I suffered 189 attacks, little behind slauki with 1850 pts. Saving my Ironite for Saturday... or maybe next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by slauki
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I suffered 189 attacks, little behind slauki with 1850 pts. Saving my Ironite for Saturday... or maybe next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by slauki
Think Im still leading the f* bugged attack list system. 201 at the moment...Quote:
Originally Posted by Gmac
I hope that there is some clarification on this.Quote:
Originally Posted by HomemLivre
Iīm mad I was attacked way less, spending the most Ironite last week. If this is the current system this is just wrong.
Nice to have you as a trooper, man.
Cheers
So is it 50/50 flip of the coin to see who goes first ? Because I'm really feeling like I should be counting how many times I yell when the defense goes first. The beta from what I heard was heavy favor to the offensive going first, or it just went first all the time idk. So is it 50/50 or do I have no luck ?
I think is 50/50 if you do enough matches, but it sure fells like we are going second all the time. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by RACCAR-8000
I think our brains are programmed to register ours losses more. (I really believe that)
I have been attacked 210 times so far this week :/
I'm in the same boat but a bit lower. The first week I tried but stopped after the middle as I wasted ressources going nowhere. Just interested in the Coins at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by slauki
I seem to be doing better on attack this week after bringing in a HH. But my defence has fallen from 25% (not brilliant either) to 19%. I made a few little changes to the defenders (including a Prisoner and Warrior Troll) so for me the Prisoner delate is not really that valid as mine is getting owned a fair bit by lots of folk. What I know is that if I go first on attack I have not lost this week yet - if I go second it is tougher depending on the strengths of the other team. I am really not spending much on this - usually a refill a day as well as the odd free shots after getting 10 wins in a row....I still enjoy it and curse when I get owned, but that is what keeps us playing I am sure!
I really hope they do make it better for all - I think the AI is poor for sure - it needs to play smarter if this is the future of the game as my defence is not that different to my attack team and it clearly gets flattened a lot! I think I need to work on my defence and need to add in some skill shards too!
I am not sure how other games do this sort of thing but I play another game, Angry Birds Transformers and it does loads of special events, almost daily or over a period of days and when you battle others for prizes it seems to log when you start that days battles so you are only ever against the people who are playing or start playing the same time as you - this means you can sleep and not get destroyed. It must be possible as that is a really old game so cant imagine it is massive....yet I still play it most days to collect different characters and up my standing.....it works very well.
There at bound to be other games that have this sort of approach so that different parts of the world can sleep without being pushed way down the lists.
I am getting hit a lot more this compared to last and that is all good. As I have said I still like this but at the moment it is just to get coins and bonuses as not got the time to get high on the rankings and not sure it is worth it though I do want to get any achievements that are set so my time for a push will come I am sure.
Strange statistics throughout the thread... so I thout I'll share my stats too... (no screenies, sorry I'm not a youngster to know how to do that :) ) anyway :
- I play full free, using all the possible SoW.
- I have no prisoner
- last week stats :
Attack Wins: 86% (64/74)
Defense Wins: 15% (3/20)
final rank : 277
- this week (so far)
Attack Wins: 76% (73/96)
Defense Wins: 18% (5/28)
current rank : 148
The ratio of attack / defense is very noticable compared to what others are reporting...
To me enemies owning prisoners are less of a problem... rather I'm sort of frustrated of the SSD/Mummy taunt-lock. It's annyoing because it takes the control out of your hand and the computer plays against the computer... it tells me I'm not even needed to play to game when I want to play the game (I know the sentence makes little sense... so does the whole mechanism).
Just looked at the boards....
Looks like Jofer has started his run...
Nicko chasing!!!
Come on, GMAC, I'm rooting for either you or Nicko...you guys are both my troopers.
Btw, rookie question, but do the Iron coins carry through to next week? That is, can I save this week's coins so that I can hopefully buy a Legandary soul next week?
You are a super trooper! Really! And your Wickerman is out of this world, Anybody would benefit having you on their side.Quote:
Originally Posted by IceManFerrar
For what I can tell, yes, for SURE your Iron Coins will sum up, regardless of week resets or game updates.
Again, nice to have you as trooper man!
All the best
Gmac
How the f*ck do you recover from almost -300 points over your sleeping time?
Too much time and frustration now. RNG sucks, the lists and especially the point system sucks, too much grinding against the same team setups (talking about PvP here).
If nothing changes after the next update I will quit for sure - this time I will sell all my toons and all my stuff to make sure I have no resaon to get back to this thing. It's harder and harder to find enjoyable things and at least for me RNG seems to be worse since last update. I haven't seen red eyes from the book since.
LotB is now on top to be the buggiest game I've ever played also the most frustrating one. I play my troopers today and the 3 arena fights to get the awards and let my team further fall into the abyss. PvP is absolutely pointless (<- see what I did there?)
The good thing is that I am that far down now to not have scrolling up a week to see who is in the lead. I'm afraid the poor Shaolin won't stand a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gmac
Been attacked 302 times so far, and still managing a 36% defensive win rate.
That's awesome! <rethorical question>How are you doing it?</rethorical question>Quote:
Originally Posted by RCarter
q.e.d.
It's my defence that sucks and that is with a Prisoner and Red Troll! I just seem to hover around the 20% hold mark (I was 25% in week 1 but I think people have gotten wise to the combination I have...maybe need more green talisman on the team as I am clearly doing something wrong as I have decent enough toons....maybe need more shards though!
Hiya there, I'm doing all the necessary to get there on Saturday night. Isn't easy at all, but if I ll have success, I ll share with all of you my experience and tips ofc but especially what actually u can learn out from arena.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTameAGame
You are doing GREAT! Never seen someone with this many points this time of the week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaolin85london
Hope you can go one place better than me without The Prisoner.
I will not join the party this week so I will cheer for you!
Good luck! And be prepared to play fast if Jofer decides to go after you. (Donīt know how Nicko plays)
Cheers GMAC, you are an awesome trooper as well. Not sure how you manage to play PvP and get all your trooper badges in!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gmac
Thanks for the response on the Iron coins, really good to know.
Best of luck for when you next decide to take a run for #1 in PvP! :)
The week I was #1 in PvP was the least fun I've had in this game :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Gmac
ShaolinLondo and I have already chatted - no threat from me this week :)
I'll say the first week of PvP Killhouse made a mad tear up the charts late in the game so you can never rest on your laurels. Would not count Jofer or Sag out yet, but with the lead ShaolinLondo has he will be tough for anyone to catch
Cheers guys, all that I want is establish a new record and write a new chapter in pvp story. Let's see how it goes, still two days ahead.
Killhouse is damn fast too. Hope he comes back. Also PizzaFriday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nicko
You can never rest once you are up there, and the point system is a killer.
But I have to admit I get excited by it, lots of adrenaline I suppose. For a second I got tempted to go after Shaolinlondon myself, but I wont.
Yeah... I forgot about Sag... heīs been quiet...
I wish someone put up some resistance, Itīs fun to watch. Anyone noticed the battle for 10th last week? Silentknight got over FallenAngel by a single point!
I have to agree, the week I went eternal was an not a great experience with the Beast.
The time spent climbing just to watch points disappear as you tried to sleep or work or spend time with family or just relax... then you come back and claw your way back up... bad thoughts are coming back.
That Saturday I think I had to play non-stop till reset to finish 1st. At least that was only the second or third week of the beta so a lot of the Common teams you see now weren't all you saw, people were still trying new combinations out.
I have no idea how you consistently achieve a top 5 place each week Nicko. Much respect for your dedication.
I'm just not finding this system rewarding both PVP and PVE are grind grind grind.
In PVP it's taunt fest and luck fest to get the better tailisman procs and the first attack. Seems like every team has a Mummy or SSD and then prisoner or siege. I'm no exception because the game punishes you for trying to use other characters that maybe don't have enough AI programmed to not go full retard.
In PVE its auto game of death or LoL till the sand is gone...
As addicted as I am (played since July and maybe missed using troopers less than 5 times) I feel like it's only a matter of time for me.
Souls cost too much for the odds of actually getting anything good,
Trooper points are a slog and time sink to be rewarded with more souls that don't reward anything of value more than one in 50? 70?
Even skill shards are forced to be used on the current OP character if you want to compete in PVP, and then watch as that character is nerfed (wasting all those shards). You can't really use them on characters that would be fun, or interesting to add variety.
Iron coins... anyone whose made a push for top 25 will know that you end up sitting on a large stockpile that you can't spend even if you wanted to. I'm up to 16k and at what's available weekly I don't need to PVP for a very long time. There should be more offered in the shop or less restrictions since soon most players will easily be earning more that can be spent.
Maybe Brave New Workd will help? Maybe some more mini events like the Halloween one where souls actually felt like you saw one more than every few days. Maybe sacrifice to help players get the characters they want instead of their 5th duplicate of the character that seems locked to your account (Visions I'n looking at you).
Anyway enough ranting by a tired player. See you in the arena for now! There's been lots of improvemts so I will stay hopeful.
I agree completely PMKillhouse, although I reckon PVP is better than PVE because there's at least a chance you'll lose if you go second. Personally I'm holding on for Sacrifice and the opportunity to turn all those hoarded resources into something useful. Maybe.
I want to make Killhouse`s words mine to.
Im being really tired of the PvP, no solutions from devs to simple problems.
Im the one like a few others here that have been chosen to be a f****** punching bag appearing on everyone's list. Have no prisoner, no warrior troll, no sentinel allied bomber boy, no sentinel souless demon... what make it even worse.
I was attacked 311 times until now and this scenario make things very frustrating couse I need to spend lots of ironite that I cant recover from dailys.
Last week, just in the few arena days I was attacked 274 times.
What the hell is wrong in here? No matter what rank Im in.
Devs just do nothing about it and Im about to stop playing this, very discouraging.
EDIT: I was attacked two more times while writing this reply...
EDIT 2: 328.
LOL,one of my troopers too! Lost 10th in beta same way,1 pt. or 10 sec. Match carried over to next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gmac
Lotsa action around 10th!
Unfortunately - this is one of the best assessments I've read of the current state of things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killhouse
And being Top 5 is much easier on the mental health than gunning for number one ;)
There's always going to be the problem that there's a best team. Maybe you get some rock-paper-scissors for different team types, but if you look at the way other games play out, be it computer games or trading card games, there's always a best team or a best deck. The only way that changes is with a change in the characters or cards available, be it through adjustments to the existing characters, removing some characters or introducing new ones. But then it quickly switches to the new best team.
Perhaps a way to introduce variety is to have the players create attack and defense teams consisting of 2 Eddies and 6 Allies, and then when you fight, you use a randomly chosen team of 1 Eddie and 3 Allies. Not perfect, but it would at least stir the pot some more and maybe result in more entertaining battles.
hmm that would result in even more randomnes. and with all the dupes you wouldn't see any differences.
There are already "Party Costs", i don't get it why they not simply use them.
That would only solve one of many problems of PvP but it would be a start at least
Not too concerned with stats or being the top dog in PvP but it would be nice if we didn't have to wait a week or month to spend some of these iron coins.