The Beast Within - Battle in the Arena for Forge Talismans, Beast Awakening Material

[Kaz_LOTB]

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Earn new 5-set Forge Talismans, Iron Coins, Gold and materials to AWAKEN THE BEAST by completing challenges in the Arena!

Forge Talismans are purple Talismans with a 5 set effect. Equip them to reduce damage taken by 45%. Inflict Perfect Death on each enemy for 1 turn and Increase Critical Hit Chance of all allies by +5% every action. Remove All Golden Effects from each enemy if 3 or more negative effects are on the enemy at the start of your turn. Increase your ATK, MAGIC, and MAX HP by +15% at the start of your turn. Grant a Perfect Heal Shield and Cleanse to all allies for the duration of battle if any ally's health falls to 1 HP.

From now until November 30th at 4PM PT, there are new event challenges added to the Challenges screen. These reward you for completing specific objectives in the Arena before the event is over. Objectives include winning Arena battles using only Basic Attacks, as well as using specific classes and inflicting negative effects!

Completing these Achievements will get you on the path towards awakening The Beast! You’ll be able to win unique Awakening Materials to Awaken The Beast, as well as Key Souls that will unlock the Infernal Dungeon.

The Infernal Dungeon is guaranteed to provide XP Runes, as well as a chance of bonus rewards, including Reaper Talismans

Troopers beware! This is a high challenge Dungeon with an Assassin Only Class Restriction, so be prepared!

See the Challenge menu for full details!



Awakening The Beast!

The Beast is now Awakenable!

Strengthen his demonic powers further and conquer all who face you. In his fully Awakened form the Beast’s Fury attack will transform into a devastating Fury/Passive Combo that deals true damage, removes All Beneficial Effects, including Golden effects, from all enemies and inflicts 3 stacks of Fear on each enemy for 5 turns.

It will also Permanently Increase the ATK and MAGIC of all allies by +100% for the duration of battle. This ability will also grant The Beast Immunity to all negative effects for the first 5 turns of battle, and reduce all damage taken by 60%. Finally, enemies will take random damage equal to 6% of their MAX HP for every action they take.



**BONUS: For the duration of The Beast Within event, Eternity Soul Fragments you earn from the weekly Arena resets can be traded for Eternity Talismans!

Eternity Talismans are purple talismans with a 5 set effect that is not available anywhere else! Equip a full set for the following effects: Grant Perfect Hit to all allies at the start of battle for 2 turns. Grant Physical, Magic, and True Block to self for 1 turn if Perfect Hit, Regen, or Charge is present at the start of your turn. Remove All Beneficial Effects, including Golden Effects, Stun, and inflict Perfect Disable for 1 turn on a random enemy if Passive Disable is active on any enemy at the start of your turn. Fully heal and removes Doom effects from all enemies if the wearer of this talisman has the Shawl of Styx passive.

Finally, we have a couple additional deals on offer for the duration of this event!

The Beast is discounted in the Frontier Store for a limited time! Get this character for 2834 Frontier Coins (a saving of 666 coins!) while you can!
Missing out on Awakening Material for the Beast? Pick up 1 Hell Awakening Shard for 300 Ironite in store!
Forge Talismans are also obtainable from the store for Ironite or IAP. You can get two talismans to finish making a set for Ironite (i.e. the 500 Ironite pack will grant you 2x Forge Talismans), and if you’d like to get a full set of the talisman with some bonus Ironite, Gold and Sands of War, there is a one-time only offer as an IAP.
Don’t miss out on the The Damned Good Deal! This pack contains an unholy amount of Ironite, Gold, Skill Shards and XP Shards!
Eternity Relics are purchasable with Gold in the Event Store!

Eternity Relics grant players up to a 50% increase in HP, Attack and Magic stats in the Arena for a limited time. There are two kinds: Eternity Arms (Increase Stats on your Arena Offense Team) and Eternity Armor (Increase Stats on your Arena Defense Team).

Please note: Each Eternity Relic can be purchased twice and will expire 2 weeks after they are purchased (Note: Earning additional levels of these Relics will refresh the timer!). These Relics will not increase stats in the Gauntlet.
We are also offering 3 new Banner Packs! Banner packs contain 10 Souls which guarantee 3★-5★ Characters of ANY class, with an increased chance for a 5★ featured character and an exclusive chance at a full Talisman set.

The 3 Banner Packs currently on offer are:
STRATOSPHERE SOUL MEGA PACK- Increased chance for Aces Bomber Eddie and an exclusive chance for a full set of Space Talismans.
SCORCHED PATH SOUL MEGA PACK - Increased chance for Daedalus and an exclusive chance for a full set of Orbit Talismans.
ENTANGLED SOUL MEGA PACK -Increased chance for Child of the Damned (Assassin) and an exclusive chance for a full set of Labyrinth Talismans.

We will be offering a variety of Banner Packs in future events, so keep your eyes on the store for new offers!

[Azagthor]

Sorry to complain, I know you get enough of that already, but some of those arena challenges seem rather... not fun? In my best ever week, I only managed 100 wins. Oh well, that's ok, not all events can be for everyone. Might be able to pick up some Eternity talismans this time around :)

[Muzzleloader]

This must be one of the stupidest event releases you can possible rollout. Let's make try an make impossible goals to achieve while the game wont allow you to play. It makes a great way to try and make people spend real money.

[tex-0775]

Haha, really kaz. You’re launching an arena event while your servers are struggling to keep up. Formidable......;)

[edsel]

Reset from over 4k started at 3800, after winning 1 fight drained down to Damned 200? Lol?
https://youtu.be/wMErtVWfMc4
Anyone else, support ticket?

[MuzakMaker]

Would love to see what this event entails but we haven't been able to log in to the game for more than a few minutes since the botched update on thursday.

I hope that that was taken into account when scheduling how long this even takes and the compensation package that should be for ALL players not just Apple players as EVERYONE was screwed by this horrible execution of an update.

[Yup]

App loads like shit and then hangs 80% of the time. Fix the damn server issues already.

I've now dropped teh SAME collection of souls into the BOS FIVE times.... the app hangs whenever I try to leave the BOS and I must force quit.

Is this SERIOUSLY you're idea of a well-developed app??????

[AhabsHarpoon]

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This is not gonna end well...

[Alvorada]

Awesome!
A connection issue event! I was incredible eager to this very special part of the month!

In just a few minutes I manage to get dozens of error messages! Yess!


(Oh, I'm using android here, just for the record.)

[Muzzleloader]

They dont care if know game issues are evident, they will continue to release event unhindered.

[MuzakMaker]

Would love to see what this event entails but we haven't been able to log in to the game for more than a few minutes since the botched update on thursday.

I hope that that was taken into account when scheduling how long this even takes and the compensation package that should be for ALL players not just Apple players as EVERYONE was screwed by this horrible execution of an update.

Yeah, I was able to log in for literally just long enough to look at the related achievements. They are way too much considering playing more than 2 or 3 battles at a time without requiring a restart is joke.

[Bakura]

Awww..... I'm just gonna forget about the game. Talking to friends, posting memes, and complaining about the game here in the Forum, are way more fun!!!

We should have "Forum Challenges." You could earn Rewards & Forge talismans by:

-Post 30 posts (1 Forge tali)
-Post a Meme (1 Forge tali)
-Start a Thread (1 Forge tali)
-Post 10 posts w/ an image (1 Forge tali)
-Post 20 complaints (1 Forge tali)
-Send 15 private messages (Beast Awakening shard)
-Update your profile (100 IC)
-Change your avatar (50 Ironite)
-Get your Thread to be a Sticky thread (3 Beast awakening shards & 3 dungeon keys)

Now this event I could do! 😁


@Ahabsharpoon
Nice..... where do I pick up my torch & pitchfork?

[Azagthor]

BBreeg Eddie and Green Hierophant do an excellent job with the Immunity challenge, and you can work on the Sentinel one at the same time. If you've got Killer Prime you could do the Curse one too I'd imagine.

[AhabsHarpoon]

Awesome!
A connection issue event! I was incredible eager to this very special part of the month!

In just a few minutes I manage to get dozens of error messages! Yess!


(Oh, I'm using android here, just for the record.)

Yes, but you need 150 error messages to gain an achievement...

[Muzzleloader]

Golden lilith with life will take care of immunity if you can play. Ascension may be difficult for those of us without musashi.

[AhabsHarpoon]

@Bakura-- torch and pitchfork talismans are in the frontier store.... VERY PRICEY...

[Sidney]

Awww..... I'm just gonna forget about the game. Talking to friends, posting memes, and complaining about the game here in the Forum, are way more fun!!!

We should have "Forum Challenges." You could earn Rewards & Forge talismans by:

-Post 30 posts (1 Forge tali)
-Post a Meme (1 Forge tali)
-Start a Thread (1 Forge tali)
-Post 10 posts w/ an image (1 Forge tali)
-Post 20 complaints (1 Forge tali)
-Send 15 private messages (Beast Awakening shard)
-Update your profile (100 IC)
-Change your avatar (50 Ironite)
-Get your Thread to be a Sticky thread (3 Beast awakening shards & 3 dungeon keys)

Now this event I could do! ��


@Ahabsharpoon
Nice..... where do I pick up my torch & pitchfork?

100% This!!! LMAO!!!

[RobG-9641]

So it seems the server update left the servers just as unstable and unable to handle the game.
Again. And, again. Every single update & event release goes poorly. But, if you do manage to get in, the constant pop ups for $34.99 packs of crap always work...

[GrimDusk]

I can’t really play but I’ve set a lone Eddie

[Muzzleloader]

It may help to set all four weak players so your opponent can put crave on them. It may also help so the can use a fury ot power moves to complete thevm8ssi9ns.

[angelkelly]

I can’t see how anyone could invest money into this bs.

[Amarthir]

Awww..... I'm just gonna forget about the game. Talking to friends, posting memes, and complaining about the game here in the Forum, are way more fun!!!

We should have "Forum Challenges." You could earn Rewards & Forge talismans by:

-Post 30 posts (1 Forge tali)
-Post a Meme (1 Forge tali)
-Start a Thread (1 Forge tali)
-Post 10 posts w/ an image (1 Forge tali)
-Post 20 complaints (1 Forge tali)
-Send 15 private messages (Beast Awakening shard)
-Update your profile (100 IC)
-Change your avatar (50 Ironite)
-Get your Thread to be a Sticky thread (3 Beast awakening shards & 3 dungeon keys)

Now this event I could do! 😁


@Ahabsharpoon
Nice..... where do I pick up my torch & pitchfork?

Oh man I better work on my complaints then! Lmao.

But seriously, the servers are potatoes right now and if it stays like this all weekend then the devs should think about either extending it or putting out some event materiels for free.

[Muzzleloader]

I wonder why they cant comment on the state of affairs of the game. If they would lie and say they will try and have it working better by a given date that would at least show they care.

They knew the game and especially PvP wasnt working properly, but it was more important to shove it down our throat than postpone it until the game was working properly. They have shown they have the ability to postpone or cancel an event.

[Mule502]

At this point, I would really appreciate it if they could just stop telling me to check my internet connection. Because I’m the problem here. Right.

[HK-47]

Weak defence of four characters set. Blast away!

[fred10141988]

How many "Hell Awakening Shard" does a character need (for fully awaken) ?

And do all 4 characters need "Hell Awakening Shard" to awaken? Or just the Beast?

[Bakura]

Oh man I better work on my complaints then! Lmao.

But seriously, the servers are potatoes right now and if it stays like this all weekend then the devs should think about either extending it or putting out some event materiels for free.

Work on your complaints?
If you need any help I have plenty of material.

Seriously, you're right.
I just logged in.... twice.
Clan locks the whole game up.
Going into pvp has a connection error on every action.
Power up character and tali was done 3 times cuz it doesn't register or stick.
Even just looking at the homescreen has a continous pop up connection error.

I managed to set an easy Arena Defense so buffs/debuffs can be applied.
Hit me up ya'll.... on Monday when we can actually do this event!
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Be sure to collect your free gift everybody!
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[Diamondhead2112]

Set my weak defense and played one round of arena. Ended with the disco bug, which I haven’t seen in quite awhile. We don’t have enough new errors so we need to bring back old ones?

[Mule502]

Work on your complaints?
If you need any help I have plenty of material.

Seriously, you're right.
I just logged in.... twice.
Clan locks the whole game up.
Going into pvp has a connection error on every action.
Power up character and tali was done 3 times cuz it doesn't register or stick.
Even just looking at the homescreen has a continous pop up connection error.

I managed to set an easy Arena Defense so buffs/debuffs can be applied.
Hit me up ya'll.... on Monday when we can actually do this event!
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Be sure to collect your free gift everybody!
7000


I think the random popups of an event from like 2 years ago are my favorite of all. What in the actual f**$??

[rags-6094]

C’mon Devs this is hopeless, the servers are causing such slow loading, I could have finished several of the event challenges by now but it takes three times longer to reload after a battle than it does to do the battle.
You guys only did an update this morning too.

Every part of the game is as slow as a wet week, can you fix it please? Even with the game sitting on standby it comes up with server errors screens...

[Muzzleloader]

Well Rags, you must have better service than I am. I can barely finish one battle without a freeze
If I refresh, it will be a freeze. Half the time I lose connection just trying to log into the PnP screen.

[Azagthor]

How many "Hell Awakening Shard" does a character need (for fully awaken) ?
And do all 4 characters need "Hell Awakening Shard" to awaken? Or just the Beast?

Only The Best needs the new Hell Awakening Shards current, and he needs all six of them.

[slauki]

game was never worse (stabilitywise), and this after 3 years of development... that's complete crap. new content is nice, but the foundation of everything would be a proper working bug free game. seems like we will never see this.
but you should at least assure some damage control and not launch arena events with these requirements in such a buggy environment.

and why do only the apple users get some compensation package, we are suffering from these issues as well.....this would at least show a bit of goodwill....

[HK-47]

game was never worse (stabilitywise), and this after 3 years of development... that's complete crap. new content is nice, but the foundation of everything would be a proper working bug free game. seems like we will never see this.
but you should at least assure some damage control and not launch arena events with these requirements in such a buggy environment.

and why do only the apple users get some compensation package, we are suffering from these issues as well.....this would at least show a bit of goodwill....

Don't worry too much about it, the Apple compensation pack really wasn't anything special; some ironite, some gold, 5 rare souls and one or two other things.

[Muzzleloader]

Depending on how someone on an android played, they could have easily lost that much because of crashes. Loading up on SoT for an overnight grind, losing a key and the loss of earned rewards.. it seems the devs just dont want to understand the implications of thier faulty game.

[fred10141988]

Only The Best needs the new Hell Awakening Shards current, and he needs all six of them.

Thanks your information :)

[MuzakMaker]

Don't worry too much about it, the Apple compensation pack really wasn't anything special; some ironite, some gold, 5 rare souls and one or two other things.

I don't care if the compensation pack was 1 coin. That's still more than us Android players got for not being able to play either.

[Bakura]

The ETERNAL WAIT Event

From now until whenever the game gets fixed:
Earn awesome NEW rewards by "WAITING."

Eternal Wait rewards can be won by:
+Waiting to login into the game
+Waiting to switch between Home screen and the My Team screen
+Waiting for the treasure chest to drop after each battle
+Waiting to enter the Clan screen
+Waiting to enter PVP screen
+Waiting to switch between Arena offense & defense screen
+Waiting for a Skullquest battle to load
+Waiting for a Soul to open
+Waiting for the completion of selling any talismans, shards, or characters.
+Waiting for Gauntlet to load
+Waiting for Satellite 15 reward
+Waiting for a Sacrifice award
+Waiting for the Achievements screen to load
+Waiting to login again because the game had to be restarted just 60 seconds after the first login
+Waiting to switch between the My Team screen and any other screen
+Waiting to switch from Cosmos to the Dungeon screen
+Waiting for this Company to act like other Mobile Gaming companies and offer a professional working product
+Waiting for your eyes to straighten from watching the rotating arrows on the "connecting" icon
+Waiting for yourself to wisen up and realize you're wasting your life attempting to play this game
+Waiting for your patience to run out while trying to still believe you can continue to play this game
+Waiting for your dog to crap in your neighbors yard while walking him and trying to grind a dungeon but you're waiting for the next battle to load
+Waiting for the singer John Waite to join White Lion and sing the song "Wait"

Start playing now, because once this event is over, all your waiting will be in vain and it may be a very long time before you can wait for amazing rewards as these!

[AhabsHarpoon]

@Bakura... does this come with a 28.8 Modem Eddie?

[Muzzleloader]

I wont be waite (ing) on you but I might be Missing You during that upcoming event.

[rags-6094]

Yeah I overstated the loading ML, it’s actually much worse than that... I have got through the Assasin challenge now but only one win on the Sentinel and only a fraction of my troopers done.

I have lowered my defences guys so dig in!

[RobG-9641]

+Waiting for the singer John Wait to join White Lion and sing the song "Wait"


That’s funny!!

[Bakura]

I wont be waite (ing) on you but I might be Missing You during that upcoming event.


That’s funny!!

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[Phoenix-7282]

I have been playing the game since about 3 months and only lurking in the forums since that time. I didn't know anything about Iron Maiden when I downloaded the game. So I have to thank this game for making me know about such a great band.

I would have immediately deleted the game if I had encountered the connection issues I am facing now back when I first downloaded it. Can't imagine any new player to stay in the game when they can't even open the game after they install it. I will keep the game for another month in my phone and wait for the connection issues to be fixed. Won't bother to complete every event and will only play the game when it allows me to. I have plenty of other means of entertainment. If they can't fix the connection errors even after December, then I am quitting for good.

A great thanks to all the regular players that post in these forums. It has been a huge help. Great community!

[Yup]

I've managed to get in enough to set a lone-ed defense.. then I'm out.... at least until it actually loads without 2 minute delays between every action.

Fuck this app if they can't afford better servers. This is NOT entertainment. It's laughable that they allow this to continue month after month after month. Seems they are really afraid to tell their server engineer to take a hike and hire someone that actually knows how to do their job.

[Muzzleloader]

They just had to force an arena event when they knew that PvP wasnt playable. Damn the players the schedule must be kept to. If they couldnt figure that several reboots didnt help they should have postponed the event.

[Bakura]

I honestly think they are just too small of a company, and they don't have the funds to upgrade/increase server capacity and bandwidth. This promo tour mostly certainly doubled the amount of players.

Last night after Update I grinded for 8 hours with minimal connection issues. Now on a Saturday when tons of newbies try to play, there's constant connection errors and lagging.

Iron Maiden/Steve Harris needs to just hire another company who can handle all the new business that resulted from their tour, or else the promoting will have been in vain.

Like Phoenix-7282 pointed out, new people will delete immediately. I said this to myself hours ago. The only reason alot of us stay is because we have much time & money invested.

Sad thing is, there is nothing but silence from the devs ..... but even if they did respond, it would just be "customer service" BS to appease anyone stupid enough to believe them.

[Yup]

See I don't buy the "they are too small" idea. Server farms exist.. cloud sharing and split server loads are NOT new concepts. You don't have to be a behemoth like Google or Marvel to have a decent server farm. You can rent a farm... and they ARE making money, hand over fist I suspect. In addition, you can't convince me that Iron Maiden doesn't have funds to invest if they feel it's important enough to promote via a tour.

I think it's complete incompetence. They have server engineers and employees they may feel loyal to, but CLEARLY aren't aware of how to handle lots of traffic. They need to hire someone with experience that knows their job rather than supporting employees that they may have had for years and don't want to demote. Business is business and at this point the impotence of their server engineers is costing them business.

I can deal with the issues around rollover. It's understood that for that hour or so, traffic spikes considerably.. I actually can no longer get into the app at all until at least 30 minutes past the daily rollover. It's been that way for a few weeks now. But 3-8 hours later the issues should no longer be present.

[DeathDealer-5301]

Thought I'd have to spend 1800 coins on talismans for the ascension achievement but I'm getting them from somewhere. I'll research in the morning but think it's a passive giving random... whatever ascension is. Offensive ability?.

[Ip4]

Not again shit arena rewards...

[MuzakMaker]

Thought I'd have to spend 1800 coins on talismans for the ascension achievement but I'm getting them from somewhere. I'll research in the morning but think it's a passive giving random... whatever ascension is. Offensive ability?.

Were you using Masuhashi with pyro soldier for the Assassin only team? That guarantees you one per turn provided pyro doesn't have his passive disabled.

[Ydex]

I'm literally fucking flabbergasted everytime I see the rare post where someone is actually talking about playing the game. Like, how the fuck do you get logged in and play for longer than 30 seconds without it fucking crashing or freezing or doing some other goddamn bullshit? Are there people that aren't experiencing these issues? It's 2019, I thought load balancing servers would distribute roughly the same playing experience to every user.

SPEAK UP mystery users who are posting as though you can actually play the game. How long are you able to stay logged in for it crashes and kicks you out?

[Segoy]

I'm literally fucking flabbergasted everytime I see the rare post where someone is actually talking about playing the game. Like, how the fuck do you get logged in and play for longer than 30 seconds without it fucking crashing or freezing or doing some other goddamn bullshit? Are there people that aren't experiencing these issues? It's 2019, I thought load balancing servers would distribute roughly the same playing experience to every user.

SPEAK UP mystery users who are posting as though you can actually play the game. How long are you able to stay logged in for it crashes and kicks you out?

Right now it is about an hour since I logged in this morning and it is working fine on my side. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.:)

But yes, I am also fed up with this second full-time job. I want a game that I can play when I want, just from time to time, not everyday for the whole day. But if I dont play everyday for the whole day then I wont be able to play at all - constant inflow of OP characters/talis would ban me from Arena, limit me to maximum A grade in Gauntlet and cosmos worlds just to farm gold.

Seriously, I am stuck with the game only because this community here.

Anybody wants my account? Muzzleloader?:cool:

[Ancient Mariner]

Right now it is about an hour since I logged in this morning and it is working fine on my side. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.:)

But yes, I am also fed up with this second full-time job. I want a game that I can play when I want, just from time to time, not everyday for the whole day. But if I dont play everyday for the whole day then I wont be able to play at all - constant inflow of OP characters/talis would ban me from Arena, limit me to maximum A grade in Gauntlet and cosmos worlds just to farm gold.

Seriously, I am stuck with the game only because this community here.

Anybody wants my account? Muzzleloader?:cool:

I feel you man! I guess many of us are in this situation right now

[Lthepostman]

Weak defence set. C'mon let's quickly get those talis and materials👌

[Ip4]

Who is best for time bomb?

[Mercifal]

Who is best for time bomb?

A. Lilith, Guy Fawkes Eddie, and, I think, M trickster? Maybe IE with fury

[Beddie]

Can we please boost the servers

[HK-47]

Magus Pyro Soldier. Power move guarantees one on each enemy, and he's a damn fine character as well

[aileenquinn]

If you have Assassin Onyx Son, its passive inflicts perfect time bomb on all enemies at the start of battle (and you can use it in the assassin team).
Also, Sentinel Derby power move applies bomb to each enemy.

[Muzzleloader]

Aleenquinn, you must be very optimistic if you think you are going to see many people in the arena. It's hard to play when they wont let you in. It is a very ingenious way to make money, many will have to purchase the rewards since they wont let you play.

I think that they should give us compensation packages since they wont let us play, such as both talisman sets and evo materials. That would go against their screw the customer policy.

[aileenquinn]

true, Muzzleloader. Last night was impossible to connect. This morning, for a briefly moment the game seemed to works fine but of course, the connnection issues came back. Arena is impossible.

This game is the best case study on what you must not do in development. But they keep on launching events nonstop without fixing bugs. Clearly, they don't have a testing phase. The whole game is not even in beta phase and they should pay us to do their test work. The artwork, on the other hand, is exceptional. No complains in this area.

but hey, we're lucky, they're slowing the pace of events...

[Beddie]

Yeah ‘slowing the pace’

[Hartacus]

The fact they have the cheek to add the message "Check your internet connection." Should read "Our internet connection"

[Muzzleloader]

The new slower pace has been a great relief to the stress of staying current. The relaxed pace of new toon/talis releases has greatly eased the burden of grinding. They were even so kind as to release an event that is unplayable, I cant express myself enough of how grateful I am to the devs on making a more user friendly game for all to enjoy.

[Ip4]

Game is like slow motion now with non stop errors...devs you will never fix this shit servers so stop lie

[Tim28213]

So far this morning I cannot load the game at all. Loading screen just hangs no matter how long I wait. I have not been able to do a single arena match since this event started...

[Deathbat6120]

Well, I don't think I'm gonna even bother trying this event. Played a single arena battle, only for the game to hang when I tried to pick my next match, and this morning I could barely even get my first Skull Quest done. It's impossible to play properly anymore. This is getting absolutely ridiculous! Devs, please fix the server issues!!

I highly doubt anyone would mind if you took a month or two to focus purely on server shit rather than cramming events down our throats. Don't get me wrong - I like events. I like having something to work towards (Even with about 50 different dungeons to somehow find time to grind through, plus too many characters and talisman sets to count), but no one's gonna be able to play them if the game simply doesn't work and crashes at every other screen!

This is the worst I've ever seen the game, honestly. If it weren't for the fact that I'm so invested in the game because I've been playing for so long, the incredible artwork, and for the fact that it's Iron fucking Maiden, I doubt I'd even be playing at all anymore. Please, just fix this.

[Tim28213]

I got in long enough to run 2 arena battles and locked up on the third. Now I cannot log in again. So disappointing.
Have the devs said anything on twitter or Facebook? Are those media channels also expressing their joy at the current state?

[Volrath]

I have to agree that I have never seen it this bad. I can't do anything! Can't finish an arena battle, can't grind anywhere else, can barely get in and out of the "my team" section. I could understand being a little backed up around the reset time but now I've gone to bed and woken up and still can't do anything.

This thread, which was ostensibly going to be about the event itself, has maybe 4 or 5 posts actually talking about playing it? Cause almost nobody can! The facebook post is just a giant ragesplosion. I think some major compensation is in order to smooth this over and I have an idea.

Everyone gets The Beast. You heard me. Everyone. If you already have him, well you got another one for Gauntlet or as good sacrifice fuel. It will be a nice treat for everyone as well as motivation to try and do the event if it ever works.

[Rory]

I've managed to play a few arena battles.

\o/ to those running single eddie defences, to help other players.

[Muzzleloader]

It's better to have 4 weak players, that way time bomb and curse are faster to complete.

The weak or lone Eddie defense is few and far in between. Except for the top players I dont see a reason not to help each other.

[Muzzleloader]

W LoL power move gives ascension to all members of the team.

[Hartacus]

Got ascension done within 15 mins, along with the assassin team, my longest stretch without connection issues using double Musashi, Executioner Eddie and A. Heirophant

[Nicko]

It's better to have 4 weak players, that way time bomb and curse are faster to complete.

The weak or lone Eddie defense is few and far in between. Except for the top players I dont see a reason not to help each other.

Not only are we helping each other with the weak defenses - we’re helping ourselves.

Your rank drops when people revenge - and that means easier fights. Also, more will revenge you when you have a weak defense - and then you can cherry pick who to revenge back - leading to quick, easy back and forth revenge fests with the easy defenses. Frankly, unless you’re fighting for rank or the ranked rewards - putting anything in other than a weak defense is only hurting yourself.

Having been here since PvP beta, I can say this is probably the most manageable PvP event they’ve ever had from an achievement standpoint. 150 fights and a few variations is very doable - the days of the 500-1000 fights were unachievable for anyone other than the most hardcore players.

With that said - it goes without saying that stability (or lack thereof) is super frustrating - and perhaps that’s why they made this event easier. I’m finding it very “hit or miss” - at times I can’t even log in - others its playing normally.

[DeathDealer-5301]

Were you using Masuhashi with pyro soldier for the Assassin only team? That guarantees you one per turn provided pyro doesn't have his passive disabled.

No, using Van Hel, assasin minotaur, raven witch and magus Crimean. Thought maybe grant or steal random effect, but got 5 in the first 10 runs, now not seeing as many now. Executioner Eddie has ascension if people have him but no others. Think ascension is golden, so gain or steal random includes golden? Knowing that would narrow it down.
If anyone figures it out please post info, I won't have much time to check any more today.

Forgot to mention I have Warlord as a talisman for gain random offensive. No other special talisman

[Iced_Earth]

dont use the refresh button while these server issues are, losed again 20 ironite for a free refresh.. seriously. devs, u have to compesate this!

[Hartacus]

No, using Van Hel, assasin minotaur, raven witch and magus Crimean. Thought maybe grant or steal random effect, but got 5 in the first 10 runs, now not seeing as many now. Executioner Eddie has ascension if people have him but no others. Think ascension is golden, so gain or steal random includes golden? Knowing that would narrow it down.
If anyone figures it out please post info, I won't have much time to check any more today.

Forgot to mention I have Warlord as a talisman for gain random offensive. No other special talisman

Another option, after you've finished the assassin challenge, W. Shinobi grants ascension to herself upon death. Slow and tedious, but an option

[Muzzleloader]

What are some suggestions on time bomb? Ass Onyx is one, I havent got that far yet to worry about it.

[AhabsHarpoon]

What are some suggestions on time bomb? Ass Onyx is one, I havent got that far yet to worry about it.

(When I can) using W Reaper and Malakhov...

[Hartacus]

What are some suggestions on time bomb? Ass Onyx is one, I havent got that far yet to worry about it.

S. Derby Demon power attack. With added M/G Child of the Damned for extra 2 energy per turn and energy talis to get extra. Clears the 3 power.move challenge too

[Highace]

For once, Guy Fawkes is actually pretty worthwhile. Got him equipped with just the bonfire set and he's getting a pretty decent amount of time bombs done, while letting me run a sentinel only team. He also got a few ascension effects in cause of his passive. For immunity, I just piled 2 S. Hieros with Benji while throwing in KP for some curse.

I'd do all the challenges but considering the horrendeous connection, I'm not really feeling up to it. Time to get your shit together, devs!

[real_schweiger]

Concerning Time bomb I found on my team these: Doomsday Ed, Iron Ed and Gambler - W savage reaper, M Pyro Soldier, W Shinobi, S Derby demon
Not sure, how fast this will work - I am still struggeling with getting connected to the PvP. Finaly I´ve reached 30 wins.... No idea, how to reach 150 wins. Even if it would say "complete 150 Arena fights" it would be still impossible by this inactive server issues.

I don´t feel comfortable in complaining about this stuff as far as I still have fun with the game (as far as it works), but the idea of bringing in an Arena event while knowing about the many complaints in this forum is.... well, let´s say: surprising.

Btw: I did not receive my rewards from the Arena ranking the third week in a row. Yes, I know the Pop-up does not come every week, but I checked the Ironite and souls frags... I first felt no need to open a ticket, but it is becoming a running gag - one of so many during the last weeks.
At least it helps myself to low down my online-time in this game.

[drrchmnd]

@Bakura... does this come with a 28.8 Modem Eddie?

now is that an actual 28.8 or shotgunned 14.4s.....

[AhabsHarpoon]

now is that an actual 28.8 or shotgunned 14.4s.....

LOL..... good point

[Segoy]

Weak defence set. C'mon let's quickly get those talis and materials👌

Weak defence also set.

[Bakura]

Game is currently "Rubbish."
I could only get 8 arena battles, had to restart game twice.

My last sentinel battle turned into this:

70067007

Arena started me midway through a cosmos battle, WTF?

I still have some gauntlet to finish, but we all know how that will end!

Close Your Wallet, Uninstall It
(Bring your Daughter to the Slaughter) parody
[chorus]
"Close your Wallet, Close your Wallet, .....Un-instaaaaaaall it,
Delete from Phone, Delete from Phone, Delete from Phone."

[Beddie]

That is so horrific it’s brilliant.
Actually that gives me an idea for a new mode “switch”
Switch is where you start at any random level in the game and play that until the game bugs out and drops you off into another level (repeat however many times)

[Bakura]

Yep..... the game just does what it wants to.

So all weekend and no response from LOTB in their very own thread.
They are either scared to reply cuz there is no answer to this madness OR there's no one monitoring, they have the weekend off.

@Yup.... well man, I know the corporate world, and I guarantee you that Steve Harris/Maiden have no idea their game has these issue.
NF/Navigator just reports to them the stats on how many downloads, how much revenue, and as we have seen in the videos.... the artwork and characters. This is just a revenue tool for the band. They admitted they don't play it.

Considering it's one mobile game that is geared towards fans of one band, they probably didnt expect it to grow but so big. But Maiden has more fans than almost any other band, and the game is amazing when it works, so even non maiden fans could become players.

I really believe they can't handle the job of properly running this game, they don't really care cuz the bottom line is $, and they have to work with someone else's buggy code.

It all adds up to what we currently have.... crap!

The more events and the worse the game plays.
They better act fast or the old and the new players will drop like flys.

The company as a whole should send a statement of apology, acknowledgement, a guarantee of improvement and ofcourse a generous compensation.

So far we get lame excuses, vague answers, worsening issues, and ofcourse meager compensation.

Maybe when the whales beach themselves and die off..... they'll realize their screwing up.

Even if the 30 people at Navigator give 2 sh!tz, I bet the parent company (N. Frog) is only concerned about the "numbers" ...... Every corporate company just wants better figures/stats, and doesn't honestly care about the customers.
____________________________________


The Profit of the Beast
(The Number of the Beast)
(parody by AhabsHarpoon & Bakura, with theAlchemist)

{Intro} Woe to you who play for FREE
For the Dungeon needs the Beast and Wrath
Because you know your frags are short
Let him who hath understanding
Reckon the Toon to be released
For it’s frags are an expensive number
It’s requirement is six hundred and sixty-six

{Song} Unplugged my phone
My screen went black
I could not click the link to get the update from online

What did I need
To play for FREE
I wish I weren’t so cheap to not get a new battery

So now I’m charged
My iPhone 3
Support said re-install the new Legacy of the Beast

’Cause in my dreams
He’s always there
The Eddie face that wastes my time his frags are oh so rare

{Scream} Yeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

They first attacked, my allies were so slack
Cool graphics that I see, but it’s too hard for me

In the mist, Magma and Bats resist
The damage that I deal, has no affect in Hell

{Chorus} $6.66 the Profit of the Beast
All these bugs, in each update released

Gauntlet played, PvP battles waged
Build this team of mine, evolve overtime

In the night, not sure I’m wrong or right
Started all this for fun, won’t stop ‘till I’m done

{Chorus} $6.66 the Profit of the Beast
Point .66 percent of RNG

Event sac-a-thon, rewards aren’t that strong
Purchase ironite deal, FC on dungeon key

It won’t be long, with all the rewards won
The Forum guys are wise, I heed their advice

{Chorus} $6.66 the Profit of the Beast
$6.66 Just fix the bugs at least

I’m coming back, have sands to burn
And I’ll possess the tools to win before your turn

I have relics, I have the Tals
I have the Toons to rank top level, ETERNAL!!!

7008
image by AhabsHarpoon .... one cool mofo!

[edsel]

See I don't buy the "they are too small" idea. Server farms exist.. cloud sharing and split server loads are NOT new concepts. You don't have to be a behemoth like Google or Marvel to have a decent server farm. You can rent a farm... and they ARE making money, hand over fist I suspect. In addition, you can't convince me that Iron Maiden doesn't have funds to invest if they feel it's important enough to promote via a tour.

I think it's complete incompetence. They have server engineers and employees they may feel loyal to, but CLEARLY aren't aware of how to handle lots of traffic. They need to hire someone with experience that knows their job rather than supporting employees that they may have had for years and don't want to demote. Business is business and at this point the impotence of their server engineers is costing them business.

I can deal with the issues around rollover. It's understood that for that hour or so, traffic spikes considerably.. I actually can no longer get into the app at all until at least 30 minutes past the daily rollover. It's been that way for a few weeks now. But 3-8 hours later the issues should no longer be present.

Yup. The decision makers should read this post a couple times. The Awakening feature is certainly generating cash, probably more than any other gimmick.

[Hartacus]

Just noticed I've lost 30+ ironite over the course of the day without actually spending any. Anyone else found this?

[Beddie]

Yes it’s BS

[Ydex]

I can't in my wildest imagination imagine anyone spending money on anything in this game right now. The revenue has got to be drying up if you can't even log in to the fuckin thing right ??

[Muzzleloader]

At least for me if you are not playing PvP the game is working albeit slower than normal with the occasional disconnect.

[Hartacus]

Connection issues for me have improved significantly over the past couple of hours. Location and time zones perhaps? Sunday evening/night, everyone in Britain with a normal-person job is in bed. Been able to complete most of the event challenges

[Yup]

Issues are better.. and did improve a great deal around 2am (GMT-8) here... Still some issues but nothing as bad as it was... but that was 2 am.. so many Americans were probably not using the app at that point and traffic may have been significantly lower.

[Hartacus]

Was around 2000 here, still occasionally dodgy but a lot better. Gotta say I prefer grind events where I can just get a mega-fill and hit autoplay. Luckily for me this event has hit when I have a day off otherwise it would never get done

[URock]

Where is the Cyborg Monday Event?

[Yup]

My guess is at rollover ON Monday (today), not the rollover on Sunday.

[Ip4]

Than its Cyborg Tuesday not Cyborg Monday....wrong day devs...

[Azagthor]

Where is the Cyborg Monday Event?

Wouldn't be surprised if it started on Black Friday, and continued on through to Cyber Monday. Hopefully it'll last much longer than that though...

[Hartacus]

Another 10 Ironite lost for a FREE arena refresh because of a connection problem. Whats the point in compensating us when we're just going to lose it anyway?

[thealchemist]

Well for something a little different (among more connection issues) the game decided that instead of doing an arena battle, it transferred me to Wicker Man Isle. I can honestly say I don't think I have seen that before lol Are portals an upcoming feature, enter one part of the game without knowing where you might actually end up?...

[SinGularity-8786]

@Hartacus
known for weeks now. Said to be fixed but still unfixed.

https://forum.ironmaidenlegacy.com/showthread.php?12465-Arena-since-LoL-event&p=112559#post112559

When the Connection-Error-Dialogue appears don't use button. Close and restart App to avoid the loss.

[Hartacus]

@Hartacus
known for weeks now. Said to be fixed but still unfixed.

https://forum.ironmaidenlegacy.com/showthread.php?12465-Arena-since-LoL-event&p=112559#post112559

When the Connection-Error-Dialogue appears don't use button. Close and restart App to avoid the loss.

Came up a second after I pressed refresh. Nothing is safe anymore

[Bakura]

Cyber Monday is Dec. 2nd this year, it's the Monday after Black Friday.
Lotb calls it Cyborg Monday to incorporate Cyborg Eddie.

[URock]

Cyber Monday is Dec. 2nd this year, it's the Monday after Black Friday.
Lotb calls it Cyborg Monday to incorporate Cyborg Eddie.
Why is it announced as a NOVEMBER Event?

[Tim28213]

7011
I just noticed this in the store.

[Volrath]

Why is it announced as a NOVEMBER Event?
Probably an error. It’s unusual for Thanksgiving weekend to be so late in the month. Typically Cyber Monday is in November.

But I suppose it could be today even if that would be a misnomer.

[Ydex]

7011
I just noticed this in the store.

I noticed that, too. My thought was-- these innocuous editorial errors sure make it look like these events are quickly cobbled together and rushed into production. I mean, aside from all the other evidence to that effect.

[infinite dreamer]

7011
I just noticed this in the store.

Just got my last one of these. Definitely a 5 set of talismans. Just an error I guess.

[trooper206]

A few things apart from the all bad server issues...
There is a new bug concerning singularity talis,where they keep on working even if the character wearing them has died.
Also the passive of the moonchild keeps working after the moonchild has died,and no one can still use power or fury moves

Lastly,the arena meta is only for paying players...This is trully sad,let those 15 whales fight with each other in 5 minute battles to prove an absolute nothing,because AI boost decides at least for 90% to whether you can win or lose...
Guess what..No one except them has fun in arena and gauntlet anymore...

[Muzzleloader]

There's more than 15 players with many maxed awakened toons and several of the newer toons as well. The whales keep the doors open, if they want to spend real money for advantages in the game more power to them.

[Yup]

Battles take 5 minutes??? Where? :)

oooooooooooohh,,, you mean because of the loading issues. :)

[Yup]

For what it's worth.. regardless of where you are in ranking.. the AI is the same (boosted - errr.. I mean "streaky") for everyone.

[Bakura]

Well, not sure if the Devs really care or really hear us, but if you wanted to have leverage or really hit them where it hurts ( besides keeping your wallet closed,) one can always update/ leave a negative 1* review on the app store.

This is what newcomers and curious players see first, and affects their decision to download and try.

When I was searching for alternatives to this "game" .... I read other game's reviews. When 80% were seriously negative, I moved on.

The last thing they want is the ugly truth on their front door.

Maybe then, they will take drastic measures to fix this thing.

Some people spend $0, others spend $1,000's, I used to be in the middle.
Now I spend $0. If they just keep cramming crap down our throats and neglecting to fix major issues, they don't deserve my financial support.
Plus, if the future looks grim, I'm not going to invest in toons/talis that can be deleted if the game finally flops.

I also haven't done any new dungeon threads cuz..... well what's the point?
Those things help newbies that may not stay long, and I'm just working for free.

I used to love this game.... but I've had divorces that ended better than this relationship is going. 😁

[Muzzleloader]

I just came across a level 70 player with both maxed dark lilith and Lucifer. How much do you think that cost?

Do you really want to scare off all potential new players, someone need to pay the utililty bills.

[drrchmnd]

For what it's worth.. regardless of where you are in ranking.. the AI is the same (boosted - errr.. I mean "streaky") for everyone.

and by boosted I am going to guess you mean fraked the hades up.....

Yeah the AI well it doesn't leave much to the imagination. You can almost always bet on it doing the wrong thing when your playing on auto and for it to have rapid flashes of brilliance (along with insane "luck") when it's playing against you.

[trooper206]

I just came across a level 70 player with both maxed dark lilith and Lucifer. How much do you think that cost?

Do you really want to scare off all potential new players, someone need to pay the utililty bills.

This is what NF is fighting for..and I can't blame them..What is non acceptable are issues with the servers, RNG, and AI boost. Those who spend, are certainly entitled to have the advantage and I totally respect that. What I don't respect is that the devs make a non paying player grind that much for nothing in the end of the day.

[trooper206]

[QUOTE=Bakura;112896]Well, not sure if the Devs really care or really hear us, but if you wanted to have leverage or really hit them where it hurts ( besides keeping your wallet closed,) one can always update/ leave a negative 1* review on the app store.

And that's exactly what I have done, me and all from the clan I have joined :)