17 explorers, no eggs since last update...

[Ciara_Belle]

last day - 6 explorers come back - 2 of em booked -- 8 eggs total... (i have 14 out at a time) i am 420 eg.gs short. and 25 measly points i never have done expeditions - hate pvp ... even so i TRIED to get some troops together and hit a small colony -- but it was wasted effort as i didn't have time to make anywhere near as many as i needed to do this. plus since pvp maps are random i didn't have a hope in heck to figure it out before the event was over. i even spent gems buying 3 more explorers.. but those ones aren't bring ANY eggs in at all... its like a swift kick in the pants... been here nearly 2 years -- cant get the lvl 6 house... would've easily gotten it AND been able to help my lower level guildies had the metrics for explorers not been completely trashed.

[Eriond]

I still dont get it

Maybe we could agree that in any RNG-type of "achievement", some people will get less, and that it does appear some people consistently got bit more than others in this event? You were fortunate to NOT have that problem, but perhaps you could acknowledge the possibility that others may have? Or is it just like Troll-Phu said, you didn't have the problem, therefore it must not exist?

With 11 explorers (3 regs, 2 luckies, 6 fast), constantly on adventures varying from medium to extra long, looks like I will end up about 300 eggs shy of the 3200 "magic" mark (literally have gotten *zero* back from searches sent out today, so I think perhaps my event is already over). I was on track to hit the achievement prior to the nerf, fell off that track after the nerf, but at that point I wasn't about to go buy more explorers and such - trust was broken and who knew what the pattern would be going forward?

I've been tracking the numbers for the past week, I got zero from explorer searches just over 50% of the time, and hardly every got more than the medium number of eggs when eggs were returned. My luckies, in particular, were horrible in their returns post-nerf. IIRC, I had about 1200 eggs from explorers after the first week, so that means I got about 1700 eggs from explorers over the next two weeks, so - for me - a quantifiable decrease, and not one that measures up to the "official" explanation.

So, whatever. I accept that perhaps having the "full set of explorers" (i.e., 20 or so) was the original intention, but disagree with their decision to implement a change mid-event. I also accept that my RNG seed may be worse than yours, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

[Edge]

Maybe we could agree that in any RNG-type of "achievement", some people will get less, and that it does appear some people consistently got bit more than others in this event? You were fortunate to NOT have that problem, but perhaps you could acknowledge the possibility that others may have? Or is it just like Troll-Phu said, you didn't have the problem, therefore it must not exist?

With 11 explorers (3 regs, 2 luckies, 6 fast), constantly on adventures varying from medium to extra long, looks like I will end up about 300 eggs shy of the 3200 "magic" mark (literally have gotten *zero* back from searches sent out today, so I think perhaps my event is already over). I was on track to hit the achievement prior to the nerf, fell off that track after the nerf, but at that point I wasn't about to go buy more explorers and such - trust was broken and who knew what the pattern would be going forward?

I've been tracking the numbers for the past week, I got zero from explorer searches just over 50% of the time, and hardly every got more than the medium number of eggs when eggs were returned. My luckies, in particular, were horrible in their returns post-nerf. IIRC, I had about 1200 eggs from explorers after the first week, so that means I got about 1700 eggs from explorers over the next two weeks, so - for me - a quantifiable decrease, and not one that measures up to the "official" explanation.

So, whatever. I accept that perhaps having the "full set of explorers" (i.e., 20 or so) was the original intention, but disagree with their decision to implement a change mid-event. I also accept that my RNG seed may be worse than yours, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

This is EXACTLY how the scenario played out for me as well; same number of explorers, same returns as you pre-"adjustment" and post-"adjustment", same amount of eggs shy of making the achievement. And as you mentioned, the decision to "fix" the explorers mid-event was questionable at best. Combined with not being able to log on for one night last week, it destroyed the ability for a dedicated, daily active level 50 player to complete the achievement without either spending gems or doing expeditions. And nobody should be forced to play those abominations...

[Trila]

I am confused. here is what BB said from the news page link.

Explorers won't find Stripy eggs anymore: Searches that were started before Removal Phase I still have the chance to provide Stripy eggs

This was all lies, not one of my 14 explorers brought back a single egg. I would get at least half of them coming back with eggs during whole event but this morning after event closed at 4 am EST and then explorers came back I got ZERO and apparently by their post I should of had the chance still to get eggs, lies all lies :P

So I got ripped off of about 116 eggs and that's not counting if some would of brought back 32 from the very long search they came in on this morning, which about 2 of them usually did.

Oh well, game is working as intended, we know

[Edge]

Mine did bring back eggs. So either you got extremely unlucky, or the fact that my explorers did bring back eggs is a bug

[Trila]

Mine did bring back eggs. So either you got extremely unlucky, or the fact that my explorers did bring back eggs is a bug

Extremely unlucky not a chance that they would of brought back zero, when during whole event always and I mean always half brought back eggs, all the sudden not a single egg. Not a major deal but if they tell us they will still bring back eggs on last search then they should of done it. I just have to assume BB did something wrong or told us that info wrong. If they just would of said no more eggs after event then fine.

I could of used those last 100+ eggs to trade for something, but oh well

[badtrip333]

That means you would need what, 2nd tier of expeditions? That is doable with about 4-5 colonies taken less if you go for larger than small or have premium. 4-5 small colonies would take about 2 days (or less) of training troops without buffs..... people had what 10 days after the change?

15 pts does suck though badtrip333, sorry to hear.

I only started doing the Pvp stuff during the event after it looked like the explorers wouldn't get the job done. And honestly, I wouldn't have even attempted them if I didn't see people talking about the sturdy shovel fix in the guild chat. I think the dev's messed up on many levels. They went ahead and "fixed the glitch" but left it up to us to figure out what the fix was. I took 5 small colonies and got 105 eggs from that on premium. I buffed the armory the best I could, but there was no way I could get the weapons needed to run the expeditions. I'll just start stockpiling the weapons a year in advance.

[Eriond]

I am confused. here is what BB said from the news page link.

Explorers won't find Stripy eggs anymore: Searches that were started before Removal Phase I still have the chance to provide Stripy eggs

This was all lies, not one of my 14 explorers brought back a single egg. I would get at least half of them coming back with eggs during whole event but this morning after event closed at 4 am EST and then explorers came back I got ZERO and apparently by their post I should of had the chance still to get eggs, lies all lies :P

So I got ripped off of about 116 eggs and that's not counting if some would of brought back 32 from the very long search they came in on this morning, which about 2 of them usually did.

Oh well, game is working as intended, we know

I got basically no eggs at all from explorer searches YESTERDAY, then got a few late last night, and a few this morning that returned after maintenance. So, I think this is all just part of the overall explorer loot nerf and it just hits different people differently with different timing. Welcome to the club!

[JohannusRex]

I got my lvl6 Easter Basket three days ago, without doing the fubar expeditions, but only because my maximum 21 explorers brought back a ton of eggs "pre-nerf". I do not know why BB decided to penalize those who spent gems the past years to buy every "special" explorer ever offered, but I certainly won't do so in the future!Using Premium token for adventures also helped a great deal. I got my Event "wish-list" filled and still have a healthy surplus to buy grout, so for me, this event was great hit!

[Eriond]

So now, the next question - did explorer loot just get nerfed for the event? Or will this be an ongoing issue?