Thanks rulilind. Your encouragement did the trick. I got a Peridot in the last 10 hours. Have been breeding for Mirage since, and just got it on the island. So hopefully I'll be able to try for Sunstruck at least a couple times before it goes away. Maybe more... Since it didn't disappear after yesterday, I'm guessing it will be around until the official start of fallp on Sept 22nd.
I got two peridot! Woohoooo!!!! I'm not sure. Should I get the egg or the second dragon. Hmmm, but I've been trying for mirage nonstop in both EBI and cave for so long and I'm bored. Mirage, mirage wherever you are. Please come out... Dark and sand and dark and nightshade are in for some variation and so I can finish off my hybrid collections by fails.
I had this great prose about light and heat creating mirage, and then realized the combos use Dark, not Light. Just doesn't have the same ring... "In the beginning there was Dark, and from the Dark came Heat. Dark and Heat combined above the Sand to form the Mirage, and all who saw it were overcome by a great thirst." See? Works much better with light. Still not sure how Dark and Sand = Mirage. Oh well, koalas to you, anyway!
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I have not whined quite a bit here, so I might as well give it a shot. I bred for leaf in both caves since it was out, and only got one, and have been breeding in the EBC nonstop since it left with Leaf + Epic seasonal (mostly summer). No luck. And I DID get one sunstruck... but I've been breeding for it in the island nonstop, including speeding it up a bunch, and have not gotten my second. I HAVE NOT even got a chance to breed for daydream once. I really hope that I don't have to do Sunstruck x Moonstruck after this, and can just get the dragon before it leaves. And speaking of leaves... THIS LEAF DRAGON EGG BETTER STOP PUTTING ME FARTHER AND FARTHER BEHIND! Grrrr
OMG GUYS whining works so well I don't even understand it.
I just sped up the heat + mirage breeding by 4 hours, and when I bred again I got a 26 hours! Got a sunstruck cookin...
That's great! I managed to get 2 Sunstruck dragons too, but I had to try a lot. They are tough ones, no?
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OMG GUYS whining works so well I don't even understand it.
I just sped up the heat + mirage breeding by 4 hours, and when I bred again I got a 26 hours! Got a sunstruck cookin...
That's great! I managed to get 2 Sunstruck dragons too, but I had to try a lot. They are tough ones, no?
SO TOUGH! I still need to breed these two together to get two more eggs (one for my egg collection, and one for my additional treasure egg collection because it looks sort of golden), but i should be done with all that in under a week. That's three 26 hour breedings to wait for (including this one), and the few cloning fails I'll most likely see. Shouldn't be too bad. Now leaf is the only one that'll still be a huge pain...
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Sometimes I wish that Game Center had some sort of messaging system so that I could tell some people to stop gifting me gems because I can't return them. The guilt...THE GUILT!
I feel the same way. Sometimes I can't return all the gems sent to me. I wish there were some way of gifting extra gems. Perhaps an upgrade to the gem tree. Or any other way. Sometimes people send me requests of friendship and I don't want not to accept. It wouldn't be nice to refuse the request. And I think that they only want to be able to visit my park or collect party hats. But then they start sending me gems and I can't return every one of them. It is really hard having to choose. I try to be fair but it is hard. I feel guilty too.
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Post by dragonmuse on Sept 6, 2014 19:27:03 GMT -6
Hello Dragonvale Community Members,
I was searching this thread for a while, although it may have been posted on another topic, but anywho, Someone here advised me around the end of the Firefly Event, to try saving Gems with out speeding up and staying away from upgrades, & I so wanted to give that person props for the advice because its been exactly one month that I started saving my Gems & I think I did speed up breeding here and there never going over 2 gems per week. After exactly one month ( & a period that I was inactive for 4 days because of surgery and my hospital stay having terrible WiFi connection, leaving me in painful, painful DV withdrawals).
Well i am proud to announce, that I took Your advice, And I have saved a total of 300 Gems in one month!! So Thank you thank you thank you... Wish I remembered who it was, myke?? Dragonmagic1?? IDK but I feel so much richer with my Gem hoarding. Now I am just as bad with holding on to DV cash as I was with saving Gems.., I spend a lot growing food for leveling up my Dragons.But also like to buy pretty decorations for I am constantly renovating my Park.
I really want the 11th island, and have yet to make it to 1 billion, and need 2 Billion for the island.. Plus clearing cash..I was thinking about selling some of my egg displays for the extra cash, but I really like the eggs, and not ready to part with them.
I had tried to breed the Whisp for profit but get many Spark fails. Does anyone have any advice on how to make another billion so I can get my 11th island before October? I love to decorate the islands and then redecorate a lot during downtime... I would love any tips on how to raise the money without selling my rainbow fountains and Dream Flags.. I visit Friend's Parks daily but only manage to make 900,000 per day extra.. Thanks for your tips in advance and to all the members of the community here, who have a wealth of information and take the time to share great suggestions and strategies!! Thanks again, Michelle
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It is interesting what saving up gems can accumulate to. You may not have the dragons as fast, but in the end the permanent ones don't go away, and I usually just spend some on limited ones if I don't have it and it is the day before it leaves.
dragonmuse You say you redecorate often. Do you put your unwanted decorations in the storage tower or do you sell them? You get 50% of the asking price back when you sell, so if you have a lot of permanent decorations in your tower! a fire sale may reap you big returns. Apart from that, the same advice applies to DC as well as gems. DON'T SPEND. I earn something over 60M DC a day. I usually put most of it to food, but if I am saving for something, I put the dragons on a diet for a few weeks, and somehow, miraculously, I have a billion or two spare cash. In your case, put off redecorating for a few weeks as well. Also make sure you have all your epics on show at L10. Hibernate and store regular habitats if you need to. The cap means they don't really earn enough to justify their existence if money is tight. Once you have bought that island, you can put things back to normal. Also pay attention to boosts, though this is less important unless you sweep around the clock. I know some do. I am not one of them (any longer .
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Having gems in your pocket is a nice feeling isn't it? it can be tough to squash that urge to speed things up, but future you will thank you when you really need those gems. As for accumulating cash, I would suggest doing the same thing you've been doing for accumulating gems: don't spend unless you have to and collect as frequently as possible. It might take some time, but I think not spending anything will help with that. I'm a little short on DC ever since I've bought the island so I stopped purchasing the expensive treats and only buy the second tier ones. Patience and self control is one of the best ways to accumulate resources.
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they don't really earn enough to justify their existence
OUCH! HARSH! Even for a dragoneater... that's such a merciless way of thinking...
Ahh. But I didn't say to dispose of them. Just put them in the cryogenic suspension lab for a while. Until the fiscal crisis is over.
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dragonmuse My recommendation is that you start planting dragonfruit in your treat farms. As someone who has over 5 billion in the bank, I can tell you that doing this can make just as huge an impact on DC as you have seen in your gems. Leveling up dragons only helps to a certain point. If I remember correctly, I currently have over 60,000,000 treats because I haven't seen much point in leveling dragons. My habitats are already maxed out when I visit. I was hoping that future events would reward leveling like the magic event did. Since they didn't, I have mostly saved treats instead of spending. Anyway, I hope combining all of our advice into one grand scheme helps you be able to afford the next island very soon.
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Post by Administrator on Sept 6, 2014 21:42:28 GMT -6
Dragonmuse....
Use the breeding island for dragons you don't have and the breeding cave to breed for DC. You can potentially breed Dark + Plant twice a day which will generate over 6,000,000 in DC daily.
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I'm glad i'm not alone in the great Sunstruck Struggle of 2014 - I only managed to breed one which doesn't sit well with my 2 Dragons, 1 Egg mindset. BEB could not come soon enough!
After being a somewhat lurker in these forums for a very long period of time, It's time to come out of the woodwork (too many arbor in there anyway)
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I'm glad i'm not alone in the great Sunstruck Struggle of 2014 - I only managed to breed one which doesn't sit well with my 2 Dragons, 1 Egg mindset. BEB could not come soon enough!
Welcome tempest! I hope you enjoy your stay here . And yes it seems like there were many that had troubles with Sunstruck. It's good that you managed to get at least one though! You could try breeding that one with another Sun/Moon element if you are desperate for another.
Apologies if this has been covered, I had a look around but this is such a fast moving thread I never really found an answer. I finally hit 2B coins and was wondering if there's community consensus about the most strategic way to use the last island. Seems like the choices are:
A) Summon and clear the island now and put it into production.
B) Summon now but defer clearing until the next event since clearing obstructions usually pays event currency. From what I've seen of the new island the smaller and fewer objects might not pay very much this time around.
C) Defer summoning until the next event. This might be useful if event currency is awarded for purchasing the island, though I don't think this has ever actually happened. There's also the risk that the event might be too short to get the full benefit of clearing obstacles, though I don't think this was an issue in the previous events (I already had all my islands during previous events and may not have paid enough attention).
D) Other?
I'd appreciate any thoughts and advice you guys might have!
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Apologies if this has been covered, I had a look around but this is such a fast moving thread I never really found an answer. I finally hit 2B coins and was wondering if there's community consensus about the most strategic way to use the last island. Seems like the choices are:
A) Summon and clear the island now and put it into production.
B) Summon now but defer clearing until the next event since clearing obstructions usually pays event currency. From what I've seen of the new island the smaller and fewer objects might not pay very much this time around.
C) Defer summoning until the next event. This might be useful if event currency is awarded for purchasing the island, though I don't think this has ever actually happened. There's also the risk that the event might be too short to get the full benefit of clearing obstacles, though I don't think this was an issue in the previous events (I already had all my islands during previous events and may not have paid enough attention).
D) Other?
I'd appreciate any thoughts and advice you guys might have!
I would think the best option would be to summon it but delay clearing until the next event. Or until you are desperate for space. So far all the events have rewarded clearing obstacles, but none have rewarded buying islands. It is worth knowing that it takes 60 hours to summon.
If you only (only — sheesh!) have 2B DC it may be a good idea to save like crazy before you get the island so you have a buffer should you need the cash desperately for something else.
However, I have chosen a option E. I have bought the island, but have not summoned it. In hindsight probably not the best choice.
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