# Epic Trial is a DISASTER **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests and Game feedback\ **Created:** [April 26, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617 "2023-04-26T10:26:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aragorn1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Aragorn1](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Aragorn1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/21 "2023-04-26T15:47:08Z")
So my question is this. If trials are specific to what Kingdom it is that week should I still attempt to do it this week if it isn’t working correctly? I don’t want to not do it and miss out on a pet ---
**Author:** ![mitamata](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mitamata/32/10313_2.png) [@mitamata](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/mitamata)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/23 "2023-04-26T15:57:21Z")
> [@Aragorn1](#): > > should I still attempt to do it this week if it isn’t working correctly? For epic trials, yes. The epic trial is only in the kingdom of the week and will be gone after this week until next Vulpacea week. You can get the starry pet now and upgrade it next time the kingdom comes around. For regular trials, there’s no rush. ---
**Author:** ![thmmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@thmmaster](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/thmmaster)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/24 "2023-04-26T16:06:42Z")
so put todd on the bottom and then put the other troop with skull reduction on top. It becomes an easy win ---
**Author:** ![thmmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@thmmaster](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/thmmaster)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/25 "2023-04-26T16:09:50Z")
I already posted a few minutes ago. There is no hurry to maximize these pets. I spend 1000 gems just to get +6 magic and life for a kingdom bonus, which I don’t use troops combinations from the same kingdom. Only reason i maxed it is because I need 4 maxed pets for kingdom power 30. Otherwise, I would just use minion orbs to max them in the future ---
**Author:** ![DAeron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/daeron/32/89036_2.png) [@DAeron](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DAeron)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/26 "2023-04-26T16:18:43Z")
> [@mitamata](#): > > You can get the starry pet now and upgrade it next time the kingdom comes around. For Vulpacea this makes sense, it will be back pretty soon. Not for other kingdoms that may take a year+ to return. > [@thmmaster](#): > > Otherwise, I would just use minion orbs to max them in the future Whats your secret technique for minion orbs? ---
**Author:** ![SE7ENDEVILS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@SE7ENDEVILS](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/SE7ENDEVILS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/27 "2023-04-26T16:28:39Z")
So im forced to use a garbage team against the AI that cheats to favour the opposition team, which at high levels has 3 times my stats?? And what is my reward? A pet I have absolutely no use for. I already have enough pets to get me to level 30 for pretty much every kingdom (when i have enough deeds) and i already get the team bonuses these new pets give me from other existing pets. Totally Pointless Update. Has to be the worst i’ve seen for many years on GOW. ---
**Author:** ![Faroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8797f3/32.png) [@Faroo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Faroo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/28 "2023-04-26T16:29:02Z")
I think its level dependent. I went to all those kingdoms after reading this and didn’t have much problem. Took me two tries on all of them at Tier X. ---
**Author:** ![PythagorasGamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@PythagorasGamer](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/PythagorasGamer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/29 "2023-04-26T16:36:46Z")
> [@SE7ENDEVILS](#): > > So im forced to use a garbage team Nope, not forced. If you dont like the mode, dont do it. It’s optional. Choice is good. ---
**Author:** ![DracoL1ch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dracol1ch/32/75027_2.png) [@DracoL1ch](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DracoL1ch)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/30 "2023-04-26T16:39:09Z")
new/midgame players no longer have a choice but to complete those. Else they will be missing bunch of helpful rewards which become obsolete when you finally reach stats required to kill those bastards ---
**Author:** ![Dust\_Angel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dust_angel/32/35256_2.png) [@Dust\_Angel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dust_Angel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/31 "2023-04-26T16:39:44Z")
> [@PythagorasGamer](#): > > Nope, not forced. If you dont like the mode, dont do it. It’s optional. Choice is good. Epic trials, I’d agree. Normal trials are required for kingdom progression (whenever there was task to finish X challenges before), therefore - mandatory and not a choice. (Unless, of course, devs have adjusted and put something else in requirements instead, but that’s highly unlikely.) ---
**Author:** ![itsWskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/43a26b/32.png) [@itsWskill](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/itsWskill)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/32 "2023-04-26T17:10:52Z")
I liked challenge mode, where is my goddamn challenge mode then mr smart pants… ---
**Author:** ![PythagorasGamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@PythagorasGamer](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/PythagorasGamer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/33 "2023-04-26T17:57:09Z")
> [@Dust\_Angel](#): > > Normal trials are required I haven’t checked them, so I’m hoping you know, but are the normal trials comparable in difficulty? ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@EmeraldElf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/EmeraldElf)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/34 "2023-04-26T18:41:56Z")
Please tell me that offer for 5x Pets for 1,000,000,00 Gems is a BUG! Hate this format for Kingdom Challenges. First, they take the Hero from Arena and then mess up Challenges even more. Gotta be a joke! ---
**Author:** ![mitamata](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mitamata/32/10313_2.png) [@mitamata](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/mitamata)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/35 "2023-04-26T18:45:46Z")
> [@EmeraldElf](#): > > Please tell me that offer for 5x Pets for 1,000,000,00 Gems is a BUG! My understanding is it’s intentional, and temporary. There was no confirmation on purchase, which could lead to people accidentally buying things they didn’t mean to. So they changed the price to 1 mil until they add a confirmation. ---
**Author:** ![Maisie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@Maisie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Maisie)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/36 "2023-04-26T18:50:43Z")
Here: > [@6.9 Update - Issue with Trial Offer Purchases](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/6-9-update-issue-with-trial-offer-purchases/79613): > > Hello Adventures, I’m just jumping in to let you all know about an issue we discovered in 6.9 (and have a temporary fix for). We discovered that the new Trial Offer and Epic Trial Offers are not popping up the confirmation windows (for spending gems) as offers do in other places, when spending gems. To prevent anyone unintentionally spending Gems on the offers, we have temporarily increased the cost to a high amount (1,000,000 gems) to stop this happening. We’re not really expecting you to sp… but the communication on this has been … not great? _One_ forum post which now keeps sliding out of the recents; no followups from CS on any of the now multiple threads here questioning the million-gems thing; nothing in-game to explain it. ---
**Author:** ![rbchaffe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rbchaffe/32/58281_2.png) [@rbchaffe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/rbchaffe)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/37 "2023-04-26T18:50:54Z")
> [@Dust\_Angel](#): > > (Unless, of course, devs have adjusted and put something else in requirements instead, but that’s highly unlikely.) Thankfully, the requirement has simply been reworded. ![Screenshot_20230426_014651](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/1/8/18889239c106cf9fb803065d3909d2932b789237.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SilentCitizen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/silentcitizen/32/88855_2.png) [@SilentCitizen](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/SilentCitizen)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/40 "2023-04-26T19:18:08Z")
I’ve been playing this game for several years. This is the first change that has made me re-think whether I want to play anymore. The Trials change to be more like Arena is possibly the worst change ever made to the game. ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@EmeraldElf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/EmeraldElf)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/41 "2023-04-26T19:42:11Z")
Thank you, would have been nice if they had put a notice in the game mail section. ---
**Author:** ![Wooly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Wooly](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Wooly)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/42 "2023-04-26T23:03:36Z")
Until 7.0 updates requirements for power level 30 to include requiring a maxed starry pet and epic trial completion…go ahead and count on having to at some point. ---
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617/43 "2023-04-27T18:29:20Z")
> [@SilentCitizen](#): > > The Trials change to be more like Arena is possibly the worst change ever made to the game. Honestly, I pretty much ignored Challenges to begin with because of how repetitive they were. The only times I ever sought them out intentionally were if I needed more colored Jewels (the Tier Lv.8 reward) during a week. So I’m not exactly heartbroken over them being replaced. [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/epic-trial-is-a-disaster/79617.md?page=3)