Like I replied to Amber (and she did not see): It's not really 30M. The price of the Candy Bar fluctuates, and will increase further. Besides that, you will also have to wait for them to not be so expensive.

I have been waiting quite a while now.

Last month Black Candy Bars were like 25k a piece. 9 out of the past 12 months they've been about 25k or less. (LINK) Considering some achievements are only available once a year, it doesn't seem unreasonable to have to spend a few months buying the cheapest Black Candy Bars and getting the achievement for under 7 million sP.

So, deleting a plot reward that's actually limited in quantity because there aren't that many people with enough points to buy the item anymore, an item whose stock is constantly depleting is fair, but eating 250 of an item that still comes out via rng and isn't retired is not?

Don't answer that question. Your last post showed me your true nature.

"I have been waiting quite a while now."

Waiting for staff to fix something that's WORKING AS INTENDED?

Amber answered you, and your lack of respect towards her is baffling. Just because she didn't give you the answer you wanted doesn't mean that she is ignoring you.

You are disregarding nuance in there.

It is clear neither of us will budge an inch in this argument. Let's just cut it out and wait for new people to chime in.

You could be waiting a while. It is a skeleton crew, and frankly, there are more important things to be dealt with right now. Amber's made her point, you can get 250 for 30mil easily over the course of however long it takes if you buy candy bars when they're cheap and avoid buying when they're expensive. RNG's a bitch, it sucks. But that's why the achievement is designed the way it is, regardless of how other achievements are designed to be.

I would be waiting as long as I am waiting for 'Random' to award candy bars to enough players so that the prices go down, anyway. So I don't see anything wrong in waiting for what I think is right.

You have already expressed you don't agree, and I have replied countless times saying why I don't think so. This is basically a mindless ping-pong at this point. Let's leave it be. Nothing I say will change your mind, and neither will anything you say. I already explained why it isn't "30M easily", how the price changes, how the oddtu items might be taking slots, how it correlates to other achievements being more fair.

Honestly, I am tired of trying to convince people who clearly don't agree with what I have to say. There is no discourse to be had here, only an endless tug-o-war.

I would like to add my pov - the candy bars are fine as is. :) My mind most likely won't be changed so no one needs to ping me, I just saw that other opinions may be wanted, so I would like to add mines.

Listen...I'm usually all for eliminating ridiculous requirements/difficulties on things but...this isn't it. Occasionally the price for the candy bars spikes because someone decides to go after the achievement. It will drop again within another month or so. I don't yet have the achievement myself, but it's honestly not even remotely the most annoying or expensive or time consuming food achievement to get.

is the staff member literally in charge of achievements. If she's said that it's functioning as intended and she doesn't see a need to address that particular item drop then it ain't happening. You'll be waiting longer for her to change her mind than you'll wait for the price on the candy to drop.

I would, however, super love a bit of an adjustment on the danged Oofa fruit situation. I don't know that anyone has actually gotten it since achieved it 3 years ago. I found one years and years ago and I've eaten in the hundreds since and never found another one. I do think that could maybe use some checking lol

Nothing to add about the Chocolate situation.

About Oofa Fruit: I got them all when my account was still new, and I don't remember it taking me too long. So you have that data to go by. Maybe something did change in Oofa? I remember it being pretty easy (Or maybe I was very lucky? There's no way to tell, sadly.)

I had 6/10 as of yesterday and fed like... 300-400 something? And found three. Then today I fed 256 and found zero. I have a feeling this last one is going to be a bear. And of course now there aren't any reasonably priced Oofa Fruits left in shops, so I'll have to wait for them to deflate to keep trying. So yeah, fully support your suggestion :P

you were very lucky XD

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this morning I fed another ~150 and found the last bug I needed!

Maybe Subeta is like [THAT VIRTUAL PET WEBSITE THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED] in that it gives more hidden 'luck' to new accounts?

Just chiming in to say that I love that someone put the price history graph to good use in this thread. (Thanks!)

da·ta /ˈdadə,ˈdādə/ noun: data

facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
the quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer, being stored and transmitted in the form of electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical, or mechanical recording media.
things known or assumed as facts, making the basis of reasoning or calculation.

You provided none of that. Hearsay is not data.

I mean, they said Oofa bugs were seen 3 years ago. My account is 2 years old. I got the achievement when my account was still new.

I appreciate the info that bugs do still exist. It's a sad confirmation that I have absolutely crap luck. First one I got was when my account was new which was....a very long time ago now lmao. Nearly 11 years for me.

Also Life I'm sorry haha. This discussion reminded me so I bought 10 of the 50 that were priced at 15k. I never remember to buy some to try when they're actually cheap either. I'll remember again in a year probably lol. I do feel like we need some rebalancing on the chance rate of bugs though. It's wild how rare they can be. I hate the RNG

they are insanely rare, it's so annoying. I've fed so many to get to 9. And who knows how many more I'll have to feed to get the last one, if I ever do? :P We need better luck XD And more people playing slots, haha.

No joke. I would play slots but there's only so many times I can win nothing before I'm bored. I have 0/10 on the jackpot wins after 11 years here lol

Absolute best of luck to you guys for the bugs! They're... Not kind... RNG is an absolute devil for those fruits.

Just chiming in to say that I agree with others and Amber (lovely staff member who has already responded to this) that the Black Candy Bar is fine. I like having super long, tedious achievements to get, I appreciate the reward more! That is just my two cents as I saw you were looking for others to chime in. :)

I agree with maybe adjusting the drop rate within Random itself, since yeah they don't seem to go out quite as often as some of the Oddtu items and the other random items. But otherwise I think it's fine how it is. Not every achievement is meant to be obtained in one day, and not all of them need to be super cheap either.