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  • @lewie4 not that you asked, but I thought I give you some positive feedback:

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    Hotrod! Heartfelt thank you for bringing him back. Enough said.

    The Auto Birds! I remember complaining when this game was first launched that the Decepti-Hogs were stronger than the Auto Birds. No more, this group is much more fun to play with as they have more firepower and better accessories generally speaking.

    The Unicron! New enemy that while he’s tough to beat, he’s not indestructible. It takes some strategy and high powered Tfs, but it’s fun seeing what works. Also, fun trying different bird combinations. Most importantly he’s not an enemy that we already had and beat all day long only to see him return indestructible.

    Energonicons! I like the Energonicon bonus, it causes me to use ones I never would otherwise. The ones cycling through this 1st day make sense for the enemy at hand unlike the previous event.

    Call in the Buddy. I like being able to switch in Tfs, adds another layer of strategy.

    Nesters spring into action. Always fun when the forum gets going and we work together to figure things out and share our battle stories.

    100/550 challenge/token level is achievable (once you figure out how to beat the Unicron). 1,000 points — worth it for the amount of work it takes to beat the Unicron.

    Speed/flow of gameplay. Unicron nodes around the 50% level at least. Combination of Unicron shooting nose pigs and powerful Tfs/Energonicons makes for good gameplay flow. The previous two competitions were very tedious and therefore stressful to play. Seeker nodes to fast and unproductive, Megatron nodes too slow and unresponsive.

    Dislikes:

    Bugs! Game is still crashing while it’s running in the background. Game clock requires constant hard closing to reset. Not all accessories are performing up to par as yet.

    Enemies are still overpowered but not dealing near as much damage.

    Unicron has two horns.

    I can only speak for myself, but so far, I’m having fun. Thank you!

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  • Geli
    @geli

    I can agree 100% with #3 of you dislikes.

    Cynical Bird
    @sickcyn

    @lewie4

    Great job on this competition letting us have 2 Transformers AND an Energonicon! This is how it should be.

    I was able to get the 550 bonus. Please keep them achievable. Even though I didn’t defeat Unicron each time. I did get him a few times. Spent some gems on recharges.

    Mortar towers are still tough.

    Can you look thru at heart recharge rates of different Transformers. I know on both Autobirds and Deceptihogs there are some that take 1 Hour for just 2 or 3 hearts, possibly more for 4 or 5 heart recharge. Yet there are some that only take 15-30 minutes to fully charge. Can you bring down the time on health recharge via coins?

    Soundwave
    @soundwave

    Liking the competition so far. Here are a few thoughts…

    1. Unicron is a very nice addition and very fun to do battle with. Really enjoy the new element there.

    2. I love having a second Transformer to switch to, as it adds quite a bit of strategy.

    3. Incorporating the many energon icons is a nice touch as well and makes them relevant.

    4. I didn’t have time to hit the 550 mark today, but it seemed doable in a reasonable amount of time. That is very much appreciated.

    I really feel that 30 minutes of play time per day during a competition should be enough to earn a new character. A little more play time to win additional prizes would be ok. But 30 minutes of play per day, when you have a never-ending string of competitions, is a HUGE time investment for a person. I’m wanting to play a fun game here, not start up a second job. I think lowering the play time required to hit 550 daily would be a good step in that direction.

    5. I love the addition of a boss battle. Unicron is much more awesome than Boss Pig, as Unicron is a classic Transformers character.

    I would love to see the boss concept expand and continue. Combiners would make good boss battles… unless you go for my next point instead….

    6. I think combiner teams would make AWESOME new squads. You could collect multiple combiner team members as playable character (or maybe just as some kind of icons/tokens so that you don’t end up with an excessive number of characters). Once you collect all members of that squad, you could unlock a more powerful character representing that team in combined form. Devastator, Superion, Menasor, and Bruticus would all be great examples. I would love to take a massive combiner into battle!

    7. Off topic from this competition, but lets start up a Dinobot squad!!!

    8. I really enjoy collecting accessories from these competitions. Adding new accessories, like the new Rodimus one, is fun as well. I really like accessories that anchor back to the original G1 cartoon. I’m a sucker for those, even if I can’t wear them all at the same time.

    Speaking of which… I wish we could double up on accessories on some of the slots. Soundwave is a perfect example. I really want to wear the cannon and Laserbeak at the same time… if for no other reason than just because they are iconic parts of the Soundwave character. Don’t make me choose between one or the other!

    Optimus_Pig
    @optimuspig

    Other than the many good points noted above:

    Like: Ending date/time was known right from the start

    Dislike: still don’t know what the accessories are and their costs until we’ve purchased the TF

    Overall I’m enjoying You’ve Got The Touch much more than I have recent events, mainly because Unicron is a challenging but beatable boss and because it’s possible to reach Level 100 of the Challenge without having to spend gems to do it.

    The only thing that would have really made it that better for me would have been to replace the background music with Stan Bush’s “The Touch”.

    Pampeans
    @pampeans

    @sickcyn are you able to use the free recharge button? Well, it’s not free, you have to watch a video, but less time spent and zero coins.

    Anonymous

    Dislikes:

    Beat UniPAIN(LOL)only once!Almost 2.(So far.)

    Long nodes.

    Mortars and UniPAIN at the same time!!!

    All accessories available go in same slot.

    Likes:

    3 accessories for Rodimus and his second appearance.

    1 of the accessories is new!:Sawblade

    UniPAIN is here!!!

    Sale on gems,too.


    @soundwave
    @optimuspig +1!

    Cynical Bird
    @sickcyn

    @pampeans Yes I am, but are the ads ALWAYS available? I know sometimes in the past they would only work a few times then you had to swap to coins/gems. I have been using the ads for the quick recharge, just don’t want to get caught w/o them.

    Francis Crawford
    @franciscrawford

    I agree with most of the sentiments.

    — The clock bug is stupid.
    — That the “end of the world” bug is still with us is hard to accept, when it costs a competition run.
    — I like the structure of the competition.
    — I like that the bonus structure lets one choose to forgo the bonus without being crazy.
    — I dislike the exception to that, which is that bonuses are a lot higher in a short time window once per day.
    — I like the structure of the competition.

    jasebree
    @jasebree

    @sickcyn you get so many advertisement heals in a day (not sure exactly how many). Given that (for now) TF healing clocks are tied to the device clock while the game clock (with glitch) is determined by how long the game is actively open. It’s amazing how long 15 competition minutes can last…

    Pampeans
    @pampeans

    @sickcyn more often than not. Sometimes you just have to make “adjustments” to get the video to come up. For instance, there are some places in my house where my wifi signal flutters, so I move to where I know it’s constant. Sometimes you just have to wait a few seconds like when using the doubler. Sometimes, you have to leave the barracks and come back to get the video. Sometimes you get the “you can’t watch another video” bug (even though you haven’t watched any videos) and you have to hard close/relaunch the app, etc. There are several little tricks. But, I always use the video for upgrades ever since it was available. It’s probably one of the reasons I have so many coins. I tell you one thing, if there was no reliable video to quickly upgrade process, these contests would be very unpleasant…

    Lewie4
    @lewie4

    @pampeans Glad to hear you are enjoying the current event! We are constantly working to improve the game and love to hear the community’s feedback (Both good and bad) so we can continually improve the game.

    Pampeans
    @pampeans

    @lewie4 thanks for your response! This event shows that you are listening to the players and we appreciate it. With that being said, here are some more suggestions others have pointed out as well:)

    Squad based events. I think @soundwave is on to something (if I understand him correctly) — using a squad to win a new squad member. This could work with regular nodes as well as events.

    Embrace the fan. As you can see by the recent threads, there are plenty of pure fans of the Transformers franchise, who play ABT out of love for the franchise (in addition to the game being fun and addictive). Throw us a bone and let us equip the Tfs the way they were originally. This requires a serious review of the accessories as many of the map in a way that makes this impossible. Like this event, all of Hotrod’s accessories map to the same place cancelling each other out. Many of us would like to own/use them all.

    Tweak the accessories. Most of the accessories either don’t work or don’t live up to their descriptions. Most of us got to level 15 without accessories, so equipping our bots gave us something to do while we wait for THE GAME TO BE UPDATED. Except, the Tfs work just as well and sometimes better without them.

    Tweak the Tfs. Some of the Tfs are unpopular because they are unpleasant to play with. Once they’re level 15 and equipped with accessories that don’t help overcome their shortcomings, they cease to match the skill level of the players and become tedious and boring to play with. Who wants to play with a bot that they can’t be successful with?

    Please remember the arduous journey it took for us to get to this point. We are all still here because this is a fun and addictive game, that holds so much promise. We’re all still here holding on to that promise, waiting for the game to get to the point where we can’t put it down again. The events are okay, but it feels like the game is going nowhere and not moving forward, like there’s no point, if that makes sense.

    I didn’t mean to go off on a tangent. These aren’t necessarily the opinions of everyone, blah blah blah. But, Thanks for listening!

    Optimus_Pig
    @optimuspig

    @pampeans

    “Dislikes: Unicron has two horns.”

    Yes, that’s because he’s Unicron, and not Unicorn.

    (It took me two days to figure out what you were talking about, lol).

    Pampeans
    @pampeans

    @optimuspig weak attempt at a joke. Although, I never understood what was “uni” about him…

    Optimus_Pig
    @optimuspig

    Boss Pig’s missiles should be worth 15 points on “Missile Day” of the Challenge.


    @lewie4

    Francis Crawford
    @franciscrawford

    A blemish on this basically good competition — seeing Boss Pig is still a major disappointment. You know you’re doomed to a very low score, and you know the run will be boring as well.

    Cynical Bird
    @sickcyn

    @lewie4 Will you be adjusting future token goals (10, 20, 30…100) down, if something like a Unicron bonus is not there? Since Unicron is really what is allowing us to reach the goals since he can earn us up to 2000 pigs.

    acwb16
    @acwb16

    It’s nice to get a second chance at missed ‘bots. My only real complaint about the competition is that The Blues are terrible against missiles.
    Other than that, it’s been fun! The ‘boss fight’ is an interesting mix-up from the standard ‘seek-and-destroy’. I’ve got a good number of my ‘bots at higher levels though – I don’t know how much progress new players could make in the competition, and that’s a hella frustrating way to start out.

    @lewie4 i believe the game must have an account example Angry Birds Epic& Angry Birds Go! with endearing your account you can have you progress everywhere in any device you might replace iOS and Android. I am not so fun of Facebook to have my game stored there. I prefer the account option that Rovio gives with Epic & Go and it might have it as well and into other games as well.

    Also those time lines are killing me!!! and to have so close those events with one day off and then the Rachet (Medic event)… it too much. I know the game need sport by trying the users old ones and newcomers to spend money on gems but the game is stack there nothing new only competition and the other half of the island is been covered since day 1 only 2 yrs ago the Pig City was opened! And then later those competition started for few people to have those bots…

    The franchise of the game is top notch but the development is way back! As it mention for a fellow user above the accessories many times made the bots to become way less powerful and the game play experience falls back.

    Also there are people (like my self) we have 70-80-90 million coins without any way using them. Why not also have a way to use them by also buying some accessories with them.

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