I am hoping that this will be ready for a beta run next weekend (Duskruin Arena). Nonetheless, here are some details about the changes that were implemented based on player comments and suggestions!

Two elements of Trove 2.0 will be the same: The shelf (primary display, which holds the current raffle item) and the tray (secondary display, which holds four potential "next up for raffle" items). The "next up" item will be selected at random from among the four existing items on the secondary display once a raffle winner has been chosen for the item previously on the primary display.

When an item moves to the primary display, its raffle begins. The duration of the raffle is a pre-determined time, and is typically the same for all future raffles. To participate in the raffle, a player needs a raffle token, acquired from the same area where the Trove exists. (IE: tokens acquired at Duskruin Arena cannot be used for a Treasure Trove at Ebon Gate.) Drop your token into the appropriate container and cross your fingers! You can enter a single raffle as many times as you want - limited only by 1) the number of tokens you possess, and 2) a 10-second roundtime for each entry.

Methods to obtain raffle tokens may vary from event to event -- be sure to find out ahead of time which method(s) will be used.

Raffle Tokens, by default, have three charges. A charge is depleted when a token is used to enter a raffle. Winning tokens will be destroyed regardless of remaining charges. Otherwise, tokens with remaining charges are returned to a player (player-initiated) after the end of the raffle for which you had used your token. Once a token is returned to the player, it becomes character-bound.

When a raffle winner is drawn, the winning character will receive an in-game message about the win (assuming he/she is online) and the item will move to the retrieval rack where it can only be removed by the winning account (though only the winner will receive the message). This notification messaging will happen every 5 minutes until the item is picked up. If the NEXT raffle is drawn before the item has been retrieved, then the item will be forfeit (along with the token). PLEASE PICK UP YOUR WINNING ITEMS TO AVOID ITEM LOSS.

Winning accounts will be ineligible from participation in the current Trove's raffles for 36 hours*.

RECAP of Important Information:

- Raffles have a hard entry limit of 50.
- You cannot enter a raffle if you have tokens that need to be returned.
- You cannot enter a raffle if you have a winning item on the retrieval rack.
- If you fail to pick up your winning item before the next raffle is drawn, your item and associated raffle token will be forfeited.
- Beyond the hard entry limit, there is no cap on individual raffle entries.
- Returned tokens will become character-attuned.
- Win lockouts carry a 36-hour* duration and are account-based.
- Outside of the raffle token, there is no additional cost to receive your winning item.

* These values are subject to change at management's discretion.

~ Haliste ~
SGM, Events
Auntie H, Forever

>When a raffle winner is drawn, the winning character will receive an in-game message


As a QoL request: Could this message be coded to go out to the ACCOUNT character logged on as opposed to the individual CHARACTER that entered the raffle, please?


I know there are several customers that like to run different characters (on the same account) through the Duskruin events. Depending on the timing of the raffle draws, we might be burning simucoins through an alternate character. It would be super nice to know we won without having to keep logging back in on the raffle entrant every few minutes to check.

Thank you!

<In the same vein: if the winner of a raffle is in the middle of an Arena run, and there is another raffle scheduled very quickly after, the first winner may very well be done out of the item.>

If the drawings are going to be that close together, why not just wait til the drawing before going into the arena? I was getting the impression it was going to be every 30 min or hour or so....

Starchitin, the OG

A severed gnomish hand crawls in on its fingertips and makes a rude gesture before quickly decaying and rotting into dust. A gust of wind quickly scatters the dust.

Generally this seems like a great system-very well designed. The only issue I can see happening is, if we don't know when the raffle will draw and the draw time is under 8-10 hours, I can imagine quitting for the night to go to sleep and the draw happens shortly after...and the next also happening when you're asleep...leading to a loss of item just because it's when someone was sleeping...

I think announcing the winner to everyone might help. That and/or allowing a pickup to happen over the course of 24 hours (or 12 hours, whatever, rather than just the next draw) so we can login to see that we won.

This system looks great and I hope it will be implemented for Ebon Gate. Digging for tokens rather than prizes.

As I gaze over the horizon, the wind tugs at my cloak and whispers, "Adventure" in my ear.

A squeaky halfling nearby asks, "Why you playing with orcs heads and troll rearends?!"

The messaging on a raffle win AND subsequent reminder messaging will be sent to the winning player only.

~ Haliste ~
SGM, Events
Auntie H, Forever

Yes, it is.

~ Haliste ~
SGM, Events
Auntie H, Forever

This may be a really silly question, but, ahhh...

WHERE are the Trove raffles done?

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<flee!>

They are pretty custom.

I think I saw some elemental slings, some shield capes, a returner string, and a whole lot of deity-keyed plate armor.

When they pop on the trove rack, you should be able to 'inspect' them.

I found a couple in the sewers early on like the first few hours. Nothing since in 400 runs or so. On a kind of funny note I have found 1 slender wooden rod no other bag pieces in almost 500 runs

Are the drops the ONLY place to find tokens?

Honestly, I prefer the original version of the Treasure Trove. The only problem I had with it was that there were so many bag of holding things in the feeder for it those were all that came up when I checked in on it.

Starchitin, the OG

A severed gnomish hand crawls in on its fingertips and makes a rude gesture before quickly decaying and rotting into dust. A gust of wind quickly scatters the dust.

Will the trove have descriptions of what the items do before/when they go up?

I may not have asked it here in this thread, but: where was it located? In the HESS room down the tunnel? Elsewhere?

<<What do you mean? The tokens drop in all the activities. That is the only way to acquire tokens. Bear in mind, the tokens are a new thing, and don't replace something else. It's just a new thing. AND it's a beta test of this revamped system.

I think people are referring to the fact that a lot of people are way over 300 runs, some at over 1k runs, without finding a raffle token. It seems like the chance to find them is way under tuned. This should be at minimum a 1% chance to drop, but it seems like its somewhere under .5%.

~Sabotage

To be clear, these are some completely obvious thing that stands out as being, well... a thing, right?
- It does not auto-appear, like in the 'Duskruin' verb.
- It is not auto-added, like in the 'ticket balance' verb.
- It another 'thing' (for example, inside an arena package), just like the winner's random item and automaton ore (if you defeated an automaton).

It's something that the character has the opportunity to see and touch and deal with, even if part of an 'empty my package in my whoosis'.

Perfect.
(Nuadjha sent me what the one he found looks like, so I'm happy. I just wanted to make certain it wasn't something that a person would miss. The fact that the noun is actually a "raffle token" is pretty clear... :)