Topic

hell is lame

tl;dr version: keep the game fun and not annoying. hell in its current form is annoying. log someone out if they afk for too long. its a simple solution and doesn't piss off your players.

I've been playing about 2 weeks. I've managed to not die until today, I went to do something and it took longer than I expected. When I came back, I am dead and in hell. Ok, fine. cute. Apparently I have to stomp grapes. I stomp grapes. My energy drops by 300. o.O. I eat some food and stomp more grapes. My energy drops by 300 again. mmkay. this is getting into pointless grind territory. most games log you out if you idle for several minutes. glitch should probably take that approach. web games need to minimize the annoyance factor if they want to retain players. sending someone to hell for being afk is a good way to annoy players without justifiable reason. if someone got sent to hell for botting, then i could understand that. but an afk person is just standing there, not doing anything and because of this does not deserve to be "punished".

Posted 14 months ago by Karnisov Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Don't refill your energy in hell! It doesn't take any energy to stomp on hellish grapes, so do so with ZERO energy. When you are revived then refill energy and mood.
    Posted 14 months ago by TRB4 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ...What? I don't know that you know how hell works.

    For one you don't need to eat anything there. I didn't think you *could*.

    For two, you just walk over to grapes and jam on the enter key and you're out, takes about 10 seconds.

    For three, once you've died you can't die from energy loss again in a day.

    For four, there's badges for dying anyways, so it's good to do so on a regular basis if you like badges.
    Posted 14 months ago by Abby Smalls Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You were "punished" because you ran out of energy. If you're low on health and need to leave the computer, you should sign out instead of going afk. Also, try to avoid eating in hell, you'll just waste youre energy. Stomp grapes and get out, then focus on your energy. Hope this saves you some frustration
    Posted 14 months ago by Muncey Mango Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Perhaps there needs to be some variability in order to make hell more "interesting" - different levels to which the deceased are consigned at random, maybe?
    Posted 14 months ago by John259 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Die with friends and do a hell conga line.  w00t!
    Posted 14 months ago by Poppy of Detwoit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would have to agree with Karnisov that Hell is lame. It used to be the cool party central.
    Posted 14 months ago by Basium Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hell used to be great for parties.  Now its just.......sad.  Poor Trisor, I feel so sorry for him.
    Posted 14 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wow, Karnisov, you are the first Glitch Sysiphus!

    I seem to remember that there are moar better Hellz a poppin'.  Not knowing when they will arrive...well, you can make your own Hell there, I guess.
    Posted 14 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ Poppy of Detwoit, That doesn't work anymore. Hell is now an instanced location and there is no guarantee that you will end up in the same Hell as your friends. Also I believe that each Hell now has a maximum occupancy of about 12. 
    Posted 14 months ago by TRB4 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hell has a maximum occupancy of 21 (it was 13, but they increased it). Or it may be 20 and the 21st goes somewhere new, and before it was 12 and the 13th went somewhere new. Not 100% sure on that point in particular.
    Posted 14 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I want a badge for NOT dying. I've been studiously avoiding it and am missing out on all the cool prizes as a result. My glitch friends now call me a unicorn. Can I get a unicorn badge?
    Posted 14 months ago by Epilady Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Karnisov, I think Hell was designed so that people would pay attention to their energy/mood levels. It was not meant to be any more than a small punishment. As pointed out above, don't eat until you get out, it only takes a few seconds to stomp enough grapes, and you end up right back where you started, but with loss of energy/mood. You can only die once per game day, and you even get a cool tombstone, and badges if you die often enough. 

    The possibility of having a 'different' Hell for those who die while AFK, and other variations, have been suggested elsewhere, and may be under consideration by the devs. Post a suggestion to the Ideas forum if you have...umm...ideas.

    Although the principal remains the same--watch your levels because your performance decreases as they do, and, if you go AFK you WILL lose mood/energy quickly. It's probably better to leave the game than go AFK for more than a very short time.
    Anyway, die early, die often, for those badges.
    Posted 14 months ago by bludwaggie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I for one find it incredibly annoying that you can only die once per game day. The highest death badge is 1003 deaths. To achieve that you would need to die every 4 hours for the next 168 days :( I think that is probably the badge that is going to take everyone the longest out of all badges. And if you are a casual player who only logs on once or twice a day if at all, that badge will likely take you 2-3 years to obtain (assuming you go to hell during every day you play). I really find that badge to be a total PITA.
    Posted 14 months ago by TRB4 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • TRB4, you can die from a no-no crash as many times a day as you like, I believe :3
    Posted 14 months ago by Effigy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I was wondering the same thing as Epilady. I think we should have a badge for those who choose to NOT die. One per level maybe or one for every 6 or so level?
    Posted 14 months ago by Jing Jing Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's true, you can only die once a game day due to "natural causes", but you can die many no-no deaths a game day.
    One more reason to say YES to no-no!
    Posted 14 months ago by Poppy of Detwoit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @TRB4
    You can only die *naturally* (sic from energy loss) once a day.  Otherwise, you can use no-no.  And no, you can't die "as often" as you like as their is a serious super-pooped debuff if you do it too often (zero energy and zero mood upon return from Hell, and zero energy gain for the rest of the day).  If you know 'how to die', you can work within those confines and get the Dracula achievement in... well...  It's very possible to get.  :P

    Figuring out how often you can die while avoiding getting super-pooped takes some experimenting though.  ^^;
    Posted 14 months ago by Marebito Subscriber! | Permalink
  • How did you eat in Hell? I've tried that before and I've never been able to do so.
    Posted 14 months ago by Jarhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • -1 Hell
    Posted 14 months ago by Nytician Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like the idea of a badge for NOT dying. I am very careful not to die. I have yet to die because I am very careful not to by carrying plenty of food and drink and logging out when I have to afk.
    Posted 14 months ago by Casombra Amberrose Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Jarhaven, you just squish the grapes.  It isnt hard, and takes like 10 seconds, max.  If you dont see grapes, squish a ton (like for over a minute), open up ?Live Help and they can rescue you from Trisor's grips.
    Posted 14 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well of course it's 'lame'. That's why it's called "Hell" if it were fun they'd call it heaven or something... :P

    That being said, I try to croak at the end of every play session. Zombie badge, here I come...
    Posted 14 months ago by Zurin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I try not to die, but if I do it's no real big deal because it actually looks pretty cool (so it's a bit of a treat). As mentioned before, it only takes a few seconds to get out of it. If you are having trouble getting out of hell, you're either doing it wrong or there is a bug (ask in live help). When you're back, just eat something (anything) to get out of being "pooped", and pick one of the many, many different ways of getting your mood and health back up to a comfortable level. Ask for help if you need to--most people here are very willing to help those in need.

    Also, in case you didn't notice: when you go to hell, it's called "Hell 1".... this is in indicator that the devs have the intention of adding other levels of hell, which I can't wait to see!
    Posted 14 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Innie, Squishing is a completely different thing, that I'm very familiar with, already. I asked about eating in Hell. For energy? When I tried to do that, it tells me "You ate [item]. would have gained energy, but you're dead!" So, I'm curious how the OP managed to get up to 300E twice in Hell or am I missing something?
    Posted 14 months ago by Jarhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You need to die about 15 minutes before game day. Use all your energy up and die!!!! 

    Purple junk in hell is a lot of fun waiting for the new day instead of squishing grapes. 
    Posted 14 months ago by Eye Wonder Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Karnisov, I think what you experienced was a bug. You shouldn't have had any energy in hell to begin with. And you should not have been able to gain energy from eating in Hell. 

    I can see you've gotten out of hell since this post, but the next time you've squished more than a dozen grapes and are still stuck in hell, please try contacting the people in Live Help :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Millie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "Hell is now an instanced location" - TRB4

    I love you, Glitch.
    Posted 14 months ago by Lyn Frog, Esq Subscriber! | Permalink
  • read the little messages that pop up...like "that would have given you energy...but you are dead" (I don't quite remember the wording..

    and ya...Hell is meant to be lame/suck/not be fun...etc
    Posted 14 months ago by phelps.mike Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hmmm... I kinda like hell....It would be better if there was som,ething more there...Something special...It would make the "You're Dead" experience better, cos you'll have something more to do, except stomping grapes.
    Posted 14 months ago by Snarlo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Marebito: I'd really like to know how to die really fast so I can get those death badges.
    Posted 14 months ago by Hameigh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • look for no-no :)
    Posted 14 months ago by phelps.mike Subscriber! | Permalink
  • To die quickly, go to the wintry place. Cold saps your energy.
    Posted 14 months ago by Tibbi Subscriber! | Permalink