Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35148884-20190402160938/@comment-27660480-20190404162529

GINNY47 wrote: I posted this possible solution in another listing, but others commented afterwards, and I’m concerned some people who may be interested in trying this didn’t get the opportunity to read it – hence the new post.

I had the same issue as many of you with both the Guardian Quests and Desk Guardians – no reset for GQ and high hours on next GD. I used this solution on DG for a while but haven’t bothered with it much as DG rewards aren’t, in my opinion, worth the effort.

When the issue with the GQ happened, I tried it again just to see what would happen and Hey Presto it worked first time. Second day it took a couple of tries and today it took 4 attempts, but I eventually got it.

THE SOLUTION -

Ø  Reduce the game size and set it so that GQ and DG are out of sight slightly so that you can still collect trophy rewards.

Ø  Calculate the number of days/months you need to go back to cancel out the time required for DG and add 5 or 6 weeks.

Ø  TT back a little bit further than needed - I usually go to the first of the month in question or sometimes the first of the previous month depending on how close I need to set to the first. Usually I just go back to the first of the previous month.

Ø  Send out 5 or 6 weeks of gifts.

Ø  Open the gift box on send and minimise the screen

Ø  Reset the clock to auto sync and wait for it to reset to today. You can of course change the clock yourself to today’s date, but I have found that a lot less effective.

I get the impression that GQ is tied to DG as whenever it resets DG, I also get the GQ games back for that day.

Some things I should point out

Ø  the timer will start to count down when you finish GQ and next morning it will reset again to 24 hours on the GQ and untold hours on the DG.

Ø  It will probably increase the waiting time on DG – I’m now between 7000 and 9000 so I am often going back as far as March last year.

Ø  It can take several attempts and is not guaranteed to work every day.

Ø  This was done on a PC so I have no knowledge of if or how this would work on other devices.

I have only done this with GQ 3 times since it started due to RL issues, but personally I feel it is worth a try as it only takes minutes or sometimes just seconds – if it works great, if it doesn’t all I’ve lost is a very small amount of time.

Best of luck if you give it a go.

Ginny

@Ginny47, thank you for taking your time and posting a possible solution in your new thread. I hope you don't mind if I reply here, where other concerned players have already posted.

I am iOS player, who has already missed 4 GQ. I have tried to get the GQ back by doing the leaps into the past without success (similar to your advice).

The issue impacts TTers on different platform. Your solution targets Windows players.

I suppose the DG is somehow related with the trophies. When 'failed to connect to the server' occurs, the throphies AND the DG might spark in my game. If it happens, I never touch the DG, but milk the trophies only. When the DG is touched, time for collecting the next reward will be extended in the following way:

(time for collecting DG next day, hh:mm) - (time in the past, when DG had been touched, hh:mm).

TT into the future probably doesn't mess up the GQ time counter (some impacted players never do it).

However 'sparkling phenomenon' deserves our close attention. It might impact GQ, as it does for the trophies and DG. I must add that simultatious sparking happens rarely in my game. My internet connection is slow.

Once the trophies, DG and GQ had been sparking simultaneously on my map after TTing. Staying in the past, I milked the trophies, but I didn't touch neither DG nor QW. Then I set the local time. The previously proposed daily tasks had been replaced by the new ones. The next day I had any GQ, however unlike to the DG, waiting time has not been extended. The counter showed the time left to the next day usual resetting moment (<24h00min).

Another point to consider, is wither considerable TTing into the past is safe or not.

Do you notice the sparking trophies in unusual time (except for once per 12h)?

Have you ever had GQ be reset during the same 24h period of time?

How far do you go into the past?

PS. Let's check it today. I will reedit my post later.