Dear Settlers,
The Dev Diary for the Anniversary Event was just published and we can't wait to hear your initial impressions and overall feedback.
Thank you,
BB_Odhran
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Dear Settlers,
The Dev Diary for the Anniversary Event was just published and we can't wait to hear your initial impressions and overall feedback.
Thank you,
BB_Odhran
Congratulations Team!!!!!
Buffs with 20% more XP? Long cooldown, but that's interesting. I like that new way keep being introduced to boost XP.
Happy Anniversary! I'm looking forward to the event!
Happy Anniversary!
A couple questions about the effects of The Scouting Post:1. How/when is the effect applied?a. Is it like premium where you can start it just before completing the adv?b. or only for the attacks that happen for the 2 hours it is active?c. or would it affect the whole adventure that is started while the buff only has a few seconds left on it?2. How does the +20% interact with other XP buffs likea. Fast Learner,b. or General Mary Christmas,c. or the Watchtower from The People Of The Mountain?
It looks like the answer to my question 1 is C (source):
If there was a definitive answer to my question 2 in that thread, I missed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by BB_Alex
There was an interesting point about the type of XP affected (source):
So it looks like blocked camps or camps that disappear after defeating their leader will not have their XP boosted by this buff.Quote:
Originally Posted by BB_Alex
Credit to HortonWho for pointing me to the test server thread - thanks!
So -- where do we get
"The Scouting Post is a new building that will also be available as a reward in phase 2!"
I'm not seeing it listed in the usual wiki for info....
and i'd like to plan ahead somewhat...
I think at least for Ares there is a miscalculation on how many ACTIVE players of low level are there that get dough. From what I can see everyone is at a level where they get candles, almost nobody is getting dough. So everyone is trying to trade for it or needs to get a ton of candles to obtain the dough needed to make the cakes. No cakes means not enough balloons. For players that can't dedicate hours to running adv to get enough candles that will be pretty hard to do.
Even you dedicate hours, you can't do it. 30 candles is the average for one adventure, so how many adventures you would need to do daily? We need a 48 hours day, lol.
This event seems very unbalanced in terms of the dough/candle distribution. I play on 2 servers, and on both the higher level players are having a very hard time getting dough. Also on both servers, some players are taking the opportunity to charge very high prices for dough (50 dough for 215 candles, 45 dough for a white castle - trades like that). This is anything but fun. I wish BB had found a more equitable method of distributing dough and candles - best would have been to let everyone get some of each from adventures, explorers and collectibles on the island. I am still tempted to turn off the festival hall and ignore the whole event, and may yet wind up doing that if BB doesn't do something to fix this problem.
this event is totally unbalanced just look at the # for community goal after day 1...
candle and dough split in levels and stuff nice try but that is watered wine that leave a bad taste.
such nice possible reward but way out of reach sadly.
25th and that is the event they give us please..
If at least the Magic Bean Soup or Chant of Focus would work on it but not need to build dumb untradable cake with achievement that ask for friend to buff you but you cant send the cake to them.. since when..
sad even but congrats on making it 25th!
I was worried for a bit watching people panic, but between production and quest rewards, I'm at 13.5k balloons. Worst case scenario is I need to find 2500 candles and convert enough to dough to produce to five 50% buffs. Takes some effort and resources to hit that level of production. But should be easily achievable. I like the change of pace and something new to do.
Don't forget that your achievements give you cakes as prizes each 3K you donate. 2 petite cakes and 2 enormous cakes so there you go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gwalben
Simple then. The math seems rather favorable if you're producing near max capacity. I haven't had any problems with trading at fair prices either, though it seems I could get by without it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trialgame
Why is it BB that EVERY time you make a huge event for an anniversary Event that it ends up being no fun at all, but merely and excercise in Frustration and exasperation. The LAST time you did the Balloon mechanic... and we had to compete against the other server... We as players made it clear... WASNT any fun and incredibly frustrating... so you Bring back the balloons again. The Event is merely into its 2nd day... and I already know a number of people are are throwing up their hands and giving up. I thought an anniversary even was supposed to be fun! Remind of of all the good times you have had in the game. Welll this isnt whats happening.
Ive played this game a very long time. I dont post often... but ive played a long time. I love this game, I have enjoyed many of the BB reps through the years.. But its like you brought back some of the worst aspects of game history rather than enjoying the best. As players we tell you when we are beyond frustrated... and you repeat it again. So that tells me your not listening or caring. So for now. My response... I wont be buying anymore gems. Many of the latest adds to the game seem obvious money grabs... One would think (in marketing anyway) that if you wanted us to spend money in the game... that you would entice us with a good time, Sorry this event isnt doing that...not in the slightest.
Sadly, this event isnt about a celebration. Its about a 2 week drain on all resources.
the event would be much better with 2 simple changes:
- being able to trade birthday cake buffs, so we can place them for friends instead of waiting on a swap
- if everyone could find both type of collectibles, even if divided, like cake from adventures and candles for collectibles and explorers
Thank you for the feedback on this. I will be sure it gets passed to the right members, to hopefully make next event better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Evil_J
-BB_Odhran
Looks like we hit the 500 million after all. This new 1.3 billion goal seems even more out of reach than the last. I haven't seen an indication we are going to do over 100 million a day, but hopefully the original logic went into that and works here. Anyway, I'm going to go well past my personal goal and just keep contributing and hope for the best. When donations are no longer bugged anyway.
telling us we have to drop on friends but not letting us trade same buffs we need to drop.. some sort of cruel joke in the developers' minds...
Maybe 1.3 billion isn't so wacky after all. I take it that counter is bugged. Guess we'll see what tomorrow's fix brings.
Right now, the servers are at 696+M out of 1300M after 8.75 days, with 6.25 days to go on the quest. On straight progression, that is about 79.5M balloons a day. With about 600M to go, we would need 100M a day. However, the first days were likely slower as people were still starting to get the material from buffs as well as people getting a late start on the event. Additionally, the progressive rewards for donating balloons include 2 Petite and 2 Enormous cakes, which should also add to the total.
Anything is possible if you work hard enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aurboth
-BB_Odhran
Thanks for continuing to offer rewards for donating after 15,000 is reached. Am thoroughly liking being able to earn 2 ballistas for every 1,000 balloons.
I think this has been a really good event. The only change I would suggest is making the cake buffs tradeable. Otherwise everything else is pretty balanced, even the candles/dough situation. it's too bad we have to lose master toolkit next time, altho I understand why. So please make the cake buffs tradeable.
Really glad you are enjoying the event! I will be sure to pass the suggestion about making cakes tradable for next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perwyn
-BB_Odhran
Congrats to everyone for reaching the week 2 goal and earning the scouting post! And thanks BB, for the event. I wasn't sure about the candle/dough division at first, but it seems to have worked out ok. It was a relaxed event, and always nice to get new stuff. :)
Congratulations on completing the community goal. Enjoy your rewards.
Okay, been terribly busy in rl, so my feedback has been missing, and I am sure you all missed it immensely! :D
Here goes:
- First and foremost, thanks for an unscheduled event. It provided challenges, but clearly were overcome by most, since we were able to make the goal with days to spare.
- The adjustment to the conversion of one collectible type to another (1:2 vs. 1:4) was spot on. 4:1 was not possible with the number of active players so heavy on being over level 50.
- Now, regarding the new Medic General. Good idea, and he has potential to see lots of use (mostly as a sacrificial lamb, but that is another story). Requiring players to Enable 'settlers walking over the island' in Settings is absolutely ridiculous. So, we have one, and only one general which we cannot see traveling over the island/map?! Makes it EXTREMELY difficult to plan/send attacks or blocks when we cannot see where one of our attacking generals are! And the other alternative of enabling that feature is not desired as it hurts performance. I am not sure if this issue has been reported/addressed, if not, I'll be happy to submit a ticket.
- Okay, now for the Scouting Post. Again, very interesting concept and definitely will be useful. The Cost(s), Duration and parameters to its use are reasonable. Couple serious issues with it, however: 1) 2-Day Cool-down?! Really? It is not like it is giving us a 50-100% kick in experience or something. This kind of makes it less enticing than it otherwise would be and the idea of using additional SP's to cut the cool-down is novel, but that brings us to item 2) Size. This thing is huge, and on islands that are mostly pretty full already, there is no way anyone is likely to place a 2nd or 3rd of these buildings, especially for only a 20% boost in exp, even if it were free or for event prizes, but certainly nobody will pay gems to place additional monstrosities on their island.
Thank you again for the change of pace. You all are putting in great effort.
The time that is stated in this guide does not show the right time the quest ends. It is not time yet and we have people that are not allowed to complete their achievements. It's 12:20 mountain time now which is 2 hours behind EST.
Thanks for the feedback. We are working on a fix for that general, so it won't be invisible. Glad you enjoyed the challenge of the event as well and I will see if anything can be done about the scouting post, but if not the feedback will be used for future events.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raubhautz
-BB_Odhran
The dev diary doesnt say -- WHEN does deactivation occur -- i have yet to have an deactivation email (* Balloons are removed from the star menu, all storages and mail attachments.
* Affected players receive a mail with an attachment of 1 Coins per 1 removed Balloons.)
and my cakes are still cakes...
* Petite Birthday Cake buffs are removed from the star menu and are compensated with 1 Chant of Focus for each 1 Petite Birthday Cake.
* Enormous Birthday Cake buffs are removed from the star menu and are compensated with 1 Fruits of Hardship for each 2 Enormous Birthday Cakes.
These items will be turned on the next game update. Sorry for this inconvenience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ciara_Belle
-BB_Odhran