I’m prepared to get downvoted from the title alone, but hear me out on the last paragraph. I just wanted to vent about how some months, there’s so many time-limited events going on, I can’t keep track of them all with the way the game is currently presented. I know part of this is the anni, but in addition to dailies, every month has of the following:
- A dozen or more standard events (stories, high score events, Damage Challenges, Gym Leader challenges, free role cake daily battles, etc)
- Bonus missions tied to standard events beyond just clearing those stages (not always the most visible thing)
- 4x Champion’s Arena (not tied to gems, but needed to get essential 6⭐️ EX upgrades)
- Battle Rally (1,000 gems + EX role supplies)
- Gym missions
- Most importantly, the new banners
And then sometimes you have…
7) Special promo missions (such as powering up older units you never use)
8) Bingo
9) Time-limited gym missions (very easy to miss, especially if there are full team missions where some members aren’t contributing enough and the active ones have to pick up the slack)
And you have non-time limited content such as Pasio Towers, Trainer Lodge, Main Story, Ultimate Battles, Sync Pair Stories, Beginner Guide missions, everything else under Side Area. And remembering to power up units with all the unit-specific cookies, skill feathers, etc they throw at us these days before they end up so jumbled in your bag, you can’t remember which skill feathers were for whom. I barely even have the time to look at these things anymore since there’s so much time-limited stuff to focus on.
If this is the only major game you play, this is all probably fine. I’d probably be fine with it too if it was easier to track deadlines for events besides the little text banners they put under everything. With all that was going on last month during pre-anni and recalling that the free seasonal scout rerun stories don’t expire until Dec 31, I completely forgot each one also has special missions that reward gems and a title to complete before the end of the month. And I almost forgot to do Battle Rally until a friend reminded me on Sunday.
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So what’s the solution? Obviously we don’t want them to cut back on content, but this game really needs a calendar system. Something visual and CENTRALIZED you can quickly look at to plan your priorities for the week and maybe plan for the next week. I know community members make their own, but something in-game that automatically tracks what you’ve already done and focuses on more than just event start dates and banners (which the community calendars focus on) would be immensely helpful. DeNA did announce a UI overhaul in the near future. I really, really hope better time/priority management tools are part of it because as a busy adult with ADHD that plays other games that are way more manageable, I still enjoy PoMas but am really getting overwhelmed some weeks and missing things simply because they aren’t visible enough.
Also please name the skill feathers after who they’re designed for, not just a meaningless number.
/vent over