Daily challenge streak freeze
cartermachiavelli
Dear GeoGuessr team,
as much as I enjoy playing GeoGuessr, there is a lack of a feature that urinates me off: It's the inability to freeze the daily challenge streak which is very frustrating if you can't play for a day for whatever reason.
I have been registered to numerous sites that use the streak-method to motivate people to use the app, namely:
- Duolingo
- HelloChinese
- TryHackMe
- HackTheBox
and all of these sites share the ability to reward the user with a streak freeze for either a certain level up, a certain achievement or even a certain streak length of a minimum number of days. Life goes by in unexpected ways and the guarantee of playing the daily challenge every day for a year or two to get all the achievements therefore simply cannot be reliably given, hence the implementation of a streak freeze feature.
In some of the mentioned apps up there like Duolingo you also have the ability to purchase streak freezes with diamonds. Since GeoGuessr has these shop coins, I personally see it as a necessity to implement such a streak freeze purchase possibility to reduce the amount of players that had to suffer the same frustration as me in the past, or will in the future.
Thank you for your consideration.
Best regards,
Carter Machiavelli
werdwerdus
i think it kind of defeats the purpose of the streak. but i would be OK with it, as long as your streak number has some indication that you froze or otherwise skipped some days. like as asterisk by the number or something. otherwise I think it devalues the streaks of people that have truly never missed a day.
SK
The top achievement for the Daily Challenge is 1000 days. I have been working very hard not to lose my current streak of 796 days, and so would have many other players. If this feature is introduced, it devalues the achievement for many who have already achieved it without missing a day.
Geekwhitenorth
SK Well done so far, hope you succeed getting to the 1000. You are a lot further along than I am.
I can see your point about it needs to be something achieved.
But the game is meant to be fun and all these life situations go through my mind...
....if you go on vacation and have no internet, you or a family member are ill, power failure that knocks out internet, power and cell phones for a day or something else that causes you to just plain forget.
It takes a long time to get back up to 796 days (or whatever number) and you do not get a badge saying you did 365 twice because you needed to restart.
There is also a reason all those other companies listed in this thread offer options to keep streaks alive.
They help you keep your subscription active and keep coming back.
If it happens and I miss a day I will probably check for a link for the missed day as mentioned below. If I didn't then the frustration would get to me.
SK
Geekwhitenorth Thank you. I totally get what you mean, because I lived through it. I went on vacations, had to look for cell phone coverage to get internet so I can just click 5 locations and keep the streak. It's been a nightmare sometimes.
I agree - the game is meant to be fun, and it is. But this is an "achievement". Something special. A feat, that only few get to complete. The value of having that achievement increases a lot when you had to battle every day for almost 3 years to keep it going.
I do get why other companies allow alternative ways of keeping a streak, but that to me is cheating. A streak is a streak. Getting the achievement about it should not be tainted with inconsistency, whatever the reason. This is my opinion.
Riandur
I particularly likes the idea to use in-game coins for it. It would create a use for them for people who don't care about/are happy with their avatar - and if the price is reasonable allow to disconnect for several weeks yearly which is pretty healthy.
cartermachiavelli
Riandur yeah the disconnecting option like Geekwhitenorth mentioned with xbox live is a great idea as well. At the end of of the day, GeoGuessr inspires a lot of people to travel.
Geekwhitenorth
Even Xbox rewards points has a 14 day per year thing that you can turn on and off if you know are going on vacation or you can just leave it on in case you miss one day randomly
You do not get the credit for missed days but you do not loose your streak.
Trying to reach 1000 days streak is between 2.5 - 3 years and frustrating if you miss a day by a few hours.
cartermachiavelli
Geekwhitenorth a thousand day streak? oh god
Geekwhitenorth
cartermachiavelli Yep, after you get to 365days (which I finally did a few days ago..)
The next level is 1000 days streak.
Missing a day would probably frustrate me no end.
cartermachiavelli
Geekwhitenorth congrats man, that's dedication! Personally, I failed the 30 day streak achievement twice, it's quite hard to remember to play everyday. Wish you good luck on getting the 1000!
ActionFish
Geekwhitenorth It is worth mentioning though that if you miss a day, you can still catch up the following day if you ask for the challenge link from someone. (The Reddit forum will always help you out.)