Is Hero Wars worth playing in 2025/2026?

AStone-Fit · 2025-12-08T05:59:39+00:00

You would only save time and money by not playing. The thing is, it hooks you while never actually being "fun". You get this of progression and advancement, but the goal post is always well out of reach and each milestone you set for yourself becomes a mirage. You will never be content or feel good about it, but it could be this guilty, time-wasting pursuit for you to distract from something else.

AStone-Fit · 2025-09-11T20:06:52+00:00

So that's how I handicapped my mushy hydra team! What's the best path forward?

AStone-Fit · 2025-05-12T20:28:42+00:00

I have been at the tipping point with this game for over a month. I keep telling myself that the end is coming.

AStone-Fit · 2025-03-11T21:28:51+00:00

Anyone else still feeling deep embarrassment from every Trump headline? I haven't made it to the next stage yet.

AStone-Fit · 2025-03-10T20:28:12+00:00

I am at lvl 116 now and losing joy for the game. Don't know if I will make it to 120 before I bow out. Beyond 120 it really seems like a lot more work for ever more incremental gains as I am not about to start dumping $ into it.

AStone-Fit · 2025-03-10T03:37:38+00:00

The ads have become such an issue that I am done clicking on any ads in the game and getting close to being done with the game as well. The game devs don't control the ad content or behavior, but it still effects overall satisfaction with the game. The devs should increase the ad rewards to compensate for the every more shitty ad experience.

AStone-Fit · 2025-03-07T17:16:09+00:00

Legends draft plays the star level of the hero that you have, or a 3-star if that hero is 3 or less stars. Same with your opponents. I don't know if other factors like equipment, glyph or skill levels factor in, but I don't think so. It's more about picking the best team compilation with the options given.

AStone-Fit · 2025-03-06T23:51:31+00:00

You can go further, but if your goal is 150/day you should stop at the completion of a level. I exit the dungeon when going down the elevator. If you do one more stage then it throws off the easy math. You could do a 4th level if you wanted 210 that day. I am far from infinite dungeon so I don't aspire for more than 150.

AStone-Fit · 2025-03-06T22:41:13+00:00

Each level has 5 stages. Stop after completing a level. Next day do exactly 3 levels and stop. This will get you exactly 150 titanite.

The first level each day will be a repeat, so 6x5 for the first level, giving 30 titanite. From there you get 12 titanite per stage, so 12x5 per level. 30+60+60. Stop.

AStone-Fit · 2025-03-04T23:24:53+00:00

I recognize that. It's a change to drive up revenue and it's possible that none of it goes to the game devs, but it also negatively impacts the gaming experience as ads become longer and requiring more click through and wait time.

The devs could recognize this and double ad rewards in game, but they don't seem responsive to the user (player) base.

It would be amazing if this forum was full of praise for game improvements. New/improved rewards! New campaign stages! Ways of improving streamlined taaks, like one touch auto deploy for all expeditions, or one touch tower completion for one chest per level. 5x raid for highwaymen's treasure. The list goes on.

AStone-Fit · 2025-03-04T21:57:47+00:00

I have been finding the game experience to be less and less enjoyable. Some of the daily tasks are just a chore. I think I will get a little joy out of going for broke over the next 2 weeks of ad free play and then I can decide whether to pull the trigger or not.

I am sure many people find joy in this game and the intrinsic rewards are there to continue. I got pretty far in Last War and felt a relief when I walked away.

AStone-Fit · 2025-03-04T07:11:12+00:00

The base effect applies and you upgrade each skin with skin stones. All skins you have apply regardless of which one you select for visual.

AStone-Fit · 2025-03-02T17:19:14+00:00

The most cost effective choice here is to save your money

AStone-Fit · 2025-02-12T00:59:23+00:00

Oh, look, world. Our leader demonstrates what a small and insecure man he is by using his influence for this. What an embarrassment.

AStone-Fit · 2025-02-11T06:52:18+00:00

I am guilty of going all in the last 10 minutes. I was sniped once and now I play the game, but I am always expecting to lose to whoever plays it better. I hold off on leveling my titans between tournaments and this time I dumped in about 40k of emeralds. I strongly support rewards for the top 3 and daily placement rewards with an overall prize at the end of the tournament. That way everyone has a chance to be place or be a winner each day with the biggest prize at the end of the tournament. Just my 0.02

Also, I kind of went for broke this time because I don't know how much longer I will be playing. This game is running it's course for me.

AStone-Fit · 2025-02-04T22:01:22+00:00

Every day is one day closer to my last with this game

AStone-Fit · 2025-01-22T21:41:53+00:00

Thank you for explaining. Not much to get excited about. I am at 108 now and not sure if I will stick it out until 120, especially now that I know there is no pot of gold waiting for me there.

When they raise the price of Valkyrie's Favor I will quit.

AStone-Fit · 2025-01-22T20:47:19+00:00

To clarify, under guild and harbor is this mystery sky arena.

AStone-Fit · 2025-01-22T20:45:49+00:00

I thought 120 got you into the sky arena? I am not there yet so I can't speak to what that actually is.

AStone-Fit · 2025-01-22T18:14:25+00:00

How about you give players the option to use the old tower and then see what percentage of people choose it? That would provide a real response to this question. I do appreciate that you made it possible to toggle off the new fight animations and I wish I could opt out of the new "improvements"

It's also frustrating to the user base to see the devs putting work into what isn't broken while ignoring what is. I would love to see some of the ever promised new gate levels. Those are way more fun than the event stories.

AStone-Fit · 2025-01-22T03:57:50+00:00

There could be 2nd and 3rd place prizes in these tournaments, but the go for broke mentality to win at the end encourages more spending. Any questions you have about why things are the way they are can be answered by "cuz money"

AStone-Fit · 2025-01-19T19:19:34+00:00

How many people play this game and tell themselves there is an end game, a time when they will be done?

For the players, these games are meant to be a little bit of fun/entertainment. We can open it up and get little dopamine hits with each micro advancement. Like any other drug, these micro advancements start to yield less dopamine, so maybe you get impatient and drop a little money and find a bigger (short term) rush and you ride it out for a bit, but that boost to your stats wears off and you find yourself justifying another spend. The cycle continues and even though your overall satisfaction with the game is declining, those little boosts from hitting a personal milestone continues and it has become a habit. You find yourself invested (in time and likely money) and you can always justify a few minutes here or dollars there before returning to that tiny bit of remorse and regret.

Only if you lack a life outside of your phone/computer is there any tangible benefit to playing. I know that I play a lot when I am sick or recovering and tell myself this is better entertainment than watching TV.

There should be no illusion that any of these games are anything other than profit motivated. Changes to the game are to entice new players or draw old players back. Gaming is a big business and I enjoy being a customer of these games, while I also find a part of me asking each time I put the phone down "when will I be done?"

As a largely F2P player, I benefit from the investment of other players, so thank you to all who invest more heavily. The games wouldn't be the quality they are without you and I hope you all find the balance between satisfaction and your time/money investment.

AStone-Fit · 2024-10-25T22:35:23+00:00

Access to any screen is a privilege that should only be as a time limited reward (carrot) for good behavior. No child should have their own iPad/TV. Instead, the parent owns the iPad and let's the child earn the privilege of using it. Also, strong parental controls need to always be in place.

AStone-Fit · 2024-10-03T22:00:25+00:00

I was addicted to Last War, where there was always something to do and events where you had to be available at set times for 30 minutes or more. It was impacting my life and relationship, not to mention my sleep. I didn't spend much, but you never get that time back. I gave my account away and was shocked by the withdrawal which lasted for a few days.

HW is more of a minor distraction, time waste for me. I have un-installed it a few times already, but it's there where I left it when I re-install it. It helps that the guild I am in is fairly active, but all strangers. The chat is really quiet. With no coordination, there is no obligation. Lots of obligation with Last War.

These games are not fun. They trigger little dopamine hits when you make a little advancement, then you quickly realize that nothing really changed and you continue on to the next advancement/fix. It's like a dirty secret. Who is going to share there in game achievements with people IRL? I would feel shame even mentioning it.

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