I wondered about the time change, too, but this is hardly the first time we’ve changed the clocks.  It’s amazing how R/E can take something that’s working perfectly well, and wreck it.

The bonuses are suddenly gone.  I’d been playing with Nemesis Prime.

I’m suddenly unable to launch the game.  I see there’s been an update, so that probably has something to do with it.  Fun!

Speaking of the promotion multiplier, I receive the same amount of spark for a completed run regardless of which bots I use.  Where does the bonus come in?

That’s even worse than what I got – zero gems, but a couple of L16 overpowers (personally, I don’t see any difference in the performance of overpowered bots).  Fortunately, I only spent 30 gems during the week to hit certain token amounts.

Same here, on iPad.  A similar thing happened several years ago, and took months to fix.

My gripe is, if you don’t complete the run, you get nothing.  At least in the previous version, you could get about 1500 spark, and it didn’t cost anything to play.  It also takes too long.  I feel carpal tunnel symptoms.

I was unable to complete the run with 2 bots in 2 attempts, so I grudgingly spent the 2500 gems for the third slot.  I decreas…[Read more]

Did you guys have to spend 2500 gems for the third slot, or was it “free” if you had 5 slots open in the old version?  I never opened the 5th slot in the old version, as I was usually able to complete the run with just 2 characters.  But if I want the third slot, I have to pay 2500 gems.

I also passed on the 5K offer, for the third time.  I guess I will never again receive the 1K or 2K offers.

For me, it comes too late in the event to make a difference.  I’d have to spend more gems than I would likely receive in 10 gold crates.

I’ve lost a bunch, too.  I know I easily should have gotten 8500 tokens by the time the event ends, but now that won’t be possible unless I spend a lot of gems.  Which I guess is the whole point.

It might not even be so bad if it was a one-time payment.  They expect players to pay $18-20 every 2 months!

I don’t know what to say about the pricing model.  I’ve been playing for about 6 years, and have spent $9.98 in all that time.  The last two bots under the old system were offered to me for 5000 gems, whereas others got offers of 1000 or 750 gems.  Maybe it’s random.  Maybe it’s based on how many gems you have.

Anyway, I’m tempted to buy the Pr…[Read more]

It looks complicated.  Further, explosions, streaks of lightening and an occasional airplane appear on the map, which are unnecessary and distracting.

The gems were classified as rare.  The purple crystals were epic.

I don’t bother with the Challenge Run.

After 2+ days of playing the new version, my feelings are not 100% negative:

Unlike the previous version of the game, I was quickly able to accrue enough tokens to open 10 gold crates.  That yielded 330 gems and several purple crystals.  With the previous version, I usually got about 500 gems/week from all sources.  I expect to fall short of th…[Read more]

It was a bad sign when R/E started offering new characters for 5000 gems.  The ultimate goal is to get players to spend more money.  I’m sure these changes have been in the works for a long time, but this seems like a really bad time to screw the customers.

I can’t imagine that I would ever be in a position to spend 5000 gems.  It would take me 10 weeks to recover (based on my experience).  The latest event offers Menasor (alone) for 10,000 tokens, which is achievable.

I also got the Menasor offer for 5000 gems.  R/E must be trying to see how far they can push this.  I spent 2000 gems on the last character + accessory + spark package, but that’s my limit.  I see no need for another combiner anyway.

I would like to know why some people are offered Menasor for just 1000 gems.

They still haven’t managed to bring back wood or stone blocks, which means we can’t complete the Daily Quests.