Christmas collectibles not spawning correctly

[Kanagomi]

what I'm saying is, is it such a dilema not to get them all? There are many other ways to get most of the stuff in the merchant.

im talking about people who collect all collectibles (me also) and probably will collect all collectibles from all spawns and there is still quite big chance that you will be not able to finish achievement without using gems or TO. ofc you can say buy them (bells or gingerbread in TO)...
so first of all personally its not worth of it... 15k gc for 10 gingerbread? no way just for nice look of some stupid progress bar somewhere where i look once per year

other thing is that people who miss one or two days will not complete achievement without TO/gems (almost for sure)

and third thing if there is not enough gingerbread from all spawns for all people (even if all people catch all collectibles in event) then there will be always shortage in TO

simply it is about Pigeonhole principle... so some people will be lucky and complete their achievement, some people will buy missing items in TO and complete achievement too and the rest leads to 2 options 1st miss achievement or 2nd use gems in mayor house (what makes better availability of gingerbread in TO)... so some people have no other way for this quest except using these 2 options (use gems, miss achievement), even if they catch all spawns and all collectibles (and probably even if we all catch all spawns and all collectibles)

more exactly if you have 3 children and two breads then there is always one child without bread... using TO or not does not make diff (does not create any new bread)... only way is to give up (miss achievement)= this creates new situation -> if 1 child give up then you have 2 breads for 2 children or you can use gems what leads to the same...

[Shamroque]

Oh c'mon BB, this is riduculous! I only got 2 xmas collies out of 30 with this morning's spawn. Both candy canes!

Did you actually plan it this way then?

[Teardrop46]

i managed a total of 6 Christmas collectables out of 29 today Hubby got 4 out of 29 .... first set today.

[Urd123]

could it be an idea to marge all of the I think 3 treads on this topic.
We have one on shortage of bells, one of shortage of gingerbread, one of the problem of too few xmas collies dropping.

And maybe an official message then of how BB meant it to work.

I think we have it clear that we should get an average of 9-10 findings of xmas collie each time they spawn.

Are the 3 kinds to be equal likely to find ? - yes or no
Right now they are clearly not - my guess from own and guild members findings is, that about 3 times more likely for a collie to be a cane than Gingerbread or Bell.

If this is not how it was meant to be - are BB fixing it any time soon ?

[BB_Saqui]

could it be an idea to marge all of the I think 3 treads on this topic.
We have one on shortage of bells, one of shortage of gingerbread, one of the problem of too few xmas collies dropping.

We'll be keeping the threads separate for the time being, as it's a good way to identify players with specific shortages. They may be merged however once the investigation is over.

If this is not how it was meant to be - are BB fixing it any time soon ?

With the new data gathered over the weekend, we're again investigating this issue. You can aid us by updating any of the relevant threads with your running total of Christmas collectibles e.g. "have XX Candy Canes, XX Gingerbread, XX Bells".

[Urd123]

We'll be keeping the threads separate for the time being, as it's a good way to identify players with specific shortages. They may be merged however once the investigation is over.



With the new data gathered over the weekend, we're again investigating this issue. You can aid us by updating any of the relevant threads with your running total of Christmas collectibles e.g. "have XX Candy Canes, XX Gingerbread, XX Bells".

Thank you

[Bobblyt]

bells = 64
canes = 88
gingerbread = 28
had 3 spawns with 0 gingerbread

[TabulaRasa]

my numbers (from day one to today):
bells = 82
canes = 112
ginger = 34

[Durin_d]

I have to post a different type of collectible numbers

Bells: 82
Candy Canes: 90
Gingerbread: 104

[Bobblyt]

after the latest spawn of collectibles
bells = 66
canes = 94
ginger = 28
another spawn with 0 gingerbread