Treasure Boost: Grout

Hey there,

Well for the first time in the 6 months I've been playing, I am not impressed with you BB. Why on earth would you offer a 4 day special that the majority of users have no access to? Prolonged Treasure Search is not even available to anyone until they are level 54 or higher.

Now all my explorers are 'starred' showing that they are more efficient, when in fact they are not.

As someone who just recently turned level 50, I am finding out that I need grout more and more...and the fact that I now have to stare at this 'special' on my screen for the next 4 days when it is not something I have any possibility of being a part of, is disappointing and, well, elitist.

As a level 50 player, trying to get grout to use is basically a myth, unless I want to spend real life dollars. And yes I know I will be able to trade eggs for them at the upcoming Easter event... that is not the point. THAT is available to everyone. THIS is not.

LadyToria

Agreed with this one.. Got me all excited to see the Star, but then found out, that this special is only for the Elitest of the players..
Why? Majority of the players simply cannot enjoy this "special".. BB could have easily made it more widely applicable. I too do not understand their rationale or logic behind such things..

You should double Granite next.

I don't find it especially useful despite being able to do it anyway. This would be a nice boost during Easter when I'm actually treasure searching, but I hardly ever do those when events are not happening. I have yet to even do a prolonged search, but I might do one or two to take advantage of this, although considering the odds I'm not sure it'll matter. Still, I like that they keep offering up these limited offers, even if they are not always something I'm that interested in.

Koshko - You should double Granite next.

But only for those level 53 and under *grins*

This one might not be to your liking, but the next could be. It is better than the nothing they have offered in the past. I am liking these frequent bonuses whether or not I have a use for them.

Anywho with the low drop rate of grout, no one really benefits from this much. You are not missing out. I will keep track and we shall see how much, if any extra grout I get.

I am not sending any explorers on these searches, the grout return is too low either way - I'd rather be out looking for WC's.

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Originally Posted by KingHomer

I am not sending any explorers on these searches, the grout return is too low either way - I'd rather be out looking for WC's.

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Bingo! You all do not need to worry about losing much... Prolonged is a base 72h search, with relatively small returns for grout, *IF* you even get grout, which the return rate is not known - even on the wiki. Looks like SP might return some results later. IMO, even a science maxed Prolonged Searches are too long if your only desire was grout.

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Prolonged %

Granite 60 17.7
Platinore 30 13.3
EWL 100 17.7
MWL 40 8.8
Gold bars 150 13.3
Coins 100 2.7
Salpeter 30 13.3
Grout 30 4.4
Titanbars 30 8.8

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According to german wiki.

I have 15 explorers out doing the prolonged search all the time. Grout wasn't very high on the drop list for me. Tonight was the second time I sent them out and I only got 2 grout each time. So total of 4 drops of 60 grout. You're not missing much.

This would have been nice during Easter event, but right now I am amassing as many Woodcutters and other adventures because my explorer army (21 - soon to be 22 strong) will be doing nothing but treasure searches for eggs during the event. Don't forget to save up "books" for the new event Explorer!

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Originally Posted by TLC1

I have 15 explorers out doing the prolonged search all the time. Grout wasn't very high on the drop list for me. Tonight was the second time I sent them out and I only got 2 grout each time. So total of 4 drops of 60 grout. You're not missing much.

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I see. So, it appears that the Euro-wiki's numbers are pretty close then. Then, considering the length of the search(s), it is not really worth doing on it's own merit; only if you already send them out on prolonged anyway.

Yep..... I'll add a confirmation that prolonged searches are a waste of time, especially for grout. I started them as soon as I was able, kept track of the results and quit as soon as I realized the resources returned were laughable. Nobody's missing out with this one.

On the other hand, I'm in total agreement with SweaterPuppies. I love that BB is beginning to do limited offers on a frequent basis. I'm not gonna love every single one, but there will probably be some I'm really happy to see. This could get interesting.

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Originally Posted by Ceruhe

According to german wiki.

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Hey, thanks! With such a low % for grout, I will keep my non-lucky's on adv searches and lucky's on artifact...

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Originally Posted by Perwyn

Yep..... I'll add a confirmation that prolonged searches are a waste of time, especially for grout. I started them as soon as I was able, kept track of the results and quit as soon as I realized the resources returned were laughable. Nobody's missing out with this one.

On the other hand, I'm in total agreement with SweaterPuppies. I love that BB is beginning to do limited offers on a frequent basis. I'm not gonna love every single one, but there will probably be some I'm really happy to see. This could get interesting.

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Agreed, Wasted about 3 weeks on Prolonged after attaining the ability, only got grout once, and with only 17 explorers (14 usable for long searches), the results are disheartening. On the other hand, I agree with you that I might like next offer, and go for it. For now, business as usual.

And here are the results. Out of the 36 prolonged treasure searches I sent out.... one came back with grout. So yeah, the drop rate it low.

Yes, this particular boost catered to the high level players. I am sure the next one will be super badass awesome. Just be happy we are getting something rather than nothing. I will take my extra 33 grout that I would not have got, put it in a swimming poo, and roll around in it with joy.

Actually, not really impressed with the grout drops on the searches either. Not sure how many explorers sent out but only 1 actually brought grout in. Didnt seem doubled. Seemed like it was the nomal haul. Must be using that same system they used for the supposedly increased pumpkin drop that I never hit 60 found pumpkins on my island

I actually didn't get any grout on these searches during the double time, and I have gotten it more often before

At least you did get SOME grout. I sent all my explorers out on prolonged search more than once and none brought any grout back at all. What a sham this was lol. Before the Treasure Boost, they would at least bring back some grout, usually about 33, not much, but it was something.

To top things off the explorers that came back after this special ended... five had grout, one of them was double grout. Hooray for random number generators!

I got out 45 prolonged searches through that thingy BB did. My results. 7 finds of grout. For me that was pretty much normal ratio I seem to always have. 0-4 grout finds each run.

What I have noticed, and I plan to keep track this event, is the drop in granite and (I can't believe I'm saying this) salt peter ratios. Not to mention the drop to WT's. I used to get tons of SP and groaned about that and now it rarely drops. Titanium seems to be about the same for me, but granite on some adventures I used to be good at getting drops are now flooding me with EWL instead.