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New players to the game do not have a chance to compete at higher levels.  The game design is flawed unless taking into account Rovio’s business model which is get more $$$.  Take MEBC as an example.  The same players getting 200-300 mil points per day.  It is impossible for the newer player to increase bird power in a visible, timely fashion without spending huge amounts of cash to get to where they can compete.  The visible progress a player can make is so slow as to warrant the loss of interest.  I can only deduce that Rovio has all the players it wants at the higher levels and isn’t really looking to generate new interest.  My grandson who is 4 loves this game, but has no cash to spend.  Serious gamers, new to the game, will find nothing but frustration unless spending huge amounts of cash.  We’re talking thousands of dollars.  Rovio’s comment about this aspect is “we have a number dedicated players who have been playing the game a long time”.  Well I have been playing daily for years also and have acquired some skill but there is no way I will ever catch up.  The design of the game is inherently flawed in this respect.

Another example is the TOF or the daily chests.  I have documented proof that they will give pigs or lowest possible rewards not based upon random choice but rather whatever card you select will be the pig/lowest reward.  They can do this by setting the cards after your choice is made, a very simple programming exercise, as if to say here’s a pig but look what you could have won.  In my book, that’s cheating.  Rovio’s comment to me about this “behavior” of the cards was that I must be incredibly unlucky.  Great support that.

Other games by other company’s (SuperCell being a notable example) give the players a way to catch up to the big boys in game.  Sure you can spend $$$ to speed up this effort but this feature is inherent in the design of the game.  Nothing about AB2 as it is designed today will allow players to progress quickly enough before interest is lost.

If Rovio were smart instead of just being in it for the cash (which is cheating me out of hard earned $$$) they would recognize this and change the game so that players remain interested.