hello peridot! we found your blog recently so we figured we'd reach and say hello (namely our pink pearl and eternal sugar fictives wanted to say hi) :}
how's the cookie run kingdom management going? also here's the small bits of advice (if its worth anything) we can give: from what we've gathered, the jelly bear train and tree of wishes seem to be the most consistent way to get aurora rarities (the fancy purple objects used for upgrading the cookie castle and such), but there are also a few landmarks you can buy that produce one per day passively! (i believe there's 2 of them); if wood shortages are still a problem, in the shop tab there's a few structures you can buy that automatically produce the base materials needed to make everything (most of them cost a few dollars of actual money, BUT the wood one is 1200 crystals!)
that'll be all for now, but we hope your and everyone else's day goes well ^^
How kind. I'm always happy to speak to other Gems, and of course any Cookies who feel like interacting. Is this Pink Pearl the same one who is called "Volleyball", or a different Pink Pearl? Just asking to be polite, I don't want to assume anything. As for Eternal Sugar Cookie, I'm flattered she would want to interact.
It goes very well. The summer event teased by the interactable near the... I can't check at the moment, but I believe it's near the docks. The ones that set out for the Tropical Soda Islands--that sent us into a bit of a frenzy, getting things upgraded and supply chains running efficiently. It's still a struggle, but I believe we have a satisfactory amount of goods for the coming event. Even so, I continue trying to produce them, despite how long they take. The laboratory has research available to speed them up, but those are expensive, so they take time.
Yes, we do our best to load the Bear Jelly Trains as quickly as possible, even if it means buying things from the Seaside Coin Market, and we usually get two of the Tree of Wishes' daily chests (the third one doesn't seem nearly as rewarding for the amount of resources it demands). Aurora Rarities are too often in short supply, so it helps to get them frequently. I believe the landmarks you're referring to are the Vanilla Sanatorium and the Raspberry Chateau. We already own both and have them fully upgraded, and while they aren't the fastest, I do agree that they're useful, since they provide a constant (if slow) supply of Aurora Rarities.
I don't believe we're having any struggles with wood anymore. We're always able to produce the tools we need when we need them, and the carpentry shop often relies on different materials we don't have, but not wood. I was aware of those buildings, but the host believes it isn't worth spending our money on. If one is available for crystals as you say, though, I will certainly look into it. Thank you for letting me know.
Since we're on the topic of advice, I figure I'll share some of my own. We'd been suffering a shortage of gold recently, and one of the largest drains on it was producing raw materials. Our funds couldn't maintain producing everything at maximum capacity, and neither could our storage. Fortunately, I found a solution. First, I set a limit for every raw material--specifically 1500, but even that seems to be more than we need. Then, in the production dashboard, I disabled every building except for the ones that produce raw materials. In the remaining buildings, I enabled every quantity/time of material. Lastly, I set the auto-produce to prioritize longest time, then lowest quantity. By doing this, I can simply press the button to produce all the raw goods we need, and it will optimally fill the queue to put us exactly at my set limit, but it leaves me free to set our goods and tools production manually, which is the part I enjoy. Since then, I've found that using this method has saved us a lot of gold, which we've been using for other things (primarily building cookies for different purposes; I enjoy the process of optimization, and my host enjoys seeing big numbers).
I hope your day goes well too, and I look forward to any future interactions we may have.
