EXCUSE ME, but my pride has nothing to do with it at all.
Please refrain from anything like a personal attack in replies. If you do so then your replies will mean something.
FAILURE would still happen. In fact THAT could be increased and I wouldn't bat an eye.
BUT taking away levels I have already attained is NOT, in my opinion, a good way to make the players happy.
If a player has to spend several hundred dollars just to get enough stars to reach level 7 then he's being ripped off.
Maybe that player doesn't see it, but that IS what is happening when they buy stars with gems and the upgrade fails.
And fails again. And yet again. And again
To me, it's wrong.
Someone earlier in this thread suggested that the few stat points gained made no difference.
Then why do it at all?
If they are so useless, why bother?
Oh wait. They are useful. Because those stats get improved by levels gained, sanctification and runes.
Suddenly those 1 point gains start looking like 10-12 point gains.
And those gains make a HUGE difference.
Gorgon
The guild chest are pre-determined also. After you click on it, notice what are the choices then close the box. Open it again and 1-2 will be the same. If more than 1 are the same close and open a 3rd time. What is still the same is what you will get when you "shuffle".... This is the case 99% of the time.
Unplug your modem, try adding stars... if it succeeds reconnect modem, refresh and add your star, if it fails reconnect modem and you still have all your medals and you haven't lost any previously added stars. Try other heroes. Eventually you will have to bite the bullet and lose if you want the pre-determined failure to clear , by no means is any chance at anything random in this game, accept that fact and you will be better off. Unplugging modem only helps you avoid losing stars previously gained by letting you know the outcome that will occur on next attempt, so you can decide if it is worth it to you to lose the star for a different chance after the failure. You can also unplug modem to determine which destinies are in labs and so forth , so you can avoid that box upon re-plugging and refresh. Also the thing that wasn't mentioned in above posts is once you hit 4 , 7, or 10 stars you will not go below those levels no matter how many fails you have , so take comfort in that. Good luck and good pre-determined sequences to you.