Changes to Major Drills Quest Pool

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Major Drills quest pool has been updated! Throughout the year you have a slight chance of obtaining a retired item or an anniversary item from any previous anniversary.

For the rest of our 10th anniversary, however, you have a better chance of grabbing old anniversary items, especially the Ninth Anniversary Gift Bag!

In honor of this change, Major Drills has reset his quests. Enjoy going through his special brand of torture again!

Posted by SubetaTeam

09/12/14 5:40 pm Leave Comment

MrCool 09/12/14 11:22 pm

I only got one 9th anniversary bag in 10 quests, but I can't complain about that when I also got two SBQ items!

~~TJPanda~~ 09/12/14 10:47 pm

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I stopped doing Major's quests a long time ago because they became boring for me with the highest respect. All he ever asks me for is play that harpooning game and I can never find the critters he's looking for XD. I can go game after game and not find a single creature to count towards his quests so I end up failing them XD. Maybe I'll be fortunate this time and perhaps he will pick something fun to do. The quest prizes do look amazing so I may try Major's quest line again for the fun of it. Thank you kindly ^_^.

PinkiePie 09/12/14 10:41 pm

I am super happy about the reset, but now I am not receiving any of his game prizes?? Like the canes, hats, etc..

Natasha 09/12/14 10:15 pm

Yesssss this is great thank you!

Skolletta 09/12/14 9:16 pm

Well, this is kind of lame. I already had 71 bags in my gallery and more than enough of the prizes from them. :c Here's hoping for some retired items.

Amber STAFF 09/12/14 9:09 pm

I'll look into what new tasks we can add to him! <3

Tucker 09/12/14 9:05 pm

You can have this one - I guess you've earned it.

Ninth Anniversary Gift Bag

Oh gods. Flashbacked to last year. :( lmao The Major needs some more tasks.

Amber STAFF 09/12/14 8:39 pm

During the anniversary, yes Bathory. :)

Austria 09/12/14 8:31 pm

Man I haven't done any of his quests since that one event where we had to do them for some reason (what even was that? oO) And I still have 75 Ninth Anniversary Goody Bags in my vault. >>;

Bathory 09/12/14 8:28 pm

Amber is the 10th anniversary cakes from the token shop supposed to be in his prize pool?

Carpathia 09/12/14 8:20 pm

Figured as much but wanted to be 100%! He's where many of my retired SubQs came from. Just got a wear I didn't have as well so another plus!

CassieFenix 09/12/14 8:11 pm

Wow, I NEVER do his quests... Too many times he's asking me to do stuff I an't do anyway... Thanks anyway.

Silvanesti 09/12/14 8:10 pm

So I think there might be a problem with the quests. It's very weird, I went to do mine, it asked for me to fragmentize 10 crystals and when I went back it also wanted me to feed my pet something (but this had not been there before). I'm gonna see if it happens again, and if it does I'll probably post in the bugs forum, but just letting you know it might be a bit weird now.

Digitalis 09/12/14 7:50 pm

I got a retired Costume Trunk item from him :,D That, to me, is quite entertaining. :,D

Silvanesti 09/12/14 7:49 pm

Tried a few, getting an anniversary item almost every time, that's more like it. Not all bags, which is fine, I got one but I am getting things other than canes and plugs which makes the quests more interesting to me.

Amber STAFF 09/12/14 7:48 pm

Retired SBQ is part of retired items! ;)

Carpathia 09/12/14 7:43 pm

THIS is what I'm talking about! Hope the retired SubQs are still in!

Arkanea 09/12/14 7:35 pm

"Delete 2 Free Beers from your inventory." I see whatchya doing 8D

Digitalis 09/12/14 7:29 pm

2 Drills quest and got a 9th Anniversary Bag :D After pulling only his items prior.XD

Pistachio 09/12/14 7:29 pm

so confused when quests reset as i was in the middle of one, I had managed to get one bag but otherwise regular stuff out of maybe 10 quests

Aurafly 09/12/14 7:27 pm

Thank you so much! <3

Got a bag, a mask, and a minion!

Amber STAFF 09/12/14 7:27 pm

Sorry again guys! I'm going to do a #siteupdates thing in a second to let everyone know about quest resets/prizes. :)

Shantal 09/12/14 7:24 pm

Thank you! :heart:

bracket 09/12/14 7:23 pm

I'm at 9/30 and pulled a forth anniversary sticker!

tighnari 09/12/14 7:22 pm

Thank you so much for checking it again, Amber. I knew something wasn't right!

Britney 09/12/14 7:22 pm

I got a ninth goodie bag and a Red Sixth Anniversary Bear
so far ehehe

Senti 09/12/14 7:21 pm

@Amber Thank you :)

Amber STAFF 09/12/14 7:21 pm

(If you guys are getting it now, it's because Keith got the server to pull at last after sitting there for a good 5 minutes pushing the script over and over to get it to go haha)

Amber STAFF 09/12/14 7:20 pm

I'm working with Keith right now. There could be an issue with the servers to where the file didn't update on the actual site (not an issue on our end, but with the actual server providers), which is why it worked fine on Grace's Dev earlier when I tested this (because I promise I got things other than his special prizes, guys. it was glorious! bags and common items and a retired one).

Looks like we will be resetting the quests for you guys soon! Sorry. :(

MikiDaCrow 09/12/14 7:20 pm

out of 15 quests thus far, I have gotten mostly his usual dross, and just got this You can have this one - I guess you've earned it.

Ninth Anniversary Gift Bag

so it IS happening, just not as frequently as some might like.

~~Butterflies~~ 09/12/14 7:19 pm

I just got a Second Anniversary Goodie Bag - yay thank you so much ^^

Senti 09/12/14 7:18 pm

all I got was junk from him :(

Ferinsy 09/12/14 7:18 pm

40% of chances? LOL if at least 10 users did more than 15 quests and got no anniversary items, sounds there are no new prizes.
I mean, I know the users posting are a low number, but WOW, 40% of chance is huge, so we should get at least one anniversary item at each 10 quests (assuming that we are REALLY unlucky)

Damon 09/12/14 7:16 pm

Thank you Amber.

Ferinsy 09/12/14 7:16 pm

Are you guys sure the chances are A LOT higher than the normal? Because I got only junks

Amber STAFF 09/12/14 7:11 pm

I'm retesting the quests, guys. They worked fine grace's dev earlier, which is why I've been defending everything. I've also seen the math for the code. It should all work. If I don't get something outside of Drills quests on the main site, I'll get a programmer to reset the quests (again) for you guys.

SpiderfromMars 09/12/14 7:06 pm

I for one am not happy about how drills is performing today. I don't appreciate being told he is fixed only to find that he OBVIOUSLY is not. 16/30 quests and only junk.

tighnari 09/12/14 7:04 pm

Personally I'm not going off of who is posting in the news, I'm going off of the people in the SB who are doing Drills and are getting absolutely nothing. There were several people in there doing them at the same time and no one got a bag or any other non-Drills item.

Silvanesti 09/12/14 7:03 pm

@frafty
That was the first quest I got. UGH. I hate HL... I actually don't find his quests all that fun to be honest and if the chances of getting a useful item is that low I'm just not gonna bother doing them. I did all my regular quests so that's good enough for me.

Keith STAFF 09/12/14 7:02 pm

Hey everyone - just checking in to say that I've verified that the chances are correct. Please remember that when you say things like "no one has gotten a prize" you mean "of the people who've posted on the news, who are a very very small amount of people who have done the quests, no one has said that they've gotten a prize" - that isn't the same thing.

frafty 09/12/14 6:58 pm

I'm glad to know someone got a bag! That makes me happy. I was just unlucky today in my 30 quests. At least he didn't send me to harpoon leviathans. That is a plus.

Shantal 09/12/14 6:58 pm

:/ finished the Drills quests and didn't get anything but his old junk items.

Amber STAFF 09/12/14 6:54 pm

Not every user who is completing the Drills quests are posting here, User not found: tarawr. I've tested this and gotten at least one bag from it. A chance does not mean it's a for-sure thing that you'll get the items.

I've messaged a programmer though about possibly getting more things included, like a chance of a questpoint/andor sP at times instead of an item. I am reading the feedback people are giving and want to make the quest worthwhile. Maybe we can start to phase out some of his special items for a while, since they've been given out for quite a while now.

Skree 09/12/14 6:50 pm

The thing is... you claimed 40%, then said it wasn't a very high chance of getting anything outside of the ordinary drills trash.... IF it was truly 40%, then SOMEONE would have gotten something other than his usual junk by now... and so far, no one has.

tighnari 09/12/14 6:48 pm

So are we no longer going to be able to get holiday items from Drills? I always liked being able to get a holiday item from him every now and then.

Also, siding with everyone else. Haven't seen a single person actually get something other than Drills items yet so I'm not convinced he's fixed.

Day 09/12/14 6:47 pm

I'm at 23/30 so far, and still nothing but the regular Drills stuff.

Natsume 09/12/14 6:46 pm

This might be good if all his special items and regular items weren't deflated :C
He also doesn't give out SP so I just keep spending and getting junk. XD Maybe I'm just unlucky.

Amber STAFF 09/12/14 6:44 pm

I'm not sure what you mean, @Tarawr. I don't want people to assume that they'll get a bag every other time thing complete one of his quests (which is what I would consider an extremely high chance). People have asked us to bring back the ninth goodie bag this year (since the only way of getting it was last year through drills), and Ariel and I thought it'd be nice to have a way to get all the old old anniversary items for collectors. The chances aren't extrememly high, but they aren't super low like the retired items (because you have a chance to get any retired item, including SBQ, from drills).

Damon 09/12/14 6:40 pm

Meh didn't get ANY retired items, goodie bags... nothing but junk. Thanks a lot Drills... and I used to like doing your quests too. :(

Skree 09/12/14 6:38 pm

"(We are monitoring how many of the bags go out and will adjust the chances accordingly; we don't want a ton going out, so the chances aren't extremely high)"

So... why even mention it if its not much of a chance? Why not let people figure it out on their own?

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