Gardenia's Gathering of Roses - 2016

[dragonrus]

Jan 28, 2016 19:31:25 GMT -6 Mr. Bones said:

Jan 28, 2016 19:27:45 GMT -6 ChemNerdTwin said:

Pretty sure you have to have 15 unique prizes to unlock lotus. They count pedestals of older dragons and dragons too with the decorations. With love rose thorn moonstruck dragons and pedestals plus the berry white bench decoration you got last year that's 9. Must have another one in the closed section. Maybe the rose heart or bush decorations. I guess I need to buy 5 things to unlock the fourth prize level where the delight and melancholy dragons are, and probably where the surprise limited time special one will be as well. They keep trying ways to gate or force tickets earl. At least this time half the dragons won't be unavailable at the end when you have the tickets

There's also the Omnitat, which makes 10. And then you can buy the habitat (+1), Serenity (+1), and Ire (+1), then get the pedestals by breeding them together or in co-op (+2).

So it's theoretically possible to unlock all tiers without buying any junk... if you're a super-endgame player.

Plus, if you're like me - I collect 2 of every dragon, but not pedestals. I threw my 2 rose, love, and moonstruck (I do have a thorn pedestal already) into the caves and produced a display egg of each. Viola! I now have those 3 'prizes' and a fewer number needed to unlock the last tiers. 

[Cyn]

Jan 28, 2016 19:27:39 GMT -6 Breeder said:

Does anyone know if it's possible to breed past dragons (Rose/Thorn/Love) that are in the prize shop using past possible breeding combinations now? or is it only possible to currently get them spending roses if we don't already have one?

Checking the Dragonarium shows Love, Moonstruck, Rose, and Thorn all with a green hourglass which means they are breedable.

[echo9]

Jan 28, 2016 17:49:49 GMT -6 bagelyo said:

Is there a basics post somewhere for people who are on their first event? What is all this doubles and holding stuff? Man, I knew everything about this game when I uninstalled it back in 2013 or whatever it was

The events have basically the same format.  If you follow this thread from the beginning you will see information, tricks and strategies posted as everyone figures out how to play most effectively.  If you have questions, just ask and someone will be happy to explain!  Doubles happens during the events when roses awarded are doubled when you hatch eggs or collect DC from habitats, etc.  banking is more complex and I'll leave that one for the pros.

[Cyn]

Jan 28, 2016 20:50:59 GMT -6 waggintail said:

Have the maxes been determined for

Clearing islands?

Number of challenge arena (or whatever it's called) attempts?

I have been clearing today and so far have not reached a limit.

So far, 15 obstacles x 2 roses each = 30 roses

[Buffy]

Jan 28, 2016 17:49:49 GMT -6 bagelyo said:

Is there a basics post somewhere for people who are on their first event? What is all this doubles and holding stuff? Man, I knew everything about this game when I uninstalled it back in 2013 or whatever it was

The thread is locked.  The below link will only take you to the page number, please scroll down few times till you hit the heading "Frostival Has Been Berry Berry Good to Me", by Skitch.

dragonvale-tips.proboards.com/user/2443/recent?page=2

Same concept, the only difference is event currency.  Good read!

[GregDarcy]

Jan 28, 2016 21:54:08 GMT -6 Buffy said:

Jan 28, 2016 17:49:49 GMT -6 bagelyo said:

Is there a basics post somewhere for people who are on their first event? What is all this doubles and holding stuff? Man, I knew everything about this game when I uninstalled it back in 2013 or whatever it was

The thread is locked.  The below link will only take you to the page number, please scroll down few times till you hit the heading "Frostival Has Been Berry Berry Good to Me", by Skitch.

dragonvale-tips.proboards.com/user/2443/recent?page=2

Same concept, the only difference is event currency.  Good read!

We have learnt not to let Buffy have too much power. It's not good for her.

Here is the post she was referring to

Frostival Has Been Berry Berry Good To Me

- or -

Skitch’s “more than you ever wanted to know” guide to maximizing your Iceberry nest egg

We have seen continued confusion about how to save the most Iceberries during the Winter Frostival event, so I thought it would be useful to collect our accumulated wisdom and strategery* into a single post.

TERMINOLOGY - Part of the confusion has arisen over messy terminology, so let’s define some terms first. Iceberries are stored in two distinct places, and we somewhat sloppily refer to both of them as a “bank”. The “Iceberries” icon that appears on your main screen contains currency that you can spend in the prize tent at any time, so rather than calling this a bank, let’s call it the “wallet” (I’m open to other suggestions!). The other place that Iceberries are stored is in the Social menu’s Gifts tab. Iceberries stored here can’t be spent until they are withdrawn into your wallet, so it’s appropriate to call this the “bank”. For the purposes of this guide, “banking Iceberries” explicitly means accumulating them in the Gifts tab.

There is also some confusion over the term “reset”. There are three distinct kinds of reset that are relevant to this discussion. “Park reset” is when your park contacts the server to get new instructions and put new rules or conditions into place. Park reset occurs whenever you restart your app (e.g. after it has been killed or your device has rebooted), when you return to your park after visiting friends, or when your park has experienced a problem and had to reload (e.g. a spell has gone wonky, among other things). “Iceberry reset” occurs daily and means that the Wizards have hidden more Iceberries in your park and have reset the daily cap of Iceberries you are allowed to collect (more on caps later). Iceberry reset occurs at 11:00 AM BFS Time (there is a handy BFS Time clock near the top of our forum pages). “Gift reset” also occurs daily and means that new friend gifts are available to be sent and new Party Hats are available to be tapped when visiting friends. Gift reset happens around 6:30 PM BFS time.

COLLECTING ICEBERRIES - I won’t go into great detail about collecting Iceberries other than to note that they can be found in the same basic ways that we’ve seen in previous events (with, as usual, a wrinkle or two): competing in the Arctic Arena, spinning the Wheel of Chance, playing Name That Dragon, collecting a gift from the new Advent Calendar, collecting DragonCash, harvesting Treats, hatching/selling dragons, competing in the Colosseum, performing Kairos quests, clearing island obstacles, spending Gems, receiving friend gifts, visiting friends to collect Party Hats, and finding and tapping special park visitors. For this event the special visitor is Sandakloz. Sandakloz appears at least once a day in your park, but he may appear again 12 hours later if you find and tap him early enough after Iceberry reset. Finally, you can buy Iceberries as an in-app purchase using real-world money. Iceberries that you receive as friend gifts initially go into your bank and must be moved to your wallet before they can be spent (but you may want to hold off on doing this as I will explain below).

ICEBERRY CAPS - The amount of Iceberries that you can put into your wallet has a daily cap (although there are a few ways that you can put extra Iceberries into your wallet above the cap). The daily cap is 1000 Iceberries unless doubles are in effect, in which case the daily cap is also doubled to 2000. Iceberries that you receive from the daily Advent Calendar gift or that you buy as an in-app purchase are exempt from the cap and will be added to your wallet above and beyond the cap limit. If you have a problem in your park you may receive compensation from BFS in the form of Iceberries as well. Depending on the nature of the problem, Iceberries received in this way may go into your wallet or into your bank. If they go into your wallet they will not count against your cap either. Iceberries that you receive as friend gifts initially appear in your bank and are not subject to a daily cap (until you move them to your wallet). You can receive an “unlimited” amount if you have lots of friends. However, note that there is a practical ceiling associated with device limitations and we have seen problems if the gift tab has too many items in it (twin eggs as well as uncollected gifts). You may withdraw Iceberries from your bank into your wallet as long as you have not yet reached your daily cap by tapping the "Collect" button next to the gift. In addition to gifts received from friends (or from BFS), there are two other ways that Iceberries can be banked: if you exceed the daily cap by collecting a prize from the Wheel of Chance or Name That Dragon, the excess will be credited to your bank. Also, if you wait until you have reached your cap to collect your winnings from the Arctic Arena, those winnings will be placed in your bank as well.

BANKED ICEBERRIES - The precedent that BFS has established for previous events is that all event currency that has been banked will be moved to your wallet and made available to you for purchasing prizes when the event is over (the Prize Tent will remain open for a while after Iceberry collection is over), so don’t be shy about saving as many as you can. However, note that a new wrinkle in this event is that some prizes must apparently be purchased before the event is actually over (sorta like the one day limited offers we’ve seen in previous events), so be sure to account for that.

EXPLOITS - An “exploit” is a technique for using a mechanism built into a game to obtain a benefit. An exploit is not a “hack”, although exploits may be either intended or unintended by the developer. Some folks regard exploits as “cheating” but this is certainly a personal choice. There are two interesting exploits available in Dragonvale. The classic one is to “extend doubles”. This exploit allows you to continue collecting double Iceberries after Iceberry reset on the final day of doubles. To use this exploit, you must be in your park at Iceberry reset when doubles would normally be over. Basically, if you do not have a park reset (i.e. you don’t kill the app or visit friends) then you can continue to collect double Iceberries and your daily cap will remain doubled as well. If you intend to attempt this exploit, don’t quit the app or allow your device to go to sleep (these actions won’t necessarily cause a park reset, but they might), and don't visit friends.

A new exploit was discovered this year and there may or may not be another opportunity to take advantage of it. During the first doubles weekend, doubles actually started before Iceberry reset, providing a short window of time where the previous day’s cap was lifted to double its value and, if you were quick and efficient, you could collect an extra 1000 Iceberries before Iceberry reset. This effectively gave us an extra day of doubles. We have at least one more doubles weekend coming, so keep an eye out for this situation again if you’d like to try to use it.

MAXIMIZING ICEBERRIES - The trick to maximizing your Iceberries is to take advantage of the various ways available for sending them to your bank. Be aware of how big your wallet can grow as you play each day. This is a running total that increases by at least 1000 or 2000 per day (depending on doubles). It is made more complicated by the fact that Advent Calendar gifts or purchased Iceberries go into your wallet without affecting your cap, so pay close attention to the new total each day. As you play, be sure to save 1 or 2 spins of the Wheel (or 1 or 2 Name That Dragon plays) and don’t collect your last (5th) Arctic Arena reward. Note how close you are coming to your limit for the day and try to use small rewards (hatching Plant dragons, clearing obstacles, etc.) to creep to within 1 or 2 Iceberries of the limit. When you are within striking distance, go ahead and use your last spin or two (or your last Name That Dragon play) to surpass the limit. Any excess above the limit will be banked. This can net you anywhere from 0 to 39 Iceberries (or twice that if doubles are active). Once you have passed the cap, now you can safely collect the last Arctic Arena prize, which will be banked in its entirety (resulting in a 50 or 100 Iceberry bank, doubled to 100 or 200 when doubles are active). Also, wait until you have passed the daily cap to collect your Gem and Treat gifts from friends. If you do this you will still be able to collect your Gems and Treats, but the Iceberries will remain in the bank. If you follow these techniques, your bank will accumulate a large BFS gift and a bunch of smaller gifts comprised of uncollected Iceberries from each gifting friend. Again, after the event is over, BFS will move all your Iceberries from the bank into your wallet.

I hope this guide is helpful for you, and if you notice anything I've missed or gotten wrong. please let me know!

Koala everybody!

* Yes, that was on purpose!

[joliesdragons]

Jan 28, 2016 21:54:08 GMT -6 Buffy said:

Jan 28, 2016 17:49:49 GMT -6 bagelyo said:

Is there a basics post somewhere for people who are on their first event? What is all this doubles and holding stuff? Man, I knew everything about this game when I uninstalled it back in 2013 or whatever it was

The thread is locked.  The below link will only take you to the page number, please scroll down few times till you hit the heading "Frostival Has Been Berry Berry Good to Me", by Skitch.

dragonvale-tips.proboards.com/user/2443/recent?page=2

Same concept, the only difference is event currency.  Good read!

Direct post link: dragonvale-tips.proboards.com/post/149314

Thanks for digging this post back up, buffy!

(Ninja'ed by GD)

[Buffy]

Jan 28, 2016 20:41:35 GMT -6 onejoebloggs said:

Jan 28, 2016 18:10:13 GMT -6 Buffy said:

So, can we collude? cheat?

Since we will be keeping track of it on the a piece of paper... if there is a pattern of some sort.

I am not buffy/lotus..etc, I am the twin Lotus. 

I will record all my attempts. Cheat, collude, or as I prefer to think of it, cooperate.

Cool.  I will at least keep track of one grid, and share the results.  Will use the left over for the wheel.  

@kijoji21 - That graphing paper comes in handy.  

If anybody keeps track of the match game on paper...etc, please share.  For easy reference, I prefer to see all grids in one post maybe the OP.

[Buffy]

Looking at my favorite mods with puppy eyes: joliesdragons , GregDarcy , Cyn !, rion , vonfirmath , Skitch , ElektronX , dragonmagic1 , Kiyoji21 , jamesvaler

Can mod help collecting all the matching games and compile it into one post...Please please  

Will email admin privately, using different tactics, and persuasions...


Have been part of the community far too long, and have teased, made fun of the staff countless times... Well intended message w/ a bit of smirk.

[Sandiplants]

Sorry I don't see where to log in and out

[GregDarcy]

Jan 28, 2016 22:33:52 GMT -6 Sandiplants said:

Sorry I don't see where to log in and out

At the top of every page is a big banner that says "Dragonvale Community"
At the bottom of that banner is a blue (hint: I'm colour blind) bar. At the right side of that bar, it will say "welcome guest. login or register" click that and it will take you to the appropriate screen

It is easy and free. What's more we don't bite. Unless you are a dragon of course. Some of them are delicious.

[zapp]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this already, but for the matching game you get the number of points of one of the two cards that you match. So if you match two 30 point cards, you get 30 points. When you don't make a match, you get two points. You can keep collecting points until you run out of turns.
EDIT: or until you hit the daily limit.

[GregDarcy]

Jan 28, 2016 22:30:25 GMT -6 Buffy said:

Looking at my favorite mods with puppy eyes: joliesdragons , GregDarcy , Cyn !, rion , vonfirmath , Skitch , ElektronX , dragonmagic1 , Kiyoji21 , jamesvaler

Can mod help collecting all the matching games and compile it into one post...Please please  

Will email admin privately, using different tactics, and persuasions...


Have been part of the community far too long, and have teased, made fun of the staff countless times... Well intended message w/ a bit of smirk.

I am not sure it will help. I don't normally play my supernumerary parks seriously, but as an excercise, I tried the matching game in all of them until I ran out of tries. The first was the same as the one posted earlier, but the others were all different from that one and each other. I think BFS must have thought of that particular cheat loophole and plugged it early.

[noodles]

Something I'm pretty sure is different from the last events when you purchase the new dragons with your roses the dragon goes directly into the habitat, you don't have to wait for it in incubate.

and yes, I have been up to my old tricks of being impatient and rushing ahead (I don't even have an excuse of going on holiday this time!)... Didn't even wait for doubles, me thinks I have a DV problem (fortunately I have disposable income to fund my addiction, lol).

[Evans]

Jan 28, 2016 16:05:28 GMT -6 crumble608 said:

So I tried to get a quick overview if it is possible to get all the prizes that I want.
What I want is the Habitat (1995), the Serenity(3270), the Ire(4300), the Delight(5495) and the Melancholy(5495)
Alltogether those are 20555 roses.
I also have to buy two little pedestals to unlock the fourth tier which puts me to an amount of 21070 roses necessary.

The event lasts for 18 days and I expect two double weekends of three days which will lead to 24500 roses.
Even with only three double days it would be possible to buy my wanted things.
Banked roses and eventually extra gifts on top

But there will very probably be a limited dragon that is breedable but only with a short time of availability. This might cost roses too.

All in all it looks more promissing than the iceberry event to me.

Short question : can we leave the memory-game inmidst without losing points ?

And at last a warning : maybe tomorrow will be the start of the first double weekend.

I think there is a very good chance of the mystery dragon being an aura dragon. The aura habitat has room for 5 dragons and at present there are only 4 known aura dragons. Seems like a dead giveaway to me.

[Fletch_smf]

Jan 28, 2016 16:05:28 GMT -6 crumble608 said:

Short question : can we leave the memory-game inmidst without losing points ?

You get the roses you earned when ever you leave the game. This is the same as the guess the dragon game, and probably spin the wheel. So you don't lose out on Roses if you exit the game and come back to it later.

[crumble608]

Jan 28, 2016 14:16:38 GMT -6 viviane said:

In the matching game i made an error and bang was out and not only for that game but also for the wheel one!
Definitiveky going to concentrate on the wheel only tomorrow!

I prefer the memory game.
What nobody mentionned yet : you are on your first play until you make a mistake. (Just like in the real memory game : it's your part until you uncover two non-maching cards).
In the first round I made 165 roses with 5 plays. (Without knowing the cards by reading this thread) This is more than the wheel offers normally.

[crumble608]

Jan 28, 2016 18:05:45 GMT -6 plznoepicfails said:

I'm not really understanding the unlocking of prizes. My Lilac section says 9/10 and my Lotus section says 9/15. Lilac shows 5 prizes in it (all locked). Lotus only has 3 prizes in it (all locked). As we purchase prizes, does it just unlock what I can see, or do other prizes appear? Someone said yesterday that there is a new island theme with this event, but I don't see one in the prizes that are there now.

For the different stages you need a different amount of achieved prizes, e.g. 10 for Lilac and 15 for Lotus. One achieved prize counts towards all those tiers.
I have ten achieved prizes from prior events and breedings. So I only need 5 more of which 3 are dragons and habitat that I plan to buy anyway.
You can look into locked tiers, you just can't buy the items shown there.

Sorry the person who posted about a new island theme was me. I misunderstood the text shown in the update in the app store.

[Mahel]

Jan 29, 2016 0:33:51 GMT -6 noodles said:

Something I'm pretty sure is different from the last events when you purchase the new dragons with your roses the dragon goes directly into the habitat, you don't have to wait for it in incubate.

and yes, I have been up to my old tricks of being impatient and rushing ahead (I don't even have an excuse of going on holiday this time!)... Didn't even wait for doubles, me thinks I have a DV problem (fortunately I have disposable income to fund my addiction, lol).

Skipping the incubating part is a good thing!
And having coop friends like you, with DV issues which lead them to rush into getting the last dragons (and then share them), is a GREAT thing! (Meaning: thank you so much!)

[noodles]

Jan 29, 2016 2:17:39 GMT -6 Mahel said:

Jan 29, 2016 0:33:51 GMT -6 noodles said:

Something I'm pretty sure is different from the last events when you purchase the new dragons with your roses the dragon goes directly into the habitat, you don't have to wait for it in incubate.

and yes, I have been up to my old tricks of being impatient and rushing ahead (I don't even have an excuse of going on holiday this time!)... Didn't even wait for doubles, me thinks I have a DV problem (fortunately I have disposable income to fund my addiction, lol).

Skipping the incubating part is a good thing!
And having coop friends like you, with DV issues which lead them to rush into getting the last dragons (and then share them), is a GREAT thing! (Meaning: thank you so much!)

Glad you see the positives my niece (who introduced my Mum & me to DV many moons ago) says by buying gems & event currency I'm a cheat! Although I don't hear her complaining when I'm sharing something she doesn't have, lol.

[freitag]

Jan 29, 2016 0:33:51 GMT -6 noodles said:

Something I'm pretty sure is different from the last events when you purchase the new dragons with your roses the dragon goes directly into the habitat, you don't have to wait for it in incubate.

and yes, I have been up to my old tricks of being impatient and rushing ahead (I don't even have an excuse of going on holiday this time!)... Didn't even wait for doubles, me thinks I have a DV problem (fortunately I have disposable income to fund my addiction, lol).

Paying the rounds again? (You do, you know, in more ways than just one or two). Thanks!

[Kiwichris]

Jan 28, 2016 13:36:09 GMT -6 vonfirmath said:

Ugh. My game is lagging badly on my iphone 5. I found the weather station and turned the roses off, but it is still struggling.

Ditto on my iPad 2; did what you did, and did a force close: helped a bit, but vveerryy slow on things like skimming coins too...