Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35315474-20180502213029/@comment-35315474-20180503211118

Mimijpa wrote: Yes, once you have a low stock many others would be low accordingly, I wonder why. I’m so 😱 scared. I can help sending more passes, but 500 gift box issues. Please tell me what to do, how many you need when. Sometimes it is easier for me to follow your directions. Mimi, I started sending out passes to those who asked for them in their names rather than sending to all (I'll still send to all later). That way I could send more of their needed passes to those specific people.

I was thinking of sending 50 of their desired passes to them, but then realized that could bomb their giftbox. So I decided to try it this way: If I did not see TY gifts coming back from them, then they were busy and I needed to stop. If I did get TY gifts from them, then they got them and their giftbox can take more.

So how many do I need? Oh, wow. Let's see... I started with 1,500 and in just one night, I was down to less than 100. How many hours do you want to devote to send me Scarlet Lanterns?! 😂 Seriously, send whatever is comfortable for you and works with your regular gifting. I know I'll get more Scarlet Lanterns in time. It was just an eye-opener to see how quickly they were used up!

BTW, as some of you may have noticed, I can send Scarlet Lanterns even though I'm not high enough level for them. I'm been working my heart out to level up to send better passes (I can send Raindrops now!!), but the level for Scarlet Lanterns is just too high. So, yes, I paid to open them up.

After running out myself, I realized that other players who started around the time I did or just before would find themselves in the same bind I'm in. The room is open for me (from the event), but the passes would not drop while I played other rooms and there are NO collections I could use to get them that way. That made me completely dependent on the wonderful friends I have on here. And that dependency would continue for a very long time. Meanwhile, I could not reciprocate. Here I was asking for CIs from the Moon Court, but I can't even send passes to help anyone get those CIs!

So... I came to decide the Scarlet Lantern passes are different than other passes (although I recognize Flower Water is similarly different, the CIs that come from that room give items that can be obtained from other rooms). I am a strong believer in doing for myself what I can, as well as joining in to give back to those who have given to me (not tit-for-tat, but the general act of giving, including passing it forward).

I'm also more focused on sending passes to those who need them. Earlier, I TTed to send 25 of any pass my friends requested in their names (I would have sent more, but didn't want to bomb their giftbox). I know I won't be able to do that every day, but I will definitely be more aware and try harder to send passes.

Also a thought to those who are lower level and do not yet appreciate the need for passes – consider this. If you put up CIs on your WL, how did the friend get that CI to give you? Sure, some of the CIs may have been gifted to them, but someone had to search the rooms to get it in the first place. If players cannot search certain rooms because they don't have enough passes, then how can they get the CI you want? Again, it's not tit-for-tat, but more of an overall spirit of giving.

The needs for certain items in the game changes as a player levels up. I used to beg for every Nut and Elf I could get, and now I have plenty. Now I'm begging for passes. I can only imagine what I'll be needing as I level up further! 😊