Zombie advice

[Quinney]

46 minutes ago, Alrexwolf said:

I am literally going to scream.

 

Like, 6 dragons. 5 dodges. Is this NORMAL or am I doing something wrong ;;

No, it's normal...

[Astreya]

@Alrexwolf

I had 9 dodges this time. There is a reason I have a whole group with dozens of Zombie sacrifices. My absolute record was 14 dodges, by the way.

 

[Su_Halcon]

Is this not up-to-date anymore?

" It is important to note that dead eggs and hatchlings will still count toward any limits for up to 24 hours following their death. "

Because I was egg/hatchie-logged 24/24, but got 4 slots with the dead of 4 hatchies. I thought I have to wait 24 hours now.

[Astreya]

@Kiwiana

Somewhere above someone already explained the problem - if you actively kill hatchies (using the kill action), they count. If you let them die by letting time run out, they don't count.

[Soulsborne]

I won't go all out on my first zombie try (this Halloween) but I've just killed 5 adults (1 avoided, so technically 6 tries). Maybe I'll get lucky and 1 will become a zombie (didn't have more than 6 I would want to kill so that'll be all for this Halloween)

[Ruby Eyes]

With the dodging reset, does anyone know if this is already in effect?

 

[Alrexwolf]

I finally managed to slay 5 xenos @_@ 

 

Dang dodging fodder. I remember why I only do this once a year omg

[osean]

Managed to kill my four with only 15 dodges this time.

[Belisar]

21 minutes ago, Ruby Eyes said:

With the dodging reset, does anyone know if this is already in effect?

 

Would be interesting to know indeed! I had some spares that I was able to kill when the dodges kicked in - but I have 2 more dragons that reallyreally need to die on Halloween.

 

[Gryphonic]

4 or 5 dodges, 5 kills; better odds than I was expecting.  Now I just need to remember to revive them in time.  Posting this now so I have a time reference.

[GhostMouse]

6 Dodges, 5 Kills, several fogged hatchlings set to run out of time starting today...

[Aqub]

9 dodges, 5 kills.... I didn't realize that dodging was so prevalent, I really hope I can kill 5 on Halloween also with how much they dodge  It would be great to know if the dodging timer has been reduced from a day yet!

[HeatherMarie]

4 dodges, 5 kills. I had to scramble to unname some older dragons in my 'possible zombie fodder group' to use them because 2 out of 3 of my Wingless fodder dodged. 

[Quinney]

I'm desperately trying to get a Xeno, have been for months.  I just had four dodges with my five kills earlier.

[Tetelestai]

Good luck to all! Seems like I had less dodges this year than I did last year.

[Rememberdrgns]

3 doges only for me. Beginners’ luck?

[Guillotine]

Only three dodges, which is... niiice?? I guess? Since there's still time for me to get a successful shiv in?

 

Still not looking forward to see them all disintegrate on Halloween. Or the work/scroll limits involved in gathering the zombaby potentials.
 

[Kurokosworth]

Going to try for some kills now! Fingers crossed for as little dodges as possible

 

Edit: So far 3 kills, 11 dodges sigh

Edited October 18, 2018 by Kurokosworth

[Su_Halcon]

17 hours ago, Ruby Eyes said:

With the dodging reset, does anyone know if this is already in effect?

 

oh this would be really nice to be in effect, more kills, lesser cooldown etc. - can someone remind TJ, perhaps he forgot

 

I must have been really lucky with only 1 dodge seeing the numbers of the others now o.O

Edited October 18, 2018 by Kiwiana

[Aqub]

Should the dragons be revived at any time on Halloween, or should it also be night time to maximize the chance of getting a zombie?

 

[Soulsborne]

24 minutes ago, Aqub said:

Should the dragons be revived at any time on Halloween, or should it also be night time to maximize the chance of getting a zombie?

 

Ideally during the night --> (the following quote is from the "Zombie plans for Halloween 2018" thread)

On 10/18/2018 at 9:13 AM, Mangrit said:

Halloween night = the very early hours of Oct 31 (0:00am - 6:00am on the 31st). So Oct 30 to Oct 31.

[Aqub]

@Soulsborne Okay, thanks!  I'll do it then anyway so I can try for zombies ASAP, but its a little odd 6pm to midnight on the 31st doesn't also count as Halloween night... is it because the early hours are traditionally a more scary/cursed time so that's when zombies are most likely to be made? 

[Belisar]

Of course is 6pm to 11:59pm on the 31st nighttime

I guess they were referring to the morning nighttime too, when the earliest chance is happening. 

 

And NO one knows (except that one admin there... oh what's his name... ;p), if on Halloween, night time even stacks up on the increased Halloween chance. We just don't wanna mess with our luck Zombies are visible all day.

[Confused Cat]

Two years ago TJ said there are "four tiers of success chance":

 

To me this reads like the time of day doesn't matter on Halloween. (I'll probably still try during nighttime, just in case.  )

 

 

[natli]

A year or two ago, I asked the same question, and somebody (TJ?) replied that the time of day does not matter on the 31st or the Halloween. Of course, I cannot find that post right now.

But since then I've never bothered to wait for the night (I only try on 31st) and had a fairly good success rate.

Edited October 21, 2018 by natli