gold coins

[bingabonga]

hi everyone, i understand from PUZZ that the pyramid keepers now phone in to SW when they a prospective opener, check the password is 100% correct then allow the opening of the afore mention pyramid!!
hope this helps!! Bing

[haggis]

Cheers Bing

that makes sense for any unopened pyramids i.e.

[IcicMan]

Sorry for the confusion but I think Im getting close to cracking a pyramid clue but dont want to spend hours and hours travelling for a

[IcicMan]

I have not checked this site for some time ..(got brassed off with the password thing) but after all this time i cant belive that there is still not a clear understanding of the rules and procedure for getting your hands on your pyramid!

I bought mine to have fun and enjoy the possiblity of finding these coins...

Come on SW it is clear to anyone reading the post on this site and others that a clear explanation is needed.... and for goodness sake if you are going to make it so complicated I have not checked this site for some time ..(got brassed off with the password thing) but after all this time i cant believe that there is still not a clear understanding of the rules and procedure for getting your hands on your pyramid!

I bought mine to have fun and enjoy the possibility of finding these coins...

Come on!! SW it is clear to anyone reading the post on this site and others that a clear explanation is needed.... and for goodness sake if you are going to make it so complicated

[Featherbe]

Personally, I think the silver coins should be dumped, most people leave them anyway now in the hope that a new pyramid will come up close to them.
I also think that the pyramids should be hidden like the free Isis hunts and not held in shops with a password.
It should be a straight race to see who can solve the clue to the location and get to the pyramid for the gold. Whoever, finds the pyramid first claims their prize and the pyramid is removed from the map. The whole solve the password clue, with 3 attempts a week and go along to a shop and say it, I think, is lowering the Isis mystique.
Also, its not that easy to know which current pyramids require passwords and which ones have had their golds taken.

[mattyb106]

i agree.im not even sure which of the pyramids have gold in them.you work out a clue and a password only to get there and find its gone.there seems to be loads playing looking for the isis.you need to change something..

[Karen_G]

I do agree with some of the points raised too. The rules for the pyramids are not clear and the rules that have been clarified are dotted around this forum like needles in a haystack! It would be great if SW could release a rules thread, where a single post could be dedicated to the rules of the pyramids, a post for the rules of the coins, one for the ISIS and NK etc.

The password rule is a hard one, I don't know whether it is good or bad! In some ways it is good. Previously, people who were lucky enough to live within a few minutes of a pyramid were more likely to get the gold coin, than people who lived further away - so if it is just a race to get there, then living locally you would have a great advantage, which does seem unfair. So by making the clues harder and including passwords with only 3 guesses per week, it gives people who live further away a better chance. On the other hand, people like me who are useless at these word puzzle games have no chance at all! I haven't solved a single pyramid clue since the password rule was introduced , and I've been on this forum since January!

A while ago I also asked Puzz to rethink the pyramid rules, maybe release a hard clue and an easy clue on alternate months. I though it would be fair on everyone then... and it wouldn't cost SW any more money as although the easy pyramid would empty quicker, once it's empty, I think it should stay that way. Puzz said that he would think about it, so hopefully he'll come up with something soon. There are many people on this forum and it must be a very hard job to keep us all happy!

I really don't think the silver coins should be removed, when the pyramid clues were easy (back in January) , I raced to my closest pyramid and I was thrilled when I pulled out a silver coin I have a 2 year old daughter, so I'm unable to run around the country at the drop of a hat to go searching for a newly released pyramid. However I really wanted a coin to show that I had taken part in the adventure, and so the silver coin, to me, was fantastic

I do think that SW should release which pyramids have a gold coin and those that don't. Some people travel very long distances to search for the gold coins, and after so much effort to work out the clue, it must be really devastating to finally locate the pyramid, but find out someone has beaten you to it. As soon as a free ISIS is found, it is usually released on the forum asap to hopefully prevent people wasting their journey, so I don't know why the gold coins can't be monitored this way also.

Sorry, that was longer that I had planned!

Karen

[guitarstar3000]

not at all.
couldnt have put it better myself

[Featherbe]

I still think the silvers should go.

They were taken more readily when the searches began but now people leave them more. I left them when I visited the South Coast pyramid and the shop assistant said people were leaving them all the time in the hope that another pyramid came up close by in the future.
The only way they will be taken, will be when the contest draws to a close and people cash in on the

[guitarstar3000]

the thing is with this topic, everyone has a different opinion,
so pleasing everyone is really a very unlikely senario.
I think the silvers should stay. In my opinion, if i came across a silver,
i probably would carry on for the gold (maybe thats just greed - im not sure) but there are many who would be content with a silver as a nice representation of the adventure, and a nice relic to keep, with a story behind it.

I also think the password thing is good and bad. I see what SW are trying to do by making it fairer for people who live further away, but in truth its sort of blown up in their face. As so many people including myself find the password clues so insanely difficult, i think they've really narrowed their market, as someone said earlier in the thread. Which is a real shame, because that 5% is ever diminishing...

Don't get me wrong, I love the adventure, and I think it's one of the cleverest campaigns in years, but, to be truthful, if they don't either make their clues a little easier, or increase the number of pyramids around the country, i think a lot of people are getting a tad fed up...

Well, just my opinion anyway.

[haggis]

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[guitarstar3000]

but then where do you draw the line between progress or not...
nice idea but probably wouldn't work.
but that happened to me too, i was just about to make the journey to the pyramid, after having spent so much time figuring out the location and password, only to find out that the gold had gone.
eugh it was an awful feeling! all that time for nothing...

[Featherbe]

but, to be truthful, if they don't either make their clues a little easier, or increase the number of pyramids around the country, i think a lot of people are getting a tad fed up...

Well, just my opinion anyway.

I quite agree, hence get rid of the silver and put extra pyramids around the country(s) with no passwords. SW wouldn't lose out on this as they wouldn't have to pay out on 194 or so silvers. You could even, dare I say it, lower the

[haggis]

but its not just the cost to SW of the coins...
more pyramids mean that that they have to actually buy more pyramids but the real cost to SW would be time and effort to place them, negotiate with the vendor then administer the the whole process.

If the pyramids only contained 1 gold and there were no passwords then SW would be flying all over the country picking up empty pyramids and trying to relocate them constantly... certainly not a good business model

I think its just a case if getting the level of clue complexity right.

Haggis

[Featherbe]

I agree there would be a slight extra cost with the pyramids and maybe admin but the pyramids would be hidden outside rather than in shops so no vendors involved.

I would only envisage an increase of around 50% in the number of pyramids, so not too much travelling involved but, lets face it, SW expect us to travel here, there and everywhere in search...
Anyway, if the level of clue was set correctly, I don't think they would have to be jetting off all the time.