12000+ crystals....

Grrrrr.... Gawd!!! For f*** sakes, STILL NO BOTTLES!!! WTF! Damn you all and your 100+ bottles, I just need 2 damn you!

Just over 15,000. 62 bottles.
At least there is not long to go when the event is finished.

LOL, I was finally able to get 2 bottles yesterday, but it took me all day every 4 hours clearing out bandits to do so... the first one came yesterday afternoon then the second just a little while later. Figures, after I finished the challenge I get like 5 more...

Anyways... almost finished the entire event. Still have like 15000+ crystals, lol still nothing to do with them yet...

2 boss fights left and the crab guys gotta finish his little quest ring and a few other odds and ends... but almost there.. Sure I will be finished in the next day or 2. Still plently of time left.

I play-to-win and I have a collection of bottles and bandaids. I also use the auto battle. There's no point in healing fighters when I have so many of them. Especially now that they patched the respawn of fights when going to Krustyland. I'd use bandaids to get as many fights in as I could, but that was about it. Since I got Wonderfilms early on in this act, I haven't fought a friend battle in like a week or more, so healing items are pointless.

I do have 1 or 2 losses, but that was when I was overtired and instead of picking the correct characters, there were 2 battles where I picked the weakness to the one I was fighting (instead of the strength). I also have 13 retreats - but that was in preparation for Act 3. I was letting 1 fighter felon groups wander the weekend before Act 3 started.

I've got plenty of bottles. I don't really need to use them for normal fights, only during the first two Social Battles. And only so I don't need to space the Social battles out through the day, so I can get all three done at once.

Look, I realise most of you play-to-lose or what ever you do. The point wasn't to state how many bottles you've collected by not using them... The post is about the frequency of the drops. And the fact that when you really need 2 of them, they seem hard to find. Again, not about how many you have collected by not using them. If your not using them, then something is clearly wrong and the game developers need to seriously think about the usage of these items in game play.

Just to state though, throughout this entire event I have just barely maintained enough bottles to maintain my crew of battlers. It wasnt to about half way through the second act I used less and then finally the third act where I only had to use them on friend battles. I also used bandaids when I could. Maybe the difference is, I missed the introduction of this event last year. I am starting from scratch in a way.

So... I really dont care about how many you have collected more so then how many you collect per day from bandits alone. Once you get all the freebies and what not, from quest completions. The rate at which you get them from that point on, in my opinion, could be improved and developers should create need of them more so people have to use them. The fact you are all not using them, for whatever reason (which is beyond me, they are useless and disappear once the event is over) is a clear indication they could be used better.

I also realise this is a user forum and developers may not ever see this post. But hopefully they will.

Those who had played the first SH event clearly had the advantage of having the sequel squad characters from the start. With the extra fighters, there was little or no need for science water, whether you were losing or winning your battles. I imagine it was a fair bit more challenging for those who had none of those extra fighters.

Realized early on that you can even play to lose EVERYONE and then just heal one person up to finish off the felons. Even doing that there's no way I can use all these band-aids/bottles. The last day I think I'll heal/lose the rest of it to grab the last possible donuts.