It's making that aspect of the event seem somewhat pointless for those that took the time to get the achievements last year.

:/

Aw crap, I suppose this means that now I should start kissing huh? :P

It is pointless - I haven't actually kissed anyone this year because it is unnecessary.

I know the event is a month long (according to the subetapedia) and I have really been trying to be patient and wait for it to get all exciting... interesting... or at least somewhat require some time and effort.

So far it's been a bit lackluster and I think if there was at least some purpose to kissing it would greatly help.

Ugh god, no more tiers for things. Kissing goes up to 1K both ways (kissing and being kissed) and I got them all last year and the previous years prior, it's actually somewhat of a relief this year to just sit back, do bits of the plot and watch the viruses grow. Any 'do y xxxx times' gets old after 1,000 in my opinion. :( And it's not from lack of trying; I did do the 2,500 dances for the masquerade. It's not an experience I'd like to repeat. :/

(We also had 'leave 1000 flowers at the memorial statue' as well for this same event...that's a lot of 'do y xxxx times' in one event...)

I hate to say it but I feel the same way about the plot so far, but I am sure that the story will progress I am just... bored. All that we can do is collect candy hearts and kiss until a step comes out every two days which takes no more than 5 minutes to complete.

I just wish there were something new because honestly the kissing is boring and I am sick of the same old "grind grind grind", so on that aspect I think 1,000 is a good tier to stop at.

Adding more doesn't really do much. It's not something that makes the event interesting for me.

Those people that use auto-refreshers will just the achievements ASAP, while those that don't, most likely won't. I got about 700 kiss's this year, in about 2 days by using autofreshers. :P Sure it makes the rest of the event somewhat "lackluster" but, I would hate for it go go up anymore.

I'd rather see more things like the new shop. The conversations every other day go by to quick, but things like the new shop keep my interest/time on the site for much longer. More items (or rather more craftable items, so that the items there all have more uses) there would really make the event more fun, for me at least.

I think 1000 is a good place to stop (and I already had both of them from last year). In my opinion it's just a whole lot of repetitive action that never made anything much more fun. Just for some reason I really wanted that stupid achievement.

I agree that the plot is lackluster (10 or less minutes every other day is amazingly dull and slow. My friend started the plot yesterday and was done in under 20 minutes after she got the 3 items) but I don't think repetitive actions are really the way to fix it.

Besides adding, say, 500 more for those of us who are done doesn't seem like too terribly much. But to people who just started the achievements begin to look completely stupid.

I appreciate that kissing may not make the event interesting to people. But having more tiers gives kissing a PURPOSE for those of us that reached the higher tiers last event. That's my main point, right now, to me, it seems pointless.

So every year you want them to add another 500 to this ach? I find kissing terribly boring and pointless, even with the achs. ._. I'd like for them to just.. stop doing kissing.

I'm reevaluating our current method of achievements, and probably going to remove a bunch of tiers and add a REALLY HIGH "final" tier that we never increase (or increase very infrequently) just because, no one wants to kiss 5000 times.

I want us to have more unique achievements that are a little harder to get than just adding more and more tiers to things.

Only if every year they are going to activate kissing! If we don't get to kiss next year, OBVIOUSLY I wouldn't expect a new tier. I'm a-ok with events having something new and different, in fact that's what I'd prefer. :P

So it's safe for me to assume that kissing for me this event is pointless as their are not new tiers being added? Thanks :) I'd hate to not do it and then have a tier added in a week and have to scramble to get the required kisses.

I agree with the others in that adding more would just add monotony and boredom to the event instead of interest.

As to it being pointless, it's not really pointless if you continue to kiss in order to help others, friends or non-friends, get their "being kissed" achievements.

I think it is great that you are reevaluating the current methods because grinding the same thing over and over is boring. I do hope that Subeta branches out and is a bit more creative with achievements and tasks rather than deleting 18907596 items, etc.

But I don't think that removing achievements which already were earned is really necessary - just add one final ginormous tier and have that be that.

ack, please no more beyond 1000!!

What if kissing had a purpose? like... giving out survival flowers, or Alchemy tokens? I think I'd like that a lot better, it'll give kissing some other purpose than the achievements

That would be cool too.

I have to admit I'm pleased that I don't have to pucker up this year. In fact I've gone ahead and just laughed at my friends who joined recently and are scrambling to get kisses and give them. I don't enjoy that aspect of events, so I'm not upset by this at all.

Yeah, we won't be adding another tier this year.

We will still likely have the grindy (kiss, delete items, etc) achievements going forward but less tiers of them over the years.

Cool thanks.

This can be locked :)

Locking! ^_^