# Season of Sands Begins **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [October 7, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038 "2024-10-07T07:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tresk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tresk/32/98004_2.png) [@Tresk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tresk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/43 "2024-10-09T19:03:19Z")
> [@Kafka](#): > > Some goals will remain quite difficult because we have some really hardcore PvP players who we also want to give some lofty goals to, which does mean that there will be goals more midcore and casual players will be less likely to complete. But the idea is everyone should be able to get some Goal Rewards if they play PvP, it’s just there’s something for everyone including those really hardcore PvPers who ie. finished the PvP Season Pass in 2 weeks 🥲 (I can’t relate) Forgive me, but this is a bad idea. I say this as someone who finished the season pass in two weeks. lol Both the season pass and season goals should be able to be completed handily by “midcore” players. They should feel achievable to a reasonably active player. It’s a terrible design choice to make in unfinishable to a majority of players. A sad number of people in my guild are already writing off pvp as a “why bother?” Hard core players have the ladders and leader boards to flex on. The bonus there being (unlike the pass and season goals) competing on the ladders and leader boards is never “finished.” ---
**Author:** ![Vold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@Vold](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Vold)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/44 "2024-10-10T02:44:20Z")
> [@Kafka](#): > > Hey all, > > So when the new PvP Season started at weekly reset, everyone earned some duplicate Season Goal Rewards for the progress they’d made last Season. > > Let’s consider it a surprise early 10th birthday gift for every adventurer who has been part of our community over the years 🥳 🎉 You should just leave this “glitch” in and make it a standard reward instead. For how grindy pvp has become and the fact that over 50% of burning chests reward players with silver marks, this is the least that could be done for compensation to the player. At the end of every Season, reward those who participated and completed/reached the 180,000 VP requirement for the season reward pass with 400 souls for the current Season’s immortal. That would go a long way to show that the devs appreciate the time that players spend on this game. ---
**Author:** ![Dwuemka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dwuemka/32/67058_2.png) [@Dwuemka](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dwuemka)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/45 "2024-10-10T04:53:59Z")
> [@Tresk](#): > > Both the season pass and season goals should be able to be completed handily by “midcore” players. They should feel achievable to a reasonably active player. It’s a terrible design choice to make in unfinishable to a majority of players. A sad number of people in my guild are already writing off pvp as a “why bother?” This. Exactly this. The motivation to play more should be a positive one, a huge and worthy carrot cake on a stick. Huge effort for peanuts? Or, worse, “do this for this long, or else you won’t get this thing?” No, thank you. The jump from 180k VP needed to finish the pass and 560k VP for the seasonal goal, with no rewards between, is just too much. ---
**Author:** ![STUB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/stub/32/74879_2.png) [@STUB](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/STUB)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 7:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/46 "2024-10-11T07:25:43Z")
I totally agree with this, there seems to be a baron desert with no rewards leading up to small muddy puddle in its place there should be a oasis at the end to extinguish our scorched fingers and a hammock swinging above many burning chest where we may rest our weary eyes and warm are aching buttocks. ---
**Author:** ![Hayabusa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hayabusa/32/85130_2.png) [@Hayabusa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Hayabusa)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/47 "2024-10-14T02:28:27Z")
When will the season troops return? I’ll skip the mythic, but want the legendary troop. @Kafka ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/48 "2024-10-14T03:51:20Z")
after the next update when they can release new art batches to the game and they have to do that update to upload the next campaign, so expect it within 3 weeks or so barring delays ---
**Author:** ![Grundge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e99b99/32.png) [@Grundge](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundge)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 7:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/49 "2024-10-26T07:26:34Z")
The sad truth is that Immortal Caprichor is way better than this new one. And it’s better if your opponent uses Raqiyah since you can select to explode yellow gems to get the extra turn gem. ---
**Author:** ![Polymex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@Polymex](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Polymex)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 8:41am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/50 "2024-10-27T08:41:59Z")
How to purchase season pass for a new season? I had a pass in previous, season of ice. For this one, i can’t purchase! Any idea what’s wrong? ---
**Author:** ![DracoL1ch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dracol1ch/32/75027_2.png) [@DracoL1ch](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DracoL1ch)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/51 "2024-10-27T09:29:13Z")
God tries to stop you ---
**Author:** ![STUB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/stub/32/74879_2.png) [@STUB](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/STUB)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/52 "2024-10-27T11:15:33Z")
Give me your bank details let me try for you XD ---
**Author:** ![Polymex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@Polymex](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Polymex)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/53 "2024-10-27T15:58:03Z")
Not problem with method, im getting this message when i click to purchase: “You have no purchases remaining for this item. You cannot purchase it again this Season.” ---
**Author:** ![Polymex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@Polymex](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Polymex)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/54 "2024-10-27T15:58:49Z")
He has much better things to worry about… 😊 ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 6:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/55 "2024-10-29T06:49:51Z")
Amazing. A full season pass and season goals worth of Burning Marks used and I got a whopping 20 Immortal Raqiyah souls. So… the featured Immortal Raqiyah would be Level 1 without the included souls. Makes me inspired to buy the $10/$20/$30 Immortal Raqiyah pack to push it closer to Level 30. Sarcasm intended. Meanwhile, the game somehow shoveled me from a Lv 28 Glaycia (thanks to the end of season “bonus”) to Lv 30. Not sure if I should be happy or annoyed. > [@8.0 Update: Immortals](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-0-update-immortals/84610/1): > > Once fully levelled, any excess Immortal Souls will be automatically converted into Burning Marks, as 1 Burning Mark for every 5 excess Immortal Souls. I must say, this feels really bad. I get to sit on 6 Burning Marks, which also means it could have been 30 Glaycia Souls if I wasn’t maxed. I can’t do anything with this 6 Marks until I get another 20 failed Glaycia Souls. Definitely reassuring. ---
**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/56 "2024-10-29T10:04:03Z")
> [@TheIdleOne](#): > > I must say, this feels really bad. I get to sit on 6 Burning Marks, which also means it could have been 30 Glaycia Souls if I wasn’t maxed. I can’t do anything with this 6 Marks until I get another 20 failed Glaycia Souls. Definitely reassuring. Don’t forget the part where those 10 Burning Marks may get you yet another 10 Glaycia Souls, which get turned into 2 Burning Marks. If we set up a swear jar, we could probably buy IP2 in a couple of months. 🥴 ---
**Author:** ![CLARE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/clare/32/68377_2.png) [@CLARE](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CLARE)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/57 "2024-10-29T16:33:26Z")
this burning marks exchange rate is a ridiculous joke 🥴 ---
**Author:** ![McDoubleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@McDoubleDad](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/McDoubleDad)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/58 "2024-10-29T17:57:15Z")
Completing the Season Goals & paid Pass gets the featured Immortal to 20 so I’m not opening any Burning Chests since it’s “unnecessary” ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Tatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sister_tatz/32/100718_2.png) [@Sister\_Tatz](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sister_Tatz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038/59 "2024-12-23T06:04:46Z")
Final verdict: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/9/7/976f143c8d33170dfb46686ff8607b5bd9ea5b32.jpeg) At least 33 wasted burning chests. (Not sure how many contained silver marks though) [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/season-of-sands-begins/86038.md?page=2)