Personally extremely disappointed in this iteration of the promo, queenjessi is right, this promo is very time consuming, and all skill and technique has been removed completely. It is simply click click click until you drop the chest, and while purple chests give double the points of wooden chests, it doesn't really matter because you can't choose to keep or discard certain chests over others.

I was in a stark minority last time this promo was done, but I actually loved the elemental mine. I usually wait until the last weekend to spend passes on promos for economy's sake but I had so much fun that I bought elements before even the first weekend, and paid to finish the promo on the first weekend, because the technique and skill was so addicting! Yes, it was very expensive, and there was a bit too much luck in waiting to win the divine - but this new promo took away the good stuff as much as it did the bad.

This time, it will cost passes to buy the boosters to open the chests. Assuming the promo runs from update 1st Thursday, and until Sunday update the 3rd weekend, that gives us 19 days. Most of us won't stay up that late and will mess up sometimes with the timer, so lets bring that down to 18 days. 18 days X 24 hours = 432 hours. Since chests range from 12 hours to 24, but wooden are the most common, lets say the average chest is 16 hours. That means we get 27 free chests per slot, or 81 total over the course of the promo. Again, the points per chest range 2 - 4 points, lets average that to 3 points each. That means that we will only get 243 free points, plus the free points from the tutorial (I got 2 + 3 + 4 + 2 = 11). That is 254 points out of 560.

So we need to get 306 points on our own, which at an average of 3 points per chest is 102 chests. Each chest takes on average 4 boosters, so 408 boosters, and at 1 pass per pack of 10, 408/10 = 40.8 passes. Obviously this could vary widely, but that is my prediction. And that doesn't include any equus spent - because grinding this promo for 102 chests without spending equus seems darn near impossible. That's a pretty average pass cost (40 passes), and that's also what I spent on the last iteration of this promo. But I had much more fun last time.

The divine is super cool. But honestly, I don't think I want to spend the time on this promo that it will demand, and will likely wait until he comes out in a luck item. Unless I am missing some important detail that speeds it up? If so, please enlighten me.

Synopsis: Promo will cost about 40 passes and will be very time consuming. Equus can be used to speed it up but will not eliminate the need to grind 100 some chests. There is very little technique involved, and besides the name and "candy crush" aspect of the promo, is completely different from previous Mine promo.

The Insular Mine.

when will the insular mine event start?

In Norse mythology, Baldr (old Icelandic: Baldr, Latin: Balderus) is the god Ase of light, beauty, youth and love. He is the son of Odin and Frigg. His wife is Nanna, and their son Forseti. His domain is Breidablik, who is in heaven (or Sweden, according to the Ynglinga Saga), in a land from which evil is banished. Out of jealousy, the god Loki causes his death. Baldr is then sent to the world of the dead and Loki is punished for his misdeeds, precipitating the arrival of the prophetic battle of Ragnarok where the majority of the gods will perish. Nevertheless Baldr will be spared and with some other survivors he will take part in the revival.

and the new chimera

Taking a Vacation!

The celebration/candy contest comes back and takes you on a vacation! The principle remains the same, with a few adjustments.

Concept


The player is visited by kids that need 2 specific items to go on holidays. The player has to give them 2 items. The more they fit the kid's request, the more satisfaction points are given by the kid. Once you reach enough points, you with the divine horse.


Changes since last edition:


The theme (Airports & Vacations)

The items are vacation-themed (sunscreen, camera, etc)

There are no more curses from unsatisfied kids

There are flash sales but they have to be unlocked by completing the community goal

Players get additional items for completing a collection

If a player logs in 6 days in a row, they get extra items for the contest.



Winning the Divine

Collect 7400 satisfaction points to win Baldr.

My note. This is similar to the Halloween give candies to the kids promo we had last October.

Water Balloon Fight


The Water Balloon fight gets a complete make-over for this edition, especially in regard to the rankings and the gifts. There are still UFOs of water balloons flying around that contain gifts.

When you catch a UFO now you have to choose between:


keeping the gift and losing points in the rankings

throwing the UFO further to another player (declining the gift) and progressing in the rankings.

It is important that you choose so that you can receive UFOs again.

The content of the UFOs is different (and more interesting now.)

The number of points depends of the value of the gift.

You start with 0 points and the counter increases according to the choice you make. If you only choose to keep the gifts, you can get a negative point count.

Collect as many points as possible and climb the rankings to win:

1st to 5th: Hippogriff
5th to 10th: Mały and Golden Fleece
10th to 15th: 小さな and Golden Fleece
15th to 50th: Golden Fleece
50th to 100th: Golden Apple
100th to 200th: Achilles' Heel
200th to 500th: Medusa's Blood
500th to Xth: Apollo's Lyre

I'm so excited for another Chimera horse! The rhino is so cute!!

New Co-Management System


The co-management system is being adjusted to be safer and easier to use. It isn’t possible anymore to have several players logged in the same account at the same time.

All the details are explained in the changelog.

A. Adding a comanager -- works the same as previously

B. Activating the comanagement -- many changes

Players now need to activate comanagement on the profile menu when logging out if they want other players to access their account when they are away.
This activation lasts until the account owner logs in again and must be repeated everytime they log out.
If the player doesn’t come back earlier, it lasts for 30 days. Then the player has to activate it for 30 days again.

C. Connecting on another player’s account -- many changes

You now connect on another player’s account via the co-management on the account sharing page http://[yourversion.xx]/member/account/?type=partage

--Next to the list of players that gave you co-management access you have a “connect” button that you have to press to connect to the account.

--If it’s greyed out it’s either because: the owner hasn’t activated account sharing, the owner or another player is already logged in, or the player doesn’t have enough karma

--With this, there can be only one person at a time on an account.

--The account owner has priority, and will kick a co-manager out if they log in.

These are the UFO Balloon fight prizes

co-management, how is this supposed to make it safer? It simply means it will be harder for teams in general. People can't login to get horses anymore when they're stuck, or be online when they need to use fillers while the owner is doing something else on the account. I agree with activating but the rest seems illogical. We wouldn't be giving co-share to teammembers if we didn't trust them.. I don't see safety issues. Most co-shares are teamrelated and not 'unsafe' players.

I'm very disappointed to hear that the co-management system will be changing, as this makes it harder for each and every team to manage things. Many of the teams who put in hours and hours of work to produce better horses (which does trickle down to the other players as you can get decent skills and GP from the sales) yet none of that would be possible without co-management.
Many top teams backbreed, which means that mares will most likely get stuck if someone doesn't log in for a few days. With the new co-management system that means if I log in on mobile, I can't re-activate co-management without going to the classical version, which I don't always have time for.
Let's not even talk about filling, in order to fill a comp you have to have 5 horses from 3 different accounts. I know people that have multiple computers available in order to fill as fast as possible since people do enter in on top of you. How will this work for them?
Plus I've let people use my account to blup (something that was okayed by Contact Us) while I did something else (like farm). This new change will make it impossible to do that.

This doesn't seem like a way to make co-management "easier" this instead seems like a way to make it more difficult for teams to advance, which seems counter-intuitive to me.

I’m extremely disappointed by this suggestion. I’ve always thought that the co-management system could use some improvement, but I believe this change will make it much worse. If the suggested change were to be implemented, I believe it would severely change blupping for the worse. Many teams use their teammates’ accounts so that they can fill competitions, and blup much faster, and most of the time team mates login to each other's account while they are already logged in. Sure, you can blup without filling, but it makes things much more complicated, and it takes much longer. So I feel like this change would kill the blupping aspect of the game which I believe to be one of the biggest parts of Howrse.
As for what improvements I think would actually change co-management for the better, I think it would be great to be able to give specific permission groups to each player given co-management. So there could be different groups of permissions, like group A. group B, and group C. So for an example, Group C would only be able to manage the horses. Group B would be able to do the same as group C, and they would also be able to use BMIS, and manage the equestrian center. Group A would be able to do everything can co-managers could currently do, so everything groups C and B can do and then some. With a system like this it would make it more safe so that you can choose what other players have access to do, and I feel like it would be helpful if you are trying to make co-management safer.

I would like to say something concerning this co-manage feature.

Regarding the "this will make it safer", why I'm the almighty world would you give someone you don't trust co-manage? Like seriously though.

And for it to be easier to use? Oh my gosh it was so hard to put in their username...NOT. This is going to be more difficult.

Now the part that every time you log out you must reactivate the co manage button, like honestly I contender like reactivating that button 20+ times a day as I log out.

I personally use team members accounts for blupping, breeding, and filling. I use this while they on on sometimes. For them to say, you can't just this while they are on is disappointing.

This is the most upsetting and disappointing new feature that I have seen since 2014

Baldr is one of the Nordic divines.

Lift the veil that has descended on the Nordic worlds by winning points with rides to Asgard, Midgard and Niflheim. Take care when choosing which ride to go on!

When you get to 360 points, the veil is raised and Baldr gives you a prize:

1 x Black Orchid

This horse cannot be sold.

so with the water balloon fight, do you see what the prize is before you accept it?