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Please don't be offended but I sincerely hate games where you have to [stay away from the game] for you to be able to [keep playing the game]. The most frustrating and anxiety-building "gaming" experience. I would much rather spend 60hours trying to finish the very last level of another game with an impossible badge.
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Got to level 50 without too much fuss, started Sunday morning and finished up on Monday morning. Started with all my points in energy, up to 175, which got me to level 25 without any big breaks. Then I started putting putting points into stamina and doing boss battles, you get a lot of experience there so you might want to start that earlier. Also put some random points into attack and defense and bought a big gun with my favor points, not really sure if that did anything.
Attack and Defense help you in fights, along with items, but Health is important too. It allows you to do more damage. But, if you just want the badges, Energy and Stamina are the way to go!
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So, why would the limited quantity items for sale refill not long after they were sold out? And in much higher quantities too? You just want to burn out our favor points so that we will buy more from you with real money, don't you?
We refilled those because they were selling out faster than normal, so people seemed very interested in buying them of their own volition. If you don't want them, don't buy them. Simple! :)
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How do energy-based games get badges, exactly? I get that Kongregate is totally on board with getting paid to badge a game, but surely the overwhelmingly negative PR from badging a game with Energy (i.e. a game that penalizes you for playing and wants you to leave and come back and play later rather than playing more now) makes it not worth it?
We had a successful Hot Games promotion in early September which lead to these badges. There may not be a lot of cross over between badge hunters and our regular players, but ti helps make people aware of our games!
Hey LeoDragon77, we actually offer a lot of ways to get free Favor Points and we don't ask for your money as aggressively as some companies. We have to make a living, though!
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http://www.kongregate.com/games/kanoapps/mob-wars-la-cosa-nostra/?kv_kac=boss&kv_kam=view&kv_kap1=283470&kv_kap2=12&kv_kap3=1384173593&kv_language=en
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I didn't particularly like the game, but I feel like the devs are trying so hard to answer feedback that I should leave something constructive. I understand the design decision to focus the game on normal items by making it so that you bring more and more of them to the fight as you get more people in your mob, but I think I prefer the system other games have used where you use weapons and stuff to outfit your hero, and then you get different formations that you throw heroes and troops you find into. Those games also had spells you could use to debuff bosses and item procs, which I kind of liked. They did suffer from giving out tons of items that were just junk to be used in crafting or sold, while at least in your game one potentially need to hang onto the best several thousand items you find if one is gonna fill up their mob completely, and with your system it seems like procs would have to be super weak or else having hundreds go off at once would be pretty absurd.
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We all know what types are good for prompt responses. :))
Spending so much time defending a game rather than do something as simple as fit the Kon frame, just says it all.
Kano/Apps is a multi-person team so we have someone responding to comments while we work on fixing things such as the screen size. Thanks for your feedback!
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Got the badges in one day. Though thought all button-grinding-money-sucker should never be badged for sure, I'm quite impressed by dev's attitude and diligence in replying comments, even though being bombarded by angry players. This is really a thing that deserved to be praised. Still, I won't touch this game again. And F**K YOU kong, for keep badging MMOS like a shit.
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I like how broken this pay to win mechanic is. The top tier items that can drop for level 10,001+ players in battle don't even come close to matching what you can buy. Basically, either spend money or you will get slaughtered in a fight.
Battle Drops contribute more towards your fight strength rather than your overall personal strength. It's true that Limited items are very strong, but there are a few ways to earn Favor Points without buying them.
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While I admit that this sort of game isn't my cup of tea and that I'm just here for the badges, I must say that I applaud the developer's friendly attitude while receiving the onslaught of negative feedback that games of this style get bombarded with. Kudos to you in that regard.
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Good on the developer for such a prompt response! Yeah, thought it was pretty funny there that it says 'earn free favor' and then nothing comes up! I was expecting something like kong's NHTA videos, but nada!
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I put all of my points into Energy and Stamina and got all the way to level 61 before petering out. Would have gotten farther IF THE BOSSES DIDNT TAKE TWO WHOLE DAYS TO RESPAWN! You can give and receive boosts to refill energy/stamina, but you can only use each once per day. What's up with that?
Not much point in sticking around after getting the badges - PvP is pretty much dominated by the pay2winners, and bosses respawn too slowly to keep PvE interesting.
The Bosses do refill kind of slowly, that's true, but try hitting your friend's Bosses to off set that. Check out the "Raids" tab. Thanks for the feedback!
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as a badge hunter I don't overly enjoy energy based games. but the game its self isn't bad. the leveling up moves at a pretty good pace, which is nice.
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and i keep having this feeling of playing a game just like this.. maybe it was DoTD, you know, that one which is just like this in a fantasy world?
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Good lord...finally..level 50. Tip: Power attacking the first boss with give you 32 to 40 xp..this is massively helpful. Upgrade just energy until maybe level 20 and then balance it between stamina and energy. So glad I never have to touch this POS again.
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It says earn free favour, but when you go there the only option is kreds? Isn't there supposed to be some thing like taking a survey or watching a dumb video? Also you don't need to pay to click if you actually plan out your growth you guys. Join all the games like this one, and when one is 'charging up' swap to the next. I guarantee you'll never need to cease playing if you join this, Clash/Dawn of the dragons, Dream World, Legacy, and Shadowland Online. You'll have a perfect levelup circuit going until all badges earned.
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The biggest problem, for me, isn't that it's a generic "revenue engine" styled freemium game (which absolutely drive me nuts, for the record)... but that little to no effort was put into a lot of the game to make it more than just a revenue engine.
Everyone remembers the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre where Al Capone "power attacked" the North Side Irish gang. He was only able to do that because he invited three friends along to operate a single chainsaw.
...And of course, we all know that when bribing police officers, you need to bring a bullet proof vest. And somehow bribing them brings IN money. And occasionally a motorcycle.
We actually put a fair bit of effort into maintaining our community and changing the game based on player suggestions. We're a small indie company, so we try to keep our players around by listening to them and not over-monetizing.
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Usually don't care much for this type of game, played it for the badges. Now up to lvl 64, and don't hate it as much as most other "energy" games. I'll stick around for a bit longer, playing 10 min at a time, until another game comes to take it's place.
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Only here for badges and dont feel like actually play this? Do job again, do job again, invest in max energy only, do job again do job again, do job again. Easy badge. Repeat for half an hour for medium badge.
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Thank you kongregate for putting on sensible badges for this game. I don't mind these energy games if we can complete the challenges in 1-2 sessions.
Please don't add some silly grind badge!
You can always try writing in to Support to see if they can help you out, but generally we don't reset accounts. Don't worry, there are plenty of ways later to change how your Mobster is built!