Celebration Balloon

Celebration Balloon event is a finding event where you use Needles to open Balloons. It celebrates King Jain Lantafik's birthday.

Event Dates and Event Timeline

This Event runs for 15 day equivalents or 15 x 24 = 360 hours over 16 calendar days.

• from 11:00 9th September 2015 until 11:00 24th September 2015 server time.

To better understand how the Event Days and calendar days overlap see the chart to the right.

Game Flow

This is the flow of Items and Rewards in this Event:

1. Players in each Battlegroup are grouped by Kingdom level (15-30, 31-50, 51-80, above 80).
2. While doing your Daily Tasks receive Needles and Balloons. Purchase additional Balloons and/or Needles as needed.
3. Pop the Balloons with Needles. Receive Blessings and additional rewards. These rewards are received immediately.
4. For the total number of Balloons popped in each Round receive progress rewards for 5, 10, 25, 50, and 80 Balloons per Round. These rewards must be picked up before the end of each Round.
5. The players are ranked in each Round by the number of Blessings received. Ranking is within each Battlegroup and Kingdom level range. Receive Level Ranking reward if ranked 50 or above In Battlegroup/Level range. Players with Kingdoms above level 80 can only receive Full Ranking rewards. These rewards must be picked up before the end of the Event.
6. Receive Full Ranking reward if ranked 5 or above in the entire Battlegroup. These rewards must be picked up before the end of the Event.

Obtaining Needles and Balloons

The counters for obtaining Needles and Balloons reset at midnight server time, NOT at 11:00 AM server time like the Event days.

Needles:

• Fighting Pits /5 (50% chance)
• Beast Cave /5 (50% chance)
• Blitz Acres /5 (100% chance. Needles do not show up in in the rewards list and are just added to the Inventory)
• Killing Treasure Hunters /5 (100% chance for each Hunter. If you farm them the battle has to be won, not just finished)
• Buy with Diamonds
  • 1 Needle for 10 Diamonds
  • 5 Needles for 25 Diamonds (50% off, limit 1 purchase)
  • 10 Needles for 95 Diamonds (5% off)
  • 20 Needles for 180 Diamonds (10% off)

Balloons:

• Enhancing equipment, 20% chance /3
• From the Tavern /3
• Buy with Diamonds
  • 1 Balloon for 10 Diamonds
  • 5 Balloons for 25 Diamonds (50% off, limit 1 purchase)
  • 10 Balloons for 95 Diamonds (5% off)
  • 20 Balloons for 180 Diamonds (10% off)

Rewards

When popping a Balloon with a Needle:

One or more of the following rewards will be received when a Balloon is popped with a Needle.

• 1 Blessings. Blessings are always received with additional rewards. Rank is determined by the number of Blessings received. There is a 20-25% chance of receiving a Blessing from each popped Balloon.

• 2 Rainbow Ore

• 3 Fairy Wood

• 2 Earth Essence

• 3 Air Essence

• 250 Gold

• 2 Madantium

• 2 Heroic Medal

• 2 Grindstone

• 2 Notch Rock

• 500 Honor

Progress Reward for all popped Balloons during each Round:

Number of Balloons	Reward
5	500 Gold 500 Honor
10	1000 Gold 1000 Honor
25	2500 Gold 2500 Honor 2 Heroic Medals
50	5000 Gold 5000 Honor 3 Heroic Medals
80	8000 Gold 8000 Honor 5 Heroic Medals

NOTE:Pickup these Rewards before the end of each Round or they will be lost.

At the end of each Round, by Kingdom level ranking:

Level 15-30

The Rank 1 winner receives a piece of Orc King Set:

Round 1: Dragon Scale Armor lvl. 20 x1 Round 2: Rhino Head Battle Helmet lvl. 20 x1

Round 3: Tribal Necklace lvl. 20 x1

Round 4: Demon Hatchet lvl. 20 x1

In addition the following rewards are received at the end of each Round:

Rank	Reward	Diamond value
1	Notch Rock x10 Heroic Medal x10	800
2	Notch Rock x8 Heroic Medal x8 Small Legend Equipment Chest lv20 x1	310
3	Notch Rock x6 Heroic Medal x6 Small Rare Equipment Chest lv20 x1	190
4-10	Notch Rock x5 Heroic Medal x5	50
11-50	Notch Rock x3 Heroic Medal x3	30

Level 31-50

The Rank 1 winner receives a piece of Orc King Set:

Round 1: Dragon Scale Armor lvl. 40 x1

Round 2: Rhino Head Battle Helmet lvl. 40 x1

Round 3: Tribal Necklace lvl. 40 x1

Round 4: Demon Hatchet lvl. 40 x1

In addition the following rewards are received at the end of each Round:

Rank	Reward	Diamond value
1	Grindstone x10 Heroic Medal x10	2450
2	Grindstone x8 Heroic Medal x8 Small Legend Equipment Chest lv40 x1	940
3	Grindstone x6 Heroic Medal x6 Small Rare Equipment Chest lv40 x1	65
4-10	Grindstone x5 Heroic Medal x5	50
11-50	Grindstone x3 Heroic Medal x3	30

Level 51-70

The Rank 1 winner receives a piece of Orc King Set:

Round 1: Dragon Scale Armor lvl. 60 x1 Round 2: Rhino Head Battle Helmet lvl. 60 x1

Round 3: Tribal Necklace lvl. 60 x1

Round 4: Demon Hatchet lvl. 60 x1

In addition the following rewards are received at the end of each Round:

Rank	Reward	Diamond value
1	Magic Hammer x10 Heroic Medal x10	4800
2	Magic Hammer x8 Heroic Medal x8 Small Legend Equipment Chest lv60 x1	1795
3	Magic Hammer x6 Heroic Medal x6 Small Rare Equipment Chest lv60 x1	1290
4-10	Magic Hammer x5 Heroic Medal x5	45
11-50	Magic Hammer x3 Heroic Medal x3	25

Level 71-80

The Rank 1 winner receives a piece of Orc King Set:

Round 1: Dragon Scale Armor lvl. 80 x1

Round 2: Rhino Head Battle Helmet lvl. 80 x1

Round 3: Tribal Necklace lvl. 80 x1

Round 4: Demon Hatchet lvl. 80 x1

In addition the following rewards are received at the end of each Round:

Rank	Reward	Diamond value
1	Magic Hammer x10 Mysterious Mushroom x10	6100
2	Magic Hammer x8 Mysterious Mushroom x8 Small Legend Equipment Chest lv80 x1	1795
3	Magic Hammer x6 Mysterious Mushroom x6 Small Rare Equipment Chest lv80 x1	1290
4-10	Magic Hammer x5 Mysterious Mushroom x5	45
11-50	Magic Hammer x3 Mysterious Mushroom x3	25

Full Ranking Rewards

Rank	Reward	Diamond value
1	Grindstone x10 Heroic Medal x10 Dark Soul Crystal x3	250
2	Grindstone x8 Heroic Medal x8 Dark Soul Crystal x2	180
3	Grindstone x5 Heroic Medal x5 Dark Soul Crystal x1	100
4-10	Grindstone x3 Heroic Medal x3	30
11-50	Grindstone x1 Heroic Medal x1	20

Strategy

Timing

Pay attention to the timing of Balloon popping. The Game Days end at 24:00 server time. The Event Days end at 11:00 server time. Use this difference to manipulate when you earn and when you pop the Balloons.

F2P vs. P2P

In this Event the strategies for F2P and P2P players are very different because of what goals can be achieved by each group.

F2P. It is not reasonable to expect to find enough Balloons to Rank 1-3 in all or even any Rounds. The competition from P2P is going to be too intense. There is a small chance of outsmarting enough players in Round 3 to rank high at a cost of reducing day-to-day rewards. See the "Maybe?" section below.

P2P. Plan spending your Diamonds on extra Balloons. The main decision is to focus on

• Balloon and Progress rewards (thirfty, follow the F2P strategy with a little extra punch)
• Level Ranking rewards during a particular Round (economical, see the Maybe? section below).
• Full and Level Rankings during all Rounds (all out Diamond madness. Make ShineZone radiant. Sky is the limit. The strategy is to let it go and purchase all the happiness you can endure).

Balloons and Needles

In a normal course of doing the Daily Tasks and playing World maps 8 or more Needles are received each day. Two or three Balloons per game day can be obtained from Tavern each day and three more can be obtained by enhancing Equipment as many times as needed.

For this simulation let's assume that for two days tree balloons are received from the Tavern and two balloons are received on each third day. The following table shows the expected number of balloons received each day, popped in each Round if each balloon is popped immediately, the number of expected Blessings and the expected Progress Rewards.

Calendar Day	Round	Balloons Received	Total Balloons Popped	Progress Rewards	Blessings per Round 20% chance
1	1 (after 11:00)	6	6	5
2	1	6	12	10
3	1	5	17
4	1	6	23
5	1 (before 11:00)	6	29	25	6
	2 (after 11:00)
6	2	5	5	5
7	2	6	11	10
8	2 (before 11:00)	6	17		4
	3 (after 11:00)
9	3	5	5	5
10	3	6	11	10
11	3 (before 11:00)	6	17		4
	4 (after 11:00)
12	4	5	5	5
13	4	6	11	10
14	4 (before 11:00)	6	17		4

It is possible to manipulate the total value of Progress Rewards. In Round 1 it is unreasonable to expect obtaining the 25 Reward easily. A good strategy would be to stop popping Balloons after number 10, get the 5 and 10 Progress Rewards and hold on to the excess Balloons until Round 2. The same can be done at the end of Rounds 2 and 3.

F2P. For a F2P player there is little need to focus on obtaining additional Needles by Treasure Hunter farming. Save your time.

P2P. A P2P player needs to spend Diamonds on Balloons first and only farm Treasure Hunters and spend Diamonds on Needles if more Balloons need to be popped before the end of a Round. It may be smart to delay the purchase of additional Needles until just before 11:00 of the last Day in each Round.

A little extra Gold

The unused Needles can be sold for 2 Gold each. This must be done before 11:00 on calendar day 14.

Maybe?

Both F2P and thrifty P2P players may decide to gamble a bit and decide grab a high Rank reward in one Round. The risk is reducing the day-to-day rewards. The most intense Diamond spending probably happens during Round 4 as P2P players position themselves for Full Rewards and for the last piece of Orc King Set. This means that Round 4 is the time just to play along and get what you can from the non-competitive parts: the remaining Balloon pops and progress rewards.

The situation is very different during Round 3. The mid-Diamond P2P players will feel the pinch in their wallet after splurging during Rounds 1 and 2 and pull back on spending. The non-strategic F2P players will not have saved up Balloons. However, some players may decide not to pop their Balloons collected during Rounds 1 and 2 and pop them all during Round 3. This gives them a chance for 63 popped Balloons, the additional 50 Progress Reward and the 80 reward within striking distance, and the potential for 13 Blessings, which potentially could give Level Ranking better than 10.

The risk is not getting the 5 and 10 Progress Rewards in Rounds 1 and 2 and still not Ranking high in Round 3.

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