Quarry Junction - Official Discussion Thread

Teeceezy

New challenge starts in 30 minutes! Let us know what you think down below. Please see the changes in guild reward tiers we made.

JayZ

A few thoughts about rewards (thoughts about the challenge itself forthcoming):

1. Thank you for being responsive to the feedback about challenge rewards!

2. Has anything been done to change individual rewards at higher levels? As @TransmuteJun and others have pointed out, the removal of an early challenge round (usually ~32 stars) can make a pretty big difference when players get to the challenge rewards around 800-1000 stars.

3. For everyone's reference, here are the old guild challenge rewards, as posted by @quitJOSHin.

quitJOSHin said:

2.5

60 = 400 TG
180 = 400 TG
600 = 450 TG
1200 = 5 Radios
1800 = 500 TG
2400 = 550 TG
3200 = 5 Radios
4000 = 600 TG
4800 = 700 TG
5600 = 10 Radios
6800 = 800 TG
8000 = 1000 TG
9200 = 10 Radios
10400 = 1000 TG
11800 = 1000 TG
13400 = 10 Radios
15000 = 1000 TG
16600 = 1000 TG
18200 = 10 Radios


2.4 except first week

60 = 400 TG
180 = 400 TG
600 = 5 Radios
1200 = 450 TG
1800 = 5 Radios
2400 = 450 TG
3200 = 5 Radios
4000 = 600 TG
4800 = 5 Radios
5600 = 600 TG
6800 = 10 Radios
8000 = 1000 TG
9200 = 1000 TG
10400 = 10 Radios
11800 = 1000 TG
13400 = 1000 TG
15000 = 10 Radios
16600 = 1000 TG
18200 = 1000 TG
19800 = 10 Radios

If radio rewards are shifted one round earlier, we should be seeing something like:

60 = 400 TG
180 = 400 TG
600 = 5 Radios
1200 = 450 TG
1800 = 500 TG
2400 = 5 Radios
3200 = 550 TG
4000 = 600 TG
4800 = 10 Radios
5600 = 700 TG
6800 = 800 TG
8000 = 10 Radios
9200 = 1000 TG
10400 = 10 Radios
11800 = 1000 TG
13400 = 1000 TG
15000 = 10 Radios
16600 = 1000 TG
18200 = 1000 TG

Teeceezy

Nothing has been done to personal rewards at higher levels, but I'll be sure to pass the feedback onwards to see if there's something we can tweak.

JackBauer

Awesome.

TheLostOnes

I love new content. Some interesting maps after first play through. I think "Army of 3" may become my favorite map in this challenge,

paintbeast

This one looks like it could get tough rather quickly.

@Teeceezy @Shteevie - If you have level 21 survivors, I can confirm that you start at RSL 16 not RSL 15.

Teeceezy

Thanks @paintbeast !

TheLostOnes

It looks like at the higher levels you need to time it so you shoot the exploders once they are close to the fatties in a few of the missions (Quarry Gate and Quarry Crossroad)

JackBauer

@paintbeast
I have only two (assault) level21 survivor so far and I had to start at rsl 15

zbot

... body needed ...

ahboon

i start at lv16 too. Damn. I though losing 32 stars because I start at lv15 last challenge was bad.
Now starting at lv16, I will be losing 65stars

Teeceezy

No words @zbot? Also make sure @JackBauer doesn't see that..

JayZ

Lol, my Hunter got bruised on "The Odds" at RSL 15. The surprise spawn after opening the third crate, combined with the end of my turn and poor placement, caused my Hunter to get swarmed by 6 walkers because I wasn't being careful.

Probably an all time low for her, lol. Guess 30% Iron Skin and 50% Dodge can only go so far when she's getting gangbanged by walker. Forgot to take a screenshot of the moment because I was surprised and laughing at my stupidity.

paintbeast

@JackBauer
Shteevie said yesterday in "Starting level of challenge will raise with the first lvl 21 survivor/hero?" that at level 20 or 21 challenges should start at RSL 15.

Shut_Up

@zbot I'm reporting you for manipulating the code!!!! I might have believed that you got that without any help had it not been at the "you got 6 stars" crate!!

Just kidding on the manipulating code but I beat the next piece of gear I get will be armor with the wrestler on it.

gespuer

Miracles do happen sometimes ...
(Deluxe crate for 18*)

BTW: new is always better (quote of Barney Stinson - How I met Your Mother)...

Poppy

Seems were at the reskinning map stage, 2 of the maps are from elsewhere in the game.

quitJOSHin

@JayZ I had the same thing happen to me. Luckily my assault took it like a champ without even getting bruised.

capibara

Maybe it's because i'm a rodent but i never receive those damn 21 weapons. Not even in the jackpot weekend. when i have luck one of those 21 epic as today in my first deluxe crate

General_Quatre

quitJOSHin said:

@JayZ I had the same thing happen to me. Luckily my assault took it like a champ without even getting bruised.

An Assault "taking it like a champ", eh? Must've been Abe.

I'm also at starting RSL 15 (with 2 level 21s). I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw it, but obviously some players have a discrepancy which needs to be addressed, @Teeceezy

TWDSkutter

I don't have a single lvl 21 (just started training ground) upgrade but the starting lvl has gone up to 15 (from 14 last week) presumable due to my lvl change to 59.

Seriously I have been really patient with the problems lately but making this a chunk harder JUST BECAUSE I CAN NOW GROW MORE TOMATOES is ludicrous. If you are not going to tie difficulty to survivors then you are just punishing (for a few challenges) upgrades.

You really need to start thinking a bit more about the frustrations you are building in ... you want me to buy your stuff but you provide me an environment I am wondering about whether I want to be in - very peculiar business model.

JayZ

TWDSkutter said:

I don't have a single lvl 21 (just started training ground) upgrade but the starting lvl has gone up to 15 (from 14 last week) presumable due to my lvl change to 59.

Seriously I have been really patient with the problems lately but making this a chunk harder JUST BECAUSE I CAN NOW GROW MORE TOMATOES is ludicrous. If you are not going to tie difficulty to survivors then you are just punishing (for a few challenges) upgrades.

You really need to start thinking a bit more about the frustrations you are building in ... you want me to buy your stuff but you provide me an environment I am wondering about whether I want to be in - very peculiar business model.

There are a ton of valid complaints about the update, but this is not one of them. You are wrong that your increase in camp level caused an increase in RSL for you. You probably started at level 15 last week too because all high level players had +1 added to their starting challenge RSL in update 2.5.

From the update notes: "The Starting Difficulty for players in mid-to-high levels has been increased slightly. Players will be able to get into the meaty difficulty levels with one fewer "warm-up" round."

mimica

> @ahboon said:
> i start at lv16 too. Damn. I though losing 32 stars because I start at lv15 last challenge was bad.
> Now starting at lv16, I will be losing 65stars

You're going to lose more than that because the triple rounds will start in lv20 not in lv19

Jaden

I think we are going to start to hate this challenge pretty soon...

And I wish you would bring back different objectives for getting 3 stars (like finish in x rounds). I really liked that.

Surprise spawn... Not so much.

GrimGael

I am happy to see more special walkers, but unmarked surprise spawns aren't very interesting. They annoy me because of the lack of consistency throughout the game. This doesn't just apply to the ones meant to thrill me with an oh shit! moment (they don't, lol) but also to interacting with the flashing red switches that don't produce spawns. I'd prefer you pick one convention and stick to it, it has a sloppy feel.
Other than that, pretty uninspired. Thanks for the effort, though, I do appreciate and realize it's only my reaction, not universal. I don't want to discourage you from trying again.

TWDSkutter

@JayZ sorry wrong, definitely started at 14 last week. The only change this week is my lvl. The potential loss of 3 levels (due to earlier hitting of my base lvl) drops a pile of stars for me. Whether deliberate, a bug or 'balancing' this is the reduction in part of the game for me - not a welcome change.

I probably haven't played the game as much as many but I haven't seen such comprehensive dissatisfaction previously. Even overhyped free stuff (useless flamethrower) seems to have been included to disappoint.

The end of season coming up is likely (hope I'm wrong) to stop any new content for a while. Let's try not to piss off the loyal players meantime.

Really have been taking issues in good humour to now but the challenge starting change is NOT a logical one especially as "hitting higher rewards earlier" seems to be a lie.

JayZ

TWDSkutter said:

@JayZ sorry wrong, definitely started at 14 last week. The only change this week is my lvl. The potential loss of 3 levels (due to earlier hitting of my base lvl) drops a pile of stars for me. Whether deliberate, a bug or 'balancing' this is the reduction in part of the game for me - not a welcome change.

I probably haven't played the game as much as many but I haven't seen such comprehensive dissatisfaction previously. Even overhyped free stuff (useless flamethrower) seems to have been included to disappoint.

The end of season coming up is likely (hope I'm wrong) to stop any new content for a while. Let's try not to piss off the loyal players meantime.

Really have been taking issues in good humour to now but the challenge starting change is NOT a logical one especially as "hitting higher rewards earlier" seems to be a lie.

Well, that's odd. You should have started at RSL 15 last week if you were a maxed out player before 2.5. I'll just attribute it to one of the many bugs from this update.

I agree 100% with most of the rest of your points.

JackBauer

> @Teeceezy said:
> No words @zbot? Also make sure @JackBauer doesn't see that..

If it would be at least level21.
But level20 rare is double face slap.
Then I prefer the 36k xp that I got consistently during the last challange.

Tapatio75

Hard challenge

Her feet were burning

TheLostOnes

Yeah, The Odds is gonna be a real bitch at the higher levels.

Mais88

Super hard. I like it...