May 16, 2013

60 Silky Anteaters: The Good and the Bad

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By now many players are have reached Part 10 of the May-Hem Limited Time Mission. The second objective is causing issues. The task at hand it to loot Silky Anteaters from the Arena. It seems straight forward enough but anything involving the Arena leads to problems. Those with poor internet connections can’t even do this task. Those without a ton of stamina are finding it difficult. The Silky Anteaters just aren’t dropping at a very good. Many are required to get 60 and that seems a little extreme even for Zynga.

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The Silky Anteater is a Stranger’s Swag item from generation 18 and was offered to players on April 14th [1], [2]. If you collected them than you will start out with 5 items but they won't count towards the Mission.
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To get Silky Anteaters for the Mission, you just need to fight in the Arena as you normally do. There seems to be a difference in drop criteria between the 100 and 500 Arenas. Players who do the 100 Arenas are reporting that for every 3,000 stamina spent, they get 1 Silky Anteater. I only did 500 Arenas and got 1 in about every 3 fights regardless how much stamina I spent but I average between 30-75K per fight. I don’t really have advice on how to get these items any faster.
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The good news is that this item is helpful to most players. Each item increased my defense by +7 so I was happy to need 60 of them. Once you get the required number, they will stop dropping so there is no need to wait to collect your rewards.
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For some, doing a hundred Arenas or so isn’t a big deal but to many it is. Zynga should really review their own set criteria for task requirements [1].  They shouldn’t expecting players with little stamina or Arena bugs to acquire so many items. It’s excessive and it would totally suck to come so far and not be able to finish the Mission. This is after all a game and it should be fun for all players. Contrary to Zynga’s wishes, the Arena is not for everyone. Until all players can utilize it, there should be backup options for some of these Mission tasks.
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25 comments:

  1. i get 5 per arena fights with 7k stam

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  2. I have 6.5K stam and i got 5 of them in every round... lucky me :)

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  3. hahahaha i got 28 in 1--- 100 arena when only spending 2004 stamina, might be better server drop rates not player based drops

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  4. Thanks everyone. I guess it appears some accounts drop them better than others.

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  5. boring is having a secret district open and for mission purpose having to loot 60 OPEN AIR FROM JOB "SELL 'POWER UPS' AT SCHOOL" IN LONDON.cost from each click 1240, my energy pool...3175. i can only click twice by lvl and thats just click but no...they ask to loot

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  6. I have been doing this part of the Mission for the past three days using all my stamina in several runs and yet I still have only 31 of the darn things!

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  7. I've gotten a lot of inbox messages and have seen many post about their struggles with this. What Gloria is saying seems to be happening to a lot of players. Looks like it's not across the board. Took me a lot of Arenas to get them.

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  8. In previous missions the drop rate was very divided within my family, some, and that were mostly the stronger ones, struggled to get any loot drops while I got mine in 1 or 2 arenas. Haven't started on this one yet, but honestly, there is a difference between having to get 10 or so and trying to get 60, not really looking forward to it as I don't like the arena at all.

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  9. 4 days so far doing this task using all stamina (11,085) and including stamina collected twice daily from properties and stamina packs. Result so far only 31 of the items!

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  10. Been on this starting my 3rd day, once I get about 110-120 ices from fighting, I switch to arena, and using all my stamina (a tad under 7,300), boosts, stam packs, I now have 45.

    Earlier this morning, I used a stam refill during an arena to give me a boost so I could level, and only got 3 to drop using in excess of 16k stamina.

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  11. I have just under 9000 stamina and I get between 1 and 5 per arena fight. I use around 3000 in each arena. I find I get closer to 5 when I come in first. Not enjoying this at all. I do not like feeling forced into the arena - it is getting old fast. The only use I have found for it is using up stamina that would go to waste if I fought.

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  12. UHGGG... LOL I've been stuck on Part 9 trying to get the stupid 60 Open Air's I need for 6 days now. Freakin ZYNGA!!! :P It's a good thing I'm addicted to this game. ;)

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  13. this aspect of collecting the anteaters fits into helping my mafia by getting my damage, it is no big deal going to fight in the arena anyway so what's the big deal I say

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  14. I've been stuck on 18 for 3 days now. This is crazy. And I have 51k stamina.

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  15. OMG I cannot get past part 9 & the collecting of 60 "open air" from that high-NRG job. I can only do the job 4 times per level & the drop rate is pure crap. I have leveled 4 times & done the job 16 times & gotten ZERO of them several times! So I think that part of the mission is a bit extreme also...

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  16. "Contrary to Zynga’s wishes, the Arena is not for everyone. Until all players can utilize it, there should be backup options for some of these Mission tasks." Will this be the chance Zynga has been looking for to get everyone to use RPs to finish a mission? It only takes 90 to bypass the requirement [sarcasm].

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  17. Makes no difference on my account to do any of the 100 arenas...only got my first when i switched to the 500 arena...LMAO! Zynga does this on purpose...good luck for some players to finish it in time. As usual Zynga makes people mad and they quit the game. They are awesome...NOT!

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  18. It's funny, this post shows up and I get all of mine in about 30 arena's. Amazing!

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  19. On the 100 Arena's I'm only getting 2, but on the 500 Arena's I'm getting 5

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  20. I consistently got 7 Silky Anteaters per arena using my regular stamina of 12 700 + I always do the 100 arenas although I am thrown in with respect levels between 20 and 22K..they are so busy killing each other off that I often end up 1st or 2nd!

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  21. Ok this post does not fit here, but i will post it. I have just try to built from my properties and notice new items added with better specs. This is for chop shop weapons depot ,armory and zoo. From level 11 and up items have change now have stats of about 180 either attack or defense.

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  22. Well, the open airs was pretty easy, just a few hours then some sleep before the last 6 of them, i only have just above 10k energy and the ant eaters drop with 5 per arena for me or 8 in the first one where i had more then my usual 13k stamina, so in 5 arenas i now have 28 of them, easy peasy.

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  23. I got 4 per 10,000 stamina

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