I think it's important we leave reviews in our various app stores for what is happening. People should know these issues before deciding to get the game.
Whacking day has been discussed on this forum, found in the game files, for months. There has been plenty of time to test it and fix problems, and its like the developers test nothing. The fact that we are losing snakes is bad, but the fact that certain tasks don't work (Smithers/Burns) is just careless. And, the fact that most of us have been collecting snakes and losing them for three days with no fix? Ridiculous. Hit them where it hurts, in the pocketbook. If people are afraid to download the game, they can't make money.
It's not even just the fact the update is completely broken, there's also the way they don't even acknowledge that they are aware of it. Some people have spent hundreds on this game and they are being treated like turds with absolutely no communication from EA. no wonder they are consistently voted the worst company in the US!
Just as a reminder for those who have missed it by keeping track of how many snakes you have before entering a friends town and seeing if that number drops when you enter you can tell if you need to collect more then your normal 5 or 10 depending on your license in that town. The snakes that go missing are available for whacking in that town if you keep track and this will stop the losses. While not ideal it works.
Just as a reminder for those who have missed it by keeping track of how many snakes you have before entering a friends town and seeing if that number drops when you enter you can tell if you need to collect more then your normal 5 or 10 depending on your license in that town. The snakes that go missing are available for whacking in that town if you keep track and this will stop the losses. While not ideal it works.
All mentioned in the 'suggestions' section in the original post of this thread
I (of course) have the same problem!
And it annoys the crap out of me.
Not only is it with this event update, but I have been having issues EVERY event update!!
When I got the Valentine issues, I really had enough of it and I contacted EA directly from: www.ea.com.
And it was/is the only place (that I found out so far) that they actually respond to you and try to help you fix the problem!
(At least... they did last time...)
Of course, when I lost close to 600 snakes and wasted 50 donuts on the whacking license trying to get the snakes back, I decided to go to www.ea.com and contact them again!
And within a day I got a response!
So basically, what I'm trying to say is, go to their direct website and contact them about the annoying issues.
Let them know what's going on and hopefully, before they make another update, they will test the update and make sure everything works before releasing it.
Well, my method works for me and several others. If it doesn't work for you? Then the odds are that there is something else going on. We've already determined that there are multiple issues at work here.
I visited all 70 of my friends yesterday, I came out of it with an average of 4 snakes per town gain. It took several hours because of the lost snakes and having to find them again. For the most part, there is no consistency in what towns lose snakes.
I doubt I will continue to do that. It is far too time consuming.
Anyways, I'm pretty much said everything that can be said and that I want to say about this so I'm bowing out of the discussions.
Hope you guys get it worked out in your own towns and figure out what is happening and how to work around it.
I'm done with visiting towns. Losing snakes like this makes this useless.
I'll try to get some of the new items staying in my town but this update is very disappointing.
I'm done with visiting towns. Losing snakes like this makes this useless.
I'll try to get some of the new items staying in my town but this update is very disappointing.
I agree 100%. I've already lost more than 250 snakes. Sometimes I've lost when visiting a single person over 100 snakes. This is more than frustrating.
Went into a neighbour earlier and my total instantly dropped by 90. NINETY. This is so ridiculous. I managed to recoup 30 snakes from that town. :roll: :evil:
I only visit one friend which I exchange my eggs with! I will do so until either that glitch is fixed (if it is a glitch) or people have found out how all this mess works...
Thanks a lot for the effort y'all put into this thread though!!!
I had 1020 snakes, got the balance beam and then it dropped to 1000 snakes. Then 990 and now I'm at 983, it just keeps going down. So frustrating.
same thing happened to me... I took a screen shot showing I had the beam and was working on the 2000 but in the top corner shows I had 976 snakes. I lost 75 in one shot and didnt even get to recover a third of them... I think im down a couple hundred snakes easy...
I am going through my friends today and marking which ones I lose with and how many. That way I can either stay away from them or take a small chance.
Only problem with this: it may change. I wrote down the ones in which I lost snakes on Saturday, then yesterday I did the same thing and it was not the same towns. There was one though, in which I virtually bled snakes on Friday, lost none on Saturday, and then bled again on Sunday :?:
I visited all 70 of my friends yesterday, I came out of it with an average of 4 snakes per town gain. It took several hours because of the lost snakes and having to find them again. For the most part, there is no consistency in what towns lose snakes.
I doubt I will continue to do that. It is far too time consuming.
Well said and I admire your ability to state the facts of the situation without showing emotion. I am struggling to remain as calm.
I want to play this game and I want to give money for it but the continual bugs and harp glitches have stopped me so far. Now we have a quest doesn't value its players time.
If they wanted us to pay for the Motel and the Coliseum they should have said it up front. I spent two hours yesterday whacking snakes visiting my friends and ended up with an additional 100 snakes for my efforts. Even with that I'm going to struggle to get Duff Stadium as I'm averaging about 200 snakes a day.
I'm sure they were frustrated in January and February when we finished the Christmas/Valentine's events in days and were able to get items with seeming minimal effort. I know they want to maximize the number of donuts we purchase but if that's the case then make the top items donuts only or a combination of donuts and snakes. Putting a target that requires 3 hours a day is not respecting the people that play your game and that is bad for business.
This update is the worst I have been playing from the start and I like to visit my friends towns know if I do I end up down 10-20 snakes per visit if they don't fix this I think that I am out .
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Whacking day has been discussed on this forum, found in the game files, for months. There has been plenty of time to test it and fix problems, and its like the developers test nothing. The fact that we are losing snakes is bad, but the fact that certain tasks don't work (Smithers/Burns) is just careless. And, the fact that most of us have been collecting snakes and losing them for three days with no fix? Ridiculous. Hit them where it hurts, in the pocketbook. If people are afraid to download the game, they can't make money.
This game, flat out, doesn't work, for anybody.
I (of course) have the same problem!
And it annoys the crap out of me.
Not only is it with this event update, but I have been having issues EVERY event update!!
When I got the Valentine issues, I really had enough of it and I contacted EA directly from: www.ea.com.
And it was/is the only place (that I found out so far) that they actually respond to you and try to help you fix the problem!
(At least... they did last time...)
Of course, when I lost close to 600 snakes and wasted 50 donuts on the whacking license trying to get the snakes back, I decided to go to www.ea.com and contact them again!
And within a day I got a response!
So basically, what I'm trying to say is, go to their direct website and contact them about the annoying issues.
Let them know what's going on and hopefully, before they make another update, they will test the update and make sure everything works before releasing it.
I visited all 70 of my friends yesterday, I came out of it with an average of 4 snakes per town gain. It took several hours because of the lost snakes and having to find them again. For the most part, there is no consistency in what towns lose snakes.
I doubt I will continue to do that. It is far too time consuming.
Anyways, I'm pretty much said everything that can be said and that I want to say about this so I'm bowing out of the discussions.
Hope you guys get it worked out in your own towns and figure out what is happening and how to work around it.
I'll try to get some of the new items staying in my town but this update is very disappointing.
I agree 100%. I've already lost more than 250 snakes. Sometimes I've lost when visiting a single person over 100 snakes. This is more than frustrating.
Thanks a lot for the effort y'all put into this thread though!!!
same thing happened to me... I took a screen shot showing I had the beam and was working on the 2000 but in the top corner shows I had 976 snakes. I lost 75 in one shot and didnt even get to recover a third of them... I think im down a couple hundred snakes easy...
Only problem with this: it may change. I wrote down the ones in which I lost snakes on Saturday, then yesterday I did the same thing and it was not the same towns. There was one though, in which I virtually bled snakes on Friday, lost none on Saturday, and then bled again on Sunday :?:
Well said and I admire your ability to state the facts of the situation without showing emotion. I am struggling to remain as calm.
I want to play this game and I want to give money for it but the continual bugs and harp glitches have stopped me so far. Now we have a quest doesn't value its players time.
If they wanted us to pay for the Motel and the Coliseum they should have said it up front. I spent two hours yesterday whacking snakes visiting my friends and ended up with an additional 100 snakes for my efforts. Even with that I'm going to struggle to get Duff Stadium as I'm averaging about 200 snakes a day.
I'm sure they were frustrated in January and February when we finished the Christmas/Valentine's events in days and were able to get items with seeming minimal effort. I know they want to maximize the number of donuts we purchase but if that's the case then make the top items donuts only or a combination of donuts and snakes. Putting a target that requires 3 hours a day is not respecting the people that play your game and that is bad for business.
It changes every day. So that isn't going to be accurate.