At this point I vote all of the above.

Kill it now, and announce that they will be making ALL of the easter event prizes available via donut purchase at a Yard Sale in a couple of weeks time.

YES! (to all 4). :)Also, when they do end it, put all the characters and buildings on the purchase menu to at least open a door that way.

There's a long list of things they could have done to save this event. It might be too late at this point, unless they extend it.The biggest thing we need is MORE EGGS, so we can open more than one or two boxes a day. But now there's only two days, so that wouldn't be enough. So in the last days? I don't know, man. I just don't know.

Lmac201 wrote:Kill it now, and announce that they will be making ALL of the easter event prizes available via donut purchase at a Yard Sale in a couple of weeks time.This except it won't be at the yard sale

After the event ends, they make everything available for in game cash(remember that!?) for like 2.5-3M a pop.

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frankenjacko
11 years ago
johnny50373 wrote:
frankenjacko wrote:
After the event ends, they make everything available for in game cash(remember that!?) for like 2.5-3M a pop.

This might be fine for you and I but would screw all of the freemium players that really took it this event.

Quite the opposite actually. It would only screw over newer players. But Freemium players will easily be able to accrue millions and millions of dollars with the amount of characters we have now.
groovephil
11 years ago
Problem you have is the people who've blow X amount of donuts on this crap and then EA giving it away.

For me they should refund everybody their donuts back and then give them back all the eggs they earned to then purchase what they actually want with the eggs.
johnny50373
11 years ago
frankenjacko wrote:
johnny50373 wrote:
frankenjacko wrote:
After the event ends, they make everything available for in game cash(remember that!?) for like 2.5-3M a pop.

This might be fine for you and I but would screw all of the freemium players that really took it this event.

Quite the opposite actually. It would only screw over newer players. But Freemium players will easily be able to accrue millions and millions of dollars with the amount of characters we have now.

I suppose you're right. It would mostly be the under level 40s that would have a hard time financially.
stingray1122
11 years ago
Zomboy716 wrote:
How?

One free prize of choice before the event ends?

Extend the event?

Lower box prices?

Increase odds?

What do you think?

At this point it's almost to late too save it. Unless they do all 4 of these by Monday. We'll be lucky if they just extend it. I don't see EA doing the other three.
claytonron203
11 years ago
At this point it would be like giving someone who has been on death row for 30 years a kidney transplant.

Just let nature take its course and spare the rest of us the trouble.
joecloser
11 years ago
Give more opportunities to earn eggs. I find myself at a brick wall when I've collected all I can and want to keep playing but have ran out of opportunities to collect eggs. I need more eggs to be able to open more gold boxes, more baskets and more opportunity to help out neighbors. Characters don't earn enough eggs for their tasks.
SAMCRO-0666
11 years ago
Let me sell some of the stupid Easter prizes
drosax1
11 years ago
frankenjacko wrote:
johnny50373 wrote:
frankenjacko wrote:
After the event ends, they make everything available for in game cash(remember that!?) for like 2.5-3M a pop.

This might be fine for you and I but would screw all of the freemium players that really took it this event.

Quite the opposite actually. It would only screw over newer players. But Freemium players will easily be able to accrue millions and millions of dollars with the amount of characters we have now.

I wanted to add that if they were made available for in game cash they'd be permanent so even if freemium players didn't have all the available characters they could get them at their own pace
misterdarren
11 years ago
Give all players a new character "Customer Service Rep" with a Corporate Hq building.

The Hq would be a typical looking office building, surrounded by several layers of fence.

The Rep would have some tasks, including:
-Ignore angry emails
-Claim "It's just a glitch."
Co-op Task with Homer -Spin the Wheel (and get nothing!)
Group Task -Storm Corporate Hq
annettemarc
11 years ago
groovephil wrote:
Problem you have is the people who've blow X amount of donuts on this crap and then EA giving it away.

For me they should refund everybody their donuts back and then give them back all the eggs they earned to then purchase what they actually want with the eggs.

I spent a lot of money to have the stuff at the TIME that i wanted it, and not to wait. Those of us who blew X amount of donuts are well aware that EA ALWAYS makes things at least a little (and sometimes a LOT) easier, often sells things for less or gives things away.

We knew that. We chose to ignore the past. For me, it doesn't matter that someone else gets it cheaper. I got what I paid for at the price I agreed to at that time. Its their turn to do the same -- get what they pay for at the price they agree to at the time they buy it. And if someone comes along even later and they get it for free, that's life. Happens all the time.