48 hours = 48 attempts
+ 8 at the start
+ some from reward chests
with luck: no medals. or
only be a few thousands medal for the rest if the whole 2 days are used
I did all yesterday (Titan) and it costed me less than 2 million medals
Yes, using all the timed or time available GE chances is an option. For me, this turns FoE into a chore or job rather than a fun, leisure activity. I would have to mark the time some will open and make sure to be back where I am available to play. Every 8 hours means I need to be available to play the game, granted for a brief time, 3 times a day. As with tracking which opponents in the neighborhood are beatable, it is not an activity that everyone playing would find enjoyable. Have a spreadsheet or notepad out. Do a battle, write name and if defeatable, onto the next. Write name, if defeatable, onto the next…
And yes, if I do not have the time, I do not get the rewards for this activity. All well and good, and I agree. But how many activities are requiring the user to log in more than once a day, at timed intervals, to play. More activities are being added which require this. The user ends up scheduling their day around when they need to open the game to perform an activity. This is already a daily chore, to log in each day at a certain time to collect, or have items pillaged from the city. The latest timed activity being added is the QI Settlement, at every 10 hours.
And yes again. Not everyone has to do all activities, and I agree here also. But how many activities can the user leave out before the game becomes logging to collect and logging off. At that point FoE becomes a job or daily chore, not an enjoyable leisure activity. More and more activities are depending on performing other activities. The latest will be QI. In order to be able to battle you will need the military bonuses from GE 5 and QI reward buildings. And sure, not everyone is required to battle, people can donate goods, coins or supplies. But this requires them to be on at those timed intervals to collect that second city to participate in this part of the game.
I might enjoy or not enjoy GbG. Many Guilds have a minimum requirement. This means I will need to be on at a certain time when sectors are open. The higher ranked a Guild is, the more limited that time becomes. It is posted on the threads here that sectors open and are filled in 15 seconds. That means for a user to get their minimums in, they need to be there before each sector opens to get part of that 15 seconds.
I agree Rival is not a required part of the game, it can be left out like any other part. But to finish it will take arranging ones day around performing the challenges. Being available when more GE attempts open to negotiate or attack. Being available to collect productions and start others and so on. And for some users, even if they would have liked to complete it and been available to complete it, they are prevented by not being of high enough age. In my recollection, the game has provided options in past challenges or questlines for this, the “Or” alternatives. If no “Or” is possible, as in the case of already completing GE, the challenge or quest auto completes. Or, the user is left frustrated. Having these rewards dangled in front, yet unable to achieve them.
For other than the hard core gamer, FoE is becoming more of a chore than a game. My life is filled with I NEED to be here or there, I NEED to do this or that. I look for a game that is available when I have time to enjoy it. I do not mind the daily log in to collect the city. Once a day is fine as I can tailor that to my schedule, it is not a fixed time like GbG opening. It is adding more and more activities like the Rivals that is turning me off to the game. It is making Events longer and requiring logging in each day, multiple times a day. It is adding activities that I am unable to accomplish, even if I would like to. It is making what was an very enjoyable, relaxing game, very complicated and complex. Each day I log in, there is a list of activities I need to perform, and that list grow longer and longer. Will I be getting a W-2* from the Game this year?
A ‘W-2’ is a United Stated tax form that an employer send to each employee once a year to show their earnings and deductions for their hours worked.