Feedback Summer Event 2023

[zookeepers]

Well I mean the Skull Cave is crazy good efficiency wise - 1.5 FP/square, 5% att for att/square, 5% att for def/square. But is still ultimately only a single 2x2. A 4 square building that "saves" 19 squares (if you want everything it does). By comparison a Panda Shrine is a 22 square building that "saves" 40.

But see, if a buulding worth 19 tiles is really achievable for 2800 diamonds, it's actually little better than the newest diamond expansion, 2400 diamonds for 16 tiles. Value of a building declines, but even so, it isn't a deal too bad.

definitely, it is a no-go for 30k diamonds. There are better ways to spend.

 

[CDmark]

More tiles means more chances for special of the day, along with TP L9. So, good change. If they want to see $15 from people, the Viceroy upgrade should be obtainable for no diamonds. So whatever the ratio, 1.3, 1.4 or 1.5, make sure Viceroy is there.
Calendar vs Special of the day would make the event more interesting. Including Viceroy in Calendar would be great since diamonds would need to be spent (@crashboom&Uber). I could even have my daughter hunt for the key and have a little chest with a key in RL, every time she gets a key, we open the chest for a surprise (stickers, smarties, etc). I could have a lot of fun with it

 

[Battle Tomcat]

If TPL9 is producing fragments of Buccaneers Bay, what is producing fragments of TP golden upgrade? Or am I blind?



No, I'm not blind, though. I checked in Wiki, simply the name is bit misleading.
Wouldn't it be possible to make a tooltip balloon with information when hovering over a truncated name?
On the other hand, tooltip over tooltip... Stupid... Any ideas?

 

[DEADP00L]

A simple line break for truncated texts (especially with translations from different communities) with an adjustment in the height of the window would seem to me to be simpler and more efficient to set up.

But what's the point of explaining to the developers how to adapt the game, since they don't read our comments and only test their game for a maximum of 5 minutes per month.

 

[Susannah the Good]

Am I to understand that the will only be a key to be found on every THIRD board? Up until today, players without deep pockets got 2 chances per day to flip a tile. The chance of finding a key was already nearly impossible. If there's no key in 2/3 of the boards, I guess there's no point even trying to complete the calendar.
I really want to keep playing FoE but Inno's money grubbing is taking all the joy out of the game.

 

[Finkadel]

Omfg, I wonder how this event was tested if you ended tripling the currency... Facepalm is just not enough.

That is just not minor adjustments, ya know mateys, arrr?

 

[Battle Tomcat]

how this event was tested

developers (...) test their game for a maximum of 5 minutes per month.

I think DEADP00L's assumption is just about right. LOL...

 

[Juber]

Omfg, I wonder how this event was tested if you ended tripling the currency... Facepalm is just not enough.

That is just not minor adjustments, ya know mateys, arrr?

Might sound crazy, but what if, hear me out, this was done based on player feedback as many said, only 2 tiles per day is boring? They increased it to 5.5 tiles per day.

It waa never said that only minor adjustments are done. So why do you expect minor ones only?

 

[Amphistaff]

I don't understand the reasoning for the calendar change. It feels really bad to straight up not have a key piece. We're already severely hampered by the Shuffle tile. Why should we also not have a chance at all of a key? This event is just not fun.

 

[Tahrakaiitoo]

And it's such a shame... Summer (with pirate theme) has been one of my favorite events for years. Now it's pretty much ruined.

 

[softly explorer]

Hi team of Inno Games,

many thanks for so much EXTRA Doubloons ! 750 in total I go today (if I'm correct?) ... Fantastic !!

 

[Astrid]

Give something with one hand and take another thing with the other hand. Classic move from Inno. Not sure if the calendar will be even harder to complete now, it's a shame because that Pirate Cave was quite nice, but anyways, at least now we have a better chance to obtain the daily special. I will be focusing on getting 1-2 extra Buccaneer's Boathouse's when this hits live servers and maybe spend few diamonds if the calendar will be achievable.

However I still won't buy the Premium Pass.

 

[xivarmy]

Give something with one hand and take another thing with the other hand. Classic move from Inno. Not sure if the calendar will be even harder to complete now, it's a shame because that Pirate Cave was quite nice, but anyways, at least now we have a better chance to obtain the daily special. I will be focusing on getting 1-2 extra Buccaneer's Boathouse's when this hits live servers and maybe spend few diamonds if the calendar will be achievable.

However I still won't buy the Premium Pass.

If you're going for an extra buccaneer's or two, the calendar should be quite achievable. Probably recommended for your last upgrade instead of more doubloons to buy wild keys to get the skull cave + an upgrade (since upgrades space out to 60 progress = 40 flips = ~370 doubloons and you'll probably be only a few days away having already spent some diamonds on doubloons)

 

[Kronan]

Might sound crazy, but what if, hear me out, this was done based on player feedback as many said, only 2 tiles per day is boring? They increased it to 5.5 tiles per day.

It waa never said that only minor adjustments are done. So why do you expect minor ones only?

Juber - I"m enjoying the changes made, even with me spending the diamonds I did to compensate for the stingy amount of gameplay initially offered.

To point: I think the disconnect we're all having is WHY it left the software development workshop, through all the internal reviews and even a cadre of players before doing alpha test (if there is such a thing inside Inno...) and how it got to us in beta with just 2 a day?

That's the real question the community has. No one inside Inno ever said ...

Hey, fellow Inno event team members - do you really think this event is going to be beta-embraced or live-embraced with them getting just 2 chances a day to punch tiles on a big tile board for a long number of day, and they'e gonna wonder how that would be fun or productive , especially when the board washes (resets) itself every nite?

Basically - @Finkadel's point is: No one inside Inno objected to the 2/day design ENOUGH before beta to re-balance it correctly so we could play it in beta with NO such objection to you. Yes we know you're in the midst of a downsizing, so it could have been missed for a more thorough review. Word of potential downsizing events has that "deer in the headlights" effect on employees.

So once again, we appreciate the wad of doubloons NOW added, but why it got to us the way it did, then a HUGE change, is the real question on many people's minds (Said with peace and love).

 

[crabbyoldman]

I had zero doubloons last night, and woke up with 770 doubloons. Thank you to whomever is responsible, now the event is playable

 

[Tempestas]

Why when you have Double Payout and you Click on Show 2, it doesn't show 4????

 

[Tempestas]

I had zero doubloons last night, and woke up with 770 doubloons. Thank you to whomever is responsible, now the event is playable

I was afraid to say that outloud. I didn't want it to be an oops and they come take them away.

 

[xivarmy]

Why when you have Double Payout and you Click on Show 2, it doesn't show 4????

Because it's a clone of winter event, and this is how winter event has always worked. Double-Show 2 only doubles the 3 starbloons.

 

[Battle Tomcat]

Today, after receiving 730 "missing" doubloons I tried to catch Calendar Key and eventually I did... 200 doubloons later.
Bit pricey key, is is made of antimatter or what?
My calendar is now 12/32, so I can forget it I presume.

 

[qaccy]

Juber - I"m enjoying the changes made, even with me spending the diamonds I did to compensate for the stingy amount of gameplay initially offered.

To point: I think the disconnect we're all having is WHY it left the software development workshop, through all the internal reviews and even a cadre of players before doing alpha test (if there is such a thing inside Inno...) and how it got to us in beta with just 2 a day?

That's the real question the community has. No one inside Inno ever said ...

Hey, fellow Inno event team members - do you really think this event is going to be beta-embraced or live-embraced with them getting just 2 chances a day to punch tiles on a big tile board for a long number of day, and they'e gonna wonder how that would be fun or productive , especially when the board washes (resets) itself every nite?

Basically - @Finkadel's point is: No one inside Inno objected to the 2/day design ENOUGH before beta to re-balance it correctly so we could play it in beta with NO such objection to you. Yes we know you're in the midst of a downsizing, so it could have been missed for a more thorough review. Word of potential downsizing events has that "deer in the headlights" effect on employees.

So once again, we appreciate the wad of doubloons NOW added, but why it got to us the way it did, then a HUGE change, is the real question on many people's minds (Said with peace and love).

Does it really matter when or how something gets adjusted on the beta server? The important thing is that adjustments happen if and when necessary before hitting the live servers. Folks often complain about balancing issues in beta, because they forget that they're playing on beta. Not everything's going to be well-balanced right out of the gate. Beta's a volatile/unstable environment that's focused more on testing than normal gameplay.

I just don't think it's a good look to complain about imbalances, and then also complain when those imbalances are adjusted just because they either had to happen in the first place or because it took 'too long'. The only changes that take 'too long' are the ones that happen after an update makes it to live. Any time before that point is fair game.