Thread:Fossiliferous/@comment-26544836-20151219184709/@comment-24668482-20151221083045

Yeah, there is a limit to how many unaccepted gifts you can have in your gift box, it is usually 301. After that, it cannot accept any more gifts and your friends will get the 'your friend hasn't played in a while' message. I guess the reasoning behind the exact wording of the message (over say 'your friend's gift box is full, try again later' is that to build up 301 should take a few days. But the reality is, depending on peoples playing styles and number of friends, some players can reach 300+ gifts in a few a hours, and so end up getting full gift boxes even when they are actively playing and trying to keep on top of it.

If I am getting a lot of failed to connect to the server problems, I find that exiting the game (fully quit not just minimizing), and clearing cookies and cache in web browser often helps clear things up if other friend interactions are working okay (if everything is slow, then it is probably the servers and worth waiting to a quieter time instead.)