So I logged in again, cashed in my tickets for 100% florins (gambling on the 15/5 is for the reckless or feeble minded). I love the new buildings and was super excited about them, don't get me wrong, and would love a full level 2 set, or even two full level 1 sets in my main city, but I don't see how I could make this work with the current set up, the randomness, the lack of good prizes or a good chance at prizes, and the fact that you have to win individual upgrade kits for things you still haven't even managed to get just in case they're not available again in the future. In the end, this might be one of the most disappointing events for me. The low chances of earning something you actually want, added to the randomness of going through two currencies and playing those games of chance is dreary. I've opened so many chests by now and found only 3 grand prizes (2 of which I can't even use because they're upgrades for things I don't have yet), compared to over 10 daily specials in the first few days of the Forge Bowl event. In addition to the gambling part in trading currency X for Y, the percentage of the grand prize (or anything useful) in the chests are extremely low. I think one of these two could be eliminated and you trade tickets for chests, or get rid of tickets entirely. Why two currencies? I'm not a fan of the whole 'you get currency X, trade X for Y based on luck, then trade Y for a possible prize based on luck'. Other than the new buildings, I haven't seen anything useful or interesting in the chests. I've played a ton of times already and mostly got (very few) medals, some gold/supplies and Victory Towers. Plus, it would eliminate cases like myself, in which I now have several upgrade kits for buildings I don't even have! So upsetting. Instead of giving away a 'Piazza Mask Vendor' and a 'Piazza Mask Vendor Upgrade Kit', the two should be condensed into a 'Piazza Mask Vendor Selection Kit', where you can choose the level 1 building, or the upgrade, much like the Cherry Set. To me, this is by far the biggest drawback. Update kits for pieces I haven't even won yet. I find that with 24 hours you at least have time to prepare and react, instead of having to rush in a period of only 6 hours. If something's gone, you're not sure if it will come back.

Specials rotate every 6 hours, meaning that you have to log in every few hours to check what's available, perhaps even overnight if you sleep for longer than 6 hours. To me, there are quite a few other issues: Quite frankly, I'm finding it disappointing, and not because it lacks a grand prize in the end.

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