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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mirko_283
7 years ago
"chadstraus97;c-1952060" wrote:
"mirko_283;c-1951896" wrote:
"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

And I also said that if you even get 3 challenges worth 1 donut, the 3 donuts are equal to 1 bonus round, but you know....reading comprehension. I give up. I'll let you "pros" make your irrational decisions and stop trying to help people see which method leads to more donuts.

Yes I understood that we do not necessarily win 18 donuts but for example 5 donuts with 3 daily challenges, which in the end is better than a bonus donuts. But he asked how we win 18 donuts. Sorry if we misunderstood each other @chadstraus97 :blush:
chadstraus97
New Spectator
7 years ago
"mirko_283;c-1952088" wrote:
"chadstraus97;c-1952060" wrote:
"mirko_283;c-1951896" wrote:
"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

And I also said that if you even get 3 challenges worth 1 donut, the 3 donuts are equal to 1 bonus round, but you know....reading comprehension. I give up. I'll let you "pros" make your irrational decisions and stop trying to help people see which method leads to more donuts.

Yes I understood that we do not necessarily win 18 donuts but for example 5 donuts with 3 daily challenges, which in the end is better than a bonus donuts. But he asked how we win 18 donuts. Sorry if we misunderstood each other @chadstraus97 :blush:

Ok, we're on the same page now. I totally agree - and 5 is a good example because it's pretty common to get 3+1+1 over the course of 3 days. Thank you for being one of the few people who seems to understand. I appreciate that :) and my apologies for the initial confusion.
empathy77
7 years ago
"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.

https://media.giphy.com/media/IoQBWXhpwsd0c/giphy.gif
if you are not trying to "stir the pot", then why write a novel putting down the idea being presented by someone just trying to help? You could have simply written: "I disagree with this tip as I would prefer to acquire donuts"
chadstraus97
New Spectator
7 years ago
"empathy77;c-1952306" wrote:
"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.

https://media.giphy.com/media/IoQBWXhpwsd0c/giphy.gif
if you are not trying to "stir the pot", then why write a novel putting down the idea being presented by someone just trying to help? You could have simply written: "I disagree with this tip as I would prefer to acquire donuts"

I never said I wasn't trying to stir the pot. You might want to work on your reading comprehension or go back and quote the right person. I was just trying to explain why this tip isn't a great idea unless you struggle to finish events or have some burning need to be done 5 days early instead of 6. But thanks for reading my "novel". I love all of the snarky "pros" on here. By the way, nice gif. Super funny and original.
simpsonare
7 years ago
"0Brooders0;c-1952352" wrote:
"simpsonare;c-1952349" wrote:
Snarky pros is an understatement in my opinion :lol:

Is that a pro tip? :D

Yes.. yes it is lol
simpsonare
7 years ago
Lol I'm having a little fun myself
jaddy1874
7 years ago
"empathy77;c-1952345" wrote:
"chadstraus97;c-1952326" wrote:
"empathy77;c-1952306" wrote:
"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.

https://media.giphy.com/media/IoQBWXhpwsd0c/giphy.gif
if you are not trying to "stir the pot", then why write a novel putting down the idea being presented by someone just trying to help? You could have simply written: "I disagree with this tip as I would prefer to acquire donuts"

I never said I wasn't trying to stir the pot. You might want to work on your reading comprehension or go back and quote the right person. I was just trying to explain why this tip isn't a great idea unless you struggle to finish events or have some burning need to be done 5 days early instead of 6. But thanks for reading my "novel". I love all of the snarky "pros" on here. By the way, nice gif. Super funny and original.

dude, I think it is safe to say that you are just not a good person. Enjoy the game though.

He's not a good person?! That's not very empathetic! He made his original point (maybe in a long-winded way - but that was so that the theory was fully explained) and that was also presented as "trying to help" just as the OP was.
fastshadow2
7 years ago
"frosted1414;c-1952375" wrote:
"simpsonare;c-1952372" wrote:
Lol I'm having a little fun myself

Holy ****! Are you drunk??

still celebrating Memorial Day :D
chadstraus97
New Spectator
7 years ago
"empathy77;c-1952345" wrote:
"chadstraus97;c-1952326" wrote:
"empathy77;c-1952306" wrote:
"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.

https://media.giphy.com/media/IoQBWXhpwsd0c/giphy.gif
if you are not trying to "stir the pot", then why write a novel putting down the idea being presented by someone just trying to help? You could have simply written: "I disagree with this tip as I would prefer to acquire donuts"

I never said I wasn't trying to stir the pot. You might want to work on your reading comprehension or go back and quote the right person. I was just trying to explain why this tip isn't a great idea unless you struggle to finish events or have some burning need to be done 5 days early instead of 6. But thanks for reading my "novel". I love all of the snarky "pros" on here. By the way, nice gif. Super funny and original.

dude, I think it is safe to say that you are just not a good person. Enjoy the game though.

LOL. Thanks! How am I not a good person for writing an explanation of how that tip is a bad idea? You attacked first, Dude. But enjoy!
cdepast
7 years ago
"chadstraus97;c-1952388" wrote:
"cdepast;c-1952368" wrote:
The only one being snarky on this thread is Chad. Chad you win tapped out. Thanks for all your insight.

I'm sorry I disagreed with the premise of your "pro tip" and explained why so others could see that there is an alternative strategy based on math, especially when many players with less experience than both of us are relatively donut-poor. Next time I'll let them learn from you only.

it has nothing to do with disagreeing. I appreciate that you have a different POV. It's the way you chose to say it. That's why people attacked your post. Tone and words matter. That's your pro tip of today.