Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29787231-20170218131557

Well, I will start by saying that I unfortunately, was not able to find anything so conclusive to make me jump for joy. This is what I tracked...

Each friend (approx 70), what I may have sent them and what they sent me, what I received charging their rooms/trophies for 7 days. All of those notes and to find so little was very disappointing. There seem to be diferent algorithms at play. And myriad of variables. It seems too complex for my brain, LOL. However, I confirmed these observations which others on the forum have posted at diferent times. Here are the results...

I received between 29-42 CIs per day. The game gives you itmes on others WL, the game gives you items you have recently gifted. The day I got 42 CIs was a Friday and a firecrystal was running building energy while I visited- that may be significant. Some CIs appear multiple times and others come very infrequently. I have been playing for about 10 months and received the Cunning Disguise Nose only 3x BUT the Mayors Codex I got 3x in the 1 week of tracking. The 2 most valuable items I received came from long term friends who gift and visit daily. Charging rooms/trophies of inactive players also will yield CIs so that doesn't seem to be a factor. Gifting all 10 of your daily items in visiting does seem to yield more CIs. However I didn't receive more or better CIs in visiting by gifting them in visiting as was suspected, the days I gifted all 10 from the WL tab before visiting I received just as many (avg 34 per day).

Hope that helps somebody. I didn't find the Golden Ticket I was looking for (willie wonka reference, not a CI- LOL), but, some good info I guess. I will try the firecrystal thing again this week and get back to you. Have a great weekend all! 