Hard node increase?

"Chmilk2;c-2102628" wrote:
Yes just whining. If my favorite pizza spot had slices for $2 and I think it's a good deal, I buy it. I don't get to go back and cry or beg for another slice if an hour later they drop it to $1 a slice. Nor am I entitled to an explanation.

So if you go in and person in front of you gets 8 slices for $5 and you get 5 slices for $5 and they explain it is because they live in different part of town they get more it will be ok?

I love false equivalencies.

I'm comfortable calling it for what it is, you seem to be the one that isn't getting it. People used crystals for double drops. They did that because they found value in what was being offered. Then another deal popped up and only a few got to take advantage of overlapping time tables. Few in this sense meaning not the 17 times zones that already lost out on the opportunity. Then all of a sudden they came here to complain that their purchase, that they made with the info given at the time, was devalued by what someone else may have gotten.

"Chmilk2;c-2102630" wrote:
I love false equivalencies.

Care to explain how is that false comparison? When i look on their post, it is straight lie to me to everyone in different time zone then they are in:

For me post was made on May the 5th



And is telling me that from May the 4th to May the 28th we will get hard node drop increases from 5 to 8.



So they are pretty much saying that we just now increased your drops but it is active since yesterday. That sentence is just not true.

"Chmilk2;c-2102638" wrote:
Then all of a sudden they came here to complain that their purchase, that they made with the info given at the time, was devalued by what someone else may have gotten.

This is a competitive game, so, yes, for all people living in those 17 time zones that had only have 5 attempts with double drops, it got devalued. Some other people got 8 attempts, and there was nothing an Australian could do.

Apparently everybody should reset the in-game refresh time to PDT to be sure they do not get screwed by something like this.

Edit: Just to be clear, the few attempts I lost will not make a difference in the long run. But it feels bad, because it did devalue the double drops somewhat, and it was so unnecessary. Why not make the 8 attempts available at the same time as the double drops?

"Gifafi;c-2102475" wrote:
hard node increase that everyone's been clamoring for actually given to us? and for almost a month?
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The shills are coming! The shills are coming! The outrage is not about the node cap increase but that it missed the double drops for many people (favouring just some). But you just keep ignoring that...CG doesn't like the truth

"CG_SBCrumb" wrote:

Hard Nodes Cap Increased
In celebration of May the 4th, from 5/4 to 5/28 the Hard Node cap has been increased from 5 to 8!

Well as a German player, the hard node increase started on 5/5 since their updates usually happen at ~00:15 for us.
Does that mean our increased hard nodes will last until 5/29 too? o:) :D

If a company had a deal on 5/4/20 where you get certain perks or whatever and people spend their money on it, only to be told “oh hey the last hour of the day, you can get even more for your money, but no refunds and if you already spent then you’re out of luck”, you’d be mad wouldn’t you?
Or is that just whining

Just whining.

The part that isn't whining, the part that's a serious issue, is that people a couple thousand miles east of me didn't have any part of this happen on double drop day.

Yes, it's a game. But it's also a competition. We compete in TW, in GAC, in the arenas... And giving an advantage to part of the player base but not the whole player base isn't fair.

Now, I spent some on refreshes before the change to 8 attempts. If I had done all my refreshes later in the day, I could have gotten more out of things. But... I still had a chance, and I still was able to take advantage for some of my refreshes. I am able to see the unfairness in the difference.

From a business perspective CG going back to 5 attempts is not smart. 8 attempts means more energy, more energy means more energy refreshes and crystals which is more money for them. 8 attempts also keeps the player base a little happier or less annoyed depending how you look it it

Perhaps a bit off topic, but for my hard node farms I only ever pay for one refresh on the node. That may be why during double drop events I only stay with that one refresh. To refresh more than that, the price doubles which effectively negates the double drops. Or am I missing something?