Thanks to everyone who responded. :) I got 27 responses altogether.
Now, for the Map Clear. No one wanted the 1-15 areas, and only one person wanted the 15-25, so we'll leave those out.
For the 25-35/40 or 30-40 areas - we only got 3 or 4 interested. Despite that, I decided to go ahead and do those areas because it should be enough to at least get one group of five together. Plus, this will be more helpful for our newer members who do not yet have characters at the higher levels.
Of course, then for the higher levels, there was a lot of interest - 26/27 wanted the Cursed Shore map, 23 wanted Malchor's Leap & Straits of Devastation, 20 wanted Southsun, and so on. I copied the total responses at the bottom, if you're curious. This means that we'll start with the 25-35/40 maps and clear our way up to the level 80 maps.
Now, for timing. The three date/times I provided as options were all pretty close in preference, but people did prefer Sunday morning for the map clears going forward. That is my preference, as well. So the map clears, from levels 25 to 80, will be done Sunday Mornings at 9am server time.
For the second event, the date/times were similarly close, with the highest preference for Saturday nights, 5pm server. Since this also works out best in my schedule, we'll do the second event Saturday nights.
As for what the second event will be, most people preferred farming (16), some wanted to switch between farming and living story (12) and a few wanted Living Story (5). I also got a couple suggestions for doing traits when that comes up. What I've decided is that it'll primarily be a farming event (and that will include some of the Temples on the days we do the Orr areas), but I'll keep it flexible. Where it makes sense to do a living story event, or do some Trait hunting when it comes out, we'll do that. Or even a mix of multiple things in one event. I'll change the event description as appropriate.
I've updated the Sunday morning map clear to reflect the extended schedule, and have added a new Saturday night event starting on 4/19. We'll start with some Orr material/Temple farming in Straits of Devastation.
Rafi/KiwiKans - for the explorer achievement, I think it would be hard for a group to hunt down random places that people have missed for their explorer achievements. But I do think I will consider doing some of those mini-dungeons as part of one of the farming events. Those are often areas that people are missing for their explorer achievement. Thanks for the suggestion.
0.00%
0
3.70%
1
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Gendarran Fields (25-35)
7.41%
2
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Harathi Hinterlands (35-45)
14.81%
4
0.00%
0
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Metrica Province (1-15)
0.00%
0
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Brisban Wildlands (15-25)
3.70%
1
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Plains of Ashford (1-15)
0.00%
0
3.70%
1
11.11%
3
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Blazeridge Steppes (40-50)
29.63%
8
37.04%
10
62.96%
17
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Wayfarer Foothills (1-15)
0.00%
0
3.70%
1
14.81%
4
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Dredgehaunt Cliffs (40-50)
37.04%
10
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Timberline Falls (50-60)
37.04%
10
62.96%
17
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Bloodtide Coast (45-55)
29.63%
8
48.15%
13
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Straits of Devastation (70-75)
85.19%
23
85.19%
23
96.30%
26
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Frostgorge Sound (70-80)
59.26%
16
74.07%
20
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None of these, I don't need to do any more map clears as a group.
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0
Total Respondents: 27
» Edited on: 2014-04-01 07:55:08