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10 years ago

Did you Rush Brandine or Store her to finish the Saint Patrick's Day quest

I stored her. I wanted the beer keg things and didn't want to pay donuts for them. I also don't think it's fair that I would have to spend my newly acquired 20 donuts simply because I just bought brandine. It was the lesser evil, and I think donuts are worth more than time.
  • Im doing nothing. I can live without finishing that quest line.
    And for what? A stack of beer?

    Maybe the quest will still be there in 57 days?
  • My Brandine was down to 18 donuts to rush, and I was going to wait until it got closer to April 23rd when it would cost me less donuts. But, I found that I got so annoyed every time I saw that unfinished quest on my task bar, that I decided to buy one golden scratch off ticket every morning for the next three days, figuring I'd win 6 donuts each time, end up with 18 donuts on the 3rd day, then for under $3, I could keep my present donut stash intact and put this whole unpleasant deal behind me. So, I bought my first golden scratch off ticket ever this morning, and... I won 50 donuts!
    Brandine is now taking a moonshine bath.
  • Decided not to wait any longer for a fix, and went ahead and stored her. My donuts are too precious to use to speed her up so I figured I would rather lose 1 month pregnancy. Once her task finishes tomorrow I'll go ahead and put her on her 90 day spuckler task:)
  • moarku wrote:
    If it becomes clear they have no intention of doing so I will abort her, and be considerably less likely to buy donuts in the future, since it seems as if I've been punished for doing so.


    I completely agree. This was such a low move of EA.
  • Rushed it :mrgreen: got my spuckler 2 months earlier, used donuts that were given to me for free and now just waiting for the beer prize which is probably going to be put up for sale next year for atleast 20 donuts anyways. Just next time there may not be free donuts to use :shock:
  • The longer this goes on -- with some people rushing the task with donuts, some storing Brandine, and the rest doing neither -- the more problematic the solution becomes. Since there's no longer a one-size-fits-all fix to this issue, I doubt EA will ever offer a solution or even officially acknowledge the problem.

    I'm still holding out, though. And the one thing I'm not going to do is spend donuts.

    I guess the only "good" thing that came out this mess for me is that it strengthened my resolve to never spend another dime on this game. After Islandgate and now Branghazi, I've learned my lesson...

    ...for a few weeks at least! Depends on what cool, limited-time stuff comes up next.
  • tralfabits wrote:
    The longer this goes on -- with some people rushing the task with donuts, some storing Brandine, and the rest doing neither -- the more problematic the solution becomes. Since there's no longer a one-size-fits-all fix to this issue, I doubt EA will ever offer a solution or even officially acknowledge the problem.

    I'm still holding out, though. And the one thing I'm not going to do is spend donuts.

    I guess the only "good" thing that came out this mess for me is that it strengthened my resolve to never spend another dime on this game. After Islandgate and now Branghazi, I've learned my lesson...

    ...for a few weeks at least! Depends on what cool, limited-time stuff comes up next.


    Uhm, I could've written this exact thing myself. Word for word :wink: . I was thinking the same thing--that at this point EA can't do much of anything since even though players were a united front in their frustrations, they approached the solutions in too many different ways for EA to fix anything. But I just kept my Brandine as-is, gave up on the Saint Pat's quest, and forfeited the beer cases.

    My only dilemma now is that I really, really want to buy the Tar Pits because I like that T Rex guy but it will require me to get donuts, and I'm still pissed off about the whole Brandine thing. Sighhhhh.
  • I kinda got "lucky" on this issue. Another website recommended planting Corn just before Valentines because on the previous Valentines events whatever was growing at the farm got automatically rushed. Well, that didn't happen, so I decided to just let it grow. That meant I had to wait for Brandine to progress through her quest line, but it meant she was free for Saint Patricks.

    I'm still waiting for that delicious Corn on the cob...