A long while ago the majority of the oldschools ingame got removed due to them being on a duper's account and that account being completely wiped. We were promised that they would be reintroduced, we were not given any information on when or how these would be given out. This topic is to discuss how they could or should be given out so that we may see them reintroduced somewhat sooner. It has been quite some time after all.
Once we have a few different methods I wouldn't mind putting up a poll as well. Keep in mind this is just a discussion, this is nothing official. I just wanted to hear people's thoughts and think they might be of use. Any kind of feedback on past oldschool giveaways is relevant as well.
My opinionThe dragon santa giveawayThis giveaway was completely random. I'm personally not really a fan of huge RNG, but at the very least it wasn't unfair to anyone. It brought the facebook page some attention too. On the note of dragon santas, the 6 ones that were gone don't really have to be reintroduced imo.
The duel tournamentDuel arena tournaments are a mess to host (at least from the ones I've seen). I wasn't actually present so I have no clue on how it actually went. It does bar out people that aren't max combat. I personally don't really like duel tournaments and wouldn't want to see them used for giving away oldies.
Hunt of the strangersDespite actually winning the event, I don't have very many positive things to say about it. The rules of the event were changed mid-event, suddenly all npcs had to be found within a certain timeframe or the oldschools would not be given out and the event would be repeated. This was very frustrating, as I went from being guarranteed an oldschool to having a chance at losing it. I won it anyways, but I gave up 2 hours of sleep for it. Whatever is done for giving them away, once someone wins them they should not have to deal with a possibility of the prize being taken away from them. The locations for the npcs that did not give you an oldschool as a prize for finding them were also a lot more difficult to find than the ones that did give you an oldschool.
The rewards aside from oldschools weren't super exciting. They could've easily been given some consumable reward, like GA tickets, member tickets or dxp scrolls. There wasn't really a participation reward either (would be very difficult to do with this event but still mentioning it) there were a few people that wandered around the map for hours and got absolutely nothing for it.
Future events- There isn't really any kind of reward for contributing to our community. I would love to see people that have worked hard for our community to be rewarded in a way. An oldschool might be worth a fuckload of money, but I think it's a better way than picking someone at random.
- I'm personally not against an event for oldies having high requirements, but if it does come with requirements the event should be announced quite a while before it's actually hosted. So that people that are somewhat close to meeting those requirements can get them.
- Oldschools have a lot of value, simply selling them off could be helpful towards the economy. Albeit a one time thing, we could get a lot of items out of the game with it.
- Given the fact that I've won two giveaways already, I wouldn't be upset if I was barred from winning more oldschools. I wouldn't mind helping with the organization of the events either.
That's all I have to say, discuss!