I managed to get 4 wins in mare today. Thats doesn't sound like a lot but, it's up from 0. LOL The new scaling system does seem a bit better. I rarely see a NM disciple on first round now... Although I still see very OP cards, a fear overload strategy can work when coupled with the retry "tactic". Replacing NM cards has gone from a 9 month ordeal to a 3 month! :) Still hoping for mare stones to go on sell. I can't/won't spend again, on any of the platforms, until I can reestablish Novey.
All in all, the recent charges are nice. Minus the change to joker from island events. 100k for a capable joker is excessive. 15k for capable(solely cuz thats what ppl are used to & takes a small amount of effort to reach for those not interested in event), 75k for superior(reachable by F2Prs with dedication), 150k for superior(for payers, who really wont have a use for it, or a first time spender that may still have a use for it). Those are my "ideal" brackets for jokers.
I understand isla mare's matching being dynamic... But, when one level 25(not even talking full arg.) can obliterate four 20s, and already at a relatively high level(36) there is no way to advance. Further leveling brings hard opponents. If I were to happen to get a L25, that brings an occasional NM unit, due to level. Returning to the same situation as using 20s vs a 25. Leaving the only logical path to being able to do a single match in mare being: "use magic" to obtain 24 copies of a worthwhile card, then 8 more of a higher than rare healer; captus/FP evolve them to avoid too much exp in a day; keep level holding to attempt to avoid NM units while i try to get one. TL/DR mares scaling is just out of whack. I'm not impling it should be a static matching system. that would be equal to mare being more missions. But the matching could use a fair bit of looking into and altering. Progressively scale it up thru the 15 matches or sumthin.
Isla mare difficulty scaling is all out of whack. I am level 36 with only 20s. Before, I would see 25x3/20 at worst. Now Its all 25s guaranteed. Theres been no change in my collection/equipment/level... but mare just gets harder. 9 more days of gold to collect.
Yes, the difficult on Isla Mare is dynamic. The more powerful you become, the more powerful the enemies you'll be matched with. It's designed to keep you on your toes (and upgrading your cards).
Doesnt seem like that big of a cash grab.... but later on, after level 30, thats all it is.
The asynchronous nature of the game adds to being a cash suck. Pay for refill of rood to hit something that is showing 100%, get to match and it is less than 50%, you have wasted the rood, and get nothing.... This has forced me to rage quit after buying the gold stash.
I will not recommend this to any of my friends. Between crashing(which isn't solely the devs fault), cash-suck events and mechanics, and lack of real content(... it isn't for me or most ppl I know.
A guild feature would be nice. It would build bonds that keep people playing through the grindfest. Also some type of feature that is like PVP, although live pvp does seem to be out of the question due to mechanics/crashes.
Well, we've said before that there's plenty of stuff we give away that hopefully eases the pain of 'energy' if you want to compete, but of course I don;t think we can make everyone happy :(
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