Hello Franz,
Thank you for the kind words! I haven't played much coz I just got home but so far, my answers to your questions, as I have experienced them, are as follows. However, since this update seems to be terribly unstable, some people may have different experiences as mine, so my answers below may not be the norm.
1. Every time I try to charge a collection game crashes.
QV: No, I am not experiencing this. I tried to charge once and multiple times at a time, and it seems the waiting time is the same. Although I noticed that if I charge 10 at a time, the collections disappear for awhile but comes back after the regular wait.
2. The game is freezing and it takes forever to give and take gifts.
QV: Yes, I am experiencing a lot of freezing when it comes to anything concerning gifts. It freezes when I take gifts, whether new gifts or mystery gifts, and when I try to send gifts from the wall. The only time it doesn't freeze is when I send gifts from wish lists and from my box. However, it seems like you have to press more firmly to send them. Can't soft touch. This might be good though to avoid accidental sending as experienced by some in the past.
3. New update won't let me thank friends for gifts!
QV: Half true for me. I can send thank you gifts for new gifts. Mystery gifts now have a Thank button as well, but I can't seem to press it.
4. I was trying to get a whole bunch of gifts from friends, and the game crashed, and when I came back in, they were all GONE!
QV: I have crashed a couple of times but I didn't seem to lose my gifts.
5. And, why is the Services page blank? I can't enter friends' codes to get more diamonds to play more.
QV: I remember GI made an announcement that this was going to be disabled awhile back. I was actually surprised that the last update still had it. But I think GI gave us fair warning about this. So you can't add friends anymore but I still get invitations from those who haven't updated. So it seems you can still add them if you haven't updated, and your new friend can accept you even if that person has updated.
6. New update again and this time we can't use golden rose with other charms to speed up our energy.
QV: I used the golden rose with a phoenix and it worked. Also, artifact with elephant works. Still the same as last update, you can use one artifact and one charm together.
Other observations and comments that I got are:
1. When I first updated, the gift box seems to be in disarray, overlapping each other. I explored and reset, that seemed to fix it.
2. Sometimes the clock runs fast when exploring a room.
3. Flowers can no longer be sent from the box. Like robots, they have to be on the wish list for anyone to gift them, just like any collection item that can be purchased.
4. I have a friend who lost some of her diamonds when she updated. She sent a complaint to GI, no news yet on results.
These are what I have so far. I shall write if there are more observations. I hope you find these helpful!
Last edited by QueenVictoria on Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:45 pm; edited 1 time in total