Return back to the regular personal prizes for christmas

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  roshigoth1

  1601 posts Member

  November 12, 2014 6:37AM edited November 2014

  I just really hope they don't break it into "segments" like this one. If possible, I'd like to be able to finish early, because I'm planning to go somewhere where I might not have reception or wifi.

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  4kidsandacatdog

  3090 posts Member

  November 12, 2014 7:20AM edited November 2014

  This is my first Christmas...can you explain how it has worked in the past with the regular personal prizes?

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  purplebohemian

  65 posts

  November 12, 2014 7:28AM edited November 2014

  I liked the community prizes too!

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  danbyization

  538 posts

  November 12, 2014 7:29AM edited November 2014

  Bringing back the community prizes would be great!!
  
  THEY WERE AWESOME!!!!!
  
  

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  madfish86

  1094 posts Member

  November 12, 2014 9:15AM edited November 2014

  4kidsandacatdog wrote:

  This is my first Christmas...can you explain how it has worked in the past with the regular personal prizes?

  
  Last year's Christmas event was a combination of gathering items (gift cards) to reach certain totals and unlock personal prizes, community prizes that were awarded to everyone once a worldwide total was reached, and prizes that could be won on a prize wheel.
  
  It was the first time EA introduced the prize wheel (i.e. random prize generator) and it drew a lot of complaints because two prizes on the wheel (Claus Co. building and Yeti) were very difficult to win. In order to even have a chance to spin the wheel you had to gather 1000 gift cards which took nearly a day IIRC.

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  annettemarc

  7747 posts Member

  November 12, 2014 9:31AM edited November 2014

  I love the personal and community prizes. In my case, dividing this event into 3 segments made it better, because in other types of single-stage events there were so many people who finished so fast and had so much empty time that were (understandably) chomping at the bit, waiting for the event to end. They were caught between genuinely wanting their friends to have time to get all prizes, but still being bored as things got tedious.
  
  And many of those were the strongest players. This one kept more people engaged for longer.
  
  But I'm only saying that because I have no vacation planned. Not that I'm jealous. No siree. Not one bit. (Right.).

  USA/UK Race To Throw Country Into Utter Chaos = TOO CLOSE TO CALL

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  Fettster777

  510 posts Member

  November 12, 2014 9:43AM edited November 2014

  Regular and community prizes are the best. NO WHEEL!!! And nothing like what we had in Easter either, that was even worse than the wheel.

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  obake-odori

  650 posts Member

  November 12, 2014 10:52AM edited November 2014

  annettemarc wrote:

  I love the personal and community prizes. In my case, dividing this event into 3 segments made it better, because in other types of single-stage events there were so many people who finished so fast and had so much empty time that were (understandably) chomping at the bit, waiting for the event to end. They were caught between genuinely wanting their friends to have time to get all prizes, but still being bored as things got tedious.
  
  And many of those were the strongest players. This one kept more people engaged for longer.
  
  But I'm only saying that because I have no vacation planned. Not that I'm jealous. No siree. Not one bit. (Right.).

  
  Pretty much exactly my thoughts on this. Plus; no wheel, no boxes, no grinding away for a chance to maybe win something cool. Only to get another fence. Or worse, another chance to get another fence!

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  Excruciator69

  697 posts

  November 12, 2014 11:10AM edited November 2014

  roshigoth1 wrote:

  I just really hope they don't break it into "segments" like this one. If possible, I'd like to be able to finish early, because I'm planning to go somewhere where I might not have reception or wifi.

  
  I like the segments. It makes the event playable throughout and prevents buying the entire thing outright on day one.
  
  Which leads to posts from morons complaining about lack of content.

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  Deadshot_DCU

  6429 posts Moderator

  November 12, 2014 11:14AM edited November 2014

  10 Personel Prizes
  5 Community Prizes
  7 Riddle Prizes (like the stonecutter ones)
  Plus other prizes through some kind of method
  
  Also less emphasis on old returning stuff & more on lots of new content

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  maximbarne126

  3911 posts Member

  November 12, 2014 11:44AM edited November 2014

  Of course!
  
  Deadshot is right!

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