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Stop doing events so frequently

Algona

Well-Known Member
Ypu're making a serious post and I'll try to address it the best I can.

I may be brutal, but I am not baiting you or intentionally insulting you.

I shouldn't have to skip the event just because I want decent rewards. As this is a free to play game I should be able to get the best reward by finishing the events without paying for anything.

I agree completely I'm a freeroller, I don't spend a cent on the game.

What's preventing you from completing Events?

i'm at a point in my main city where i have to pick and choose. I choose to camp in CE, I won't pay CMap and Tech for cruddy prizes, hence why I skip a lot of Events pr stop part way through.

Me having gone through two events to completion and getting shit rewards is called a poor game only designed to make money....or atleast that's the route it's heading.

Yeah,. Well... Each Event Feedback thread is filled with people who did well in Events and even more who did poorly. Sometime;s it;s obvious why folk did well or poorly. Other times it's just plain dumb luck good or bad.

You've playerd over a year, you're experienced, you've accumulated a couple million RP and a nice collection of GBs. I seroiously doubt you are one of those dumb schmucks who can't figure Events. You;re one of the folk who just has bad luck with Events. You're in good company. The best player in my Guild, a topp 100 player in the world, the best fighter I've eber known, a player who really and truly gets the game gets diddly squat out of Event after Evet.

Bad luck happens. What can you do about it? Do you even need to do anything about it?

GE is purely skill based, offers more and in the case of Diamonds better Prizes then Events. With a bit of patience you will win more quality prizes then you can fit in your city. Folk started mentioning last year they were running out of room, leaving TFs and other great stuff in their Inventory.

Throw in DCs. More luck based due to the DC Quests and the Challengers Cheat but there's so many that even the worst luck will eventually even out. IOce you savvy how DC Quests can be manipulated to get rid of or easily do most of them DCs become another frequent source of fine Prizes.

Why sweat Events? Try them, but if the mechanics suck as bad as this current Event did or your luck is running bad, skip it. No biggie, go smash some GE face and grind a dozen or so DCs. You will get more przes then you can use.

I know that still means that Events can and do suck and that INNO does still pile them on too fast. But does it matter any more?

Anyway, that;s the best i can offer.

Wanna go back to insulting each other?
 
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Freshmeboy

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Well, Capn', the reason these events are geared towards newcomers is pretty plain to see...just take a look at what they offer for what they ask for (2 scouted province plus take over and infiltration) and the event doesn't favor the camping veteran does it...? How often do vets have an issue with happiness....? How much map do they have to spare without rising in age...? You're a vet, you read the forums...you saw the complaints about the event before this baby even popped; why are you surprised or upset...? Some events are good, others are awesome, game changing dynamos, and some...well you get what we have here...a diamond sucking, bad luck seeking missile of disappointment for many, including myself. If they aren't worth your gameplay time, simply leave them be but don't ask INNO to stop trying to get new players to spend bucks or beef up their cities with fp producing event buildings...
 

Volodya

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These events happening every month needs to stop. They are all the same and give you the same exact reward.

Then you put out an upgradeable building that can only be upgraded to the max level if you pay cash because you're never going to win all the upgrades from the event any other way.

So please, stop putting these events out so fast because it's getting old. It's not fair to any of us players who work hard to complete these quests to only get a level 3 out 7 bridge and win 4 rouges in a row along with all the worst quality rewards you can possibly get.
So Inno remotely accessed your computer and forced you to play Carnival against your will? You should report that!!

Oh wait, that didn't happen? You were free like everyone else to go about your business and ignore this event if it didn't appeal to you? Never mind. Shall I list the events I've skipped or stopped playing when they stopped being worthwhile? It's a substantial list.
 

Volodya

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I do agree with the sentiment on this particular event. Especially coming so soon after the Forge Bowl where the fully upgraded Pillar of Heroes was doable without a heaping helping of luck. I gave up on getting the fully upgraded bridge in any of my cities, the closest I'll probably get is level 6 on one, the rest will be no higher than level 4 unless a miracle occurs.
I play only one city and I spent enough diamonds to fully upgrade my bridge (a must for me, since I maintain a Carnival section of my city from last year for aesthetic reasons and wanted to expand it) so I have no complaints. I agree though that this year's Carnival was unusually difficult to "win" without spending diamonds. Conversely, Forge Bowl was really easy, with an excellent prize at the end. It's a trade off between too hard and too easy that Inno is constantly balancing; I think they make a real effort to get this right. I suspect we won't see an event quite as luck-based as this one for awhile.
 

DeletedUser27796

Question? How much rock do you guys smoke? You people have the most diluted train of thought I have ever seen.

You know I'm right too. These events are so frequent, that's it disgusting. I've already stated my opinion.... I'm not going to continue arguing with a bunch of peons.
 

DeletedUser27796

I play only one city and I spent enough diamonds to fully upgrade my bridge (a must for me, since I maintain a Carnival section of my city from last year for aesthetic reasons and wanted to expand it) so I have no complaints. I agree though that this year's Carnival was unusually difficult to "win" without spending diamonds. Conversely, Forge Bowl was really easy, with an excellent prize at the end. It's a trade off between too hard and too easy that Inno is constantly balancing; I think they make a real effort to get this right. I suspect we won't see an event quite as luck-based as this one for awhile.
Agreed.
 

DeletedUser32973

Many other games have events running constantly, even 2 or more overlapping each-other. I do hope we don't see that here, as it's nice to focus on the base game once in a while without feeling like you're losing out. I don't really see a current issue with the way they're being run...except I don't like the gambling nature of the events. It's an unhealthy predatory practice that needs to disappear from gaming imho.
 

DeletedUser31498

These events happening every month needs to stop. They are all the same and give you the same exact reward.

Then you put out an upgradeable building that can only be upgraded to the max level if you pay cash because you're never going to win all the upgrades from the event any other way.

So please, stop putting these events out so fast because it's getting old. It's not fair to any of us players who work hard to complete these quests to only get a level 3 out 7 bridge and win 4 rouges in a row along with all the worst quality rewards you can possibly get.

I guess I'm confused on the logic here. Let me start by saying that depending on how active your hood is, the level 7 bridge was either very hard, or >50% to obtain. My hood has many inactives (Iron Age camper), yet I achieved enough Florins to get a level 7 in expectancy terms. You had to be somewhat smart, as in patient, and always leaving a 5 ticket reward in queue just in case, but I'm sure you're experienced enough to know that.

But as to the main topic, too many events. In your ideal world, I'm guessing you only want the 4 main events, and for the prizes to be amazing? And very easy for you to accomplish?

The real question is: Does having a lot of smaller events detract INNO from providing better prizes in the bigger ones?

If anything, given that space is limited and every single reward is deemed valuable RELATIVE TO OTHER BUILDINGS COMPETING FOR THE SAME SPACE, the more events which give "good" buildings makes INNO create continually better buildings.

Your problem is that you have no desire to complete every event That's cool. I stopped with acquire a province in some of my worlds. In others I went all the way. But to suggest that the player community is worse off with having the option to participate in an event is just silly. As soon as this event ends it'll be a big letdown, there's just simply less to do now!

If anything, I would vote for an event 100% of the time. If I want to accomplish the tasks, that's awesome I get rewards. If I want to slow my map progress, that's cool I'll wait for the next event. If they are too infrequent, then no one researches/C-Maps until they can get better "value" for it. So having more rolling events seems like a win-win for everyone.

Look forward to hearing where you disagree.
 

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DeletedUser26532

To get the level 7 pillar and Level 7 Bridge I spent exactly *drumroll please* ZERO Dollars! Oh wait....I thought you said you had to buy them? If you target what you want from the event you'll always get it. I got the full winter set without a dime spent either, and that was 7 freaking buildings offered on different days, not an upgrade released every 2-3 days you could stock up on.

Also picked up a bunch of other things that had value including 3 SOK during this last event.

So lets not pretend that getting whatever you want out of these quests is a problem. If you are missing out on things you either a) aren't targeting what you actually want, or b) aren't playing in a way that maximizes your chance of getting stuff. To date I've missed precisely 1 event building in 2.5 years since I joined and don't spend money on events (other than the first summer casino to catch up on previous years buildings).



Now lets move onto the frequency issue. Are they now much more regular than they were? Yep. So? If you do not want to do them, there is no requirement you do them. If you are unable to do them, there is no requirement you do them. Its no different than GE (or multiple levels of GE), or GvG. If you aren't interested in using that function of the game....you don't.



My biggest problem with events is that you start running out of space to put stuff, but as frustrating as that is (I'd really love to have one o f every event building just for aesthetics) but city design is also part of the game.
 

*Arturis*

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Not sure what is the problem here, if I don't like the event, I just don't do it, the last event I did was for Checkermate Square lol. You can do the same too. And if you do them, don't get too greedy or you will get burned and disappointed. The reason they threw so many events is for new worlds to catch up I guess, old world players have everything, so they are not a fan of back to back event.
 

DeletedUser

If you target what you want from the event you'll always get it.
While this is true of many events, it was not true of this one. If you got the fully upgraded Bridge in this event without spending $$, then you got lucky, plain and simple. I still hold out hope of getting lucky in one of my 4 worlds where I did the Event, but the hope is slim. And that is the only world where I got enough upgrades to get to level 6, so I won't be building the Bridge in any of the other worlds.
 

Graviton

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While this is true of many events, it was not true of this one. If you got the fully upgraded Bridge in this event without spending $$, then you got lucky, plain and simple. I still hold out hope of getting lucky in one of my 4 worlds where I did the Event, but the hope is slim. And that is the only world where I got enough upgrades to get to level 6, so I won't be building the Bridge in any of the other worlds.

I didn't spend any $$$, but I did spend diamonds on this Event like I never have before. And still, barring some crazy luck or spending more diamonds between now and 22:00, I'll have a Level 7 Bridge on only 3 of my 7 worlds. I guess my luck manifests in that two of those three are my lowest Eras (EMA and Indy) where they'll have more impact.

I'll probably build the Bridge in whatever other worlds I can get it to Level 6, but nothing below that.
 

DeletedUser30312

I do agree with the sentiment on this particular event. Especially coming so soon after the Forge Bowl where the fully upgraded Pillar of Heroes was doable without a heaping helping of luck. I gave up on getting the fully upgraded bridge in any of my cities, the closest I'll probably get is level 6 on one, the rest will be no higher than level 4 unless a miracle occurs.

Same here, we've been going almost non-stop from the Winter Event. That is quite a bit, especially considering how infrequently events dropped earlier in the game's lifetime.

I skipped Carnival because I felt it wasn't worth the required advancement, but I could see how some people might be feeling a touch of event fatigue.
 

DeletedUser31206

These events happening every month needs to stop. They are all the same and give you the same exact reward.

Then you put out an upgradeable building that can only be upgraded to the max level if you pay cash because you're never going to win all the upgrades from the event any other way.

So please, stop putting these events out so fast because it's getting old. It's not fair to any of us players who work hard to complete these quests to only get a level 3 out 7 bridge and win 4 rouges in a row along with all the worst quality rewards you can possibly get.
1: You forgot to put this into a proper format.
2: My vote I no for 2 reasons. 1: While some buildings are offered in all the events but there's some of them are only found in the events going on at that time. 2: All the events come back around so if you didn't get all the upgrades instead of wasting diamonds just wait for the events to come back around.
 
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Jern2017

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I haven't been too impressed with most rewards from special events. If I like how the building looks, i build it and have it until I take it down to make space for other stuff. But I enjoy doing the quests, it's fun. Even if I didn't, I wouldn't mind the events, no one is forcing me to do them.
 

DeletedUser26532

While this is true of many events, it was not true of this one. If you got the fully upgraded Bridge in this event without spending $$, then you got lucky, plain and simple. I still hold out hope of getting lucky in one of my 4 worlds where I did the Event, but the hope is slim. And that is the only world where I got enough upgrades to get to level 6, so I won't be building the Bridge in any of the other worlds.

Hmm. I find that honestly surprising.

In my main world I accrued the upgrades for level 6 by the midpoint and targeted other things while waiting for the end of quest one.

In my other world I didn't think I'd be able to finish the questline so until the last week (had 15 quests left) I was targeting everything but upgrades to get that city up and running (Iron Age). I still accrued a level 5 there despite spending probably 60% of my florins targeting other things.
 

Falconwing

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I like the Events. It's probably the only reason I play. Without them the rest of the game is pretty routine.

As this is a free to play game I should be able to get the best reward by finishing the events without paying for anything.

You can get the best reward without paying anything, I did, and so did a lot of others.
 
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