The news around these parts has been slow slow slow lately — I sure hope this means that Big Sea Games is working frantically behind the scenes to bring us lots of new games and features!
Over the past few weeks, I have been getting reports that in Riddle O’Day, the northern lights no longer signify the impending arrival of the unicorn. If in fact Big Sea did change the timing of the unicorn, it might have happened on October 14, when they updated a lot of games. Unfortunately, there was no mention of the unicorn in their list of updates from that maintenance period, so we may never know.
In addition, I’ve heard some rumors that the Fairy Queen shows up during thunderstorms. I haven’t been able to confirm this since she’s so very rare, but it’s worth noting that more than a few people wrote in to let us know about this.
Don’t forget, we’ve got a list of all of the Riddle critters and their token payouts — with pictures! — on our Riddle O’Day creatures page. At the bottom of that page is a few shots of the gorgeous northern lights too.
What do you think of these unicorn and fairy queen rumors? Have you noticed lights but then no unicorn? Have you seen a unicorn with no lights anytime near? What about the Fairy Queen? Let us know in a comment below!
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To the rumors: I found 1 unicorn after the update. Had northern lights just before it showed, but it was already during the day, so there was a gap of about 1 min between the lights and the unicorn.
As for the fairy queen only found 1 since the site changed over to big sea and that was just a few days ago, in bright sunshine in the middle of the day and no thunderstorm anywhere in sight.
I got 3 unicorns two of them was during the northern lights and the other was during the daytime and i got one fairy queen it was during the daylight also right after i got the unicorn.
I find the Unicorn during the NL without a problem. I’ve been looking for the FQ for so long now that I’m beginning to get really frustrated. I found one and that was a long time ago. Only need two more to finish up awards. I have NO idea when she appears.
Have had about 7 FQs in total – none of them in thunderstorms.
Uni seems to appear in different places and does sometimes appear some time after lights have finished sometimes in broad daylight. I have never yet seen the uni without the lights at all. Sometimes just before, sometime during, sometimes up to a couple of minutes after but the lights are always there. Unfortunately the lights do not always bring the uni – have had a few sets of lights without him and have heard of onelady having 7 lots of lights without seeing him.
Personally I believe there might be something in the code that makes the unicorn more frequent during the northern lights, but he still has a chance of appearing anytime.
As far as the FQ goes, as many times as I’ve heard the rumor that she shows up during thunderstorms (over and over again in rooms and in my email inbox), I just think she’s got that small percentage chance of showing up anytime, and sometimes it just happens to coincide with a thunderstorm.
Things have certainly slowed down a lot in Riddle, since the update. Sometimes there are no critters for about 30 secs and then 3 come all at once. There have been no Northern Lights for me at all for quite awhile now, whereas before they appeared at least once during a 2 hour play.
The Fairy Queens have appeared in the daylight for me, not seen her during a storm.
I HAVEN’T SEEN ANY OF THESE 3 THINGS! WAAAAAAA! :( :( :(
The only uni and FQ I got were before the Oct 14 maintenance. The Uni was like, right after a NL, and the FQ was in broad daylight.
think the developers are having fun with this game.
today i saw a spinning gnome – twice – appeared the right way up under the mossy branch then spun upside down – and no i hadn’t been drinking!
Since the update I haven’t even gotten the northern lights at all….with or without a unicorn. And as it was mentioned already, the pace is sure different now too. There are much longer gaps of nothing popping up at anywhere, then there are also gaps of more activity all at once. I only got fairy queens before the update, none after.
The last 3 sets of lights I’ve has not brought the unicorn….and I haven’t seen him at all any other time either.
The Red Fairy came yesterday in the middle of a calm night….and unless my eyes were playing tricks on me, I saw a succession of 3 (about 45 sec to a minute apart) faint hints of a small red light. They were FK size and showed up in different parts of the forest scene. It was driving me crazy, like I was missing something. While I was tyring to figure it all out….she popped up. There were no more phantom red lights after that. Has anyone else experienced this?
the last two time when I had the northern lites there was no unicorn. As for the Fairy Queen herself……….she is so rare I don’t really see a pattern when she does appear
i have had the northern lights with no unicorn showing at all n as far as the fairy queen goes had her twice need her once more n everyone is right on she is few n far between but enjoy the game so will keep looking lol lol
I had Northern lights 7 times in a row and no uni any time. I got the NL for 8th time and within 20 seconds the uni appeared…the NL finished out last another 3-4 minutes. I have not had NL again, that was over 10 days ago and i play several hours at a time. Also, no Red Fairy or Fairy Queen has showed since the maintenance. Five critters might show at once but then there is so much dead time. Jackpot spins are so ridiculous as well, who deserves 5-6 100 spins in a row?
Well, as for the Unicorn… have had 1 (and only 1 ever since joining BigSeaGames) since the update in October.. and was preceeded by a bright lavender and fusia sky… as for the Fairy Queen… had one during daylight, after the update, in the middle of the screen… and I almost missed clicking on it as it came as part of a multiple… (Gnome, fairy and… ) as for the Fairy King… had one before the update…
The multiple was Gnome, Fairy Queen and a Brownie…
Lure,
I have played Riddle since day 1. The only changes I have seen in the uni is he is now showing up in different places than he did in the beginning. I have gotten him with the lights and also during the day. One time I caught him in the white clouds and all you could see was an outline. For the fq she is one sneaky thing. I have gotten her in the bright sun where all you could see was her blue small dot. Almost missed her that time. I have also caught her hiding behind the leaves at the botton where only a very small part of her showed. I think because of the way she is hiding in and behind things people are missing her even when she is there. I have watched the forest so close over time that I am almost able to detect things looking different in there now. I will say now that I am at a higher rank the bigger critters do not seem to come as often. Riddle is not a game where you can go play an hour and say you never get anything. Sometimes it takes hours but they do come if you are willing to wait and look. In the meantime between critters you meet some really nice people. Love your site
I have to find more Boggarts, that’s fine. But the *%$#@#* Queen….I have NEVER seen her. I did before we got awards, but now, nope. The Uni…only ever seen one during Northers Lights and at night.
Well if Queen Titania exists—-I have never seen her and I have played long enough to have 3.8 mil in tokens from Riddle!!!!
i just found the unicorn. it showed up just as it was turning from night to day. i dont know if it means anything but right before the northern lights came and went 4 times. the last of which was very short. i have only found the fairy queen once (ever) and she showed at night right after a thunderstorm.
I have never seen the FQ and my rank is up to Dryad 2. I have had 6 or 7 Uni’s and they have all come right before, during, or right after the NL.
16 queens and nineteen unicorns. speed of computer is making the difference.
I have had the Northern lights twice and no unicorn, the queen Fairy is very elusive only had her once. I also have had rustles with nothing there does not happen in every room.
I had the northern lights about 6 times before a unicorn showed up after them. I had waited a long while to find a unicorn and much to my disappointment I never actually saw the one I caught because it was behind a brownie apparently. I clicked on the brownie and it said I had found a unicorn, so I still haven’t seen one in my game, but it did come after the northern lights. Never seen a fairy queen, and I’ve seen the thunderstorms plenty too.
One really good thing I have notived since the update is that I no longer have to wait ages getting the things pretty much in order from lowest…to anything good. I used to have only fairies and wisps for a long while, then add in brownies, then add gnomes and dryads…then wait….then finally add a boggart a couple times, then finally I would get peppered with the good stuff like the occasional troll, jackpot spins, and the assorted big paying fairies and maybe a uni. But by the time the good stuff came out in any number, I had already had to be playing for a very long time. But now, since the update, I have noticed that some of the mid to higher ones have started coming out far earlier. I even got a fairy king before my first brownie, and yesterday I got the red fairy after only a few minutes playing. And twice my very first thing to pop up was a boggart. So this is a much better system I would say.
I have been playing Riddle every day on the new site, and had never gotten a uni before the recent update. This week now I got 2 unis, both during northern lights.
I have had the unicorn 3 times all after the northern lights. As for the fairy queen i can only guess as i have yet see her. I have only seen the red fairy once. I too notice that the variety of creatures is more random than before where i see more dryads and trolls than i used to before the update.
In the past 3 days I have had 4 NL, first two with unis, none on 3rd, then uni and FQ on 4th. Have had several FQs, but never during storms. Seems it’s either feast or famine!
it took a couple months maybe to get the fairy queens but when i finally got the award for three days in a row i got the queen. I couldnt believe it.. I guess it was a fluke..
I’ve got the fairy queen, and this time noted down the conditions – sunshine and pure white sky. I’ve also had northern lights without any sign of the unicorn.
been getting northern lights more frequently but they only result in uni about half the time. Not seen uni any other time. Sure getting annoyed with the increase in 100 token JP spins. Haven’t seen anything bigger than 3K for weeks.
I still seem to get the unicorn when the Northern Lights are finishing up – BUT – if I get the lights more than once in a session then that is a different story – the unicorn dos not always come up then.
On another note I get multiple Fairy Kings per session – up to as many as 5.
I have noticed that the queen, king and unicorn are showing up less and less and less as it was on the old website. I loved how busy the forest was when this new site opened up.
I’m sorry to say that I get bored very easily with these games now that they are slowing down.
Overall I love the graphics compared to the old site.
I also have a question regarding paying members.
What is the difference in this site and the old site when it comes to paying members.
Joni: http://www.bigseafans.com/2009/08/31/attention-game-community-subscribers/
I been on the new site for awhile now, Just got a red fairy first time today, never have seen the unicorn, king or queen ever, northern lights wow happend once or twice and the clover have had that 2 times.
I love the new design it is super neat when a thunder storm does it.. Just wish it would hit little more offten, Tired of the brownies and dryads I get or the little shiney blue/yellow bubbles..
I don’t believe in the fairy queen anymore! She’s invisible and I’m tired of looking for her. Help!
Hav eyet to see fairy queen or red fairy so no longer even bother to look
i have not had any nl so i havnt found a uni yet , havnt found fk or rf and its driving me mad
I have found a unicorn during lights every time until today. Today it came immediately after daybreak. I have not had a FQ in a long long time and it wasn’t during storm.
I haven’t seen the fairy queen in weeks, got 2 and need one more to have all my awards in riddle o day but kind of give up getting her, hear alot of dings for fairies and never see anything,guess that is the fairy queen, can’t get what you can’t see. about to give up on riddle o day
buddybuy: just to ease your frustration a little, the fairy queen doesn’t ding, she rustles like the land-based critters.
As Brenda so wisely said earlier, “Riddle is not a game where you can go play an hour and say you never get anything. Sometimes it takes hours but they do come if you are willing to wait and look. In the meantime between critters you meet some really nice people.”
People were bored and using profanities and dirty jokes at this game. I warned them and got a lifetime suspension. Be careful with this site, they will ban you for life and not give you a chance to explain yourself. I had been a honest and kind player for five years and the nasty people in the room ganged up on me and I cannot ever play again and I have one year to live dying with cancer. Site moderators don’t listen to my explanations, quote out of context, care and won’t even answer me any more. They would rather let me die than see me play. I even agreed to a lifetime ban on chat to no avail. Are these game people human?
Don’t give up on the queen. I’ve been playing for months and never got her. Then yesterday during daytime, I got her, and now this morning at dusk (no NL’s) I got her again. Weird!
i have been playing riddle for ages and not re4ceived one fairy queen what gives
Finally got my first Uni, but I didn’t get credit for my points. Is that normal? BTW it was during the lights.
I have had the northern lights with NO unicorn to follow many many times and I find that such a let down. As well, I have been playing this game for a long time and have encountered the fairy queen many times prior to August the 18th. Sad to say that since then, I have not seen a fairy queen. Big Sea would do well to do something about that queen. It is making people angry and frustrated (namely me).
Furthermore, who’s bright idea was it to make it so difficult to move up in ranks? I find that the millions of tokens required before you can move up in rank are ridiculously high, much too high.
I just found my first unicorn. I had the northern lights in my sky and the unicorn showed up after the lights went away completely.
2 times I have recently had Northern Lights and no Unicorn has shown.
I have also had the”lights” and no uni this has happened twice . But enought complaints least to say enjoy the new graphics and loove what been done to games. Still waiting for badda bingo to show up. Thanks bigsea gamers for fun and good friends.
I’ve gotten the unicorn only once about 2 months ago and it was during the northern lights. So to my surprise last week when I got the northern lights again there was no unicorn.
I have been on the change over since it began…I love Riddle A Day…but I have a problem…I have yet to see the Northern Lights or the Unicorn…I have had one farie Queen …I realize that creatures are suppose to be somewhat hard to get…but there is no points in the N Ls…why arent I atleast getting that? So then maybe I could get the unicorn…I dont think I am the only one on this either….hope you can help me on this….thank you…
I too enjoy Riddle A Day but I was beginning to have my doubts about
the various creatures. Today I enjoyed one Unicorn visit and THREE
red fairies.For a fleeting moment the white creature was there, hidden behind
the small trees then “poof”, gone! Fortunately I had time to click on him
and receive my points. :) Sharing with the room of course! Sad to say, I received a white “error screen” informing me I had exhausted my allowed game time. As a “Newbie” I didn’t know this could happen. Intriguing game…
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