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Notification Dot Always on Profession

MissAnnieRose — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 17:54:47 +0000

Hi guys,

I'm just wondering if anyone else is having the same issue as me and knows how to fix it! It seems that there is always the little red notification dot on the profession tab of the suitcase and on the suitcase itself. There are no lessons I can do it upgrade and it doesn't go off when I open the tab! This really doesn't work well with the Type A person that I am! Any bright ideas?

Getting Started in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, a Resource Guide

HPWUcasey — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 18:22:21 +0000

Welcome to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite! We’ve been working hard to create an exciting and interesting gameplay experience for you and we’re so thrilled to share it with you.

Because many of you may be playing Harry Potter: Wizards Unite for the first time, we wanted to consolidate a number of helpful articles to get you started.

Creating your Ministry ID: Customize your Ministry ID to bring some of your personality to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.
Navigating the Map and encountering Traces and Foundables: Learn about Traces, Foundables and how to interact with the components of The Calamity.
Replenishing Spell Energy at Inns: How to interact with Inns to replenish your Spell Energy.
Gathering Ingredients and Brewing Potions: Learn more about how Ingredients you find on the Map or gather in Greenhouses can be used to brew magical concoctions.
Fortresses and Participating in Wizarding Challenges: Join other witches and wizards in Wizarding Challenges to battle Foes and earn rewards.
Selecting a Profession and Increasing your Expertise: Learn more about how your Profession influences your combat proficiency in Wizarding Challenges and how to grow your Expertise.
Unlocking Portkey Portmanteaus: Explore the world around you to unlock Portkey Portmanteaus to use Portkeys and travel to magical places to receive rewards.
Taking AR Photos: Select fully returned Foundables to pose and take photos with using your device’s camera.

As you explore the Map and encounter Foundables, be sure to share your experience with other witches and wizards in the Community. Good luck out there and happy exploring!

What is a foundable that you caught for the first time?

patronusloner3 — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 08:55:09 +0000

What is a foundable you caught for the first time that you thought was cool?

P.S. if you choose other,explain your answer..

The Brag Board

Dogoutlaw — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 18:46:22 +0000

So, I do dog agility with one of my labs. (Tangent, if you don’t know what dog agility is, google for videos. There’s a ton and it’s loads of fun!). At some trials, we have a Brag Board. A place where we can put our achievements from the trial, big and small, and then all the competitors can help you celebrate. Not so much “bragging” as celebrating really, but that’s what we call it. It didn’t occur to me we could do that here until @Ginnungagap suggested something similar. So consider this your Brag Board. Let’s celebrate reaching achievements, prestiging, and completing gold frames! Here’s my first finished gold frame from this Thursday.

I know others have similar frames, so put ‘em up!

Brilliant Event: Stronger United Week 1

hpwulola — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 19:54:39 +0000

Hi!

Hey everyone! Week 1 of the Brilliant Event: Stronger United will start Tuesday, November 12th at 11 AM PST. There will be six Brilliant Foundables you will be looking out for! Here is where to find them:

Brilliant Oddity Encounters: Brilliant Mad-Eye Moody and Tonks
Wizarding Challenge Reward using Brilliant Event Runestone: Gethsemane Prickle
Quest Rewards: Amelia Bones and Rufus Scrimgeour
Brilliant Portkey Rewards: Kingsley Shacklebolt

The Brilliant Portkeys for this event will have a new location! Let’s see who can open one up and guess what it is first?! 🤔 Share a screenshot when you do! As a reminder, Portkeys collected during Week 1 will always give you Week 1 rewards.

Similar to the last event, we will be receiving a Bonus Assignment after the main tasks are completed! The last ones were quite challenging, best of luck to everyone!!Also, be sure to grab your free gift from Diagon Alley 🎁

Hope this helps you all prepare! Good luck 😀

Werewolves

WerewolfChaser — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 02:11:07 +0000

I checked my diary and have calculated that tonight (Monday) we should be seeing some werewolves.

Last month they started appearing at 23:00.

I go a bit crazy doing all nighters to keep the local muffles safe.

Sing out if you're also a night owl who loves them.

September Community Day Details

hpwulola — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 21:24:20 +0000

Hey everyone! Get ready to gather your friends and head out around your neighbourhood to help contain the Calamity and return rare Foundables to their rightful place during this month’s Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Community Day! On September 21, you'll have a chance to make progress on your Mysterious Artefact Registry Family page by returning rare Mysterious Artefact Foundables with the help of some special bonuses.

For the duration of Community Day, you will receive the following bonuses:

Free Diagon Alley Bundle!!
Spell Energy will appear on the Map ⚡️
Mysterious Artefacts, including rare Foundables such as Hermione’s Time-Turner , will appear more frequently
All Exstimulo Potions will have increased effect in Combat and Encounters
All Exstimulo Potions brew times will be reduced by 50%
All Exstimulo Potions Master Notes will decrease brew time by 50% instead of 15%
Increased Spell Energy from Inns

See below for when this Community Day event will take place in your region:

Asia-Pacific region: September 21, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. AEST (UTC +10)
Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India: September 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. UTC
Americas and Greenland: September 21, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. PDT (UTC -7)

Have fun and see you out there! 😀

Doxy droppings and Werewolves hair

SageWyze — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 20:26:53 +0000

Does anyone know where to find these for SOS ?

Recover account?

Ometz — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 04:00:40 +0000

As I was walking around my neighborhood tonight, an error message popped up that said I was signed out. Now when I open the app it wants me to enter my birthdate and start over. Is there a way to recover my account?

SUGGESTION BOX

DoraDorado — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 12:39:33 +0000

Hi! I am new :-) is there a suggestion box somewhere? If not, I’m just going to leave a suggestion here:

How about when a plant is ready to be picked in the greenhouse, everyone who contributed gets an announcement and has a window of time to request that the plant be delivered by owl for a fee? I don’t live in an urban area, and it’s really hard for me to get back to greenhouses every few hours. There needs to be an option to have them delivered to you. Thanks!

Mystery Objects - Achievement Task Error

Burnturrek619 — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 19:15:27 +0000

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Hey everyone,

I have collected all the 45 Mystery Objects and my Achivement Task "Mystery Objects Found I" shows 2/10 progress. I just want to know if this issue is being looked into.

The 2 count is for the London Five and Redacted Report which i received after the fix.

Family sharing /Apple ID/Child account

Tispy — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 13:15:48 +0000

Hey all-

I’ve contacted help but their answers do not address the actual issue my child is having. She has her OWN APPLE ID but is a minor in a family sharing group - I do NOT know if that is related to the issue or not. All Help/Support keeps saying is have her use her own ID (which she IS) or to contact Apple Support. Not helpful.

She is unable to use her coins to purchase anything- no rental cauldron (she’s level 9) no keys, she can’t even collect the complimentary gifts that are offered during special events.

Anyone else have this issue? What did you do to solve it?

🔮 WITCH & WIZARD ROLL CALL 🔮

ItsThePretender — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 17:39:47 +0000

It's time to check in to Hogwarts!

In the replies, introduce yourselves to your fellow witch and wizards following this guide:

• Level

• House

• Profession

• Wand Description

• Favorite Spell To Cast

• Least Favorite Spell To Cast

• Favorite HP Character

• One Interesting Fact About You

• Friend Code

Lack of inns greenhouses and fortresses

EG16 — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 17:14:52 +0000

I am from India and live in a town . There is no inn or greenhouses or fortress within atleast 30 km radius of my town .

It's hard for me to complete challenges and keep up with spell energy .

I m a die hard Potterhead and i dont want to miss out this game due to this. Kindly see to it

Welcome to the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Community!

HPWUcasey — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 18:21:21 +0000

We are so excited to welcome you to the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Community! This post is intended to be a guide of sorts, a way to help you understand the goals and intentions behind the creation of this Community.

We decided to launch it with the intention of bringing Harry Potter: Wizards Unite players from across the world together to connect, chat and share their experience playing the game. This community will also be a place that you can look to find information about launches, release notes, updates on emerging and known issues and to ask questions of one another.

Some information from your Ministry ID will automatically be uploaded into your Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Community profile. For now, this information includes your Code Name (which will serve as your Community name).

The Harry Potter: Wizards Unite team is also active on this channel and will occasionally drop into discussions to share our thoughts or provide an answer to a question. We’ll also be using the Community as a place to make announcements and provide additional details on upcoming events, features and more.

This isn’t intended to be a replacement for your favorite social network or chat app, we’ll still be making announcements, answering questions and more on Twitter, Facebook and Reddit, but this Community will serve as another, “official” place for you to discuss Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.

Please note that the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Community is intended for gameplay discussion only. While we love discussions around other Wizarding World titles and Harry Potter content, please keep conversations in this Community on the topic of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.

Thanks again for joining us and we look forward to connecting with you!

Landmarks

Acumen — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 20:40:12 +0000

Another community member, @Lucoire, has written a more comprehensive post to explain the mechanics behind all the different locations you'll spot on the map. You'll find that here:

Frequently asked Questions, that this thread will answer:<\/h3>

Why are there so few Inns\/Greenhouses\/Fortresses where I live?<\/li>
What do I need to do to get more Inns\/Greenhouses\/Fortresses?<\/li>
The place that an Inn\/Greenhouse\/Fortress was created at, is no longer there, how do I fix that?<\/li>
An Inn\/Greenhouse\/Fortress is at an incorrect location, how do I fix that?<\/li>
How do I get more Inns\/Greenhouses\/Fortresses in my Area?<\/li>
Why are the Inns\/Greenhouses\/Fortresses in such weird places?<\/li>
What side-effects can occur when new Inns\/Greenhouses\/Fortresses are added or when old ones are removed?<\/li><\/ul>
Basics:<\/h3>
What is a Point of Interest (aka POI)?<\/h4>
Niantic specializes in Augmented Reality Games, games that take part in the "real world" but that enhance the real world by adding new things or by giving additional features to already existing things.<\/p>
This overlap between the "real world" and the "game world" falls in 3 categories:<\/p>
- Stationary, single point<\/li>
- Stationary, area<\/li>
- non-stationary<\/li><\/ul>
  The stationary "single point" overlaps are called "Point of Interest" (aka POI). These are objects that exist in the real world but that are given additional features and abilities in the game world. Take Inns for example, in the real world it might be a statue but in the game world it's a building where you can get more Energy.<\/p>
  Stationary "area" overlaps are called "Area of Interest" (AOI). These are places that just like POI, exist in the real world but are given additional features and abilities in the game world. Take "Care of Magical Creatures"-Landmarks for example, in the real world it might be a park but in the game world it's a place where you can find far more Encounters of the Category "Care of Magical Creatures"<\/p>
  What are S2 Cells?<\/h4>
  In order to coordinate efforts in the world, a somewhat universal coordination system. And while "GPS" is a nice and very precise measuring system, there are problems and situations that require a systematic approach to "cluster" areas together.<\/p>
  The S2 library defines a framework for decomposing the unit sphere into a hierarchy of cells<\/em>. Each cell is a quadrilateral bounded by four geodesics. The top level of the hierarchy is obtained by projecting the six faces of a cube onto the unit sphere, and lower levels are obtained by subdividing each cell into four children recursively.<\/p>
  Notice that the cell edges appear to be curved; this is because they are spherical geodesics<\/em>, i.e., straight lines on the sphere (similar to the routes that airplanes fly).<\/p>
  Each cell in the hierarchy has a level<\/em>, defined as the number of times the cell has been subdivided (starting with a face cell). Cells levels range from 0 to 30. The smallest cells at level 30 are called leaf cells<\/em>; there are 6 * 430 of them in total, each about 1cm across on the Earth’s surface.<\/p>
  (source: http:\/\/s2geometry.io\/devguide\/s2cell_hierarchy.html<\/a>)<\/p>
  How did the current state of the Augmented Reality World of Niantic came to be?<\/h3>
  Field Trip<\/h4>
  The very first App that Niantic created was called "Field Trip", one of the very few aimed specificly at the Google Glass System. <\/p>
  Field Trip acts as a "virtual tour guide" - using the user's location in order to recommend nearby landmarks and various points of interest, providing information about them ranging from historical tidbits to restaurant reviews. Upon approaching such points of interest, in-app "cards" would pop up with information regarding the location. The application also allows its users to customize the app's features, whether it to adjust the frequency of notifications or to prefer certain types of locations.<\/p>
  (source: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Field_Trip_(application)<\/a>)<\/p>
  During that phase, a basic database of "POI" from - as John Hanke himself explained in a CNN-Interview in 2013 - 130 different sources.<\/p>
  Ingress<\/h4>
  Once the database was sufficiently filled with POI, Niantic created a game called Ingress. Without going so much into detail about the gameplay, in the early stages of the game the players themselves could suggest new POI. Additionally, players could submit new Photos to already existing POI, ask for a changed name, description or even location of an already existing POI. Niantic themselves would then review those and then either reject the submission or add it to their database. When the number of Submissions reached a level that Niantic could no longer handle, they quietly ceased to review the submissions.<\/p>
  Later, around 2017 or 2018, Niantic redesigned that review-system and came up with reasonably-clearly defined rules for what a "good" (and therefore acceptable) POI is and what a "bad" (and therefore rejectable) POI is. Most of these rules are in the area of the players themselves, there are however also rules that Niantic themselves enforce.<\/p>
  According the these rules, a good POI is:<\/p>
  A place with a cool story, a place in history of educational value
  Interesting Story behind the Location\/Object<\/li>
  Signboards with educational Information<\/li>
  Historic Significance (apart from just being old)<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
  A cool piece of art or unique architecture
  Statues, paintings, mosaiks, light instalations, etc<\/li>
  Venues that showcase fine art (e.g., performance art theaters and museums)<\/li>
  Buildings designed by renowned architects\/structures famous specifically for their architecture<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
  A hidden gem or hyper-local spot
  A popular local spot that you would take a friend visiting your community for the first time<\/li>
  A popular spot where locals gather, but maybe be lesser-known outside of the community<\/li>
  Tourist spots that showcase local flavor and culture and that make your city\/neighborhood unique<\/li>
  More off-the-beaten-path tourist attractions (i.e. if you weren’t a local, you wouldn’t necessarily know to go here)<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
  Adventurous tourist attractions - think lookout towers, observatories, signs or markers atop mountain peaks, etc.<\/li>
  Public parks
  Public parks are great, high-quality places for POI: they are common all around the world and encourage players to walk, exercise and enjoy public spaes<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
  Public libraries
  A nod to education and discovery, cornerstones of Niantic and Ingress<\/li>
  Includes little free libraries, provided they are not on private residential property; does not include mobile libraries<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
  Public places of worship
  A nod to the otherworldly, which is integral to the story of Ingress<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
  Transit stations
  A nod to the transportation industry, which also connects and unites people around the world<\/li>
  Transportation hubs (like Grand Central Station); but not every single small transit stop (like a subway station or bus stop)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>
  Low quality candidates or explicitly blacklisted Objects are:<\/p>
  Candidates on the Ground of primary\/secondary schools (K12-Schools)<\/li>
  Candidates on Private, single-family residential property (including farms) - gated communities however are fine<\/li>
  Candidates that obstruct the driveway of emergency services and may interfere with the operation of
  Fire stations<\/li>
  Police Stations<\/li>
  Hospitals<\/li>
  Military bases<\/li>
  Industrial sites<\/li>
  Power plants<\/li>
  air traffic control towers<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
  Candidates that are not permanent, including seasonal displays that are only put up during certain times of the year<\/li>
  Candidates that are natural features (Includes pictures of landscapes as well as submissions where the subject is a lake, river, stream, mountain, volcano, waterfall, etc.; photos that include man-made points of interest - plaques, signs, etc. - near natural features are acceptable)<\/li>
  Candidates with pictures of people that can be recognized, pictures that are from a third party source (shows a watermark) or are low-quality (pitch-black, blurry, through dirty glass)<\/li><\/ul>
  (source: https:\/\/opr.ingress.com\/help<\/a>)<\/p>
  Rules that Niantic themselves enforce are centered around "POI"-density. Except for very old POI, new ones need to have a certain minimum distance and additionally, the number of POI that are allowed in a given S2-Cell is limited (only 1 POI per L19 S2 Cell, if my memory serves me correctly).<\/p>
  Niantic has dubbed this new Review-System "Operation Portal Recon" (aka OPR). It can be used by Ingress-Players of Level 12 that have successfully completed a test to check that they understand aforementioned rules.<\/p>
  In 2018\/2019, Niantic has also moved the "Edit"-Submissions to OPR - these include changes of Name, Location and Description.<\/p>
  Pokemon Go<\/h4>
  When Niantic released the Game Pokemon GO in 2016, there was an unbelievably huge increase in popularity. People started to take notice and the sheer mass of people that suddenly moved around following the directions of their smartphone started to annoy and offend a lot of people.<\/p>
  Especially Churches, Cemetaries and Historic sites connected to war-attrocities have asked Niantic to help - and Niantic responded by removing the corresponding POI.<\/p>
  This has also led to Raids in Gym's (a special type of POI in PoGO) to be shut down at night to ensure that players don't violate the peace of nearby residents.<\/p>
  In 2019, Niantic also allowed Pokemon-Players who had reached the maximum Level of 40 to submit new POI.<\/p>
  What's also interesting is that Pokemon GO has 2 different types of POI: <\/p>
  Gyms - competitive aspects of the game, as they can be conquered for a faction (similar to Fortresses)<\/li>
  Pokestops - regular sources of Items (similar to Inns)<\/li><\/ul>
  Pokemon GO has more restrictive rules when it comes to POI - only 1 per Level 17 S2 Cell (where Ingress is at 1 per L19 S2 Cell). Gyms are determined by Level 14 Cells:<\/p>
  1 POI is always a Pokestop<\/li>
  2-5 POI means, that one of them is a gym<\/li>
  6-19 POI means that two of them are gyms<\/li>
  20-34 POI means that three of the are gyms<\/li>
  35-64 POI means that four of them are gyms<\/li><\/ul>
  There are more rules to this but they might not be that interesting\/important for WU.<\/p>
  Wizards Unite<\/h4>
  Released in 2019, the game is the first of Niantic's games (so far) without PVP. It also has it's POI-Density rules closer to Ingress than Pokemon - meaning more POI than Pokemon but fewer than Ingress.<\/p>
  What's interesting and noteworthy however is that the type of Inn is determined by Level 15 Cells. That means that once new POI are added or once POI are removed, the given Inn-Type of a specific Cell might change.<\/p>
  TL;DR<\/h2>
  POI have come initially from Frieldtrip and then new ones were submitted by Ingress Players of Level 10+. Recently PokemonGO players (L40) were allowed to submit.<\/li>
  POI Submissions have originally been reviewed by Niantic but are nowadays reviewed by Ingress-Players (L12+, restrictions apply).<\/li>
  POI can be "reported" (submitted for deletion) & "edited" (location, name, description, photo) by Ingress Players of all levels. Reports are reviewed by Niantic, edits are - for the most part - reviewed by Ingress Players.<\/li>
  The Type of a POI is determined by the density of POI in a given Level 15 S2 Cell<\/li>
  There are very specific rules for what an appropriate POI is and what isn't.<\/li><\/ul>","bodyRaw":"[{\"insert\":\"Frequently asked Questions, that this thread will answer:\"},{\"attributes\":{\"header\":{\"level\":3,\"ref\":\"\"}},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Why are there so few Inns\\\/Greenhouses\\\/Fortresses where I live?\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":{\"depth\":0,\"type\":\"bullet\"}},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"What do I need to do to get more Inns\\\/Greenhouses\\\/Fortresses?\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":{\"depth\":0,\"type\":\"bullet\"}},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"The place that an Inn\\\/Greenhouse\\\/Fortress was created at, is no longer there, how do I fix that?\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":{\"depth\":0,\"type\":\"bullet\"}},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"An Inn\\\/Greenhouse\\\/Fortress is at an incorrect location, how do I fix that?\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":{\"depth\":0,\"type\":\"bullet\"}},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"How do I get more Inns\\\/Greenhouses\\\/Fortresses in my Area?\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":{\"depth\":0,\"type\":\"bullet\"}},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Why are the Inns\\\/Greenhouses\\\/Fortresses in such weird places?\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":{\"depth\":0,\"type\":\"bullet\"}},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"What side-effects can occur when new Inns\\\/Greenhouses\\\/Fortresses are added or when old ones are removed?\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":{\"depth\":0,\"type\":\"bullet\"}},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Basics:\"},{\"attributes\":{\"header\":{\"level\":3,\"ref\":\"\"}},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"What is a Point of Interest (aka POI)?\"},{\"attributes\":{\"header\":{\"level\":4,\"ref\":\"\"}},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Niantic specializes in Augmented Reality Games, games that take part in the \\\"real world\\\" but that enhance the real world by adding new things or by giving additional features to already existing things.\\nThis overlap between the \\\"real world\\\" and the \\\"game world\\\" falls in 3 categories:\\nStationary, single point\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":{\"depth\":0,\"type\":\"bullet\"}},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Stationary, area\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":{\"depth\":0,\"type\":\"bullet\"}},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"non-stationary\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":{\"depth\":0,\"type\":\"bullet\"}},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"The stationary \\\"single point\\\" overlaps are called \\\"Point of Interest\\\" (aka POI). 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This post will focus specifically on Areas of Interest (AOI), known in HPWU as landmarks.
For players who aren't already aware, landmarks are visible on the map as flags. If you stumble upon a Hogwarts School flag, Foundables from that family will spawn more frequently in that area. There's no official guide, or at least none that I'm aware of, but players have done a pretty good job at identifying where you're most likely to find each landmark based on observation alone. Here's a graphic you can save for reference. You might find a couple specific landmarks outside of the usual locations described here, but it's been accurate in my experience.

Another great resource to help you find all the landmarks, fortresses, greenhouses, and inns in your area is the WU World Map. There are a couple live maps out there, but I like the one hosted by GamersGuide best. You can filter by location type and even set timers on greenhouses where you've planted ingredients. It's updated by players, so it may not be entirely accurate for your area. However, you can log in and add new locations to the map or edit existing locations which have yet to be properly identified by type.
https://www.gamersguides.gg/wizards-unite-map/
If you have questions about landmarks or other locations, feel free to tag me in the comments. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, so I may not have the answers you seek, but I can probably get you pointed in the right direction. 😁
Good luck out there!

Forum Fun: What is the funniest Foundable screenshot you have?

hpwulola — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:05:18 +0000

Following @Osprey1's fun game idea with this new prompt - I want to see all your hilarious screenshots! I've seen some posted here and there, but let's collect them in a thread 😁Give a thumbs up to the ones you find particularly amusing!

Conspiracy theory

LeFayeofAlbion — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 22:29:43 +0000

@HPWULola is actually Constance Pickering!

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daily assignment to dine at 2 inns [and/or greenhouses]

kiheikid — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 07:33:43 +0000

thank you for the change in 2.5.0 that allows greenhouses to ****-feed spell energy (so far, i have seen 2 or 3 or 4 spell energy units available with each greenhouse spin)

this goes a LONG way for us folks in rural areas with more greenhouses than inns

the daily assignment still contains a task to dine at 2 inns (with rewards of 3 granian hairs) but feeding on spell energy from the 2.5.0 improved greenhouses still does not count toward fulfilling this task

may i suggest please that this task be re-worked such that dining at 2 inns and/or greenhouses in any combination will count toward completion of such task ??

otherwise, we folks far away from inns will still have to travel greater distance to dine at inns even though we can **** feed for energy at

Brilliant portmanteau issue

Fiorelily — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 06:11:12 +0000

When I started the brilliant event, I had one 10k portmanteau in progress, "keyed," as it were. Then as the event got underway, I picked up several more. I key them as soon as I get them, including two event 7k portmanteaus. They were all (seven in total, including the 10k) completed by the time I hit to the five portmanteau opened requirement. I hadn't opened them yet because someone mentioned saving them until that requirement. However, I opened all of them after I got the requirement and none of the seven portmanteaus counted toward the requirement. I was under the impression, based on comments here and reddit, that they had to have been started after the event began, but six of my portmanteaus fit that requirement. So, is this an error that needs fixing? Or does the requirement need clearer wording?