The discount is tempting. The actual price tag for one theme is extremely off putting. Deciding between the two
Well, the bundle is only an effective discount of 22%, and that's for 10 themes you can't choose.
If you're patient, I'm sure there will be better deals eventually. Maybe even for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I remember last Thanksgiving they had gem discounts on random items and dragons.
Post by wapatango on Sept 23, 2014 19:51:34 GMT -6
Thanks for the responses everyone and especially thank you NinjaKiwi. and nagini. Your analogies were extremely helpful. I would love to see screenshots of the new kairos look and how the dragonarium looks next to the EBI if anyone has those available.
Last Edit: Sept 23, 2014 19:53:11 GMT -6 by wapatango
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The discount is tempting. The actual price tag for one theme is extremely off putting. Deciding between the two
Well, the bundle is only an effective discount of 22%, and that's for 10 themes you can't choose.
If you're patient, I'm sure there will be better deals eventually. Maybe even for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I remember last Thanksgiving they had gem discounts on random items and dragons.
The bundle discount is for a "complete set" -- If you raelly don't like one theme and figure you will NEVER want it it does significantly decrease the value of the bundle. But I can't imagine not at least wanting a theme "in the quiver" just in case.
Thanks for the responses everyone and especially thank you NinjaKiwi. and nagini. Your analogies were extremely helpful. I would love to see screenshots of the new kairos look and how the dragonarium looks next to the EBI if anyone has those available.
Thanks for the responses everyone and especially thank you NinjaKiwi. and nagini. Your analogies were extremely helpful. I would love to see screenshots of the new kairos look and how the dragonarium looks next to the EBI if anyone has those available.
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She can't if she hasn't updates yet. Which would defeat the purpose of wanting to see pictures.
Post by NinjaKiwi. on Sept 23, 2014 20:00:54 GMT -6
I find air the most versatile theme, followed by earth. Light is a bit too yellow, and same-same, so I think it is the least versatile. Earth and cold look fantastic with gold paths, the sandy themes look good with marble paths, and the brick paths go with pretty much anything. Just my two cents for anyone looking to blind-buy a theme
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Thanks for the responses everyone and especially thank you NinjaKiwi. and nagini. Your analogies were extremely helpful. I would love to see screenshots of the new kairos look and how the dragonarium looks next to the EBI if anyone has those available.
Post by wapatango on Sept 23, 2014 20:09:25 GMT -6
You might be able to. Try it and see. I don't mind visitors as long as they are not GregDarcy. However, with all the protection spells on my park, he can't get in, so my dragons and I are safe.
I love my vine dragon avatar created by ElektronX. Now, if only BFS would add it to the game...
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You might be able to. Try it and see. I don't mind visitors as long as they are not GregDarcy. However, with all the protection spells on my park, he can't get in, so my dragons and I are safe.
I did. From the look of it, I said you did the update.
Thanks for the responses everyone and especially thank you NinjaKiwi. and nagini. Your analogies were extremely helpful. I would love to see screenshots of the new kairos look and how the dragonarium looks next to the EBI if anyone has those available.
I feel so onto it today. It must be that assignment that's due tomorrow.
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You might be able to. Try it and see. I don't mind visitors as long as they are not GregDarcy. However, with all the protection spells on my park, he can't get in, so my dragons and I are safe.
I did. From the look of it, I said you did the update.
Nope, not yet.
I love my vine dragon avatar created by ElektronX. Now, if only BFS would add it to the game...
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So because of my time zone difference, I woke up to the island theme update and many new pages in this thread.
Very amused at the hat and sweater analogies used to answer wapatango, simply because I had another analogy in mind: Christmas tree decorations! I was going to describe how, if you've got one bag of decorations, you can only decorate one tree at a time. I think the hat and sweater worked better though!
Thank you, NinjaKiwi., for uploading all those pictures! I'll be sending you a friend request to check out your park to see how the themes work throughout the park (well, when the iOS 8 problem is resolved anyway).
I won't be buying the theme bundle, since I don't have 1,950 gems, and it's way too much to spend at one go on something that isn't functional (I don't even have my sound on when I play the game). I really think that at 250 gems apiece, the themes should be usable on more than one island at a time.
I think that the Dark theme needs a little less red and a little more blue, and I'd probably prefer the Water theme if it was more watery and less sandy.
I like the new look of the portals, you can see little symbols of the elements, but as some have mentioned, you can't really just tuck them away in the background anymore. Since that's the case, I'd like to see different looks for the portals according to the themes, highlighting the respective element symbol perhaps?
Lastly, the position of the Dragonarium is kinda weird. I kinda liked it in the centre of the park.
Edited to add: Also, does anyone find that the Earth habitats are a little darker? They look a little more... cocoa-y. And I might be seeing this, but the water in the Water habitats looks a little clearer, so you can see the sand underneath.
Post by anyahastur on Sept 23, 2014 22:14:10 GMT -6
I bought the theme bundle. If anyone wants to see the look of the themes in my park, feel free to visit. I intend to do some redecoration later, since I just applied the themes but didn't change anything else for now. Not that my decorating skills are good in any way. I am sure other people will be able to put the themes to better use. My favorite theme is the cold one, and the air looks really good also.
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Lastly, the position of the Dragonarium is kinda weird. I kinda liked it in the centre of the park.
I agree completely. I definitely liked it in the center. I still have not updated, mainly because of the change in the Dragonarium's location. I know I will have to get the update, especially since I have now lost over half of my friends, but I am putting it off for tonight.
I bought the theme bundle. If anyone wants to see the look of the themes in my park, feel free to visit. I intend to do some redecoration later, since I just applied the themes but didn't change anything else for now. Not that my decorating skills are good in any way. I am sure other people will be able to put the themes to better use. My favorite theme is the cold one, and the air looks really good also.
Thanks Anya. I stopped by your park, really like the Water theme Island. I don't have enough gems to take advantage of the deal though. Once the Light/Dark themes are available for purchase I may consider. Hopefully, I will accumulate few more gems by then. For now, the theme islands are out of my reach.
Bought the bundle... had to buy some gems to do it though (£34.99 worth, 'cause I didn't want to take my gem amount below 1,000 :/)
For those that have more patience I'm sure there will be a gem sale soon.
My favourites are the fire, dark & light themes but I'm going to need to do some redecorating tonight, it all looks a bit messy at the moment.
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