In my opinion at least.
I am pleasantly surprised that there are loads of sanctuary animals and that they are very conveniently distributed near the sanctuaries. I just keep making the circuit every few hours or move onto a nearby sanctuary area and do another loop. My valley has collected 21 animals, 18 by me. I’m wondering whether others just gave up the moment they saw the 400 target. That’s a shame because I think now that goal would be readily attainable — WITHOUT diamond expenditure. I like the balloon deco (unlike many of the other transportation themed decos, this one would have looked nice in a corn field), but alas at this rate I won’t get it. Ah well.
As noted in another post on another thread, the key insight is that collecting animals greatly speeds up the number of tokens amassed as well. Two days in, I have 800/600/500, plus 115 each in my piggy bank. I too am just focuseing on animal collection.
I also confess I like the little lucky bonus game on the quest bar — though I drew the bomb after only the second card TWICE (once on my main farm and then on my baby farm). Made me laugh twice though. I dig the piggy with the black moustache — reminiscent of the old silent movies with villains twirling black mustaches, chain gang convicts in striped pajamas carrying black bombs that when ignited have flags that say “BOOM,” and Keystone cops who all pile into old black model T Fords that zoom around in circles. (A more modern take on that trope is in “A Christmas Story” when Ralphie fantasizes about getting the robbers in his back yard.)
As someone who has voiced disappointment earlier in this forum that the valley is a dreary place filled with monopoly houses, for the first time I am beginning to appreciate the potential to add successive layers of fun features to the game board. I hope more is to come. I’m starting to feel a hint of optimism.
