Stars

[purdydc99_4597590]

Does anyone else have an issue with the level of gamble and chance in this game particularly with losing stars that you have to use gems to acquire? To be clear, I am fine with a decrease in likelihood of a star actually sticking to add to the ones currently in place and have to try again, but I have a problem with LOSING stars already in place when I have had to buy these stars with gems. Everything seems to have chance involved and it is aggravating that you really canno depend on learning skills and working hard on the game to be able to advance when out of the blue you can lose what you have gained not by being attacked or sunk but by luck of the draw which is HEAVILY stacked in the favor of not a win for the player. The level of difficulty to acquire cards, chips, quality runes and get through the labs seems extremely out of proportion.

[drayzzok]

It is something that is part of the game that I don't like to. It is akin to gambling IMO.

[Galeena_7277461]

It is obvious that many things in this game are rigged, just like in a gambling casino. The Tavern is the worst...spending millions and millions of credits and not getting one decent level hero. The odds are against you, 1 in 5 to begin with, so your chances of winning are slim already. Those VIPs that can turn over another card are not really doing much better...spending 10 and then 50 gems and still most do not get the hero. This is just another ripoff to get you to purchase gems in this "FREE" game they advertise...it is just like Wartunes, another ripoff that uses the VIP wheel, teasing you with good items that nobody ever wins, like the good gems, etc. Face it..this game is made to make money for Tynon and whenever I see a future game saying FREE to play, I am passing it by. I would rather play a game like Everquest that charges a monthly fee of under $20 to play and have none of this other junk...all are on the same playing field...you cannot buy your way up in power by using real money to purchase virtual gems to do better. What a racket and what makes it so bad is the ANY RANDOM choice in these games is totally rigged against the player...nothing new, just another version of a con game!

[jd78_3604385]

I played my alliance friends account for a week while she was working.I saved up 100m+ credits.Know how many cards she got?She got 2.Unlucky you might think..Same on stars,from a 5 stars hero (46 stars i had to upgrade with) back to 4 stars.
I dont mind failing and such,but when you cant advance or waste your 50 gems going from B to A with so many stars on a small account is unreal.

[CindyLouWho_9109184]

I have an issue with hero upgrade to seven stars (star populates to line up, and system powers up) then refreshing to find that three of the seven are now gone.

[RiverBummer]

See stars and most of the punitive game design for what it really is - the new way to circumvent online gambling laws by using once-remove-currency (gems, game-coin, credits, tickets) so that kids can be milked of their allowances and lunch money without running afoul of international and national gambling laws. These people are setting themselves up for congressional legislation if they don't cease with the bogus odds and teasers built into the entire game engine.

[BGB]

With tickets getting to 9 stars is not so painful. Took me about 15k tickets. Says 50% chance on first moon. Failed twice.