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Ok. Tomorrow I will finish this endless quest and earn the final prizes.
I was sure I wasn't going to finish, not even getting close. But yesterday I realized that I was at 80% of the quest, with 85% of the total quest time passed.
Up to that moment I used some cupcakes (around 50) and a lot of simoleons (I am level 50, with all land cleared so I have much more simolens than I need).
I bought 600 simcash and used simcash and cupcakes to collect royals, which is what I missed.
Tomorrow morning I will open the last royal box.
What I used:
Around 190.000 simoleons, I have 186.000 simoleons left
Around 90 cupcakes, I now have 29 left
540 of the 600 simcash that I bought.
I could have used MUCH LESS simoleons than what I did: i purchased extra cookies during the baking competitions, but it wasn't necessary: i opened all the normal much in advance.
Seeing back, it is also unuseful to make the special events: you collect so many cookies if you want to collect enough crowns during the baking events, that you don't need special events.
I WILL NEVER MAKE ANOTHER QUEST LIKE THIS. This time I was so close I wanted to finish, but next time I won't even begin. And even if I begin: almost all my resources are gone and I have no intention of spending money to buy so many resources as they are needed for this kind of quest.
Summary: I think that the move from the development team was smart, because I guess that many players purchased some resources like I did (I spent 17 euros in total for this game till yesterday and I started play in october 2018). But I also think that this was a one shot occasion for the development team: except the purchase, we also used all our saved resources and don't have any left to make other quests like this. Sorry EA. You won't get us a second time.
This was the most stessing and terrible quest ever. Never ever again.
OK, I haven't enjoyed this event because of how very few tokens we received for each activity, and for the steep cost of the baking challenge.
That being said, I did manage to complete it. I had quite a lot of resources saved up (simoleons, simcash and cupcakes) and they're mostly gone. I think I've spent around 200k simoleons, 100 cupcakes and about 400 simcash. Take my word for it, I didn't cheat. But I reluctantly played it safe with every baking challenge, spending extra resources to reach at least a rate of 98% chance (all the while deploring the expense)
So was it doable without cheating or hacking? Yes. Was it fair and enjoyable for everybody? Definitely not.
@KodamaTreeSpirit wrote:OK, I haven't enjoyed this event because of how very few tokens we received for each activity, and for the steep cost of the baking challenge.
That being said, I did manage to complete it. I had quite a lot of resources saved up (simoleons, simcash and cupcakes) and they're mostly gone. I think I've spent around 200k simoleons, 100 cupcakes and about 400 simcash. Take my word for it, I didn't cheat. But I reluctantly played it safe with every baking challenge, spending extra resources to reach at least a rate of 98% chance (all the while deploring the expense)
So was it doable without cheating or hacking? Yes. Was it fair and enjoyable for everybody? Definitely not.
Same here, same numbers than myself in fact.
And I quote every word: not fair and not enjoyable.
Looking back I don't even like so much the final prizes. The fireplace doesn't fit with my house so much, the wood storage (sorry for the terms, I don't play the game in english) is not so well designed. And also the double braid is not so wonderful to lose so many reserves for it.
Oh, then I totally understand your disappointment...
The reason why I persisted is because I could see that the fireplace and wood shed would actually fit very well with the style of my house. Otherwise, honestly, I'm not sure I would've spent so much on that event...
I'm disappointed I didn't get to collect all items. If all future events will be like this, I'm inclined to just stop playing. I've spent € 100 in game so far but will stop if the game doesn't improve.
I hate that each different color for the item counts as a separate reward! Color swatches/skins should not count as a separate item! We get measly rewards for too much effort and it's starting to feel like pay to play game.
