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TY :-)

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Hi AC ... just to be clear ... my numbers will also accrue daily if I don't start at 100. I like to start at 100 because I can keep track better.

I'll have to look at it closer the next time I use up all my friend whacks.


This is a great thread. Thank you for starting it.

Lvl 440 "Other Peoples Problem Solver!"

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i will tell you my method. i do not delete anyone.
a whole lot of high level players get bored and only play when new content comes out like the salt desert and its nate and kaine, and events. then they play till done that tand leave again for weeks to months or whatever.
by my not deleting them i have them available when they are current played in last 2 weks list

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I wondered about auto purge, I haven't pressed it obviously as I'm still building my flist, but is it designed to remove people who haven't played in a fortnight?

ArmyMom that is the way it works for me too, which is how I think it should work. So it looks like I misread Flybaby's explanation and that is the way it does work so that's all good. The odd thing now is the 100 whacks limit, that seems counterintuitive to a 5 day cycle with a possible 250 buddies.

In relation to cleaning your flist, I think pick a time period, be that a month or a year and once someone is inactive for that long, let them go. If they are, as Raymond correctly intuits, high level players who only come back for new content, then they aren't really of much help to you as a daily player. They won't be around to clear obstacles or send you trinket items or packs and whacks.

I think once that becomes your playstyle (if it ever does) then keep those players in your list from that point on, after all you'll all be turning up at the same time for the new content so you can be there to help one another and then all be absent together.

In fact, given players like that are dead weight to a daily player, perhaps it would be best of they do band together and stay on each others flist and off a daily player's because they aren't contributing in the way that an active player does.

In other games I've played with a friend system having higher level friends is an advantage as they can send you items you can't make or source yourself, but that isn't how it works in BW2. It's much more egalitarian and every player can be of use to every other one in the same way (once you reach the commons and can send trinket items). The only way a high level player is of slightly more 'value' is that they are more likely to complete events earlier and therefore have access to the gifts you get for event items, and can send them to lower level players for a quick boost. However even that is a momentary aid as time will give the player the same advantage in energy and therefore power and mana.

Basically I'd say don't feel bad about cleaning your list when you see someone who hasn't been around for a fair while. There are plenty of people in the 'add me' forum looking for buddies so if they do come back with a few spots left they can fill them easily enough, or they can just send you a buddy request when they return and you can add them back if you have space.

Perhaps one day that'll be a dilemma I need to face :)
Cheers
AC

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I use the friend whacks as soon as they come out every 5 days...to rid of them..I used 98 2 days ago.

Good thread/info on here..on friend helps.

Flybaby I do not get the same popup like you dofor the f's whacks, I wish we did..
I get a friend help screen popup telling me the days they have played...
just saying..

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I posted "Maybe it could be re-worded Nick, so players know they can't have all 250 friends whack. I finished my whacks today, and have to wait till Monday for it to reset back to 100, yet on my friends list it says they can help me again in 7 hrs."

[Dev] Nick Pettyjohn: Ah, yes you're right Flybaby BW. I'll add that to the list.

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Thank you Bota, that is only to invite new friends/buddies.

Nick addressed the issue in chat. CNE is set up different from FB

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Bota, a month, well that seems reasonable.

Raymond/Flybaby, thanks for letting Nick know, if we get clarity around the whacks it will make much more sense.

I must admit I don't see why there is differences between the platforms now, I would have thought it would make it easier for the devs if they all ran to the same rules and criteria.

I would like to see that timer on CNE for when each friend has helped you last, but (I think) that is a FB only? If not can someone who plays on CNE tell me how to see it? I don't mean the buddies played last list, but the when they last helped one.

Cheers
AC

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I am very pleased to share Nick's response regarding my specific questions about Friend Whacking on CNE. Hopefully this will put our confusion about it to rest:

Q: Why do we have a WEEKLY limit?

A: This is to limit the amount of bonus progress you get each week from friend whacks. It is a balancing point just like how much energy you get per day and how long crops take to harvest.

Q: Why can't CNE have ALL 250 friends help every 5 days, like on Facebook?

A: Facebook is a different platform and has a different balance. We have no plans to remove the limit on CNE Games.

Q: Is Monday the day that the Friends help re-sets [after reaching our limit of 100]?

A: Yes

Q: Why can’t each friend roll over every 5 days?

A: They do, but you are only allowed 100 friend whacks per week. If you have less then 100 friends, you can use them multiple times per week, on the 5-day cooldown.

Q: Why does it say less time on our friend’s avatars than it does on the weekly limit pop up screen? It seems contradictory.

A: This is likely a case of the in-game display not having enough data about the weekly limit. We can look into fixing this.

Q: Can we "invite" more friends to help even after we see the "you have reached your weekly limit" pop up??? The “Invite Friends” in the Call on Friends area is confusing. Once you have reached your weekly limit of 100, inviting new friends won’t help.

A: The invite link is just a simple invite link and is not directly related to friend whacking. We can look into changing how that prompt to invite friends works once you've reached your 100 limit.

Sincerely,
Nick

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Cheers Flybaby, it's a shame we have the limit on CNE, but at least now we have some clarity.