Design Notes
December 30, 2020
Donated Item of Awesomeness Update
IoDA Redemption “Undo” Phase Out
Hi everyone! This is Zohrah! A lot of you know me as the IoDA Lady. Today, I’ve asked Alina to post the next phase of the IoDA changes for me, but I wanted to write to you all myself.
First of all, thank you all for your support of the IoDA system. I’m so glad that so many of you enjoy it so much! It’s been fun and interesting helping everyone out these past 2 years!
The IoDA system was always intended to become strictly automated, player’s being able to get their own prizes, since it was conceived. It’s had to go through some seemingly wild changes to get to that point as we tested everything, from the Wheel of Doom spin security, to how to go about automating the prize placement.
On our last update, we got the automated prize placement working and out to everyone. At that time, we allowed a one time only Undo choice per account. This was due to how I had previously not awarded prizes until 24 hours after the request came in, in case players changed their mind on what they wanted.
There have never been any time limits on when you can turn these wonderful little tokens in. You have all the time you want to look at items, check the Wiki, ask your friends questions, and make a decision on what the exact item you want is.
And now for the sad news. As of February 1, 2021, we will no longer be doing any Undo requests for items you chose. Having to Undo prize placements was still a manual process, and we’ve found that it is not a sustainable option we can continue to offer. So just make sure you take as much time as you need to check… and double-check… (even triple-check!!!) the item you want before you choose it!
We will still honor any requests which come in between now and January 31st, but after that, we'll begin following this new policy and will not be able to undo any mistakes.
Please, take your time and make sure you are getting the EXACT prize you want!
Items selected will be exactly as they appear on the AQW Wiki. Items cannot be changed in any form. This means if an item is member tagged on the Wiki, it does require membership to use. If an item is listed as having a gold price, it cannot be given an AC tag.
I hope to see you all again soon on an even more exciting project!