The Holi Event is about to end. Many players were glad to see an in-game event based on a Hindu festival, while others were happy to return to individual challenges instead of community-based ones. But if we are honest, we have to admit that this second Humankind event was not without problems. Three challenges in particular were discussed at great length: Shrewd General, Smite the Wicked, and Houses of the Holi.
- Shrewd General: Forcing another empire to surrender while they have a vassal is quite achievable for most of our players, but unfortunately the AI did not pick expansionist cultures as consistently as we expected based on our own experience.
- Smite the Wicked: While getting a single Hero Badge is quite doable if you have a traitorous AI in your game, raising it to level three is much more difficult, and many players struggled with this challenge. Furthermore, some players have pointed out that the Mughals do not belong in an event themed on a Hindu festival, as they followed Islam. This was overlooked during our historical check of these challenges, and we apologize for this inappropriate choice of culture.
- Houses of the Holi: Controlling 10 Holy Sites was a reasonable challenge to most players, but we noticed several discussions about this challenge, and it appears some Holy Sites were not properly counted towards completing this objective.
As a bug affected one of the challenges and two more were more difficult than intended, we will give the full set of rewards, including the persona, to any player who has completed at least three of the six challenges by Monday, so you still have some time to finish more of the challenges if you want to. The rewards will be unlocked early next week after the event ends, and you may still see the event at this time, but challenges completed after Monday will not count towards unlocking the rewards.
Going forward, we’ll be working more closely with our VIPs to make sure that future challenges are set at an appropriate difficulty.
Thank you for your understanding,
The Amplitude Team