darkSpyro

btw - I cannot visit anymore either. When I do, I am popped out of the game - and if I don't save often, I lose all progress. A bit frustrating . . .

I wouldn't expect a lot of posts from Activision in these forums. This is not an 'official' support channel for them. The fact they comment on these threads is a courtesy.

This major bug has been going on for 2+ weeks now. On Friday it will be 3 weeks.

And I do believe this is a major bug even though for many on this forum there is little impact because we are 40. Think back to how critical EotD was to gaining energy when you were just getting started.

The worst part of this is that the welcome tips all keep "teaching" players about the EotD and how shrines work when ironically, that part of the game is completely broken. Imagine how confusing it must be to be learning the game, buy a shrine and then get no bonus.

Well, progress of a sort I guess. It seems to be identifying the EoD for much longer than the previous two weeks when I press the XP progress bar, but the shrines are not glowing and still no wish stones. This is getting silly now - why do these things not get properly tested before release. I gave up on Ice Age Village because of the numerous unfixed bugs, and it looks like Lost Islands is going the same way - sadly.

Quote: Charred

This major bug has been going on for 2+ weeks now. On Friday it will be 3 weeks.

And I do believe this is a major bug even though for many on this forum there is little impact because we are 40. Think back to how critical EotD was to gaining energy when you were just getting started.

The worst part of this is that the welcome tips all keep "teaching" players about the EotD and how shrines work when ironically, that part of the game is completely broken. Imagine how confusing it must be to be learning the game, buy a shrine and then get no bonus.

Appreciate that Charred. I only found this site after searching Activision Community for several days and getting zilch. They just kept telling people to reinstall the game (when they responded at all). There is more information on this site than FB or Activision Skylanders Community combined (and then some I realize that some of you are Level 40 and maybe not impacted as much, but for those of us still trying to level up this has been a big mess. No EoD, no Kudos, the constant need to save (for me at least), the welcome tips that don't work - well, you know all the problems. I'll hang in there for a bit longer, but when frustration outweighs fun it will be time to move on.

Thanks to all of you who share the wisdom!

Quote: Charred

This major bug has been going on for 2+ weeks now. On Friday it will be 3 weeks.

And I do believe this is a major bug even though for many on this forum there is little impact because we are 40. Think back to how critical EotD was to gaining energy when you were just getting started.

The worst part of this is that the welcome tips all keep "teaching" players about the EotD and how shrines work when ironically, that part of the game is completely broken. Imagine how confusing it must be to be learning the game, buy a shrine and then get no bonus.

I kinda need that crop bonus! I was wondering why my "stockpile" of energy was slowly depleting, and the failure of shrines to work is why.

I find those welcome screens comical, but you're right that they're probably completely confusing to new players who aren't on this forum.

This is the generic response to lots of unhappy folks at the Activision Community site:

We appreciate you taking the time to post. We have forwarded the matter regarding the Element of the Day to the proper parties. Once we receive word back, we'll provide you with an update.


You can still get wish stones for doing other activities such as clicking on the snowmen (Nothing to see here) or activating the large element sanctuaries. The wish stones are random but can be collected within the game.


Regards ^AH

Okay so like this seriously still isn't fixed.

Guys seriously when is this gonna be fixed.

I could've had like a tooooon more stones by now but I don't. And it's irking my OCD so much.

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Okay so like this seriously still isn't fixed.

Guys seriously when is this gonna be fixed.

I could've had like a tooooon more stones by now but I don't. And it's irking my OCD so much.

*Picks up the record needle, moves it to the side, blows the dust off the record, then places the needle back on hoping it doesn't skip again*

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Quote: Amulet_Star

Okay so like this seriously still isn't fixed.

Guys seriously when is this gonna be fixed.

I could've had like a tooooon more stones by now but I don't. And it's irking my OCD so much.

*Picks up the record needle, moves it to the side, blows the dust off the record, then places the needle back on hoping it doesn't skip again*

Careful - you just about made me spit my coffee out all over my phonograph!

My guess is they fix it in the next Monday update at this point.

It is interesting there hasn't been any word from them or an update. I wasn't surprised they haven't fixed it, yet, though. It was obvious they weren't even in the office for the last couple of weeks. I assumed they would be back this past Monday. I also said I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't an update, this week, or if there was, it would be something that was ready to roll before they left and not ready to fix any bugs that have been in the game for the past couple of weeks. It's possible they didn't have an update ready and still need another week to get it ready. Or maybe they did and they decided to hold off until they can release bug fixes along with it. It's also possible that we could still see an update later this week. They have released minor updates (usually for bug fixes) later in the week. And even the last big update was on a Friday. So who knows? It would be nice if Advisor_Orville gave us some word, even if it was just "we know of the issue and we're working on it." I'd take his word over those on facebook as most facebook pages are just ran by their social media people and only spit out a generic response and may or may not pass on the information. Advisor_Orville actually seems to work with the devs in communicating what's going on. I understand bugs can't always be fixed quickly, so a word of "we're working on it" or even if they said "it may be a while as we try to narrow down the problem" would be nice. But there's nothing we can do but sit back and wait. Sorry to those who are new to the forum, especially to those who are new to the game and confused as to what's going on. But there have been so many people making the same complaint, it's gotten tiresome. So I hope my "broken record" comment was taken out of finding humor in it all and not making fun or complaining about the repeated comments, even if I am a bit annoyed by them, at this point .

If feel you are seriously effected by this bug, please take a look at the workaround I posted, it is relatively easy to do, and will get you going until they fix it.

to summarize:
1) go offline (airplane mode)
2) turn date back 1 day
3) launch game
4) turn date back to today
5) launch and play game

You cannot visit friends or buy gems while offline.

For more details read my previous post (page 2)

Or use your phone as a phone.

The thing I find most strange is that they have been putting shrines on sale like crazy when, uh... they don't work right now?

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The thing I find most strange is that they have been putting shrines on sale like crazy when, uh... they don't work right now?

There really was only one day when the shrines were on sale. The rest have been personal offers that not everyone gets. They're random from day-to-day and person-to-person. All these were programmed in before the developers left on vacation. They decided to release a huge software update (that also included programming to release automatic updates for a couple of weeks) right before they went on holiday vacation. That update broke element of the day. Since they included 2 weeks worth of updates, it was assumed they wouldn't even be in the office until this week. So, yeah, sales on shrines (whether it be the one day they were 75% off or the personal offers) were included with that update, but they didn't know the element of the day would be broken. With the assumption that they would be back this week, I'm surprised there hasn't been any word from them. I didn't even expect them to get an update out (unless it was a bug fix update towards the end of the week) as the normal update is on Monday or Tuesday. They wouldn't have had time to fix the problem, unless it happened to be something simple (which I doubt). But I'm still surprised they haven't even acknowledged it. I know they aren't officially tied to this forum, but they have always been nice enough to come on here and communicate with us, knowing it's a huge place for players to come to.

I'm getting tired of this being the only thing to talk about around here.

I really hope the devs come out with a new update for next week that includes some neat new things. AND fixes this bug already!

Seriously. And 3 weeks now.

What has me down is that the EotD breaks up the routine. On fire days you do different things than water days, etc.

I've been doing the same thing for 3 weeks now.

Quote: Charred

Seriously. And 3 weeks now.

What has me down is that the EotD breaks up the routine. On fire days you do different things than water days, etc.

I've been doing the same thing for 3 weeks now.

Agreed.

Maybe I am OCD or something but I took it as an opportunity to level up the newbies and stragglers.

Started at life and worked my way to tech till all were level 12, then 13 then 14. i am still working on 15but doing it more slowly.