@eieio_31310 wrote:And for @MAGICDAVESHROOM I guess a few packages of Jaffa cakes to go with his coffee... 👿
And you're not having any!
An useful information on gem drops from Penny's Pursuit thanks from our friend Euphoric-Seaweed.
I copied this over from subreddit to keep here for reference.
Somebody asked me this question in the comments section of the wiki and I thought that some of you might have missed my answer there yet find it interesting.
As you know, during the Zomboss battle of Penny's Pursuit, once you deplete the required number of health bars, the battle enters a "bonus" phase, with various kinds of loot dropping - silver coins, gold coins, gems, and sprouts. The loot drops only from killed zombies - not from the boss.
The question is - what is the exact loot dropping algorithm? Do you need to kill N zombies or what?
The answer is this: The loot drops from a killed zombie every N seconds, where N is a random number picked from a range (minimum-maximum). N is not constant, meaning that after the drop another N is picked for the next drop.
The ranges are different for the different kinds of loot and also depend on the difficulty of the level. Here they are:
| Gem | 18-22 |
| Gold | 8-13 |
| Silver | 3-5 |
| Sprout | 50-60 |
| Gem | 15-22 |
| Gold | 6-13 |
| Silver | 2-5 |
| Sprout | 45-60 |
| Gem | 12-22 |
| Gold | 4-13 |
| Silver | 1-5 |
| Sprout | 40-60 |
So, for instance, if you're playing on hardest difficulty, a gem drops every 12-22 seconds. Knowing how much time for the bonus phase your strategy leaves on the timer, this should let you estimate the minimum and maximum amount of gems that you can get.
Knowing how it is recommended to always keep a screenshot of your player ID or have it written down, I discovered you can also find it under Settings / PvZ2. Maybe this will help someone 🤷♀️🇺🇸
You can hold off the update if the options to enter Arena and Penny's Pursuit are available.
EDIT: adding a video to show how this is done (if you still have the sliding ads banner as shown on the images below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Qm2CDSq_o&t=52s
I fear this new 9.9.1 update is going to make all players poorer as there are plenty reductions in Gems, Coins and seed packages for the featured plants.
More details can be read from link below.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantsVSZombies/comments/wm1vmd/nerfing_the_season_rewards/
Thanks for your answer. Strange, they didn't launch that version. In the EA website, there is a shortcut for 9.9.2 version! But, itBu.
9.9.x release is now confirmed to be live by the PVZ2 team from subreddit.
I hope the update should now be available from Google Play Store for all Android players and if you are still experiencing issues or have an opinion about the changes, please make yourself heard on the link below.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantsVSZombies/comments/wmw0wg/update_99_is_live_tomb_tangler_and_more/
