My current problems with Zen, Hearts, and Energy.
Growing plants in the Zen Garden is a really mind-numbing aspect of progression at the moment.
Having to log on multiple times a day, even after you've already played your daily levels, just so you can wait for a T1 Zen Plant to grow to merge it, or T2s, to then collect T3s, and to do it all over again, is just too much to ask for such a simple task to repeat.
One of the biggest desires I have is to be able to merge T1s -> T2s -> T3s without waiting between each step for each plant.
Let us merge the plants without having to wait for their timers. They can still require resources each tier, but the waiting game is honestly killing my enjoyment.
If you want to grow T3s, the T3 timer of 6 hours is already plenty. No need to add a 15 minute and 2-3 hour hurdle in between each step, repeated over multiple plants is really repetitive.
Obviously Zen is an optional aspect of the game, but the Seed requirements are so high that I feel like Zen is necessary for progression. And right now, it gives the most important rewards, yet it's the most repetitive part of the game.
Other major issues:
Having to play the same minigames 4-6 times a day is also really repetitive. Once the third minigame is introduced, it still will feel like a timesink, repeating the same thing up to 6 times every day, so I hope that experience is condensed to only 1-3 times a day max, or to speed up the minigames somehow.
Adding more Zen Slots would also help greatly, because you don't have enough space right now, even with watching ads for the 4th slot. You'll have to grow T3s, wait 6 hours, and plant more T3s to use all of the daily Hearts.
Giving 5 hearts for donations is too much, because each person can only receive 3 items. This means that Clans who donate will be competing amongst each other for the hearts.
Each day, 9 people could get 5 hearts, and 6 people will get 0 Hearts.
If every person in the clan wants to donate, let them donate. It makes much more sense to limit daily donations to 3 instead of 5. Each person receives 3 and donates 3.
If you want to keep the seed-gain balance, give 5 hearts for free daily instead of 3. Then it balances out anyway.
If anyone else has any other thoughts on Zen, please share!
