Add visual aid effect to halloween raffle drops similar to NX/gacha drops

going forward, all special/rare event items like gach should have a special effect. the big "Z" effect should also make a comeback in the .ini file if it isn't already tbh

 

This suggestion gets made every event.

While I agree that generally rare event items would be made easier to find with added visual effects, changes like these only serve as a crutch and allow for people to continue playing this game without having to pay much attention. Whether that's a good thing or bad thing is debatable.

If you don't want to miss pumpkin points or raffle tickets, just pay more attention while you're killing stuff. The raffle tickets aren't even that small compared to other event items in the past, like golden gach.

 

I don't think the problem is the user. Grinding is going to inherently get you to zone out at some point. That's why we have auto HP/MP equips, meso/item bags, etc. What the suggested proposal solves is part of the (negative, I think) consequence of being a 2D MMO.

Pumpkin coins (or any event coins), yes, they can be omitted. They drop all the time and not including them is not too big a deal-- and this would yield a better effect of reducing visual clutter (and lag), by being selective in what we include to highlight.

Though, Raffle Tickets are rarer and should carry the same distinction as a Gacha ticket, especially since it serves the same purpose as the latter (use to spin an event gachapon).

 

No need to try to convince me - I understand the nuance in this debate. I'm just offering the counterpoint because sometimes the easy, obvious answers need to be thought through, too. It's easy to come up with a million small suggestions that supposedly make the game better, more QoL, whatever. But if you implement every single one of them, you'll have a shell of game that has been stripped of its simple nature.

But that just begs the question - why does Gacha get special treatment? What distinguishes Gacha or NX coupons as important enough from other drops to warrant a special effect? Should Equips also get the special treatment too? Or Scrolls? Ores? Does any item deserve to get special treatment? If so, why stop at the glow effect? Why not enlarge the item sprite 10x so we can make sure you never miss the loot?

Here's my breakdown of the two opposing views:
People in the first camp -- OP, people agreeing with suggestion -- might believe that ownership of an item starts when the rare item drops from a kill. As in if I killed a mob and a rare item drops, that item belongs to me and I should have it. This leads to the feeling of bitterness from the possibility of having missed your rare item drop - whether it be from zoning out, not being thorough/lazy with sweeping patterns, or visual clutter. The blame gets put onto external reasons, not my actions, and therefore things should be changed to be made easier.

People in the second camp -- me, people who disagree with the suggestion -- might believe that ownership of an item comes from doing the actual work of picking up the item -- which includes all the necessary steps in between like being attentive, actively scanning the map for missed items, finding better sweeping patterns, etc. With this, we accept that imperfection is simply part of the process, and that we will probably miss a few drops here and there. If I miss looting a rare item, I am the one to blame, and that's okay. However, I can take it upon myself to improve upon my play so that I lower the chance of missing items in the future.

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Like I said, whether the change is beneficial to the server or not is debatable. I personally think it will only make a simple part of the game even simpler which I think is a bad thing.

Bonus Content:
While writing up this post I found a raffle :V
It's hiding, but I'm glad I was able to find it and loot it.
I think that's just part of playing the game.

 

This QoL should have been implemented into the game from the very start tbh, it helps with people that play on multiple clients that won't really see a floating event item under all the clutter underneath, as shown in -ovv's post, that gold meso covering the event raffle ticket just makes this suggestion even more worth while to consider.

Friendlier gameplay is always nice to have whether that be you being a single or multi-clienter.

 

Player skill issue, also missing a drop is not the end of the world.

 

My line of questioning was rhetorical to point out that there really is no basis for Gacha and NX having its visual effects. I wasn't trying to suggest that more items should have the visual effect.

Not a criticism - just pointing out that this seems to be a recurring issue every other event for a suggestion that had been approved previously (albeit in 2020), and I'm pretty sure I've even seen the "make sure to report it in the event feedback post" almost word for word from staff before.

https://forum.maplelegends.com/inde...ual-effects-to-golden-gachapon-tickets.30949/