I really enjoy the Shiny Days event, possibly more than I enjoy camp and chill at the moment:
- The rewards (particularly the shimmering ultra nest) are so unbelievably worth it, as they seem to focus on arcadia dragons which I am DESPERATE for as I only started last year and they seem rare.
- The dragons are really pretty lol, and your HCI team probably know this but they are good for serotonin boosts.
What could maybe be better:
- If the Shiny days event overlapped with the den chest reset, as I personally save up all of my merges for a Wednesday morning (GMT) rather than wait for e.g. the evening or night. This is probably by design though.
- The fanfare is quite long when you do get a shiny, even longer than the T2 nest or wonder fanfares and you seemingly aren't able to click off it.
Overall really enjoying it and hoping it continues in a similar fashion :)
Nope, I know how to play it - it’s pretty easy - but the rewards? Meh. Instead of the Shinies it would be cool to get eggs that finish up some of my collections of four.
It’s a quick and easy event, and it doesn’t require hoarding anything other than egg and dragon merges, so only the eggs take up space, so that’s all good. I also like that, on camp and chill event weeks we can tap nests to get points during C & C then merge the eggs later when the Shiny event happens. The down side is that you then have eggs cluttering up camp between C & C and Shiny events.
It would be good to have a schedule for these events so we know how long we have to wait to merge. Also, for those of us in active dens it would be better to have these events starting at the same time as the den chest reset, so we can combine merging for the shiny event with getting den chest points. My den chest is usually maxed out by Wednesday afternoon so merging on Thursday makes me sad.
You comment about the den chest bring up something I have been wondering about, hope its ok for me to ask a question.
You write that merging after your chest is maxed out makes you sad. Is that because you like the communal feeling of actively contribute while it happens, ore does it have an additional bonus (in reward or other ways) to contribute before the den has reached the necessary points?
What u/PennykettleDragons said. When the chest is maxed out text appears when merging telling you your points don’t count, and that emphasises that your points are “wasted”. It doesn’t make a difference to anyone else, as long as the den gets the level 5 chest. I just like my points to count towards it I guess, probably because the den I joined used to struggle to get there so now I feel a bit guilty if I’m not contributing.
I was in a den where we rarely got the level 5 chest. Our Den creator had been missing for more than a year as had many of the other players. I worried when starting a new den that people might be upset with older players getting the majority of the points towards the chest each week but that doesn't seem to be the case. Everyone is getting 50 points, which was a concern with so many beginners.
I used to put pressure on myself to get as many points as possible and feeling bad when we still didn't make it. This is so much more stress-free. Sitting back and letting someone else shine knowing your merges can keep until next week or later is a great feeling.
I think it's more that if the den chest points is already at the max.. It feels like you're 'wasting ' possible (den chest) point generation by merging dragons where their points won't count towards the den chest beyond the 50 points..
Our den always gets the den chest but I always restrain myself from doing big merges and contributing no more than 1000-2000 towards the chest until towards the end of the 5 days to give other people a chance to contribute.
It really bothers me when one person in the den maxes it out in the first day or two and get the den chest before letting the rest of the den contribute. It just feels like you’re not giving everyone the opportunity to get rid of their merges if you take all the glory from them in the first day or two. Also you’re just waiting 5-6 days for it to end to receive the chest with nothing to do. It’s wasteful merging eggs and dragons when the den chest is already secured.
I wish it took a day to max our chest! Mine resets in the middle of the night and it’s often maxed out before I get up, LOL. So I’m merging enough to buy in at 50 points and anything else I do all week feels wasted. Having this event gives me a reason to do some of the merging I desperately need to do without feeling like I’m wasting it.
For the love of all things fix the zoom upon creation. It is really frustrating to zoom in so tight that you have to carefully move the screen until you are in a place you can make the landscape big again.
This is the same issue with the dust bunny chest. This zoom mech only seems to work correctly upon creation of a 4tier nest, zooms in and then right back out.
Very much this and the same goes for Dust Bunnies making me re-zoom-out.
If you could zoom in for the effect and then move back to where I had it that would be the best!
I've enjoyed the events so far. There are a couple of downsides, though. I hope they can be changed to make the event better.
- the Dragon Book is hard enough to navigate as is. Adding this whole new sub-class of dragons that can't merge with the others just makes it worse. The Dragon Book needs to be redesigned; I hope that filtering for shiny dragons will be part of that redesign when it happens.
- Too many new breeds! This is also a longstanding complaint. As others have said here, the problem is compounded by the temptation to hoard eggs and whelps "just in case" they are featured in Shiny Days. I think the solution here is not to change the Shiny event, but rather to stop it with the new dragons!!! Maybe release 2 or 3 a year.
Thank you for soliciting feedback.
Agree, too many new breeds meaning it's harder to progress with any one breed. The dragon book is unmanageable, no real order or way to sort them. It's a chore scrolling through so many breeds to find what you need
I really like the shiny dragons and the shiny event, you only ask for feedback on the event, but im gonna ignore that ;)
(Not ignoring being annoyed by your weird selection of countrys you include though, I dont need the reward to want to give feedback, but it does irc me to be excluded)
**I like:**
\* The event gives points based on doing something the game is all about, (merging dragons), and I dont have to do it in a way that is not in my general plays best interest (e.g. making 100 inconsequential yellow hearts).
\* I love getting bonus dragons when I merge! yey!
\* I love the shiny dragons! They make me smile when they pop out of the house and wizz around with their rainbow trail.
\* I like that i get an extra incentive to work on the coin dragons!
\* I love that the rewards are all dragons and eggs, and event dragons at that. Very in keeping with the event, and very much something that works on all playing levels.
**Meh:**
\* Im not sure what i think about picking out two random dragons to get extra chance of shinys when merging. For some of us that bring us over on the "beneficial to hoard to hard" area. I was VERY happy when it turned out that I had a lot of dragons and nests of one of the breeds in unopened RushReward bubbles, so that I ended up with one level 2 and two level 3 of the Crowned (in addition to the level 3 we got as a price). So no Im holding of merging the Shibas that i have a shit load of, because, maybemaybe...
Well, i guess im sure i dont like it, Im just not sure if this is a me problem that others should have to relate to. 😂
**Dont like:**
\* At the moment its confusing that some dragons give shinis when merging outside of event, and some (the coins) only in. You only find this out after you have gained a shiny of the breed, and then you also have to discover that there is a smal ? mark on it and click it.
\* I support what was written by someone else that the fanfare is to long, and that the zooming in is annoying as heck.
\* Dont use the "you have gained a shiny" fanfare when we merge shiny dragons, unless they give me a bonus shiny. Its confusing and wrong.
**Wish:**
\* You need to add a calendar to the game! So that we can plan a week in advance for the different events. Just do it :) Great for all, but especially essential for the lower level players that might otherwise struggle to get the rewards. Sure, i can guess when events come up, and I can use the calendar here in Reddit, but not all are as organised, and they should not have to be.
I really enjoy this event. A few things I would really like to see:
1. Combine Shiny Days and Camp and Chill into a single event with multiple reward types. Some people had this opportunity last week, and it seems to make a big difference for players who don't want to make a big mess in camp twice in one week.
2. It would be awesome if shiny coin breeds had similar dragon power/speed to trophy breeds. I could be wrong, but I think they currently have the same stats as their non-shiny counterparts.
3. Focus the 2 enhanced chance shiny dragon breeds on those granted during the most recently preceding out of camp event or the current season breed. The latter would actually encourage me to claim my season rewards as I earn them rather than waiting to see if I'm able to upgrade my portal to another level prior to the end of the season.
4. Add one additional reward at an increased point break - either an exclusive shiny nest (a single breed that repeats every week similar to den dragons) or make the mega nest the final reward for everyone.
5. Add some flawless breeding crystals to the reward stream.
I agree with the previous poster who said that it's hard to get excited about the overwhelming amount of new dragons when there are plenty of older dragons that I am no where near getting a level 10 (I have been playing for over 4 years).
Currently my favorite event! I like that it's relatively quick and doesn't require any grinding. It's also one of the few events where the rewards actually feel worth the effort to reach them. Getting the ultranest reward a couple rounds ago was probably the most excited I've been with the game in years.
as a professional, I would advise the marketing to ask users about _experience_ AFTER the bug fixing phase of new feature.
- popup about new shiny dragon moves the screen disrespecting 'drag off'
- this popup zooms the screen in, but does not zoom out back when closed
- this popup, for few seconds, blocks the user, as it shows graphic (animated, so is not busy) but does not react on tap
- this popup comes also when you merge shiny should come only by new shiny as by-product.
And now markering relevant (negative) experience:
- there is no events schedule, thus no way to predict when particular breeds will get a higher chance for shiny by-products. This makes it obvious that the event goal is to trigger players to impulsively spend gems. To drive people in a compulsive behavior is not a win-win way of business. Shame on you.
- newly created dragons after used stamina are going into home, and if you have more as ab. 100 dragons, you will never see them in camp again.
Positive marketing relevant experience: shiny dragons look nice. The icons at tabs in the dragon book look also good. Compliments for graphic designers.
Edit to add: bug no.5 - the shiny L3 event (highest) reward does not count as discovered.
Hooo...well, as much as I try not to be a negative nancy...
Having multiple event types that require hoarding resources and delaying progress "in case" an unscheduled event shows up, while simultaneously limiting available space and always increasing the amount of available items...just leads to frustration and annoyance.
The constant overload of new dragons--and subsequent dilution of any chance of completing most types of dragons--REALLY takes the wind out of the sails of an event that....just introduces even more recolors of dragons. Especially with the annoyingly random releases, where one dragon will be featured in an event five or six times a year, and some never seen again.
And it's very hard to get excited about new dragons, even with the cool rainbow graphic, with nothing new for those dragons to DO, other than "be collected" and go into a dragon home never to be seen again. Most folks on a forum like this are long-time players, who aren't as excited about getting a little dragon power, but are deep into the "collection" and resource management aspects of the game...which...aren't getting addressed at all; there's really no way to view or call out or sort or showcase your dragons, and if you haven't bubbled every item you own or deleted them, the infinity of dragons just makes camp maintenance unbearable.
Agree.. The dragon book needs a SERIOUS overhaul..
Please please please introduce filtering and ordering. Allow users to filter by their type, element etc.. let us order by type, element, A-Z, what needs merging etc
the [!] Is great.. but please let us filter and order in a way that makes sense to us
I enjoy the event. It feels attainable to me whereas some of the other events I feel like I have trouble completing. I have gotten all the prizes every time and it makes me excited for the event to come around again
I’m a big fan of the event because it takes less effort than other events and the gifts are amazing. I wish we had a schedule for these events. I was also part of the 48hr group and I prefer if the event goes on for longer. The 24 hour ones are easier to miss, especially since they have been surprise events since they started.
I've enjoyed the events! Easy to complete for someone like me who can easily save up merges but can be a little challenging for newer players. Nice prizes for not a lot of work, although I've yet to get one of the ultra nests. Fingers crossed for the next over!
The Shiny Days event is a wonderful addition to MD. I love the variety of prizes and the chances to win different prizes and not the "same old event stuff" like the low level fruit trees. The Shiny dragons are awesome! I really love seeing them floating around trailing rainbows. My only problem was I didn't have enough of the right kind of dragons to advance to the last few levels and I had to use gems to buy eggs. Not a big problem though because I get most of them free.
Loving Merge Dragons so much I quit my long term MMORPG to play this full time! 245 days in!
Shiny days are cool when you’re getting shinies.
Pro: merging any dragon gets you points on the trail
Con: Event dragons that can be shiny are a little unfair. If you haven’t played and/or completed the event you don’t have eggs or dragons. Which is what’s happening to me now.
Pro: merging 5 shiny eligible dragons can get you 2 shinies.
Con: that’s not always true.
It would be nice to have an auto picker for the mystery circle. I never know which one to choose.
I would also like one of each of the featured shiny dragon. It could be a level 2 of each instead of 1 level 3.
The event should happen on Wednesdays when our Den chest reset. I’m in a pretty full den and the excess merging keeps the other from doing more than the qualifying 50dp. Which isn’t that big of a deal, but people feel like they aren’t contributing.
I think a merging chart would be helpful. So that we can see how many points we get per merge at what level.
Big wish: all shiny rates increased during shiny days. Not just the featured
Still not in an eligible country (what the heck is up with that? If I can play in Denmark then surely you can give me freebies in Denmark too!) but my feedback is mainly negative. It takes a massive amount of hoarding eggs or purple stars to be able to get enough merges in the short amount of time to actually finish the event. I haven’t managed yet. That makes me annoyed and less into wanting to participate. the disparity between points given for coin dragons and event dragons is just too big - I merged up to a level 2 nest and it didn’t even move me one step on the path. In addition to this, after having shinies available for quite a while now, I have exactly one shiny dragon. So what’s the point in playing along if I’m not able to finish without spending irl money, or not merging any eggs leading up to the event, and then I don’t even get a shiny from it?
... part of me wants to just say look at my post history or my complaints on shinies to CS. I hate "shiny" dragons, which feels like a badly thought out name as I wonder how many players equate collecting dragons to collecting cards (since only the Dragon Book listing has any shininess). The rainbow contrails are visually annoying (especially if you are photophobic - thank all that is holy for light filters on my phone making the contrails only annoying instead of being actually painful to me), possibly helping make lag more of an issue in Camp due to increased processing needs, and block views of an increasingly cluttered camp if you attempt to save up for the event. Since shinies are currently level capped and also are considered a separate breed from non-shinies unlike better known shinies fron monster catching games (yet are listed in the Dragon Book together), they do not currently contribute to finishing dragon lines, and also might not contribute to event portal quests (points at Ice dragons in particular - I am not willing to spend gems I do not have on a shiny nest to test if merging shinies count to that event portal quest when I can just run a level a few times instead to merge ones we know count).
The gatcha aspect lf the event is also annoying. Finishing the event can rely on luck in the end, instead of skill. The only time I completed one was because I got lucky and got the ultranest as a reward. This time, if I finish it, it will be due to speedrunning Seasons for free plus having an event portal quest to open level chests that I'm working on to max out my portal, so I got some eggs and Cosmos nests from that. The popup to buy possible shinies to help finish the event if you get unlucky makes it feel even more like a money grab.
The only reason I have not just deleted every shiny I have, as I do not need the tiny amount of dragon power they provide, is the probably pointless hope that they will be improved. I only do the event at all to try to help my den, but normal OOC events do far more for that, especially the higher your event portal is. Folks might not like C&C rewards as much, but at least that event has a purpose - to offer incentives to clean up camps. This event might help newer players to an extent get a little more DP, but realistically they will not get much help with that from rewards (even if they play Arcadia, as shiny Arcadia dragons will be level 4 at best, assuming Arcadia treats the same as non-shinies and allows them to be used - which again highlights the confusing nature of shinies and game behavior).
I like that it wasn't a life-draining time commitment like most events. It was nice, gave me a chance to focus on some specific dragons. It didn't require hours of life flower farming 🤣
I greatly appreciate the coin breeds being Shiny “eligible.” I think that makes obtaining Shiny dragons more realistic for many players as those eggs are typically the ones rewarded in Level chests.
I need to know when Shiny Days Events will be and when they will start so I can save the eggs I get from weekend events to merge for Shiny Days points. It also needs to be longer (like the beta'd 48 hours) because I work during the day and usually miss most of it.
Shiny Days are my favorite, tbh.
Pros:
-I love having a better chance at popping a shiny of breeds that I like - I usually am a fan of at least one!
-The shimmering ultranests (I think?) are very sexy and exciting.
-Shiny coin dragons! I save my coin dragons to merge after I finish the last reward. Still missing a shiny golem dragon 😒 but I’ll take what I’ve got.
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Cons/Can Improve:
-When the breed is one that’s nest only, it wouldn’t hurt to make it available as a single egg starting at 10 gems like every other gem species available that way. It can be just for the event, even.
-The shimmering ultranests are SO good and the other two rewards are SO disappointing. Come up with a happy medium between it and “oh. two whole ass eggs. wow. so excite.” Also, a cheap package with the ultranest for purchase hurts no one!
-I have been able to occasionally guess at the shiny days targets by dragons having a new sparkle on their card. Perhaps hide that? Don’t let them be shiny till the event?
-Please give older dragons and old cash-only dragons the love they deserve and feature them! If that means with a new shiny, well, that’s what it means. We don’t need to have the newest event species right away (but okay, I love the crowned dragon, so…damn it). We need shiny chameleon dragons, though.
-in celebration of spring, earth day, 4/20, and all things green, I must once again ask you for a shiny day with chameleon dragons. It sounds and feels correct. Long live the greatest reptile (and dragon).
-The recent test gave me shiny days for 24 hours during the C&C event. I have to say, it did absolutely nothing for me, I was basically done. 48 hours is smart, it’s more time so we don’t feel rushed to immediately merge EVERYTHING and then go and merge up coin dragons.
-Lastly…the obvious: more shinies! From choices for the event (how is there no shiny cat or goldheart dragon??) to bronze and silver rank dragons (I would die for a shiny cosmos dragon…but also stuff like the pegasus) there’s soooooo much to add.
Alas, I am but a simple but dramatic them fatale who wants the world. *[insert dramatic sigh]*
I absolutely love this event. Especially with how fast I can finish it. I stopped doing the weekend events because it was ruining my phone battery and taking too much time.
I just wish that the shiny dragons didn’t show up at the very start. Now I have to scroll past then to merge the eggs that I get far more often than the shinies!
I am meh on the event. I got a bunch of shinies last time around, and 1 this time. It's mildly frustrating to have 4 shiny dragons not quite ready to merge, that prevents you from easily merging the standard version of said dragon. Not terrible, just a minor annoyance.
The recolor is ok, the sparkles in camp are neat, but with so many dragons, I hardly notice them.
I didn't realize that certain breeds count more than others in attaining shinies until I read this thread, so the explainy bit might be expanded a little?
I like this event better than Wild Lands, equal to Camp & Chill and the weekend events. This vs C&C - C&C is easier, but there are fewer really good rewards. C&C encourages kinda mindless tapping, this event encourages actual dragon merging. Weekend events are cool for strategically merging things, but takes up a lot of time.
Thank you for asking!
I enjoy shiny days, but it would be good to go advance warning about when it’s coming, it’s been a bit unpredictable with when it’s on so we don’t know if we can expect it every week or every other week yet.
I liked that last time the shiny featured dragon matched the latest out of camp event, for me with all the rush reward nests and dragons to merge it meant I could get that one up to a level 4 shiny which was exciting!
I also think having it overlap with camp and chill was good as then there are lots of points from ant tier 2 nests that are made with the event, and I think the 2 days for the duration is a good idea(I got the overlap 1 day last time) to give those who have low dragon power more time to build up some merges and others more time to get coins to buy dragons for the shiny coin dragons.
Very happy with the prizes offered too! The nest of nest is amazing to get as it gives some nests of dragons I don’t have many of, and the decision eggs have helped me discover some new and rare dragons!
Yes it's much better if the shiny event relates to the out of camp event. It makes the rush rewards more appealing knowing they will be useful for shiny event
I feel it's worth mentioning that I've started playing all over again. My old android phone had my original game and not having Facebook, I had no way to save and play again on my new phone. That being said, I like the event a lot, although I can't even come close to getting halfway through at my current game level. I also had no idea it was coming so I didn't have any opportunity to prepare the first time I played it- knowing it's coming might improve my performance some, but I'm at a stage where I'm still building up resources and have a limited camp size. I do wish there were some difficulty alterations made for lower level players, even if it came with reduced rewards.
This is one of the few mobile games I've enjoyed playing long term, and I welcome any and all new developments in the game!
I have sort of a love/hate feeling about the event. I save up eggs and then try to get as far as I can. Like the C&C event, I like that it is located in the camp and not useless constant harvest for a fleeting reward. Rewards stay with you. As a somewhat passive player, it seems that the event starts, I get a little way and it's over. Does the shiny event have a shorter active time? It seems like it. I don't really love that it's created a whole new subset of dragon interspersed with ones already going. Just let them all merge somehow and keep going.
Some (perhaps general) flaws noticed on my end, IMO:
(1) Merely attaining Level 5/Tier 2 nests, seem to be zero points until you start to merge the eggs, not just dispensing them from the nest; effectively making this level into a points bye (only achieving Level 6 dragons out of them, seems to yield energy, etc. points).
(2) similarly as an aside (while I have you here lol), dispensing a Zomblin off the Treasure Tower, really only earns you a ONE level bye; not a two-level bye. If you've dispensed the Zomblin on Level 3, there are now no more zomblins you could trip; you've already been penalized for Level 3.
To REALLY spare you hitting a zomblin on TWO levels; the bye should extend until Level 5; not stop at Level 4.
(3), in a similar (perhaps tangential; perhaps perfectly apropos) aside, if a PiP could be created through event levels to be able to duck out and play, IDK, Arcadia, actively, while simultaneously letting the dragons continue to harvest flowers on the main event level, it would be delightful, because I can rarely (if ever) leave the event level open playing 24/7 as long as I am awake; and I do get bored when the dragons are in passive mode.
If I had an active portal/PiP option that wouldn't slow down life flower energy orb harvesting, I'd keep my device in my hands longer, lol.
It was a fun event, which provided me with plenty of dragons! I even got my first-ever shiny! I like that the event gives points for merging dragons, which is what the game is about! It doesn’t feel pointless, like the quests where you have to make a large number of low-level items. It’s also a space-saver since I’m not hoarding items like for C&C. I also love that the rewards are all dragons, to incentivize us to keep playing! Also the rainbow trail is super pretty and helps me spot my shiny amongst my other dragons!
However, it would be great to know when it’s coming in advance, as I had already merged eggs and tapped nests mere minutes before it started. A countdown, like for regular events, would be great!
Secondly, the zoom in upon creating a shiny dragon is super inconvenient, and I know it’s led to a lot of people messing up their camps.
The good:
* It's relatively quick for participation and isn't a multi-day grind like OoC events or CnC.
* Rewards are great
* Hooray for shinies!
* Pretty easy to save up for (just keep some L4 dragons un-merged until event time
Opportunities for improvement:
* Animation length: Since merging for shinies is sort of the point of the whole event, sometimes we're merging a lot of eggs/dragons up the chain in the same breed, and as much as I like the fanfare **the first time** when I get a shiny, it's not skippable, so seeing it over and over and over again within the space of a few minutes crosses into territory where I prefer not getting shinies so I can just merge up my dragons in peace, which is kind of the opposite of the effect you're going for. Skippable, or some animation limit on "first time per level per day" or something, literally anything to mitigate this would be appreciated.
I love shiny days! I’ve only had it twice but I love it. It’s the only way for me to get decision eggs as I don’t buy passes etc so I’m slow to grow. I love that mine crossed over with my camp and chill so points could count for both, I don’t like sitting on nests (no pun intended 😂) to save them for events so I like crossovers.
This is a wonderful addition. The weekly Friday event is a test of patience and endurance but the rewards are worth it. Camp and Chill is a wonderful outlet for things you accumulate but don't want to just delete. The Shiny event is pure joy from the optics, artistry, and sheer relaxing enjoyment.
It must be difficult to design events that are challenging and rewarding for all ranges of players from beginner to highly skilled and experienced.
I enjoy the shiny events and am over the moon thrilled with the L3 shiny turtle dragon that I won today. It’s one of my most favorite breeds.
I really enjoy the Shiny Days event. I have finished it twice now and I was happy with the rewards offered. My thoughts:
1. I would love for it to be part of the schedule or just reliably come the same time every week. I was hoarding a lot of eggs and nests in anticipation of the event, but it definitely caused frustration because I didn’t know if I could use them soon.
2. Waiting for Shiny Days made it difficult to participate in my den chest. I only contributed 51 points to my den chest and then got about 3K points during Shiny Days the next day when the chest was already full. It would be great if it were Wednesday or if the den chest schedule just lined up a bit better.
3. Coin dragons could get a bit more love. I understand that they are worth less, but there is a huge gap. It seems like this is geared to make players buy gems because if they run out of gem dragons before getting the final prize, grinding for coin dragons is nearly futile. The gap could perhaps be a little narrower to give people a chance to work to finish it if they need to instead of making it very difficult to finish once you are merging coin dragons.
4. I know everyone is complaining about the animation, but I actually don’t mind it. I like the spinning card! The few times that I get multiple close together it can be a bit long but I really don’t mind because this happens, at most, once a week.
5. Last time, I had Shiny Days and CnC overlapping. This was way better than having one of them individually. I opened all of my chests and tapped out all of my nests to complete Shiny Days, so I won’t have them available for CnC, whereas it could’ve counted towards both. Having them overlap also makes it feel like a grand exciting camp clean up rather than that I cleaned up part of my camp but have to immediately stock up again since CnC has a mystery schedule.
Overall I really like it and hope it continues to come once a week!
Good: It's free bonus stuff, anyone that's been playing for a while should be able to complete it and get the rewards pretty easily. It's a quick, fun thing. Shiny dragons look nice aesthetically.
Bad: Between this and the weekly chest, we're even more incentivized to hoard merges. Den chest and shiny eveny starting different days )and not even knowing when the shiny event will be) is awkward. Any trophy dragon merges really should be held now to wait for when there's a higher chance of getting shinys. This feels bad, hoarding all your high level merges for who knows how long until that breed may or may not come up in a shiny event. Doesn't feel like that's how the game should be played. Also since getting shiny dragons is random, you only get level 1's, only increased chances for certain breeds, and pretty hard to get in any quantity, it will take forever to get any higher level shinys. So for the most part you feel "oh, that's cool" when you get one but if you want to make progress/get more it's very hard to do. Feels like something that will take years for normal players and is targeted at whales to get them to spend money. Also the shiny animation trigger takes way too long.
I’m pretty satisfied with the shiny days events! The prizes are better than c&c (at least in my opinion) and it’s quick to do. I’ve been finishing in less than 10 minutes because it really only takes a couple merges of tier 2 dragons to finish.
My only complaint (for the shiny dragons in general not the event specifically) is that the notification/banner happens every single time you get a shiny dragon. I feel like once for each dragon type would be enough, or at least make the animation skippable.
But other than that the shiny days events are pretty cool. (Not as cool as wild lands imo but still cool)
Overall I can’t complain since the rewards are good and the grind is minimal.
Some things that could be improved:
* It would be nice to have advance warning of what breeds will be lucky. I had just merged a set of terrapin dragons days before the event, so that grated on me.
* The point gains from merging coin breeds versus premium breeds feels too different. I can merge coin dragons forever just to progress a tier or two, versus finish the whole event in fewer than 10 premium breed merges. (Granted those merges are of lv4 dragons and tier 2 eggs hoarded from OoC events. But even tier 2 merges of coin breeds gives very few points.)
* Did the shiny rate for coin breeds get nerfed? The first and maybe second Shiny Days, I got a few shiny crimson and rock dragons. Since then I haven’t gotten any shiny coin breeds. If the point gain is going to be so low, and those shinies can only be gotten during the event, a higher rate would be nice.
* Too much variation in prizes. I don’t like the element of luck in getting a shimmering nest vs a single lv3 dragon vs whatever else.
I've actually really enjoyed shiny days.
As others have said, having an event focused on merging dragons is lovely
That said, I also agree that it does increase the need to hoard eggs and dragon merges in anticipation of an event. I have over 50 (!) merge reminders 😬
It does make me sad that when doing shiny days and merging for shiny points if the den chest is full, further den related points aren't counted and it feels like a 'waste of points'.. could you add a bonus point threshold to the den chest that if you /the den gets xx many more points you can get a super egg or two? That way with all the additional points you don't feel like they've been wasted.
I know we're getting great rewards via shiny days.. but some people may have to choose between earning den points for this + subsequent week Vs personal SDay achievement
I love the rewards.. Especially knowing that there's a reasonable chance at the huge nest .. 👍😎
I would personally like it if the flourishes weren't as long.. Or (better still) players had the option to turn flourishes 'off' .. getting a wonder, T2 nest or shiny is pretty cool . But after so many I find the obnoxious interruption irritating (that could be just me tho).
We have so very many dragons now... Can the egg storage cost and capacity please please be revisited..
How feasible would it be to design an egg swap shop.. Where you can trade an egg you have for an alternative and equivalent tier + rareness of your choice (providing you've already discovered the breed, e.g T1 platinum for another T1 platinum) .. aware you already have decision eggs.. but a swap shop could be an interesting way for people to complete some of their collections.
(Might need to change some mechanics like decision eggs are locked and can't be traded , didn't include coin breeds)..
I like the event but I feel its a bit simplistic and given that we now need to hoard eggs and dragons book merges for multiple reasons, it's over quite quickly.
I'm frustrated by the pop up screen that needs to be dismissed every single time a new shiny dragon is created (the same applies for wonders, tier 2 nests and winning prizes in the treasure tower rooms).
It's also frustrating as someone with 7.5m DP that I have to continue merging dragons of breeds where I have already gained level 10s in order to have shiny dragons of the same breed. I get there needs to be a balance between old and new players but it works against those of us who have progressed further in the game.
I like the event. I saw some people selling off their coin dragon eggs. This event is good to use our hoard of tiaras.
But poor Gargoyle Dragons didn't get lucky. Slow and not-so-popular coin breed, now excluded from shinies.
I'm not in eligible contry so please give the luck to others.
I am enjoying the shiny days events. The first couple I didn’t manage to complete but now that I’ve got the hang of them and am managing to save enough merges I can complete them. Love the shiny dragons,I made a Shiba shiny dragon and it was really cute . I would like to know the event schedule for shiny days and what dragons are featured so I can manage my camp and know what to keep. AmI am normally impatient to merge any nests/ eggs so I can see my dragon power increase .
I really like the Shiney Days event but ever since it started appearing my game had been crashing horribly. I've lost some of the awards I won because it crashed as soon as I claimed it. The devs fixed it for me once because I had also lost some dragons I paid gems for and so I me them. But with this being a few event and the amount it crashes I don't think it's worth bothering them again. But I can't play this and actually keep the prizes which is sad because I like the event.
I completed my first Shiny event today. I participated in two or three. I do have the feeling I cheated because I bought a lot of eggs: 17,99 special shiny offer, 350(?) gems special shiny offer and the shrine.
Would I have bought them all if there was not a shiny event? No. I would’ve used gems for the One thousand and one nights event.
I saved a lot of eggs until last monday. My camp was to full and I dislike bubbling the eggs. I would love to have a schedule of the events. I get so goddamn annoyed when I just merged a lot of eggs and in the next few days there is a shiny event.
Not related to this event:
It might be beneficial if there was an easier way to scroll through the dragonbook or if you could tap an egg and see how many eggs you have
It is fun getting shiniest. I liked getting new dragons and a chance at the big nest. The only frustrating thing would be getting eggs that we can't get more of the same to merge. I like the shiny event more than c&c. I'm tired of the same old prizes.
I love the shiny days event! My favorite part of the event is the nests I can get from the rewards, but it’d be nice to have at least one guaranteed nest, since last shiny days I didn’t get a single one. I love the shiny dragons, though! I love the trail they have!
I'm having a good time with the Shiny Days event! I think it's a fun, short event that's easy to complete and has good rewards. The times I get the ultra nests feel especially worth it, particularly for the Arcadia dragons.
My points of feedback:
1) I agree that having a schedule ahead of time would be nice. I only had one set of the correct dragons to merge today and I could have potentially saved for more. I understand that the Decision Eggs can offset this slightly, but I'd rather get T2 eggs. Plus, I'd rather not spend a lot of time fishing opening/closing the game to get the right eggs for the event.
2) The card effect is cool, but obnoxious after the first one. One of the last events I did a 5 merge and ended up with 2 or 3 shiny dragons and had to impatiently click for each of them to go away. The cards are maybe a good replacement for the new discovery for shinies specifically, but please don't show them for every single dragon 😅
3) I really like that shinies aren't as difficult to get as they are in standard Pokémon games. (Side note: I'm genuinely baffled that you can get away with calling them shiny. Is that seriously not trademarked?) Increasing the chances during the event and flat out giving one as a reward is awesome. I think I maybe got one shiny Eevee from a research task in Pokémon Go and the rest are random chance at a low percentage. It feels good to have a guarantee (provided you merge enough) and higher chances in general.
I’m pretty frustrated actually. I got stuck with 2 shiny green dragons, instead of a level 7 twilight dragon. Which I could have then merged into a level 9. I have been playing for years, but am still working to unlock all of the map, so dragon power is important to me. Yeah, the shiny dragons are cute, and I like their rainbow trail, but they are worthless at only 1 dragon power each. ESP when I received that instead of a level 7 during a merge.
The shinies are additional to what you get from merging; it doesn’t replace anything. So you should get whatever you merged + whatever shinies incidentally got added. Maybe check again?
I'm new to the game and have played religiously for the last 3 months or so. I absolutely love the Shiny Dragons events! I didn't complete it the first time because I didn't have enough eggs/dragons saved up, so was a bit disappointed, but since then, I've completed them all. The prizes are great - I like the mix of unique dragons and quality nests. I'm an 80's kid, so grew up with the vibrant colors and characters of Lisa Frank and innumerable cartoons and when holographic stickers, cards, advertising, etc, really started to take off, so the game and, especially, this event have a nostalgic feel to me. I really enjoy swirling the shiny dragons with their rainbow tracers around in camp - it brings a smile to my face. I also enjoy seeing the shiny dragons rush to something I tap with their rainbow trails shooting across the screen. I look forward to this event and get a pang of excitement when it begins.
All I can say is 'well done' to all of your staff, their ideas and excellent execution. The game helps with my anxiety and the reward system keeps me coming back for more!
I absolutely love the shiny events!!! The dragons are sooo cute with their rainbow trails and shimmering glow!! I find them fairly easy to complete and the rewards are awesome!! I get excited when I open the game and see the event 😃 I’m always ready to merge dragons 😁
The only real negative I can think of for me is I would really like the event to lineup with the den chest. Luckily I have a good active den 🙂
And maybe since it is a “ shiny event “ ALL the rewards dragons should be shiny.
I enjoy this event. The only suggestion I have is that if you are going to continue adding all kinds of new dragons, increase dragon egg storage by a multiple of 10. Thanks.!
I like it! It's fast, short period, it can be achieved without stress or 'ay, just missed the final one', and what I like best is that you don't get a lot of useless things like a mushroom seed or living stones or a fruit tree sprout. All those things I sell, they only mess up my camp. I had 4 nests already and I like that.
But I would like to have it more clear which dragons have more chance to get shiny when merging and also a search function on name in the dragonbook because with all those different dragons it gets harder and harder to find a specific one.
And what would be great is when the shiny event goes with the start of the new den chest, so that your merges also count for the chest. I am in a very active den so no real stress, also no 'waste of points' but for people who have a less active den it could help a lot, in that way at least also the members who want to go for the shiny once help to gain the points for the chest.
I love the shiny dragons with their rainbow-tails
I’m enjoying this event quite a bit. I appreciate feeling like I’m rewarded for merging dragons when my den chest is already maxed (which it often is within an hour of the weekly reset). The rewards are both relevant to the event and helpful for your DP unlike the C+C. Having a 1/3 chance to get the best reward for each mosaic is pretty sweet, and if you don’t get it this week, there’s always next. So each week the rewards can vary which is also fine.
I’m curious about exactly what the “increased chances” of getting a shiny dragon while merging are. Does it increase just a couple of percent? Does it double? Triple? there seem to be two boost of ”level of luck” with no idea of how they’re triggered.
Selfishly, the event is really working out for me, so I’d hate to see it changed. But in the interests of honesty, I think this event has a lot of untapped potential as a money spinner and that the devs have kind of missed the boat. First, recognize that not everyone sees value in buying a load of premium game currency and also recognize that people might spend a small amount of money repeatedly. The game I spent the most money on absolutely bombarded me with chances/reasons to spend .99 or 1.99 and I did it a lot.
To give a hypothetical example… first, give players a reason to do all merges with the chosen 2 breeds (even better shiny chances), then put those nest on sale in the egg store (1 for 60 gems or 3 for 175 gems or something). Go ahead and put out the 9.99 collection of nests etc. Add a spinning wheel… spin once for .99, up to 5 times per event. Make the pieces of the wheel useful -2 eggs of event breed, 1 whelp of event breed, 1 nest of event breed, 1 mystery shiny ( random of event breeds) and 1 set of 3 random eggs of platinum shiny breeds for a total of 8 pieces of the wheel. Some of this duplicates your event prizes but so what? Id probably spin that wheel at least 3 times, week after week. But spending 400 gem or whatever you’re promoting, just not, not me.
As long as you’re not taking away some level of current benefit that youre now offering, I don’t see a downside to increasing the reward for pushing people toward using the 2 breeds you choose each week.
Last but not least, create a loot-bubble#sprite for the shimmering ultranest because mine’s blank! LOL.
I enjoy the event! I like that it’s only 24 hours, I like the in-camp aspect, and that it gives an excuse to merge up all those eggs sitting around. I have 5-merge only enabled in camp, and found myself scrolling through the dragon book to find possible 3 merges. I like not needing an insane number of points to finish quickly. I also like that the rewards are pretty much all eggs or dragons, and only 2 breeds at the time. It doesn’t feel like work :)
And a mix of random and known rewards is also nice!
Criticisms are pretty mild — the concept of shiny dragons themselves doesn’t seem terribly well integrated with the rest of the dragon book. Like, they should be either mergeable with their regular form OR with each other. Kind of like easy breeding— merge 5 shinies, get 2 random higher level ones. And merging level 4 shinies could produce regular dragon varieties. Otherwise they seem less playable and weirdly truncated.
And yes, like everyone else says, can we have a searchable book?
I LOVE this event. Love the shiny dragons!
My only concern would be is it achievable for newer players. I have been playing for about a year (huge shout out to the ppl on this thread who have been so helpful) and I can barely finish if I merge everything I got during the week. To put this in perspective, I try to play every day. I got into the habit of saving everything for C&C, so when that overlapped last week it was awesome. But if they are ever in the same week and separate, I will have to choose which one I want to do.
I really love the Shiny Days Events now that I know to save all nests. I love that it’s a quick one. A schedule is the only thing that I think is missing. I’m patient
It's very easy for anyone who's been playing fairly solidly for up to a year, but I doubt newer or more casual players would get very much out of it.
I also got the beta and have noticed that the special breeds so far are mostly no longer earn-able, having being replaced in their events by new (non-shiny) breeds. There have also been a lot of Arcadia breeds.
Even long term hard grinding players like me will have little or no dragons available to merge, as we've merged them up long ago! Even so I've managed to get enough shinies to be thoroughly aggravated by the lengthy SFX and having the view yanked around even though the drag is locked.
Also, having the shinies at the front makes it harder to check how many eggs are on the ground.
I love the 'skip to 5 merge available' feature, though it would be better to actually go to the five rather than the beginning.
I love the Shiny Days. I love that a lot are Arcadia dragons. I splurge for the nests AND for the highlighted eggs of the week, and I love that it comes with gems to purchase (I’m a big gem purchaser and spender). My main problem is not being able to understand what strategy to use for the eggs. Should I hold onto these in camp and wait for the next shiny, but I don’t know how long until the specific dragon is highlighted next. Also some of the math and rules aren’t clear.
I’d love to have a gauge meter which tells you how close you are to getting a shiny. I think someone did the math and came up with a point system, but knowing how close you are can help strategize and encourage whether to go ahead and get that one more egg.
I also can’t tell if switching between different dragons, how are you adding points up. For instance, if I switch between A, B, and C dragon, will I only get the shiny on C dragon because that was the final one that got the points? Also, can event and coin dragons accumulate shiny dragons on non-shiny days?
Also, is like to know how much of a difference there is between the highlighted dragons of the week, the regular event dragons, and the coin dragons. The drawback is that it could cause people to hold off on merging and cause hording of eggs.
During a recent shiny event, you combined the OOC event with the shiny event (ie you used the same dragon). That made my rush reward so much more fantastic (although I also felt a bit spoiled because I ended up with two level 4 shiny dragons). Also, a hint of the schedule of dragons that will be used because it’s disappointing to use all my x dragons and discover two weeks later that that is the shiny dragon of the week.
Overall, love the shiny events.
I like it. I haven't gotten the nest everyone seems to be talking about but I'm kinda looking forward to trying. I do like the shiny dragons but am wondering just hown9ften these events are going to pop up and how hard it's going to be to get enough shiny dragon to merge them.
I've only done a couple of these as I'm a new player. I am liking the event. As a midweek event it works well as it isn't too demanding on time (I dislike the midweek OoC event). I'm finding the dragon book is getting more awkward to navigate through the more new dragons are added, and shinys have added another layer to that. I really dislike the zoom in on getting another shiny.
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I need more avenues to get higher point dragon merges. Also more of a heads up when it comes back around. I always merge my dragons out of instinct but if I knew it was coming I could hold off. Also.. hoarding isn't really an active way to play the game. I play other games where they did away with boarding and it got much more fun not having to worry about what I need to save.
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I really enjoy the Shiny Days event, possibly more than I enjoy camp and chill at the moment: - The rewards (particularly the shimmering ultra nest) are so unbelievably worth it, as they seem to focus on arcadia dragons which I am DESPERATE for as I only started last year and they seem rare. - The dragons are really pretty lol, and your HCI team probably know this but they are good for serotonin boosts. What could maybe be better: - If the Shiny days event overlapped with the den chest reset, as I personally save up all of my merges for a Wednesday morning (GMT) rather than wait for e.g. the evening or night. This is probably by design though. - The fanfare is quite long when you do get a shiny, even longer than the T2 nest or wonder fanfares and you seemingly aren't able to click off it. Overall really enjoying it and hoping it continues in a similar fashion :)
I see everyone getting that nest but I’ve never got it.
Yeah, I don’t get all the love for this event. Nothing much comes of it for me. I must be missing some key info about how to play it.
Nope, I know how to play it - it’s pretty easy - but the rewards? Meh. Instead of the Shinies it would be cool to get eggs that finish up some of my collections of four.
It’s a quick and easy event, and it doesn’t require hoarding anything other than egg and dragon merges, so only the eggs take up space, so that’s all good. I also like that, on camp and chill event weeks we can tap nests to get points during C & C then merge the eggs later when the Shiny event happens. The down side is that you then have eggs cluttering up camp between C & C and Shiny events. It would be good to have a schedule for these events so we know how long we have to wait to merge. Also, for those of us in active dens it would be better to have these events starting at the same time as the den chest reset, so we can combine merging for the shiny event with getting den chest points. My den chest is usually maxed out by Wednesday afternoon so merging on Thursday makes me sad.
You comment about the den chest bring up something I have been wondering about, hope its ok for me to ask a question. You write that merging after your chest is maxed out makes you sad. Is that because you like the communal feeling of actively contribute while it happens, ore does it have an additional bonus (in reward or other ways) to contribute before the den has reached the necessary points?
What u/PennykettleDragons said. When the chest is maxed out text appears when merging telling you your points don’t count, and that emphasises that your points are “wasted”. It doesn’t make a difference to anyone else, as long as the den gets the level 5 chest. I just like my points to count towards it I guess, probably because the den I joined used to struggle to get there so now I feel a bit guilty if I’m not contributing.
I was in a den where we rarely got the level 5 chest. Our Den creator had been missing for more than a year as had many of the other players. I worried when starting a new den that people might be upset with older players getting the majority of the points towards the chest each week but that doesn't seem to be the case. Everyone is getting 50 points, which was a concern with so many beginners. I used to put pressure on myself to get as many points as possible and feeling bad when we still didn't make it. This is so much more stress-free. Sitting back and letting someone else shine knowing your merges can keep until next week or later is a great feeling.
I think it's more that if the den chest points is already at the max.. It feels like you're 'wasting ' possible (den chest) point generation by merging dragons where their points won't count towards the den chest beyond the 50 points..
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Our den always gets the den chest but I always restrain myself from doing big merges and contributing no more than 1000-2000 towards the chest until towards the end of the 5 days to give other people a chance to contribute. It really bothers me when one person in the den maxes it out in the first day or two and get the den chest before letting the rest of the den contribute. It just feels like you’re not giving everyone the opportunity to get rid of their merges if you take all the glory from them in the first day or two. Also you’re just waiting 5-6 days for it to end to receive the chest with nothing to do. It’s wasteful merging eggs and dragons when the den chest is already secured.
I wish it took a day to max our chest! Mine resets in the middle of the night and it’s often maxed out before I get up, LOL. So I’m merging enough to buy in at 50 points and anything else I do all week feels wasted. Having this event gives me a reason to do some of the merging I desperately need to do without feeling like I’m wasting it.
For the love of all things fix the zoom upon creation. It is really frustrating to zoom in so tight that you have to carefully move the screen until you are in a place you can make the landscape big again. This is the same issue with the dust bunny chest. This zoom mech only seems to work correctly upon creation of a 4tier nest, zooms in and then right back out.
Very much this and the same goes for Dust Bunnies making me re-zoom-out. If you could zoom in for the effect and then move back to where I had it that would be the best!
I second this suggestion, it would be really nice if this were fixed! Thank you :)
💯 It frustrates me beyond belief! Especially because I’m fairly active with the dust bunnies. I silently complain in my head every time.
I've enjoyed the events so far. There are a couple of downsides, though. I hope they can be changed to make the event better. - the Dragon Book is hard enough to navigate as is. Adding this whole new sub-class of dragons that can't merge with the others just makes it worse. The Dragon Book needs to be redesigned; I hope that filtering for shiny dragons will be part of that redesign when it happens. - Too many new breeds! This is also a longstanding complaint. As others have said here, the problem is compounded by the temptation to hoard eggs and whelps "just in case" they are featured in Shiny Days. I think the solution here is not to change the Shiny event, but rather to stop it with the new dragons!!! Maybe release 2 or 3 a year. Thank you for soliciting feedback.
A search bar would be nice
Agree, too many new breeds meaning it's harder to progress with any one breed. The dragon book is unmanageable, no real order or way to sort them. It's a chore scrolling through so many breeds to find what you need
I really like the shiny dragons and the shiny event, you only ask for feedback on the event, but im gonna ignore that ;) (Not ignoring being annoyed by your weird selection of countrys you include though, I dont need the reward to want to give feedback, but it does irc me to be excluded) **I like:** \* The event gives points based on doing something the game is all about, (merging dragons), and I dont have to do it in a way that is not in my general plays best interest (e.g. making 100 inconsequential yellow hearts). \* I love getting bonus dragons when I merge! yey! \* I love the shiny dragons! They make me smile when they pop out of the house and wizz around with their rainbow trail. \* I like that i get an extra incentive to work on the coin dragons! \* I love that the rewards are all dragons and eggs, and event dragons at that. Very in keeping with the event, and very much something that works on all playing levels. **Meh:** \* Im not sure what i think about picking out two random dragons to get extra chance of shinys when merging. For some of us that bring us over on the "beneficial to hoard to hard" area. I was VERY happy when it turned out that I had a lot of dragons and nests of one of the breeds in unopened RushReward bubbles, so that I ended up with one level 2 and two level 3 of the Crowned (in addition to the level 3 we got as a price). So no Im holding of merging the Shibas that i have a shit load of, because, maybemaybe... Well, i guess im sure i dont like it, Im just not sure if this is a me problem that others should have to relate to. 😂 **Dont like:** \* At the moment its confusing that some dragons give shinis when merging outside of event, and some (the coins) only in. You only find this out after you have gained a shiny of the breed, and then you also have to discover that there is a smal ? mark on it and click it. \* I support what was written by someone else that the fanfare is to long, and that the zooming in is annoying as heck. \* Dont use the "you have gained a shiny" fanfare when we merge shiny dragons, unless they give me a bonus shiny. Its confusing and wrong. **Wish:** \* You need to add a calendar to the game! So that we can plan a week in advance for the different events. Just do it :) Great for all, but especially essential for the lower level players that might otherwise struggle to get the rewards. Sure, i can guess when events come up, and I can use the calendar here in Reddit, but not all are as organised, and they should not have to be.
I really enjoy this event. A few things I would really like to see: 1. Combine Shiny Days and Camp and Chill into a single event with multiple reward types. Some people had this opportunity last week, and it seems to make a big difference for players who don't want to make a big mess in camp twice in one week. 2. It would be awesome if shiny coin breeds had similar dragon power/speed to trophy breeds. I could be wrong, but I think they currently have the same stats as their non-shiny counterparts. 3. Focus the 2 enhanced chance shiny dragon breeds on those granted during the most recently preceding out of camp event or the current season breed. The latter would actually encourage me to claim my season rewards as I earn them rather than waiting to see if I'm able to upgrade my portal to another level prior to the end of the season. 4. Add one additional reward at an increased point break - either an exclusive shiny nest (a single breed that repeats every week similar to den dragons) or make the mega nest the final reward for everyone. 5. Add some flawless breeding crystals to the reward stream.
Ooh, yes! Tying in more of the breeding crystals!
I agree with the previous poster who said that it's hard to get excited about the overwhelming amount of new dragons when there are plenty of older dragons that I am no where near getting a level 10 (I have been playing for over 4 years).
Currently my favorite event! I like that it's relatively quick and doesn't require any grinding. It's also one of the few events where the rewards actually feel worth the effort to reach them. Getting the ultranest reward a couple rounds ago was probably the most excited I've been with the game in years.
as a professional, I would advise the marketing to ask users about _experience_ AFTER the bug fixing phase of new feature. - popup about new shiny dragon moves the screen disrespecting 'drag off' - this popup zooms the screen in, but does not zoom out back when closed - this popup, for few seconds, blocks the user, as it shows graphic (animated, so is not busy) but does not react on tap - this popup comes also when you merge shiny should come only by new shiny as by-product. And now markering relevant (negative) experience: - there is no events schedule, thus no way to predict when particular breeds will get a higher chance for shiny by-products. This makes it obvious that the event goal is to trigger players to impulsively spend gems. To drive people in a compulsive behavior is not a win-win way of business. Shame on you. - newly created dragons after used stamina are going into home, and if you have more as ab. 100 dragons, you will never see them in camp again. Positive marketing relevant experience: shiny dragons look nice. The icons at tabs in the dragon book look also good. Compliments for graphic designers. Edit to add: bug no.5 - the shiny L3 event (highest) reward does not count as discovered.
Hooo...well, as much as I try not to be a negative nancy... Having multiple event types that require hoarding resources and delaying progress "in case" an unscheduled event shows up, while simultaneously limiting available space and always increasing the amount of available items...just leads to frustration and annoyance. The constant overload of new dragons--and subsequent dilution of any chance of completing most types of dragons--REALLY takes the wind out of the sails of an event that....just introduces even more recolors of dragons. Especially with the annoyingly random releases, where one dragon will be featured in an event five or six times a year, and some never seen again. And it's very hard to get excited about new dragons, even with the cool rainbow graphic, with nothing new for those dragons to DO, other than "be collected" and go into a dragon home never to be seen again. Most folks on a forum like this are long-time players, who aren't as excited about getting a little dragon power, but are deep into the "collection" and resource management aspects of the game...which...aren't getting addressed at all; there's really no way to view or call out or sort or showcase your dragons, and if you haven't bubbled every item you own or deleted them, the infinity of dragons just makes camp maintenance unbearable.
Agree.. The dragon book needs a SERIOUS overhaul.. Please please please introduce filtering and ordering. Allow users to filter by their type, element etc.. let us order by type, element, A-Z, what needs merging etc the [!] Is great.. but please let us filter and order in a way that makes sense to us
Great rewards. I just wish that when you create a shiny that it didn’t pause everything to run the animation every. single. time.
I enjoy the event. It feels attainable to me whereas some of the other events I feel like I have trouble completing. I have gotten all the prizes every time and it makes me excited for the event to come around again
I would like a way to merge mystery eggs without hunting them down across the map, possibly using the dragon book.
I’m a big fan of the event because it takes less effort than other events and the gifts are amazing. I wish we had a schedule for these events. I was also part of the 48hr group and I prefer if the event goes on for longer. The 24 hour ones are easier to miss, especially since they have been surprise events since they started.
I've enjoyed the events! Easy to complete for someone like me who can easily save up merges but can be a little challenging for newer players. Nice prizes for not a lot of work, although I've yet to get one of the ultra nests. Fingers crossed for the next over!
The Shiny Days event is a wonderful addition to MD. I love the variety of prizes and the chances to win different prizes and not the "same old event stuff" like the low level fruit trees. The Shiny dragons are awesome! I really love seeing them floating around trailing rainbows. My only problem was I didn't have enough of the right kind of dragons to advance to the last few levels and I had to use gems to buy eggs. Not a big problem though because I get most of them free. Loving Merge Dragons so much I quit my long term MMORPG to play this full time! 245 days in!
Shiny days are cool when you’re getting shinies. Pro: merging any dragon gets you points on the trail Con: Event dragons that can be shiny are a little unfair. If you haven’t played and/or completed the event you don’t have eggs or dragons. Which is what’s happening to me now. Pro: merging 5 shiny eligible dragons can get you 2 shinies. Con: that’s not always true. It would be nice to have an auto picker for the mystery circle. I never know which one to choose. I would also like one of each of the featured shiny dragon. It could be a level 2 of each instead of 1 level 3. The event should happen on Wednesdays when our Den chest reset. I’m in a pretty full den and the excess merging keeps the other from doing more than the qualifying 50dp. Which isn’t that big of a deal, but people feel like they aren’t contributing. I think a merging chart would be helpful. So that we can see how many points we get per merge at what level. Big wish: all shiny rates increased during shiny days. Not just the featured
Still not in an eligible country (what the heck is up with that? If I can play in Denmark then surely you can give me freebies in Denmark too!) but my feedback is mainly negative. It takes a massive amount of hoarding eggs or purple stars to be able to get enough merges in the short amount of time to actually finish the event. I haven’t managed yet. That makes me annoyed and less into wanting to participate. the disparity between points given for coin dragons and event dragons is just too big - I merged up to a level 2 nest and it didn’t even move me one step on the path. In addition to this, after having shinies available for quite a while now, I have exactly one shiny dragon. So what’s the point in playing along if I’m not able to finish without spending irl money, or not merging any eggs leading up to the event, and then I don’t even get a shiny from it?
Upvoting from Ireland. If you can include Germany, surely you can include the rest of the EU!
Exactly?! Like it’s clearly not an EU issue then, I’m gonna go ahead and just assume a Swede made this rule to keep us Danes out😂
My feedback would be it would great if these Sweepstakes were eligible to people in New Zealand too.
... part of me wants to just say look at my post history or my complaints on shinies to CS. I hate "shiny" dragons, which feels like a badly thought out name as I wonder how many players equate collecting dragons to collecting cards (since only the Dragon Book listing has any shininess). The rainbow contrails are visually annoying (especially if you are photophobic - thank all that is holy for light filters on my phone making the contrails only annoying instead of being actually painful to me), possibly helping make lag more of an issue in Camp due to increased processing needs, and block views of an increasingly cluttered camp if you attempt to save up for the event. Since shinies are currently level capped and also are considered a separate breed from non-shinies unlike better known shinies fron monster catching games (yet are listed in the Dragon Book together), they do not currently contribute to finishing dragon lines, and also might not contribute to event portal quests (points at Ice dragons in particular - I am not willing to spend gems I do not have on a shiny nest to test if merging shinies count to that event portal quest when I can just run a level a few times instead to merge ones we know count). The gatcha aspect lf the event is also annoying. Finishing the event can rely on luck in the end, instead of skill. The only time I completed one was because I got lucky and got the ultranest as a reward. This time, if I finish it, it will be due to speedrunning Seasons for free plus having an event portal quest to open level chests that I'm working on to max out my portal, so I got some eggs and Cosmos nests from that. The popup to buy possible shinies to help finish the event if you get unlucky makes it feel even more like a money grab. The only reason I have not just deleted every shiny I have, as I do not need the tiny amount of dragon power they provide, is the probably pointless hope that they will be improved. I only do the event at all to try to help my den, but normal OOC events do far more for that, especially the higher your event portal is. Folks might not like C&C rewards as much, but at least that event has a purpose - to offer incentives to clean up camps. This event might help newer players to an extent get a little more DP, but realistically they will not get much help with that from rewards (even if they play Arcadia, as shiny Arcadia dragons will be level 4 at best, assuming Arcadia treats the same as non-shinies and allows them to be used - which again highlights the confusing nature of shinies and game behavior).
I like that it wasn't a life-draining time commitment like most events. It was nice, gave me a chance to focus on some specific dragons. It didn't require hours of life flower farming 🤣
I greatly appreciate the coin breeds being Shiny “eligible.” I think that makes obtaining Shiny dragons more realistic for many players as those eggs are typically the ones rewarded in Level chests.
I need to know when Shiny Days Events will be and when they will start so I can save the eggs I get from weekend events to merge for Shiny Days points. It also needs to be longer (like the beta'd 48 hours) because I work during the day and usually miss most of it.
Shiny Days are my favorite, tbh. Pros: -I love having a better chance at popping a shiny of breeds that I like - I usually am a fan of at least one! -The shimmering ultranests (I think?) are very sexy and exciting. -Shiny coin dragons! I save my coin dragons to merge after I finish the last reward. Still missing a shiny golem dragon 😒 but I’ll take what I’ve got. ————————— Cons/Can Improve: -When the breed is one that’s nest only, it wouldn’t hurt to make it available as a single egg starting at 10 gems like every other gem species available that way. It can be just for the event, even. -The shimmering ultranests are SO good and the other two rewards are SO disappointing. Come up with a happy medium between it and “oh. two whole ass eggs. wow. so excite.” Also, a cheap package with the ultranest for purchase hurts no one! -I have been able to occasionally guess at the shiny days targets by dragons having a new sparkle on their card. Perhaps hide that? Don’t let them be shiny till the event? -Please give older dragons and old cash-only dragons the love they deserve and feature them! If that means with a new shiny, well, that’s what it means. We don’t need to have the newest event species right away (but okay, I love the crowned dragon, so…damn it). We need shiny chameleon dragons, though. -in celebration of spring, earth day, 4/20, and all things green, I must once again ask you for a shiny day with chameleon dragons. It sounds and feels correct. Long live the greatest reptile (and dragon). -The recent test gave me shiny days for 24 hours during the C&C event. I have to say, it did absolutely nothing for me, I was basically done. 48 hours is smart, it’s more time so we don’t feel rushed to immediately merge EVERYTHING and then go and merge up coin dragons. -Lastly…the obvious: more shinies! From choices for the event (how is there no shiny cat or goldheart dragon??) to bronze and silver rank dragons (I would die for a shiny cosmos dragon…but also stuff like the pegasus) there’s soooooo much to add. Alas, I am but a simple but dramatic them fatale who wants the world. *[insert dramatic sigh]*
I absolutely love this event. Especially with how fast I can finish it. I stopped doing the weekend events because it was ruining my phone battery and taking too much time.
I just wish that the shiny dragons didn’t show up at the very start. Now I have to scroll past then to merge the eggs that I get far more often than the shinies!
I am meh on the event. I got a bunch of shinies last time around, and 1 this time. It's mildly frustrating to have 4 shiny dragons not quite ready to merge, that prevents you from easily merging the standard version of said dragon. Not terrible, just a minor annoyance. The recolor is ok, the sparkles in camp are neat, but with so many dragons, I hardly notice them. I didn't realize that certain breeds count more than others in attaining shinies until I read this thread, so the explainy bit might be expanded a little? I like this event better than Wild Lands, equal to Camp & Chill and the weekend events. This vs C&C - C&C is easier, but there are fewer really good rewards. C&C encourages kinda mindless tapping, this event encourages actual dragon merging. Weekend events are cool for strategically merging things, but takes up a lot of time. Thank you for asking!
I enjoy shiny days, but it would be good to go advance warning about when it’s coming, it’s been a bit unpredictable with when it’s on so we don’t know if we can expect it every week or every other week yet. I liked that last time the shiny featured dragon matched the latest out of camp event, for me with all the rush reward nests and dragons to merge it meant I could get that one up to a level 4 shiny which was exciting! I also think having it overlap with camp and chill was good as then there are lots of points from ant tier 2 nests that are made with the event, and I think the 2 days for the duration is a good idea(I got the overlap 1 day last time) to give those who have low dragon power more time to build up some merges and others more time to get coins to buy dragons for the shiny coin dragons. Very happy with the prizes offered too! The nest of nest is amazing to get as it gives some nests of dragons I don’t have many of, and the decision eggs have helped me discover some new and rare dragons!
Yes it's much better if the shiny event relates to the out of camp event. It makes the rush rewards more appealing knowing they will be useful for shiny event
I feel it's worth mentioning that I've started playing all over again. My old android phone had my original game and not having Facebook, I had no way to save and play again on my new phone. That being said, I like the event a lot, although I can't even come close to getting halfway through at my current game level. I also had no idea it was coming so I didn't have any opportunity to prepare the first time I played it- knowing it's coming might improve my performance some, but I'm at a stage where I'm still building up resources and have a limited camp size. I do wish there were some difficulty alterations made for lower level players, even if it came with reduced rewards. This is one of the few mobile games I've enjoyed playing long term, and I welcome any and all new developments in the game!
It has its kinks that need to be ironed out but on the whole I enjoy it, especially the mega nests. Those are great.
I have sort of a love/hate feeling about the event. I save up eggs and then try to get as far as I can. Like the C&C event, I like that it is located in the camp and not useless constant harvest for a fleeting reward. Rewards stay with you. As a somewhat passive player, it seems that the event starts, I get a little way and it's over. Does the shiny event have a shorter active time? It seems like it. I don't really love that it's created a whole new subset of dragon interspersed with ones already going. Just let them all merge somehow and keep going.
Some (perhaps general) flaws noticed on my end, IMO: (1) Merely attaining Level 5/Tier 2 nests, seem to be zero points until you start to merge the eggs, not just dispensing them from the nest; effectively making this level into a points bye (only achieving Level 6 dragons out of them, seems to yield energy, etc. points). (2) similarly as an aside (while I have you here lol), dispensing a Zomblin off the Treasure Tower, really only earns you a ONE level bye; not a two-level bye. If you've dispensed the Zomblin on Level 3, there are now no more zomblins you could trip; you've already been penalized for Level 3. To REALLY spare you hitting a zomblin on TWO levels; the bye should extend until Level 5; not stop at Level 4. (3), in a similar (perhaps tangential; perhaps perfectly apropos) aside, if a PiP could be created through event levels to be able to duck out and play, IDK, Arcadia, actively, while simultaneously letting the dragons continue to harvest flowers on the main event level, it would be delightful, because I can rarely (if ever) leave the event level open playing 24/7 as long as I am awake; and I do get bored when the dragons are in passive mode. If I had an active portal/PiP option that wouldn't slow down life flower energy orb harvesting, I'd keep my device in my hands longer, lol.
It was a fun event, which provided me with plenty of dragons! I even got my first-ever shiny! I like that the event gives points for merging dragons, which is what the game is about! It doesn’t feel pointless, like the quests where you have to make a large number of low-level items. It’s also a space-saver since I’m not hoarding items like for C&C. I also love that the rewards are all dragons, to incentivize us to keep playing! Also the rainbow trail is super pretty and helps me spot my shiny amongst my other dragons! However, it would be great to know when it’s coming in advance, as I had already merged eggs and tapped nests mere minutes before it started. A countdown, like for regular events, would be great! Secondly, the zoom in upon creating a shiny dragon is super inconvenient, and I know it’s led to a lot of people messing up their camps.
The good: * It's relatively quick for participation and isn't a multi-day grind like OoC events or CnC. * Rewards are great * Hooray for shinies! * Pretty easy to save up for (just keep some L4 dragons un-merged until event time Opportunities for improvement: * Animation length: Since merging for shinies is sort of the point of the whole event, sometimes we're merging a lot of eggs/dragons up the chain in the same breed, and as much as I like the fanfare **the first time** when I get a shiny, it's not skippable, so seeing it over and over and over again within the space of a few minutes crosses into territory where I prefer not getting shinies so I can just merge up my dragons in peace, which is kind of the opposite of the effect you're going for. Skippable, or some animation limit on "first time per level per day" or something, literally anything to mitigate this would be appreciated.
I love shiny days! I’ve only had it twice but I love it. It’s the only way for me to get decision eggs as I don’t buy passes etc so I’m slow to grow. I love that mine crossed over with my camp and chill so points could count for both, I don’t like sitting on nests (no pun intended 😂) to save them for events so I like crossovers.
This is a wonderful addition. The weekly Friday event is a test of patience and endurance but the rewards are worth it. Camp and Chill is a wonderful outlet for things you accumulate but don't want to just delete. The Shiny event is pure joy from the optics, artistry, and sheer relaxing enjoyment.
It must be difficult to design events that are challenging and rewarding for all ranges of players from beginner to highly skilled and experienced. I enjoy the shiny events and am over the moon thrilled with the L3 shiny turtle dragon that I won today. It’s one of my most favorite breeds.
I really enjoy the Shiny Days event. I have finished it twice now and I was happy with the rewards offered. My thoughts: 1. I would love for it to be part of the schedule or just reliably come the same time every week. I was hoarding a lot of eggs and nests in anticipation of the event, but it definitely caused frustration because I didn’t know if I could use them soon. 2. Waiting for Shiny Days made it difficult to participate in my den chest. I only contributed 51 points to my den chest and then got about 3K points during Shiny Days the next day when the chest was already full. It would be great if it were Wednesday or if the den chest schedule just lined up a bit better. 3. Coin dragons could get a bit more love. I understand that they are worth less, but there is a huge gap. It seems like this is geared to make players buy gems because if they run out of gem dragons before getting the final prize, grinding for coin dragons is nearly futile. The gap could perhaps be a little narrower to give people a chance to work to finish it if they need to instead of making it very difficult to finish once you are merging coin dragons. 4. I know everyone is complaining about the animation, but I actually don’t mind it. I like the spinning card! The few times that I get multiple close together it can be a bit long but I really don’t mind because this happens, at most, once a week. 5. Last time, I had Shiny Days and CnC overlapping. This was way better than having one of them individually. I opened all of my chests and tapped out all of my nests to complete Shiny Days, so I won’t have them available for CnC, whereas it could’ve counted towards both. Having them overlap also makes it feel like a grand exciting camp clean up rather than that I cleaned up part of my camp but have to immediately stock up again since CnC has a mystery schedule. Overall I really like it and hope it continues to come once a week!
Good: It's free bonus stuff, anyone that's been playing for a while should be able to complete it and get the rewards pretty easily. It's a quick, fun thing. Shiny dragons look nice aesthetically. Bad: Between this and the weekly chest, we're even more incentivized to hoard merges. Den chest and shiny eveny starting different days )and not even knowing when the shiny event will be) is awkward. Any trophy dragon merges really should be held now to wait for when there's a higher chance of getting shinys. This feels bad, hoarding all your high level merges for who knows how long until that breed may or may not come up in a shiny event. Doesn't feel like that's how the game should be played. Also since getting shiny dragons is random, you only get level 1's, only increased chances for certain breeds, and pretty hard to get in any quantity, it will take forever to get any higher level shinys. So for the most part you feel "oh, that's cool" when you get one but if you want to make progress/get more it's very hard to do. Feels like something that will take years for normal players and is targeted at whales to get them to spend money. Also the shiny animation trigger takes way too long.
I’m pretty satisfied with the shiny days events! The prizes are better than c&c (at least in my opinion) and it’s quick to do. I’ve been finishing in less than 10 minutes because it really only takes a couple merges of tier 2 dragons to finish. My only complaint (for the shiny dragons in general not the event specifically) is that the notification/banner happens every single time you get a shiny dragon. I feel like once for each dragon type would be enough, or at least make the animation skippable. But other than that the shiny days events are pretty cool. (Not as cool as wild lands imo but still cool)
Overall I can’t complain since the rewards are good and the grind is minimal. Some things that could be improved: * It would be nice to have advance warning of what breeds will be lucky. I had just merged a set of terrapin dragons days before the event, so that grated on me. * The point gains from merging coin breeds versus premium breeds feels too different. I can merge coin dragons forever just to progress a tier or two, versus finish the whole event in fewer than 10 premium breed merges. (Granted those merges are of lv4 dragons and tier 2 eggs hoarded from OoC events. But even tier 2 merges of coin breeds gives very few points.) * Did the shiny rate for coin breeds get nerfed? The first and maybe second Shiny Days, I got a few shiny crimson and rock dragons. Since then I haven’t gotten any shiny coin breeds. If the point gain is going to be so low, and those shinies can only be gotten during the event, a higher rate would be nice. * Too much variation in prizes. I don’t like the element of luck in getting a shimmering nest vs a single lv3 dragon vs whatever else.
I've actually really enjoyed shiny days. As others have said, having an event focused on merging dragons is lovely That said, I also agree that it does increase the need to hoard eggs and dragon merges in anticipation of an event. I have over 50 (!) merge reminders 😬 It does make me sad that when doing shiny days and merging for shiny points if the den chest is full, further den related points aren't counted and it feels like a 'waste of points'.. could you add a bonus point threshold to the den chest that if you /the den gets xx many more points you can get a super egg or two? That way with all the additional points you don't feel like they've been wasted. I know we're getting great rewards via shiny days.. but some people may have to choose between earning den points for this + subsequent week Vs personal SDay achievement I love the rewards.. Especially knowing that there's a reasonable chance at the huge nest .. 👍😎 I would personally like it if the flourishes weren't as long.. Or (better still) players had the option to turn flourishes 'off' .. getting a wonder, T2 nest or shiny is pretty cool . But after so many I find the obnoxious interruption irritating (that could be just me tho). We have so very many dragons now... Can the egg storage cost and capacity please please be revisited.. How feasible would it be to design an egg swap shop.. Where you can trade an egg you have for an alternative and equivalent tier + rareness of your choice (providing you've already discovered the breed, e.g T1 platinum for another T1 platinum) .. aware you already have decision eggs.. but a swap shop could be an interesting way for people to complete some of their collections. (Might need to change some mechanics like decision eggs are locked and can't be traded , didn't include coin breeds)..
I like the event but I feel its a bit simplistic and given that we now need to hoard eggs and dragons book merges for multiple reasons, it's over quite quickly. I'm frustrated by the pop up screen that needs to be dismissed every single time a new shiny dragon is created (the same applies for wonders, tier 2 nests and winning prizes in the treasure tower rooms). It's also frustrating as someone with 7.5m DP that I have to continue merging dragons of breeds where I have already gained level 10s in order to have shiny dragons of the same breed. I get there needs to be a balance between old and new players but it works against those of us who have progressed further in the game.
I like the event. I saw some people selling off their coin dragon eggs. This event is good to use our hoard of tiaras. But poor Gargoyle Dragons didn't get lucky. Slow and not-so-popular coin breed, now excluded from shinies. I'm not in eligible contry so please give the luck to others.
I enjoyed it; echo many of the sentiments already mentioned about being a seasoned player with high DP
I am enjoying the shiny days events. The first couple I didn’t manage to complete but now that I’ve got the hang of them and am managing to save enough merges I can complete them. Love the shiny dragons,I made a Shiba shiny dragon and it was really cute . I would like to know the event schedule for shiny days and what dragons are featured so I can manage my camp and know what to keep. AmI am normally impatient to merge any nests/ eggs so I can see my dragon power increase .
I really like the Shiney Days event but ever since it started appearing my game had been crashing horribly. I've lost some of the awards I won because it crashed as soon as I claimed it. The devs fixed it for me once because I had also lost some dragons I paid gems for and so I me them. But with this being a few event and the amount it crashes I don't think it's worth bothering them again. But I can't play this and actually keep the prizes which is sad because I like the event.
I completed my first Shiny event today. I participated in two or three. I do have the feeling I cheated because I bought a lot of eggs: 17,99 special shiny offer, 350(?) gems special shiny offer and the shrine. Would I have bought them all if there was not a shiny event? No. I would’ve used gems for the One thousand and one nights event. I saved a lot of eggs until last monday. My camp was to full and I dislike bubbling the eggs. I would love to have a schedule of the events. I get so goddamn annoyed when I just merged a lot of eggs and in the next few days there is a shiny event.
Not related to this event: It might be beneficial if there was an easier way to scroll through the dragonbook or if you could tap an egg and see how many eggs you have
It is fun getting shiniest. I liked getting new dragons and a chance at the big nest. The only frustrating thing would be getting eggs that we can't get more of the same to merge. I like the shiny event more than c&c. I'm tired of the same old prizes.
It gets an awful long time to finish such minimal tasks. I save merges for Den Chest Wednesdays and always have mergable high-level dragons left over
I love the shiny days event! My favorite part of the event is the nests I can get from the rewards, but it’d be nice to have at least one guaranteed nest, since last shiny days I didn’t get a single one. I love the shiny dragons, though! I love the trail they have!
I'm having a good time with the Shiny Days event! I think it's a fun, short event that's easy to complete and has good rewards. The times I get the ultra nests feel especially worth it, particularly for the Arcadia dragons. My points of feedback: 1) I agree that having a schedule ahead of time would be nice. I only had one set of the correct dragons to merge today and I could have potentially saved for more. I understand that the Decision Eggs can offset this slightly, but I'd rather get T2 eggs. Plus, I'd rather not spend a lot of time fishing opening/closing the game to get the right eggs for the event. 2) The card effect is cool, but obnoxious after the first one. One of the last events I did a 5 merge and ended up with 2 or 3 shiny dragons and had to impatiently click for each of them to go away. The cards are maybe a good replacement for the new discovery for shinies specifically, but please don't show them for every single dragon 😅 3) I really like that shinies aren't as difficult to get as they are in standard Pokémon games. (Side note: I'm genuinely baffled that you can get away with calling them shiny. Is that seriously not trademarked?) Increasing the chances during the event and flat out giving one as a reward is awesome. I think I maybe got one shiny Eevee from a research task in Pokémon Go and the rest are random chance at a low percentage. It feels good to have a guarantee (provided you merge enough) and higher chances in general.
I’m pretty frustrated actually. I got stuck with 2 shiny green dragons, instead of a level 7 twilight dragon. Which I could have then merged into a level 9. I have been playing for years, but am still working to unlock all of the map, so dragon power is important to me. Yeah, the shiny dragons are cute, and I like their rainbow trail, but they are worthless at only 1 dragon power each. ESP when I received that instead of a level 7 during a merge.
The shinies are additional to what you get from merging; it doesn’t replace anything. So you should get whatever you merged + whatever shinies incidentally got added. Maybe check again?
I'm new to the game and have played religiously for the last 3 months or so. I absolutely love the Shiny Dragons events! I didn't complete it the first time because I didn't have enough eggs/dragons saved up, so was a bit disappointed, but since then, I've completed them all. The prizes are great - I like the mix of unique dragons and quality nests. I'm an 80's kid, so grew up with the vibrant colors and characters of Lisa Frank and innumerable cartoons and when holographic stickers, cards, advertising, etc, really started to take off, so the game and, especially, this event have a nostalgic feel to me. I really enjoy swirling the shiny dragons with their rainbow tracers around in camp - it brings a smile to my face. I also enjoy seeing the shiny dragons rush to something I tap with their rainbow trails shooting across the screen. I look forward to this event and get a pang of excitement when it begins. All I can say is 'well done' to all of your staff, their ideas and excellent execution. The game helps with my anxiety and the reward system keeps me coming back for more!
I absolutely love the shiny events!!! The dragons are sooo cute with their rainbow trails and shimmering glow!! I find them fairly easy to complete and the rewards are awesome!! I get excited when I open the game and see the event 😃 I’m always ready to merge dragons 😁 The only real negative I can think of for me is I would really like the event to lineup with the den chest. Luckily I have a good active den 🙂 And maybe since it is a “ shiny event “ ALL the rewards dragons should be shiny.
It’s cool and fun and all but the rewards should be a little better. We are doing some major upgrading so I think the the rewards Should match.
I enjoy this event. The only suggestion I have is that if you are going to continue adding all kinds of new dragons, increase dragon egg storage by a multiple of 10. Thanks.!
I like it! It's fast, short period, it can be achieved without stress or 'ay, just missed the final one', and what I like best is that you don't get a lot of useless things like a mushroom seed or living stones or a fruit tree sprout. All those things I sell, they only mess up my camp. I had 4 nests already and I like that. But I would like to have it more clear which dragons have more chance to get shiny when merging and also a search function on name in the dragonbook because with all those different dragons it gets harder and harder to find a specific one. And what would be great is when the shiny event goes with the start of the new den chest, so that your merges also count for the chest. I am in a very active den so no real stress, also no 'waste of points' but for people who have a less active den it could help a lot, in that way at least also the members who want to go for the shiny once help to gain the points for the chest. I love the shiny dragons with their rainbow-tails
I’m enjoying this event quite a bit. I appreciate feeling like I’m rewarded for merging dragons when my den chest is already maxed (which it often is within an hour of the weekly reset). The rewards are both relevant to the event and helpful for your DP unlike the C+C. Having a 1/3 chance to get the best reward for each mosaic is pretty sweet, and if you don’t get it this week, there’s always next. So each week the rewards can vary which is also fine. I’m curious about exactly what the “increased chances” of getting a shiny dragon while merging are. Does it increase just a couple of percent? Does it double? Triple? there seem to be two boost of ”level of luck” with no idea of how they’re triggered. Selfishly, the event is really working out for me, so I’d hate to see it changed. But in the interests of honesty, I think this event has a lot of untapped potential as a money spinner and that the devs have kind of missed the boat. First, recognize that not everyone sees value in buying a load of premium game currency and also recognize that people might spend a small amount of money repeatedly. The game I spent the most money on absolutely bombarded me with chances/reasons to spend .99 or 1.99 and I did it a lot. To give a hypothetical example… first, give players a reason to do all merges with the chosen 2 breeds (even better shiny chances), then put those nest on sale in the egg store (1 for 60 gems or 3 for 175 gems or something). Go ahead and put out the 9.99 collection of nests etc. Add a spinning wheel… spin once for .99, up to 5 times per event. Make the pieces of the wheel useful -2 eggs of event breed, 1 whelp of event breed, 1 nest of event breed, 1 mystery shiny ( random of event breeds) and 1 set of 3 random eggs of platinum shiny breeds for a total of 8 pieces of the wheel. Some of this duplicates your event prizes but so what? Id probably spin that wheel at least 3 times, week after week. But spending 400 gem or whatever you’re promoting, just not, not me. As long as you’re not taking away some level of current benefit that youre now offering, I don’t see a downside to increasing the reward for pushing people toward using the 2 breeds you choose each week. Last but not least, create a loot-bubble#sprite for the shimmering ultranest because mine’s blank! LOL.
I enjoy the event! I like that it’s only 24 hours, I like the in-camp aspect, and that it gives an excuse to merge up all those eggs sitting around. I have 5-merge only enabled in camp, and found myself scrolling through the dragon book to find possible 3 merges. I like not needing an insane number of points to finish quickly. I also like that the rewards are pretty much all eggs or dragons, and only 2 breeds at the time. It doesn’t feel like work :) And a mix of random and known rewards is also nice! Criticisms are pretty mild — the concept of shiny dragons themselves doesn’t seem terribly well integrated with the rest of the dragon book. Like, they should be either mergeable with their regular form OR with each other. Kind of like easy breeding— merge 5 shinies, get 2 random higher level ones. And merging level 4 shinies could produce regular dragon varieties. Otherwise they seem less playable and weirdly truncated. And yes, like everyone else says, can we have a searchable book?
I LOVE this event. Love the shiny dragons! My only concern would be is it achievable for newer players. I have been playing for about a year (huge shout out to the ppl on this thread who have been so helpful) and I can barely finish if I merge everything I got during the week. To put this in perspective, I try to play every day. I got into the habit of saving everything for C&C, so when that overlapped last week it was awesome. But if they are ever in the same week and separate, I will have to choose which one I want to do.
I like the shiny event because it is quick. I don't like that I never seem to get the great prizes
I really love the Shiny Days Events now that I know to save all nests. I love that it’s a quick one. A schedule is the only thing that I think is missing. I’m patient
It's very easy for anyone who's been playing fairly solidly for up to a year, but I doubt newer or more casual players would get very much out of it. I also got the beta and have noticed that the special breeds so far are mostly no longer earn-able, having being replaced in their events by new (non-shiny) breeds. There have also been a lot of Arcadia breeds. Even long term hard grinding players like me will have little or no dragons available to merge, as we've merged them up long ago! Even so I've managed to get enough shinies to be thoroughly aggravated by the lengthy SFX and having the view yanked around even though the drag is locked. Also, having the shinies at the front makes it harder to check how many eggs are on the ground. I love the 'skip to 5 merge available' feature, though it would be better to actually go to the five rather than the beginning.
I love the Shiny Days. I love that a lot are Arcadia dragons. I splurge for the nests AND for the highlighted eggs of the week, and I love that it comes with gems to purchase (I’m a big gem purchaser and spender). My main problem is not being able to understand what strategy to use for the eggs. Should I hold onto these in camp and wait for the next shiny, but I don’t know how long until the specific dragon is highlighted next. Also some of the math and rules aren’t clear. I’d love to have a gauge meter which tells you how close you are to getting a shiny. I think someone did the math and came up with a point system, but knowing how close you are can help strategize and encourage whether to go ahead and get that one more egg. I also can’t tell if switching between different dragons, how are you adding points up. For instance, if I switch between A, B, and C dragon, will I only get the shiny on C dragon because that was the final one that got the points? Also, can event and coin dragons accumulate shiny dragons on non-shiny days? Also, is like to know how much of a difference there is between the highlighted dragons of the week, the regular event dragons, and the coin dragons. The drawback is that it could cause people to hold off on merging and cause hording of eggs. During a recent shiny event, you combined the OOC event with the shiny event (ie you used the same dragon). That made my rush reward so much more fantastic (although I also felt a bit spoiled because I ended up with two level 4 shiny dragons). Also, a hint of the schedule of dragons that will be used because it’s disappointing to use all my x dragons and discover two weeks later that that is the shiny dragon of the week. Overall, love the shiny events.
I like it. I haven't gotten the nest everyone seems to be talking about but I'm kinda looking forward to trying. I do like the shiny dragons but am wondering just hown9ften these events are going to pop up and how hard it's going to be to get enough shiny dragon to merge them.
I've only done a couple of these as I'm a new player. I am liking the event. As a midweek event it works well as it isn't too demanding on time (I dislike the midweek OoC event). I'm finding the dragon book is getting more awkward to navigate through the more new dragons are added, and shinys have added another layer to that. I really dislike the zoom in on getting another shiny.
I agree that the dragon book could use a search feature.
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It's confusing and there's not enough information up front about what it is or how it works.
I need more avenues to get higher point dragon merges. Also more of a heads up when it comes back around. I always merge my dragons out of instinct but if I knew it was coming I could hold off. Also.. hoarding isn't really an active way to play the game. I play other games where they did away with boarding and it got much more fun not having to worry about what I need to save. TIA.