Talk:Treasure Hunt/@comment-25175720-20180527174259/@comment-6613158-20180528063847

Okay, some elaboration…

Obviously BackFlip is listening to us players again: they are experimenting a little with Events. Shorter, less stressful (unless it’s your first Event perhaps, but I’m a bit beyond that). Slightly different objectives (focusing more on breeding and hatching, for instance, and less on the accidental event currency you would get when friends gift you gems or treats). The fact that they are experimenting is quite satisfying, for me. Not going through the same old routines over and over again (“Drop That Ball”, “Guess That Egg”, “Spin That Wheel” - remember?) is a relief.

This event is nothing but a new way to introduce four Epic Dragons to the game at the same time. It’s a very generous event: most of us will get at least three Dragons for free, including a couple of Twins and some Rift ones. Which leaves, perhaps, one Dragon that is a bit harder to get.

Compare this last, hard to get, Dragon to the Spritely Dragon. This has been released twice now: the first time for four days, the second time for eight. Of course there was a sure way to get this Dragon: at the time it could be bought for 2,000 Gems. Does anyone ever do anything like that, I wonder? True: there have been times when it would have been cheaper for me to buy the darn thing than it turned out breeding it. But I would never spend this number of Gems on a Dragon in the Market.

So unless you’re in the habit of buying an Epic right before it expires using Gems, this ‘Event’ is just another way to spend some Gems breeding rare, and very limited, Dragons.

And as for the new(er) players: this Event gives them the opportunity to get rather rare older Dragons like Loot and Misfortune without so much as breaking into a sweat. Another generous touch, I would say.

Is this dumb? I suppose that would depend on your definition of dumb. It doesn’t according to mine. But hey, that’s just one individual, expressing an opinion…:^)