DST and Payout Reset
@CG_SBCrumb
One of the most appreciated QOL changes you guys made, probably ever, was the ability to allow us to change our arena payout times so they better fit our lives. Unfortunately, when this was implemented, the 2 refreshes we were given were put on a 360 day timer.
This is unfortunate because many of us would like to always have, for example, a 4pm arena payout. Not a payout that is 4pm half the year and 5pm the other half of the year. Our other activities in life, unlike this game, adjust with DST.
The consequence of the 360 day reset implementation is that we cannot keep the same clock time payout regardless of DST. Why? Two reasons. The first is that 360 days is not a full year. If this game lives for several more years, the 5 day gap will make the sync between DST dates get larger and larger each year. The second is that most people wanted this change so badly that they immediately swapped as opposed to waiting until the DST date that the US just had and much of the rest of the world will have in the coming week or so. Therefore, they will always have some non-optimal amount of time in which they are not able to keep their payouts at the same clock time.
I would request that for this year and this year only, that one additional reset be provided so people can be in sync with DST throughout the year. Then going forward, instead of having a counter for your payout resets, that everyone is globally set to 2 resets every January 1.
Thanks!
One of the most appreciated QOL changes you guys made, probably ever, was the ability to allow us to change our arena payout times so they better fit our lives. Unfortunately, when this was implemented, the 2 refreshes we were given were put on a 360 day timer.
This is unfortunate because many of us would like to always have, for example, a 4pm arena payout. Not a payout that is 4pm half the year and 5pm the other half of the year. Our other activities in life, unlike this game, adjust with DST.
The consequence of the 360 day reset implementation is that we cannot keep the same clock time payout regardless of DST. Why? Two reasons. The first is that 360 days is not a full year. If this game lives for several more years, the 5 day gap will make the sync between DST dates get larger and larger each year. The second is that most people wanted this change so badly that they immediately swapped as opposed to waiting until the DST date that the US just had and much of the rest of the world will have in the coming week or so. Therefore, they will always have some non-optimal amount of time in which they are not able to keep their payouts at the same clock time.
I would request that for this year and this year only, that one additional reset be provided so people can be in sync with DST throughout the year. Then going forward, instead of having a counter for your payout resets, that everyone is globally set to 2 resets every January 1.
Thanks!
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Hopefully, some day, this whole daylight savings change goes away and this is all moot.
Ehhh? The gap is the other way around.
If you get 2 resets per 360 days, after 72 years you will have gotten 146 opportunities (if you used them all) but there will have been 144 daylight saving changes (if they don't abandon DST, which I hope will happen soon).
While I really appreciate the possibility itself, I would really like you to grant us 1 more change so there won't be any issues with DST - ever.
P.S. yes this is necro, it's intented to be.
Really?
you only have to wait one month, i am screwed for five month because of this stpd limit
My account is less than 1 year old. In January when I started, I set the refresh/payout time to what I wanted it to be. In March when we last changed clocks I changed it by 1 hour to reflect that. Today clocks have changed again, and I can't change my times as I've made two changes this year... one way back in March and the other the day I started my account.
I think you need to review your maths: They've given 2 resets every 360 days which is LESS that a year, not more, meaning that you get a few days grace to make your decision without affecting your next reset.
As for your 2nd reason, well people knew when changing their time that they'd have just 2 chances per 360 days, so they could've chosen to wait. However they will not "always" have a period of time where they are on non-optimal time, they just need to wait until a DST change to/from to make their next change and they'll from then onwards have 2 chances per 360 days to reset along with those official clock changes.
I'm not "anti" giving people a one-off 1 extra reset, but it's not a genuine long term issue if you plan your reset
Not exactly. They have basically given enough resets to keep your time optimized with DST as long as you don't decide you need to make a 3rd switch in the year. Now 2 happen like clockwork for a lot of the world (not everywhere has DST), which means we either have no spare refreshes to actually change our payout if our lifestyle changes or we can only accomodate that in the spring and the fall when we deal with the time changes as well.
Either way time change and lifestyle change can be combined into one payout change so noone should ever have to deal with suboptimal time for any longer than 360 days, and really should be much less than that.
Now I do agree that we should be given a 3rd payout change so that if we change jobs once a year we have a payout change available to accommodate that without having to cope with the time changes each year.
I just don't agree that there isn't enough to deal solely with time zone changes, and in 36 years, you'll have accumulated enough time to take a 3rd switch in the year wihtout it penalizing you.
But since they were about that exact same amount I need to wait late (35 +5 days), I have to wait until I can change again.
Didn't read the part where the OP said 360 days is more than a year there is a part were he States 360 days is not a full year .
You have spent a lot of time giving a opinion as to why you don't agree to things he never stated only to end with that your not against it.
And yes you are right if things work to plan you should be able to get by with 2 every 360 days, but unfortunately life doesn't always go to plan and when we have 2 dst in a year it leaves you with zero room for error.
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Work, kids, other stuff. I don't think most of the playerbase is a teenager and out of school at lunchtime.
That said.
I think it might be nice of CG to change the 2 into a 5+ amount.
As someone stated, you might make a mistake & need to correct it.
Or you might be on a vacation in another country.
Heck, maybe 6PM just sucks for you because, like me, 6PM is when your are in transit from work to home.
Letting someone change a few times a year because of Job schedule changes is hardly a bad idea, nor is it an unreasonable request really.
I'm not seeing a huge issue with changing the 2 to a 12 even & give them 1 change a month (Average).
But these are the exact reasons why I don't see how you can possibly be certain that any particular time will work for you.
I know, I know, its a crazy QoL suggestion that will never be implemented no matter now much sense it makes.
Yeah, but if 50 different ppl had hit 1st at some point in the day, they would all get max payout. They will argue it would flood the market (read: ppl buy less crystals).
I can't know for sure, but I think most people have their daily routine pretty much worked out.
Must be nice.