Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-9713390-20130621174237/@comment-9200727-20130626004747

Just trying to help...

This episode is playing out very differently than others for a host of reasons. I just want to touch on a few.

One major reason is that on this board and others, people are discussing "sniping" bosses and preserving cubes and such. Sniping  is a valid strategy but it is not the only strategy. Cubes are meant to be used or else the game is broken. That is why boss "updates" are being made at a rate that almost seems daily. The reason X# bosses were defeated quickly was not because everyone was 1.2x attacking or the number of players involved. The were defeated quickly because of the battle for MVP which increased the damage output of players.

If everyone is sitting back waiting to snipe and preserve cubes then more bosses will escape by timing out. Your dpc (damage per cube) is to be used in a team effort to defeat bosses. Depending on that bosses health you may need to contribute 3x+ of your dpc by using 2 cubes to assist.

You receive a free cube every hour. You can buy a set of 3 cubes for $1. Every cube you receive for free is 33.3 cents your receive from "Mobage." They give you free cubes just to participate in the event. If you want to take the time and do the math on sniping, preserving cubes, converting hourly cubes into reserve cubes and etc then you will see how much money "Mobage" is losing. Yes, they are making much more, but the point of all this is that it is a business and this is a game. At various "days" in the game you should expect a certain amount of point return for the cubes that you use (not sniping and gaining that cube back). As the days progress that number gets higher due to boss bounties.


 * Sniping will only carry you on the leaderboard to a position that your Deck power will sustain aside from fortunate snipes from higher bounty bosses. After that point, you must expend cubes in order proceed further.

Work as a team. Sometimes that requires you to do more than snipe. That is if you want to share in the points. Scan for a boss and issue out help requests. If everyone is waiting for requests, then how will they come, if no one is scanning...