Got locked before I could respond but, following Catherine's note:
"It's a bit thinkworthy, to consider how to preserve their limited availability since they are only available for such a short time, but make sure those interested know when it's happening."

These are limited. Yes it seems unfair most of us didn't get any. Did I get a notice ? no. Did I purchase one ? no. Would I have liked to have done so ? sure. Am I disappointed ? How about some perspective ? The statues and the nests and all the rares and limited items are out there, period.

So you not gonna pursue other puzzles and content because of the amount of complaints received over the stones.
I can certainly understand your frustrations given the amount of time and effort put into it only to have what "appears" to be a large base of upset customers.
I say "appears" for a reason.

For every customer who bothers to complain, 26 other satisfied customers remain silent.

This stat comes from standard customer statistics and any RL business manager "should" know these and others.

I'm confused.

I realize that the storyline was changed in that you no longer "had" to have dryads in order to complete the puzzle regarding the stones. However, I was under the impression the stones would be sent to us through the Official Meeroos group in a notice. I didn't receive any notice and I don't have time to keep group chat open all the time as I'm busy trying to run busienesses in sl.

Why do you release some products normally and some limited? The only thing it seems to promote is disharmony when people miss out. The dryads have been distributed in uneven numbers creating problems for people who want all 4. The flash sales leave lots of people upset that they missed out and the sharks have another opportunity to fleece other players. I have heard that one person is askng L$30,000 for the Egyptian roo statue and I thought it was bad when I saw Sulas changing hands for so much money.

Am I the only one completely confused by Catherine's latest post? I get there were issues with the stones. But the part that leaves me scratching my head is when she talks about the expansion and the core game

"So, we're going to continue developing the expansion, which was due to come with more puzzles and mysteries for the community to participate in, but to avoid further community disruption we've opted to discontinue those plans in order to work on the core game only. This, right now, seems to be the most logical step."

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Well, the dryads are here and we're hard at work piecing together their parchment for deciphering. We'll need your help! Keep warching this week for the first of the puzzles these meeroos are sure to present us!
[Quote] does this mean there is more that the dryads will be showing?

and

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What if we list all announcements that we know of here?

This way we can use it as a check in once in awhile to network the information among ourselves.

ex:
24 hour flash sales we know of
Stones Released
etc...

Possibly just keep it to this only so it stays pretty clear and easy to access and if it is announced already by another member we dont need it repeated. Jut so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle of posts.

just a thought I had the other day

Thank you for the stones and the gift. Even a non speaking english could figure it out, after some tries.

Direct question(and the followup is what sparked it)

Will the communication from Malevay and it's staff get better?

This was sparked by the stones and I think I owe it to the community to explain exactly what sparked it, for better clarification.

Puzzle was cute, and fun, in a way. I had more fun trying to help others(mostly folks who don't speak english and were having a hard time) without directly giving them any answers.

Just curious Once you Solve the Stone puzzle is there a purpose for the Gift we receive or is it just decorative?

For those wondering Yes I have solved it :)