Talk:GAME Update V2/@comment-176.163.17.20-20181225235935/@comment-132.170.15.255-20181227194904

@Fandom User 176.163.17.20:

I'm sure it's not all luck: If you didn't run out of steam this week like I have, you must have been saving and prepping for this since basically before the last event, and your awesome finish is your reward.

I see there's been a lot of bitchin' about how hard the XXXmas map is, but keep in mind there are folks who have been playing for a pretty long time who have been waiting for a real challenge.

I'm just barely in the top 1500, with zero chance of climbing any higher, but overall I liked the way the event was structured into three stages. My only complaint is that everything seemed like a surprise meant specifically to screw over people trying to figure out the system based on prior events.

After the first week, I got pretty luckly and had 120 Heavenly Snowflakes left, and a shit ton of regular flakes. I saved them for the inevitable "draw X cards" quests, and instead ended up with one Heavenly Coffer and a precisely useless amount of change. (No matter what combination of rewards I got, that extra 20 would never give me an extra draw.) My bigger regret was saving the regular flakes--if I had spent them all instead, I would have been able to five star the four basic event cards and seriously buffed my deck.

After the second week, I was determined not to make the same mistake, and spent everything I had (over 300 Heavenly flakes) before another anticipated cost increase for the coffers... and THEN I find out stage three is a new Contest format and that I just threw away about 3000 contest points when I could have waited and bought the exact same coffers for the exact same price later.

Venting aside, it's been a lot of fun. I love that Marathon means that even if you spend more than you need to win one day, those Cups are never completely wasted, and I look forward to finishing better next time around.