Like I discussed with you, , I have a few notes about how to improve Survival next year written down (and I'll keep an eye on this thread for other things to take note of). We'll have a page for FAQ (that you'll be able to find via news page + VIP page) but also have a forum open so users can easily ask us questions instead of having a bunch of places pop up in help. I'm also looking into making the biting work a bit better (some people are confused as to what it actually does etc).

As far as times - kissing is usually longer the first week or so and then the last few days (or in this case day) of Survival we shorten it. Next year, I'll make sure it happens a bit earlier. :) We shortened the wait time between stages for strains further into the holiday too; it was unfortunate that the first day it was broken so people thought 24+ hours was for the first stage always.

also i'm very surprised you didn't suggest having pylot come back next year.

and I are trying to get old collection (beanbags, plushies, etc) items back into circulation, which is why I've been working with the BAs to get old challengers back however we can. :) We're looking into how we can get Pylots back as well as the Luminaire plot challengers.