No event this year had the total increased.Quote:
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No event this year had the total increased.Quote:
Originally Posted by topgearfan
no they said it had been increased doesn't mean it actually was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorotheus
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On the German forum they already announced that it's a mistake that pumpkins found in one spot only count as 1 for the achievement and that they are working on a solution. Here's the link if anyone's interested: forum.diesiedleronline.de/threads/120906-Sammlerst%C3%BCcke/page29
Can u pls increase drop chance on pumpkins.
I rly don't get how am I suppose to collect 100 pumkins.
I am lvl 56 atm and everytime I receive a quest I am able to find only 14-15 collectibles, usually I got 2 pumkins.
But in last search I got 0 pumkins!
Pls fix this!
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by mussa33
Both my wife and myself have made the "find 50" achievement as of yesterday,so I don't see any problems with the pumpkin drops. I was wondering about whether or not number of pumpkins or the number of drops is what was counting - but based on what I saw yesterday it looks like the number of drops and agreed that is quite misleading.
You are just lucky. I am still below 40 and unless they fix the one pumpkin at a time, then I doubt I will get to 100.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xibor
One pumpkin at a time has definitely been fixed. You get anywhere from 1-3
As far as number of drops vs. number of pumpkins, I have not specifically watched the exact numbers - I will next time.
I am on 25 now - most of the time I find 1- a few times I found 3. I doubt I will reach 100 unless BB fix this.
How many rounds of collectibles are you able to do each day? I always get 2, sometimes 3. Maybe it's timing of the hour of the day (I'm in New Zealand so i'm upside-down time-wise from the UK). I can't believe it would be server based, that would be weird. Maybe because I'm in the game at the right times I get more overall tries - not necessarily more pumpkins each try.Quote:
Originally Posted by Urd123
1 - 3 drop. 1 goes to achievement. That is a common theme around this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xibor
Has the achievement description changed?
It says "Click on X pumpkin collectibles", I thought it said "find X pumpkin collectibles" before?
Is this to help clear up the confusion?
Yeah the text was changed and was Find ... before the maintenance. I guess their solution was to change the text instead of fixing the achievement system tracking at this point of the event.
Shame they didn't take the chance to add to the spirit of community by making the achievement 'Click on 100 pumpkin collectibles' so that clicking on them on friends and guild members counted too, hence encouraging folks to work together.
Yup - now confirmed. It's how many drops you find, not how many are in each drop.
I find it odd that some have mentioned they are getting barely any. My wife is at 74, and there's just under 2 weeks left. Naturally, she is ahead of me (as usual) :)
12 days to go and at 33/100 pumpkin collectables - Looks like the event achievement is out of my reach this year. :(
That's too bad. Maybe your luck will pick up. I'm curious.... do youQuote:
Originally Posted by meggy
1) Do at least 2 searches a day?
2) Do you always find all of them?
Yes to both searches and resorting to paying gems for fairy lights when I am stuck on finding the last one or two. :(
Then that is really bad and I'm sorry. In another thread I mentioned that the code should have placed a guaranteed minimum of pumpkins since an achievement is based on that and it's really surprising they didn't do that. My drops are highly variable but (I think) I've always found at least one. I hope your luck improves, there is still some time.Quote:
Originally Posted by swiftly
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12 days to go and at 33/100 pumpkin collectables - Looks like the event achievement is out of my reach this year.
That's too bad. Maybe your luck will pick up. I'm curious.... do you
1) Do at least 2 searches a day?
2) Do you always find all of them?
i only found 20 up till now.
and yes i do 2 seaches a day and alwais find all of them
Hey All,
i have been playing the game and supporting the game thru gem purchases for several years.
One thing I find very disheartening, two years ago if the pumpkins were not all being counted the staff would have worked very hard to
fix the issue and then added a script to credit all those second and third pumpkins not originally counted.
Now we find that the staff does not really care about minor things like accurate game play.and either ignore problems or change "rules" after the fact.
I really enjoy this game but if the creators and programers reallyt dont care about the game why should I?
Like I said to swiftly, that really seems unfair and I wish you better luck in the remaining days. Keep at it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoolzabin
well im lucky to get 1 pumpkin a day so i dont no how im going to complete the achievement..this whole event is a joke this yr
I am not a programmer, but how hard can it be to even the ods a bit. This can be done better, if not then better not to make events. I will have to agree with lashy,- this is a joke. I made the 25 now - have 37 pumps collected from island - that is far away from collecting 100. Most common number still is 1 each time they spawn- giving a total of 2 a day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xibor
39/100 now, not a chance that I'll complete it in the time given. I got every single collectible, used fairy fires and all you hear from support is that I'm just having bad luck. I think it's really unfair that there is no way for me to get that achievement....
I feel like BB is trying to calm us down by releasing the sneak peek for christmas so early and hopes that we'll just forget about that collectible thing. But I def won't. If I miss out because I just don't get enough collectibles to have a chance to complete it and BB doesn't care, well then I'm not sure this is the kinda game I want to play.
So what happened during last 2 days? I need 7 more, yet I haven't had a single pumpkin drop during last 4 searches, while all have been over 20+ collectibles.
oh to have 20 collectibles, even if they weren't pumpkins I could maybe make a buff every once in a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Escape_Artist
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A quick survey on Northisle revealed the average number of pumpkin collectibles people had found now we're half way through event is 60-70. Some people were in the 80s already.
So, if you're not making the target it really is just bad luck not a bug.
It is, however, bad program design and something BB have been shamed by before: making a goal/quest/achievement that is both time limited and based on a random element.
You do that, you're always going to irritate somebody who, through no fault of their own, is unable to complete said goal/quest/achievement
Developers should know better.
As penance, every blue byte employee should be forced to toss a coin 100 times and keep a record of how many heads/tails they toss. Then count up how many of their employees tossed fewer than, say, 25 heads. Maybe somebody will learn something about probability that way...
Gerontius I play Northisle too I have already got the collect 100 there, my problem is not with the achievement itself it's with the fact there is clearly something wrong with collectibles if your Island is nearly full (yes Archipelago too.). For the entire event I have had a steady 8-10 collectibles on Sandycove, most being in Improved storehouses, once hitting 14 on the day they did the fix, however on Northisle where I have got loads of space it's averaged around 18-20.
I've asked around too and people with huge amounts of space have had high numbers of collectibles throughout the event some averaging mid 20's every time the quest spawns, those with small amounts of space are mostly like myself around the 8-10 mark.
Ever since collectibles started spawning in the middle of Improved storehouses my collections have been tiny so it's nothing to do with bad luck it's to do with a bug BB so far have been unable to fix or even acknowledge.
Your observations and your own experience fits mine completely. I get 8-14 collectibles per spawn end from those 0-2 pumpkins- So far I've collected 42 pumpkin collectibles. Most of my main island is filled with building and also a good part of the new islands. People around me seems to get more collectibles in general but they also have more space free on their main island.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluesavanah
On a side note I can tell that I got at least 2 collectibles hidden inside mountains and not visible one of them in a destructible mountain.
Clearly this has nothing to do with bad luck.
Paying close attention to what BB and their agents have posted in our forum's over the years we see that they are using a hardware random number generator as opposed to a software one. My research into that particular form of hardware generator has revealed that the experts are skeptical about the amount of randomness actually generated, some models fail the tests. This means we have a right to be skeptical when BB say it's fixed. This puts them in a bind, if they reveal the model and origin then there is a danger that we can use that to defeat the random factor. If they don't revel then they have to accept that we have the right to question them due to lack of confidence. It's the classic Hobson's Choice.
As for the number of collectibles of all sorts per spawn on a island i'm afraid looking at it per island is the wrong way of looking at it. A developed island or a beginner island quite simply has less area where spawns can take place. This in fact mean the system favors less developed players. In a nutshell they get more from spawns while higher players can get theirs through trading or adventuring power.
So I already got the 50 pumpkins achievement two days ago and when I checked today it was suddenly 48/50 again? What is going on here?!
I have to agree. The variations have been stunning. In three personal examples my friend completed his 100 several days ago, my wife just did yesterday, and I'm still several away but close enough I think I'll make it. I'm very aware that many people are not getting anywhere near the necessary number.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamlejeg
Since my D&D days in the 70's I've learned how to set a minimum number to a range. 1d4 + 2 for example. I am stunned that a fair chance wasn't given to everyone as it clearly has not been. Either there should be no achievement for this (in which case the pumpkins found would be just gravy) or there should be a minimum drop to guarantee at least the first achievement if not both.
Today I made the 50 achievement but no way I am going to find 50 during what is left of event. The atempt to fix made me find at least 1,- so = was no longer an option, but it is still not solved.
You have a last chance to solve this BB.
It is not only me. What we have in common as I see it is that we always only get 6-12 collies every time they spawn.
This is also something that should not be this way if it is random, we should see more variation but we do not.
½ a year ago I could get as many as 22. But for at least last 3 month or so it is always between 6 and 12. Others I talk to get as many as 20,- and I guess they also get more pumpkins and are able to make the last achievement.
Make this game fair so everyone have same chances to do this if they make an effort !
It is not only not getting enough pumpkins with these very low drops, it is also only finding barrels and scarecrows and herbs so making buffs is out of the question as well. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Urd123
This confirms my findings,- that when I was below level 50, I got up to 22 collies per spawn, but now I get a max of 12 collies per spawn. I suggest that they either reduce the requrements for the achievements, or just dont make any collie collecting acheivements until this is resolved.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorotheus
It is not fair that some of us was not able to make the final once no matter if we found every single collie.
Oh, I thought this was common knowledge: fewer collectibles if you have less space on your island.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluesavanah
Annoying and unfair, yes, and it's why I don't build wells any more and make absolutely sure I delete any depleted ones when I do.
this is messed up, this year we were supposed to have a higher chance of finding pumpkins amongst the colectibles, but not only is the opposite happening, since we can go a couple of without finding any pumps (i know i have), but when we do find any, it's only like 1 or 2 :S
What???? isn't it enough to have achievements on which it's completion is based on pure chance, but now we have to complete them with bugs and all?
if this event is of any guide, i can see that the Christmas event will be a riot :D :D :D
Please don't swear, even in abbreviations.
I average around 19 - pretty consistently in fact. So I don't think it's your level, I expect it's the available space. I still have a lot of open land.Quote:
Originally Posted by Urd123
Also have still not made the 100 target but getting close enough I'd say I have decent odds in the last week of making it.
It is not right that the free space you have on island should determine if you can make an achievement or not. This should be fixed, by setting number required in achievement down - or by making sure we find enough during last week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xibor