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    Leave it to BB to Xmas preview before Halloween has even started, haha. I know Germans are nuts starting with Xmas theme-ing stuff early November, but it's only early October you guys!

    Great that the amount of fluff you may get has been decreased, but omg talk about over inflation! 1,399 gems! Seems excessive to me and will not be buying any at all. But that's my personal preference.
    With only the Imp. Storage/Farm/Mill being under the box's value, but all the others are quite decently higher priced, the value itself looks pretty good for once. Not to mention if you do reel in 2 of the higher priced items, but of course, the actual RNG values will determine that in the end, if your chance at the high priced gem buildings is only 2% while the lower ones are 80%+ and the chance for a 2nd building is also only 5%, then it's a no brainer.

    Starting at only 200 troops and other low capabilities she is not even as powerful as Drac... I dont see myself ever using her as a main attack general capable of gaining the xp that she could double. She seems obviously aimed at new players who have not bought any other gen other than the tavs..
    Last week I was on test to read the forum again and I was going to reply to something BB_Alex had said which prompted me wanting to write something along the lines of "Yes but whatever happened at your work that made Dracul go live, please don't let that happen again", but decided to not post that since it was off topic....I should've done anyhow but it would've been too late anyhow haha, so long as she won't get worse than Dracul I'm alright

    Anywho, just like the previous years, there is a bit of disparity.
    Seems like the disparity is growing as well. Not sure what the calender has in it this year (not that I've seen it yet because lazy and stuff),but shuffling around the Vet or MMA from Easter to Xmas would already be a great start. Xmas really falls short for high level players who can simply dominate stocking up on Grout for the year without needing to waste any consideration on that for the other events, then again, also not seeing BB going to "adjust" that anytime soon either. Yet again, Merry Xmas for making it feel like a hand out ;p

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    1. The lower priced items are 2x. if I am not mistaken.. so all rewards are higher than the cost of the box..

    2. Did anyone note, that other than double XP listed in the sneak peak post, test server seems to indicate that the new Gen has Platinum Horse shoes as well
    I'd think that means this general has a permanent speed increase too.. A question though - If the platinum shoe buff is used on top, does the speed becomes +40%? I'd think it should..

    3. Any chance of making this gen at least carry 250 troops (without skills)? or make it first strike? or something else, other than a BHG with double XP and plat shoes?
    Because agreed with others.. if the general itself can't be used much.. the two traits seem far less attractive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ceruhe View Post
    Not sure what the calendar has in it this year (not that I've seen it yet because lazy and stuff)
    The last special door gave me a chuckle at one of the choices. Then I got sad knowing people would actually select it. Other than that door, the calendar looks unchanged.

    Quote Originally Posted by alice007 View Post
    2. Did anyone note, that other than double XP listed in the sneak peak post, test server seems to indicate that the new Gen has Platinum Horse shoes as well
    I'd think that means this general has a permanent speed increase too.. A question though - If the platinum shoe buff is used on top, does the speed becomes +40%? I'd think it should..
    Does not look like she is marching faster, but rumor is the xp bonus is not active on test so maybe her marching speed is not? Anywho, dream on with the 40%. The discussion and recent change logs on the Test Server pretty much say island buffs will stop stacking if they are now.
    One army. Pretty please.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alice007 View Post

    2. Did anyone note, that other than double XP listed in the sneak peak post, test server seems to indicate that the new Gen has Platinum Horse shoes as well
    I'd think that means this general has a permanent speed increase too.. A question though - If the platinum shoe buff is used on top, does the speed becomes +40%? I'd think it should..
    Those players I know of who looked at her speed last night were unable to decide if she was moving faster due to the lag on the test server last night.

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    I wasted.... I mean spent several hours testing the new general and the Platinum Horseshoes buff yesterday, here is what I discovered about Mary Christmas:
    1. As advertised on her summary, ONLY experience that will be counted for the bonus is from damage which she inflicts, and not the damage by the rest of her army/garrison like the 'Fast Learner' skill does. Since she does not strike until phase 2, only does 125-250 damage (80%), and has only 100HP, it is very unlikely that she will be useful to ANY FT or AB adventures or even garner much bonus experience either. Perhaps, her 'skills' will be useful to lower level players or for running some mini-adventures (Though, even Tikki would eat her for lunch). However, it should be noted that as a sac general, her bonus will apply when defeated -- presuming she makes it to phase 2 and has a target that she can kill. As far as applying her with skills, a must-have would be 'Juggernaut', she already has splash, but the 60 damage would give her a 185-310 damage capability.
    2. The claimed skill of 'Platinum Horseshoes' on Mary Christmas is bologna -- or still in progress. I started a Seasnake adventure (nice 25m walk from one LZ to the other) started Her and an unskilled Major in a race from one end to the other... Tie race. No Platinum Horseshoes bonus Skill. Tested this in both 3x ranks of Jog mode as well, then for good measure enabled a Platinum Horseshoes buff, which did give all generals an improvement of approximately what is advertised. Either the natural skill on Mary Christmas is not enabled yet or .... idk, but it is not working.

    For the record, the time to cross Seasnake is as follows:

    Unskilled generals (not winos): ~25m30s; with Platinum Horseshoes buff ~ 21m.
    Skilled generals (not winos) with 3 ranks in 'Jog': ~ 13m; with Platinum Horseshoes buff ~ 10m45s.
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    Rabbautz, i gotta say, racing 2 gens is brilliant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ceruhe View Post
    [...] so long as she won't get worse than Dracul I'm alright [...]
    I like my Dracs... they currently are my full-time tag team! First strike and hit front line troops, 3 ranks of Juggernaut gives them a damage range of 171-393. When tagging in AB, can load with a MM to bump the damage applied to the same enemy to 271-443, enough for almost all situations (has First Aid skill, so no MM is actually lost, ofc).
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    Based on that analysis, it sounds like I'll get her just because she's a unique general, but not actually ever use her.

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    pretty sure she is just bugged/unfinished on test and final version will be double xp also on troops assigned and horseshoe is placeholder.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gwalben View Post
    Based on that analysis, it sounds like I'll get her just because she's a unique general, but not actually ever use her.
    Certainly. Gotta have all unique specialists!

    Quote Originally Posted by SSSecretSquirrel View Post
    pretty sure she is just bugged/unfinished on test and final version will be double xp also on troops assigned and horseshoe is placeholder.
    Based on her description, it would seem that only her damage applying was in design; I agree with the Platinum Horseshoe not working, still in the works. I began the testing to see if it stacked with Jog and/or with the area buff, Platinum Horseshoe.
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