Hello everyone, I've been following this thread for a while now (right when I started playing DET, some time before the Autumn Event) and some of the info I gathered here really helped me figure out how to play/what I was missing during events/etc. Do you know of any blog or site where similar discussions and info are being shared? Sometimes it's really frustrating to look for the right piece of info in-between all the posts here, I wish there was a more "accessible" database. I reckon it would also help figure out this ridiculous discrepancy in currency and prices we're experiencing (by the way, the way they're handling this Christmas Event is simply mental). At this point the only way we can access all the content in the current event is if they extend the period by another 10 days or so.. I really hope they do so in light of all the glitches and such; it's such a stupid thing to do: release a really fun winter update and then botch it by making it basically impossible to get to all of it.
a few info about my current status:
level 25 maxed out (all characters available at level 25 also maxed out)
stories: B&TB, Tangled, Frozen (in this order) + all the Jasmine update [this means I cannot place/unlock Oaken, Kristoff, Sven, Olaf and respective buildings yet]
prices:
- Winter Decoration Basket 299 pinecones (always have one going as it delivers a few pinecones more than it costs every 3H, not much but every bit helps)
- Winter Premium Gift Box 16 diamonds (never bought any)
- Winter Gift Bag 720 pinecones (bought only one because of a side quest that opened up after I placed Gunther's building, and rewarded a few extra pinecones)
- Winter Urn 14,950
- Winter Lantern 17,544
- Winter Market Stall 18,750 (bought only one because of the B&TB quest that allowed me, eventually, to place Frozen's Dining Hall and unlock Gerda)
- Winter Festival/Winter Fir/Yule Festival Tree 20,340
- Yule Log 24,205
- Nutcracker Soldier 26,951
- Winter Pond 35,595
- Winter Festival Pyramid 128 diamonds (I placed one at the very start of the event)
Limited Time items purchased: one Holiday Goose (0,99 euro) and the only building I had't already in the -40% trio offer, the Ice Harvester's Hut (cannot remember the price). Funnily enough, this purchase (for an item using real money, not diamonds or a diamond pack, FINALLY finished the quest I'd been bothering me since the very beginning: a B&TB optional side quest to buy diamonds and they'll reward you more, I bought a diamond pack twice since starting to play the game but that quest never cleared out until 10 days ago when I got the Hut).
Currently working on unlocking Gunther but at this rate it's going to take me a whole day if not more to gather all the necessary items (so upset none of them are set as green/easy to find while you have to collect 32 and 22 of blue ones!!); I still have all the "Winter Greetings/Knights/etc." (xmas trees) quests on hold because I'm trying to unlock the characters first; Cogsworth still has 6H left on his first task of the new "Decoration Time" quest --- all in all I'll never get to decorate everything and earn pinecones easily throughout the event because all the pinecone items are priced impossibly high, what nonsense!).
I remember the Autumn Event was a blast, really easy and fun to play. I only missed out on the Duke's Mask because at that time I had just started the Frozen story and that character was still levels away from being available to me. This time they delivered a much bigger update, packed with things to do, but managed to ruin it completely.
A tip to prevent spending diamonds when you don't want to (and yes, we do need a diamond confirm button for speeding up tasks/buildings/items): instead of tapping the red X button at the top right of the character's task box, which is strategically placed way too close to the diamond speedy option, you can tap ANYWHERE else on the screen and the box will still go away. I made a point of automatising my closing by tapping towards the top left of the screen so I never risk it.
Also, quite disappointed in the Ice Harvester's Hut: they said it was supposed to deliver hard to find items during the event but so far it only helped with ice skates; now that I'm unlocking Gunther it doesn't drop paintings (the corresponding hard to find/pink item for this character), no big deal now because those can be found from Arendelle's Castle at that's a quick delivery, but in the future I hope it'll start dropping pink items again, assuming I'll ever get to the Footstool (tsk!).
Thanks for all the helpful info you provided so far, fingers crossed they extend the event!