Most players would like to feed a few different pets. Pets give a variety of unstackable benefits! Some give Vison Vapor, troop revival, several are production assisting, a couple Neighborly helps, scouting, unit production, tournament cool-down, .....and then there is the fire phoenix. with the damage bonus. Lets Remember that there are more players without two phoenix, they are not the normal, average, or relevant samples of players, and 2 of anything is definitely not why we should or shouldn't have something in a game. Inno offers a second base EVERY EVENT. Players with 2 bases of each exist but are not the majority, there is only one Gold league, and three leagues of players every event earning 1 base. Also, with every new player to Elvenar, 2 base players or phoenix owning players are less and less. Those few players who found a way to abuse feedings, should stop worrying about players who want to level the playing field with, a few extra pet food they are not lucky enough to get spending diamonds by flipping the MA weekly. Extreme players with extreme strategy are 1% of this game. No one should have to play the way you do to enjoy event buildings that are offered with two bases every event. this is not a discussion about free to play or playing without spending diamonds.
I feel its also important to cover that Inno already offers to us, the guarantee that spending diamonds gets you a second base in an event, and guarantees that spending diamonds can craft 10 extra artifacts for that second base, but there is No Guarantee that spending diamonds to flip the recipes will get you enough pet food for a couple of pets. Again, Not asking for all the pets, lets remind players reading this is not a request to feed everything. Maybe i have repeated myself, but i assure you that is because people are not actually reading the concerns of players above and diminishing the actual problem as "Not their problem" and/or "Not their experience". when we clearly, don't all play the same way.
The suggestion of more pet food or a 48hr building that gives it, we would still be choosing what pets to feed out of the dozen we have. No one is trying to feed all of them, that is another baseless assumption used to poo-poo down a relevant discussion. No one wants 12 feedings a week. we are asking for a consistent chance for a FEW. I don't see how above posters cant do that math. this is not over powering the population of Elvenar, who many don't even have one phoenix base. and if you have hundreds of pet food, we are happy you are lucky but seriously, see the other side of the coin. If you didn't have that pet food after all your sips and diamond flipping, how would you feel?
Then there is the argument that there are cheaters and pushers who have it too easy, sure, But they will cheat and push regardless of how much pet food there is. Period. Inno doesn't expel these people, or punish, instead the average, normal players have been restricted to never accomplish close to what cheating can do for a player. Cheaters and pushers once again, get away with ruining a good game for the rest of us. Cheaters will continue to push and make spire diamond accounts to fund their never ending advantages and I am beginning to think this is how Inno wants me to play, wants you to play. I might as well jump in with both feet and start cheating so I can get enough pet food for 2 buildings. It is not considered cheating if i am using a second or third or 8 cities, that do nothing but weekly spire for diamonds to fund pet food. i could start today making a city on each world, useless accounts that affect the map with non traders so that I can feed more pets. I think its ridiculous to have to resort to this but in four quick chapters i would start acquiring all the diamonds i need to fund an extra pet food a week. Never buy a diamond ever again. I haven't named a single thing that isn't already happening, that Inno isn't already allowing but extra useless diamond cities leads to pushing that hourly kp, now runes as well, from cities that never plan to grow. Wouldn't it be better to just have more pet food available to players?
Balance is possible. we would like some pet food. players want more than the crap luck we currently have, and should enjoy their pets more often. Again, happy if you are that one lucky player who experiences boat loads of craft-able pet food, this is not about you.
Whether or not pet food affects my personal decisions on which pets i feed or personal strategy for pet food use, i see an extreme lack of Pet Food, I recognize the struggle of average players, players also not on Beta, who play without spreadsheets and min-maxing a click-bait building strategy game. I believe strongly that this is fixable, can be balanced, and promotes player growth, player retention, enjoyment of events, enjoyment of tourney and spire, would increase participation in FSA. This is a test server, let us test out what a little more food can do for us.
