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Why are so many people reporting much higher numbers?

Well that's VERY disappointing then...

leeana69 wrote:Why are so many people reporting much higher numbers?Three possibilities: (my guess is 1 because I assume people are trying to be helpful but tracking the elves as I did today takes some effort...I only tracked because I wanted to find the maximum amount of time I could be away from the game overnight, so far it's more than 7 hours (based on yesterday-- I didn't hit max elves.1-they are taking the widely reported 3 every 15 minutes thing as the truth (I think it was valid on XMAS but there was one site that said "this was an XMAS bonus type deal, it will decline") or 2-they have some sort of glitch (I've seen one forum regular report that the elf tunnel resets every time the user logs on (ie if they relog in every 4 hour they get twice what a non glitched person would get) or resynchingbetween KL and your game retriggers the spawning of three) or 3-the lower numbers are the glitch so lots of people report what they see which is the higher number (I'm getting 3 every 30 minutes as well based on a 7 hour trial when I was sleeping, a 2 hour trial later, a later 3 hour trial...basically I tracked from "your town is clear" to "your town is clear" and was always getting this rate (when I got more it was always harvesting the elf tunnel)I feel like the elves are glitchy anyways as it seems like I needed to synchronize my town to see them especially the tunnel elves.Eta autocorrected spelling problems

casbythoug530 wrote:leeana69 wrote:Why are so many people reporting much higher numbers?Three possibilities: (my guess is 1 because I assume people are trying to be helpful but tracking the elves as I did today takes some effort...I only tracked because I wanted to find the maximum amount of time I could be away from the game overnight, so far it's more than 7 hours (based on yesterday-- I didn't hit max elves.1-they are taking the widely reported 3 every 15 minutes thing as the truth (I think it was valid on XMAS but there was one site that said "this was an XMAS bonus type deal, it will decline") or 2-they have some sort of glitch (I've seen one forum regular report that the elf tunnel resets every time the user logs on (ie if they relog in every 4 hour they get twice what a non glitched person would get) or resynchingbetween KL and your game retriggers the spawning of three) or 3-the lower numbers are the glitch so lots of people report what they see which is the higher number (I'm getting 3 every 30 minutes as well based on a 7 hour trial when I was sleeping, a 2 hour trial later, a later 3 hour trial...basically I tracked from "your town is clear" to "your town is clear" and was always getting this rate (when I got more it was always harvesting the elf tunnel)I feel like the elves are glitchy anyways as it seems like I needed to synchronize my town to see them especially the tunnel elves.Eta autocorrected spelling problemsI've been seeing something unusual over the past 2 days. When I log into my town, my cannon now clears itself of the handshake upon entry, leaving a fuse. Many, many times. I synchronize every time I play and when I return throughout the day, it's ready to fire. Repeatedly. I can't seem to keep enough elves to fire away. It will just sit there with the fuse while I'm scrounging for more elves. This glitch seems to be helping me on my leaderboard which is full of some heavyweight gamers. Gotta love when the glitch benefits the player. :D*Not trying to sound arrogant with my post or as if I'm complaining about something good.

I've been seeing something unusual over the past 2 days. When I log into my town, my cannon now clears itself of the handshake upon entry, leaving a fuse. Many, many times. I synchronize every time I play and when I return throughout the day, it's ready to fire. Repeatedly. I can't seem to keep enough elves to fire away. It will just sit there with the fuse while I'm scrounging for more elves. This glitch seems to be helping me on my leaderboard which is full of some heavyweight gamers. Gotta love when the glitch benefits the player. :D*Not trying to sound arrogant with my post or as if I'm complaining about something good.I'm glad to hear you aren't angry about a really really great glitch you are experiencing. At first I did think you were complaining and as I read your post I was thinking 'what an ...........' well I won't finish that. Enjoy your good fortune.

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fishing4x4203
11 years ago
7 elves in 3hrs wtf :twisted:
drumnman
11 years ago
vic147 wrote:
I only can think that EA wil launch an Elf generating "thingie" at a hefty donut price.

Come to think of it, this is the first event in recent memory where there isn't a way to generate more of the collectible currency with either character tasks or other (for donut) buildings.
havocmike
11 years ago
I don't know what the issue is. I always seem to have about 100-150 elves in my bank at any given time.
JMPpierwszy
11 years ago
OK, I have been taking notes on the number of elves generated each time i login and it is indeed 3 every half an hour except:
If I login every half and hour to collect them, the game seems to add the "collection time" to respawn time, i.e. the 30 minutes timer starts only after i collect the last one from from the current respawn
Sometimes, on average maybe once a day. I seem to be randomly getting an "extra respawn" - looks like some glitch? Also sometimes more elves than expected are generated during the night.
On 27/12 (definitely after the Xmas bonus period) I had a few hours with higher and irregular respawn rate.

Apparently there is some bug in the game that under some conditions can produce additional elves. Wish I knew how to exploit it :)
linkwick
11 years ago
TheWriterer wrote:
Has anyone had any feedback or seen any comment from EA yet that explains why, with a fully upgraded cannon, we can fire 468 (12*3*13) elves per day but the game only allows for collecting 156 ((3*48 )+(3*4))?

Haven't seen any "official" notification(s) on the issue, but the Support job I lodged (supposedly) sent the info over to the development team. Whether that actually happened or is just Support "fluff" (or whether the development team is actually in and not on holidays!!)... well, we'll just have to see.

Edit:
TheWriterer wrote:
And, just because it isn't wholly clear from what I've read...

If anyone is using the Elf Home as made available through either the 2013 event or the 2014 event (if you didn't have Christmas Willie's Shack, which only having starting playing this year I did not have), can you confirm if these buildings are generating elves as well during this event?

Only the Elf Tunnel generates Elves (4 per 8hrs). The Elf Houses just give cash.
skylarkpilot
11 years ago
More elves Xmas day was great except I was glitched out then :(
So far, playing all hours of the day I have only managed 6927 Bells. My level Nine cannon has fired 542 elves and takes 3hrs to be ready so I have 400 elves in jars that I can't get rid of.
It's looking like I'll have to spend doughnuts at the end to complete this event.
I'm enjoying this event but it is so glitchy it's unbelievable. When I log in my game staggers and is unplayable for about thirty seconds while everything settles down. I just wish I could get a glitch that works in my favour !
nissa762
11 years ago
I'm still wondering if inconsistency is the implication behind the message when you've cleared your town of elves. As EA says "But how long till more arrive? HOW LONG?!" Or it's a we know it's buggy and thought we'd write this message instead... :D
roshigoth1
11 years ago
skylarkpilot wrote:
I just wish I could get a glitch that works in my favour !

Don't you know? THOSE glitches they fix right away! :lol:
mikeritjshua
11 years ago
It seems like the clash of clans strategy of giving everyone bonus "whatever's" has been changed for this event. Perhaps because many people finished fairly early and they gave out a lot of donuts? Speaking of which I haven't had many in a while now!

I now have only 25 elves left so after my next shot I'll be down to zero and I'm only on 9500 bells. Anyway, not long ago the strategy was to give us bonus (in that event, nerds) whereas here it seems to be almost the opposite - to try and limit them? Maybe I'm being a bit harsh or inaccurate but it seems a difference in strategy/support to me.
mikeritjshua
11 years ago
Lottie089 wrote:
I think I will stop upgrading my cannon then. I used to have my elf stores in triple digets, now though I have about 55 or so and that's dropping. I'm on hometime from my job so I can play more for the time being but I'm going to run out of ammo soon.

The one disadvantage of doing this is that you're depriving yourself of the task requiring you to upgrade and the associated 200 bells you get for completing it. You're also denying yourself the extra bell bonus - for example it started at 3 bells per elf and I'm now at 5 so therefore losing quite a few elves per day. Plus then you'd have to really careful to count back from the end date/time to make sure there's enough time to cool down the cannon before firing again and make sure you reach your target bells amount for whatever prize you want.

All in all I'm not seeing a lot of positives to this idea unless I'm missing something.