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Please UN-NERF Pumpkin Lanterns in SDBs

Previously if Pumpkin Lanterns were placed in SDBs during Zilloween they would remain lit (and not change into Pies) even after Zilloween passed unless the Pumpkin was removed.

So finally this Zilloween I got my guano together and carved a kajillion pumpkins until I had one of each of the 5 types of lantern, made some SDBs and even spent some of my few remaining credits on the Hell Floor in an effort to get the next floor of my tower going:

lem.to/p/oKNr

Today I went up to work on my tower again and was inundated with Pies:

lem.to/p/hSSy

Please Please Please Please Please restore SDB-ability to safely hold Pumpkin Lanterns intact.

Posted 78 days ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • +1. I had an SDB with one of each carved pumpkin, decoratively placed in my house. Now it's five SDB's of not-very-decorative pepitas. =/
    Posted 78 days ago by Jus​tin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • its not a nerf perse, the lanterns staying lit was a bug, it was stated that it would be fixed by the next Zilloween, they just fixed it..
    Posted 76 days ago by Lyrical DejaVu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah but it was a bug that should be a feature.....
    Posted 76 days ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • People were buying pepitas or pies or whatever it was, from SDBs that were showing that they contained lanterns and carved pumpkins.  That is *not* okay.  To fix it, they needed to either change what the sdb showed to correspond to what was actually in the sdb, or finagle something weird with not being able to buy certain items, or make lanterns and carved pumpkins a separate class of things that works separately depending on if they're for sale or not.  From their perspective it obviously made much more sense to change what the sdb showed.  

    A floor of my tower is dedicated to Zilloween, and I absolutely know how awesome it was to have the lanterns show up in the SDBs past Zilloween.  But I also firmly believe there should never be a situation where people go to buy something and end up getting another item altogether.
    Posted 76 days ago by diaveborn ♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Aw, crap. I also had a Zilloween floor that is now pepitas and junk. I really like being able to keep the lit carved pumpkins. FROWNY FACE.
    Posted 76 days ago by Tonya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @diaveborn "People were buying pepitas or pies or whatever it was, from SDBs that were showing that they contained lanterns and carved pumpkins."

    I hadn't seen that rationale for the change before. Thanks - it makes sense in that context, I never would have considered that angle since none of mine were for sale.
    Posted 76 days ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • In light of the above, new idea for more Zilloween inspired lamps.
    Posted 76 days ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • From this thread in the Marketplace, apparently if you have lit lanterns in SDBs and they sell out then the ghost images remain even after the end of  Zilloween.  

    I realize this isn't the same thing we had but it might be an OK-enough substitute to make some folks happy.  I definitely plan on trying it out next Zilloween.
    Posted 76 days ago by Hed Lin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The Cat Face - oh awesome, you're very welcome :)
    Posted 76 days ago by diaveborn ♥ Subscriber! | Permalink