We all love these right? But not everyone is for the pet slot prize? I love taking part and helping to reach our goal but I often don't want more pet slots. Yes I know many people DO want this and that's fine but I was hoping to suggest a ... compromise? I think.

Basically what I suggest is a Non-tradeable Loyalty Box type item. Obviously Staff can pick what goes in here, a pet slot for hose who want it, then have 2-3 other options for everyone else. I know we can't please everyone but having some other options would be nice.

Feel free to offer up some suggestions of things that could be added, might be more helpful in the long run. I hope this makes sense.

Support! I think this'd be a great middle ground and it would motivate more people to take part.

The box could have something for battlers (int booster or all-stat booster for 1 pet, or even something that increases your battle or scroll set limit by 1) something for pet people (petslot). For the new wardrobe, possibly an item to increase storage of saved avatars by 5, or up the total avatar layer limit by 1. Not everyone likes the account-locked wearables, so a wardrobe upgrade reward for fashionistas would work out better. A 1 or 2-week GA account for those who aren't into anything in particular.

Another quest-related (and technically quest-a-thon related :P ) suggestion that I've seen months ago: add a "start new quest" button that immediately takes you to a new quest when you finish a previous one. That? That'd be amazing and it would save so much time when questing, especially on a phone or tablet.

I was about to get out the pitchforks when I saw you suggesting not to have the quest-a-thon result in a pet slot, but I actually really like your idea. It would be beneficial to everyone, even those who don't come to Subeta for the pets, if there were more options.

I think it shouldn't have too many options, because otherwise it would risk becoming exactly like the loyalty totems and either diminish the perceived value of such totems or decentivize staff to offer quest-a-thons very often. But like 3-4 options total wouldn't be bad.

I don't think offering a GA of any length would be a good prize, though. It would either be too much of a prize or too little, depending on what length it was. Spend a week diligently doing as many quests as possible so I have a week of GA? OTOH, a reward of a month or more just seems like too much.

your additional suggestion of a "start new quest" button or maybe a "proceed to next quest" button at the end of quests is a good one too and would save at least a couple of clicks.

Oh no I would never want to take that from people XD! But yes not too many options, just a few to give people something else they could find use for.

Couldn't the new prize be separated from the pet slots? Like "users will earn one pet slot and ______".

I mean once the prizes were a new pet slot + a hoodie.

There is other prizes yes but the thing is, some people don't really want more pet slots? Hence why this suggestion. :) Giving people an option to pick their prize in a sense. If someone wants a pet slot they can still get it. I don't wanna take that from those who do want more.

I support this! Having options is a good thing.

I'm all about the pet slots myself but I support having more options as long as the pet slot remains one of them! It would surely increase participation and make more users happy, which is always good.

Personally I always want more pet slots, but I really like this idea and hope it gets considered.

Sounds like a good idea! Diversifying the prize should only encourage participation.

Way back when, I never wanted the extra slot - I wanted some other prize. I still played, and still earned the pet slot but it was "meh." LOL funnily enough now I need the pet slot and we haven't had a quest-a-thon in ages.

Either way I support this - options and choices are good!

Yeah, I get that too. x) The idea for a short GA reward came from the thought of "what would make a good non-transferable prize if someone didn't particularly want any of the other prizes?"

Regular items, game currencies, sP, all those can be sold directly, or indirectly. Iirc the idea behind the quest-a-thon prize (petslot) was giving users something big and special, but non-transferable as a reward. 🤷 Something that was also priceless to those of us who were maxed on petslots.

If you have a loaded shop after questing for a week and you're not into dressing up, pets or battling? I think some free GA days would be really welcome for some people to autoprice and quick stock stuff into collections.

I do agree with all that. My suggestion is to simply have one again. If I'm not mistaken it's been almost two years.

Fully support! I like this idea.

I think choosing your prize would encourage more participation and not have users be like "Oh, ok. Another pet slot. I'll sit this one out, again". I used to be all for pet slots and then my playing style changed. I no longer care about slots and would love something else in exchange, like a battle stat booster, or a wearable that can get a lot of use (shoe, shirt, hair) instead of a hoodie

Has it really been that long? It's funny cause I just saw the news.

Yep, the last quest-a-thon was in late August/early September of 2018

News post - https://subeta.net/news/18616

From what I remember, we just barely made the goal which is part of why the goal is a bit lower this time.

Since so many people want pet slots, that's great but it still would have been nice if they offered some extra options for those who don't either want more slots or just don't have a need for them what so ever. Giving us the option to pick our prizes even from a short selection, does try and ensure everyone can get something out of this they either want or could use.

Example:

Offering a Mock Loyalty Box or naming a new box item:

Opening it lets you pick from these prizes... (note these are suggestive and would obviously be tweaked I just wanted to use examples)

-Pet Slot Totem -Pet Stat Booster Totem -CW Voucher -1-2 Month Gold Account -Custom Overlay Coupon -Subeta Points (15-20mil or again adjusted by staff IF they picked this as a prize)

. . .

Maybe next time we'll see something like this? Perhaps Staff already had the ideas and just needed time to put out the QAT...

I'd love to see something like this!

Personally, I'll always choose a pet slot because that's why I like Quest-a-thons. But not everyone is me. Its clear that some people have no interest in the typical prizes and I think no matter what one thing the "big prize" is, we'll have people who choose not to participate because they don't care about it. Simply switching the "big prize" will lead to the exact same problem for a different set of users.

Something like this would be the perfect compromise. It would cover a much broader range of people and therefore get more participation.

I live for this!!! I’d totally go for a CW voucher or a stat booster!

I also have very strong opinions on how things are going, so we’d probably NEVER see a box of select prizes. We need something to actually get users excited and interested! I’m seriously only doing it for the title and the SP from quests

that said... maybe i'm greedy, but i want an "and" for quest-a-thons, not an "or." i'm absolutely for having a variety of rewards -- it's what encourages people to participate! but if it's a loyalty box-style thing, i don't want that, because i will always pick the pet slot and then it's not a choice :p

As someone who lives and breathes for pet slots I do agree with what your saying, some people have like over 90 pet slots and just don't need anymore. I'm fine with this so long as pet slot is still a prize. If pet slots were removed from the prize, THEN I'd be very upset but nothing wrong with having options if its just not your thing. I getcha.