Why Are ? Alerts So Rare

[TraumaHunter]

That's what I meant - it keeps players engaged even while outside the game.

 

 

Thanks for all the replies, I still haven't got much insight into my real question though. My real question I wonder about is:

 

Why do you think DE has chosen to make (?) alerts so scarce? What is their rationale? What logic are they employing in designing such a high level of rarity in the number of (?) alerts when compared to normal alerts?

If i had to grind for the weapons then I would be playing warframe... not other games... >_>

I log in - get my bonus - leave unless there is an alert until new content comes out :\

[ralwn]

Vauban Alert Missions?? Where are they??

Glaive was kept from the alert system for ~5 days after it was released.

 

Sure the ? alert system is RNG but it definitely gets some manual input from the devs from time to time.

 

EDIT: Considering that Glaive was $10 USD and Vauban is $20 USD, I think it'll be 5 days minimum before we're allowed to finish the Vauban warframe

Edited May 19, 2013 by ralwn

[SoloMeizi]

Just pondering over the rarity of "?" alerts and trying to figure out what the line of reasoning is behind the decision to make them so few and far between. We only get a couple alerts every hour and only about 1 out of 19 have an ? bonus.I can think of a few reasons they made it this way, feel free to add more...

 

 

- if ? alerts were more frequent they would lose that feeling of exclusivity

- if ? alerts were more common everyone would get everything they want in a week

- it keeps players engaged by checking twitter constantly, or other 3rd party apps

- encourages impatient people to purchase platinum so they can buy outright instead of waiting

- rewards unlocking all planets/missions by increasing alert frequency eligibility

 

 

Can't think of too many more reasons of making ? alerts almost non-existent, imo it hurts the game due to the randomness factor being as high as it is, and the ever-increasing number of items being added to the pool. Sometimes almost a whole day goes by with nothing, and sometimes there are 2 in a row or 3 within a 2 hour window. I actually do like the random nature of the alert system, and it would probably be okay as-is except with an increased rate of ? alerts. I'm sure they can play around with the random seed factor and increasing it for a while might be a worthy experiment.

cuz they want u spend platium

[OpenMahBlackHole]

 

** You can also easily see the event on May 14th where two ?Alerts appeared 20 minutes apart offering up Catalysts.

 

Missed that one because i've slept for like 9hours and when i checked it. wtfuuuuuuuuu 2 cata missed. Been depressed all day haha

[Lenige]

Been watching our for the Dark Sword BP since the last time it appeared (27th of April).... Today while shopping with my wife, the alert went of on my phone. I looked and almost fainted... the  DS !!! Guess I have to wait some more as well.... so I know the feeling,

 

And I must admit that I wished for a moment that I could just leave her standing there with the groceries, race home and get it  ;-) But then again...hard to level a sword with two blackened eyes ;-)

Beautiful post..