Modification in Helloween Event?

Rob75 it has been adjusted; probably as the quickest quest. Don't Let Bahram be embalmed has been adjusted the other way ; up to 200 Halloween mats as it takes a bit longer. Have fun and knock em out.

 

First, keep in mind that you no longer have 30 days - There are only 11 days left of the Halloween event.

The absolute fastest way to get points atm is to grind out the Weekly PvP Marathon quest on all 6 civs - With the current time frame, you'd be able to do this twice with some margin of error, which would yield enough mats for close to 11 Spears, or 23 idols/axes.

Failing that, doing 30 minutes of PvP a day on each civ will yield a decent number of mats - Roughly 1 spear every 3rd day all told.

Coming after that is co-oping legendaries, then doing all the holiday repeatables.

 

Why are you want those Heavy Spears so much? Crete Cohort Heavy Spear, Spartan Champion's Heavy Spear or Heavy Spear of Sacrifice are much better for Prodromos, Camel Rider and Horsemen (Celt, Norse and Gallic). Spearmen also has some other alternative spears, depend on your style. Cataphract and Lancer are the priority here.

 

For a very specific role i use Siavash on Spears

 

For Celt and Norse Horsemen, keep in mind that if you are going Horseman Build, you do want to maximize overall damage compared to health. Zahhak's is also the best option for any Spearman Rush strat if that's your thing. There's also City Conquest and Defense, in which Zahhak's gear is absolutely amazing - Keep in mind that with the buffs both City Conquest and City Defense (Except Sens, which still gives lvl 17 chests for whatever reason) makes them very worthwhile, and you use Spearman for Greeks and Babylons, and Camels and Horsemen for Egypt, Celts, and Norse (Norse and Egypt also can get good use out of the Axe here)

Finally, there's just the overall QoL of ensuring that any survivors from a fight will quickly be at full health before the next fight without having to dedicate a priest unit, especially on maps that prevent priests.

 

Event items are meant to bring a bit of extra spice to the game, get 2-3 of the new items (axe and religious item this year) and maybe 1 of the older items (spears) during the event and make some of your favourite units feel a bit different and maybe a bit stronger. The goal isn't to gear all civs with the items and getting many previous years items is intended to be pretty much impossible time wise.

I know some people disagree with that intention and say that if gear is available in game at all then it should be accessible to everyone in reasonable manner. However this is the intended strategy the devs have used to build event rewards. It forces us to pick smaller goals, example I've gone for: Axe for Berserkers, 1 Religious item (in case i need it in future), 1 heavy spear that I'll hold to use on maybe Romans. I played last year and got 1 light spear for Elephants and 1Heavy spear that I still haven't used but i think i'll put on Norse Horsemen. If you look through all the units and what you really actually use there isn't that many that needs Zahhak stuff.

 

Yep,
Those Zahhak's gear are pretty cool to have but certainly not the optimum choice for some quests

Plus, from what i know, there is regularly events, so no need to hurry

 

If it makes you all feel better, the three of us who design the event and choose the ingredients prices and availability have all been too busy this month with life and with developing more stuff to actually stop and grind the stuff ourselves very much. (I've spent every night this week on AoEO, but mostly on the Romans). We follow (pretty strictly, at least) an internal rule where Devs dont get stuff for free, so we are right there with you.

I think so far, I've created 2 Axes, 2 Idols, and 2 or 3 Prisons.

Unsolicited link to the theory that we Devs shouldn't pay ourselves in gear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food

And unsolicited commentary: Since even we don't get this stuff for free, it is a lot easier for us to tell off those people who offer to donate money to the project but only in exchange for gear. Those people threaten our very existence and can take their fake altruism with them when they go to hell.

 

Most importantly than items, events guide you to reforge your experience of the game
For myself, after an event, my knowledge and strategy greatly uprised. thus making the game more enjoyable.

 

I am curious what you mean.

 

I thought it was pretty clear

i'm just better (or retardless) player after an event.

 

because of the types of quests in the event? something else makes you a better player? sorry, I am just curious because I dont think I could explain what you mean. and I want to make sure we keep doing it. haha

 

Well,

Just little things that got my attention on
parameters that i wasn't aware.

For example , that quest based on towers with barahm.

Like an idiot , i had chosen Husbandry instead of Parapets.

It made me reset my greek milestones.

At Summer, for same reason i resetted my celts milestones wich leads me to have now celts as my favorite.

Plus some other things i don't have in mind right now.