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The Scavenger Game | HomeStation Magazine — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:06:40 +0000

[…] games.Home is already a game for a lot of people — myself included. In a previous article, The Scavenger’s Run, I wrote about how for the reward collectors of Home, collecting virtual rewards is the game. It […]

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By: BONZO

BONZO — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:29:35 +0000

I haven’t had that problem yet, but i may have just forgotten about some old reward that is gone now and i just haven’t realized it. The Tester hoodies have been clogging up my storage as well, but I still get them, the hoodies are actually the only reason i even sit through the show. I never really have been a fan so it was smart to include a reward for collecting and a reward for collecting all the hoodies. I know i wouldn’t watch otherwise, so i am sure it has drawn other collectors just for the sake of the reward. ironically I am not a pack rat in real life but i seem to be one in Home.

By: BONZO

BONZO — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:20:07 +0000

I read the article about whether spaces in home needed rewards or not, and some spaces really have been very successful at keeping the user interested and returning without them. nDreams has been very smart about updating their rewards and using the leveling up system. It is because of their rewards and the leveling up incentive i even purchased the Aurora island space at all. I could have gone with the golden clock or hoodie but i preferred to have a full space to help me level up. The level 100 reward is my next goal and i cant wait to get there. Only 15 more levels to go, but it seems interminable. There was a chamber apt. that was a giveaway sometime ago and the Batcave was also another forgotten space that was a giveaway for playing Batman Arkham City. Rewards aren’t absolutely necessary, but it helps to draw interest. I stopped racing in sodium 2 for a while till they updated the tracks and introduced the rewards. I’ve already collected them all but i still play to earn credits, and I am very anxiously anticipating the arcade mode and wonder if that will have its own rewards as well.

By: SnidelyKWhiplash

SnidelyKWhiplash — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:54:53 +0000

I, too, love collecting rewards. Even if it something I know I will NEVER use, I just HAVE to have them. If for no other reason than at some point in time I can whip one out and say, “I was here when THIS was given out. Before your time, kid.”
And like so many others, I have enough tshirts to cover a small nation. Many of them serve no purpose other than to clog up my wardrobe storage when I go looking for something I rarely use.
What bothers me even more than getting a “bad” reward, is when you discover that some, or even ALL, of your coveted rewards have suddenly gone missing. Sometimes they simply disappear because of some glitch in the matrix. Other times it is nothing so innocuous, they have been purposely removed from your account for some unknown, unexplained reason.
Regardless of the reason, I worked hard to obtain all those tshirts and assorted flotsam in my storage, please stop stealing them.

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:09:00 +0000

Though I am not much of a trophy hunter myself, I do enjoy getting the rewards in Home when they are given. When it comes to clothing I wish they would give more then t-shirts though, more variety like pants would be nice. It seems like the companions have taken over the rewards systems lately, between the Winter space and gift machine I think I got like 7 of them during Christmas season. Of all of the rewards I have had to fight for, my Salt Shooter level 50 was the hardest I think, an done that gave me a great deal of satisfaction and sense of achievement like you speak of here. Great article!

By: DaMiGiSan

DaMiGiSan — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:51:59 +0000

I completely Agree wholeheartedly with this Assessment of Home & what the ultimate Goals are.