[Devs please read] The grinding system is beyond broken. NOT A RANT.

[HeadlessHammerhead]

Haha. I got updated in the middle of a purchase.

[Flann]

Hey Matt
I do thoroughly enjoy the game and have noticed a dramatic increase in stability. As long as I don't use a Trooper that is. Iplayed several times in each world with my own allies and zero problems. 1st time with a Trooper; server connection error. I appreciate the hard work you all have done and are doing to correct the issues. I will suggest taking a page from Blizzard and at the very least preforming scheduled weekly server restarts to all out 6 hour maintenance days. That way everyone will know when not to even try to play. Just sayin.

[Jennie-5128]

Haha. I got updated in the middle of a purchase.

You got it worse than me then, poor thing.

[kryton]

I would like to thank Gonzo for starting a great thread. A lot of good points were made regarding the game. Also thanks to everyone with there input.
Thank You Matt for posting your thoughts. It is always great to see a dev posting in the forum,but I would also like to point out that please don't forget us over here in the non-founders forum. Some of us just did not have the extra money to shell out for the founders pack,wish I did but it is what it is at the moment.

Love the Game,Play all the Time and already can't wait for the next big update and fixes.

[Jessiah]

Thanks Gonzo for bringing this issue up and Matt_LOTB (the dev) for giving us a heads up on the coming re-balance.

Agreed on the RNG system being a punch to the throat. Part of the the reason I haven't spent any money yet in the game.
I've been auto-grinding ToD on Battlefield MAD for the past 3 days and half of the drops have either been one star trash or common souls, the next forty percent is talismans, runes, and XP shards-- the remaining 1/10 is evo shards with the majority either being 2* shards or rainbow (21 of those 3* shards so far). I've only gotten all my main characters up to 4* in the past 5 days and have acquired the needed shards to upgrade my Solider Eddie and Allied Soldier green to 5* in the last 2.
The next class is purple with 4 3* shards, then Blue with 2 and last Red with a single 3* shard.
I'm currently at level 54, 70% of hitting the next and have been playing for over 20 days.

While we're waiting for the RNG re-balance there's a couple of tweaks in the meantime that might be simpler to code that could be made (even if only temporary) as ANTI-FRUSTRATION features:
1.) No one * drops on KOTS MAD, and Battlefield MAD
2.) In the 3* unlock levels have dedicated color evo shard drops in addition to the random drops. (Red for AilK, Blue for KOTS, etc.)

[HeadlessHammerhead]

Dang happened again! I was fighting the Beast on Madness and had him bent over my lap, pants at his ankles, and I was giving him a good spanking, when "BAM!" RESTART NOW FOR GAME UPDATE. Son of a mother!

[Matt_LOTB]

Dang happened again! I was fighting the Beast on Madness and had him bent over my lap, pants at his ankles, and I was giving him a good spanking, when "BAM!" RESTART NOW FOR GAME UPDATE. Son of a mother!

Sorry about that.

We're still working out the kinks in the game's live tunability / events system. The system isn't fully mature yet, and it's not without it's hiccups. We'll try to keep that to a minimum.

-M

[Kaijester]

Same here. The update appear right after I defeated the Beast. Sigh.

[Vaseodin]

Thanks Gonzo for bringing this issue up and Matt_LOTB (the dev) for giving us a heads up on the coming re-balance.

Agreed on the RNG system being a punch to the throat. Part of the the reason I haven't spent any money yet in the game.
I've been auto-grinding ToD on Battlefield MAD for the past 3 days and half of the drops have either been one star trash or common souls, the next forty percent is talismans, runes, and XP shards-- the remaining 1/10 is evo shards with the majority either being 2* shards or rainbow (21 of those 3* shards so far). I've only gotten all my main characters up to 4* in the past 5 days and have acquired the needed shards to upgrade my Solider Eddie and Allied Soldier green to 5* in the last 2.
The next class is purple with 4 3* shards, then Blue with 2 and last Red with a single 3* shard.
I'm currently at level 54, 70% of hitting the next and have been playing for over 20 days.

While we're waiting for the RNG re-balance there's a couple of tweaks in the meantime that might be simpler to code that could be made (even if only temporary) as ANTI-FRUSTRATION features:
1.) No one * drops on KOTS MAD, and Battlefield MAD
2.) In the 3* unlock levels have dedicated color evo shard drops in addition to the random drops. (Red for AilK, Blue for KOTS, etc.)

I, for one, don't agree with the 1* drops. they have their purpose and I'd rather they drop constantly than having to go to a crappy level and get crap rewards for the sake of having a chance at getting a 1* or 2* evo item. I think a reduction in the drop rate for that would be the best answer. an all-out drop to 0 chance of getting it doesn't seem like it will help in the long run.

[Bombatomica]

Thanks very much DEVS for your attention, i hope you'll be able to fix this system.
In the meantime, i can evolve 3 red character at 5, i have plenty of red shards of all tipe. But NONE of yellow and blue, ugh... Same with rune, i can evolve red ones at ease, but for green and blue, i'm stuck at 4. Have you symphathy for red color? XD