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Now that it's over rate the Easter update
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More baskets would have made this event a lot less rage inducing.
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Would have liked better egg returns on neighbor visits as well as less stingy bunny-coughing-up-baskets so I could have opened more gold boxes. It was certainly not as good as previous events, but I enjoyed myself (and I might be the only one who did).
The offered prizes, characters, buildings, design, and story line were the best I've seen in the game so far. Obviously, a LOT of creativity went into it.
It could have been a rousing success. Instead, it was a complete train wreck from start to finish.
+1
That and when they did drop they weren't broken
I always had friends with a basket or two to get rid of my commons but I know some people had trouble getting rid of eggs
Too me, this event had a great idea that was executed poorly.
Zapping bunnies, trying to collect eggs, was a good (and cute) idea.
Earning baskets to be able to help friends out and get helped by freinds was also great. Event should be about socializing, in my opinion, it's great to get to interact with the neighbours more than just tap-tap-tap-next.
And the prizes were great! Lost of buildings and interesting characters and some nice decorations.
Where I think it failed was in the high prize of boxes that limited your chances of winning anything at all (even stupid fences
During X-mas there was a low drop rate of giftbags, which was frustrating for a lot of people wanting to give gifts to their neighbours. But at least you got some. This time around, a lot of people where left with almost no baskets because of the whole Faberge egg thing and the broken baskets. Which made the event a bit unfair, IMO. I'm not saying it needs to be 100% fair, of course you should be able to gain advantages by paying with time or donuts, but this unfairness was totally random, which I think frustrated a lot of people.
Myself, I ended up with no characters, only one of the buildings and a lot of trees and beach towels. To be honest, I feel like a fool for wasting all that time. But then again, when is a game not a waste of time?
So to sum up:
Great idea, poor execution. Is that a D, maybe? (At least they turned it in on time...)
Burned a lot of donuts getting everything, and now I'm left with a kazillion craptacular Easter things I don't like and can't sell. I could literally pave my Springfield with ponds and Easter fences and other junk that I would have been fine with one or two of.
Agreed - the prizes themselves were good prizes.. Better than ones offered during other events. Problem was simply in the set up of how to win them. This is the first event where ive wanted all the prizes (except egg piles and those ugly trees). Heck even the ponds are more versatile and prettier than the valentine heart shaped ones.
Maybe that's why they made the prizes so hard to get.. Still give this event an F.
The easter basket thing was ok but not enough of them. I think i got 3 during the whole thing and there was NO WAY would i pay 10 donuts for one. Also...They could have made golden eggs as a random drop from bunnies.
My biggest issue was my neighbors. Either they all stopped playing right before the update or they rarely play. Out of my 50+ neighbors...i got only 20 or so that i was able to get any eggs from their towns. I guess it's time to delete players and add new ones.
Anyway, I give it a D.
I say from an engaging aspect it was a success - kept players going through the end. I would still prefer the Whacking Day style events over one like this, but if they tuned up the style of this one - I'd still be open to it. Tuning would include either a higher return from neighbors (before diminishing), able to collect currency from handshakes, and making sure that the trading aspect is better. Either those things, or lower the cost of opening the box/wheel. Otherwise I think the system worked.
Summed up it was more/better baskets
Gold box with no fences or pink/blue eggs (Donuts instead) Topiaries single serve
So frustrated....but not frustrated enough to stop playing so I guess they win in the end....damn...game....life destroyer.
Could have been an A for me if...
Increase # of bunnies in-town.
Increase # of basket drops.
Increase chance of getting faberge egg and not disable basket drops while searching. (Found in 4 days)
Remove bogus 250 egg option from boxes after finding prize.
Finally don't put 2 types of fences in the boxes. People overall hate the fences, 2 types felt like a slap in the face. One would have been fine for those that want fences but 2 was ridiculous.
The reason I give it an F is cause it convinced me to try the The Family Guy game. Despite playing a couple times a day I realized I would never be able to get enough gold eggs, so the game lost the fun factor.
I have no clue if The Family Guy game will be any better, although currently it is fun not frustrating. Once a game becomes frustrating, it is time to give it a break.
Polls and threads complaining won't do anything. Customers leaving for a competitor will.