That's too bad! :-(Originally Posted by wishtheywerereal
I really hope I'm not jinxing it by writing this, but I'm optimistic that I'll be able to make it without spending any real money, either on gems or a value pack. I still need another 142 old gears, but my average is closer to 3 than 2 gears per collection, and I believe logging in enough times won't be an issue. It's only 2-3 minutes each time, I can even do that during a bathroom break... ;-)
Crafted my first Flying Machine - 10 hour timer, first collection gave me $1,976, 1 Wood and 1 Living Wood.
It's very steampunk which I was expecting with this event but I will admit I was expecting it to be smaller. At 2x2 it's very unlikely to remain on my board after this event. It's a shame since we have to go through so much effort to craft them!
I’m on the flying pig goal. Looks like you need to make two, so, you need 8 wings. Arg.....
I don?t understand why drops are so bad for some players and not others? I know they can?t be programming each persons game individually (unless they are targeting people who complain). Don?t they use an algorithm so that everyone experiences the same drop rate?
For me drop rates are always bad..
I think because i'm from Holland.
Different id them from people from the USA...
It's always like that
Only one gear this time! It is worse than ever .... and as I can’t connect every 2hours.... unless S8 does something, I won’t be able to finish.... Who is programming these quest? Somebody from mars who think a day last 48 hours!!!!
Thank you.
Not good enough to justify the 200 gems for the oh-so-cute flying raccoon! Dammit!
I'm with wishtheywerereal. Drops so far have been about 2 per collection. Still need 168 old gears. I have been setting timers, but with meetings and things, I average a collection about every two hours. Energy is not a problem, and I have nearly collected all the nuts and bolts from flying monkeys that I would need. I'll keep going for a few days, but it's not looking good.
Perhaps the drops are better for those who bought the robot Phoenix for 250 gems. It says back of its card that it boosts drop rates of event items.
Even if the drops are a little better with the phoenix, I still don't think it's worth 250 gems (unless you want the phoenix itself for your realm). As others have pointed out, you can buy 125 gears with 250 gems, about half of what we need for the event. As others have suggested on this thread already, the math isn't there to be able to complete this event in the time allowed with the old gear drop rates we are getting. I have to wonder if Storm8 is experimenting with a price point here-- we have these really low gem cost items with terrible drop rates, kind of forcing us to quit, not finish, or buy the gears for 2 gems each.
Obviously, the best fix is to improve the drop rate of the old gear type item to allow us to play the game with reasonable expectations for daily play (NOT every 2 hrs!). In addition to that, in the future, I really hope Storm 8 will lower the cost of the "old gear" type item in this event type to 1 gem (instead of 2 gems). This is supposed to be a free game to play, and I think the 1 gem price better matches that standard. We do get in game gem awards (they are random from adventures, purple cow, dragons, etc.; and as trades in the exchange) that we could use toward a 1 gem price point. 2 gems and above is really forcing us to spend money on the game or earn gems via offers in order to play, IMO.
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