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New quest alert (tiny red number) for newbies is not intuitive.

I was messing around on my husbands account earlier (I was bored) and I noticed he didnt have a watering can, so I went and bought him one.  Fiddled around, got him some upgrades, etc.  Turning level 5 I was surprised he didnt have a bear yet, either....

Then I noticed a red number 5 by his IMG bubble.  Clicked on it, and lo and behold, he had 5 quests he had not done.  The one where he gets his bear and his watering can were there, too.  He said he had no warning that he had quests.  Fiddling around more, I learned a couple of skills. Fully expected quests to pop up, but none. Then the red number appeared by the IMG bubble.

The quest alert system is not intuitive at all.  The new players can make it really far before they realize what that number means, and that there are even quests.  Is there any way to fix this so they get an alert when they get a quest?

Posted 4 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • +1
    Posted 4 months ago by Clickadee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I believe the quests do pop up, but there are so many alerts in the game that they get lost in the shuffle. I'd say rather than more alerts, have a more obvious indicator at the top.
    Posted 4 months ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I can tell you, as of earlier today, not a single one popped up on his account. Just the red numbers.
    Posted 4 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 not just newcomers. When I picked up playing again about two months ago I had a TON of quests ( 40+ maybe because I'd kept training skills thanks to the email alerts). About a week in it hit me that I hadn't accepted them, or whatever. It was slightly annoying at that point because many of them I'd completed in passing and suddenly had to actively re-do.

    If you have a new quest it should automatically go into your queue. Maybe with a newness indicator. But the red number is pretty nonintuitive.
    Posted 4 months ago by Hydi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • makes sense to me!
    Posted 4 months ago by Arietty Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 4 months ago by Misty Power Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 I have to agree, I really miss the way quests were done the old way.
    Posted 4 months ago by Sunshine Tentacles Subscriber! | Permalink