Popular Post Azurablue Posted June 10, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2014 It's official - I hate the Coincidence! I got this RE, just a few minutes after doing The Coincidence daily that lost my Battledome fighting pet 3 Strength points (again): "The incessant mewing of a Mutant Kadoatie drives you completely mad, and you give its owner 5,135 NP to take it away!" That does it. I really HATE this new daily and the new REs. I haven't had any good ones with the minor exception of one that gave me a couple of hundred NP for a bank error in my favour. I have lost a ridiculous number of defense, strength and HP for my main pet, not to mention a ton of money in items and in REs like this one. It's making me consider quitting NeoPets altogther for a while, just to preserve my NP and stats. This is NUTS. Occasionally, I used to get a minor item now and then, maybe a few coins.... Once in a while, something would come along and steal a few NO or something, but it was never a big deal. Not anymore. It's been nothing but bad luck. :grrr: I hope The Coincidence gets hit by a meteor cruising past Kreludor. I hope mutant alien space pirate aishas dock with it and gut it completely for parts. I hope that rabid kadoties from the planet Pheed'mee-morr invade the ship and eat everything in sight. I hope that a curse from the catacombs hits a mirror, reflects it into space and smacks right into The Coincidence, changing all the wiring to licorice strings and all the mechanical doodads into triple chocolate cheese wheels. I hope one of Jhudora's evil spells goes awry and turns the entire ship into a giant dung mote. (That last one would be a step up from what it is right now.) :skull: Sorry, everyone. Just needed to rant. ^_^ Oh, and did I mention.... I hate The Coincidence? *snort* patricebee, .Brianna., Angeló and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnriqueQ Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I actually gave up on this daily some time ago, it wasn't being cost-efficient at all and it was rather stressful to be honest. Azurablue and Screaming_Peasants 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurablue Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 I actually gave up on this daily some time ago, it wasn't being cost-efficient at all and it was rather stressful to be honest. Stressful. Good word. That and frustrating. ;) This post has been edited by a member of staff (Spritzie) because of a violation of the forum rules. Please keep your posts at 7 words or above. Please check your user inbox to see if you have been contacted regarding this incident, then review our rules. EnriqueQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxen Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 ... That was the best neopets rant I've ever read. I'm sorry you've been having such crap luck with the coincidence! I did as well so I haven't done it in a long time. If they start giving out avatars again though, I'm doin that thing EVERY. DAY. Screaming_Peasants and .Brianna. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamppost Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I find I mostly get nothing from the Coincidence. My rule of thumb is to complete the "quest" only if each item is worth less than 1,000 NP. ravensrequiem27, Mouseykins and jennybean 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_lady_j Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I, similarly, will check in every now and then and if it's not too expensive (under 1,000 NP) then I'll give it a whirl. But, honestly, even then, it's ALWAYS been a negative effect. I've pretty much given up on it -- the possibility of winning a retired avatar being it's only redeeming factor -- but, it's really not worth it at this rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelperk Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I only do this daily when I already have the items or if they're super cheap. I made the mistake of having my best pet active during completion and WHOOPS! I learned my lesson from that and use my lab rat while I push that silly button. On my birthday [May 8th] I completed the quest and got a Rainblug P3 and I traded it for a Mootix which was a big win in my book. Since then though, MEH. I'm not a fan either. jennybean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beruichi Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Wow, that was a very passionate rant. XD I haven't had much luck with The Coincidence, either, and I keep skipping the quests 'cause it keeps asking for expensive things like yellow growth or that stagnant puddle of water. :/ The best I got was probably a 9 HP stat increase to my lab pet. :tired: Like everyone else, I only do the quest if I have the stuff in my SDB or if it costs less than 1000 NP in total. Otherwise, not worth it! :sleeping_03anim: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaziecat Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I never really did that daily ever. I mean, I tried it a few times, but I just got tired of winning nothing for my efforts. I hate it too. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secre Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Once I realised it had negative stats as a regular thing...I was out...took me less than a week me thinks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agrinwithoutacat Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I have never gotten anything from The Coincidence, good or bad (except the avatar in the beginning). Just lost neopoints spent on fetching items. I gave up when I realized I was just rejecting the quests every day anyway due to them being too expensive for likely getting nothing in return.That sucks that REs outside of The Coincidence are being mean to you, too. I haven't had that problem, so far, but I'm not getting a lot of REs in general either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabisonyeo Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 The moment I realized the usually 1NP items inflated till they were ridiculously overpriced I gave up on Coincidence... The negative stats are all the more reason not to try it regularly or even at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightfall8705 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Your rant made me laugh. Seriously. Especially the Jhudora quip! But I agree, I only do it if everything is around 1,000 np or less, and I try to not do it when I have Sandrea active as she has lost stats before and I didn't like having to retrain her at all. Now, I've had some good on the Coincidence, I had a hp increase by 10 once before, as well as once or twice getting 20k+ np in an RE, but for the most part, I've had negative or no effect at all most of the time. It's really becoming a hassle, and I'm partial to quitting it all together too. I thought REs were supposed to be a good thing, but everybody seems to be getting a ton of bad stuff before they get something good. And not having anything happen at all (even though it is a comfort in some situations) has really just been a waste of np, and I'm a little tired of the junk inflation myself. Personally, that plushie of prosperity in the tree has been the kindest to me. 4/5 of the time, he gives me a toy I could profit from, or 2k plus np... and some days, I just dread doing the Coincidence all together, just because of the chance of something negative that could happen, and while I certainly can afford to keep training Sandrea, I can't have her losing so many stats. The other pets, I really don't care if they gain or lose, but at least more of a warning or maybe a discretion should be added to the Coincidence because many new users are finding out that the Coincidence is more of a pain than a pleasure and seem to be giving up too. That said, I may just send the good Doctor on his merry way. He can shell out his own np for that useless junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sabs Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I stopped doing the daily coincidence a long time ago. I was tired of spending a bunch of neopoints on inflated junk items, just to get nothing. I luckily didn't get a stat decrease, but training is too long and pricey to lose anything. Wow, that sounds really bad for the RE's! Some of the new RE's are pointless. The "It's raining...Mortogs?" scared me at first. lol I did not care for a bunch of mortogs raining down my screen at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leverhelven Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I'm thinking of giving up on the Coincidence too. In the last week it took 3 health points off my Battle Pet, then 1 more today. Gash! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rntracy1 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Something has happened: "King Skarl collects 8,247 in taxes from you. Who knew there was tax on Marrow?" Ugggghhhh!!!!! I wonder if that would have happened if I didn't have that many neopoints out for taking. Oh well, easy come easy go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrequiem27 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I find I mostly get nothing from the Coincidence. My rule of thumb is to complete the "quest" only if each item is worth less than 1,000 NP. I do pretty much the same -- usually I'll only bother to do the quest if I either have everything on hand on my own or if the items are selling for pretty cheap, though occasionally I'll do a quest where I have almost everything and only have to buy one more-expensive item (though 5k has become my hard limit, this is supposed to be junk! :P) Since it became a daily, I've gained stats a couple times, lost stats once, and otherwise I've gotten nothing every single time aside from getting a small amount of NP (though still a net profit at least, yay!) yesterday. Mostly I keep trying in the hope of either getting a P3 or a TCG (I collect Space Faerie stuff, so if there's even a miniscule chance that I can get one of the SF TCGs for my gallery or get one that would be of equal value for a trade, it's worth a try.) Also, sorry you've had such terrible luck with regular REs, OP! :sad01_anim: I've actually been *extremely* lucky with them since the overhaul (so far I've gotten 10K from Illusen, Boochi as a BD challenger, a book that turned out to be UB, and an Eventide Tonu MP, plus a bunch of bank error ones and pointless ones) so don't give up, good REs are still out there! Lamppost 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totu487 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I agree with you, I hate the whole Coincidence Quest! But- I still try and do it. I mean, I'll reject the quest if it costs too much (I always check the prices before buying anything). I did, once, give up on the quests. But it was just so hard to stay away! Like how you may give up on Neopets ("it's a waste of my time, I need to study, etc.), eventually, you're gonna return. At first it reminded the same; same useless events, until one day... I was just back to get another quest, when I saw that the prices were a little over 2k (Sorry, I'm cheap) and I hesitated before continuing. But... Guess what? The random event came and I was ready for another waste my time and Neopoints. I got... *drumroll please* over 18k!!!! :D :D :D And, just today, they increased my pet's strength by 2. So... I don't think you should really give up! Just don't accept the quests if they are too costly! Maybe... Just maybe... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbell Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Man I feel you, I stopped trying to get something good days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaki Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I only did it when it was relevant for the avatar <.< I have never touched it since. As you all were saying, expensive, waste of time/NPs/sanity and so on. Since I Shop Wiz everything before selling, I can figure out which "junk items" are for that daily. Usually if it's not for the daily, I just discard it for working towards the Rubbish Avatar. In fact, if anything is under 10nps that I have, I take it out of my shop & discard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennybean Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 This is easily one of my favorite rants ever. That's always the last daily on my list, and by that point, I've deposited all but 1,000 nps into my bank, all my items are in my sdb, and my active isn't my BD pet (not that his stats are particularly impressive, either, since he's just labbed, but still!). Usually, the Ghost Lupe just shows up and complains that it's not Mystery Island. I've gotten that one more times than I can count. I definitely see what you mean; it's easy to want to give up on that one. Sorry about such awful luck with that one :( Like many others, I feel like I've been getting lots of bad RE's since the revamp, too! :O However! I did get a stamp worth about 600k and a Draphly which is priced at around 1 mil according to Jellyneo. Soo I'm just going to keep trying my luck so long as quests are less than 1k. I refuse to spend that much on inflated junk items; I don't really want to pay that much just to experience the Ghost Lupe's poor sense of direction <_< But I definitely check it every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rntracy1 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Something has happened: While out for a stroll, magickalhorn looks down and finds 25,622 NP on the ground. Today looks like a lucky day!I guess this makes up for the 8,247 in taxes. LOLIt went into the bank instantly. LOL.This post has been edited by a member of staff (Spritzie) because of a violation of the forum rules.Please don't double post. If your post is the most recent reply and you would like to add something, use the 'Edit' button.Please check your user inbox to see if you have been contacted regarding this incident, then review our rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Brianna. Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Yeah I gave up on it as well. I'm with Shannon though - if it ever starts doling out avatars again I will do it every stinking day no matter the cost haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackberrypatch Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I've always gotten nothing from the coincidence. On the other hand, I've been on a horrible bout of luck for regular REs, including losing more than 4 HP and 2 levels in the past month :( I'm going to go ahead and blame that on the coincidence too :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltacow Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I am way too lazy to even do the coincidence but when I do do it I usually get something that is neutral,BUT I have gotten 2 P3s from it,a Glack and a Skuffler. The new REs haven't really been affecting me,although my neopets seem to find lots of NP when taking strolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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