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Bees come from gralats. If you see a gralat first and it turns into a bee it most likely lagged.
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Ohh that makes sense.
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There was no "accidental change." Bees were intended to not spawn during winter, but it was never implemented by whoever added them. I was told to fix it and in doing so accidentally implemented the wrong chance variable.
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Oh I understand. Well, I can live with that. And bee-mania was fun while it lasted. XD
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Administration had absolutely nothing to do with the change. If people are relying on bees so heavily for income then maybe they aren't properly balanced.
Honestly there doesn't need to be justifications for tweaked/balance changes when it comes to how players earn gralats in-game. Things will always be adjusted as seen fit to properly balance the jobs. Though again, this has nothing to do with forcing players to buy gralat packs.
Just because you have given Toonslab money doesn't mean you should be able to earn gralats in-game faster. That doesn't make sense.
Given just how much blowback there is about bees disappearing, I'm getting the slightest inkling that maybe players were earning way too much from them for whatever reason. But that's just a hunch.
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Uh oh.. He's onto us.
Seriously though, it can be argued whether or not bee farming is unbalanced. During summer I made tons of gralats just my roaming the map, catching every bug in sight, and selling them on their respective bug days.
Bees can bring in a lot of gralats, but there's a number of factors that actually do keep it pretty balanced.
1. Bees are hard to catch. Even someone who's mastered it (like myself) will miss some bees. Especially with lag to take into consideration. Some people just can't catch them at all. Back when that glitch existed that basically have you unlimited chances to catch your bee, it was different. But since that was fixed, there's just no way to catch every one.
2. As bee farming has become more popular and less "underground" and more well-known, there's more and more people doing it. More people in the same area = more stealing and competing over bees. The popular areas are always occupied with multiple people.
3. If you're smart, you'll only sell your bees on bee day (aka the day the bug buying NPC in swamptown pays x1.5 for bees). As the bug days are randomized, there's no way of knowing when it'll come. And people who need gralats right say for something will sell their bees for the regular price.
4. Bees no longer spawn during winter. If any balancing needed to be done, you've succeeded by making this change. That's 3 months with no bees.
I just wanted to list some facts because I've been bee farming off and on for a long time now, and I know what I'm talking about. I would hate to see a part of the game I like unnecessarily nerfed any further.
I can accept the no-bees-during-winter change because you addressed all my concerns and I appreciate that. And I never want to be one of those players who just whines about everything. I know how many of those you have to deal with. I like constructive discussion as opposed to needless arguing.
