A problem with WSTs.

[captainstar]

I'm having a problem with the WSTs. I don't know if it's because I'm careless, or if it's a bug. But sometimes it seems like I'm not getting the Notice of The Well... for the last two weeks at least. So I wanted to suggest some kind of warning, whether we've already done the WST or not. Leave a red sentence underneath, something like that.

 

Tks.

[Psyonico]

To get the notice, you have to have your alpha slot unlocked.

 

 Assuming you do in fact have that, then yes, a “you’ve already done a WST this week” notification of some kind would be nice, and yes, it has been brought up before.

[srmalloy]

If it's happening to you on the same character, who presumably is level 50 with their Alpha unlocked, then this 'feature' wouldn't apply, but there is a known quirk in the way you get rewards from the WST, where there appears to be a single check that controls getting the WST bonus rewards for a week. Basically, it appears that there is a flag in the character data on the server that is set when you complete a WST; this flag gets reset when the WST does. When you complete a WST, the server awards you the normal TF reward, then checks for the WST flag. If it's set, it exits there. If it's not set, you haven't received the rewards that week, so it sets the flag, awards the bonus merits, then checks the character for meeting the eligibility requirements to receive a Notice. If you are eligible, it awards a Notice. However, because the "Done the WST already?" check is performed before the "can receive a Notice?" check, you can run a WST on, say, Tuesday, finishing at level 49, and get the double merits, then ding 50 and unlock your Alpha, then run another WST on Thursday, because the check for "done the WST already?" happens first, the rewards code kicks out at that point, and you don't get the Notice, even though you didn't get one on the earlier WST, so haven't received one for the week.

[kelika2]

one week i learned that if you unlock your alpha at the exact same time you complete the WST you will not get the notice