I DO believe you! I've noticed a sort of..... inconsistency? The first time I've played Endless Mode (now after the Badges and most recent updates) for 8:40' and didn't level up once. I've played again (for 7:30') and leveled up THREE TIMES! So, maybe, some people are getting weaker waves/enemies with less HP making the game easier? Could that be possible?
It's entirely possible. Endless Mode has enemies put into a pool at certain times throughout the first 10 or so minutes of the game. When it spawns an enemy, it picks a completely random one from that pool of enemies. So it's possible that some people may be getting more larger health enemies like Orcs and receiving much more XP! And with the new Horde system, some users may get more hordes of Orcs and others may be getting more hordes of Bats. It's entirely random. Unfortunately, this can pose some "unfairness" to scores as some people may get easier waves. On the contrary, you could say that since everyone is exposed to the randomness and everyone has an equal chance at drawing a harder or easier spawn, it makes it fair.
You end up the game with 12 spare stars. You could very well use those stars to get at least one more hero..... (there's plenty of them that cost 10 coins)
I agree with other commenters here: firerate is indeed a bit on the slow side. And your supporting troops seem to shoot even slower. First game was more enjoyable.
I wonder how come no one asked yet for a 2x or even 4x speed up button for the Defense minigame.
Other than that, there's a little unbalance regarding higher weapon upgrades. Rubies and Sapphires are too rare and no one seems to really know where to get them and you need waaaaaaay to much scrap metal to upgrade also.
I've beaten the game completely already, btw. So I'm not b*tching because this is too hard or anything. Only that I'd like to be able to upgrade everything and get all the in-game achievements. But the way it is now, it's too grindy.
Ok, the WEIRDEST bug happened to me now! After I've fought against Behomoth (or whatever whas its name), I became unable to charge neither Lina nor Mari super attacks!!
Now I can only charge D and Kaz super attacks. I've even refreshed the game later but it didn't work...
Please, add hotkeys for the World Map.
M for Map, I for Inventory, S for Save, C for config and something else for Magic :p
Also, you've decreased Barrage's power way too much, IMHO.
Cleave is a bit weaker but not that much, it's still a usefull skill. Barrage OTOH got really weak :(
I don't know if someone made those suggestions already, so I'll make it:
1) Add hotkeys on the World Map. So you can access Map, Items, Save and Config without having to use the mouse.
2) Would it be possible to make the Magic panel customizable? I'd like to be able to put my most used magics and skills on the first numbers (1-4) for easier reach :)
Anyway, those would be just refinements, nothing that detracts from this GREAT game! Congratulations!
How much are you thinking to charge for this game?
"Hey, you! Stop playing now!"
"NO >( " *grumpy cat*
What I liked the most here is that you've opted for a Straight Line tool instead of a Free Hand one. So people with no drawing skills (like myself) can play it with more ease.
Really really nice! Easy to pick up, easy to play. Since you don't have a move limit, nor have a "fail" message, you can freely undo the connections, it makes the gameplay a lot more fluid and enjoyable.
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I did see it, and it's awesome! Busy adding new stuff to the game at the moment, will get around to your (very well done!) report right after!