Missed haste quest because I'm in a different time zone

[Ryosaeba]

I'm in China time and when I woke up, the beginner haste quest has already expired. Gree, the world is round with this thing called Time Zones. I'm sure you've heard of it? The last haste prize was a really nice one that I definitely would of wanted. Now it's gone forever. Great way to start my day...

[JamieF]

Time zones? What's that?

I woke up and started the normal LTQ. Checked groupme a bit later, and saw my guildies chatting about haste event. Well, Europe missed the beginners and normal haste quest when waking up. Thanks Gree

[DragCro]

I missed it too.The event starts in 23 hours at night (Eu time zone) so not possible to play it or to finish haste part.The only way is to not sleep at all or to go to sleep at 3 am and tomorrow to don't wake up in time and be late at work!
Yes Gree we work too,and we have life outside the game or you are forgetting on that?

[Jomama1]

These new haste quests are sort of fun - any way you can start the timer at first mob hit?

[DragCro]

These new haste quests are sort of fun - any way you can start the timer at first mob hit?
Good suggestion if it is possible to make it

[The red Baron]

GREE, may be you heard about equal opportuinities, this is something most compamies have in their rules.
This means nobody shall have a disatvantage due to age, sex, religion, ... and although not due to be European.
E1 should have a similar chance to reach haste events. To start 4 h events in every time zone the same time is a big disadvantage for a part of the players, actual for European.
Start in each time zone at the same time means the last will start 23 h later as the first and e1 will have the same chance.

[Noor]

These new haste quests are sort of fun - any way you can start the timer at first mob hit?

Jo making a good point here! That would be fair to everybody. Euros and Asians get screwed every quest.

[Debonair]

Jo made a good suggestion - thanks jo !!

Gree any feedback :)

[Jnsolberg]

I really like the idea to let hast start with the first hit onn a LTQ mob - that would solve the time zone problem for haste (not for the complete event but at least for the haste part.
I hope gree will consider this

From another thread a few days ago.

Gree, please listen. Start the "haste clock" with the first hit, but no later than 24 hours after the ILTQ starts.

[Laura TCK]

I agree as Lord Vyper replied to my first message re start haste on the 1st hit, I was able to do normal haste last week for the one week a year when US changes its time then UK goes forward a week later so I can next start an event in 51 weeks time. Come on Gree you want people to play with your constant quest and box events, and it's simple start haste on the 1st hit keep the overall time limit the same and bingo lot more players actually playing and prob would be closer to finish so more gem use

[Jnsolberg]

These new haste quests are sort of fun - any way you can start the timer at first mob hit?

There are some comments that I've seen in my guild's chat room. This needs to be addressed before you (and we) lose anymore paying customers (and friends):


Hi guys. I don't usually have too much to say here but I could really use some feed back from some of our other non US based players. I'm seriously thinking about deleting my accounts and walking away because of these totally unfair haste events that start after we have gone to work and finish before we get home. How the (colorful language deleted) are we supposed to keep up when we have no chance to participate ?

Hey Bro feedback is yes it stinks. For me I have to start haste between the hours of midnight and 4am. Not something I'm willing to sacrifice. If they seriously aren't going to do something about it I will use up the last of my gems and become either a free player or stop playing. I've logged a complaint and let's see what they do if anything. But for now don't do anything hasty

And good morning all. Missed that beginners haste (again)

Morning all woke up as in UK and just managed to get first haste reward for 6/15 but no way for beginners as per norm with the late hour of starts, all Europe send a ticket to Gree re haste start times it's about all we can do lol

[E-I]

You guys act as if Gree cares. They want EU to spend gems to finish quickly before bed, not stay up for 4 hours free hitting.

[Jnsolberg]

You guys act as if Gree cares. They want EU to spend gems to finish quickly before bed, not stay up for 4 hours free hitting.

Instead, peeps will go gem free or quit the game out of frustration

[Gendur]

As an Euro-timezone player, I felt the pain with this last LTQ, now Europe has switched to summer time, plus the horrible lag when the event started that made the first 30 minutes unplayable
For the first time I thought if it was all worth the missed sleep, no amount of gem spending will allow me to catch up if I don't wake up in time. And since I am playing multiple accounts, the problem is multiplied...

[PoleDanceGeek]

While it's great that the game now offers haste rewards for beginner, normal and heroic ILTQs the fact that the timer starts 11pm uk time/ midnight European time means many players are at a disadvantage and have no way to complete unless they decide not to sleep. This is unfair to many players. As suggested already here it would be a lot more advantageous to have the haste timer start with a players first hit on the ILTQ. The quest could still finish at the same time but would mean many more players would able to complete haste quests. Surely by ruling out half of the player base from completing the quest Gree are losing out on potential spending of gems so this would be in the interest of both players and Gree!

[Maurice PFJ]

Totally agree. This is unfair to all Asian and European players. Quest used to start at 23:00 for Europe, 22:00 UK time. Why was that ever changed? They still end at 23:00 european time so why can't they start at that time again?

[Ryosaeba]

Don't forget that if one misses the beginner haste quest, they miss out on the wrapper as well. I don't even bother trying to finish heroic since I can't get the haste wrapper anyway. I would of definitely spend some gems to finish heroic because it's only like 12k total energy. But now I won't spend a dime cuz I can't get the haste wrapper.

[Gendur]

the haste wrapper stands on its own,it is not linked to the other haste goals

[QueBall]

Don't forget that if one misses the beginner haste quest, they miss out on the wrapper as well. I don't even bother trying to finish heroic since I can't get the haste wrapper anyway. I would of definitely spend some gems to finish heroic because it's only like 12k total energy. But now I won't spend a dime cuz I can't get the haste wrapper.

The way I see it you can still get haste wrapper with out having got all the haste rewards along the way. You just have to finish all 3 segments in the allotted time.
I really enjoy the new format of the energy quests. They are hard but attainable with nice boosts along the way. I have solidarity with my European brothers and sisters though. The start time needs to change. Not sure there is a great time that works for everyone. The suggestion about starting haste from the first hit sure sounds good. War starts at the same time which is also a drag. We start off at half strength. Moving back to the old start time would be great.

[DragCro]

Half of my guild missed haste because they are Eu time zone.
Gree make events for all players equal and fair

[Ryosaeba]

the haste wrapper stands on its own,it is not linked to the other haste goals

Hmm.. I didn't know that. Leave it to Gree to not explain anything to us.

Ok how about this, I understand that the haste prize adds hours as you go. For example, 1/4 is the first 4 hours, 2/4 is 6 hours, etc. and they all start at the same time. So let's say I missed the 1/4, Gree should still let us make 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 instead of closing the whole quest completely. That would also solve this time zone problem.

[Jnsolberg]

Hmm.. I didn't know that. Leave it to Gree to not explain anything to us.

Ok how about this, I understand that the haste prize adds hours as you go. For example, 1/4 is the first 4 hours, 2/4 is 6 hours, etc. and they all start at the same time. So let's say I missed the 1/4, Gree should still let us make 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 instead of closing the whole quest completely. That would also solve this time zone problem.

If you miss the first Beginners haste, you can't get any beginners haste prizes? I didn't know that, that really sucks because the first one that needs to be finished in 4 hours wasn't very good anyway. The second, fourth and fifth prizes were good. Especially since the 5/5 changed into an Alliance Attack boost. You had 12 hours for that one.

[Ryosaeba]

If you miss the first Beginners haste, you can't get any beginners haste prizes?

Yup. When I woke up, which was about 5 hours after quest started, the beginner haste quest was gone.

[dpille]

The problem with Ryosaeba's idea is that it would undoubtedly be implemented by making the steps independent- so instead of "merely" 26 active individual quests, you'd add 12 or so more. It's already very unpleasant to try to find the beginner quest chain in the current long list- adding half again to it just seems silly.

Although I have sympathy for peoples' time zone issue, unless you're spending gems and starting these things with full energy, everyone ends up with an inconvenient deadline. Mine come at 5AM. I can get started fine, push most of the haste deadlines 12 hours out, but I have to set an alarm to wake up if I want to progress more. Yes, i will have gotten a couple of units beforehand that wouldn't be available to differently-situated players, but it's not like a free US player isn't impacted by the haste requirements.

[JamieF]

And again, completely missed the beginners and normal haste event. Gree, stop doong this.
One of my guildies (near burnout) said if this happens once more he'll sell his kingdom and retire. Dont cut on your EU and Asian playerbase

[Jnsolberg]

Hey IPassButter, this has been going on a long time with no answer from you.

Please give us an answer on this very important issue

[Jnsolberg]

Hey IPassButter, this has been going on a long time with no answer from you.

Please give us an answer on this very important issue

Hello IPassButter, do you have an answer for us?
You are getting many of your paying customers angry

[War player]

They've been getting many of their pay customers angry for quite some time. What is the pay customers response? Just spend more.
Lol

[IPassButter]

We will be making changes to the structure of haste goals to make them much less aggressive starting with the LTQ event this weekend.

[Metsrock9931]

We will be making changes to the structure of haste goals to make them much less aggressive starting with the LTQ event this weekend.

Basically the new changes eliminates, new players building up their stats, taking away beginners haste was not the answer. You need to build the player base, not dismantle it.