Yeah….that’s what had me wondering. I had the Kingdom Pass. I got the calendar rewards. I also had to spend gems, that I would not have had without calendar rewards, to get Kevin and Ming Lee. Both were useless as far as I can tell in getting hats. But…I did purchase them. I did use my fast forwards on tasks for Kevin and Ming Lee. 100s of them. The game gave me 2 earhats with Kevin and I got a whopping 0 with Ming Lee. I also had to use gems to get 2 earhats to get Carl. Again, they came from my rewards. I didn’t miss any days or rewards. I was stuck inside a hotel in Orlando due to Ian on my Disney trip, so even played while away.The Wiki lists the Happiness available, and I still don't understand how non-Kingdom pass people are close.
Tomorrow is day 84, and the end of Week 12.
140 Happiness/day x 84 days = 11,760
2000 Happiness /week x 12 weeks = 24,000
Lion King TC Event = 5400
Up Event = 4100
Turning Red Event = 7000
Cascading Critters = 2200
Gifts = 750
Calendar Rewards = 875
Total: 56,085
Adding up all the happiness required to get to level 131 = 55,640.
So what have I missed?
I figured all the wishes would be necessary, so I tried to do them as fast as possible, but sometimes you just can't check in, or you get a Mickey wish, when he's out collecting Abby Ears *sigh*. The person above estimated 4500 more happiness is obtainable from wishes. 132 to 141 is 4655.
I'm at 142 in my Windows game, so I must have collected more wishes, or I'm missing something. I know I missed 3 Weekly tasks (1 the first week, 2 more when we went to Universal for 3 days). I missed two full dailies when we went to Universal. I estimate that at about 1100 in missed Happiness, which at these high levels is about 2 levels. So I get how people could be around 145. I don't understand how anyone could have gotten to 154 or 148 without the 10% bonus.
Going from 145 to 150 is another 2625 happiness. Which is an additional 31 character wishes per day, every day for 84 days. Which seems like a lot, when you've already estimated people can collect 50 per day. So 80+ wishes per day? Is that what some of you are collecting?
EDIT: I did remember something, calendar rewards.
I dunno….lots of lessons learned here. Theoretically, we should have always been able to finish all of the events. Even before the Kingdom Pass. I played very regularly and have not finished a few events. Think not having the Kingdom Pass puts you in the same boat. If the stars align, and you eat Lucky Charms every morning, you could get Dug. Otherwise, you’ll probably end up spending the money or gems to just get Dug, or to get the pass and the cone, at the end.
As things stand, I’m done the event now, have all of the characters, have a couple of fast forward thingies, and about 174 gems left. Was the pass worth it? I mean…I got the above, but it definitely was more stressful than fun. At least I know now that it is definitely doable with a pass.
On the fence about the next season. I may still buy the pass. The game really passes time, but I still refuse to put it on my phone. I’m a stay at home person. When I’m out, the last thing I want to do is worry about the stupid game. So its kinda either give it up or buy the pass for me. I’d hate to wait until the end of the season to find out I’d have to buy it anyway or know I just spent three months to not get the end character. At least the old way ripped that bandaid off a lot faster.
Le sigh….