Saturation with Alerts in Port.

[Sunleader]

@Seraphice

 

Gonna Tag You on that one as I am not sure who to Direct this too. :)

 

 

Putting it Simple.

You guys have Managed the Saturate my Port Screen to the Level where I basicly Stopped Caring. Congratulations. Just not something Positive Unfortunately.

 

I am Generally someone who will Click on Alerts and Work through them. I Generally like my Screen Tidy and to Address stuff like this.

But Guys. This only works if an Alert actually Alerts me of something Relevant.

 

But by now the Port Screen is so Oversaturated with Alerts all the Time that I just Started to Completely Ignore all Alerts because its become just Annoying and Tedious to actually bother.

 

 

1.

Do You Seriously need to Inform me of every Single new Badge or Icon I unlocked ????

Also do You Seriously need me to Mouse Hover over every Single one to drop that Alert ?????

2.

Do You really need to Select a New Port for me each Update just so that I need to bother Selecting my Favorite Port again ?????

3.

Do You really need to Friggin Inform me of every Single Progress Step in an Event with an Alert ?

Also do I really need to actually Collect all Rewards immediately so You stop bothering me with it ???

4.

Do You really need to Inform me each time I Finished enough Dailies to have another Battle Pass Stage ALL THE TIME ???

5.

Do You Really need to Inform me about every Single New Container or the Fact that I have Containers to Select even tough I have Clicked onto it 5 times and Knowingly Chosen to not Collect the Containers myself ???

6.

Do You seriously a need a News Button in my Port Window now that wont stop Shining least I skim through the friggin Article to find the Gift ????

7.

Do You absolutely require me to friggin Mouse Over a New Collection Piece even tough I cant do anything at all with it right now ????

 

 

Could we Trim this Down Maybe so its back to being actually Relevant and Useful Alerts again ?

Could we maybe get an "Acknowledge Alerts" Button so we can tell the Game that we are Aware of the Daily Free Lootbox or the Fact that we can Collect a Container but dont care right now ????

Or do you really Prefer that we all just Numb up and Ignore Your Alerts Completely because there is always some Alerts anyways.

[Aragathor]

9 minutes ago, Sunleader said:

 

Could we Trim this Down Maybe so its back to being actually Relevant and Useful Alerts again ?

The answer is of course "no". Because every alert you tick off is another point on the player "engagement" list, a metric so useless and pointless that only incompetent managers measure anything by it.

This is then used to justify the manager's bonuses and raises.

[Sunleader]

1 hour ago, Aragathor said:

The answer is of course "no". Because every alert you tick off is another point on the player "engagement" list, a metric so useless and pointless that only incompetent managers measure anything by it.

This is then used to justify the manager's bonuses and raises.

 

In that case it would make even more Sense to do this.

Because if the System is so Bloated that I no longer consider Alerts worth engaging with. I will stop ticking Points on the Player Engagement entirely as I simply wont be ticking off Alerts at all anymore.

 

 

[Panocek]

1 hour ago, Sunleader said:

@Seraphice

 

Gonna Tag You on that one as I am not sure who to Direct this too. :)

 

 

Putting it Simple.

You guys have Managed the Saturate my Port Screen to the Level where I basicly Stopped Caring. Congratulations. Just not something Positive Unfortunately.

 

I am Generally someone who will Click on Alerts and Work through them. I Generally like my Screen Tidy and to Address stuff like this.

But Guys. This only works if an Alert actually Alerts me of something Relevant.

 

But by now the Port Screen is so Oversaturated with Alerts all the Time that I just Started to Completely Ignore all Alerts because its become just Annoying and Tedious to actually bother.

 

 

1.

Do You Seriously need to Inform me of every Single new Badge or Icon I unlocked ????

Also do You Seriously need me to Mouse Hover over every Single one to drop that Alert ?????

2.

Do You really need to Select a New Port for me each Update just so that I need to bother Selecting my Favorite Port again ?????

3.

Do You really need to Friggin Inform me of every Single Progress Step in an Event with an Alert ?

Also do I really need to actually Collect all Rewards immediately so You stop bothering me with it ???

4.

Do You really need to Inform me each time I Finished enough Dailies to have another Battle Pass Stage ALL THE TIME ???

5.

Do You Really need to Inform me about every Single New Container or the Fact that I have Containers to Select even tough I have Clicked onto it 5 times and Knowingly Chosen to not Collect the Containers myself ???

6.

Do You seriously a need a News Button in my Port Window now that wont stop Shining least I skim through the friggin Article to find the Gift ????

7.

Do You absolutely require me to friggin Mouse Over a New Collection Piece even tough I cant do anything at all with it right now ????

 

 

Could we Trim this Down Maybe so its back to being actually Relevant and Useful Alerts again ?

Could we maybe get an "Acknowledge Alerts" Button so we can tell the Game that we are Aware of the Daily Free Lootbox or the Fact that we can Collect a Container but dont care right now ????

Or do you really Prefer that we all just Numb up and Ignore Your Alerts Completely because there is always some Alerts anyways.

Sadly that seems to be new strategy to overload players with "content to keep track of", to turn game into functionally second job that leaves little time for other games. After all, if you don't have time to play other games, odds are, your wallet won't be emptied elsewhere

[Aragathor]

2 hours ago, Sunleader said:

 

In that case it would make even more Sense to do this.

Because if the System is so Bloated that I no longer consider Alerts worth engaging with. I will stop ticking Points on the Player Engagement entirely as I simply wont be ticking off Alerts at all anymore.

 

 

Remember, we are dealing with WG, the company that always doubles down on worst practice solutions.

If there's a right way and a wrong way, WG will always choose the latter.

[Yosha_AtaIante]

3 hours ago, Sunleader said:

Do You really need to Select a New Port for me each Update just so that I need to bother Selecting my Favorite Port again ?????

This is so annoying. I get it, you want to show off the new port designs or changes or whatever. But include an option hidden somewhere where only people who really care about hiding it will find the option to disable this. That way you won't annoy the people who actually like a specific port a lot while showing off to all the ones who don't even know how to make their minimap bigger and I believe those are the majority of your playerbase anyway.

[Karasu_Browarszky]

I don't even bother any more.

[Sunleader]

2 hours ago, Panocek said:

Sadly that seems to be new strategy to overload players with "content to keep track of", to turn game into functionally second job that leaves little time for other games. After all, if you don't have time to play other games, odds are, your wallet won't be emptied elsewhere

 

Well. Thats fine. But its basicly like Dropping Torps into an Oversaturated BB Nose.

It just ends with the Complete Opposite of the desired effect as Your 10 Torps with their 100k Alpha Damage Just go Poof for 10k Damage in the Saturated Section. 

 

Because sure. If I can do everything by Spending 1 Hour in the Game each Day. Then I wont be bound to the Game all Day because I got around 2 Hours of Free Time and thus there will be Competition for WG in terms of what I spend my Money on.

But likewise if to Complete everything I need 5 Hours in the Game each Day. Then I will Realize beforehand that I cannot Possible Complete this and Completion of Tasks stops being relevant meaning I instead just Spend maybe 30 Minutes in the Game and then go do something else.

 

From a Profit Viewpoint the Target of Predatory Mobile Games therefore is usually to make Easily Achievable Goals that then beget New Easily Achievable Goals. So You need to Spend maybe 50-60% of your Time and then get Rewarded by Filler Rewards if You Top Off with another 10-20%  That way they get 80 or so % of your Time. Maybe more maybe Less. But they clearly get the Majority of your Time and Attention.

In most Good Mobile Games someone that Plays Alot will have Events Finished on Day 2 of 7 and will then Start Farming High End Goals explicitly for these Players.

Meanwhile most Players are Set to reach it on Day 5 of 7 so they can then Grab some Minor Extra Rewards from additional Farming after having Spend most of their Free Time on that Game during the Week.

But in Bad Mobile Games where only those who Play alot actually Finish the Event at all. The Vast Majority of Players simply wont even Try to Complete the Event.

 

The Admiral Schröder Event is a Good Example.

By now the Dockyard Events are 2 Month Marathons with like 40 or so Phases You need to Unlock.

And I look at that and Basicly just decide to not even bother Trying. I know I am not gonna Finish this. So why Should I make any Effort ???

I am still on the First Set of Missions because I have completely and utterly Ignored this Event as I knew right from the Start that I am not gonna Complete it anyways.

 

 

TLDR

If You Demand 70% of the Players Time for Completion he might use the 30% somewhere else. But You will get the 70% of the Players Time.

If You Demand 500% of the Players Time for Completion he will See right away that he wont Complete this and You get maybe 10% or even none of his Time because he has no Reason to bother with your Event. Thus 90% of his Time going somewhere else.

 

 

[Wulf_Ace]

9 hours ago, Sunleader said:

 

2.

Do You really need to Select a New Port for me each Update just so that I need to bother Selecting my Favorite Port again ?????

 

True, I want my port to be locked, I dont care about new ports every single update, I love one port and I want it to stay.

[Hugh_Ruka]

4 minutes ago, Wulf_Ace said:

True, I want my port to be locked, I dont care about new ports every single update, I love one port and I want it to stay.

People have been complaining about the Port change on each patch since I can remember .... nothing ever changed ...

[MementoMori_6030]

If WG miraculously manages to fix that port issue, there won't be any reason for me to log in once per patch.