Spending (and Saving Up) Golden Acorns

This next post for the topic of Pokémon Café Remix could be considered half objective and half subjective, but it should illustrate the condition and quandary of most players, including me, about the way of things in the game. So by now, players are certainly familiar with the usage (or more precisely, spending) of Golden Acorns in the game for a variety of things, and that is perfectly fine and in some cases even necessary. Yet like real money, there is some wisdom in trying to save it for certain better uses, and these two aspects make for a good discussion on where and when they may be appropriate.

Some players, even me included, might sometimes spend Golden Acorns for Stamina Shards, including for the ever-present Stamina Pack in the shop as well as the 180 piecemeal for the purpose of Staff Training or multiples of that to top up to the max. When no leftover bundles are available and there is no time to wait, they're definitely viable, but others may be better off waiting the time and getting the Stamina Shards that way, thus saving the Golden Acorns. Some justifiability is surely subjective for this spending.

For players who have gotten far in the stretch of main orders, they may no longer need to shuffle customers unless a rare Shiny Pokémon comes up, at which point spending for this is likely in order - an instance of both saving and spending. They also may not need to spend the 900 needed to continue an order after moves have been depleted, knowing that it may be better to start over on the order instead, but in rare cases, especially when one is left in a pinch, the spend (instead of save) may just be needed.

Most players today are likely to save their Golden Acorns for the Delivery function instead, which can be attested to take up lots of those. But then, the same would apply for the feeling of "disillusionment", which then leads to savings instead. With the recent addition of the two "monetized modes" for game events that use Golden Acorns as a proxy in part, there's even more of an effort to strike a balance between spending and saving to go through them, get what's necessary, and leave out the rest of their fluff.

Certainly, spending and saving are two sides of the same "coin" (ahem), whether it's for real money or game currency as in the case of Golden Acorns in Café Remix. Sometimes, it does seem it can be a real toss-up between both of those efforts to make further headway in the game of concern, but either effort can and does seem to find their own ways of becoming evident, and that may be all that most players need.

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