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Easter Egg Hunt Difficulty Adjusted & New Profiles

April 10, 2018 at 1:15 PM

Easter Egg Hunt Difficulty Adjusted

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We have adjusted the Easter Egg Hunt difficulty and have made eggs appear more frequently. In addition, they will be less "faded" by up to 10% (i.e. they will have a darker fill, which will make them more recognizable when they do appear).

We want the Easter Egg Hunt to be fun for everyone. A challenge... but fun! Thank you for your feedback.

New User Profiles

User profiles have been updated to the new page shell. Enjoy the following updates:

  • Greatly improved mobile responsiveness on tablets and phones
  • Use the new Options dropdown to see your friend status and send mail
  • User statuses are now permitted to be 280 characters in length
  • User wall comments are now permitted to be 280 characters in length
  • Made profile tile images clickable (instead of just the text)
  • Overall faster page loads

What do you think? Let us know in the comments. We like to hear your feedback!

Comments: 140

ethereality • 10 Apr 2018, 4:27 PM

@mechanicalheart How do you do it?!?!

icecloud101 • 10 Apr 2018, 4:33 PM

@mechanicalheart howdya do dat?

mechanicalheart • 10 Apr 2018, 4:38 PM

@ethereality @icecloud101 Maybe luck? Maybe because I just have a lot of spare time. Who knows, but I'm sure you guys will be able to find all the eggs. It might take a lil' bit of time but if you guys don't give up you'll be able to do it! šŸ˜ø

sodabearjess • 10 Apr 2018, 4:38 PM

19/30 eggs, almost there! For anyone who wants tips, feed creatures. It will be obvious if one is on the page, they sometimes shift content out of place. Eggs are in front and at the end of paragraphs in the description. I don't think they can show up in the box where th image is

icecloud101 • 10 Apr 2018, 4:39 PM

@sodabearjess thx

sodabearjess • 10 Apr 2018, 4:41 PM

Have patience, it's supposed to be a challenge, don't give up so easily and don't over think it šŸ˜‰

lazyanon • 10 Apr 2018, 4:51 PM

Tip: check habits and the creatures that live in them in the archives. They'll be near the creatures name, stats or description.

icesparkle22 • 10 Apr 2018, 5:26 PM

Omg they listened to me on #MAKEEGGSOPAQUE hahahahah

_piano_pokemon_ • 10 Apr 2018, 5:29 PM

Thank you for the new updates ā¤ļø altb ouch I must point out I did click on a egg shot the u have already found this one message... But could have just been me idk. Anyways thanks agin ian for grate egg hunt ā¤ļø

wigglytuff • 10 Apr 2018, 5:33 PM

Yeesssss

_piano_pokemon_ • 10 Apr 2018, 5:35 PM

Also @ian sorry if someone already asked this but do the eggs only show on the white parts of the pages only or anywere o.o

megadash • 10 Apr 2018, 5:37 PM

Thank you for the changes, @Ian. ā¤ļø

_piano_pokemon_ • 10 Apr 2018, 5:37 PM

Im so excited for this was just what i needed having horrible week and month so distractions like this are a blessing ā¤ļø couldn't be more grateful wish everyone luck on there hunt

foxbit • 10 Apr 2018, 5:51 PM

I found them all woo! Got my Alleniwer šŸ˜ƒ

bingo • 10 Apr 2018, 6:07 PM

LOVE the new updates, thanks you guys!

solaris • 10 Apr 2018, 6:35 PM

I keep thinking that example egg on the blog post is one. Momentarily excited every time!

prairie • 10 Apr 2018, 6:38 PM

@_piano_pokemon_ I finished the Egg hunt, and all the eggs I saw where only in the white part of the site. šŸ˜Š

raccoon • 10 Apr 2018, 6:59 PM

I like the character limit increase, but not the new profile layout. It looks very... off to me. I think the area with gender, last seen, forum posts etc. is far too big and the fact that it isnt centered bothers me. Also dislike the white around the profile creature.

sorrow • 10 Apr 2018, 7:17 PM

Umm... Color code isn't working...? My profile isn't blue, I even edited it and it's still grey.

sorrow • 10 Apr 2018, 7:19 PM

okay, so if you want color, you can't have bold text?

veritaspunk • 10 Apr 2018, 7:21 PM

@raccoon I also don't like the white around the creature :/ ... Does it take more than 1000 clicks/page views each to find the last 5 eggs šŸ˜± I've got no eggs the last 2 hours and clicked/viewed pages over 1000 times šŸ˜±

mythlight • 10 Apr 2018, 7:31 PM

@ian There's a glitch in the profile where bolded text isn't colored.

raindrops • 10 Apr 2018, 7:42 PM

@Ian Ok... so I thought I would give the event another try as U said it was adjusted. YEAH to U! Ty for that. It ended up being quite fun. Anticipation for the last egg...lol. šŸ˜Š Thats what I like bout cave. Ian & Team actually listen to the players. Hurrah to all of team cave!

cosmia • 10 Apr 2018, 7:52 PM

Much appreciated eggcave. ā¤ļø

love23bug • 10 Apr 2018, 7:58 PM

Found 12 so far - thanks, @Ian! It's definitely more fun now. šŸ˜Š

vos • 10 Apr 2018, 8:04 PM

After much pain have found 12. Feeding is so slow because of careful inspection. Still too hard imo.

veritaspunk • 10 Apr 2018, 8:05 PM

This was a bewildering event ... I've got 1 egg left after spending 2 hours finding nothing, less than a hr I find 4... The first egg I found was a Diminuaith & the last one I have to find is a Dilloton

aedia • 10 Apr 2018, 8:09 PM

@ethereality @icecloud101 I usually just hang around the thief shop and adoption center, or my notifications, since those pages are easier since there isn't too much text. šŸ˜Š

bellacyg • 10 Apr 2018, 8:36 PM

My IE is derpy so I find egg-hunting on there easier because there's only a little box where the eggs should be so I don't worry how 'faded' the egg is.

chaotic • 10 Apr 2018, 8:48 PM

Took a little under 10 Hours to complete....while I was at work for 9 of those hours lol (whoops). Must say this is the fastest I've completed one ^^ Good luck to all those who have yet to complete it. You got this!! ā¤

toplel • 10 Apr 2018, 8:48 PM

I think i'm hallucinating tiny eggs šŸ˜‹

skyfall4 • 10 Apr 2018, 9:23 PM

Omg I actually finished! ā¤ļø

minnie298a • 10 Apr 2018, 9:23 PM

Got mine done as well. Which is great for me as I lose reliable internet in 20 hours and I need to pack and sleep. Got my XC credits up to a level that they should be sustained for at least part of my not-a-holiday with dodgy wifi as well.

veritaspunk • 10 Apr 2018, 10:19 PM

@toplel I always do that for a week or so after events o_0

cokealoka • 10 Apr 2018, 11:28 PM

thanks for editing the transparency of those eggs! i like the new profiles, though i have to say i dont like that my bolded text gets converted to plain black, and i actually liked the overlay instead of the solid white on my profile creature

iris1929578 • 10 Apr 2018, 11:51 PM

Half of it to go, but I really want a release date ugh >_< guess Iā€™m finishing it tomorrow.

raccoon • 11 Apr 2018, 12:01 AM

Missed the release date by two eggs, darn errands took up my whole day.

maleficent • 11 Apr 2018, 12:21 AM

I was really glad once eggs were found they did not reappear. Took about 2 1/2 hours looking off an on with the last one taking the longest. Interesting creature šŸ˜Š

vos • 11 Apr 2018, 1:03 AM

At the moment, I have accumulated 834 credits in the click exchange. I have looked carefully at the profile of each egg and yet I have collected only 23/30 eggs. At this rate I'd need to process another 500 eggs. I don't think it should be this hard.

valorieviolet • 11 Apr 2018, 1:13 AM

I found 4 lol

isathebelle • 11 Apr 2018, 2:55 AM

Only 5 more to go! But so difficult to find any!

icedragon3000 • 11 Apr 2018, 3:12 AM

Is there a hint how to find the eggs?

veritaspunk • 11 Apr 2018, 4:19 AM

@vos For those that seek a challenge there should be a difficult option with additional rewards, but for those that want a more laid back rhythmic routine, an easier one ...I don't know how feasible a two-mode egg hunt would be to implement though.

chiroptera • 11 Apr 2018, 4:26 AM

How is everyone already done? I've been at it for 30 minutes and found none. Am I blind or just unlucky? Do they spawn on mobile?

katnisseverdeen426 • 11 Apr 2018, 4:31 AM

@chiroptera I found 6 in an hour. Try feeding different creatures and go to the Thief Shop and keep refreshing (I found two by refreshing it)

chiroptera • 11 Apr 2018, 4:34 AM

Welp, after refreshing the thief shop for 35 minutes i found my first one. I don't know if I have the time for this.

vos • 11 Apr 2018, 5:04 AM

Egg hunt seems harder this year. My hand hurts and it was not fun. For the time poor, I think there will be little chance of completion. I have nearly 1300 click exchange credits and fed separately too. My estimate is you need 50 refreshes/click/feeds ave per egg (=1500 in all).

chiroptera • 11 Apr 2018, 5:07 AM

@playermocha345 i had a lot of trouble finding the first few for some reason, but then the eggs came rolling in and now i have almost half of them. I guess i just got really unlucky at the start then.

mrsgiggles • 11 Apr 2018, 5:32 AM

I got mine all done by refreshing the Thief Shop for 3 to 4 hours. It gets harder after 20 eggs because they don't show up as often anymore. I had YouTube playing in the background while I did mine.

icecloud101 • 11 Apr 2018, 7:09 AM

the beginning and the end are pretty hard Tips enlarge your screen start feeding creatures (yours and others) archive scan wait 10-30 min before going to next egg listen to the egg (Fred) in the Egghunt HQ

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