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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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ravendarkstorm
11 years ago
casbythoug530 wrote:

In the town where I wasn't locked out I'm at 789 (I was logging in every 4 hours except for a 6-7 hour sleep break but I've been at 11 elves fired per cannon for a while (& my elf rate was 6/hour which is fewer cogs than those who get 12/hour). What is your elf spawning rate? My guess would be whenever you resynch you get 3 more elves regardless of time (because I'm down to a 50 elf bank)

I have a total of 918 between elves shot and in bank as of making this reply. Using 9am christmas morning (my first login after phase 2 went live) as a reference point that is 6.3 days. Which amounts to 6 elves per hour.
linkwick
11 years ago
mikeritjshua wrote:
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!

CoC Event didn't have any bonus donuts - instead you got 1,000 Elixer for every additional 8,000 Gold. (Considering I got up to 350k+ Gold using the "every attack wins overnight" glitch/programming error, that was VERY disappointing.)

They do have bonus donuts for this Event (just like Halloween) - a donut Bonus Box for every 4000 Elf Bells.
Hugemember1
11 years ago
I have been running on 0 elves for 2 days now....I dont get to fire 3 full cannons, just 2 with 1 elf for the third.....

I only generate 6 elves per hour so less than 20 elves per cannon cooldown. With these numbers it is impossible to fire full cannons (with the exception for the first log in of the day where I can get about 40 elves)....

Anyone know how to overcome this?

Thanks
linkwick
11 years ago
Hugemember1 wrote:
I have been running on 0 elves for 2 days now....I dont get to fire 3 full cannons, just 2 with 1 elf for the third.....

I only generate 6 elves per hour so less than 20 elves per cannon cooldown. With these numbers it is impossible to fire full cannons (with the exception for the first log in of the day where I can get about 40 elves)....

Anyone know how to overcome this?

Thanks

We're all in the same boat.
If you look at the first post in this, you get 6 Elves/hr. That's it. The only thing that generates extra Elves is the Elf Tunnel (4 Elves per 8hrs).

Unfortunately, unless EA change the spawn rate, it'll continue being that way.
ravendarkstorm
11 years ago
I did some math in the too many elves thread and came to the conclusion the elf spawn rate is just right. Max elves possible 6 x 24 = 144 (from spawns) and 4 x 3 = 12 (from tunnel). This works out to be exactly 4 sets of 3 shots at 39 elves per set.
havocmike
11 years ago
havocmike wrote:
I don't know what the issue is. I always seem to have about 100-150 elves in my bank at any given time.

Two days later, my bank is depleted. I'm now at about 30.
nickielliott
10 years ago
havocmike wrote:
havocmike wrote:
I don't know what the issue is. I always seem to have about 100-150 elves in my bank at any given time.

Two days later, my bank is depleted. I'm now at about 30.

This is where I am now. For ages had 100-200 elves banked at any time up until a day or two ago, there seem to be far less elves around than there were at the beginning :?:
Wijsheid
10 years ago
Well yes bud, but talking about these affairs is not allowed, although there is truth in your claim. But this is gonna be deleted according to rules and so will my reply, which is logical. You can always adress mods via pm to alert them
brickevand408
10 years ago
Wijsheid wrote:
Well yes bud, but talking about these affairs is not allowed, although there is truth in your claim. But this is gonna be deleted according to rules and so will my reply, which is logical. You can always adress mods via pm to alert them

Yep, contact EA and report, not start discussions here

@wijsheid

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annettemarc
10 years ago
Wasn't there a past event when they adjusted something when they finally realized their math was going to keep lots of people from reaching the end goal? They gave more of something partway through the event ... Might have been related to community prizes ... But I think they will end up doing that especially taking into account the horrendous server issues.

I had read very very early in this event that the original plan was to have elves spawn at twice the current rate (3 every fifteen minutes rather than three every thirty minutes.) Was that merely unsubstantiated rumor or was it in the files somewhere?

At the LEAST, they could extend the date of deadline to earn all prizes to be the same date as the event end-date! Just how much work would it take for them to do THAT?