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[ScarletViper]

According to the update directly after the temple challenges were introduced, it stated there are going to be 10 different challenges (tiers). And there still seems to be a minimum for the challenges, it's only 100 so better than 3000.

 

So far we've had

 

Week#1 Films (Every active team was able to participate in this challenge, even 1 man/woman studios)

 

Week#2 Time Missions (Probably fairer than the fight missions since there are 2 choices per area for time)

 

Week#3 Conventions ( I think everyone can agree this was the worst especially with only 5 or 6 conventions the entire time, but will be a little better next time around with no minimum)

 

Week#4 Party Tickets (Fairer than Conventions but still revolved around luck but no diamonds can buy these)

 

Week #5 Fight Missions ( Easier than Party tickets but slightly difficult with the Halloween side missions during half of this challenge)

 

Week #6 Duels: Everyone can do these so relatively fair, a little hard when it was originally required to get 3000 temple points (1000 duels between all members)

 

Week#7 Selling items (I find this the most ridiculous of the challenges cause it does not necessarily have to do with activity, if you are a hoarder you have an advantage at least towards the beginning)

 

So as we stand now there are still 3 different challenges we have to do. Logically 1 of them will be skill missions since we've already done time and fighting missions. I could see them making 1 about whip stitching since you can easily do this without having to use any diamonds. Other aspects of the game we would have left would be refinements (unfair you only get 1 free and can't do this with notes), washing machine (again only 1 free, diamonds for other), refreshing the shop (same comments as others), maybe fighting film missions (would be fair everyone could do these), maybe skill film missions (fair), gained glory in duels (probably not since we already had a duel based mission), voting for ballots in missions (fair everyone can do this and does not cost diamonds), gaining skill points (gives a slightly unfair to advantage to the studios that ranked high on previous weeks challenge), and maybe sending batteries.

 

In my opinion it will be skill missions definitely, probably ballot voting, and probably whip stitching.  I don't think it would be fair for it to be based on refinements, refreshing the shop, using the washing machine, or gaining skill points and I do not think it will be based on films or duels twice.

 

ANY THOUGHTS?

Edited by ScarletViper, 18 November 2016 - 05:26 AM.

[Kaitee]

I get what you mean about the selling items challenge being potentially biased towards hoarders (hi) but even so I'm really enjoying it, since there are multiple different avenues to scoring - selling items directly, buying everything in the shop each morning, finding items from missions and films, hitting up parties for multiple rares and epics, it seems varied and I'm having fun. I think a challenge for increasing stats would be interesting in the same way - okay the handout at the end of the previous challenge is a bit unbalanced, but you've got buying stats with notes, getting them from films, level ups, the random rewards from missions, I think it'd be fun.

 

So I guess if the final three are ballot voting, stat points, and skill missions I'll be pretty happy those weeks 

[SindyXtreme]

I like this Temple Task. I'm doing missions that give out items and having fun with it.

[Analis]

So as we stand now there are still 3 different challenges we have to do.

Logically 1 of them will be skill missions since we've already done time and fighting missions.

 

My guess:

 

1. FILMS (length)

2. MISSIONS (Time)

3. Conventions

4. Parties

5. MISSIONS (Fight)

6. DUELS (amount)

7. Selling Items

 

8. FILMS (BBA Scores)

9. MISSIONS (Skill)

10. DUELS (Glory)

 

Skill Missions would indeed be a given.

Anything in the shop would be too unbalanced though.

BBA scores for the studio's Films would make more sense.

Temple is a studio effort and nowadays you can vote "From Your Studio".

And I think Duel Glory is as "vital" a part of the game as the other 9.

Skill Points and Batteries I don't really consider, but of course it's possible...

As well as specific Film Missions... but if Films are a thing again, I'd think the BBA would be more logical.

[ScarletViper]

I'll be slightly upset if one of the next challenges is gaining glory from duels since I gained over 40k glory during the #duels won. If it is based on the BBA's I think it would make more sense for it to be the amount of ballots your teams votes for rather than how well your team does on the awards. Unless you refresh the ballots until one of your teammates films shows up, there is really no control on how well your team does if it based on your teams rank on the awards. You can always try to make your film the best you think possible but that doesn't necessarily mean you're going to do well on the awards. Points for voting for ballots seems like a fairer assessment of your teams activity. I'm probably wrong about the whip stitching and it's more likely to be skill points or something else.

[ScarletViper]

Would definitely not have guessed that what's next would be repeating something before we've finished all the types of challenges. Seriously time missions again, well at least there's 2 of them in each area.

[Kaitee]

Yeah - although I suppose it keeps things from getting predictable, if it's not always the same pattern of "week one: films, week two: time" etc.

[ScarletViper]

Looks like I was incorrect about there being 10 challenges for the temple. I reread the update and it says 10 successes. I figured out the sucesses because I only counted 9 originally. #1 Enter the temple of Unfulfilled Desires, #2 Reach Top 100 with your studio (forgot about this one), #3 Reach 1st place in temple and #4-10 The over 3000 temple point successes.

 

I would like to suggest adding at least skill based mission to the temple. And I do think we should have something else regarding duels and films since these are major components of the game.

 

Also, to make the temple somewhat more interesting there should be different levels (like an easy, medium, hard) of each of the 7 competitions if they aren't adding anything else, so even though it may be repeating a past temple event there can be some slight adjustment to it.

 

For time missions easy would be how we have it now 1 point for every energy spent on them, medium would be something like 3 points for every time mission completed (would make it slightly more of a challenge for people to do more low energy missions), and hard would be only doing missions in a certain area (to make it fair for everyone the player can choose the area they want to stay in for the competition, doing any time missions outside of that area wouldn't count). This would be same for fighting and skill (if added) missions.

 

For duels easy would be a certain amount of points for every duel win or lose, medium would be how we have it now 3 points for every win, and hard could be points awarded for every 100 glory gained or something like that.

 

For films, easy would be how we have it now 1 point for every film point gained, medium could be a certain amount of points awarded for each length (let's say 300 for 3 hr, 250 2.5hr, all the way down to 50 points for 30 minute films) and hard could be you only get points for a certain setting or skill based film.

 

For parties, easy could be slightly adjusted to 25 points every regular party mission and 50 points for the boss missions, medium could be how it is now 25 points each party mission and hard could be only awarded points for completed party missions (250 points for example)

 

For conventions (don't kill me  ) Easy as we have it now, medium 10 points each convention show excluding port, beach and Beverly humps, and hard 10 points each convention show Tellville only). I was gonna suggest less points for bought shows but that's not gonna happen.

 

For selling items, easy as we have it now, medium excludes storage (sorry hoarders  ), and hard only items found in missions .

 

If it were up to me I would like to see conventions less in the competition, Maybe only once every 6 months  

[CaptC]

If it were up to me I would like to see conventions less in the competition, Maybe only once every 6 months  

 

How about never?  I vote for never.

 

But you probably already knew that...  

Edited by CaptC, 17 December 2016 - 15:25 PM.

[CaptC]

ScarletViper, some interesting ideas in there.  But even assuming the developers want to clutter up the nice clean temple concept, I think some of them are not likely to happen.  Anything that interferes with player's wanting to buy something is counterproductive from Playata's point of view.  For example, reducing the benefit of hoarding items will sell fewer storage upgrades...

[Analis]

For those not keeping score:

 

1. FILMS (length)
2. MISSIONS (Time)
3. Conventions

4. Parties
5. MISSIONS (Fight)
6. DUELS (amount)
7. Selling Items

8. MISSIONS (Time)
9. FILMS (length)
10. Conventions

11. Parties

 

So there's a method to the madness.

BrosHoesCumlove guessed right about "Parties" being next in line.

Curious to see if 12-13-14 will be in the same order as first or jumbled up like 1-2-3 and 8-9-10 were.

Next up should be MISSIONS (Fight) - DUELS (amount) - Selling Items in that or another order.

Just leveling the playing field here.

 

Just a shame Duels weren't this week's challenge.

Did 186 yesterday with Duel trophies and that double courage.

Sorry not sorry for the bloodshed.