Its funny ( not funny haha but funny ironic) that a team of creative designers don't seem to understand the basic concept and attraction for players to this game.
Let me spell it out for you..D E S I G N I N G.
we want to spend time building up our rooms over time with elements we gather together from different stores and there is nothing like when it all comes together  3 months down the line when you find that perfect match somewhere to something you have always had your eye on but didn't know what to do with till now.
all that will go out the window when it becomes centered around us buying more random items under time pressure.
We are discerning and individual people with our own tastes and ideas about what our rooms should look like and while all these pre designed sets and elements are flashy/pretty they cannot replace the process of doing it for yourself through selection..just my 2 cents...taking away a big item pool with useful building elements like wall/floor pieces pillars etc to make us buy the same things just on the off chance we might need it some day is a horrible waste of money and attic space.
( which is over crowded anyway from doing the adventures where we alrdy have to accept that sometimes many of the items will never be useful to us )

If you bring items for a quest, they are important for the quest right? But wouldn't removing them after each quest mean they are part of the prizes? I don't want to pay for my prizes!

I used to think of the quest like a scavenger hunt. All the stuff we need is there and all we have to do is buy it. But they'll always be there even after the prize is won.

I've never heard of a business that doesn't care if mostly all of it's customers are unhappy. Do you want to lose the players' interest in the game?

Has anyone realized yet that this quest was inspired by "50 Shades of Grey?"

How on earth can they think that is an appropriate source material for a game that caters to young girls?

I have written and deleted so much in response to "Sarah's" reply.  I think, at this point, it's probably better if I don't say anything...because if I do, it's not going to be pretty (and I would want to swear, which I can't do.) 

My, it's been such a fun year so far on OMD, hasn't it? (<----sarcasm.)        

willowskye wrote:

Has anyone realized yet that this quest was inspired by "50 Shades of Grey?"

Having not done it no. I can not understand Feerik chosing this. Not only is it an adult book it's also a badly written book that paints an abusive relasionship as normal and good. It's a terrible thing to hold up a role model for young girls.

anyamalfoy wrote:

willowskye wrote:

Has anyone realized yet that this quest was inspired by "50 Shades of Grey?"

Having not done it no. I can not understand Feerik chosing this. Not only is it an adult book it's also a badly written book that paints an abusive relasionship as normal and good. It's a terrible thing to hold up a role model for young girls.

Isn't it, though?  And, if you're going to be inspired by a book like that, I probably wouldn't admit it to the players...as Sarah did. (Seriously, how many kids who know that this quest was inspired by that story are now going to get curious and want to find a copy of that book to read?)

I did just do the quest though (mostly because I was curious to see how this story played out), and I will admit that it's no more bad then any of the other stories they write for the quests.  In other words, it's equally as horrible as other quest stories. Lol

Seriously...girls...please don't think you need a man to be happy.  Please don't change who are you for a man, and please don't give men all the power in a relationship.

(I wish I knew why Feerik is so bent on teaching young girls that they are nothing but what a man wants them to be.  I'll never understand why they've taken this route, instead of using this platform as a way to empower young girls.)

"Seriously...girls...please don't think you need a man to be happy.  Please don't change who are you for a man, and please don't give men all the power in a relationship."

Thank you Willowskye! Well said. I have often thought the stories are skewed  in an outmoded way towards a sexist ideal.

I just don't even know what to say RE: the dollz story store closing. I wish we could buy the gifts won by completing a quest as well as specific items. Perhaps that is an idea that would "punch up" our shopping experience?

Anybody else get the idea of fifty shades of grey?

willowskye wrote:

Isn't it, though?  And, if you're going to be inspired by a book like that, I probably wouldn't admit it to the players...as Sarah did. (Seriously, how many kids who know that this quest was inspired by that story are now going to get curious and want to find a copy of that book to read?)

I did just do the quest though (mostly because I was curious to see how this story played out), and I will admit that it's no more bad then any of the other stories they write for the quests.  In other words, it's equally as horrible as other quest stories. Lol

Seriously...girls...please don't think you need a man to be happy.  Please don't change who are you for a man, and please don't give men all the power in a relationship.

(I wish I knew why Feerik is so bent on teaching young girls that they are nothing but what a man wants them to be.  I'll never understand why they've taken this route, instead of using this platform as a way to empower young girls.)

I never knew it if no one would have said it. I never really read the story line I just do the quest. This is not right for them to choose such a book.

That's why I don't read the story of quest cause I hate romance stories. Everything is about a girl who needs the man in her life otherwise she is going to die. Another storyline will be really great for once.

iklovech wrote:

willowskye wrote:

Isn't it, though?  And, if you're going to be inspired by a book like that, I probably wouldn't admit it to the players...as Sarah did. (Seriously, how many kids who know that this quest was inspired by that story are now going to get curious and want to find a copy of that book to read?)

I did just do the quest though (mostly because I was curious to see how this story played out), and I will admit that it's no more bad then any of the other stories they write for the quests.  In other words, it's equally as horrible as other quest stories. Lol

Seriously...girls...please don't think you need a man to be happy.  Please don't change who are you for a man, and please don't give men all the power in a relationship.

(I wish I knew why Feerik is so bent on teaching young girls that they are nothing but what a man wants them to be.  I'll never understand why they've taken this route, instead of using this platform as a way to empower young girls.)

I never knew it if no one would have said it. I never really read the story line I just do the quest. This is not right for them to choose such a book.

That's why I don't read the story of quest cause I hate romance stories. Everything is about a girl who needs the man in her life otherwise she is going to die. Another storyline will be really great for once.

Like the last Halloween story i endend with the girl becoming a vampire and succing her friends AND the boy she likes dry

Anyone notice that the scrolling advert for the quest has it listed as the 'weeding room'? Does that mean they are weeding out the stores? Or is this another example of their inability to properly translate items from one site to the next?

And on the topic of keeping shopping FUN by having new items...

I'm sure I'm not the only one who gets annoyed when I find a product I like and then return to the store with saved money to get it and find out - BAM - it's not there anymore because it was seasonal and I didn't even know it was. Or when a store rearranging it's aisles every year because some marketing wiz told the store they'd sell more items that way.  So when I go shopping - it's not about the FUN of searching for items that I may or may not want or need - it's about finding the items I want quickly and efficiently.  (And we've been complaining about not finding items since they changed the store layout.)

fairykisses wrote:

I have a question about this quest, did anyone else receive the elevator?
Or did you have to purchase it?

I noticed that it is in the shop for you to purchase it.

I just checked through the items I got/bought for this quest, and I don't see it in My Things.  I checked on another doll to see if it was offered as a reward, and I didn't see it there...I thought it was a reward?

Now I'm confused.  Was this supposed to be a reward or a pre-requisite that we had to buy?  I can't remember....or, is it just an item we can buy independent of the quest?

sarah wrote:

That is why we don't want to have all these items that stay for ages in that store. Plus, as many, many of you said, Dollz Story is the only store you go to to buy things. If, that store only opens now and again, maybe you'll get more interested in what's happening in the other stores! Indeed, there is no point having so many different stores if everyone is gonna go to Doll Story!!

I would honestly like to know what was going through her mind when she posted this. What is the point in having so many different stores if you only update one?
This game is just one big joke to them, that's why ive personally decided no longer to spend RL money on it. If i can afford it I will buy it, if not im sure one of my other dolls will have enough money to get it since I don't do as much with them. So tiered of all their business ideas. And the only reason I haven't left this game is because of all the wonderful dolls ive meet here. But other than that, not much excites me about this game anymore... not even the quest. Sad.

Sorry for the rant btw.

I have to wonder why with the "Walker Store" there is the added "this store will close in ______days and such and such hours & minutes"  and the "Dollz Story Store" does NOT have the same warning, alerting us to how many days we have left to buy from it.