Board Thread:Frustrations and venting/@comment-13278317-20131024000715

Dear Mobage,

I'm going to let loose a bit here, so please bear with me. But I have a few questions:

WHY must the Event/Episode splash screen download EVERY time I launch the game? It's not so much of a big deal on my home WiFi, but when I'm out and about it takes FOREVER to load on my 3G network (3+ minutes...I know, "first world problem" right?) and it means I'm downloading a large file each time. Couldn't you just make the splash part of the "downloading new content" alert at the start of each event, and then have it display with, say, a 24-hour cooldown?

WHY are Ruby Medal pulls so frustrating? I put the time, effort, and money into getting enough Rubies for a pull on a desired character, only to get multiples of the same mode. While frustrating on the low end (six straight Whirl Bots, for example) it's maddening for the high-end (Grimlock, Silverbolt, etc.) yet the high-rolling players end up with multiples. Frustration abounds. Yeah, yeah I understand the business model of driving us to the Space Bridge, but that horse is WAY dead, so I refuse to beat it. Reward the effort, don't punish it! Maybe allow a purchase of a specific character mode at a +25% Ruby Cost from the base random draw (not outrageous, but still painful for the high-end cards). But I have NEVER pulled a complete top-tier raid card from Rubies, to date. I ALWAYS get hosed with multiples of the same mode!

WHY do we not have a bigger max total for our Character & Weapons base? 200 character cards vs 100 weapons is just stupid, especially for those of us who have been playing for awhile and don't want to part with hard-earned cards. But I'm sitting at 143/200 character and 99/100 weapon cards...cut me some slack! I have to keep A) my overall most powerful cards, B) my most powerful faction cards for event bonuses, C) my best defense cards for PvP events, and D) the incomplete cards I'm hoping to either get via medal pulls (elites) for Cyberdex purposes, or to have SOME type of "currency" if/when trading is introduced to the game. That doesn't leave much room for sentimental attachment to favorite characters while leaving room for episode characters required to place well during an event. Fix, please!

WHY can I not sort my character and weapon cards by name or faction in my base? I get REALLY tired of scrolling through 10 cards at a time, looking for a specific card. It's even MORE frustrating when I'm editing my deck, and I have to scroll four-at-a-time (pile-on: why can't a card default to the signature weapon when you select it, if available, and allow you to then change it manually if desired?). Yet I can sort by RARITY?!? Seriously? Like I have a plethora of C, UC, and R cards to sort through?

WHY does the "Recommend" button not allow for us to assign a recommended team based on faction, attack, or defense? Or to maybe store preferred team lineups?

WHY must I scroll through the leaderboard ten positions at a time, yet I can jump to the top of the leaderboard (for humility purposes, I suppose) and to my exact position? I don't care about the point totals immediately around me, I want to see the Tier cutoffs. Or at a minimum, add buttons allowing a scroll by one-hundred and one-thousand places.

WHY must I continue to use the daily space bridge for a chance at a C or UC card? I've NEVER gotten a Rare, but the time spent on this is annoying, particularly in the middle of an event. AND it covers up the Ally Point SB. Couldn't this be made a daily reward that simply shows up in your messages area, just like the daily login bonuses?

WHY are the PvP Battle Points requiring 500 points for ONE pull of a crappy C/UC weapon card? Shouldn't this scale with my level so that I have a chance to pull something that's actually worth my time? I just retreat from PvP battles now, simply to avoid the hassle, low reward, and potential for defeat.

WHY is it that my two sons' accounts (which they've stopped playing, btw, due to the gambling and frustration over their inability to land their favorite characters), which I've set to ONLY have each other and my account as Allies, receive far more requests for help from players while my own account (with ~116 of 135 allies) hardly receives any? Granted, it could be a function of the quality of my allies, but I scrub that list after each event and it should STILL have no bearing on random requests from the general player body.

That's all for now. I apologize for the length, but I also reserve the right to add to my rant.

Thank you for listening/reading. It's therapeutic for me. 