Hmm, after my purchase I now need 2721 more FFs to complete the event. Assuming I maxed out today (I think I still have some DragonCash or Egg FFs to get, but I'm not sure), that I won't get any FFs on August 3rd, and that there is one more double weekend I have exactly 19 normal "days" worth of FFs to get. If I divide 2721 by 19 I get approximately 143, which means that as long as I get that amount or more of FFs every "day", I will complete the event. DragonCash, Treat, Party hat and Egg FFs are worth 140 every day (or 136 if you are lazy with the two last treat batches like me ) that leaves me with needing to use 7/8 gems every day, which will be no problem at all!
Edit: Just realized that if I concentrate my gem usage on the double days I will have to use even less gems! But that might be a little too fancy for me... I guess I'll just use my gems like I normally use them (namely speeding up my EBS/EBC)
hm, depends on how long you have been playing. I still need 400 gems to upgrade my breeding islands, so will not have any for ff. with the exception of three short breeds, I have bred continuously this month for an elusive plasma. I know in time gems, dc etc. are not a problem. however, when first starting you never have enough!
Hi deb. You would be better off using your 400 gems for ffs. The upgraded breeding sites are a double edged sword. Yets they speed up breedings, but they also create a bottleneck at the hatchery. This will just nudge you into spending even more gems to clear it each time it happens. Think about it. Imagine if you get double rainbow in both sites, then do it again back to back. All your hattchery spots will be full for 12 hours. If you next breeding yields a 23 min breed, it's a long time to wait. I know this is an unlikely scenario, but it happens all the time with lesser dragons too.
Pace yourself and upgrade your habitats to giant over the event. Start with plant as this is the best improvement in earning capacity. Then lightning. Then fire. If you do one day day on double ff weekends, you will be getting a huge benefit.
Hi deb. You would be better off using your 400 gems for ffs. The upgraded breeding sites are a double edged sword. Yets they speed up breedings, but they also create a bottleneck at the hatchery. This will just nudge you into spending even more gems to clear it each time it happens. Think about it. Imagine if you get double rainbow in both sites, then do it again back to back. All your hattchery spots will be full for 12 hours. If you next breeding yields a 23 min breed, it's a long time to wait. I know this is an unlikely scenario, but it happens all the time with lesser dragons too.
Pace yourself and upgrade your habitats to giant over the event. Start with plant as this is the best improvement in earning capacity. Then lightning. Then fire. If you do one day day on double ff weekends, you will be getting a huge benefit.
thank you for the tip. I Am nowhere near the 400 gems... but I might upgrade plant. I cannot upgrade loghtning yet - probably a level thing.
ANother question: I have already received all of my points for hatching for the day. I have a gold egg that just finished incubating. Since I do not have an issue with the hatchery, should I let it chill there until tomorrow? One of my breeding islands is on a 24 hr+ breed, so, it should not be an issue. or should I hatch it and start collecting the always needed cash?
What is everyone's experience with customer service? I purchased some fireflies to take advantage of double weekend and during the transaction my dragonvale crashed as is wont to do during this competition. My itunes shows the purchase went through, but i did not get the fireflies. I have used the contact BFS studio in game and reported it but have not heard back.
Should I continue to wait? Should I contact itunes and try to cancel the charge?
Is everyone's dragonvale buggy now? I really have trouble trying to get to other people's parks to collect party hats but even simple things are crashing the program whichis a pain since it takes so long to reload. I have already deleted the app and re-downloaded.
jamesvaler Dawn and Dusk are limited according to the eggs page on the wiki. So you need to get your Dusk dragon reward by the end of the event.
Thank you flutterbye, extremely helpful. Well, I'd better get breeding then! Finally got my plasma, (just in time), so jade and dawn can rotate!
But Dawn Dragon and Dusk Dragon being epics, they would still be breedable even when they are no longer in the market. So long as you have one of them, you can breed more with another Sun or Moon element dragons!
Hmm, after my purchase I now need 2721 more FFs to complete the event. Assuming I maxed out today (I think I still have some DragonCash or Egg FFs to get, but I'm not sure), that I won't get any FFs on August 3rd, and that there is one more double weekend I have exactly 19 normal "days" worth of FFs to get. If I divide 2721 by 19 I get approximately 143, which means that as long as I get that amount or more of FFs every "day", I will complete the event. DragonCash, Treat, Party hat and Egg FFs are worth 140 every day (or 136 if you are lazy with the two last treat batches like me ) that leaves me with needing to use 7/8 gems every day, which will be no problem at all!
Edit: Just realized that if I concentrate my gem usage on the double days I will have to use even less gems! But that might be a little too fancy for me... I guess I'll just use my gems like I normally use them (namely speeding up my EBS/EBC)
You can always accumulate more than what's needed. The extra FFs turn into gems at a rate of 5=1 (if the old event ratio still applies).
What is everyone's experience with customer service? I purchased some fireflies to take advantage of double weekend and during the transaction my dragonvale crashed as is wont to do during this competition. My itunes shows the purchase went through, but i did not get the fireflies. I have used the contact BFS studio in game and reported it but have not heard back.
Should I continue to wait? Should I contact itunes and try to cancel the charge?
Is everyone's dragonvale buggy now? I really have trouble trying to get to other people's parks to collect party hats but even simple things are crashing the program whichis a pain since it takes so long to reload. I have already deleted the app and re-downloaded.
I am on Android and have had that problem in the past, they are usually back to you within a couple of business days and are very good about correcting the problem. No trouble getting kicked out, you may check to see if there is an update you haven't loaded? Hope this helps a little
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What is everyone's experience with customer service? I purchased some fireflies to take advantage of double weekend and during the transaction my dragonvale crashed as is wont to do during this competition. My itunes shows the purchase went through, but i did not get the fireflies. I have used the contact BFS studio in game and reported it but have not heard back.
Should I continue to wait? Should I contact itunes and try to cancel the charge?
Is everyone's dragonvale buggy now? I really have trouble trying to get to other people's parks to collect party hats but even simple things are crashing the program whichis a pain since it takes so long to reload. I have already deleted the app and re-downloaded.
I am on Android and have had that problem in the past, they are usually back to you within a couple of business days and are very good about correcting the problem. No trouble getting kicked out, you may check to see if there is an update you haven't loaded? Hope this helps a little
I agree BFS have always been quick to put things right for me and hubby. I have not been kicked out but hubby on original ipad has been.
Collecting from habitats and treats has a diminishing returns algorithm to it, in addition to a hard limit. Basically when you collect a treat, there's a chance that you will get fireflies, and that chance shrinks with each firefly you get.
When they start a double event, they raise the daily limits, but the diminishing returns are not reset. So if you already got fireflies from 20 habitats, the chances of getting some from your 21st could be at 0%, or at a value very close to it.
I suspect they're doing an exponential diminish this time around, so it could be possible to get an extra 40 fireflies from treats if you already collected 40 earlier. It might just take you a very, very, very long time.
Hatching dragons on the other hand is not subject to that at all. You get fireflies 100% of the time. When the limit is raised halfway through the day, you can just hatch a couple more dragons and you're done.
Thank you so much for the clarification! I really appreciate it
Yes and it was fine. I also just went back in (thanks to noodles and did it again) and the prices now showed. It seems that happens the first time I log in everytime there is a sale.
On another note (again thanks to noodles) I purchase some fireflies and now have my Dusk Dragon! Yahhh!
As an FYI, I had also never leveled a dragon using gems and wanted to test it and you will also receive FF for spending gems to level them instead of treats. Koala to all, as I actually do some work at my RL job.
Glad to hear that it went good.
Congratulations, Dragonmagic! I still need 800+ fireflies to get the Dusk Dragon.
haha..Same here! I also never ever used gems to level up dragons.
Hmm, after my purchase I now need 2721 more FFs to complete the event. Assuming I maxed out today (I think I still have some DragonCash or Egg FFs to get, but I'm not sure), that I won't get any FFs on August 3rd, and that there is one more double weekend I have exactly 19 normal "days" worth of FFs to get. If I divide 2721 by 19 I get approximately 143, which means that as long as I get that amount or more of FFs every "day", I will complete the event. DragonCash, Treat, Party hat and Egg FFs are worth 140 every day (or 136 if you are lazy with the two last treat batches like me ) that leaves me with needing to use 7/8 gems every day, which will be no problem at all!
Edit: Just realized that if I concentrate my gem usage on the double days I will have to use even less gems! But that might be a little too fancy for me... I guess I'll just use my gems like I normally use them (namely speeding up my EBS/EBC)
You can always accumulate more than what's needed. The extra FFs turn into gems at a rate of 5=1 (if the old event ratio still applies).
Right. But the way I'll finish this event is with gems. But it seems silly to spend gems on FFs just to get some gems back when the event ends, don't you think? Especially since it makes you lose gems in the end... But if I for some reason end up with more FFs than needed, I will of course be happy about the gem thingy
Is everyone's dragonvale buggy now? I really have trouble trying to get to other people's parks to collect party hats but even simple things are crashing the program whichis a pain since it takes so long to reload. I have already deleted the app and re-downloaded.
Most folk here are not noticing a problem with crashing Dragonvale lately, but a few of us are. Mine is just like yours -- it's very hard to collect party hats, and the program crashes even with simple things. Now before I do party hats I clear everything out of multitasking, then do a whole system reboot (hold down the power and home button for 10 seconds). That seems to help.
Only if you're skipping the Tower. When you turn in your fireflies for the last prize, the event ends immediately.
But INFO says: "Extra Fireflies? When the Firefly Festival is complete, any unspent Fireflies with automatically go toward the rewards. If you have any Fireflies remaining, you will get 1 Gem for every 5 Fireflies you have remaining". Seemed pretty clear to me...
Last Edit: Jul 19, 2014 12:42:52 GMT -6 by freitag
Post by dragonfairy on Jul 19, 2014 12:47:12 GMT -6
Does anyone know for sure if spending gems to "upgrade" habitat capacity gives ff? I'm at the max habitats and need more! Also, this costs 50 gems, with max 40 ff given daily for "upgrades". Does that mean I can get 80 ff for upgrading during double days? Debating between doing this or using gems other ways so I don't end up wasting the extra 10 gems.
Trying hard to maximize ff collecting to get at least all rewards through the celestial habitat! So sad we can't get everything without spending money...
But if I for some reason end up with more FFs than needed, I will of course be happy about the gem thingy
From our experience of the last event (I think it was noodles who discovered this), just keep collecting FFs without turning them in for the last reward. If you turn them in at exactly the needed amount, accumulation stops.
Does anyone know for sure if spending gems to "upgrade" habitat capacity gives ff? I'm at the max habitats and need more! Also, this costs 50 gems, with max 40 ff given daily for "upgrades". Does that mean I can get 80 ff for upgrading during double days? Debating between doing this or using gems other ways so I don't end up wasting the extra 10 gems.
Trying hard to maximize ff collecting to get at least all rewards through the celestial habitat! So sad we can't get everything without spending money...
For sure. I think its 1 Gem/firefly. I wouldn't know if this ratio doubles because all the upgrades I've bought are past 50...
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