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    Monthly Forum Discussion - April 2018 [The Doghouse!]



    Howdy riders,

    We’re here with an all-new topic this month – "The Doghouse!”

    Tell us about your best missions in the Doghouse, your experience of it, stuff you’d like to see in the Future, and/or any other suggestions you think could make the Doghouse better for you!

    We'd like to keep this topic open-ended so please feel free to share your constructive opinions!

    Let's stick to 2 simple rules –

    - Stay in topic
    - Make this discussion fun, healthy & constructive

    If you have suggestions for a topic for the upcoming month, do let us know as a response to this thread and we'll try to pick one and roll with it!

    Cheers!
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    Monthly Forum Discussion - April 2018 [The Doghouse!]



    Howdy riders,

    We’re here with an all-new topic this month – "The Doghouse!”

    Tell us about your best missions in the Doghouse, your experience of it, stuff you’d like to see in the Future, and/or any other suggestions you think could make the Doghouse better for you!

    We'd like to keep this topic open-ended so please feel free to share your constructive opinions!

    Let's stick to 2 simple rules –

    - Stay in topic
    - Make this discussion fun, healthy & constructive

    If you have suggestions for a topic for the upcoming month, do let us know as a response to this thread and we'll try to pick one and roll with it!

    Cheers!
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    i tried it the first 7 days to see how it evolved, and what happened after we completed the "cycle"

    basically never touched it again after that

    pretty much the general idea is that everyone would get rid of it in this very moment if we could have the prospector back, that must mean something...

    it is not challenging, prizes are not worthy, only good thing is the puppy being cute

    only thing i can tell, from my short experience, which bothered me is: PLEASE no "open a showdown" missions. people sometimes don't want to/can't play the bunker, for time reasons, strategic reasons, etc. it's wrong to make them play it (or break their puppy streak if they don't)
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    Completely agree with xUBILYNXrLIARSx

    Originally Posted by xUBILYNXrLIARSx Go to original post
    i tried it the first 7 days to see how it evolved, and what happened after we completed the "cycle"

    basically never touched it again after that

    pretty much the general idea is that everyone would get rid of it in this very moment if we could have the prospector back, that must mean something...

    it is not challenging, prizes are not worthy, only good thing is the puppy being cute

    only thing i can tell, from my short experience, which bothered me is: PLEASE no "open a showdown" missions. people sometimes don't want to/can't play the bunker, for time reasons, strategic reasons, etc. it's wrong to make them play it (or break their puppy streak if they don't)
    xUBILYNXrLIARSx hit the nail right on the head.
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    Personally I'm OK with the doghouse, a nice way of gathering some gems for special events.

    But I totally agree on the "Open a showdown" being a annoyance.



    On the other hand, I wouldn't have any problems if the doghouse would go as long as there is a way to earn a bunch of free gems.
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    I’ve stopped doing doghouse missions a LONG time ago. I’d enjoy doing slot machine type events (n backflips, n jumps) in head to head races. Either in the bunker, MC, or other challenges. That would require much more skill than trying to go as slow as possible so I don’t lose any stupid hearts.
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    I like the Doghouse, but the awards after 7th day... Something like: "Hey, guy, its your 365th day in frontier, here's rusty nut and 500 gold, enjoy".
    I think after 7th day rewards should be like on it, but missions would be like "Get a platinum medal on that track", "beat your own record on that track". These missions can be really good for people, which are have just finished the storyline, because getting five crystals every day is pretty cool. It is also a good incentive for players to try to perform these quests every day.
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    Maybe the Doghouse is intended for new players. For the rest of us its rewards are too small to matter; its literally not worth my time. I played it for one week to see what it did, and have ignored it ever since.

    I was stunned when the Prospector was replaced by the Doghouse; I couldnt believe RL wasted its time nerfing the weak Prospector rewards even further with this! RLs development focus was apparently on trivializing an already trivial aspect, while ignoring major game bugs. It seriously bummed me out.
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    I played the Doghouse daily for about a year, it became part of my routine. I finally gave up a couple of months ago. The missions aren't usually fun and the rewards are small. I much prefer grinding tracks of my choosing, and I can do that any time I feel like rather than being tied to a certain daily schedule.

    If Day 7 rewards were better (e.g. significantly more gems or golden tickets, track pieces, blueprints/donuts for those who need them, etc.) it would encourage more participation. But that isn't particularly fun...the missions need to be more engaging to draw people in. I'm not sure that's possible with the existing Doghouse format, it basically asks you to do things that you can already go do on your own.
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    xUBILYNXrLIARSx Exactly.

    I've been ignoring the doghouse for a long time. The bone icon has been hovering for years now.

    The prizes are not worth the time or the fuel.

    In short - Please replace it with something else or just let it go... let it goTurn away and slam the door!
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    yip the pug is sweet but i think the develop time for this concept could be placed for major bugs or a better prospector.
    this mean please bring back the prospector, because we have to find his secret! make it parralell to the dog house.

    cheers
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