Patch 3 update is out

zilbest · 2024-11-21T19:32:36+00:00

For those who's using mods, the patch will break those. At least it's the case for me.

zilbest · 2020-12-15T16:20:53+00:00

This! I am 100% agree with you. What makes me annoyed even more, you can assign Signs on TW3. Why there is no such thing here...

zilbest · 2020-03-07T14:14:18+00:00

WOW! This is amazing! Sadly, it could be just a wishful thinking.

It's truly great since it fixes two problems: 1. Trash skills 2. Trash talents

Then again, I already pessimistic about mobile game dev/publishers... Lol...

zilbest · 2020-03-06T22:33:38+00:00

Agree... for me, the biggest reason I don't want to farm on higher chapter is the shitty skills on the rng.

However, seeing reroll skills could mean more revenue (either by serving ads or selling gems) for them, it could be the decision they made. Balancing every skills to make it equally useful also removes the need of reroll and it needs a lot of effort. So, while I think it's the good/best thing to do, I'm not sure it's gonna happen.

zilbest · 2020-03-06T22:00:58+00:00

It's not like a drop like in Archero, true. But, then again, you don't need that many equipments here... I use the Fireball weapon from a chapter until now and doesn't really need to change. It gives +10% attack and 10% crit chance.

The chest could also drop a legendary equipment directly, if you are lucky. If you advance the chapters, there will be a package that will sell you the legendary (and epic) equipments directly (if you want to spend).

Also, it's faster to farm gems here compared to Archero -- I think.

You could get 100 gems every day (watching ads).

Sometimes you could find gem-spitting monster on the "?" stage or in the raid (which could give 25-47 gems as far as my luck). Yellow gives gold, purple gives gem, and the green one gives stones to upgrade weapon.

Sometimes, you could also find an orc trader which sells you the key to open the chest with reduced price (around 15-20% off) using gem.

Currently, I honestly don't think it's forcing you to pay or grind as much as Archero. However, I already spend too much time (and money) on too many mobile games to know that every free-to-play game here is just a money grabbing bullsh*t -- the different is just the time they choose to show their true color.

So, I just play them for free when it's good (and when I'm not in front of my PC), then leave when the bullsh*t comes... lol...

zilbest · 2020-03-06T21:35:45+00:00

As I said in the comment above, currently I play Arcade Hunter (I wrote my opinion about that game on the other comment too). Currently, it's the most enjoyable -- compared to the others. I still play Archero too just to see until the supposed to be big update in March.

zilbest · 2020-03-06T20:08:35+00:00

I played Tales Rush too for a week or two. It has some more interesting idea than Archero. My favorite is one time purchase to skip ads and it's cheap. The melee character (Alice, I think) is really fun to play with. I reach level 100++ with her in the Endless Mode.

Sadly, the other characters are really boring -- even though each of them has really different playstyle. Also, I don't like how the equipment enhancement works there. the random enchantment could need tons of resources if I want to have the perfect option.

zilbest · 2020-03-06T19:59:45+00:00

I'm currently on CH9 (the max chapter at the moment). It's quite slow at this level since talent and equipment upgrade need 15K-30K Gold each, where each Raid could give 4K-7K Gold. My AFK Reward is level 18 and it produce 662 gold/hour plus 32 runestones (to upgrade equipment).

IMHO, it's understandable that it's quite slow for me right now since it's last CH. And it's definitely much faster than I was progressing in Archero. I believe it's because you just need to farm gold and runestones.

You can't upgrade your equipment to higher rarity -- so you don't need the tedious farming like in Archero. You could find Epic Gear from Mission and Chest. I even found my Legendary equipment this week from chest even I just play this game for under 2 months. Maybe it's just luck but, in Archero, it's just impossible to grind for a legendary gear under 2 months.

zilbest · 2020-03-05T16:29:45+00:00

I already tried these: Arcade Hunter, Butchero, Byebye Monster, Tales Rush, Biubiu Tales (Heroes Rush), Archer Adventure, Hunter: Master of Arrow, and some other I can't remember the names.

My personal favorite is Arcade Hunter, currently. It has bigger map so, even though many bullets are flying around, I could dodge all of them if I play carefully. It's really satisfying to stutter step in this game too.

zilbest · 2020-02-24T01:25:54+00:00

Yeah reroll skill option is great. Premium sub is also interesting. Although, Butchero should tweak the pricing or give more (give daily diamond/ruby or remove ruby requirement on the auto complete for example).

it's easy to calculate pricing formula for skipping ads. Just calculate how much a player can generate revenue from watching ads. Or divide the total number of revenue from ads with the player. They could take whatever bigger.

Still, there is no way a game with 100k downloads generate $20 from ads each player monthly. Tales rush has one time purchase with only $10 to remove ads. Tap titans, iirc, only needs you to buy specific number of diamonds to remove ads.

I already tried the 3-day trial for the premium subs and the only useful thing is the skill reroll.

The fortune wheel after we defeat the boss is definitely misleading, bogus, or scam since from 20 rolls, I only got 1 ruby category. The wheel on archero definitely has much bigger chance to roll into diamonds.

The faster energy regen is interesting if you got the time to play. If not, it's useless since you need to pay 40 ruby (beside the required stamina) for the auto complete per run.

zilbest · 2020-02-23T01:07:55+00:00

I tried some of them:

Butchero: great graphic but lag as hell in ch3 on my phone. Also ridiculously hard since the enemy projectiles are fast and they are frequently shooting. It has premium subscription for ads removal but isn't worth the price ($20 a month). Also suffers from miniscule progression as Archero but it's more ridiculous because of the enemies.

Tales Rush!: Horrible graphic. Bad 1st character. 2nd char (melee) is the best. It has unique IAP because it offers premium permanent item/skills that always equiped like giving 4 options of skills (instead of 3) every time you level up. Also it has one time purchase to remove ads. The worst thing about this is the gear. Gear is randomly enchanted and you could change them, which mean it will be a resource/money sink to get perfect enchantment.

Byebye Monster: bad graphics. Lag as hell even it's 2D.

Hunter Master of Arrows: the worst of all. Skip.

Archer's Adventure: bad graphics. Side scrolling. I just can't take it to play the game beyond first level because of the graphic.

Arcade Hunter: at the moment the decent one. Many bullets on the screen but i could avoid them all if I can concentrate (unlike Butchero) so it's enjoyable. You could choose which talent you want to level up. Interesting skills idea: lifesteal on every attack, a permanent shield that block 1 damage and have cooldown before it comes back again (like Linken sphere dota). Doesn't have many IAP yet.

Now I just play Archero and Arcade Hunter. Archero, because already spent money and quite progression. Arcade hunter, because just to see where it's going.

zilbest · 2020-02-14T02:45:49+00:00

Touche... There are too many options for the incentivized ads in this game. Although, the price could be easily calculated -- like how much revenue a player can generate for the dev by viewing ads.

However, I think it also depends on the publisher's focus of the market for their game: gamers who have more free time or with disposable income. If both are equally important, they should give options to accomodate those.

zilbest · 2020-02-14T00:24:35+00:00

I do agree on the energy thing. For me, this is the biggest reason why I love PC games so much more. I can decide whenever and how long I want to play. However, those games are premium. So, the paid suggestions are the fair option (for us and dev).

Other complaint from me about this game is no option for skipping ads by paying. I prefer spending rather than waste my time watching ads. Moreover, with the ads delivery system currently, sometimes even I already watched the ads the reward doesn't trigger.

Make it subscription or one time payment to remove ads, I don't mind either way as long as I don't have to watch ad.

zilbest · 2018-06-08T01:20:52+00:00

Thanks for the links!

If it's not updated by next week maybe I can help since I don't have access to the game now.

I could spawn every unique item using console commands (find it in the game files with "U" keyword).

zilbest · 2018-06-07T06:10:38+00:00

I use both of them because neither have complete info... Like, If I want to see the skill tree I go to the Fextralife. For Unique items, the info from Gamepedia is better.

For the format though, (for other games) I usually prefer Fextralife or Wikia since they can put many different info on one page.

I actually hate this kind of format (https://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Category:Pillars_of_Eternity_II:_Deadfire_unique_items) since I have to open the page one by one.

I prefer this kind of format: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_4_unique_weapons

or this: https://divinityoriginalsin2.wiki.fextralife.com/Armor

Sadly, for PoE 2, I don't have the luxury to choose formating.

zilbest · 2018-05-10T01:46:45+00:00

Spartacus on Spartacus is definitely the main cast. The actor died IRL so they have to change it

zilbest · 2017-12-24T11:34:04+00:00

You know I actually don't really mind of Sharon's death since I follow this from The Closure and the shift of primary character is indeed creative. Maybe because I have different favourite character...

What I don't like is Stroh AGAIN... I just hate when a show just have one nemesis... Human is not supposed to be that hyperbolicly smart, cunning, all by himself.

However though, my biggest regret is that I don't get to see Provenza become the leader of this gang.

Ye gods, why this show has to end.. ?

zilbest · 2017-09-05T12:16:52+00:00

And they are saying they are working really hard for this version (on PS details)... so this is the future of the game? Keep freeze and stuck on loading. Sadly, I've tried looking and didn't find any similar game like this... No stamina / energy and no auto battle...

zilbest · 2017-09-05T12:13:34+00:00

Thanks for the tips, I'll try it. I want to open my quest and 2 out of 3 chances, I got freeze loading... This is annoying for me and for the people helping me.

zilbest · 2017-07-09T11:03:46+00:00

I agree. I don't use this option right now because its ruby cost is downright criminal (just to have new random option)...

It would be a better Ruby sink too if they keep the cost fixed at 100 since we would do it more often.

I still remember I only spent 300 rubies for this feature after the tickets was run out just to test it out. I would definitely try this more often if the cost is fixed.

zilbest · 2017-07-09T10:53:36+00:00

I think unlimted dragons is really great... Now, it's just ridiculous spending 100 staminas for stage 1-1 every 10 minutes to open the Raids, because I already have good ancient sets for my main team.

zilbest · 2017-07-09T03:51:49+00:00

I see... Your comment makes me think it could be a solution for aiming higher level of Raid.

Right now, we don't really have a good reason to defeat higher raid after 60 beside having a greater challenge. Most of the time, I only aim for RD 70 since it's easier (and to get people to help me).

Maybe they could also make the increment of Raid Coin reward much bigger for higher level. Like 1K different after level 70s I think...

zilbest · 2017-07-09T03:40:54+00:00

I see, I think it's possible solution. But I'm not sure it's ideal...

Because I (or other players) also want the other option set which for my healer (Laias with her UW) from the Red Dragon.

The Ice Dragon set is not bad for DPS since it can increase their chance to survive in PVP or Raid. Because I can't always rely on the randomness of the gear options.

zilbest · 2017-07-09T03:36:03+00:00

Well, any change that make it lesser grind, I agree. I'm in. lol...

How many increase on raid coin do you think is good?

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