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I’LL make this my last post on this subject. I don’t question Rovio staff integrity. It’s their competency to fix things that is in question. It just seems that they have a mess that they don’t know how to correct. And @cognitive and @captstern, you both offer insightful and cogent observations and comments that make this forum lively and interesting. You’re both youngsters, however. Oh, to be 50 or late 50s again! ?
But this forum topic is about manipulation. To bolster my earlier post, I offer this: A couple of hours ago, I finished a 7 win streak in the Arena. When I reached the last room, the opponent had a good but not insurmountable lead. Opponent was out of cards and I had 3 left to surpass. I fired 3 well-placed shots. Bomb, direct hit, no points. Terrance, direct hit, no points. Chuck, direct hit, no points. Since 500 feathers were on the line, I spent 60 gems to get 3 birds. Guess what…exactly the same result. No points. Still wanting those 500 feathers, I begrudgingly spent 120 more gems for 3 more birds. I barely won on the last bird. What should have been a 7 or 8 star award only gained me 5 stars. Nine birds to do what I should have been able to do with three. And again, Bomb exploded with zero damage, Matilda didn’t drop her egg and Chuck bounced off wood doing zero damage. A Pyrrhic victory? Probably. If that’s not algorithmic manipulation, I don’t know what to call it.
I’ll finish the Arena this week because I have a very big lead but, then like @dwhite40704, I’ll need to take a sabbatical to decide if I want to continue. I’ll still do the DC, regular levels when they’re released and play the Arena enough for the daily gems. Otherwise… I’m out.
Cheers, everyone. I’ve really enjoyed exchanging thoughts and ideas with you.