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Puzzle & Dragons |OT| Pokemon + Bejeweled + Dungeon RPG on iOS/Android

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Victrix

*beard*
Yea this is how I feel, this game would have been better as an actual paid app.

I really wonder if they can make more money from this model than selling the game for $10.

They absolutely do. There's some stats floating around about pay style apps/f2p games/etc, but from what I remember a handful of diehards spend 29482934823% more than the rest of people, some of whom spend a little, many of whom spend a tiny amount, and a ton who pay nothing.

Crackhead collectible card game style pay games are even more crazy, because people are obsessive about them and get addicted to the gambling aspect (Magic the Gathering etc.)

I'd actually probably even be ok with the gambling aspect if it was something along the lines of 'choose a color, you will never receive a creature you already own'. Because there is no trading, you would a) still need a shitload of box space and b) the amount of cash you could make off completionists who would buy into that but not the gambling style would probably be pretty huge - but I'd be more ok with that than completely random gambling, as it is now.

I've never seen a game use that method though, and the companies know far better than we do what makes the most money sooooo.

This sort of gambling deal seems to be really common/popular in asian online games - I'm actually surprised it hasn't gotten some nasty media coverage here in the west. I suppose it's still too obscure.

Anyway, this is all really tangental. I think P&D is a fun game. Play it, it is fun :p
 

Jinko

Member
Hah I just found out that if you hit add in the fusion box you can add multiple monsters at once, I been doing it the slow way /facepalm
 

Victrix

*beard*
Hah I just found out that if you hit add in the fusion box you can add multiple monsters at once, I been doing it the slow way /facepalm

Well... you got more chances at 1.5x/2x xp, look at it that way :V

btw, for people leveling monsters, a creatures xp is basically its (level x base xp value), so combining monsters a bit before feeding them well net more xp at lower levels, at a slight gold premium

Also relevant for feeding Pengdras, who need I think... 2550 xp exactly to hit max level, you can hit that with some combos of two creatures fed to one another who wouldn't max it otherwise.
 
I think he meant just tapping all five things you want to feed at once instead of going to each empty slot and selecting what you want one by one. Took me a few days to learn that too.

I think the Chinese/Japanese have stuff on their wikis that tells you how to minmax feedings, but of course it's not in English. Man, do we ever need an English wiki for this game...
 

Owzers

Member
can someone please post the ruby dragon dungeon times? i presumed it would be either 12pm est or 1pm est like the last two but nope.
 

mjc

Member
I haven't been this addicted to an iOS game in a long while. Now I just need to get some better monsters and I'll be content.
 
Hey guys just started playing and found an egg with a +1 on it. What does this mean?
It's a red ogre if that helps.

means that if you feed it to another monster that (+1) and the stats will carry over.

so if its +1 w/ 5 to ATK, the monster you feed it to would get +5 to attack.

if that makes any sense...
 

nicoga3000

Saint Nic
I mean this in the nicest way possible, but did you guys even read the tutorial? Haha - I'm PRETTY sure it tells you all of the things you guys are magically discovering. :p
 

J0dy77

Member
This may be a basic question but want to make sure I'm understanding it correctly. For power-up fusion, when they say you get a bonus for the same "Fusion" type does that mean similar type monsters provide bonus or same attribute will provide the bonus?
 

nicoga3000

Saint Nic
This may be a basic question but want to make sure I'm understanding it correctly. For power-up fusion, when they say you get a bonus for the same "Fusion" type does that mean similar type monsters provide bonus or same attribute will provide the bonus?

If you fuse a wood with a fire, you might get 1000 exp. If you fuse a wood with a wood, you'd get something like 1500 (some multiplier, not sure what it is myself).
 

Owzers

Member
Anyone knows what is the approximate chance to get a Driad if I repeat the "Fairy's Invitation" stage of Demeter Forest?

not high enough :p I've only tried it 3 times so far, i'll give it a few more goes. Mermaids wore me out with failure.

Ruby dragons for me now :) started at 2pm est. Finally getting my Dino Rider some levels.
 

xelios

Universal Access can be found under System Preferences
Oh nice, I got a Keeper of Light on my way to get a Keeper of Water, didn't even know that was possible.
 

blackflag

Member
Oh nice, I got a Keeper of Light on my way to get a Keeper of Water, didn't even know that was possible.

Nice so he just shows up as a sub boss?


I just got a keeper of fire/flame whatever it's called.

Now I just need a Dragon plant to evolve my red dragon. Where's the best place for that?
 

xelios

Universal Access can be found under System Preferences
Nice so he just shows up as a sub boss?


I just got a keeper of fire/flame whatever it's called.

Now I just need a Dragon plant to evolve my red dragon. Where's the best place for that?

Yeah he showed up at encounter 6/10 or something. The dragon PLANTS can be found in Tower of Trials or Tower of Giants. Alternatively, Thursday dungeon.
 

Jinko

Member
Nice so he just shows up as a sub boss?


I just got a keeper of fire/flame whatever it's called.

Now I just need a Dragon plant to evolve my red dragon. Where's the best place for that?

Yup I got 3 keepers in 1 run on my last run :D, seems they are 100% drop rate.
 

Ferrio

Banned
I must be pretty lucky, got a Siren now.

So vamp lord, siren, chaos dragon knight. Too bad I can't use siren's leader with vamps :(
 

mjc

Member
Holy dang...it looks like I've hit a wall with the Ice Aurora Dragon. It looks like fire, wood, and water get dropped down to 1 damage. Any tips?
 

Jinko

Member
Holy dang...it looks like I've hit a wall with the Ice Aurora Dragon. It looks like fire, wood, and water get dropped down to 1 damage. Any tips?

Increase your attack.

The damage calculations work like attack - defence = output.

So if you are getting 1's the defence is higher than your current attack, either this or use monster with guard break.

These technical dungeons are pretty cool and those chimera's are pretty sweet for high damage attackers.
 

Jinko

Member
ok outside of purchasing magic stones, It seems to me that eventually you run out of dungeons to beat and earn more stones.

I know we got a stone a day with the 12 days of christmas gift, but it seems like eventually there will be no more rare gachas or monster box increases without payment.

Please let me know if I am off base.

To answer this you can get bonus stones for login in consecutively.

3 on day 10
5 on day 30
5 on day 60
10 on day 100
 

ParityBit

Member
OK, I just got destroyed in the Tuesday dungeon, Keeper of the Red -expert.

Are they always expert. That was a waste of 25 stamina. Made it to 6-9
 
To answer this you can get bonus stones for login in consecutively.

3 on day 10
5 on day 30
5 on day 60
10 on day 100

is that a one time gift? (say you log in for 10 days straight, skip a day and then another 10) would you have 3 stones after each 10 day period, or just for the first time?
 

blackflag

Member
OK, I just got destroyed in the Tuesday dungeon, Keeper of the Red -expert.

Are they always expert. That was a waste of 25 stamina. Made it to 6-9

I got destroyed my first time but I was totally unprepared and didn't know what it was. 2nd time it was pretty much a breeze. Used Alarune as friend healer and Loki as my leader. Nothing could 1 shot me and i could easily get all my health back every turn.
 

ParityBit

Member
I got destroyed my first time but I was totally unprepared and didn't know what it was. 2nd time it was pretty much a breeze. Used Alarune as friend healer and Loki as my leader. Nothing could 1 shot me and i could easily get all my health back every turn.

I defiantly did not have any healing except for the heart gems. I dont think I really have anyone to put on my team that would help that.
 

Jinko

Member
is that a one time gift? (say you log in for 10 days straight, skip a day and then another 10) would you have 3 stones after each 10 day period, or just for the first time?

Not sure, I'd like to think it would start from scratch again, but wishful thinking I suspect.

Maybe someone who has experienced it can say.

I defiantly did not have any healing except for the heart gems. I dont think I really have anyone to put on my team that would help that.

Use my healer as a helper, and have a leader with a defensive boost, "Lessens damage by a bit" etc.
 

Shiryu

Neo Member
I got destroyed my first time but I was totally unprepared and didn't know what it was. 2nd time it was pretty much a breeze. Used Alarune as friend healer and Loki as my leader. Nothing could 1 shot me and i could easily get all my health back every turn.

This. It almost seems like cheating though, if there is no monster to one-shot you with Alarune and you can at least do a few combos to get your HP back.

Evolving my monsters slowly but surely. Almost evolving both my Titan and Plesios. Lil' white dragon is already a white dragon (evo x2) since I wanted to see its form. :)

Working on Mermaid next since I don't want to be too dependent on Alarune friends/explorers :).
 

blackflag

Member
Anyone know if the different color keepers are the same difficulty? I only did Red. I know rainbow is harder but how about the others?
 
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