Because most of the time folks wont look at local chat, why not have a noise pop up when you hit a street with one? More folks will find/explore/grab them this way...
I keep the sound off and watch local while I play - what definition of "most" are you using here? Most people named ☣ elf ☣? Not that a noise wouldn't be a nice addition, like the DNAja Vu clusters and the voonty sort of hum they made; let's just call horses horses, here. If you want it, don't make a false appeal to an imaginary majority! (Or show your data)
@Danny I'm not hearing a sound alert for quoins when arriving on a street. Has this really been implemented? Is it on the MUSIC track and not the sound effect track? (I play with music muted most of the time)?
Like the OP, I'm seeking a sound when arriving on the street. (I am of course aware of the collecting sound, which has been around for a while now.) Danny seems to be indicating that that has happened. But it hasn't for me.
Since this is related: I would love for a local chat notice when I collect my qurazy quoin, or the option to toggle one on. Why? Because often I'll be roaming around looking for it, get distracted, and then not remember if I snagged it or not! I think I've missed a few "new area" quoins to this (and also one to being on the bottom level of a split level street that doesn't access the top half as far as I could tell).
My mistake, I misread the first post. I thought elf was asking for a sound for the qurazy quoin itself. There is currently no sound to indicate if there is a qurazy quoin on the street. Sorry for the confusion folks!
a lifted pixel: for the randomly generated ones, yes, I don't worry about those. But the "first time here!" quoins only show up that first time. So it is actually a loss of expected imagination, rather than a reduction of Maximum Possible A Day that the high level players engage in. Clearly, not a big deal, and I much prefer the exploration method of getting that imagination than the automatic boost we got before the switch to imagination. I just would rather not lose it to distraction or spend 10 minutes looking for a quoin I already got!