[Feedback] Dev Diary Easter 2018

I like the idea of the spring park.. I love the new geo...

the spring park got a negative vote cause the cool down time is way too long... enough time to forget to use it.

The easter basket got a negative vote - cause while i DO want a building achievement (and better a residence). I want a UNIQUE building.... not .. another basket.

Overall... i think there should have been easier ways for lower levels to get the MMA... and i dont see the point of offering non-improved buildings, when improved exist (watermills)

Lastly - the topiary suffers the same fate as the easter basket - its not unique...

JMHO

regarding the quests chains.. there was one were we had to build up 50 settlers... this used to be a piece of cake.. but with Easter you are adventuring - a LOT ... and each adventure Refills settlers (a good many do)... i had to send all my loot to star for a day to accomplish that quest ... then drag it all back to mayors.

Finding ore deposits is silly - many of us have indy or special mines... have gone to the trouble of finding quality spots... only to have to tear that down / loose those spots... just for the quest. You can change it to Search instead of Find if you must have a geo quest in there.

ciara

I have enjoyed the Spring Event very much.

--I enjoyed running co-ops as I normally do not do those, and made more friends
--I am happy with the rewards offered, but would have liked more than two improved silos and two floating houses
--It was great we could get eggs from many more adventures plus scenarios and expeditions--very nice

--In the quest lines, some of the resources we have to turn over are rather harsh plus I don't like having to use up a deposit in order to find one

I would VERY much like to use my extra achievement points to raise the level of the older (2015) Easter Basket.

Thanks for an overall great event!

Holistar

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Originally Posted by AstrumLuxLucis

Currently I run my Iron Mines constantly at L1 with 100% Buffs, except the 800cap ones on the Arch, which I run at L2 with 100% Buffs. With no Iron usage, this gives me about 10k surplus Iron per day.

So I take my two new Geos, max them out for Iron Mines, then run them around my Island as the existing Mines run out...

This gives me a whack of 1000/1100+ Mines I can run at L2 with 100% Buffs, and the 1700+ ones on the Arch at L3 with 100% Buffs. I'm already up over 7,000 *additional* Iron surplus *per day* (17,000 total) on Mines that run out on about the same schedule as the old ones. That's a 70+% bonus on my Iron production. Plus that now frees up more Jollys to hunt for other stuff. I'm already seeing more Geos sitting around because everything is found faster.

How is this supposed to make me sad? O.o

Maybe the Test ones were better/different, but these ones are okay. Better than some of the near useless/drastically overpriced stuff we've had in the past.

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I'm much in agreement here. iron deposits are coming in at 1,000 to 1,600, so they last twice as long. Fewer geos are spent looking for iron less often, leaving them open for other chores. Booking my iron geos up, they find two iron deposits at once fairly often and can find find an extra iron mine on occasion as well as mined iron. I run my iron mines at level 2, buffed, and the deeper deposits keep them running. Bottom line: my iron mines are running longer and more often now and I like it.

An extra problem the iron geos solve is that Arctic and industrial iron mines from loot are now worth it. With smaller deposits, they run out and the down time subtracts from their worth. Now, they're good for long enough that the long down time can be avoided.

All the specialists are tools and, when used properly, can be lucrative and supplemental to your game. Never let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Yes lets reduce the cool down time

Overall have enjoyed the event. Love the iron geos. Love the spring parks effect on the RPH and the reasonable cost of the buff, just wondering when we can get a second one so the cooldown time is cut in half? Hope we don't have to wait till next Easter. If there's a soccer event this year can we get another one then? Or will it be available in the shop after Easter?

Also changed my mind on the Geos, currently motivated enough to actually rebuild iron mines....for now at least. First World Problems on my end is the desire to get a 1 button upgrade to go L5 with the lump cost/time (and then some I suppose) associated with it.

Was it ever confirmed that multiple Spring Parks would reduce the cool down time? Because like I said on test, I really hate this idea/direction. Should just make them upgrade-able sort of like the epic work yards.

Yes Puppies, multiples on test reduce cool down.

I'd rather have bigger marble deposits than iron.

I find the spring park cooldown to be fine if you are just using it to boost provision houses, but one cooldown for the whole building kills any chance I may use it for anything else.

With the World Cup this year, I'm expecting soccer football.

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Originally Posted by Perwyn

Yes Puppies, multiples on test reduce cool down.

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Yuck.

White Flowerbeds would have made the Event even more perfect!!

A few additional guild quests would be nice also, instead of repeating the same, short list..

:cool::cool::cool:

black knights used to be a source of more eggs, they altered the map changing a key block and took away the higher event money return

I would love the event except for the simple fact of all the glitches in the achievements I have been trying to get someone to fix for about a week and still bugged. 4 achievements missing now I should have but stuck and won't give them to me, and given that I spend all my free time here after working overtime and exhausted it is very aggravating not getting the prizes and unable to upgrade easter house because of it

Spring Park - 100 beans to use that one buff is outrageous. If people need to use that buff, it should be extremely cheap AND it should have a separate cool down so that it could be used every 8 hours.

Adventures - If you want people to do coop adventures (which is not a bad thing), they need more of a reward. I have said this before, it is harder to get people into coops than doing single adv. The reward needs to be greater. Perhaps add 1x loot for each player. So that Whirlwind is paying 4x loot. Then players will do them.

Guild quests - Too many demanding powder. Please give salt as a reward for doing the quest, so that there is something coming back to give is the opportunity to make the powder that we have to pay.

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Originally Posted by Alvin365

black knights used to be a source of more eggs, they altered the map changing a key block and took away the higher event money return

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Havent heard about that, what changed?

I'm furious. BB ruined the event.

- You did not listen to a single word of feedback from Halloween
- Same terrible quality, another event starting with a hotfix? Shock!
- No rational player would do anything besides Traitors except as a break to maintain sanity. Whoever decided the number of egg drops SHOULD BE FIRED.
- No decent adventures with ls that are worth doing so higher players can only help lowers by doing Traitors and donating eggs. That's not fun. No, bk doesn't need to be the only adventure worth doing. In fact, if BB weren't grossly incompetent then a number of adventures would be equally attractive.
- The spring park is just 3 zone buffs that takes up space. New players will also need the rph/ph buff. This should have been done differently, not sure how but a recipe for zone buffs in rph would have been better.
- Lag and freezes everywhere, co-ops pretty much unplayable. FIX YOUR SERVERS. How many times do I need to say that?
- Iron geo ruined the last avenue of income for new players and destroyed the value of iron refills, undermining value of loot on all sub-FT adventures
- I'm furious at all you players who are happy with the event. It could so easily have been so much better

The good:
- Event shop. The stuff we can buy is good but I don't like the iron geo. I like having him but he ruins the game.
- At least it's not Arctic Explosion this year (but BB is bringing that back in the new ventures, doing the exact opposite of user feedback AGAIN)

I forgot one good thing (they are really hard to find)
- No 0 eggs from adventures. If you do one you get a reward, as it should be

That's the only bit where this event is better than easter 2016, sadly

- Not all explorers sent before the event who returned after it started brought eggs.

This is a known bug, you've had many complaints about it before. It is super easy to fix and yet you ignored it. BB should be ashamed.

Feedback from a somewhat new player*

- Seasonal Advs: They were ok but eventually what happened was everyone was 'grinding' Traitors for three weeks, and even the onions cried. Two suggestions. Firstly, if the event lasts over a week then perhaps switch up the double-reward advs on a weekly basis so there is some variety to the grind. Secondly, it seems the rewards (in terms of eggs) scale very poorly based on the adv difficulty & cost (ex. Bastille Island is 34 eggs while Wild Mary is 21). I like Suts' idea of making co-ops more rewarding because even with a double reward Tomb Raiders was hardly appealing.

- Easter Basket: Greatly appreciated *as a new-ish player* I can understand how veteran players wanted something new, but as someone who missed out on the unique buildings from events of the past, I am happy to have the opportunity to get one. Still eyeing that Spacious Storage and Watchtower... I think an option may be to offer a choice - you can have one of the following buildings (like in the Advent Calendar), so those who don't want baskets can get the university or storage.

- Iron Willed Geol: I love this specialist - as someone who does not use industrial mines [yet] this greatly helps out with the constant iron searching. Perhaps higher level players who have a lot of industrial mines wont take advantage of this, but I find him a welcome addition.

- Spring Park: 10/10 for looks; 1/10 for usefulness. The magic beans buff to highlight collectibles is a joke. The cooldown is quite big. I will say this - it is easily the most expensive decoration I have bought.

- Sidenote 1: Why is the Rabbit Wheatfield *so* underwhelming in design? It looks like the basic wheat field... Couldnt it have a nice white fence or be in the shape of a rabbit or be a carrot patch? I was disappointed when I saw how it looks like.

- Sidenote 2: Prior to the meltdown Monday patch the Easter Bunny Topiary was a 2x1 decoration (likely a bug, but a fortunate one) which meant that it fit in unique places. After the patch it was 'fixed' to occupy 2x2 places which is somewhat unfortunate because the game lacks 'full' small decorations - the best one is the cherry tree. On the opposite end are 2x2 decorations which should be 2x1 or 1x1 (settlers topiary, or the lion statue). Perhaps this bunny topiary could go back to the 2x1 footprint?

Overall I enjoyed the event, obviously there are small things I would have liked changed - the short list of guild quests which were on repeat (how many carriages can I make in a week...), the titanium drain was quite painful for those of us without titanium stockpiles (the party crashers is just an odd thing to associate with Easter - would make more sense for Settler's birthday anniversary).

When I saw the Iron Geo I knew it was one I needed. It gives a free 500 to 800 iron deposit per mine. Right now Iron deposits sell for 1 gold per iron. I imagine that the price of iron and deposits is going to go down as a result. I think he's better than anyone is giving him credit for. The 48 hour on the cool down does seem long. Maybe different timers for the different items?

Collecting the eggs on the event adventure islands is too easy. In the past the eggs were hidden much better and finding the eggs was sometimes a real challenge. Make the eggs harder to find. Offer an event item in the shop to highlight the eggs if a player cannot find all the eggs to complete the quest.

For eggs on the home island, allow for more than just 1 egg per egg click. Some of the eggs should have 3 eggs, would make it more fun.

I've got mixed views on getting eggs from guild quest instead of guild coins. In some instances the guild coin would buy more eggs than the eggs you get. If a lot of members complete their quest eggs are pretty good deal. I think that the egg rewards for guild quest could be increased.

The year we had the paint and baskets created more Trading opportunities. This year's Trade appears to have lower activity than past years; partly because of the price in eggs for some event items many players want to get. Those must have items are absorbing most of the egg supply.

If there is a Easter Contest here at the Forum to win eggs, I don't know about it. A Contest could offer prizes based upon player level, this would ensure that we would have winners across all levels. It wouldn't need to be a big fancy event, however the prizes could be big. A goal of the Contest would be offer some chance for players whose hopes of getting enough eggs may be slim to none, typically players in the 20-30-ish level.

Thank you for reading

The cooldown on culture buildings would be ok if it would reduce across all culture buildings. Footie pitch and Spring park etc working together. As it stands with 1 or less culture building of a type a year the cooldown wont even reach acceptable levels before the whole game closes down.

I love the spring park! The geos, and explorers are very nice! Thank you for the MMA! This was a great event! Thank you! The game is very fun. The events give me a reason to keep playing. 2nd Easter basket looks good next to the other! :)

I miss the bridge. Why has it vanished? That and the Halloween music. If we could have those all year long...

Iron-Willed Geo was/is a massive POS. Truly, I tell you it is the worst single specialist, TSO has ever offered. What makes it sinister, even, is that that thing went into test able to find faster mines. That feature would have at least been useful to everyone; Larger depos, when you have at most 2x geos finding those larger deposits out of 16-21 mines?! How is that useful? Only for the people who adventure little and spend all their time searching for mines. Sure, these specialists would be excellent for new players to not have to rebuild all the time. idk, this truly is taking away from the game. Between this POS and the 2-day forced hiatus prior to the start of the event, which kind of took some wind-out-of-the-sails in regards to grinding...

Aside from the geo, Spring Park, not bad. Has one awesome ability, one decent ability and one horrendous ability (since players can already buy similar buffs in merchant as well as make free ones in MH, no reason for anyone to ever use that feature, ever), it is the cool-down of a full 23h that is annoying, but tolerable..

Achievements?! It would be nice if there were any challenging ones. I don't even feel proud to claim to get all 1070 points with more than a week to go in the event, sort of feel guilty. The cheesements have been made so easy, peeps who only log on once a day for an hour can get them all. I guess this is part of the PC world we now live in.

Other than that, thanks. All the generals are nice to have and have a happy home to stay in. :D

PS - One other note, that was not really an issue to me, but might be for lower-level players is the progression of the Party-Crashers. In past Easter Events, lower level player's would 'cap' at some point so they would not be needing to use Decent, or heaven-forbid Gaudy Truces. Seems everyone gets 5x of each, then progress to the next level. Poor noob having to find a way to acquire tore/titanium bars; being as even most higher-levels are stingy in dropping them!

1) MUSIC
I wished the Easter event had a different music background. Otherwise, it kind of feels like regular island time. The different music background in the Halloween event is big difference for me.

2) ADVENTURES
I feel the rewards for seasonal adventures were not very balanced and so I'm sure the grand majority of the folks opted for Traitors. I believe it would be reasonable to have a greater reward for higher level adventures that take longer to complete or involved more players. For example, the eggs/hour on Traitors is much higher than the eggs/hour on gunpowder, which doesn't make sense.

3) SPRING PARK
I agree with folks that a) the cool down time for fairy fires is way too long and b) 100 beans for fairy fire is much too expensive.

4) FLOATING ISLANDS
More floating islands would have been nice.

I'd rather spend 100 beans (only during events) than 9 gems and find it reasonable, but perhaps that's part of the logic is they want people to still desire the gemmed ones. Even with a level 6 fairytale castle, my stockpile is slowly going up, so that's one resource I don't mind finally having a use for again. But the cooldown makes any discussion moot.

I have no idea how anyone does anything. Last 2 events, I got only about half of the goodies... nobody is on who helps when I ask, I have to spend all sorts of time looking for a tent to do in for daily which I keep on not getting. I thought I could spend a little time on this game and get by. apparently not. Best stop wasting my time. Take care.

so traitors is the best adv for eggs this time. i think it would be better to have coop adv always be the best adv for event loot. make ppl work together.

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Originally Posted by forewarn

so traitors is the best adv for eggs this time. i think it would be better to have coop adv always be the best adv for event loot. make ppl work together.

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ikr? Used to be more of that when I first started, but many of those people are no longer playing. Still some good people here, but the styles of play are different. Still some good ones that help, but on the adventure front, hard times. Many players now seem to be focused on buying ls, not swapping/cooping. just the way it is now. Like the chicken and the egg, it is hard which came first.

another MMA a new Geo another couple Female Scouts and a spring park works for me.. as for the Indy items.. I already have what seems enough

The cool down issue.. is that a separate cool down for each of the 3 functions? if so.. that too works well into my plans..

Only drawback was the 1st couple days of lockout for me.. I like to hit the ground running and get off to a good start.. my 1st log in and it was 3rd day for me already.. I was expecting the event start 1 to 2 weeks sooner - I planned my schedule.. so I basically lost all motivation and went in a different direction
No big deal in a forever game..
will have to wait till next year to make a good showing for Easter. My motivation & scheduled free time ran out so I will have to choose between MMA or Spring Park with Geo and explorers, got the Floaters

Added Edit: POLL; answers to questions not asked.
- Not Happy with timing of Easter event
- Don't care what adventures are seasonal
- Never new about easter Basket Building.. something is better than nothing
- I am not happy with 24 hour turnover on camps.. should be 22 hours.. it kept getting later and later till I missed another day

I'm ready for a new scenario besides Where Do Easter Eggs Come From.....we're asked to do the same dreary scenario 5 times! And it's been the same for years! Please bring in something new

and I hate the retro buffs. I'd rather get fish platters and I don't want those either

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Originally Posted by Cigneous

The cool down issue.. is that a separate cool down for each of the 3 functions? if so.. that too works well into my plans..

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No, one for the whole building.

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Originally Posted by Cigneous

- I am not happy with 24 hour turnover on camps.. should be 22 hours.. it kept getting later and later till I missed another day

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Its 23 hours so you can slowly push it back within reason.. i had to set to 8am which was perfect.. then i forgot to click complete quest and messed it up totally... lol... thankfully it was the last 3 days of the PC (for achieve)...

re the park - its one cool down per park - you had me go look i was hoping it was the way you said lol.

ciara

Suggestion:

We can get far more Achievement Points than we need to max out the Easter Basket.

How about devising a system that lets us use points beyond this year's max to upgrade previous Event special buildings (ie extra Easter points for previous Baskets/Storehouses, extra Christmas points for Christmas things, etc).

That way it still gives players multiple options for getting the current year building/bonus/etc, but it *also* provides an incentive for more players to stay active in the event after they get all of this year's stuff. I know I'd spend more time on things like Adventures, even though I've already maxed this year's Easter Basket without them. The opportunity to increase the Cap of the previous Basket, or Storehouse/etc would certainly make me want to be more active.

First on a positive note - sooo happy to see the Easter Basket building to be back. Love it! Thank you! Also my new iron geos are pretty cool. I will have to see what they are capable off when I fully train them yet.

But here comes my negative feedback:
• First of all, I think the start of the event was too close to Easter and now it's dragging 2 weeks after. Definitely would welcome earlier start, so we have 2 weeks before and 1 week after the actual holidays.
• I have to agree with other people, that spring park cool-down is waaaaaaay too long. Like it was mentioned here before, either extend the buff time or shorten the cool-down time. I think 24h is more than plenty.
• Also party crashers don't seem to have anything in common with Easter. Maybe something closer related to Easter tradition would be more appropriate. There are tons of different traditions around the world, so maybe be would be worth looking at some and incorporate them in.

Overal, Easter event is pretty cool, lots of goodies in the store. Can't seem to get enough eggs this year to buy everything i want.

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Originally Posted by AstrumLuxLucis

Suggestion:

We can get far more Achievement Points than we need to max out the Easter Basket.

How about devising a system that lets us use points beyond this year's max to upgrade previous Event special buildings (ie extra Easter points for previous Baskets/Storehouses, extra Christmas points for Christmas things, etc).

That way it still gives players multiple options for getting the current year building/bonus/etc, but it *also* provides an incentive for more players to stay active in the event after they get all of this year's stuff. I know I'd spend more time on things like Adventures, even though I've already maxed this year's Easter Basket without them. The opportunity to increase the Cap of the previous Basket, or Storehouse/etc would certainly make me want to be more active.

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agreed -- I'd LOVE to get previous years basket to level 6.

ciara

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Originally Posted by Graywolf

The quest for finding ore deposits is out dated and needs to be removed from the quest chains. Many established players have Industrial Mines up and the only way to fulfill such a quest is to tear down an existing Industrial Mine.

I also wonder why the highest form of Treasure Search, The Artifact Search returns nothing? A lot of people have invested a lot of time and resources building up Explorers with books and during events the Artifact search is entirely ignored?

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I couldnt agree with this more. I built up massive gold mines that I had to tear down. Seemed like a huge waste of resources for a throw-away quest. It was easily the most irksome part of the event. Otherwise, I am pretty much in favor of the event. It is the first one in a long while where I actually had to put in work and not just set up trades in TO to get all the event items in merchant.

theres music?? i think ive missed something..
(totally guilty of zoning out and forgetting to send second half of block listening to awesome halloween music :D )

The gold mine quest can be finished with gems too.

Bought all the specialists, park and floaters. Not bad for a lvl 42.