Feedback - Christmas Event 2015

[SweaterPuppies]

i finished the FIRST event adventure. It gave me stuff for doing it. (presents and experience)
It did not clear out of my quest book
It wont cancel
it wont let me buy it (not in merchant)
Support asked me to take a screenshot of the issue...REALLY? a picture of what?

Support should know that you will get another copy on the 17th as this is the same problem that happened last year.

[KeyMaster]

Ok Guys, Ive been playing this game for a long time, this is my 4th Christmas Event now. A couple of things that really frustrate me and FUBAR for me the game when you think of the Spirit of the Season.

The Christmas Surprise package. 1) 350 gems... Really, they started out at 95 gems. Then Doubled and now 3.5 x what they started out at? 2) You made them so you can not gift your friends/guild mates with them. WHY? The first year it was so awesome because EVERYONE was gifting each other during the Event. A great spirit of giving with joy and fun for all. Now we cant even do that with the elevated prices. And yes, for all those who dont remember or where not playing then, Frozen Manners and Pirate residences were available in the first boxes, packages.

Im very disappointed that the BB has changed this part of the event. Took a lot of the fun and friendship parts out of it. 95 gems was fun because everyone could afford at least 4. All they had to do was login daily... Even the 190 gems wasnt bad... on the outside it looks greedy....

Springer Prime

Totally agree.

[Perwyn]

Is the Quartermaster Claus only for PVP, like others on that time frame, or is he a refugee to the regular General force, on a PVP time frame?
Would like to know before buying. A tagger elf general with small troop number and 2 min arrival would have been a useful item....

The Quartermaster Claus is a regular general, not PvP.

[Feetfirst]

19th Door won't open. It lists some items in the box on the right. Do I need to have those items to open it, or are those the items I'm supposed to receive if I click the door?

[Eriond]

19th Door won't open. It lists some items in the box on the right. Do I need to have those items to open it, or are those the items I'm supposed to receive if I click the door?

The door for the 19th opens at midnight GMT tonight (7pm eastern in the US). Yes, it's weird, because that's actually the 20th GMT, but that's how it is.

When it opens, you can click it, and you will need to select (from the items on the right) which one of those you want to receive.

[Troll-Phu]

Im very disappointed that the BB has changed this part of the event. Took a lot of the fun and friendship parts out of it. 95 gems was fun because everyone could afford at least 4. All they had to do was login daily... Even the 190 gems wasnt bad... on the outside it looks greedy....

Springer Prime

well not quite, back then we didn't get 100 gems a week

[CoffeeCat]

I must really be missing something crucial because I am not finding this event all that rewarding, especially since the goals are all but impossible. 6 days in and I can't even get a single one of my 3 explorers to bring back 1 gift, how are we supposed to meat the goals at that rate? The drop rate of event resources are not sufficient to produce enough presents to meat the achievements either. All in all, I am a bit disappointed. Hopefully it will get more interesting over time.

[Snacknado]

I must really be missing something crucial because I am not finding this event all that rewarding, especially since the goals are all but impossible. 6 days in and I can't even get a single one of my 3 explorers to bring back 1 gift, how are we supposed to meat the goals at that rate? The drop rate of event resources are not sufficient to produce enough presents to meat the achievements either. All in all, I am a bit disappointed. Hopefully it will get more interesting over time.

Events will always be hard for new players. Even say you dont get anything from the event shop (which is unlikely) make sure to stay ontop of the calendar doors- there are some very good rewards coming- Floating Rezzes or Village schools are really good and alot of other free stuff.
For new players i would suggest to aim for the Rarity Provision house (feast and steak recipes) then the recyclers. Avoid the unlimited/tradable items like the Deerstalkers and Improved Watermills and especially the artic mines. Another thing you can do is advertise to sell the Deerstalkers and Improved Watermills in the event shop and charge extra presents for them which will give you a bit of help to hopefully reach your goal of Rarity PH by the end of event. And the event just pretty much started, give it another week and present prices will drop a bit. Idk what level you are but for me personally- i find presents on the very long searches about 80% of the time, if not more.

[Rolendar]

the only problem that i have is the spawn rate of the gingerbread and the candy canes, i am getting all kinds of bells, there is no way to make any amount of presents that would matter or help, and the trade is no good, to much greed.

[Snacknado]

these types of events that allow explorers to find event items shows the biggest affect in difference between pay to play player and or players who have been playing for 3+ years and non paying players and or newer players. ppl i know with 21 explorers finished buying what they wanted (besides grout) days ago.

besides just stating that fact^ i suggest people who arent pixel rich and willing to pay the outlandish prices for event items, just be patient- this is still the 1st week, give it another week or so and the prices will go down quite a bit. Like i said earlier i suggest to make limited items your priority- RPH, recipes, Recyclers, santa general. Grout, Deerstalks, ImpWatermills etc- are all tradable (meaning you can buy them at a later date with resources) the RPH, recyclers and santa general should be your main focus (imo)