Feast Without Wolf Collars

[Bright-Flower]

I'm really curious how a reward which has been in place since 4.0 is suddenly not ready in time for 5.18.

That's some next level SEing.

"However, as we were unable to prepare certain rewards in time, please keep in mind that the Wolf Collars, previously awarded to the Top 10 and as ranking tier rewards, will not be obtainable."

Sounds to me like they have new rewards for the wolf collars planned but they weren't done yet, hence not giving out the currency to buy the rewards that aren't ready yet.

[Nalien]

"However, as we were unable to prepare certain rewards in time, please keep in mind that the Wolf Collars, previously awarded to the Top 10 and as ranking tier rewards, will not be obtainable."

Sounds to me like they have new rewards for the wolf collars planned but they weren't done yet, hence not giving out the currency to buy the rewards that aren't ready yet.

But... Wolf Collars have been a reward for an entire expansion, with pre-existing rewards... Why would you proceed to not give those out because new rewards aren't ready yet? That makes zero sense.

That's like removing Goetia Tomestones as a reward from everything PvE side just because new items to purchase with them aren't ready for 5.1. They were already a reward before hand, with associated items to purchase.

Also, unless I'm mistaken, Wolf Collars aren't even rewarded until the end of season? So rewards not being ready for 5.18 means little, they just need to be ready for 5.2 (or whenever the next season ends). Perhaps this is just SE trying to cover their ass and they'll aim to get them ready for 5.2 all the same, but boy does it look stupid to me... The system for these rewards has been in place for over two years, now people get nothing because new rewards aren't ready? Just give them the same wolf collars with the same weapon rewards as before... Absolutely no reason to remove the participation reward like this...

[SturmChurro]

"However, as we were unable to prepare certain rewards in time, please keep in mind that the Wolf Collars, previously awarded to the Top 10 and as ranking tier rewards, will not be obtainable."

Sounds to me like they have new rewards for the wolf collars planned but they weren't done yet, hence not giving out the currency to buy the rewards that aren't ready yet.

I guess they really can't spare any time to get anything done fully.

[Nalien]

I guess they really can't spare any time to get anything done fully.

Hopefully Shadowbringers is all just a case of Yoshida playing 4D Chess with the SE moneybags. They really are displaying just how understaffed they apparently are this expansion... Probably a fools dream to ever imagine SE giving this game the funding it deserves though...

Seriously though, can someone from SE please explain... How do you fail to implement something that's already implemented? Wolf Collars are just a currency... They're in place already, the whole system for rewarding them has been set up for years... Adding new things to buy with it? Great, why do we need them removed because of a delay there though? They're a currency, just add the new reward to buy with them later... Adding something to replace it? Not so great for reasons I wont bother touching on yet, but again... Why remove the old system now then... Old Wolf Collars for this season is better than nothing at all because the New Wolf Collars aren't ready, surely? Why have nothing when you already had something perfectly fine set up... I don't even need to touch on how hilarious it is that you ignore Feast for 6 months and somehow failed to prepare the reward (were I one to care, I'd be getting real Eureka delay vibes here... the wait will surely be worth it this time, right ), this whole thing is just bizarre all on its own... Something which has been in place for over two years suddenly isn't ready for release? Did a dev accidentally delete some spaghetti or something?