Hey everyone,
Thanks for the feedback, including the harsher parts. A few things I want to address directly.
What we could have done better: The notice period was short. For future holiday events, we'll give more advance warning so players in different time zones and with different schedules have a chance to participate. That's a reasonable expectation and we'll hold ourselves to it going forward.
On missing out: With any timed drop event, someone will always miss it, and that's partly what makes them meaningful. We can't physically run events at every hour to cover every time zone. Naturally, some disappointment is inevitable. If everyone got one easily, they wouldn't be special. That's not dismissiveness, it's just the reality of how these events work.
The turnout was actually strong, which tells us the community is engaged. The fix we're committing to is better advance notice, not changing the nature of the event itself.
On the accusation of mod favoritism: There was none. The drops were announced publicly on the forum before they occurred. If the short notice gave an advantage to anyone, it was players who happened to be online and checking the forum, not anyone with inside information. That's a notice period problem, which we've already acknowledged.
The server is one week old. We're going to make some mistakes in how we run things operationally. What matters is that we listen, adjust, and keep the core decisions held to a higher standard. This feedback helps us do that.
See you in-game.
I am editing toxic and overly dramatic details of some of the posts on this thread.
How many eggs will be dropped, and what is the size of the map (edgeville) area?
We do not disclose item totals.