darkSpyro

I am sure it is in the forum somewhere, but could someone tell me how long the skylanders are in the new hq's . Is it 6 hours like the houses? I am torn between getting shrines or both of the new hq's . I have enough to buy them both, however I am worried I won't have enough time to get the free magic shrine. I only have 400 gems and 4 days to complete the quest. What should I do? Thanks for the help.

You should easily have time to complete the HQ quest. The HQs are on 4 hour timers. You'll have to collect from them both 5 times before time runs out. If there's 4 days left, that really should be plenty.

Hard choice between 2 shrines (and 100 gems left over) or 1 shrine (as a reward) and the 2 HQs. The HQs definitely pay out lower than other houses (6-8,000 on average, I'd say). I chose the HQs myself but I also had enough gems to get some shrines, so I got a little of both. I also had 3 magic shrines already so the HQ quest gave me that coveted fourth.

I actually got enough gems to purchase the 2 hq's and probably still have enough time to get the shrine, so now I have to decide between the shrines and hq's. Shrines are nice, but I'm not all that worried about wish stones as I usually get more than enough in a month to get the alter ego plus get a Hall of Legends. I currently only have 3 Legendaries, so building up a bunch of those isn't that big of a deal, to me. I know the shrines would give me a daily bonus, but would it be worth more than the HQs? I doubt it. I know I must decide quickly. Has anyone gotten any gems out of the HQs after the initial collection? I know I had said before that my gem payout in houses were rare, anyway, but since then, they seem to have picked up (from 3 gems once a week, to 5 gems almost once a day or every other day from, at least, one of them).

I have gotten several gem payouts from the HQs. But, only one gem at a time.

To me, it is nice to have something for my regular skylanders to do. Even if the payouts are minimal, it is still more than them just walking around my islands.

I think the 2 HQs will give you roughly the equivalent payout of one giant house on a daily basis, assuming you collect the house 3x/day and the HQs 4x/day. Since the shrine quest comes attached to it, that's not a terrible deal.

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I have gotten several gem payouts from the HQs. But, only one gem at a time.

To me, it is nice to have something for my regular skylanders to do. Even if the payouts are minimal, it is still more than them just walking around my islands.

This is what I was thinking. I normally use Giants and alter egos, and rarely use any of my regular Skylanders. However, the only Giant house I have is Ninjini. I have one Hall of Legends and Grill Master Chop Chop's house. But unless I get a quest that comes with the shrine, I'm not particular about buying the houses. Since I feel like I can get better gold payouts using Giants (especially with Gigantus), I'm not sure I want to waste them on a house that might just give me energy or xp. If 2 HQs equal one giant house, then it does seem cheaper to just buy a house for 350. But with the shrine reward, that does bring the price down to 250 for the 2 of them. Plus I'll get to save my giants for adventures and sanctuaries instead of keeping them in a house.

This is the first time I've actually had this many gems (I'm over 400, now), so I'm a little anxious about spending them, but I was also that way when I spent 300 a couple of weeks ago, and somehow I gained gems back pretty quickly (though probably mostly due to the past 2 Super Tuesdays where Capybara helped out a lot with the chests).

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I also had 3 magic shrines already so the HQ quest gave me that coveted fourth.

THAT is the ballgame for me right there. There'll always be future opportunities to purchase shrines at a discount, but beyond three shrines, opportunities are now very rare since the wishing well disabled getting 'extra' shrines.

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I also had 3 magic shrines already so the HQ quest gave me that coveted fourth.

THAT is the ballgame for me right there. There'll always be future opportunities to purchase shrines at a discount, but beyond three shrines, opportunities are now very rare since the wishing well disabled getting 'extra' shrines.

I went with this idea and went ahead and bought the HQs. I only have a few shrines, but I'd rather have the gold payouts (even if they're small), for now. Plus getting a free shrine helps. I wouldn't have gotten them without it. Like you said, there will be other opportunities to get shrines @ 1/2 off. This will probably be the best deal, for now, on the HQs. I guess it's possible that they might go on sale sometime, but I don't think the houses ever have (although the Dragon Lair has).

Thanks everyone. I got the 2 hq's.