I would not recommend playing Battle Pirates on this platform. It's ok as a secondary base if you don't want to get too involved, but getting coin for Battle Pirates on this platform is impossible. I'm still waiting for a response from Kongregate as to why the money they received back in Oct was never credited to my account so I could purchase coin for something I wanted to buy from Kixeye back in Oct. I agree with jasonporteous about not getting the same stuff as on the kixeye or fb editions of the game.
My biggest problem is the lag and game locking up on Kong. While you still get lag on fb, the game there doesn't lock up on me. I'd transfer this account to kixeye platform if I could.
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