Special Christmas Chests and Keys
My only beef with this whole process is the fact that each key only opens one Chest.
Considering that buying a package means you've given Evony $30 to buy the key, the gifts you get from the other players should be able to be opened using that key. This is, sadly, not the case, you have to buy a full $30 package to get *1* Key, and this key is used to open the Package that YOU bought.
Basically this means that the gifts that you gave out are a farce. They cannot be opened.
Now, if Evony offered to allow the purchase of the Key's only for a small price ($2-5) or if (God forbid) they allowed each key to open as many Chests as you could get during this 5-day period, I wouldn't feel cheated.
As it stands, the reality doesn't live up to the promise. Which is really my problem with it. They have offered something and been deceptive in delivering. They didn't have to offer it and we didn't have to buy it, but we did (I did).
I just wish that they would follow through with what they are advertising. If another player bought a package and included my name as a recipient based on Evony's holiday deals, then I would expect that that gift should be accessible to me as a GIFT. If Evony wanted to go one step further and charge $5 to get a key to open all those gifts, I think I would grimace and say... "OK". Or if Evony said you are required to buy a $30 package to obtain a key which would open your gifts, I would probably grumble and do so, provided that I got my purchase items and a key that would open all of those gifts...
The sad reality is that not one single "GIFT" was ever opened. Because every key that was PURCHASED was used to open the Chest that the purchaser bought.
Bottom-line for me (and for the vast majority of the players) is that we are NOT getting what is advertised. I am grateful for the holiday gifts and the packages offered, but I wouldn't feel cheated if every "deal" they offer didn't come out shady.