[Feedback] Dev Diary Easter 2018

[RachelGreene]

White Flowerbeds would have made the Event even more perfect!!

A few additional guild quests would be nice also, instead of repeating the same, short list..

[Alvin365]

black knights used to be a source of more eggs, they altered the map changing a key block and took away the higher event money return

[sunsetatdawn]

I would love the event except for the simple fact of all the glitches in the achievements I have been trying to get someone to fix for about a week and still bugged. 4 achievements missing now I should have but stuck and won't give them to me, and given that I spend all my free time here after working overtime and exhausted it is very aggravating not getting the prizes and unable to upgrade easter house because of it

[Suts]

Spring Park - 100 beans to use that one buff is outrageous. If people need to use that buff, it should be extremely cheap AND it should have a separate cool down so that it could be used every 8 hours.

Adventures - If you want people to do coop adventures (which is not a bad thing), they need more of a reward. I have said this before, it is harder to get people into coops than doing single adv. The reward needs to be greater. Perhaps add 1x loot for each player. So that Whirlwind is paying 4x loot. Then players will do them.

Guild quests - Too many demanding powder. Please give salt as a reward for doing the quest, so that there is something coming back to give is the opportunity to make the powder that we have to pay.

[Ceruhe]

black knights used to be a source of more eggs, they altered the map changing a key block and took away the higher event money return

Havent heard about that, what changed?

[t00tie]

I'm furious. BB ruined the event.

- You did not listen to a single word of feedback from Halloween
- Same terrible quality, another event starting with a hotfix? Shock!
- No rational player would do anything besides Traitors except as a break to maintain sanity. Whoever decided the number of egg drops SHOULD BE FIRED.
- No decent adventures with ls that are worth doing so higher players can only help lowers by doing Traitors and donating eggs. That's not fun. No, bk doesn't need to be the only adventure worth doing. In fact, if BB weren't grossly incompetent then a number of adventures would be equally attractive.
- The spring park is just 3 zone buffs that takes up space. New players will also need the rph/ph buff. This should have been done differently, not sure how but a recipe for zone buffs in rph would have been better.
- Lag and freezes everywhere, co-ops pretty much unplayable. FIX YOUR SERVERS. How many times do I need to say that?
- Iron geo ruined the last avenue of income for new players and destroyed the value of iron refills, undermining value of loot on all sub-FT adventures
- I'm furious at all you players who are happy with the event. It could so easily have been so much better

The good:
- Event shop. The stuff we can buy is good but I don't like the iron geo. I like having him but he ruins the game.
- At least it's not Arctic Explosion this year (but BB is bringing that back in the new ventures, doing the exact opposite of user feedback AGAIN)

[t00tie]

I forgot one good thing (they are really hard to find)
- No 0 eggs from adventures. If you do one you get a reward, as it should be

That's the only bit where this event is better than easter 2016, sadly

[t00tie]

- Not all explorers sent before the event who returned after it started brought eggs.

This is a known bug, you've had many complaints about it before. It is super easy to fix and yet you ignored it. BB should be ashamed.

[ekalime]

Feedback from a somewhat new player*

- Seasonal Advs: They were ok but eventually what happened was everyone was 'grinding' Traitors for three weeks, and even the onions cried. Two suggestions. Firstly, if the event lasts over a week then perhaps switch up the double-reward advs on a weekly basis so there is some variety to the grind. Secondly, it seems the rewards (in terms of eggs) scale very poorly based on the adv difficulty & cost (ex. Bastille Island is 34 eggs while Wild Mary is 21). I like Suts' idea of making co-ops more rewarding because even with a double reward Tomb Raiders was hardly appealing.

- Easter Basket: Greatly appreciated *as a new-ish player* I can understand how veteran players wanted something new, but as someone who missed out on the unique buildings from events of the past, I am happy to have the opportunity to get one. Still eyeing that Spacious Storage and Watchtower... I think an option may be to offer a choice - you can have one of the following buildings (like in the Advent Calendar), so those who don't want baskets can get the university or storage.

- Iron Willed Geol: I love this specialist - as someone who does not use industrial mines [yet] this greatly helps out with the constant iron searching. Perhaps higher level players who have a lot of industrial mines wont take advantage of this, but I find him a welcome addition.

- Spring Park: 10/10 for looks; 1/10 for usefulness. The magic beans buff to highlight collectibles is a joke. The cooldown is quite big. I will say this - it is easily the most expensive decoration I have bought.

- Sidenote 1: Why is the Rabbit Wheatfield *so* underwhelming in design? It looks like the basic wheat field... Couldnt it have a nice white fence or be in the shape of a rabbit or be a carrot patch? I was disappointed when I saw how it looks like.

- Sidenote 2: Prior to the meltdown Monday patch the Easter Bunny Topiary was a 2x1 decoration (likely a bug, but a fortunate one) which meant that it fit in unique places. After the patch it was 'fixed' to occupy 2x2 places which is somewhat unfortunate because the game lacks 'full' small decorations - the best one is the cherry tree. On the opposite end are 2x2 decorations which should be 2x1 or 1x1 (settlers topiary, or the lion statue). Perhaps this bunny topiary could go back to the 2x1 footprint?

Overall I enjoyed the event, obviously there are small things I would have liked changed - the short list of guild quests which were on repeat (how many carriages can I make in a week...), the titanium drain was quite painful for those of us without titanium stockpiles (the party crashers is just an odd thing to associate with Easter - would make more sense for Settler's birthday anniversary).

[Lord-Vid]

When I saw the Iron Geo I knew it was one I needed. It gives a free 500 to 800 iron deposit per mine. Right now Iron deposits sell for 1 gold per iron. I imagine that the price of iron and deposits is going to go down as a result. I think he's better than anyone is giving him credit for. The 48 hour on the cool down does seem long. Maybe different timers for the different items?