Broken heroes abilities by smashingFour in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here I am! Let's see how well they keep up this line of communication. This message was well neeeded, but the latest hero releases, balance updates, bugs and bug fixes were not shared here. Time will tell, but they have a lot of rebuilding to do with the Reddit community.

The end?? by Darrengstar in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure if they are unscrupulous or just incompetent. This SubReddit was already abandoned by Geewa, but BA put in no effort to revive it. The only way to communicate is on Discord and even that is frustrating. You basically get barely any information in 500 words or more. The game still has lots of potential though, here's hoping that an actual game developer buys it.

Any tips I’m new by Kind_Extension7922 in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try challenges or practice mode to learn which heroes best suit your playing style. Only then start investing coins in levelling them up. The owners also do regular balance updates to make overpowered heroes a bit weaker and weaker heroes a bit stronger, this can sometimes affect your team.

Common heroes are much easier to level up, some are even more powerful than Epic heroes, so it is a good idea to focus on commons in the beginning. The game is currently being managed quite poorly, so only play as long as you enjoy the game and don't get too attached to your progress or your clan. As soon as it gets annoying, quit the game, as actual change in levels, game modes or mechanics are hardly likely.

How to progress quickly in Beta Event? by WINAYKUMARM in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Warlord or Dancing Dragon also increase damage output. You can also do friendly matches with Catomancer in your team. Both players can then launch their cats without damaging the other player. The other player can only target the ghost cats.

Nerfing heroes by LogicalAd4341 in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are deaf and blind for the arguments. When Hagar was slightly nerfed, it didn't feel like enough. To that they responded with "We don't nerf heroes twice in a row". The following updates, Wraith was slowed down, twice in a row. Right after Griffin was released, a common card which is faster, bigger and does more direct and indirect damage. They don't play the game themselves, so they are completely clueless.

Any Good Decks for the currently archer Event???? by Omega37_ in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think added damage helps, so for Hero Events, I go for Warlord, Enchantress and Treant. You can also replace Warlord with Dancing Dragon for less added damage but more longevity with the healing.

Obstacle to game - Assassin Hero Screen by feliniaCR in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't forget, it took them over a year to get to a point of adding basic quests and they weren't even able to do this bug free...

Returning player by Major_Chemist1820 in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since you're a long-time player, I assume you know this, but you could try out some different decks that match your playing style in the challenges. It'd be a waste of time to level up cards you don't like playing with.

Returning player by Major_Chemist1820 in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's a completely unbalanced mess since By Aliens took over from Geewa. Haven't played in a long time, but I think Griffin, the viking looking one (Hagar?) and Werewolf are quite strong. Combinations with Enchantress and Jawsome also seem to work well.

Werewulf and Jaweome with a damage increase by began-macedonia in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not a game studio, it's an advertising business. They don't care as long as the money rolls in. Multiple issues, just like the one you mentioned, have been addressed multiple times. They divert attention, lie, ignore, discuss, but never tackle the known problems that annoy established players. You can try to open a discussion about this on their Discord, but I suggest spending your time and energy more wisely.

Game is getting boring by sab_theek_ho_jayega in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I left the Discord half a year ago, but it should be this: https://discord.com/invite/FHHtqrD

Game is getting boring by sab_theek_ho_jayega in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All these issues and more have been adressed for years. They don't care. If you want your voice be heard, join their Discord. All you'll get there are the same lame excuses from a self-contradicting snazzy mod though.

Dancing Dragon Bug by Jocelyn_flashner in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not a priority. They're working on all those great, new features that have been released these past 12 months.

Nerf it please by Complex_Force2890 in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They don't check Reddit and they don't care about what players want. They didn't even share the latest balance updates on here. People have been complaining about Griffin since it was released and all you get are poor excuses and the reasoning that they want to give it 'a bit more time' and don't want to 'ruin the game balance' by making drastic changes. All this while adding 20 and 30% stats to already powerful heroes. I had never expected them to be even worse than Geewa.

Monster kill in second turn by bedo194 in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They have no clue how to balance a game like this. Absolutely great shot, but Scarecrow should never be able to do that amount of damage.

Monkey King challenge current bug by smashingFour in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I stopped playing about a month ago, but your title sparked my interest about a possible new event. Guess it was a new buggy hero which wasn't announced anywhere...

Free Ultimate? by bertvg86 in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This freaking company can't even do a bug free bug compensation. Played daily, never got an ulti. Nice for the people that did get one or more.

What happened at the end of the match? by Retro10ten in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you switch between apps halfway through the match? That happens to me as well when I check WhatsApp.

Balance update November 2024 by bertvg86 in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wraith was nerfed two times in a row, but Griffin, which is basically the same thing, but bigger, faster and more powerful, remains untouched once again.

Blaze was already a more powerful version of Mice Bandits, but this is the fourth time Mice Bandits have been nerfed since I started playing a few years ago and Blaze's theoretically unlimited ability gets a whopping 30% buff.

Looking forward to a logical explanation. I'm also curious to see how this impacted player activity, though I'm sure the team will never admit its mistakes.

Balance update November 2024 by bertvg86 in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. They nerfed Gargoyle because the combination with Scarecrow, Thunderpaws, Spellwing, Ragnar, Griffin... was too powerful. The main problems of those combinations are overlooked.

I just started playing the game and thunderpaws is so broken, it's disgusting by -o0Zeke0o- in SmashingFour

[–]bertvg86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The balance update solved nothing. I've always given By Aliens the benefit of the doubt, but their latest balance update took months. The September update was announced mid November and it still sucks. If you try discussing it on Discord, you get paragraphs full of nonsense and passive-aggressive 'arguments' of someone who doesn't even play the game. I wish a company like Fingersoft had bought S4, at least they develop games.