be a significant new source of AM and emblems.

This appears to just be Puffery

Reset emblems

@NPNKY

4 reset tokens in total

I only have 2 reset emblems, but I they have zero value to me due to iron shortage ( see notes ).

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@zephyr1

Kira: Zynga is quite impressed with the way we’re able to do what we do with such a small team, so there’s a lot of knowledge sharing that’s happening with us and them. So there will be occasionally someone in the office observing how we do it without producers, how we do it without all the kind of bureaucracy and hierarchy that other game companies have. But other than that, there’s been no difference.

@Gryphonknight

He continues: “But it’s also the combination of being really good at marketing. In today’s world, even if you create the best possible game out there, it’s not going to fly automatically. That’s why you have to get all the bits and pieces right. The good news for us is we’ve only scratched the surface in terms of market penetration.”

@Gryphonknight

Even if I got back 100% of my emblems for free. I cannot afford the cost in iron. Even if I got back 100% of my iron, it would not fit in my iron storage.

@Gryphonknight

All the above is causing an iron bottle neck for Stronghold 21. This may, or may not, be a deliberate design choice. It may also just be an unintended consequence of the Advanced Building design.

FIN