Vesta stacks (adds up) with the 50% buffs
50% from promo + 50% from vesta = 100% no food upkeep
Meanwhile, vesta extends past the 100% promo buffs cuz there's no sense in stacking (adding) 50% to 100% since 150% is still free food.
Vesta stacks (adds up) with the 50% buffs
50% from promo + 50% from vesta = 100% no food upkeep
Meanwhile, vesta extends past the 100% promo buffs cuz there's no sense in stacking (adding) 50% to 100% since 150% is still free food.
Last edited by Melri; 03-17-2012 at 08:44 AM.
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A lot of the recent promos have been 100% free upkeep, not 50%. Therefore, if the vesta doesn't pause, it's a wasted purchase.
Furthermore, whether people buy the buff directly or not, they buy the buff on the premise that it will give them free upkeep for a certain number of hours. If Evony is changing this, i.e. moving to a specific time period rather than a given number of hours, they should advertise the change accordingly.
If you looked at the hours of vesta you had active before adding the no upkeep buff, you would see that the no upkeep buff adds the same amount of hours to the Vesta's blessing buff. Which means you are not losing any of your 50% upkeep with Vesta active.
The fact that they offer the buff between a certain time does not mean it should expire after that given date. It means you can only apply it during that time and for that max amount of time. Whats the point of buying something that wont stack with other "promos".
And to the comment about buffs expiring when in holiday mode. I holiday during the week because I have a J O B. I can only truely play during the weekends. I dont want to allow my account to get ravaged while im at work and undefended. I have put a lot of time and energy into my account to let that happen. Not everyone that holidays are botters and cheaters. Truth be known. They "PROMO" during these times to get people to coin up. But then they let other promos run at the same time. Thats not giving me what I paid for and in my eyes a ripoff and false advertisement. No where does it say that it will expire, run simultaniously, or not pause during holiday mode. In fact when you first goto login in. One of the "bug fixes" displayed is "food consumption under VACATION mode".....
Give us what we paid for Evony. Fair and Square!
Last edited by DeathBlow89; 03-17-2012 at 12:27 PM.
Additionally, I already had a food buff for zero hours. When I coined up for the stew and slaped on a vesta. It did nothing. No additional time. Just a waste of money and a scam. Granted I used 8 vestas and didnt realize the buff was only for 5 days. So that I take credit for wasting 3 vestas. ($30 now since u can buy them directly). But seeing as I already had 120+ hours of zero upkeep. Then I bought a package thinking Id get additional free upkeep like the rest of my COINING alliance. Slapped on 5 + vestas to make it 0 upkeep. That technically makes $30 + $50 to watch it do nothing but tick away. An $80 ripoff that in my opinion makes Evony an online scam artisit if this isnt fixed. Maybe my entire alliance needs to file claims against Evony with PayPal for not giving us what we paid for and file complaints with the B.B.B.
Last edited by DeathBlow89; 03-17-2012 at 12:48 PM.
Be quick though, because Irish Stew can only be used from March 17th through March 21st!
From the system mail about it. It never states any number of hours that it will apply for, just 2 dates that it will be active between. Nearly every promo item has stated that it expires after a certain date. In this case i dont think it has.
Please point out where it states it will not expire, not run simultaniously, or pause during holiday mode. The fact that they say it can only be used between 2 dates suggests strongly that it will expire...yes you have to read it to see that bit.
Nor does it say it WILL run during other buffs and not pause during vacation/holiday mode. That argument can go both ways! This is how it has been for years since I began playing this game. Now all of the sudden it changes. Do I need a lawyer before purchasing coin on this game? Every buff has paused for years now. The whole idea of vacation/holiday mode IS to pause your account. So has Evony changed something and not told us about it? Does everything have to be spelled out. Where is the fine print I did not read?
Actually the mail states:
"Irish Stew keeps the troops well fed, so they will only consume 50% of their usual amount of food for 24 hours! You can use additional Irish Stews to further extend this buff up to 5 days! Be quick though, because Irish Stew can only be used from March 17th through March 21st!"
Thus meaning it can only be activated during that time for a max of 5 days. It only states that any unused items will expire.
"When you make a $30 purchase, you'll also receive Vesta's Blessing! Vesta's reduces the amount of food your troops consume by 50% and you can use it at the same time as Irish Stew for a 100% reduction! Hungry no more!"
How can this be zero upkeep when I already had zero upkeep and it did NOT add any time to it and is allowing both the already free upkeep to run while in itself never applied any 0 upkeep at all. This is a classic case of false advertisement.
Last edited by DeathBlow89; 03-17-2012 at 02:57 PM.
I know that this was not an issue when the milk and cookies buff was running, the vestas I had did not continue to count down after I applied milk and cookies. I was saving 2 days of 100% no food by holidaying my account, I had to get some real life business taken care of and stayed in a few weeks. I took my account out of holiday yesterday and attacked 2 people who immediately truced. My reasoning on using holiday to stockpile the food buff is really not anyone's business, and I paid to use that option. I have placed my account back into holiday until I hear Evony say they have fixed this bug, as it actually is a bug.
I can tell you this however, I will not be purchasing any more promotional packages if this isn't fixed. Why waste my money? I was actually going to purchase one today but have decided against it.
FYI:
YOU don't get the food buffs, every one else in your alliance does :P
Even if you buy 0 packages or 100 packages, you yourself will never get an irish stew, valentine's candy, or milk and cookies.
FYI vesta doesn't pause with 100% milk and cookies anymore. the milk and cookies time is ADDED to your vesta time.
Last edited by Melri; 03-17-2012 at 11:47 PM.
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