issues with the September event
Hello! I have experienced firsthand & witnessed the struggle to get JB, I understand it's only been a day (as I'm writing this) but the numbers are SO low for so many people I feel something has to be said.

- please note this will be pretty lengthy so in summary; lack of encounters and jewel beetles.

So, even with it being day one I have seen countless people stating how hard it is to get jewel beetles. I'm only making 5-15 JB per energy bar; which is simply just not enough. I've used over 10 bars of energy on BOTH of my accounts and only made 200-something jewel beetles, with other events this number would be a lot higher. for September is such an important event, there's a serious lack of jewel beetles per encounter- the current max of being 4. there is ONLY three encounters that give 3 , and ONE encounter that gives 4. for how rare encounters are right now, a lot of people are only getting 5-10 per energy bar, I know this number doesn't seem that low, but considering it takes 2 hours to refill your energy bar (assuming you're not using an energy item) this number is seriously low.
Most people do not have the luxury of being able to spend hours on Lioden, it's just not enough.

Even with the daily quest pool from the Harbinger, it STILL wouldn't be enough.

Therefore; I propose either decreasing the rarity of encounters, increasing the amount of for encounters, OR both.

I truly do love this event, & the community around it but spending over 10 hours on lioden isn't doable for a LOT of people.

I will be adding to this, any feedback is GREATLY appreciated. and if you don't support please tell me why! I would love to see this from all perspectives. I will listen to every opinion.

Update 9/3/24
Taking feedback, both negative and positive I've received & seen on other threads, there are a few more things I'd like to touch on.

- What about the market? I believe that the market for GMOs/gnaws will ALWAYS be there. being some of the most valuable breeding items for projects, increasing the encounters or amounts would barely affect the market (at least in my opinion)

Another issue I have with September is the lack of encounters as a WHOLE. (there being around 40-ish encounters- excluding the omens.) & only 23 of those give jewel beetles. compared to other events, this number is low. October has 43 regular encounters & an additional 10 rabies-only encounters. Almost all of these give blood beetles.

- more encounters would be a good solution to the lack of JB.

Update 9/8/2024

the game is becoming increasingly harder to play as a more experienced player, every day is the same with the lack of new *fun* content & the game seriously needs a change, more and more people are quitting every day with the decreasing markets - gons & pons used to be worth over 200 GB, and would sell, but now they've gone under 190 and barely get any interest. there are too many base applicators with only 3 skin applicators. RLCs are going down in value & are ALSO harder to sell because of how they're not worth owning anymore even the rarer lines.

The change of decor and backgrounds in the prophet shop is nice, but it's not enough- this is by no means to poke at the MODs & artists, as I understand they're doing a lot already- but the game is at a threat here. in recent times I've noticed fewer and fewer players being online, while just last year there'd be over 2000 players at any given time. there are a lot of things that need to be changed, and If they're not fixed soon enough I feel like the active players will only decrease even more.