I can't believe it's been 2 years, already! dCrops Game has been growing! It's been coming along nicely these past years and with regular updates, too. The most recent being the ability to cook foods into more complex products! It makes me want to buy more beta packs so that I could hopefully get more blueprints (like a much needed stove) and maybe even some land.
Let's Talk About...
The Easter Event!
I'm currently saving up my Golden Tickets for the limited edition Fairy Garden land plot, which I only need 2 more tickets to afford! That plot can raise the star quality of flowers planted on it! It is also legendary so that means even more planting space. This is where what I call the "Vicious Cycle" kicks in. In order to get more Easter Eggs and Golden Tickets quickly (since stock is running out) I would need to buy more packs (that's up to 300 eggs per pack!). I also need to buy packs in order to get more blueprints in order to begin some constructions and get even more eggs! Does anyone else often find their land plots sitting fallow towards the end of every season?
Perhaps it's not a cycle, but more of a web style. It seems like buying packs would answer all my problems.
There's my chance to also get more legendary tree seeds along with more common seeds with short harvest times for season ends. If I could give any advice, it would be to buy packs any way you can, even with Golden Tickets through the event. There are even still alpha packs available to exchange, if you feel you could use more alpha in your life.
There are several things I especially like about the seasonal holiday events. Probably the best thing is now that it is the 3rd event to come around (if I'm not mistaken) they got the kinks worked out and it is properly balanced. Maybe it was just me but for that first Halloween event, I found it hard to earn coffins. Needless to say, I did not get the limited Graveyard land plot.
Other than that, the events are easy to participate in. They encourage regular gameplay, buying packs (of course!), and maybe they even entice people who have forgotten about dCrops to jump back in.
The only thing I was worried about was the event 'entrance fee' which is 5000 $CROP tokens. Nowadays, that's just over 1 in-game year's worth of income, at least for me. I must had spent them on something though because when this contest began, I did not have enough and had to buy more on Hive-Engine. I still feel like I missed out, having joined on day 2 of the event. I couldn't find any info in the existing literature but I assume/hope the tokens used are being burned! That would make them scarcer and that's good for everybody! Overall, I guess the entrance fee seems fair enough since it allows for the sending and receiving of free gifts. And free gifts means the chance for free Golden Tickets (and NFTs)!
I can't wait until next season! I have some unfinished quests that, when completed, will bank me a hefty amount of Easter eggs! I'm really loving this event so far! The shop has some great rewards. After I get the garden and then the Lucky Cat, I've got my sights on that gold ore for smelting. Just need one more! The gold and iron ores are new additions to this event's shop, which is great since they are few and far between.
I only wonder how events and the game itself will evolve in the future. But there are still plenty of reasons to play the game today. I, personally, cannot wait until we can build houses and NPCs move into them!
Wen NPC quest?