Worst. Event. Ever. (The search for consensus.)

I like that most of the events have a year to it. However, Easter stands for its own and doesnt need any further explanation, everyone knows what was meant and when it happened.

The result says it all. :-)

In every event I can afford buying fair amounts of donuts to get every premium items but in this event donut requirement of golden cannon was ridiculous so I couldn't get it. As I have an obsession to get all, that is a real problem for me.

I voted Christmas 2013 because it included the introduction of the dreaded wheel *shudder*. I can't forgive it for that :lol:

I'd only just started playing when Easter 2014 came around so I had no problems with it. I assumed that items described as "prizes" were prizes in the usual sense of the word, ie items that were won through skill or chance. Therefore, I was not particularly bothered that I didn't get all of them. I have, over my lifetime, entered many contests that I have not won and I have learnt to deal with this.
Now I understand that prizes in TSTO are supposed to be much more like the prizes at a kindergarten awards day - you get them just for turning up, and if anyone misses out, there'll be tears and tantrums.

22steelpaw wrote:
Now I understand that prizes in TSTO are supposed to be much more like the prizes at a kindergarten awards day - you get them just for turning up, and if anyone misses out, there'll be tears and tantrums.

Well, this was unnecessary. If this is how you feel, friend, I suggest you move on to another forum.

suetopia wrote:
Still the Scottish Event/MacBeth event/Event that shall not be named

annettemarc wrote:


You might want to run a follow-up poll, asking what was the SECOND worst event. :)

+126

Easter was just bad math, riddled with glitches, and not even that much fun even if it had worked. It could have been fixable, which makes it even WORSE in my eyes. If at some point they increased egg drop rates, fixed the dang baskets, it wouldn't have been so frustrating. I've played games that I've lost but had a great time doing so. This event was not one of them.

Many people here seem to be intermixing BAD DESIGN with PERSONAL PREFERENCE.

CoC may not have been your preferred THEME for an event, but the game mechanics worked fairly well, with multiple layers of leveling up.

The Event Which Shall Not Be Mentioned had TERRIBLE game mechanics, too heavily based on CHANCE.

when the ODDS of obtaining itesm are so high that you cannot get it either with serious effort AND spending donuts, then it's BAD DESIGN.

this isn't about favorites. It's about facts. Chance games belong in casinos, where you have advance understanding before even walking in, that you will be giving your time and money away and receiving nothing. Not even a free drink from EA.

22steelpaw wrote:
I'd only just started playing when Easter 2014 came around so I had no problems with it. I assumed that items described as "prizes" were prizes in the usual sense of the word, ie items that were won through skill or chance. Therefore, I was not particularly bothered that I didn't get all of them. I have, over my lifetime, entered many contests that I have not won and I have learnt to deal with this.
Now I understand that prizes in TSTO are supposed to be much more like the prizes at a kindergarten awards day - you get them just for turning up, and if anyone misses out, there'll be tears and tantrums.

NOT AT ALL.

since you started with that event, you obviously weren't coming into it with the same expectations as veterans, so your opinion is moot.

The history of previous events clearly illustrates that major events in THIS GAME were based on EFFORT and TIME SPENT. Or you could spend donuts.

At Christmas that year, they introduced a wheel of chance, which significantly increased anxiety over the game, but DID award most players all of the awards. But they took it too far with the next event and relied too heavily on CHANCE as the award mechanism. The odds were so high that even spending money did not guarantee a prize. This was a huge change from historical game mechanics.

So it's not about "just showing up for kindergarten". It's more like showing up for class, taking the test that you studied for, maybe even hired a tutor for, and the teacher just used a random number generator to determine your grade.

SEE THE DIFFERENCE? :evil:

philippama998 wrote:
I like that most of the events have a year to it. However, Easter stands for its own and doesnt need any further explanation, everyone knows what was meant and when it happened.

Well, so far there's only been one. :lol: