Currently I'm at 50/100 in Level 4 of the Yard and have 140 Obols in the bank. I'm waiting until I have 300 Obols so I can level up and get the Catacombs at the same time. I know the amount of obols for later prizes has been increased, but that doesn't help now.I have about 15,000 film so I don't feel behind on the film front. But why do I feel behind on Obols? Do things Get Better?!

At the moment it's a very hard grind for Obols. I'm too collecting for catacombs, but only have 46 Obols.As we progress I do believe it will improve for Obols. More kids will trick and treat for one thing.

Ok, ok...I couldn't wait and I used donuts to get the catacombs but can you blame me? I waited the whole year to play this event and excitement got the best of me.

dont read unless you want spoiler....greater ability to generate obols in future acts...the obol packs in future acts give a decent chunk of obol (in fact it was increased in recent patch)

Not sure if this is a massive oversight on their part or just a new way of making us buy the most recent content - whichever, crafting is looking to be nearly impossible at this point. I went ahead and picked up the island solely for the MAG points and even with that I think I'm barely bringing in 50 or so obols a day.We're going to need to stay vocal about this if we want to see a change.

Is there any particular way for me to earn film and obols faster?I missed a whole day due to Amazon's incompetence releasing this update a whole day later for UK kindle users like me. I am also freemium btw.I am at around 10,000, around 3000 odd behind the calendar score for today due to the day that I missed and I am can only log in 4 times a day max iif I am able to. According to the calendar I should have got the third prize for act 1, but I don't have that yet.

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katn67
9 years ago
Please, EA, increase the Obal spawn rate in the feral wolves! I slept a full 8 hours last night and only 1 feral wolf (out of a lovely horde) donated an Obal towards the cause.
meinaz
9 years ago
"katn67;1470335" wrote:
Please, EA, increase the Obal spawn rate in the feral wolves! I slept a full 8 hours last night and only 1 feral wolf (out of a lovely horde) donated an Obal towards the cause.

This may just be my perception and not reality, but I find that I get many more Obols from lone wolves than from ones that are grouped together. Once they have congregated I almost never see them drop, but when I randomly tap one by themselves the drop rate is much higher.
Echo0006
9 years ago
"ArmpitAttack;1470385" wrote:
Patience. There is no emergency. You're getting the coins at the proper speed. Stuff builds up and unlocks other stuff after a while and you get more help from that than you think. It all works out. Enjoy.

Hopefully...I think we're all just worrying about nothing!
stinkbugger
9 years ago
"LadyAggie2006;1470263" wrote:
Wanted to start on the flying bats but going to wait on that and the spooky brambles since I need to get the catacombs.

You still get MAG points for the bats and brambles. True, the ratio is a little less than the 1:1 you get for other items, but if you really want the bats etc in your town get them now if they will please you. Being down 10 or 20 MAG points likely won't matter a whole lot.
tunarblue217
9 years ago
Has anyone else noticed a increase in spawn rate from the feral monsters? I seemed to have trebled today what I spawned yesterday, anyone else??
defectdefect
9 years ago
"meinaz;1470365" wrote:
"katn67;1470335" wrote:
Please, EA, increase the Obal spawn rate in the feral wolves! I slept a full 8 hours last night and only 1 feral wolf (out of a lovely horde) donated an Obal towards the cause.

This may just be my perception and not reality, but I find that I get many more Obols from lone wolves than from ones that are grouped together. Once they have congregated I almost never see them drop, but when I randomly tap one by themselves the drop rate is much higher.

Funny you say that because I've found the opposite. When there's a huge pile of them I get more orbs rather than tapping them individually :\
matt777jam77
9 years ago
"ArmpitAttack;1470385" wrote:
Patience. There is no emergency. You're getting the coins at the proper speed. Stuff builds up and unlocks other stuff after a while and you get more help from that than you think. It all works out. Enjoy.

This so much. Every event we go through a currency emergency of some kind that always proves to be unfounded and things work out fine in the end. EA has a proven track record of even adjusting the totals when it looks like the majority of the community is falling behind. Relax, your probably right where your suppose to be
4kidsandacatdog
9 years ago
"Echo0006;1470390" wrote:
"ArmpitAttack;1470385" wrote:
Patience. There is no emergency. You're getting the coins at the proper speed. Stuff builds up and unlocks other stuff after a while and you get more help from that than you think. It all works out. Enjoy.

Hopefully...I think we're all just worrying about nothing!

As usual ;)

We all know by the time act 3 is halfway through we'll all be wondering what to do with all of the excess!
001tabi00155
9 years ago
I also am having a difficult time collecting obols in the game please increase the spawning rate of the feral beasts. At this rate I will never advance. The film is hard to collect as well. This is my first Halloween event. Difficult times.
petehd14
9 years ago
I'm not getting many obols from the spitting dogs.