Pericles the Lion
Well-Known Member
Yes, I have read every post in this thread. So far, you are the only one that said that the best, non-diamond, strategy was followed without success (well, without success 1 out of 3 times) and only just now. The closest any other player came was @Johnny B. Goode but he said "I rarely chose the highest cost player" although the highest cost player was never the best choice.Have you not read this thread mate? I used this strategy, and got the Pergola in only 2 of my 3 cities, because of the leagues and a lack of footballs won from incidents. In that city, I would have been required to spend diamonds. I did everything that I could, collecting every incident, completing every quest, and choosing the best players, and other people have done so too, but still fell short of achieving the last upgrade.
So no, spending diamonds wasn't required, but if you didn't spend diamonds, you basically had to hope that you were lucky enough, not able to rely on the best strategy.
I think that the root cause of dissatisfaction is that INNO didn't lob softballs at us this Event like they have in the past. In the past, incidents didn't matter much, if at all. Players became lazy because they believed that daily play was unnecessary to get the complete building. In the words of Gomer Pyle, "Surprise!, surprise!, surprise!". The biq question is will these same players learn from the experience or just continue to play a casual game and complain about the results that they get. I guess we'll see, eh? Frankly, I'm fine with INNO raising the level of difficulty, if in fact that is what they are doing.