The Legend of Saint Valenti

[Jomama1]

Well after two successful crafts I hit a wall, and it's now impossible for me to finish even 1 chain as I cannot even gem for rubies. Frankly, I think I was lucky to get as far as I did.

It is fairly clear to me that the chance of finishing either chain is so low that it is highly unlikely that even 1 player will finish for free, and I suspect that less than ten will finish with gems - my bet is less than 5, maybe even 0. That's finishing even 1 chain.

What is the point of making an event that is effectively impossible to finish? Did you do this on purpose or do your developers not understand that random percentages multiply and quickly get very low? It's a serious question...

[Jnsolberg]

Well after two successful crafts I hit a wall, and it's now impossible for me to finish even 1 chain as I cannot even gem for rubies. Frankly, I think I was lucky to get as far as I did.

It is fairly clear to me that the chance of finishing either chain is so low that it is highly unlikely that even 1 player will finish for free, and I suspect that less than ten will finish with gems - my bet is less than 5, maybe even 0. That's finishing even 1 chain.

What is the point of making an event that is effectively impossible to finish? Did you do this on purpose or do your developers not understand that random percentages multiply and quickly get very low? It's a serious question...

I still have 30 rubies left, but I've gone through 60 Blood potions today with only 1 Rare craft. I'm done with this low probability quest.

Gree, we do appreciate the attempt with a new quest, but low drop rate - "server errors" * low craft rate = huge frustration.

Why would we want to continue to play a frustrating game. Sooner or later you will make it so unpleasant to play, that we will stop gemming and eventually stop playing.

[belgario]

Like several others, I too like the idea that Gree is trying to change things up a little to keep the game interesting. What is frustration for my guild mates and me (beyond the server errors which I will address below) is the uncertainly of crafting an epic item. I much prefer to know how many gems I need to spend to obtain an item. And boy, I sure hoped that 100 extra rubies would be enough. In all my previous crafting experience, I rarely had to craft something more than 2 or 3 times to get a piece of epic equipment. But some of my guildmates have exhausted their supplies of rubies by not being able to get an epic item after crafting 6-10 times. You might call that the "luck factor" and it is, but they would call it a waste of time and money.

As for server errors, I found yesterday that if I vaulted or hit my battle list after every single hit, I would not get a server error. Was this painful?...YES!! It took tons more time than it should have.

NOW, I've noticed the drop rate for Vials of Drider Blood have dropped significantly. (Ticket sent) I will wait a couple more hours and try again, but am about fed up trying to farm and will just hope and pray that the inventory of items I have saved will get me the last 3 beasts I need to craft an epic of. We will see. I just hope it wasn't an epic (pun intended) fail for me and huge waste of time and gems.

[Hobbs]

Wow,I didn't realise you needed to craft until you got EPIC ITEMS!
Really GREE? You having a laugh?
Not only are drops random but crafts are too,what an absolute Joke,I just hope people do not fall for this rubbish and save their money.
The Remaining GEMS I have are the LAST I will buy for this poor excuse of a game,one step closer to Deleting this game,if it wasn't for the people you share guild with it would have happened long ago,we are all getting tired of this Crap.
EPIC FAIL FROM THE GAME COMPANY WHO SPECIALISE IN THEM!!

[Vile Lynn]

Enjoyed the back story, A&F! Thank you for letting us post feedback in your sticky thread.

I think this event would have been better without the random drop rate from NPC kills. Making it hard to get the items and even harder to craft was just too frustrating. Would you gem more if it wasn't a random chance? TBH, I've never crafted anything worthwhile that I couldn't buy or earn better a few months later.

Jnsolberg's suggestion about having a "Crafting Day" after the 3 days of collecting is a great idea.

I hope the developers listen to the players... just to change things up for once. This can be a great new event to replace Trials!

[GilArt]

Read all the posts, and agree with most. I, too, list my Epic Ruby Golem.... I was quite happy I got it, and quite POed when it suddenly wasn't there.

I have to agree totally with those who are against so many "chance" things happening. Chance X chance X chance = Absolutely No Chance. Tried 3 times to get an Epic prize today, but no cigar. That was 30 vials wasted. Add to that, out of the last 20 kills, I got 2 prizes.... Can't save up much for Crafting for the next step in the event.

MUCH too oriented toward the major Gem users. I understand Gree needs to have income to continue development of the game.... but I simply can't afford what they want. I am sure many other players feel the same.

Yes, I applaud Gree trying something new, but this is too rich for my blood. I know Apple users have more than average amounts of cash (otherwise they would be using Anderoid devices!), but please try to make some allowances for players not in the Top 25. I've completely given up on my mini because it is so frustrating trying to compete with much, much, MUCH stronger players. This event makes very evident the discrepancies! If someone is just starting the game today, I don't see what's here to make them continue playing.

Gil

Wow,I didn't realise you needed to craft until you got EPIC ITEMS!
Really GREE? You having a laugh?
Not only are drops random but crafts are too,what an absolute Joke,I just hope people do not fall for this rubbish and save their money.
The Remaining GEMS I have are the LAST I will buy for this poor excuse of a game,one step closer to Deleting this game,if it wasn't for the people you share guild with it would have happened long ago,we are all getting tired of this Crap.
EPIC FAIL FROM THE GAME COMPANY WHO SPECIALISE IN THEM!!

[GilArt]

Oops.... not vials yesterday.... Rubies.

[IPassButter]

We recognize that the server issues suffered by our players were incredibly problematic during this event and we apologize for the frustration and confusion they caused. We will continue looking into this issue and make sure it is fixed before putting similar events into the schedule. We would also like to acknowledge your frustration with the drop rates and the structure of the event. Rest assured we will take your concerns into account before building similar events in the future.

For the remainder of this event we have made the following changes:

1.) Rubies and vials of drider blood are now in the store and can be purchased with gold.
2.) The drop rate for red ore has been changed to 100%
3.) The crafting recipes and crafting goals will remain active for an extra 24 hours.

Thank you

[Vile Lynn]

We recognize that the server issues suffered by our players were incredibly problematic during this event and we apologize for the frustration and confusion they caused. We will continue looking into this issue and make sure it is fixed before putting similar events into the schedule. We would also like to acknowledge your frustration with the drop rates and the structure of the event. Rest assured we will take your concerns into account before building similar events in the future.

For the remainder of this event we have made the following changes:

1.) Rubies and vials of drider blood are now in the store and can be purchased with gold.
2.) The drop rate for red ore has been changed to 100%
3.) The crafting recipes and crafting goals will remain active for an extra 24 hours.

Thank you

WOW! Thank you!
If I could have posted it bigger, I would have!
This is Awesome!!

[QueBall]

2 Reports now of players completing the Armory quest line and the Were Polar Bears disappearing from their Glacial Pass making them unable to continue collecting red ore fragments so they can try for the Bestiary quest line. Please fix.

[Ryosaeba]

Just want to remind you all that when you're looking for the potions and ruby in the special store, be careful when scrolling as an accident touch could waste your gems buying useless stuff (like I did with the Extra Ally).

[Vile Lynn]

2 Reports now of players completing the Armory quest line and the Were Polar Bears disappearing from their Glacial Pass making them unable to continue collecting red ore fragments so they can try for the Bestiary quest line. Please fix.

I think the Were Polar Bear is a regular NPC in Glacial Pass... From my experiences thru farming and map leveling, sometimes a specific NPC will not come back after being killed several times. If you kill another NPC, the Were Polar Bear might appear again. Not sure if that's what going on exactly or if exiting the game or map will help. Thanks for posting, QueBall

[belgario]

Well Done, GREE! I'm amazed the player base hasn't responded! BUT you sure fixed it! You've made it so that light gemmers can now get both prizes and MAYBE a few free players can now get one of them. That is SURE to appease the majority of players...shouldn't it? The only ones that got the raw deal were the moderate and heavy gemmers that farmed enough potions to get the prizes without your intervention and spent gems refilling to get the first two days drops that can now be purchased for gold. I am sure you will get some tickets on those.

Chalk it up to a pilot project that went bad at one point and was too hard to recover from. But PLEASE learn from it and apply those learnings if you do this type of event again:
-Server errors just made people mad.
-Unknown drop rate for a limited time x unknown craft rate made it impossible to plan (as you advised) how many drops you would need.

Next time, my advice is to make all 3 drops available for all 3 days. At first I thought you made crafting harder, it certainly was for me (but not for all of my guild). Don't make crafting more difficult, PLEASE!

[Reinnie1]

I think the Were Polar Bear is a regular NPC in Glacial Pass... From my experiences thru farming and map leveling, sometimes a specific NPC will not come back after being killed several times. If you kill another NPC, the Were Polar Bear might appear again. Not sure if that's what going on exactly or if exiting the game or map will help. Thanks for posting, QueBall

Nope, didn't work for me. Tried everything. Tried deleting. Were polar bear still missing.

[Jnsolberg]

2 Reports now of players completing the Armory quest line and the Were Polar Bears disappearing from their Glacial Pass making them unable to continue collecting red ore fragments so they can try for the Bestiary quest line. Please fix.

Yep, this happened to 2 members of my guild