Originally Posted by
dalechristel
Wow, people really hate that egg forge!! I'm not trying to judge people by how they spend their gems but...
I have never spent actual money on gems and I had over 1000 of them just waiting to be used, so I'm not going to complain if the forge is only marginally useful. The game gives you free gems from going on adventures, collecting from certain things and you can even trade for gems! It's not like they are as rare as golden nuggets or purple hides, or something. People will complain about using 250 gems to buy a building, but have no issue using gems all the time to speed up collections, or buy a decoration that has no use in the game.
Once you have a jeweled egg of a certain color, it seems like there is no use for the eggs of that color anymore, so the forge is useful to convert eggs to a more useful color and will make this goal a lot easier. I've used about 800 energy so far in this event (from my many alicorns) and only have collected 1 yellow egg so far. I have a feeling I'm going to be forging a few of those to complete this goal.