"Be Mine!" Attempts of Bug Evidence

#0 - Feb. 13, 2009, 6:40 a.m.

Okay since blizzard staff seems to be so dead set that this achievement is not bugged, I will give it my all best shot to show them otherwise.

1) I have multiple characters I'm doing this on, every hour. I have gotten well over 150 gifts and have yet to see one bag of candy.

2) Take a look at the drop-rate for the Romantic Picnic Basket, an item that is/was supposed to be rare. I've gotten 16 of these on my main character alone, not counting the ones I've gotten on my alts.

Should it really be possible to get dozens of the "rare" item and NONE of the common one?

3) Even if after days of attempts we manage to get a bag of candy, there is no guarantee we will get all 8 candy types out of the 10 charges. 3 of the same candy costs us more work for another bag.

4) This is almost identical to the Mask issue with the Hallow's End achievement issue. The masks were as rare as this bag drop, and even though we only need one bag, we still are just not seeing it.

5) This holiday is only 6 Days Long! The shortest holiday event tied with childrens week, of the World Events (You can not count Noblegarden because while it is only the day-event, it only has 2 achievements that are so simple anyone could do them.), making it also very timely to get this bag or fail the meta achievement for the year.

Finally I'll close my arguement with this. This issue is not just me and some friends having bad luck. It is wide spread. GM's are working overtime answering or moving the mass amounts of posts complaining about these dropprates. The forum pages have topics on every page with the QQ about the issue.

Blizzard thinks the meta achievement should be hardcore, but not unobtainable due to "bad luck". If you wanted luck to factor into the achievement, why remove the Mask one from Hallow's End?

Players are OBVIOUSLY having problems getting the bag. People who waste their lives away figuring out statistics for things like this are consistently reporting that the droprate on the bag is ~3%, and that's incredibly low for a 6-day event in which we can only have a chance every hour minimum.

Tens of thousands of players are complaining about the issue, what's Blizzard's magic number of 'qq'ers before they fix something?

Orlyia

#6 - Feb. 13, 2009, 7:07 a.m.

Q u o t e:
I have heard of people getting two or three of them already, so its obviously not bugged for everyone. However you cant ignore the fact that so many others have done the turn in, every hour, on multiple characters and have not received any. I myself have been doing it every hour that I can and Ive done the turn in at least 20 times on this character alone. I've received the [Lovely Black Dress] twice now and still no bags of candy.

I understand how odds work and how the random number generator works and I understand a few people having a string of bad luck is completely plausible... but there is just way too many people complaining about this for it to just be chalked up to "bad luck". There is obviously something else going on here that needs to be addressed.

Actually, given some are reporting perma-peddles and no candies, sounds more like a string of GOOD luck, the perma-peddle being more rare.

Really folks, I've done many turn-ins already over 7 characters. Some have the achievement totally done, some haven't seen their first bag of candy yet. It's random, just keep getting the gifts, should average out.

Orlyia

#170 - Feb. 16, 2009, 9:27 a.m.

Be civil folks.

Don't make me turn this thread around and go home...you'll know I'll do it.

Aredek

#265 - Feb. 16, 2009, 2:26 p.m.

As a Customer Service Representative for Blizzard Entertainment, I truly want to see you all achieve each of your goals and acquire the items you desire. Unfortunately, however, the purview of the Game Master Department is limited and we may not always be able to assist. In cases such as this one where I, personally, am unable to provide direct assistance, my desire shifts to help you find the appropriate avenues to suggest changes or voice concerns.

I'm terribly sorry to hear of the frustrations this issue has caused you all. I encourage each of you to channel your frustrations and calmly join the various discussions taking place on the Suggestions Forum if you have not already done so. While I understand that this can feel fruitless from time to time, I can assure you that our Developers are reading and considering each and every post therein.

Thank you all for your understanding.

Aredek

#373 - Feb. 16, 2009, 7:20 p.m.

Q u o t e:
At this point, we might be better off posting in the suggestions forum thread and hoping we get heard.

You are correct, friend. This rests solely in the hands of our Development team; should changes be made, it will require their doing. As I've stated multiple times in the various threads dedicated to this subject, posting your suggestions in the Suggestions Forum will improve the likelihood that they will be reviewed by the parties responsible for making such decisions.

I truly wish you all the best and hope you share your feedback with our Developers.

Good luck to each of you.

Syndri

#476 - Feb. 17, 2009, 6:49 p.m.

To reiterate:

Q u o t e:
As a Customer Service Representative for Blizzard Entertainment, I truly want to see you all achieve each of your goals and acquire the items you desire. Unfortunately, however, the purview of the Game Master Department is limited and we may not always be able to assist. In cases such as this one where I, personally, am unable to provide direct assistance, my desire shifts to help you find the appropriate avenues to suggest changes or voice concerns.

I'm terribly sorry to hear of the frustrations this issue has caused you all. I encourage each of you to channel your frustrations and calmly join the various discussions taking place on the Suggestions Forum if you have not already done so. While I understand that this can feel fruitless from time to time, I can assure you that our Developers are reading and considering each and every post therein.

Thank you all for your understanding.

For those of you posting herein, I encourage you to voice your concerns through the most effective mediums.

Good luck, and best wishes. This thread is now closed. :)