This is what's stopping me from going all out with Dracos. Outside of Blackaria, they all become obsolete so fast.
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Dragon Blaze (iOS/Android) |OT| Looks Like Vanillaware, Tastes Like F2P
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This is what's stopping me from going all out with Dracos. Outside of Blackaria, they all become obsolete so fast.
Do you know the points required to reach top 50?
Going by ranking only 9 of us out of 49 in guild even do gb, I just did 80tickets worth with garath.
Such a shame really since we have some level 60 people not even participating.
I was close to 10k points and was rank 58 last week. Feels like such a waste of time to rank top 1% so I'm just settling for 5% from now on.
I know, I keep going back and forth on the dracos. They are pretty awesome now, but I know they eventually get outdated and they cost so much. But then again, we have months before some of these new uber units come.
That's unfortunate. After this week's gb calculations are done it's time to bounce out then.
They might get outdated, but they keep the game fun for me. I'd be bored if I didn't make them.
I could stop doing anything, and by the time KR's strongest unit reaches Global, it will be outdated by something better KR has to offer.
I play F2P and I'm glad I can keep a team that remains relevant without spending anything. The only time I'll feel bad about my units is when I get more than 8 and one have to get benched even when I do Labyrinth. But thats so far away.
Also lol I got 14 Bloodwind essences now. I remember not going for him because I couldn't get any. I found 5 the last 2 days.
I could stop doing anything, and by the time KR's strongest unit reaches Global, it will be outdated by something better KR has to offer.
I play F2P and I'm glad I can keep a team that remains relevant without spending anything. The only time I'll feel bad about my units is when I get more than 8 and one have to get benched even when I do Labyrinth. But thats so far away.
Also lol I got 14 Bloodwind essences now. I remember not going for him because I couldn't get any. I found 5 the last 2 days.
It is a bit disheartening knowing our Guild is capable of so much and we're losing a lot of rubies due to inactivity.
cpp_is_king
Member
Going to be honest, I left GAF guild a while ago and joined a guild spawned from the dragonblaze reddit. Not the official reddit guild, just a guild made up of a bunch fo mostly redditors.
GB was one reason I left, but another reason was that, at least during my time there, wasn't really a lot of chat in the guild. idk, I like chatting.
Anyway, UI wonder if there's interest in merging or something? Seems like we have a core group of really serious GBers in my current guild, and GAF has a really core group of serious GBers as well. Seems like it could be a win/win for everyone. I don't know that we'd be as hardcore as enforcing point requirements, but just having more members doing GB should be enough to bump to 5% or higher.
Not trying to poach members or anything, but I know I've seen the GB complaint repeated a number of times over the past few weeks from people in the GAF guild, so just throwing this out there as food for thought.
GB was one reason I left, but another reason was that, at least during my time there, wasn't really a lot of chat in the guild. idk, I like chatting.
Anyway, UI wonder if there's interest in merging or something? Seems like we have a core group of really serious GBers in my current guild, and GAF has a really core group of serious GBers as well. Seems like it could be a win/win for everyone. I don't know that we'd be as hardcore as enforcing point requirements, but just having more members doing GB should be enough to bump to 5% or higher.
Not trying to poach members or anything, but I know I've seen the GB complaint repeated a number of times over the past few weeks from people in the GAF guild, so just throwing this out there as food for thought.
cpp_is_king
Member
14,516 was the cutoff for top 50.
I'm all for a merge. It's a nice guild we got, but members are dropping and there's nothing wrong with looking out for a future approach.
There's some issues for a few people that have problems making that GB time, but maybe they can save a stack of tickets to get a few wins in during the weekend to hit their limits.
Either way we're losing a lot of members and even the most active ones seem to just go. I don't know who Ventori was in here but he's not been on for 4 days now and he was one of the most active people we had.
And I really like the Reddit community for ths game too. Nothing wrong with them.
I do want to know how much free spots they got though.
Edit: Hell, I think I'm just going to leave. I want to stay for the really cool people that stay behind but at the same time I'm pretty competitive minded and I can't ask that out of everyone else in my guild. But I can ask it when I join a different guild for those exact purposes.
There's some issues for a few people that have problems making that GB time, but maybe they can save a stack of tickets to get a few wins in during the weekend to hit their limits.
Either way we're losing a lot of members and even the most active ones seem to just go. I don't know who Ventori was in here but he's not been on for 4 days now and he was one of the most active people we had.
And I really like the Reddit community for ths game too. Nothing wrong with them.
I do want to know how much free spots they got though.
Edit: Hell, I think I'm just going to leave. I want to stay for the really cool people that stay behind but at the same time I'm pretty competitive minded and I can't ask that out of everyone else in my guild. But I can ask it when I join a different guild for those exact purposes.
cpp_is_king
Member
Ventori was Ventara on the forum. Few days ago he said he's going to SE Asia and his internet might be spotty, but he asked not to be kicked.
The guild I'm in now, like I said, isn't the official Reddit guild. Currently sitting at only 31/50, so plenty of free spots. And lots of inactives as well, so I suspect more space could be made. Guild name is Nocturna, feel free to look it up. If anyone thinks a merge is good idea, you might talk to Staree (aka Starri, Starrd) or Hav0c in game.
Edit: If you want a guild that is competitive RIGHT NOW though then might not be the best. We currently get 10% maybe if we're lucky, but that's also with very few members (like I said only 31/50). If we start recruiting specifically for GB I think it could be much higher. Some of our members get 500+ points each week in GB though. Your call though
ventori=ventara and is currently on vacation thats why he hasn't been active lately.
I'm up for the merge as well, sucks being held back in gb since most aren't even participating in the current gaf guild.
I just left. Not sure if I'll join the Nocturna guild, I will wait for some others to see if they plan on doing anything.
I'll miss my 300k exp, lol.
I would have stayed for the people in the NeoGAF guild but I want to get more out of the game too.
Edit: @KimChi. Ah, ok. What do you plan on doing? Who's Gondola on the forum, had some fun runs with him too. And Rurunaki.
I do feel bad about it for Garath as he did a great job running the guild that he was pretty much handed after someone else bailed. But the numbers for the game just keep dropping, its difficult to keep it going.
I'll miss my 300k exp, lol.
I would have stayed for the people in the NeoGAF guild but I want to get more out of the game too.
Edit: @KimChi. Ah, ok. What do you plan on doing? Who's Gondola on the forum, had some fun runs with him too. And Rurunaki.
I do feel bad about it for Garath as he did a great job running the guild that he was pretty much handed after someone else bailed. But the numbers for the game just keep dropping, its difficult to keep it going.
cpp_is_king
Member
That's part of the problem :-/ Each week world boss loses about 1,000 players lol
Eh idk atm, ill wait until the gb rewards are distributed before doing anything. Might just join the guild cpp is in if they decide to focus more on gb.
I don't think anything can be done for the gaf guild currently and it does suck since garath became the leader when the other guy just left.
I'm Gondola in game.
And any active guild is ok by me as long as there aren't any stringent requirements on how many points a player must get each week.
cpp_is_king
Member
I actually edited my post because I talked to the leader and he doesn't want to impose any requirements. He thinks it would be great if more people joined who wanted to be active in GB, but he still wants to allow casual players to have fun in the guild. So up to you. We're not going to be getting top 10 or top 1% any time soon, but 5% for costumes seems like a possibility just by adding a few more members. I mean hell we're only at 31/50 and still getting decent ranking considering the low numbers.
Honestly though you can get 100 guild points in about 30 minutes.
wapplew
Member
Not if you lost all your match and hated by your partner...
cpp_is_king
Member
Doesn't it match you up based on your points? With 0 points I don't think you'll be matched up with crazy strong people.
Could be wrong though
wapplew
Member
With low player base, MM is total mess.
I score 600-800 points weekly in Asia, sometimes they still match my team with low level.
Done. Applied to Nocturna.
Edit: Got accepted and did some runs. It was pleasantly surprising to log in the guild battle screen and see 25+ people logged in. Some people with high level draco characters as well.
Solid guild.
cpp_is_king
Member
BTW I was the first guy you GB'ed with (Lebesgue, aka Cauchy, aka Erdos)
cpp_is_king
Member
That wasn't my intention btw. The way I understood there's less than 10 ppl who do GB regularly, so that still leaves a big Gaf guild right? I was only trying to offer an alternative for people who want to rank higher in gb
That's not really true, see below.
Bloodwind is still taken for the Hydra but Korean do favor the angel summoner for the WBs in general, here an example :
From the screenshots I usually see, dracos are still relevant and not useless in long term
The only thing that I can't get my hand on are Guild Battle screenshots, I saw none.
Ah too bad losing the high level people in the guild. Short of the crazy dedicated ones I think any guild is going to struggle with activity over time. In the end it's a phone game and people will get bored and move on.
This has been a fun game. Lots to do but I'm personally hitting the grind cap for myself. I do what I can but the time slots they keep choosing for the perks don't work for me. I have limited time to GB, can't get the enhance bonuses, missing the free summons, etc. Its making it difficult to keep up.
I still need my first draco dammit.
This has been a fun game. Lots to do but I'm personally hitting the grind cap for myself. I do what I can but the time slots they keep choosing for the perks don't work for me. I have limited time to GB, can't get the enhance bonuses, missing the free summons, etc. Its making it difficult to keep up.
I still need my first draco dammit.
The RNG in this game is absurd. Its no surprise players are leaving. Reminds of diablo 3 key farming days. RNG on the 1/4 key drop, after getting all 4 keys, RNG on 1/4 monster drops. So after getting all 4 keys and monster drops for one ammy, there's RNG on the stat roll. Uh yeah...many ppl quit after that.
wapplew
Member
If people are leaving this game faster than normal attrition (I haven't had to prune anyone from my friends list in a while, so I haven't seen it directly yet), I would say it's because the gap between F2P and payers is growing with each update. This is a direct byproduct of the ridiculous RNG with premium pulls and the RNG with what unit you get on a combine. There's just too much RNG.
It's my only daily game I play on my phone, so I'll be sticking around for a while.
It fixes the RNG problem somewhat but at an insane cost. It takes forever for a F2P player to make a draco.
I hope it won't be SEA exclusive because Usa gamevil didn't wirtten anything about it on Facebook or forum.
*hope*
I think having 3 draco and being F2P is the exception rather than the rule. I've been playing since May as well and I have ... one draco. I suppose I could make another if I sack 5 of my SSS into one of my max warriors. But that would wipe me out. Not even remotely close to that 3rd draco. And definitely not in a position to max enhance another draco.
Anyone know how long after the bump to level 64 did the koreans get their first angel?
Hmm seems like I should just make my next draco! Thx
cpp_is_king
Member
Canyou link to the taiwan Facebook post?
Definitely the exception. I've been playing since NA release and I'll be making my first draco once I have the essences. I do have a full team of max SSS and a few backups around +3 not counting the Draco fodder so I'm not doing terrible but I think that's more in lie what I'd expect from a f2p.
cpp_is_king
Member
Hopefully one of these new maps contains a SSS earring as a boss reward
And i also agree, f2p with 3 draco sounds extremely difficult to me. Maybe completely unenhanced, but even just getting 17 SSS as f2p seems quite difficult
And i also agree, f2p with 3 draco sounds extremely difficult to me. Maybe completely unenhanced, but even just getting 17 SSS as f2p seems quite difficult
You're definitely not average. I started playing around May as well and I have no Dracos so far. Not even close, actually. Sure, I don't play as much all day but it's still a long way to go.
Cpp. Can I apply for your guild when the gb resets on Monday?
You should be fine. This guild has like 15~ spots free.
I rarely get those, and when I do, I only give them to allies if I have better ones on me and I consider that these allies are gonna stick with me for a long time. Meaning the SSS allies that I will not be using for fodder any time soon.