start saving your daily challenges for the next event. They will give you a big head start.

Thanks cdpast to remind me of that ! Impatiently waiting for the coming event :)

This tip has never made even the slightest bit of sense to me. Unless you're someone who struggles to complete event prize tracks until the last possible second, this tip is actually the exact opposite of what you should be doing (and even for those who do struggle to complete event prize tracks, it may still be the wrong decision). Saving up to three daily challenges for any given event will, at most, give you a head start that's equivalent to about one day's event currency total goal (assuming you earn the same amount each day by logging in the same number of times each day - which is how all of the model calendars are based). In contrast, doing all of the "normal" daily challenges up until the event starts gives you three additional opportunities to earn donuts from daily challenges, which can be up to 6 donuts per day or 18 donuts total over 3 days. The only way that getting extra event currency will help you earn more donuts is through bonus rounds, and 3 extra daily challenges are never worth more than, at most, 1 bonus round (which means, at most, 3 donuts). It doesn't make any sense to throw away a chance at 18 donuts for a chance at 3 donuts. Also, keep in mind that there's always an option to buy the last prize if you realize you won't make it in time. Even in that case, if you're actually close enough that having 3 extra daily challenges would matter, then the cost to buy the final prize will be somewhere around 0-10 donuts total (which, again, is less than 18).So, unless you don't get or can't switch to a donut-earning challenge before the event starts, this idea of saving challenges to turn them into event currency is actually the exact OPPOSITE of what you should do (except possibly for those very, very few people who will miss the final prize by just a couple of collection cycles and who somehow can predict in advance that they're better off throwing away guaranteed donuts before the event to reduce the amount they'll have to spend at the end of the event for some final prize they just have to have but couldn't earn in time).If anyone needs further explanation, I'm happy to give it because it drives me crazy to see posts like this before every event when simple math dictates that this "pro tip" is completely the wrong solution for the vast majority of players. (And if you want to argue that the head start gives you peace of mind that's worth more than the donuts you're throwing away by following this "pro tip," I get your argument, but it's based on emotion, not a purely rational choice.)

"chadstraus97;c-1951509" wrote: ... it drives me crazy to see posts like this before every event when simple math dictates that this "pro tip" is completely the wrong solution for the vast majority of players. If 18 donuts is significant to you then you can ignore the tips for pros.

"frosted1414;c-1951567" wrote:"chadstraus97;c-1951509" wrote: ... it drives me crazy to see posts like this before every event when simple math dictates that this "pro tip" is completely the wrong solution for the vast majority of players. If 18 donuts is significant to you then you can ignore the tips for pros. If I finish the event a day earlier then I can start to earn bonus donuts sooner

"chadstraus97;c-1951509" wrote:It doesn't make any sense to throw away a chance at 18 donuts for a chance at 3 donuts. How many chances are there to win 3 times a daily challenge with 6 donuts (even canceling one once a day) in 3 days ?

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frosted1414
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
I also save DC for each act. What does basic math say about that @chadstraus97 :tongue:
Also at the end of act 3 so they have a chance to become donuts.
Oh, consider the pot stired!! @daved7637397 it's fun, to me, to get the first 2 prizes on the prize track the first day. Or get the building and get it to 20% as soon as the act starts. Why not? I suppose I make my own fun :trollface: 《is that still a thing?
frosted1414
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
Peace my friend @chadstraus97. This forum gets boring some times, it's fun to play the antagonist occasionally to try and get some activity around here.
chadstraus97
New Spectator
7 years ago
For anyone who wants an adult response to saving daily challenges between event acts (as compared to pre-event), basic math dictates that you should plan to save as many tasks as possible UNLESS completing a task or tasks will allow you to get an extra bonus round of donuts. The same logic applies at the end of an event - if getting more event currency won't get you extra bonus rounds, you're better off saving tasks until the event is over and trying to switch to donut-earning tasks.

Again, to each their own and I apologize for the childish banter my initial response generated. I'm just trying to help the majority of players understand why the "pro tip" above is against your best interests. Sure, it may make you feel better in Act 1, but it means fewer donuts in the long run.
KrustyBrand
7 years ago
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tapebelt
7 years ago
"frosted1414;c-1951619" wrote:
Peace my friend @chadstraus97. This forum gets boring some times, it's fun to play the antagonist occasionally to try and get some activity around here.

then why pretend you drunk posted? :smiley:
chadstraus97
New Spectator
7 years ago
"daved7637397;c-1951629" wrote:
"frosted1414;c-1951616" wrote:

Oh, consider the pot stired!! @daved7637397 it's fun, to me, to get the first 2 prizes on the prize track the first day. Or get the building and get it to 20% as soon as the act starts. Why not? I suppose I make my own fun :trollface: 《is that still a thing?

*stirs some more* ;) B)
Thanks for your answer, as I said Ive always been curious as to the reasoning for this. I see these threads pop up each and every event (and act) and just wanted to know if I was missing something.

Again thanks for not getting offended and for giving me a honest answer!

For the most part, I don't disagree with @frosted1414 in re: how to manage DC's between acts (I say save and enjoy the headstart unless saving leaves you just shy of an extra bonus round in the act that's about to end). I often end up saving and it is fun to see just how far you can get in one day.

I just get pretty invested in this topic because, like you, I see it come up every event and the only justifications for this approach pre-event are based on emotion and contrary to what is generally best for most players, especially newer ones (non-pros, if you will): getting as many donuts as possible (again, setting aside situations where you know in advance you'll struggle to complete the prize track).
adruralo
7 years ago
"cdepast;d-221410" wrote:
start saving your daily challenges for the next event. They will give you a big head start.

Can’t, I’ve just been offered 6 donuts in my latest challenge this morning.
maggiesmob
7 years ago
I like to get a head start. It gives me more leeway if I'm busy with work or don't feel like playing.
chris60119
7 years ago
Someone explain to me how they are getting 18 doughnuts from a daily task? I usually see 1 doughnut, sometimes 3, and every once in a great while 6, but never 18..
mirko_283
7 years ago
"Chris60119;c-1951891" wrote:
Someone explain to me how they are getting 18 doughnuts from a daily task? I usually see 1 doughnut, sometimes 3, and every once in a great while 6, but never 18..

He said that you can win 3 times 6 donuts (so with 3 daily challenges with 6 donuts, 18 donuts) ... which never happens