Bonus Weekends?

[TheSynopticVision]

What happened to the bonus weekends? The first and only one we've seen was the last week of May. It's been 6 months, and we heard nothing more about it.

The "increased payout" for trading was ridiculous, but the "do G5 rolls for g4 mats" was actually pretty handy.

It's true that they never promised it would be a permanent feature (although I thought it was implied in the way they presented it) but it also seems a bit odd to just let the idea die like this.

 

[Factabulous]

It's true that they never promised it would be a permanent feature (although I thought it was implied in the way they presented it) but it also seems a bit odd to just let the idea die like this.

Yeah, and we had to wait a whole year for a Black Friday sale - what's with that!

Some people seem to read implications into everything. LEP complaints incoming

 

[Faybs]

IIRC the mats bonus weekend was because they were going to change something, and this was their way of making up for it. It wasn't supposed to be a regular thing.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

Because it was massively unpopular, and most likely didn't register much uptake.

 

[Ian Skippy]

Because it was massively unpopular, and most likely didn't register much uptake.

Huh? I read nothing but praise about the engineer thing, and mostly praise about the trade stuff.

 

[IcemanAJL]

Because it was massively unpopular, and most likely didn't register much uptake.

Source on the massive unpopularity? Seemed pretty wildly popular, especially the engineering mats.

 

[Faybs]

Because it was massively unpopular, and most likely didn't register much uptake.

The bonus mats weekend unpopular? I'm sure someone hated it because there's always that one guy, but I remember it being very popular in general.

 

[raeat]

Because it was massively unpopular, and most likely didn't register much uptake.

I suspect it was massively unpopular because of what FDev did with it. They made it sound like a beneficial thing, but instead they made things worse, so the actual benefit was completely, and more than, negated.

 

[Faybs]

I suspect it was massively unpopular because of what FDev did with it. They made it sound like a beneficial thing, but instead they made things worse, so the actual benefit was completely, and more than, negated.

I remember that the bonus weekend was because fdev changed something to do with materials, but I can't remember what. It's possible that it became unpopular after the fact.

 

[Stealthie]

...and most likely didn't register much uptake.

Wild stab but I'd guess this is at least part of the reason.

FDev will have stat's about numbers of people playing, what they're doing and what they accomplish.

Presumably, FDev had a reason for implementing the "bonus weekend" and maybe it just didn't achieve what they intended so they haven't bothered to do it again?

 

[Ethaidan]

Free Mambas!

 

[Quantis Trap]

I'd really like to see another one of these bonus weekends too!

 

[metatheurgist]

I dunno, my eyeballs haven't stopped rolling since the last one. Need some more time.

How about them decal CGs tho? I like how I'm one of 50 people with one now, talk about rare.

 

[TheSynopticVision]

Wild stab but I'd guess this is at least part of the reason.

FDev will have stat's about numbers of people playing, what they're doing and what they accomplish.

Presumably, FDev had a reason for implementing the "bonus weekend" and maybe it just didn't achieve what they intended so they haven't bothered to do it again?

That’s probably the most likely explanation, yes. A shame tho: I’m not sure why people are hating on it, but the “discounted” g5 rolls (together with the mat traders) helped me engineer about 7/8 modules that weekend.