time issues

[nakoruru]

thanks for this convenient service!!
however there are some problem.

*next respawn time
the shatterer has pre-events occur 3 hours after he die. he will pop 3 minutes after 2 pre-events all done. he is not certainly respawn 3:18 or 3:13 or others.
tequatl the sunless pop in period of 2:303:00 randomly after his dead, not 3 hours later. (it always appear death time before pop time because of this issue) i usually see he pop about 2:402:55.

*submit when boss die
when we press "now" button it should set time to current server time, not time on our computer.
and it should not accept death time in the future (or far future).

*suggests
since we can have a id in this great service, may we set our own time zone to know the time more clearly?
or may it show countdown timer on main server page directly?
may we not only submit when dragon die, but also "now what events we are on or finished" for more real-time information to show on the page?

another great dragon's respawn time web is Dragon Timer | Jade Quarry | Guild Wars Temple http://guildwarstemple.com/dragontimer/jade-quarry/
but usually some nerdy like to set wrong time to fool others.
it is not a problem on your site!!!

[jensechu]

Thank you so much for your feedback. These are all great suggestions.

As for the Shatterer timer, I have it set to add the average amount of time it takes to complete the pre event, plus his respawn rate. Did the timer seem off for you? I've been testing it and it seemed right on, but I could have been missing something!

Tequatl is set for three hours since that is his max respawn rate. There is nothing I can do about getting a close time for his spawn since it's random in a range. :( I just set it for three hours, and advise people to show up when the countdown hits 30 minutes.

If you have any more suggestions for improving that please let me know.

I think it would be great to be able to set your timezone, and I am working on that feature. Hoping to have it out soon to make things easier. 😄

Everyone has been asking for a countdown directly on the server page! I think that's a great idea but I am hesitant to add it because it will discourage people from going to submit a death time. I can do a trial run and see how that goes.

Thank you so much for getting back to me, and for using the app. I will factor in all of these issues.

[nakoruru]

thanks for your reply.

the problem of shatterer's timer is, sometimes the pre-events be finished very very quickly that collection event finished before protection party arrive, the respawn time is about 3:07 (i met this case yesterday); but sometimes no one do collection that make the respawn time to 3:40.
however it related on how many players online.

i guess it would be better to display "it's pre-event time" after exectly 3 hours later, and show the estimated time that calculated according to history of records after it.
maybe this message may push people to help the collection mission.

the same suggestion on tequatl is to display "it's window time" or something to make people know this ugly dragon might pop randomly in 30 mins.
this might prevent some people see the time on site and teleport immediately, but only see the dragon die ahead.
yes... it did happen to me.

other suggest is only last one submit of the same id would be show or count.
it give people chance to correct wrong time submit.
i had submit a wrong time on just press "now button" and press submit button accident, but i didn't find way to correct it. it was so shame!!

hope your site better and best!! :D

ps. may this service have android app in future?
it will be more convenient to just one press to report dragon's real-time status!

[safron00]

I came here to make the same suggestions as nakoruru about time. It would be great if you could delete your own time entry, or at least remove your own vote for your time entry. I did exactly the same thing as nakoruru - entered the wrong time on accident and then had no way to fix it. I made a second, correct entry, but I couldn't upvote my second entry relative to the first so it is still using my incorrectly entered time for the display.

Nakoruru's other suggestions will also help people not enter the wrong time in the first place -- when you click Now on the time entry, it would be helpful if it set to the current time in PST. It would also be helpful if the timer rejected times in the future, or at least in the far future.

[jensechu]

@nakoruru I think that's a great idea about Shatterer's pre event and saying that it has started, as opposed to saying that he spawns at a certain time. Same for saying that Tequatl has a range. I will try to get something like that added in ASAP!

Thank you SO much for your fantastic ideas, and I will be trying to push out an andriod app soon. 😺

@safron00 That is a great idea too. I will make it so you can delete your own time if it has less than two votes. I don't want people to troll by submitting a correct time, accruing votes, and then deleting it an hour later and removing the time entirely.

[nakoruru]

thank you!

btw i want to show what i met just yet.
it's why i wish the tequatl's respawn time display be changed so much.

http://i.imgur.com/Dxctr.png
i'd see this time before 2:30 PST after my computer restart, login to game and teleport to sparkfly fen soon.
than i stay wating and refrash this page, after several minutes i find people are fewer and fewer, so i asked my guild's mate and knew the ugly dragon was dead... although the page didn't show that.

so i hit tequatl's name to report and see next picture.
http://i.imgur.com/gEE0V.png
i believe you understand what happened... *cry

[jensechu]

Awwww :(

That is terrible. I will see what I can do to make it more clear that Teq might have died.

[nakoruru]

the shatterer's pop time is seriously error now...
its pre-event starts 3 hours after it die, not 2.5 hours.
many ppl waiting here in confused now and 2.5 hours ago (in MAP channel)
finally i find the respawn time's setting is wrong now. Q_Q

btw, tequatl's respawn time still confuse many ppl .
for example someone said it should pop after 15 minutes (reference from here), but in fact tequatl shout soon 1 minute after that player afk.

however, user's time zone is convenient!! thank you!

[jensechu]

Hey! I figured out the problem. Jade Quarry's Shatterer WAS set for 2.5hr pre event respawn time, so my server was right. They just patched and changed it two days ago so in return I changed the timer. :)

You should be getting a three hour timer, and an exact start time for Shatterer now. 💃

Also tonight I will change Tequatl so he shows a time range, and has a note to show up 30 minutes early.

Thanks for all of your feedback, and keep on throwing your amazing ideas at me!