Board Thread:Friend Code Exchange/@comment-31643665-20170401185110/@comment-32.216.31.49-20170405222242

The server is not working well again in the northeast, USA 6:00 pm. It's been working fine for the last few days, albeit slow, but now I saw the circle notification that said I had 31 gifts, but when I went to look they were not there. I had gifted 50 people late last night so I usually get all my thank you's the next day. Darn. Most people don't know that gifts don't come out of one's inventory, but some do. So I tried sending a collection item, the server wouldn't connect, then it did connect, and it's on and off but still no gifts.

I thought they might add a couple of more days to the challenge for this headache but there's only 16 days left. It seems like they should do something as a week of this has been frustrating.

I purposely don't have more than 67 friends because I gift them all except for the AWOL ones (though two came back). Before getting more friends I would charge their boards and send them gifts anyway; charging rewards you with collection items and increases the amount of people you can hire that matches your reputation level. If I had 200 friends it would take so long to scroll through and keep track of. I write down their levels on paper and prioritize the gifts: I first give gifts to those who give me gifts and those who charge my board, and then those who are most active as I see their levels change, then anyone else. I have to leave a couple of people out, but if I have enough power I'll charge them even if just a couple of charges.

I vary what I charge but now I'm definitely charging people's balloons we just acquired as it adds 25 energy points to the 50 it gives every 12 hours. I just got my balloon last night...I'm Gem Matched out. Thankfully I had saved the 60 seconds added amulets. Now to finish the Aviator Room((:

I think gift giving and charging may keep some people into the game and it helps the newbies. When I first started I didn't think of going to the Wiki to see how things work so I was clueless. I see people with much lower levels with 100 or so friends. Reading discussions here has helped too, thank you.

I have no idea what my charge function is, whether I give coins, experience, clues or decrease energy since I don't know any of my friends.