Comments on: Lockwood’s Black Sword

By: Bayern_1867

Bayern_1867 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:03:13 +0000

I really enjoy the egg game. I play one session at a time but play two or three each day. On the evening of 8/29 there were just over 9 million needed. It’s being accomplished at about 3 million/day.

You only need *one* piece of the outfit to get double points. You don’t need to buy the whole outfit if you don’t like it or don’t want to spend the money.

Some things I’ve worked out: I set the gamma high to see more clearly. I change to the “No Channel” option to avoid clutter from the chat log. I don’t look at the other players or kibitzers. I look at the eggs and run straight lines as much as possible.

By: FEMAELSTROM

FEMAELSTROM — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:36:08 +0000

I love Lockwood, and I defend them to the end because they are a company that listens to its audience and has given out some pretty cool free stuff as well as some awesome stuff to buy. This though to bbe honest was not a homerun. This wasn’t even a basehit. This was an idea that seemed to be a re-dress of the easter egg game and offered some sad gifts. A pinwheel and a sandcastle? Hmmm, I love Lockwood and I know that they read the forums (Sir Francis Bacon proves that). I hope they see that this was something they shouldn’t do in the future, at least not without a lot of tweaking. I too went simply for the single egg and the sword, and I never made it past the sandcastle. Funny part is they then turn around and offer up Mercia, and some of the level up rewards there are amazing. I still love you Mercia.

By: MsLiZa

MsLiZa — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:32:24 +0000

How is this even considered to be a game?

It has to be one of the most banal activities ever offered on Home. It makes Orb Runner look like the next installment of Final Fantasy.

Count me in the camp of feeling more nauseated that captivated. I grabbed the first two rewards and then gave up until the sword became available for gathering a single semi-rare egg.

The only thing that the egg-crushing adventure proves is that a large percentage of Home users will spend their time doing just about anything to gather free rewards. Gameplay, challenges, strategy and depth will always take a backseat to rewards on Home.

By: Kassadee Marie

Kassadee Marie — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:22:40 +0000

I agree about the game; it makes me dizzy too, and then I get nauseous. So after the pinwheel and sandcastle I just gave up. I usually love the Lockwood rewards and think they are awesome for giving us so much free stuff. This time was just a rare fail.

By: CMCSAVAGE

CMCSAVAGE — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:05:29 +0000

I don’t think there was an issue with the egg count.
I think it was stupidity in exiting the game before the timer reached zero.
You could run around for 14 minutes, get a reward and exit the game. You would get the reward but the eggs smashed wouldn’t be added to your total count.

Personally I thought the rewards were kinda lame.
A Pinwheel?? How that fit the theme, IDK.

I just hope this community goal reward is huge. Another little statue would suck for the effort put into it.