Its really getting kinda sad...
Weve had never ending back to back to back events for so long now... There is not only no joy left in it really, but its tipped over to just frustration and annoyance. There is never a minute to rest. We are preparing for the next event before the current one is even done. And its really draining. Talk about an enthusiasm killer. ... and all that was before they added the new never ending daily quests (seasons of dreams) on top of all that. And on the live servers we are likely getting rdy to have all our normal stuff + an FA + daily SoD quests... its over kill. (Side comment: I actually like the idea behind SoD. Just in combination with everything else, its to damn much!)
I used to check everything i could find, including all the daily prizes at/near the start of each event. Plan out when i want to cash in. What daily prizes is the most interesting. Even tho im going for grand prizes, i mine as well cash in on a good daily as well. Bound to get some.
For the last year tho, i havnt even gotten around to checking the daily prizes during quests until the last quarter of the event. Just dont give a crap enough to. The fact that most daily prizes i dont care about plus the fact that these events are never never never never ending... i simply find myself not caring very much. Ocd might compel me to finish the events.. but its getting harder and harder to care about them.
There are 56 hours left in the event as i type this... i still havnt even looked at what the daily prizes are at all... I simply havnt cared enough to. I been on this game for atleast 6some years now. I do everything. But even someone like me is getting burnt with these never ending events. Give ppl a break. Give ppl some down time. Im on disability and have the time.. and even im getting annoyed at this. I can only imagine how the normal person, with an actual life, feels. No wonder my main city is surrounded by 1/3 gold mines...
Today is another example. We are still working on the excavation event on live servers. We know we have an FA coming up after that. And then the event after that one is already announced on beta. Plus we have the SoD going every day. ... So we already know that were not getting a break any time soon. Just keep that whip cracking and the players running on that hamster wheel... -_-
So my results are in.
To continue my original thought above first... its rly rly sad. But i actually never even bothered getting around to check what the daily prizes are at all. I used to be checking that stuff right at the beginning of an event. Some times even before an event started on live servers. Now its just so much never ending quests that i didnt even care enough to look... at all' ... Thats a really sad milestone.
Results:
Both cities did all quests, collected all mile stones, gathered around the city at the same time, got the 100 email, two ashen phoenixes.. and w/e im forgetting. (because i always forget something here). - And for the first time, maybe ever, my two cities were actually very close to having the same starting currency for cash in. .. That shouldnt be noteworthy, but it is. Despite doing the exact same every event since i can remember, there has always been a gap between there final numbers in currency earned. Im not sure if its because inno actually worked on evening this out, or it was just a random draw that they finally were close.
Dom:
Started with 5540 currency for cash in
Failed to get 4th building in points reward
Got 228 points total. (4th building is 260 points.)
Silver league is 219+ with 3h remaining on event.
Neco:
Started with 5537 currency for cash in
Failed to get 4th building in points reward
Got 229 points total. (4th building is 260 points.)
Silver league is 219+ with 3h remaining on event.
Both cities, having completed EVERYTHING.. were MASSIVELY far away from getting that fourth building. That in itself is pathetic. Iv been pissed before about coming up 1 or 2 points short of the last building or artifact.. but now im suddenly over 30 points away?! This isnt some 'poor luck with extra currency form randomized % chests' type of deal. This is jsut piss poor planning. Or even worse, intentional planning. - Ppl have complained for a long while now about the game becoming pay to play. Iv always actually stood up for inno in that regards, because i usually disagree with that statement... But after an event with results like this? more then 30 points away... its hard to deny that any more.
Also worth noting, that not only am i still massively far away form the 4th building, but i still hit the silver league. Hitting silver league and not even being close to the 4th building... somethings very wrong with that.
Im really sorry, but there was nothing good about this event. No down time between events. A cash in system that needs serious changes to it. A looooong time consuming cash in process as well. It feels like every single aspect of this event was to just burn ppl out. Because thats all it did for me. ... I do everything in this game. And i usually like it that way. But this stuff is getting out of hand. Waaaay to much, Waaaaaaaaaay to fast, waaay to poorly designed. Have i made my point yet? Because if I were to actually say how i feel about all this, without a filter, then i know for certain id be beyond banned and deleted!
And for something inno might actually care about... this type of BS, makes me purposely not buy any diamonds. If your gonna act like that then i aint throwing a dime your way. In fact, even if i did want to, i purposely wont buy it just because of BS like this. Get your **** in order.