I feel I have a lot to offer this thread. I have never brought a gem in this game. Not a single penny. Not because I don't want to, but I can't. I would love to support them, but with or without gems, I love this game.
Lots of people have said things like " I spend less time on the game because of my 48hr fails."
Here is my response: that implies that you ONLY go on the game to breed dragons. No wonder you are so bored. There is SO much more to this game. And if you don't do that part of the game, then of course you won't enjoy it.
1) To play without buying gems you must learn to control yourself. I decided a month ago that I wanted to buy one of the events' prizes that I didn't have. I knew that it would be a steep price. So I have been cutting back on spending gems. Normally I hang around the 50 mark, and I am now on 550. Commit and control.
2) Be patient- I'm not patient, but I always believed that not getting a dragon first time, meant try for it in BEB, or maybe even next time it's released.
3) Understand that the only time EVER that BFS forced us to buy stuff was the Easter Island. That's all. You may have conjured up oh her times when you felt gems were necessary. But they weren't.
4) Enjoy other people's parks designs. Visit theirs and decorate yours, it's HUGE fun.
5) Work towards getting all the pedestals, all the twins, levelling up dragons,
6) Enjoy these forums. Seriously, there is so much fun here to be had, and I would play a game that I hate just to be part of a community like this!
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How do some of you have so many gems? I am getting a couple of gems a day I only have 1 dragon that produces 1 gem a week and I get the rest from putting dragons in the coliseum which takes all day too. Ok so how many islands do you have?
Question 2 how many islands do you generally have I have 3 not including my galaxy island, my gemstone island and my cooperative breeding island.
Question 3 if I buy a theme does that come with a habitat for that theme.
Finally I would like to have friends to breed dragons with in the cooperative cave.
I am at level 23.
Your questions are pretty much answered above, so I'll just add my welcome. It's good to see you here,
Can you exceed in this game without buying with real money?
Hi dragonmother108, welcome to the forum! You might find some answers to your question in this thread.
The game has changed dramatically in recent years with events becoming a mainstay, so it might be good to check in with players who have not spent any real money to see how well they've done!
GCID: rionhow Thanks to ElektronX for my Light Rift avatar!
Can you exceed in this game without buying with real money?
Yes. This thread, where Rion has moved your post, is dedicated to disussing just that, and I suggest reading through the many tips you'll see here.
It really boils down to two things: get a good sized list of friends to exchange gems with, and be patient. The first week or two is very exciting, and you feel like you're flying through the levels. Once you're past level 20 or so, progress through the levels does slow down, and reaching goals/breeding less common dragons takes some time, especially if you aren't spending money to speed things up. Patience is key!
By exchanging gems regularly and being very frugal with spending them in game, you can actually build up a substantial pile of them to help you speed up some of those longer breeding times without spending real money. To help you get together with others for exchanging gems, we do have threads where you can post your information and meet other players. If you are on the Android platform, you'll need to link your Facebook account to Dragonvale and add friends through there. For Apple devices, your friends will be linked via your GameCenter ID.
In the beginning, you have three gems per day you can gift to others. (Later, you may be able to gift up to seven gems, and 3 sets of treats too, but that takes a while to reach.) Many of us have built up reliable circles of friends over time who exchange and we don't have room to add more without dropping one of those, so these threads I've linked are your best place to start if you don't already have a good gem exchange set up.
Again, welcome to the forum! We're happy to have you here!
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Can you exceed in this game without buying with real money?
Yes, you can. I played two and a half years before spending any real money on this game. It then was the very big amount of 0.89 EUR. Which was the price to get a good kick start in an event. At that point I had two of every dragon, every available building and every available decoration. Further on I spent 5 EUR to get the lost island which at that time wasn't available without money but later could be bought with gems or dealt for event currency in an event. During the last events though I was not able to get every decoration any more. That doesn't bother me because I don't like alle decos and I don't have place to display them all either. The reason that it is getting more difficult may be that the events are layed out differently yet, but it also is caused by the fact that my device (ipad2) is getting too old to deal with this game which prevents me from having as much friends as I want to. I can't bank as many event currency as I want to because then my social menu would crash I would not be able to open it again. But all in all this is a game that really can be played without real money. I don't know of any other game like this where it is possible to get as far as here without money. It needs a lot of patience though Good luck for your DV park and have fun : it's a great game.
dragon list (last dragon : Gatren) DV friend id: Crumble#7733 friend link coop friends always welcome, but all my gems are spoken for
Can you exceed in this game without buying with real money?
I've never spent real money. I'm also not complete, but that is probably more due to laziness. So if I'm honest, yes you can. It takes luck, patience, dedication and about two years, but i reckon with that you can complete the game.
No longer active on DragonVale! *briefly back online*
now I am at level 41 for a simple reason i farmed these two types of dragons that get me a gem every week(now i have 13 gem dragons). Also try to farm dragons that produce a lot of money (i farmed the sun dragon and the leap year dragon). lastly the two thing that every one need is kairos (for skipping time) and gaia (instant hatch). links for the dragons the preduse gems dragonvale.wikia.com/wiki/Crystalline_Dragons dragonvale.wikia.com/wiki/Gemstone_Dragons
I'm writing here because I have notice that many of the things bf says like that if you breed two same dragons that are epic or special you will have that dragon. All I get is hybrid dragons and find that to be unfair. Lately I breed epic dragons and they produce the most simple ones. I know it can't be too easy but come on give us a break. And the prices for the islands is ridiculous, I collect coins all I can and has been very difficult to achieve the amount I need. I love the game but sometimes it feels so frustrating. Thanks for reading my complaints.
I've been hoarding gems now for some time, hoping to one day get one of the statues that lets you level your epic dragons past 10 - but I see a lot of you talking about special events. And I take it these event happen every year at the same time?
Are there certain items that it's better to try to grab during these events than just outright spending gems for them?
And are the items available during these events always the same? Like a particular island theme always being available for every Halloween event and such?
I only just started playing DV right before the Frosty Jubilee, so I'm beyond noob when it comes to events. Any advice is greatly appreciated! I don't want to spend a bunch of gems on something that might pop up at an event in a couple months. (I actually did that with the treatery...) 😊
I've been hoarding gems now for some time, hoping to one day get one of the statues that lets you level your epic dragons past 10 - but I see a lot of you talking about special events. And I take it these event happen every year at the same time?
Are there certain items that it's better to try to grab during these events than just outright spending gems for them?
And are the items available during these events always the same? Like a particular island theme always being available for every Halloween event and such?
I only just started playing DV right before the Frosty Jubilee, so I'm beyond noob when it comes to events. Any advice is greatly appreciated! I don't want to spend a bunch of gems on something that might pop up at an event in a couple months. (I actually did that with the treatery...) 😊
Welcome aboard! Hoard your Gems. Yes, events come around at the same time each year and offer themes, decorations, dragons, etc from past years' events along with new items for the new year. You are better off using the Event Currency for those items. Have you acquired a Wishing Well yet? If/when you do you can also use a Wish to acquire a desired item/dragon that you missed.
I've been hoarding gems now for some time, hoping to one day get one of the statues that lets you level your epic dragons past 10 - but I see a lot of you talking about special events. And I take it these event happen every year at the same time?
Are there certain items that it's better to try to grab during these events than just outright spending gems for them?
And are the items available during these events always the same? Like a particular island theme always being available for every Halloween event and such?
I only just started playing DV right before the Frosty Jubilee, so I'm beyond noob when it comes to events. Any advice is greatly appreciated! I don't want to spend a bunch of gems on something that might pop up at an event in a couple months. (I actually did that with the treatery...) 😊
Welcome aboard! Hoard your Gems. Yes, events come around at the same time each year and offer themes, decorations, dragons, etc from past years' events along with new items for the new year. You are better off using the Event Currency for those items. Have you acquired a Wishing Well yet? If/when you do you can also use a Wish to acquire a desired item/dragon that you missed.
I do not have the well, all I have is the 100 day counter to earn a wish. Do I need a well to be able to make that wish once I've earned it?
Kedas, We are not sure because the counter is a new edition. If I recall when BFS gave the second wish to players those players who did not have the Wishing Well had it added as a gift in their social menu. I expect they will do it that way again.
Post by WildKatGhoul on Feb 25, 2017 16:48:30 GMT -6
Can you really not get every dragon without spending money on gems? I wasn't planning to buy any gems, but my goal has always been to get every dragon.
Can you really not get every dragon without spending money on gems? I wasn't planning to buy any gems, but my goal has always been to get every dragon.
I have all Dragons and Pedestals and have never spent any money.
Can you really not get every dragon without spending money on gems? I wasn't planning to buy any gems, but my goal has always been to get every dragon.
I have all Dragons and Pedestals and have never spent any money.
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Platform: iOS Currently Sharing: Coop friends can be added. Accepting New Gifts: I have no open gem nor food spots Forum Name to Tag: Daisy3172
I love this thread! Thank you, Poppy for staying AND for challenging us to find new creative ways to play. Like Climo, I've learned to say no to speeding up .... After using too many trying for Elysium. I have recovered those gems and have around 500 in each park now. Nowhere near some players but better than I have had in the past. I could add a couple of strategies not mentioned yet. I'm going to upgrade the gemstone island habitats at the next event and put as many monthly gemstone dragons in them as possible; my little gem factory. Also I am on hold spending any gems for upgrades until the next event where they will count toward prizes.... So no speed ups and no upgrades. I come back later If there's only an hour or two. To avoid temptations I have stopped using the cave if there's nothing new to breed; it only clogs up the nursery and tempts me to speed up if something good comes along. Sorry to be such a GIRL but my goal is for pretty islands full of sakuras, lotus, elysiums etc. I honestly don't ever know what to do when a lodestone type comes out.
I just noticed this thread on the second page of the forum and reading it has made me smile, especially the above post. I fill my park up with the dragons I like the most.
This thread also reminded me of how much the game has changed since i first downloaded it on my ORIGNIAL IPad!.
I don't know if anyone else will see this thread any time soon, unless they're "eagle eyed" and see the new posting notification, but I hope it brings the same kind of pleasure to others when they find it.
I don't know if I would've seen it, echo9, so right you are! I, too, was always so impressed with the logistics and methodical approaches that others shared. I came here (as a returning player) hoping to find the calculations that Fletch had 'fleshed' out when the boosts were, say for example, +30% on Water dragons, but -30% for the same island's inhabitants of Lightning dragons, even if harbored in separate habitats on that same island. I think it was a line-by-line item list that was created in origin as a post and appeared in one of the later threads 'Maximizing Your Park GC Strategies' or the like. I think maybe I saw it worked up in an Excel sheet later on. Or maybe that was just wishful thinking that I had thought to make a PDF of it! Nonetheless, when I returned nearly 2 yrs. later, I was surprised to see how poorly my Panlongs were performing and recall seeing a more complex formula was worked out, taking in to account all of the newer hybrid combos & how the old calculations by BF were obsolete. If, memory serves me correctly, I believe he had suggested the Air boost be placed on one's Metal Island, and was playing around Plant and Fire boosts accompanying Earth islands and/or boosts. Would someone be as so kind to send me in the right direction if a link or PDF does exist, please. Thanks in advance. ~ra8ar
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