Feedback Summer Event 2017

[DeletedUser7779]

I had absolutely no problem getting the full Zen Garden set in the Spring Event, neither here or on all 4 of the live servers I play. Sure, I spent diamonds here, but only as a result of poor planning and/or understanding of when to use my Lanterns. On live servers I deliberately bought and used diamonds on my main to obtain 2 sets, which I did.

You must have been really lucky. Like I've mentioned a few times, I was able to get the Zen garden in only 2 of my 3 live cities. I even spent diamonds on the 3rd and still couldn't get it.

To the issue of mechanichs of the wheel. Though it might seem as bit of a nerf, and the following isn´t seen on all wheels, having 2 of the same set piece in Silver ring is actually mathematically an improvement.

Issue is not the silver ring. I do agree with you, it is an improvement - silver pieces are just common. Every wheel has at least 1 silver ring containing set pieces, so one should be able to obtain them without event trying. I also agree that green rings have also been improved - the coins/supplies are gone which is definitely good.

My issue is the gold ring. I've seen lots of junk in gold rings so far (5 BPs, 20 fps, caravansary, etc.) and the real good prizes are extremely rare. (seen SoK only once (was taken), Rogue hiedout once (taken), Elephant square twice (once taken and once i got it) ). I could live with that if it was like previous years - 4 copies of each prize, but now it's just 1. I was hoping for a few SoKs from this event, now I'll feel lucky if i get even 1. With the limited number of tickets and only 1 copy of the most desired prizes we could easily end up with nothing in the end. That's what I'm whining about. You spent 2000 diamonds only to get one set. But you could have not been so lucky. Imagine if you really did spend your $ and didn't get it.

 

[WillyWuff17]

This is my first Summer Event and I love it ;-)

Got two Wishing Wells, two Rogue Hideouts, one Store-Kit, a 20 FP Package and of course a lot of stuff which will never see the outside of my Inventory but I am happy so far ;-)
And if I'm able to complete the second questline I have a complete Indian Set, too.

It is a game of luck, that's it. And it does not matter if one gets 2 or more Tickets a day, either you have luck or not.

And I had luck - at least here on Beta - don't know if I have the same on Life Servers, but let's see.

 

[DeletedUser6495]

I have really tried to keep an open mind.
but let's talk economics and excitement.
Looking back over the past several years ive played, I notice a pattern in when i spend money. For this event, it's simple. SoK shows up with 4 chances and I will use every spin and diamond i have til it's gone.
So here's my honest take on it. There is 1 chance at each SoK. I assure you i will NOT be the poor sot wasting a sp[in to refresh the wheel. I'll be the one waiting for the poor sot to refresh the wheel and when that SoK pops up ME and about 10 other people in the hood are gonna hit the spin 1 time and 1 person will get it. Rinse and repeat. I truly dont see the need to give you a penny in this event because I doubt I'll be babysitting the wheel enough to use my free spins much less pay for more. Then in the last few min of the event i'll burn whatever free spins I have left with no little hope of getting anything i want. I will then take the money i saved and buy some nice stuff from Amazon or another game.
So in short, for me, there is no excitement or desire to spend any money here this year. (and the sets....no ty, my speakers corner is way more effective for what i do)

 

[DeletedUser6709]

The worst thing is in the questline. One day ago i needed to acquire 2 sectors without fighting, so i did it. then i acquired whole province. Next quest is ridiculous because i need to spend many more days to improve my army to conquer next province. Because next quest is "ACQUIRE A SECTOR" so if i did that before it doesn't matter for next quest. Very not convenient issue. INNO PLEASE FIX IT. It's not possible for player who it's not just me - just entered to new era not having proper army. It's just pain in the leg for me to stuggle with next 8 sectors to acquire new province. In some way it's not possible. I have 15 days to do this, but if i complete - probably there is another questline whis also (probably) wants you to acquire a province.

Really, there isn't any other idea to complete such quest like that? INNO don't have ideas/solutions to fix that? I don't believe it!

 

[DeletedUser6402]

Why all these useless buildings nowadays? The sets. We don't have enough room for all the buildings and very little interest in having them.

Will there be any possibility to win Shrine of Knowledge in this summer event??? I have waited almost 1 year for this event to get them!
Thats the ONLY thing I want and NEED. And I'm prepared to spend a LOT of money to get them.
Players that know the game will spend money for Shrines, please let us have them.

I hate what you've done with the game lately, all the new useless buildings in the GE and the events....

Consider that we players that have re-started our game want to catch up with the old players. For that we need what they have, lots and lots of Shrine of Knowlege and Rogue Hideouts. Some wishing wells also. That's acctually the only thing we do need.

 

[xivarmy]

Why all these useless buildings nowadays? The sets. We don't have enough room for all the buildings and very little interest in having them.

Will there be any possibility to win Shrine of Knowledge in this summer event??? I have waited almost 1 year for this event to get them!
Thats the ONLY thing I want and NEED. And I'm prepared to spend a LOT of money to get them.
Players that know the game will spend money for Shrines, please let us have them.

I hate what you've done with the game lately, all the new useless buildings in the GE and the events....

Consider that we players that have re-started our game want to catch up with the old players. For that we need what they have, lots and lots of Shrine of Knowlege and Rogue Hideouts. Some wishing wells also. That's acctually the only thing we do need.

Yes you can win SoKs - but i wouldn't recommend planning on winning many. They show up every 10-15 wheels maybe, and there's one of them per wheel so unless you're watching the wheel for others refreshes it's unlikely you'll get it.

The sets are more common and a better buy overall - One 8x4 set gives 6 FP (not much worse than 8 FP in SoKs) in 5 wins, doesn't require motivation, and if you get a 2nd palace, eastern palace tower, and either one of the decos - then you get 12 FP from 14x4 (vs 14 FP in SoKs in that area) - throw in road savings (from needing roads on both sides of the SoKs vs one side of the palace) and a double palace set is a good replacement for SoKs. You'll be rewarded 1 palace and a pair of towers from the 8x4 set just for finishing the quests so you're 2 decos from your first set to boot. If FP is your only goal, i'd recommend you go after the set and find the space.

In short to get an extra 12 FP a day from this event you need to win:
2 Maharaja Palaces (1 off wheel, 1 from quest)
2 Eastern Palace Towers (1 off wheel, 1 from quest)
1 Western Palace Tower (from quest)
1-2 Bandar Playground (from wheel)
1-2 Maharajah's Jungle Pond (from wheel).

That's a total of 5 wheel wins and only one of them a rare one and a reasonable alternative to trying to win 'lots of SoKs' - if i had to i'd remove some of my SoKs to fit it in fwiw as well - a bunch of SoKs popping at the same time is a royal pain to getting fully polished as it takes in my case 10 hours before all the SoKs stop sucking all the aid up. Sets are worth a small premium in space and nuisance to acquire in avoiding that.

You can also further extend that with every 3 additional wins (one rare and 2 common) being another 5-6 FP a day as long as the length of your city is enough to accomodate continuing a chain of palaces

 

[xivarmy]

You must have been really lucky. Like I've mentioned a few times, I was able to get the Zen garden in only 2 of my 3 live cities. I even spent diamonds on the 3rd and still couldn't get it.

Overall it was reasonably likely you got the spring set - I got it without spending a diamond in 4 out of the 5 worlds i tried. The 5th world on the other hand i dumped 3k diamonds and still didn't get it (having spent every single lantern trying to get the emperor's entrance). I took a little solace in calculating just how exceptionally bad my luck was on that world

 

[DeletedUser5429]

Hi folks, I share some of the concerns expressed:

• gold and silver lining reduce dramatically the chances to get a reward more than once
• there is a lot of crap in the wheels (nothing really new)
• some neighbourhoods are quite difficult (refresh every time, or too much competitive, but then, nothing really new either)

This being said, with the tickets won from the quests + 40 tickets bought with diamonds (I wouldn't recommand doing that on live servers), I got:

• 2 indian palace sets
• 2 elephant fountain sets
• 2 more elephant foutain gates (=> FPs)
• 1 more eastern palace tower (=> FPs)
• some other (far less interesting) rewards

Of course I may have been lucky.

 

[DeletedUser7107]

15 days left in this event, and nothing to look forward to. Getting the pieces for the 2 sets was surprisingly easy, and I built both of them, but they won't stay long. They are just too big and the production does not justify the the size. The rewards for the neighborhood are medals only. Really? The chances for things like sok are miniscule.
my first major event where i will not be spending money. there is nothing to spend it on.
not your best event Inno.

 

[podkap1970]

after a week, the event is dead, everyone have used his won tickets, refreshing the wheel happens 2-3x each day only now
now its pretty hard to win any good prices, like the gold set major buildings, i would even say impossible
i'm kinda happy, i got both sets complete without spending any diamonds
now i try to get a SoK, impossible, because atleast 5 players spinning for it, when it shows,
same with Maharaha's Palace and Elephant Fountain

i would even spend diamonds on beta, but it will take forever until those 2 major set builings will show, and the chance is pretty high, that someone else will roll it instead of me

 

[dolphin]

It is a game of luck

I have to disagree. FoE is being changed to a gambling game and there are many more profitable on-line games that pay real cash out there for those with a gambling addiction.

 

[DeletedUser8262]

After several years on the live server i thought i'd try the beta site just for fun and a few free diamonds as well as advance knowledge of the event.
Overall i think the event is ok though obviously the change to only one gold prize per wheel is a little hard to swallow, human nature being what it is those of us who have done this event before will inevitably be disappointed, dropping from 4 chances at a good prize to 1 was always bound to give cause to complaints. Personally speaking i've always used diamonds to stock up on Sok's etc during the event but i wont bother this year.
My other criticism is regarding the quests, being new to beta and starting in BA again i find the requirement to spend 7fp on each quest a little over the top, 7fp in BA or IA is a lot while in OF it barely registers. A fairer approach would be to lower the fp spend per quest in BA and increase it slightly through each subsequent age, i believe this could also encourage new players to stay in the game longer which would be in IG interests

 

[DeletedUser7793]

Congratulation Inno games for crippling the best and only enjoyable event of this game!
One big prize per wheel that's a quarter, plus the tickets not appearing in wilderness is let's say half, and that adds up to 1/8 of the original event. Do you do the maths Inno? It's not enough we are fed with these pathetic history questlines, now the main event of the game is killed. If you are working to kill the whole game, well that's the way to go!

 

[DeletedUser8090]

Spoiler

Completed the set today and trying a different layout.

btw, did not spend any diamonds. still have 20+ tickets left

Edit: NormaJeane - 17-05-09 -Too large image(s), spoiler tags were added. Max size allowed is: 600x480 pixels.​

 

[DeletedUser4716]

When is inno going to learn when Diamonds now cost a further£15 for 11,000, total £75.00, most people can't afford this just to play a game, If you made it £35.00 for 11,000 Diamonds you might sell more, as I will not pay the £75, all quests are now needing Diamonds plus this new summer quest is ridiculous, 1 ticket a day if you lucky prizes random, who needs pictures, you need us buildings that will help people in the game, not to be stored in inventory., so I wonder if the game is worth playing.

 

[DeletedUser8090]

When is inno going to learn when Diamonds now cost a further£15 for 11,000, total £75.00, most people can't afford this just to play a game, If you made it £35.00 for 11,000 Diamonds you might sell more, as I will not pay the £75, all quests are now needing Diamonds plus this new summer quest is ridiculous, 1 ticket a day if you lucky prizes random, who needs pictures, you need us buildings that will help people in the game, not to be stored in inventory., so I wonder if the game is worth playing.

no quests require any diamonds...

 

[Pafton]

no quests require any diamonds...

Of course (irrelevant surely, but if they ever start doing that, I'm done with this game).
But doesn't it occur to you that it is extremely difficult to achieve anything on the wheel without tickets which Inno very cleverly wants us to buy with diamonds?
Some people argue that they have completed the set(s) with pure luck. Luck is a different thing, and I firmly believe that no event should ever require luck.

 

[DeletedUser]

Some people argue that they have completed the set(s) with pure luck. Luck is a different thing, and I firmly believe that no event should ever require luck.

Of course there is an aspect of luck involved in this event, it is a Casino after all

I have to disagree. FoE is being changed to a gambling game and there are many more profitable on-line games that pay real cash out there for those with a gambling addiction.

I have to disagree. Just because we have some events that involve an element of chance to them does not mean that Inno is being changed to a gambling game.
In my opinion every game has to have some chance and/or luck as part of the overall formula, otherwise every outcome would already be known
and there would be no point in playing.

Consider that we players that have re-started our game want to catch up with the old players.

Doesn't any new player in any game desire all the goodies the high rank players have? Of course they do. That doesn't necessarily mean it should be easy for them to get it. If it was easy it would devalue all the time and effort the high ranking players put into getting to where they are.

 

[WillyWuff17]

In the App (Android) you can move the wheel with your fingers. Can be helpful to see what is below the start mark. That's fine.
But if you turn the wheel too far, it starts spinning without pressing one of the buttons. This was unexpected and has costed a ticket.
Maybe a warning the first time someone does this?

 

[DeletedUser6402]

Doesn't any new player in any game desire all the goodies the high rank players have? Of course they do. That doesn't necessarily mean it should be easy for them to get it. If it was easy it would devalue all the time and effort the high ranking players put into getting to where they are.

Of course new players deserve the goodies as well. One thing does not exclude the other.
The problem is that Innogames have now changed the rules for sucess in the game. What other players managed to BUY at last event is not possible at this event - since Inno has eliminated the chance of winning SOK's by 75%. The possibility to win SOK's has always been there with 4 at a time at the wheel. Everybody that play this game and have done it several years know how difficult it can be. Now you have made it impossible with only 1 SOK at the wheel.
And therefor it's impossible to compete with the players that did get them last time.They have such an advantage with all their SOK's that it will NEVER be any possibility to catch up.
It would have been possible with this event - if Innogames did not change the rules. Me and many others did COUNT on this summer event to excel.

Do you understand? You have changed the rules. It's extremly unfair to all your players that counted on this event that has been THE TOP EVENT for many years.
Innogames have robbed us of getting success - on the same terms as the other players.
So if I would continue the game, it will be as an disabled...