Armored Alicorn vs. Unicorn vs. Armored Lion

[bobbyrae]

So I am at a place now where I can craft either a unicorn, armored lion or armored alicorn. I know it all depends on what drops I want, but, if faced with this prospect, which would you go for?

[deadpixel]

If expansion is my aim, I’d take the Lion, bearing in mind that its drops of expansion permits trade tickets come perhaps once maybe twice a week; it drops three at a time though.

If I need a supply of Spellbound Dew, random tokens and energy, then I’d go for the Unicorn.

If energy is the only thing I crave, then the Armored Alicorn would be fine, since it also has a rare chance of dropping a bonus of 100+energy.

[bobbyrae]

Ohhhh...I didn't realize the lion dropped so many permits at one time and so often.

I do need spellbound dew dew to get rid of those two "Hammer time" and "raising the stakes" goals. But I have two witchy llamas and get spellbound dew from them. But the unicorn's draw are the tokens. Do they drop outside of Monster hunts like the troll camp rarely does?

[meme1098]

Honestly, I'm lucky if my 1 armored lion drops permits once every 2-3 weeks. There's that random thing again...smh! But it does only take up a single square so that's a good thing. I know I won't be crafting any more of the Armored Shadow wolves but since I also need to use troll tokens soon, I'll probably craft a 2nd armored lion & maybe, just maybe, those rare permits will increase for me...lol.

[bobbyrae]

Honestly, I'm lucky if my 1 armored lion drops permits once every 2-3 weeks. There's that random thing again...smh! But it does only take up a single square so that's a good thing. I know I won't be crafting any more of the Armored Shadow wolves but since I also need to use troll tokens soon, I'll probably craft a 2nd armored lion & maybe, just maybe, those rare permits will increase for me...lol.

After seeing the drops from the armored shadow wolf I doubt I'll be crafting one of those humongous things!

[deadpixel]

Ohhhh...I didn't realize the lion dropped so many permits at one time and so often.

I do need spellbound dew dew to get rid of those two "Hammer time" and "raising the stakes" goals. But I have two witchy llamas and get spellbound dew from them. But the unicorn's draw are the tokens. Do they drop outside of Monster hunts like the troll camp rarely does?

Yes, they do, and quite often at that; at least for me they do.

[AnnirasSweets]

I'm confused here. I was under the impression that the Armored Lion only dropped Trade Tickets not Expansion Permits?

[deadpixel]

I'm confused here. I was under the impression that the Armored Lion only dropped Trade Tickets not Expansion Permits?

WHOOPS!

Thank you for pointing that out!! Yes, it drops Trade Tickets. I always seem to get confused and list the wrong drop when it comes to Trade Tickets and Expansion Permits. _* embrassed *_

[riverly]

Honestly, I'm lucky if my 1 armored lion drops permits once every 2-3 weeks. There's that random thing again...smh! But it does only take up a single square so that's a good thing. I know I won't be crafting any more of the Armored Shadow wolves but since I also need to use troll tokens soon, I'll probably craft a 2nd armored lion & maybe, just maybe, those rare permits will increase for me...lol.I have all 4 Armoured Lions and I don't regret them a bit. More lions better chances for ticket drops- 3 tickets at a time.
But you have to part with a big chunk of gold.

[AnnirasSweets]

WHOOPS!

Thank you for pointing that out!! Yes, it drops Trade Tickets. I always seem to get confused and list the wrong drop when it comes to Trade Tickets and Expansion Permits. _* embrassed *_

LOL! It happens to the best of us, which is why I was asking. I thought I had written down the wrong info in my inventory sheets and wanted to double check before I changed the Armored Lion entries.

Even though they don't drop the Permits themselves, I love my Armored Lions to bits. Between them and all the other recent Trade Ticket droppers, I've greatly increased my Expansion Permit production and cut down on energy used to do so. Great investment all around I think.

[bobbyrae]

Thanks for that clarification! I was thinking I don't care how much gold it costs. A drop of three permits would be worth any amount of gold! Lol.
Three trade tickets are good too though...hmmm...

[deadpixel]

Thanks for that clarification! I was thinking I don't care how much gold it costs. A drop of three permits would be worth any amount of gold! Lol.
Three trade tickets are good too though...hmmm...

Sorry about the misinformation :blue:

But, yeah! Three trade tickets every once or twice a week really helps. That, together with the other decorations and animals that drop trade tickets, and making regular 2-hour trades at the market, allow me to stock up on the permits.

[PurpleScorpion76]

So I am at a place now where I can craft either a unicorn, armored lion or armored alicorn. I know it all depends on what drops I want, but, if faced with this prospect, which would you go for?

Funnily enough, I?ve got the same query, but I?m including the Energy Portal in this, I technically don?t need extra energy, sometimes I?m like ?what can I do with it all?, and I did notice that the portal uses up a huge amount of troll tokens to upgrade it to different levels, but it?s something different.

Decisions, decisions.

[bobbyrae]

Well...I went for the unicorn and may get the armored alicorn next. I'm a couple gold nuggets short for the lion. If I manage to get those nuggets I'll try for the lion during this event.

Thanks all for your guidance on this!

Purplescorpion76 All the best with that decision. That portal is out of the runnings for me BECAUSE of the huge amount of tokens needed to upgrade lol. I had planned on crafting all the buildings first then move on to the animals, but then I saw the animals and that plan went poof! :) I really do want that cabbage hut though. Maybe next monster hunt...maybe...

[jesslc41]

When I had to make a similar decision I went for unicorns first because I figured that the tokens they drop would help me with getting gold tokens faster so the other animals would be easier. And I'm happy with that decision - between the last two hunts my 4 unicorns gave me enough tokens to do 2 gold trades before fighting anything and their extra energy/tokens probably helped me make an extra gold or two during the hunt. Also I have more spellbound dew than I need now too (whereas before it would take ages to accumulate enough for a spellbound beam/block).

[MoonVillage3]

Incredibly helpful, thanks. I did max production of those unicorns first too and it is great. It helps so much w the tokens and I have to work hard to keep up w the spellbound dew.

As a result of the posts here, I WILL craft max number of the armoured lions, just not sure yet before or after armoured direwolf as the energy helps so much in events. I wasn't going to make any of the lions before, so this thread has been very influential. Thanks again!!! : )

It all depends what you're heading for: tokens? tickets? energy? then you craft what's needed.
The Unicorns - for the out of season troll token drops.. and spellbound dew, energy.
The Armored Lions - at the moment are good ticket droppers as they drop 3, maybe on a weekly basis. If you have all 4.. you have a good secondary supply.
The Armored Alicorns - are good for energy, swords, armor.

It's a personal choice as to what your kingdom needs most at that moment.

[MoonVillage3]

It seems you might know - could you please say if the armoured alicorns are daily ones, with 3-12 energy and a v v v rare chance of 100?? Or are they a crafted weekly?
...just answered my own query by checking the inventory list kindly updated by SpiritWind. A daily. : )

Yes they're daily with energy drops you mentioned and also.. others drops swords etc which would be listed in the Hub. They're one of the first I crafted in the MCR and happy to have all 4. They're one of the higher class Daily Alis.. compared to the later ones eg. Pastel or Aquamarine and well worth crafting.

[bobbyrae]

It all depends what you're heading for: tokens? tickets? energy? then you craft what's needed.
The Unicorns - for the out of season troll token drops.. and spellbound dew, energy.
The Armored Lions - at the moment are good ticket droppers as they drop 3, maybe on a weekly basis. If you have all 4.. you have a good secondary supply.
The Armored Alicorns - are good for energy, swords, armor.

It's a personal choice as to what your kingdom needs most at that moment.

This is a great summary. Many thanks Moon!