Yeah, that’s my sense too. Same rewards for less time, then Traitstones coming over the top.
@Sirrian - regarding the 20% uplift in TH rewards…can you please explain how that mechanic occurs for items other than Gold and Souls?
For example, where Glory is awarded, a brown chest currently produces 2 Glory, and a green chest currently produces 5 Glory.
Would each brown chest awarding 2 glory, now award 3 glory (2.4 rounded up)? or
Is the total glory summed, then multiplied by 1.2, then rounded up? or
Something else?
(Similar query for Gems, Iron Keys, Gem Keys)
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Ok. Be patient this will be a rant.
Some background info :
1 - I have a temper.
2 - I am a sore loser.
3 - I crash the game if I am going to lose a battle (down to last troop before crashing).
4 - I play a minimum of 30 battles 5 nights a week and on the other two days it’s a free for all - as many as possible.
Now I am against this combo breaker situation with 1.09. And to be told it is to further development of the game in the patch after this one (some ladder function - the idea of it just scares me because I don’t know what the dev’s are planning) doesn’t help with the enjoyment of the game or frustration I am imagining without combo breaker. Because I am trying to give the game it’s chance I decided since we will be forced to play on hard (basically) after reaching rank 1 that I would do my ritual of 30 battles tonight on hard.
After completing the 30 wins I tallied up how many times I crashed the game. That total was 21!!! 21! On normal I might do it 3 times in the 30 plus battles but . . . 21!? I faced player’s teams that I would normally see on normal as well and sometimes they were tough battles but usually could pull off a win. On hard I didn’t stand a chance against the same teams. I switched up between skull generators to looping board control to high hit point teams and it didn’t make a difference. I was eaten anyway I tried to battle.
I can hear the naysayers screaming “recall bias”, “unlucky streak” and a myriad of different excuses for the game being in control of the board on every move but the first. I have to admit I would get a few sets of cascades dropped in but the AI got it every single match. At least every other move. And usually I would make one move and that would drop skulls or match 4/5’s for the opponent to start it again. The AI would have collected two dozen maps off my 30 battles at least. If I crashed the game 21 times (!!) and the naysayers are right then I must be stoned out of my mind and not know it or just the unluckiest human being on the face of the planet bar none.
As I said I did get the same lucky cascades as the AI but not even close to the number it got. If this is the future of the game - and I am still going to give it a fair chance after the update tomorrow - I don’t think I will be continuing with this game. The fact that I am VIP 8 really disappoints me that I am thinking of uninstalling this game. Such a waste of money. It took a bit but I warmed to the 1.08 update and maybe I will warm to 1.09. We will see.
To the Dev’s : you guys and gals do great work. This is an awesome game. You listen to all of us whine and cry and comment and suggest and so on. It must be extremely difficult to make something on this scale and please even 75% of the players. I stand by my earlier posts in this thread though -
Taking away combo breaker will destroy the enjoyment of just playing the game for the fun of it.
Thanks for listening. (reading)
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Wait did you just “lost” 21 out of 30 battles?
No basically I played 51 battles. 21 crashes and 30 wins.
Crash I figure means quit before lose happens.
That is really really really really lame… Am sorry but… Like… Ugh… You are like either trolling or really bad at playing with a little strategy. How used are you to the AI being completly dumb? The combo - breaker should be given like 25 or 40 mana to the enemie each match, how could you “loose” so many matches to that? Did you at least try like using silence, roots, healing or something? Or you just went “smashing your head on the keyboard”?
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Crash = press the windows button on my keyboard, right click, close window, restart game.
Yeah, I know… Thats why I typed: “lost”
I was close. I tried different teams. I don’t appreciate the insinuation I am an idiot and don’t know how to play. I watch the board and can see where the pieces are going to be when I make a move. I try to play as safely as I can and most times ignore the flashing pieces the AI suggests I move. I may not be an expert like you but I can play.
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Am far from being an expert but also far from loosing almost 50% of my matches. 
Sorry if I was rude, perhabs I was, the stats you gave completly blowed my mind.
You will get used to it eventually. 
Just… Think about MoP 
My point is that going from 90 - 95 % win rate down to 50% means no fun for me. I like to play the game itself but I also like to win.
MoP?
My results in bumping it up to hard: I lost a handful our less more matches than usual. Most the time I forgot combo breaker was off.
Sorry you look like someone who play World of Warcraft. (Deathwing on your profile picture)
No this game is my first online gaming experience. My son plays WoW though.
@Machiknight I’m not saying that this little trial is going to be the norm. I have to believe that there will be nights that the numbers are a lot better that what I experienced tonight. I have to or I would have already uninstalled the game. Like I posted - I am going to try the game for a bit and see what happens.
I would really like to know what team/s you’re trying for it to suddenly go so badly.
Also, whether or not you skip a lot of the Bone Dragon / True Shot nightmare fuel. Because that’s what we do.
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Well… Good bye if you decide to leave.
It’s sad to see people giving up on a game because they think its now “harder” when the problem should have always been the game being so easy. Like… Seriously… How many times you have to think to defeat the AI right now… You can make a huge amount of mistakes, give up a lot of 4 of-a-kind and still win with ease…
Not even Candy Crush is this easy. And that’s why I’m happy with the combo-breaker off coming back to the game.
Some people are acting like the devs were now making us play on w4 every match. While it is only a little spice for us to actually win the matches and not get them handed over.
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I don’t skip anything. I try every battle. I love to play the game right?
Primary team :
Glade Warden / KoS / Valkyrie / Star gazer
Secondary team :
Green Slime / Goblin Shaman / Green Seer / Valkyrie
Tertiary team :
KoS / Green Slime / Valkyrie / Bone Dragon
@Serale I’m not leaving yet just venting. I will give the game it’s fair shot after the update and I really hope I can adapt to the changes like you suggest. I really do. Maybe the hero changes will change the meta of the game enough that the combo breaker won’t matter. Maybe new troops introduced will give me the game flow I’m looking for. And maybe I am just the most unlucky person playing this game. We will see.
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