This seems a really solid compromise - I'm sure inno are doing this because they want more people to buy and that's fine, but unlike other incentives before, this changes it from "pay to get bonuses e.g. more goes", to "pay to get the game i.e. a full set". I think Mooing's suggestion keeps in the previous spirit of paying while still encouraging more people to pay.
I think 12 "parts" was the theoretical point that a town-speed-runner could reach in years past. So that's enough extra room that if it doesn't take too many extra grand prizes, the replacement would technically work... But yea, it'd definitely mess with things for people going for multiple if their building parts and final upgrade parts don't align in the right numbers because a certain number of them are supposed to come from chests.
That's a different thing, I would spend extra diamonds for certain avatars, for example some that you encounter on the continent map province owners. But when you offer a grand prize for an event, everyone should be able to get it for free as long as they complete the event.
With a 1 in 5 chance of getting its ten fragments over a year you will see approximately 3.65 vitality trees per event building per year (if Inno keeps the 200 frags to build). Just 6-7 of each A/D.
It says (100) over each tree - so i assume it's 100 fragments for these. So about 7 trees a year per main building; or close to 12 if you deem this building worthy of a BG charge - but they are crazy-efficient. Unrealistic to fill your city with them in the short-term, yes. But enough to want the building (which itself is very good - ignoring the fragments it produces it's on par with the likes of eagle mountain and heroes tavern)
The only part of the other trees of worth is the FP which is negated by the second stat of city defense A/D. New players find out early nothing stops an attack on your city. GT reduces the plunder but city defense can not stop a manual attack. The fact the frags can not be put in the AH is a take away also... Needing roads for "trees"... another takeaway.
| Tree of Silence (100) 1x1 | Tree of Patience (100) 1x1 | Tree of Vitality (100) 1x1 |
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It's not "negated". You don't lose the FP production just because it has a stat you don't give a crap about. But no, they're not a huge deal like the Vitality one is.
The difference between it being a quite-focused 357%+ Efficiency Building vs 238%+ (it'll come in a tiny bit higher when I have a number for the coins it makes) (Eagle Reserve I have at 212% for the current "best all-round", factoring in road, and it's not as focused - some of its points coming from goods).A bad stat negates the personal value of an item. Yes the FP is there but it is an insult to have the "bad" tree in a city for many players. It maybe seen by others that you think having city defense is a plus... 4 days of every 5 the event building gives JUNK which can not be sold in the AH for the majority of players. On the other hand this event is extremely time intensive and the Event prize aims to those that do not do Time intensive. Another take away.It's not "negated". You don't lose the FP production just because it has a stat you don't give a crap about. But no, they're not a huge deal like the Vitality one is.
As for road, that is a significant downside yes. One that's actually kinda needed for balance's sake on the Vitality one
The other two trees are for-new-cities-only buildings. Not best-in-slot at anything, and probably not going to be built in many advanced cities. The probabilities allow new cities to gain large bunches of trees, while not letting advanced cities accumulate the 1 tree they want too fast.
While fragments may not be sellable, these aren't one-time things, so if you don't want the other two trees you should be able to merge and then sell them regularly so that's hardly a problem.
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