Board Thread:Frustrations and venting/@comment-13278317-20140418163826/@comment-9890645-20140420123900

DutchRits wrote:

...Audience perception is that Mobage/DeNa doesn't give a crap about the details...

...It's also a blatant move to force players to purchase Transmetals on the Space Bridge...

...Then remember the plethora of Grimlock [4] that resulted from the glut of Rubies?...

...Mobage has reduced the awarding of Rubies while also putting the Spacebridge Ruby Rewards well out of the realistic range of all but the most zealous players. 2k for ONE pull?!? Seriously?...

...it's only a matter of time before the player pool evaporates... my check over the last couple of events was that it had shrunk to 15-20k... Message to Mobage: Your model is NOT working and you are driving away players.

...This intermittent crashing by the game is more than annoying. Especially when it happens during a fight against bosses or enemy waves, since it affects what you get as awards. This NEEDS an immediate fix, and a batch of rewards to make up for the unaddressed error. I separated out the points of yours I wanted to address. You make a lot of legitimate points.

1. It's not "audience perception," it's a fact. Everything about the programming of these episodes is sloppy and seems to rely on people assuming things will work instead of testing them to be sure they work. That is the epitome of "doesn't care," so it should surprise no one that we're getting an Autobot faction bonus against Autobot hordes guarding Decepticon bosses in this campaign. Pure sloppiness.

2. Although I missed it, I've been told there was an episode where Transmetals flowed like water. Mobage is definitely trying to revalue Transmetals as another commodity that cannot be hoarded if you're trying to improve your deck beyond a certain (low) point.

3. The "plethora of Grimlock [4]" you speak of was not due to a glut of rubies. It was due to a number of players blatantly exploiting a number of different details in the game. That episode, a (now former) player who used to post here privately contacted me and offered to run my account to use exploits on my behalf. I declined his offer, as my two Grimlock alts attested to.

4. I will agree, for the amount of rubies one is expected to gather, you'd think they'd offer you a choice on the bridge.

5. I cannot agree more on this. The game's player base will slowly dwindle, as they lose players to other (cheaper) games. I am playing a few other games now, and, these first few episodes back notwithstanding, I am not always going to be playing hard in TFL every episode anymore. It's just not worth it.

6. While you know I am on the same page with you regarding the hatred of DAT LAG... I will say that I'm pretty sure, in campaigns, that you do get the rewards even though they're unlisted. Just double check on that. I've never felt shorted by it.