Hammer Time 22nd Oct 2020

First topic message reminder :

Halloween Themed Hammer Time will be with us in a few days 

This Hammer Time will be a match game. We will be renovating a room which we get to keep if we complete it before the event finishes as usual

Becky (T&B FB) wrote:

Errr so the Hammer Time bonus point event seems to be starting tomorrow Oct 24 and not 25....why do I have a bad feeling about this? Lol ‍� good luck and pray for it everyone lol

I think I am just going to hoard any tickets I earn between now and the end just in case prices go down, then go on a buying spree..  of course, that presumes I can continue to pass levels. Lmao

It worked for me too, but after two tries. Thanks for the tip! 

Just to check if they increased again or not ...
-Crow perch 160
-Vanity decor 140
-Shelf nick-nacks 135

Someone with a good memory or who has these items pending, has these same values?

I have the Shelf Knick knack pending for 65 tokens, as well as the Crow for 100 and the Ghost for 85.

After much nervousness, I decided to risk the uninstall/ reinstall trick , as I had 750 tokens saved. I tried it on my new iPad and it didn’t work.  I decided to try it on my Samsung android phone, same thing, and low and behold, it worked ! So I’ve quickly spent my tokens, now I’m afraid to go out of the game on my phone and start it on my tablet .
Thanks to all those who posted that tip. I am raging at Playrix for forcing us all into this situation where we have to risk our towns by deleting them, just to get back the prices we had a few days ago. Even with this successful ‘trick’ , we will all still be nowhere near completing the room, unless you plan on spending bucket loads of cash. I haven’t spent a single TCash and don’t intend to, I’m at 31/48 and it can stay like that before I part with any cash.

Someone on reddit posted that clearing cache and/or data helped them without reinstalling.

I would try with clearing cache first, that is harmless. Clearing data should fetch your existing town - Playtricks associates games with devices, that is why you need to factory reset to start a new game.

I don’t get lower values also, I‘m on IOS. With the higher values, it‘s very doubtful whether I can do the room. So, in fact, they haven’t given me a bonus with the double points. I’m off much worse, because the things are twice as expensive as before the double points. I won’t complain via support, because I can do without a bot answer, but I will not spend anymore tcash to continue. Strange strategy by Playrix, to discourage players from spending ...

@Elaine051 wrote:

I have the Shelf Knick knack pending for 65 tokens, as well as the Crow for 100 and the Ghost for 85.

After much nervousness, I decided to risk the uninstall/ reinstall trick , as I had 750 tokens saved. I tried it on my new iPad and it didn’t work.  I decided to try it on my Samsung android phone, same thing, and low and behold, it worked ! So I’ve quickly spent my tokens, now I’m afraid to go out of the game on my phone and start it on my tablet .
Thanks to all those who posted that tip. I am raging at Playrix for forcing us all into this situation where we have to risk our towns by deleting them, just to get back the prices we had a few days ago. Even with this successful ‘trick’ , we will all still be nowhere near completing the room, unless you plan on spending bucket loads of cash. I haven’t spent a single TCash and don’t intend to, I’m at 31/48 and it can stay like that before I part with any cash.

Thank you . I uninstalled/reinstalled the game again, and now I have those prices. 
What I can’t understand is that this morning I did the same and the prices went down, and now they go up again. 

@Mic Miller wrote:

ETA: Now the ticket prices show 160 and 190, respectively. (Sheesh!!!)

Mic, if you uninstall/reinstall again, will prices go back down?

P

@Rainglaze wrote:

@Mic Miller wrote:

ETA: Now the ticket prices show 160 and 190, respectively. (Sheesh!!!)

Mic, if you uninstall/reinstall again, will prices go back down?

Now it's 170 and 190. (Wonder what I get doing it again?)

ETA: This time it is 150 and 120. (I have never seen anything like this!)

ETA2: It reset itself back to 170 and 190.

Mic, that’s just crazy ! It’s like they can’t make up their minds how much is should cost ‍�

I’ve just realised something, maybe you all knew this already. I’ve been visiting friends rooms to see how they are progressing. If you don’t manage to complete a room fully, like the bungalow, it is greyed out, you can’t go into it and the message is something like “ the player didnt complete this room “. So all the progress we are making ( currently 32/48, just got the cute mirror ghost) is actually all for nothing if we don’t complete the whole thing. Seeing as barely anyone will, no one will be able to see our room after the event is over, and all the deco we did manage to get in the 10 days, and I’m not even sure if I will be able to see my own room or if it will be greyed out for me too.

I have actually been able to do the Delete / Reinstall process twice today to drop back to lower ticket prices. True enough, when I leave, the price went back up. So I figured there was little to lose trying a second time, and it worked again. I’m on an iPad with latest IOS version.

I am playing on an iPad and having deleted and reinstalled several times the cost of the items does not go down. I am feeling pretty resentful now, coupled with Prof Verne and some people getting a boost there too, why introduce such inequalities into a game? 
Any game that causes resentment can’t be good. Surely you play for enjoyment and mine is fast disappearing.

I've played many mobile games. This event is by far the worst I have ever seen in any game I've played. It's absurd the amount of levels you would have to clear in order to finish this. Many of these levels are extremely difficult too... requiring ungodly RNG to finish them. Some of them you have to chain the big rockets together or you can't clear it... and good luck getting the RNG needed on getting 2 rockets beside each other. It seems like this game is dying and they are just trying for severe money grabs at this point. I made the mistake of using 10 t-cash a few times. Stupid. There's no way I would be able to finish this event even if I used every attempt I could possibly accrue every day until the end.

@Elaine051 wrote:

 and I’m not even sure if I will be able to see my own room or if it will be greyed out for me too.

It will be greyed out. 

Just tried it in my baby town where I didn't finish the first two rooms.

Can't visit them.

So it means all or nothing.

Based on what I have read, I will try this strategy: Earn enough tickets for a full-priced item and then do the delete-reinstall-app maneuver to get a discounted price (hopefully) and the item at a savings. (It's the only workaround I can come up with.)

ETA: It worked. I got the Cauldron at a 70-ticket discount. (Nine maneuvers to go.)

I've been fairly good at the games using the strategy of getting 2 fireworks next to each other to clear the board, but I'm on a HARD level somewhere around level 66-68, can't recall exactly but I have 29/48 items in the room. I've been on this level for 2 days straight. It seems absolutely impossible. I've tried all the strategies except spending Tcash. I just refuse after what I've read above. Given I have so many items left spending Tcash is just a trap into spending more.

I have completed all the rooms so far. Add me to the angry player list!

The same is for me. I’ve been on the hard level for over a day now since I refuse to spend any more tcash for extra moves. I believe it’s a level 91 or 92. The game just doesn’t generate enough balloons with the limited amount of moves. The boosters were useless.
Sadly, I am stuck on 34/48 items

OK, this is in fact impossible to achieve. I start out with this board and only have 17 moves to get 45 balloons. I would have to put at least 2 items together (bomb + rocket or 2 fireworks) to get the cannons to light and then do it again to set them off, which means 3 moves a piece because touching the two together is a move. The scenario below would require absolute luck/perfection and ZERO moves in-between. In 2 days of trying I haven't even come close. But even with luck and perfection you can't do it. It looks like you have a lot to work with but in reality, once you make the first move you don't. 

3 moves - clear the board and 24 balloons, light cannons (14 moves left, 21 balloons left)
3 moves - clear the board or get a rocket/bomb to set off cannons to get 10 more balloons (11 moves left, 21 balloons left)
3 moves - clear the board and 10 balloons, light cannons (8 moves left, 11 balloons left)
3 moves - clear the board or get a rocket/bomb to set off cannons to get 10 more balloons (5 moves left, 11 balloons left)
3 moves - clear the board and 10 balloons, light cannons (2 moves left, 1 balloons left)

... Only have 2 moves left so how would I both set the cannons off and clear them?? I suppose I could be lucky with one rocket to set off one cannon and then pop it with the last move. But again, this is so highly unlikely it is just not possible. How in the world can I pass this level??? I'd love to know if someone else has.

Someone is having a huge laugh at our expense! There are going to be so many very disappointed players   when we don’t finish the room. It has to be achievable, not nearly impossible!