Andi47
Overlord
- Reason
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At the moment, "finished GB" notifications work like this on PC or laptop:
1.) I log off for a while
2.) Annas Alcatraz, Bobs Blue Galaxy and Carmens CDM, finish in the meantime (I have contributed to all of these)
3.) I log on
4.) I get a notification that Annas Alcatraz has finished
5.) I read and then close the notification
6.) NO notifications for Bobs and Carmens GBs are shown
or
1.) I am logged on, but afk for a while
2.) Annas Alcatraz, Bobs Blue Galaxy and Carmens CDM, finish in the meantime (I have contributed to all of these)
3.) I come back and see the Inventory button blinking
4.) I open the inventory and see that I got several FPs (shown as "9+" when I got e.g. more than 9 large FP packages - how about 2- and 3-digit numbers?? there is more than enough space!)
5.) I go out of city (e.g. to tech tree or Egypt settlement)
6.) I come back to city
7.) I get a notification that Annas Alcatraz has finished
8.) I read and then close the notification
9.) NO notifications for Bobs and Carmens GBs are shown
When I need blueprints for the Blue Galaxy to unlock more levels of mine, I miss that I possibly got the missing blueprint of the Blue Galaxy and therefore get stuck in leveling up my Blue Galaxy until I check in my inventory maybe a few days later. (happened to me several times with various GBs, such as Blue Galaxy, Space Carrier and Star Gazer).
I am aware that some players are annoyed when three or more notifications are popping up at once, but I think there is a better solution, see below
- Details
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I propose ONE notification windows, which gives a line for each GB which has finished in the meantime (and which should NOT close, when it takes a few seconds to load on a slower internet connection, and I do klick attempting to collect a finished production in my city). The notification might look as follows with headline "[b]Contribution Rewards[/b]":
[code]
Annas Alcatraz has finished, you got <x>blueprints, <y> Forge Points and <z> Medals. [Info button]
Bobs Blue Galaxy has finished, you got <x>blueprints, <y> Forge Points and <z> Medals. [Info button]
Carmens CDM has finished, you got <x>blueprints, <y> Forge Points and <z> Medals. [Info button]
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The players' names should be clickable, opening a context menu with possibilities to open their GBs or send message, ... (while the notification window still stays open)
The Info buttons should open the detailed "old style" notification window, where I see which blueprints I got for the respective GBs.
So now I could decide whether I just close the notification (when no interesting GBs are there), or open the detailed notification for one GB which is interesting for me (e.g. when I am in need of blueprints), or whether I am curious and open all of them. And nobody should be annoyed by being flooded with notification windows.
- Balance
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Neighbors could get some "GB leveled up" info earlier when they have set at least one FP, but for this the game would be even MORE balanced then currently, because players on mobile phones are already getting all notifications when logging in.
Regarding the proposed context menu for the players' names - when the app versions also get their context menu, both, browser and app players have equally quick possibility to access the finished GB (e.g. for checking whether a new contribution already makes sense.)
- Abuse Prevention
- I do not see any possibility of abuse for this.
- Summary
- I propose a modified notification window which summarizes the contribution rewards for ALL GBs which have finished in the meantime while I was logged off or afk, and which gives the possibility to open a more detailed info for each GB (to see the blueprints) and to click the players's name for a context menu to access the finished GB (e.g. for checking whether a new contribution makes sense)
I propose a "finished GB" notification which shows ALL GBs where the player has contributed and which have finished while he/she was offline or away from keyboard (afk).