# Was this week's event supposed to be THIS hard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (General)\ **Created:** [April 3, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159 "2017-04-03T18:01:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DonBoba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/donboba/32/25457_2.png) [@DonBoba](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DonBoba)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/21 "2017-04-03T19:38:43Z")
That car is closing in it seems šŸ˜® ---
**Author:** ![Whiskeyjack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/whiskeyjack/32/65850_2.png) [@Whiskeyjack](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Whiskeyjack)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/22 "2017-04-03T20:00:36Z")
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**Author:** ![ogunther](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ogunther/32/1464_2.png) [@ogunther](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ogunther)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/23 "2017-04-03T20:03:19Z")
Youā€™ve mistaken a side mirror for a rear view mirror. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![beanie42](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/beanie42/32/19802_2.png) [@beanie42](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/beanie42)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/24 "2017-04-03T20:13:46Z")
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**Author:** ![Taisiakat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/taisiakat/32/75810_2.png) [@Taisiakat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Taisiakat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/25 "2017-04-03T23:07:16Z")
Every time they limit it to one type it really is a failure - remember Nagas ---
**Author:** ![htismaqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/htismaqe/32/23893_2.png) [@htismaqe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/htismaqe)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/26 "2017-04-03T23:56:53Z")
I believe you could use challenges for Nagas though. ---
**Author:** ![beanie42](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/beanie42/32/19802_2.png) [@beanie42](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/beanie42)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/27 "2017-04-04T00:00:16Z")
> [@htismaqe](#): > > I believe you could use challenges for Nagas though. The Nagas were explore or PvP, and a bunch of players put up Naga defenses making farming easier. I donā€™t remember that event being too tough, although this one is painful since itā€™s so randomā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Mad\_Butch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mad_butch/32/22903_2.png) [@Mad\_Butch](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mad_Butch)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 6:58am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/28 "2017-04-04T06:58:02Z")
Kinda agree hereā€¦ Why not make it explore a certain kingdom instead? or just explore in general. Combined with the 20 bonus souls, itā€™s not a good week for doing events. 20 bonus souls? commonā€¦ If I do a challenge on Warlord 4 with souls armor on and some necroā€™s, I can make over 300 souls easy in one fight, and thatā€™s not even the best souls farming team out there. I would have to do 15 PVP battles with a weaker team to get the same reward as 1 quick fight. Double the souls in PVP would have had a much more fun impact, everyone would dive in with their soul farming teamsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Esoxnepa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/esoxnepa/32/1837_2.png) [@Esoxnepa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Esoxnepa)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/29 "2017-04-04T12:16:02Z")
Iā€™m glad I broke myself of the mental ā€œNEEDā€ to do these events. Sure, I miss out on some nice gems and keys, but it feels so much better to just not care. The added events really added to the feeling of a forced grind for me. ---
**Author:** ![htismaqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/htismaqe/32/23893_2.png) [@htismaqe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/htismaqe)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/30 "2017-04-04T14:23:07Z")
This kind of apathy is exactly what Iā€™m talking about. Since the day Events were released people have been vacillating back and forth between ā€œIā€™m only going to do halfā€ and ā€œIā€™m not going to do them at allā€. Why spend the time and resources on Events if nobody is going to use them? ---
**Author:** ![killerman3333](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/killerman3333/32/4068_2.png) [@killerman3333](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/killerman3333)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/31 "2017-04-04T14:25:44Z")
This is the first ā€œchallengingā€ event as there is no way for the community to directly help or indirectly give aid. I think this comes down to the explore having too many troops to pull from with what seems like a sense of balancing to ensure you even fight enemies from that kingdom. ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/32 "2017-04-04T17:40:17Z")
Actually there have been plenty of such ā€˜explore onlyā€™ events. All of them just as irritating. Although there seem to be less of this troop type around, so ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![killerman3333](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/killerman3333/32/4068_2.png) [@killerman3333](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/killerman3333)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/33 "2017-04-04T17:41:53Z")
i am exploring in zhulā€™kari which has reasonable amounts of elves for explore. ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/34 "2017-04-04T17:44:25Z")
First one I went to was Silvergladeā€¦ it gave me Blade Dancer++ (i.e. 50% bigger -\_-) and three Dragons from Dragonā€™s Claw. Sort of not what I was expecting, didnā€™t bother. ---
**Author:** ![kynetarse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kynetarse/32/24815_2.png) [@kynetarse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/kynetarse)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/35 "2017-04-04T18:02:28Z")
Iā€™ve seen satyrs there too. Have also encountered all-raksha, all-mech, all-dragon teams. I donā€™t understand why that happens. At one point I checked all three kingdoms with elves and there was only one elf available between the three of them. Seriously may be the first event I donā€™t finish (though I will certainly try). Btw this, guild wars delayed again, and the need to hoard keys for weeks for anything new/useful in endgame, the burnout is real ---
**Author:** ![Mekkalyn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mekkalyn/32/21868_2.png) [@Mekkalyn](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mekkalyn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/36 "2017-04-04T18:07:33Z")
If they would only make it so you could do Pvp as well as explore, I would be happy. I never do more than half because I donā€™t play THAT much And I donā€™t do annoying things like treasure hunt or explore specific kingdoms when I only heavily need blades (and I donā€™t explore unless I absolutely need to). I usually just pvp to max seals and if I have any time left, explore. ---
**Author:** ![beanie42](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/beanie42/32/19802_2.png) [@beanie42](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/beanie42)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/37 "2017-04-04T18:19:46Z")
> [@kynetarse](#): > > Iā€™ve seen satyrs there too. Have also encountered all-raksha, all-mech, all-dragon teams. I donā€™t understand why that happens. At one point I checked all three kingdoms with elves and there was only one elf available between the three of them. I posted above, but the way the explore battles are created is from the challenge and quest teams, with one random troop (from any kingdom) subbed in. I donā€™t want to give too much of a spoiler for the Silverglade quest line, but if youā€™ve done it, think about how many elves you fought against. Not defending the choice(s), just answering the ā€œI donā€™t understand whyā€ part of your comment. ---
**Author:** ![Mithran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mithran/32/18064_2.png) [@Mithran](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mithran)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/38 "2017-04-04T19:39:58Z")
> [@beanie42](#): > > I posted above, but the way the explore battles are created is from the challenge and quest teams, with one random troop (from any kingdom) subbed in Iā€™m reasonably certain that normal quest teams as a base wont make their way in the explore rotation. Very early on into explore, I do remember at least a few times where I got a team that I got some fairly anomalous teams that _did not_ fit this profile, but these were very few and far between. I chalked this up to more troops randomly being swapped out, but it could have also been that explores were pulling from the ā€œoldā€ challenge table to get their initial team. Again, these were the exception and not the rule, as a _great_ majority of the time Iā€™ve been able to correlate an explore team to ā€œchallenge team with one troop swappedā€. If they pulled from quests as well as challenges at an equal rate, there would be a _huge_ amount more of base teams that _could not_ be correlated with challenges. Just did 15 explores in a row where the explore could be correlated to a specific challenge with one troop swapped. Two silverglade challenges are in fact nothing but dragons and a third also has zero elves. Looking at the challenges, Silverglade has 0/4/2/3/0/4/0 elves on their challenges. Zhulā€™Kari, in contrast, has 2/2/0/3/1/3/1 elves on their challenges. So Zhulā€™Kari has a higher chance of there being an elf somewhere in a given battle, while Silverglade will generally have 2 or 3 if it has any. If you are changing the difficulty to force an explore swap, Iā€™d recommend Silverglade. If you just want to grind it out, probably Zhulā€™Kari. Or whatever you need more stones in. ---
**Author:** ![jklinders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@jklinders](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/jklinders)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/39 "2017-04-04T19:46:20Z")
Elves are not dropping consistently for me at all. Restricting to Explore only is downright punitive. Around 30 explores, 33 snotgems. Iā€™ll probably stop at the third reward level. ---
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159/40 "2017-04-04T20:01:41Z")
I agree. The current implementation basically **removes fun** from the game for me. If I do them it is by accident only. Iā€™m glad for botches like this weekā€™s as they can bring into focus underlying problems. [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/was-this-weeks-event-supposed-to-be-this-hard/22159.md?page=3)