Design Notes

January 04, 2022

Frostval 2021 AC Gifting Event

Thank you to everyone who helped spread /cheer last year

The Frostval AC 2021 Gifting event has ended! Thank you to everyone who donated to help their fellow heroes have a very merry Frostval! Badges and rewards will be added this week.

Our First AC Gifting Event Was Insane O_O

The entire team was blown away by how many heroes donated, and how many heroes received gifts. We saw a lot of very happy heroes get free ACs from other heroes, which was the goal. So... objective met, thanks to the generosity of the AQW community!

We also saw a lot of feedback for how you'd like to see future gifting events adjusted. The team's been discussing your feedback over the course of the event, and is still talking about it as I type this.

Some ideas we are exploring before the next event:

Changing basic eligibility requirements (example: increasing the minimum character level)
Activity requirements to be eligible for receiving gifts (ex - having heroes "opt-in" by completing a quest to be eligible for that day's gifts)
Capping how many rewards a single account can receive in a day, and over the course of the whole event to help distribute the rewards to more heroes
Adjusting the tier spread on the leaderboard to use % rather than spot # (Ex - the top 5% of heroes unlock Tier 4)
Adding "community reward" tiers, which would unlock for everyone based on the total amount of ACs donated.
Future gifting events will not be limited to just AC donation. The donation system could be used to donate items bought for gold or earned through in-game story events. (Ex: Big Daddy wants you to send Flowers and Chocolate for Hero's Heart Day, and you get those by farming the story event.)

These aren't all confirmed, and they are only a small amount of the ideas and feedback sent, but they are all under serious consideration.

We'll also add even more information in-game to help explain the guidelines of who can receive / donate gifts, eligibility, and how the gift distribution works. (For example, the game doesn't know the difference between a "main" account and an "alt" account... it just knows which accounts are eligible based on the requirements the team set. All eligible accounts had the same chance to receive ACs.)

Wait... What?!

If you're just joining us (or back from a break), last year, AQWorlds held our first-ever AC Gifting Event for Frostval. Heroes could talk to Chilly in Battleon to donate AdventureCoins to a random hero to make their holiday bright. Donating unlocked in-game items as our way of rewarding your generosity, and heroes climbed the Donation Leaderboard.

Frostval Gifting Leaderboard

A HUGE congratulations to the heroes who shared their ACs with those around them. Your generosity helped heroes you've never met have a brighter holiday season. Your prizes will be awarded this week!