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    [Feedback] Dev Diary Christmas 2017

    Dear Settlers,

    The Dev Diary for Christmas 2017 was just published and we can't wait to hear your initial impressions and overall feedback.

    Thank you,

    BB_Odhran

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    Start time for the event is Listed as 7:01 EDT. Did you mean EST?

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    A new mysterious box has been added to the event shop: "Improved" Christmas Surprise
    Now, if they would only 'Improve' the RNG ranges to actually drop some of the good items for those of us who are poor and cannot afford 100+ Mysterious Boxes to try and meet the odds! Seems thes things always drop worthless items (squeaking bunnies, etc.) 1399 gems is a lot for the average player banking on a shot in the dark.

    The old mysterious box is now giftable
    Great. Now one can share the squeaking bunnies with your FL... see how long you stay on that FL!

    Regarding the EDT/EST thing, obviously it has to be EST since we are currently on EST and EDT won't come back until March. Bottom line on that question is that it will be the same time that is currently resetting GQ (0400 PST currently).

    Dang! Must be inflation or something! Presents are worth-less than Pumpkins!

    Conversion rates: The final amount will be rounded up.
    1 Present = 0.4 gold coins
    1 event collectible = 0.04 gold coins
    Last edited by SmartyPants1; 12-08-17 at 09:41 am. Reason: Add conversion info.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SmartyPants1 View Post
    Now, if they would only 'Improve' the RNG ranges to actually drop some of the good items for those of us who are poor and cannot afford 100+ Mysterious Boxes to try and meet the odds! Seems thes things always drop worthless items (squeaking bunnies, etc.) 1399 gems is a lot for the average player banking on a shot in the dark.
    It's quite obvious you have failed to even look at what you are complaining about, if you had you would know that the value of all options possible from that box exceeds the gem price of those items in the architect's tab of the merchant. The rewards are 1 or more imp buildings depending on normal gem price, no deco's, refills, buffs, resources or any other item costing less than the price of the box.

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    We opened over 300 "Improved" Christmas Surprises on the test server back in October. No guarantees similar droprates will carry over to the live server, but if you want a look at the droprates for the test server, here is the list: https://forum.tsotesting.com/threads...Surprises-2017

    PS. And here is the same table for the regular boxes, albeit from 2016, so keep in mind it might be outdated. Just to give a rough idea of what odds you can expect: https://forum.tsotesting.com/threads...3699#post43699

    Stavros

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    Whatever details we quibble about, I think we'll find the great majority of us will participate and grow from the effort. I've always been better off after and event than I was before it. Let the fun begin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kanesh View Post
    Start time for the event is Listed as 7:01 EDT. Did you mean EST?
    Yes I meant EST. It became a habit to write EDT, since that was what I was trained to use by BB_Ayline. Sorry for the confusion. When does this EDT thing start?

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    EDT starts in the spring (second Sunday of March) and runs through the first Sunday in November, fairly close to the CET changes.

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    Would it be better to just use ET from now on? Maybe save the confusion from happening.

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    Precisely the reason why day light saving time is retarded and needs to be removed. Also, google, because knowledge is reserved for less idiotic things -.-'

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