Guys comon now, only 4 days have passed since the event started

100 golden eggs. Not everyone on the forum is rolling in donuts, just sayin.

00-marco_rosas wrote:
First, "most" people have not received one character or one building at this time. That person would be VERY lucky unless he spent donuts.

Second, if this were any other event (Halloween, Christmas, etc.), we would have MULTIPLE buildings and characters at this point. I've already pointed out how during Halloween 2013 (or any other major event) we would have so multiple times more prizes than Easter. Let me break it down for you.

Halloween 2013 (DAY 4):
Fortune Teller's House
Pumpkin House
Ancient Burial Ground
Shuffling Zombie
Victorian UFO w/ Kang
Maude

Christmas 2013 (DAY 4):
Present Depo.
Egg Nog Bar
Holiday Tree
Springfield Mall



So as you can see, the pace of we are getting prizes for Easter is UTTERLY pathetic even given your grossly optimistic projections. The way that past events have always been is that we get a bunch of prizes in the beginning and then it slows down toward the end; but, we would still always get a prize every two-three days. (After, we still get community prizes.)

For Easter, unless you work like a dog, you will only get 1/2 building + 1/2 characters the ENTIRE event. This event is completely inaccessible to the casual player who doesn't visit all his neighbors everyday because he's coming out of this with nothing. I don't know why he would even bother playing this event.

That's the whole point. People used to complain that the events were too short and easy. Now it isn't.

Khodro wrote:
4 days out of an entire month have passed. Most of you have received at least one building and one character so far.

Did you seriously expect to receive all the buildings and characters after 4 days? Did you expect yo receive all items after just 4 days?
The event is supposed to run a course of an entire month so obviously the odds for the particular items are going to be low so you don't win them all in the beginning.

Remember valentine? People got all the items early on and then complained that there was nothing left to do. If you got all easter items after just 4 days then you'd complain that the event was too short and that there are nothing left to do.

Well you could if you're lucky and bought eggs but without donuts you don't have a chance to finding them until you opened at least 12 for blue and pink and 20 boxes for gold only the banana dictatorship

mpwarner wrote:

Khodro wrote:
4 days out of an entire month have passed. Most of you have received at least one building and one character so far.

Did you seriously expect to receive all the buildings and characters after 4 days? Did you expect yo receive all items after just 4 days?
The event is supposed to run a course of an entire month so obviously the odds for the particular items are going to be low so you don't win them all in the beginning.

Remember valentine? People got all the items early on and then complained that there was nothing left to do. If you got all easter items after just 4 days then you'd complain that the event was too short and that there are nothing left to do.

I have not received anything. I've visited all neighbours every day.
So far I have 1 Easter tree and 3 lots of 100 gold eggs

How have you only opened 4 boxes? I've opened 11, 9 were pink and blue and the others were both gold boxes! Also, I'm freemium and spent 30 earned donuts on them and got another 2 boxes, totalling to 13! :-D

P.s. I got the banana dictatorship in the first gold box!

00-marco_rosas wrote:
First, "most" people have not received one character or one building at this time. That person would be VERY lucky unless he spent donuts.

Second, if this were any other event (Halloween, Christmas, etc.), we would have MULTIPLE buildings and characters at this point. I've already pointed out how during Halloween 2013 (or any other major event) we would have so multiple times more prizes than Easter. Let me break it down for you.

Halloween 2013 (DAY 4):
Fortune Teller's House
Pumpkin House
Ancient Burial Ground
Shuffling Zombie
Victorian UFO w/ Kang
Maude

Christmas 2013 (DAY 4):
Present Depo.
Egg Nog Bar
Holiday Tree
Springfield Mall



So as you can see, the pace of we are getting prizes for Easter is UTTERLY pathetic even given your grossly optimistic projections. The way that past events have always been is that we get a bunch of prizes in the beginning and then it slows down toward the end; but, we would still always get a prize every two-three days. (After, we still get community prizes.)

For Easter, unless you work like a dog, you will only get 1/2 building + 1/2 characters the ENTIRE event. This event is completely inaccessible to the casual player who doesn't visit all his neighbors everyday because he's coming out of this with nothing. I don't know why he would even bother playing this event.

Would you be satisfied if EA had made significantly less prizes available, and instead of everyone getting a few different good prizes we all got exactly the same good prizes? I really think people are overreacting with predictions of who will get what three days into an event that lasts almost a month. I for one appreciate having an event that will remain interesting throughout the entire time period, instead of the Valentine's event that became boring and repetitive once the wheel was cleared.

I want to be positive. For example, I've noticed the fences and hedges are much easier to place because of scrolling functionality, now. Cool.

But it's the frustration. Of all the prizes in the event, the one I'd really like is Shary Bobbins. But the odds of winning her are at 2% on opening a gold box... and only after the first 20 boxes. At the rate I'm going, I don't expect to reach 20 gold boxes before the event ends, and that's with having spent some donuts.

This is a game that really appeals to completists, but it's practically impossible to be one, starting with the wheel spins. It's discouraging. It'd be *much* different if the event gave you a chance to win the various prizes, and then for a couple days afterward, allow you to buy them for donuts (or cash for the decorations). But to do that now would require a warning, so people have a chance to decide if they want to spend hundreds of donuts on eggs.

So I want to be positive, but understand the frustration.

I'm still pretty impressed at anyone getting some of the more desirable items so soon. As for myself, I never have the best outcome with chance-type prizes so I'm definitely not holding my breath for a building or useful character.

mwelch1904946 wrote:
Make sure to contribute to the basket egg sharing. Lay out baskets in your town and use them in others when you can. Once your town's basket is full, you'll receive 400 eggs. You should be able to open 2 boxes everyday and I believe 3 boxes every other day. Possibly more if you have more baskets.

I am working on all my common egg prizes so every 100 uncommon eggs from town tapping goes into friends baskets. The 400 uncommon eggs from a full basket in my town I will use toward an uncommon prize. Just got Father Sean (?) on my first 500 gold eggs :D.

My point is though that it benefits everybody to place baskets in your town and to use them in other people's. I don't expect anyone to buy baskets with donuts though. I expect most people get them as much as I do from bunny tapping which is 1-3 a day. Though my first day I didn't get any on one of my towns.

You seem to assume everyone gets 1-3 baskets a day. Th odds are 0.06 and 0.03%. Do you not understand it is impossible to carry out your proposal every day?

OnePoundBeef wrote:

mwelch1904946 wrote:
Make sure to contribute to the basket egg sharing. Lay out baskets in your town and use them in others when you can. Once your town's basket is full, you'll receive 400 eggs. You should be able to open 2 boxes everyday and I believe 3 boxes every other day. Possibly more if you have more baskets.

I am working on all my common egg prizes so every 100 uncommon eggs from town tapping goes into friends baskets. The 400 uncommon eggs from a full basket in my town I will use toward an uncommon prize. Just got Father Sean (?) on my first 500 gold eggs :D.

My point is though that it benefits everybody to place baskets in your town and to use them in other people's. I don't expect anyone to buy baskets with donuts though. I expect most people get them as much as I do from bunny tapping which is 1-3 a day. Though my first day I didn't get any on one of my towns.

You seem to assume everyone gets 1-3 baskets a day. Th odds are 0.06 and 0.03%. Do you not understand it is impossible to carry out your proposal every day?

Yep and baskets seem to be getting more sparse. I haven't had one since Thursday.

I’ve got one building yesterday so I’m content for the time being. :D