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rjallenxxx@rjallenxxxJust to be clear, in the recent incarnation of the game, you cannot close the game without registering a loss. This is primp evidence of Rovio’s intent. While there still may be cheaters lurking about, I firmly believe these multiple charm opponents are creation of staff equipped with the designer package. With the proper programming tools, staff can create an opponent with any number of stars, feather levels and # of charms. Clearly done to encourage the expenditure of gems and the need to purchase more. Rovio claims opponents are “matched” with similar levels. I ask you, in your experience, if you feel this is true. Also, I believe, the assignment of opponents is not random. Seems the longer the winning streak, the more likely you will be over matched by the assigned opponent. Also note manipulation is also accomplished by the creation / change of the scenarios. Notice the appearance of what I call the “micro pigs”. So easy to fall through a crack and they are far more resistant to damage.
When angry birds first arrived almost all scenarios could be solved by the right bird flung at the right place. How about now? In fact it seems many of the newer boss levels have so many rooms, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO EVEN GET TO THE LAST BOSS PIG LEVEL WITHOUT BUYING MORE BIRDS.
You now seem to get a few more spells out of the chests but nowhere near enough to make progress at a reasonable rate.
Have not spent one dime in many, many months and will not do so. My play time seems to dwindle every day and was finally demoted down from diamond. In fact, I don’t even visit here at all any more. I was just notified about this most recent traffic today and decided to add my last 2 cents.
rjallenxxx@rjallenxxxStar rating has little if anything to do with you opponent’s strength. Look at each birds rating. That is the important value
rjallenxxx@rjallenxxx+1 Arena
I am and have been at the Arena. This last cycle I did get 5o jewels. Normally, I just sort of exist somewhere between position 5-10. Other than the stars earned- and you get the those for points accumulated and feather upgrades. The game is like we are working in a mine and earning enough pay [jewels] but not getting rich. Real success takes an expenditure of far more jewels than you can win just to go down a never ending road in which you never triumph over the boss hog. Difficulty of structures far exceed the great power the birds earn.
Even after the upgrade, he still have opponents that Rovio swears are real. These are the ones who have a star rating of 6,7,9. Yet, these opponents have money to buy around 200 jewels each game for every spell. How do you earn feathers to spend and have star ratings that should prevent you from playing in the arena. These opponents are creations of the game designers as it is impossible for them to exist. Would like somebody to explain how a 7 star rating person has birds with 6 7 strength ratings? I have a 43 star rating and just barely got all my birds to 6.
rjallenxxx@rjallenxxxMidwest and working. Looks like everyone might have only themselves in arena. My group has disappeared with only me in the group. I am, of course in 1st place. Perhaps a way ROVIO says they are sorry.
rjallenxxx@rjallenxxxCan you imagine playing Monopoly? Every second trip around the board the money you get from passing “Go” changes. Purple properties suddenly are the highest grossing real estate, Park Place & Boardwalk the lowest. The penalty for landing on railroads quadruple. Players holding the right properties benefit. Those that spent a lot of money acquiring and building up premium properties now hold worthless holdings.
Rovio has changed AB2 now 4 times. The arena came to dominate the game, no longer was it very important to continue on your journey. In fact, in order to get your daily jewel ration you merely took a trip down memory lane to quickly play the earliest, easiest scenarios to collect enough “stars” Sections vary wildly in their difficulty. It becomes apparent every change is designed to make the game more expensive, if you wish reasonable advancement. Now, it appears, game has been destroyed due to ROVIO’s botching the upgrade, is not playable: do not when, if ever it will be restored. I liked the tradition 2-D graphics but it now seems yet another money pit, the “challenge” is being slapped on top of this world of the birds. What is the point? How long before it changes again? Unlike Monopoly, firmly grounded in the 1930s, AB2 features one reality- inflation.
rjallenxxx@rjallenxxxMe too. Was in 2nd this afternoon. Hope there has not been some time of virus spread. Looks like this goof covers multi platforms
rjallenxxx@rjallenxxxManipulation is putting it mildly. The entire game has changed to the point that the only goal for the player is traveling through a never ending world with wildly unbalanced scenarios designed solely to require the expenditure of jewels and the viewing of ads. One week you are allowed an extra bird for viewing an ad, the next week the option disappears. The cost of purchasing 3 extra birds at the end of a scenario suddenly escalates from 60 jewels per 3 birds to an sliding scale with the price in jewels rising per three birds with each purchase of 3 birds increasing 60, 80, 100 and I imagine even more. Ads are inserted in more and more places in the game.
It is mandatory a player participates in the arena if he/she wishes to obtain feathers but the rewards to winning outside 1st, 2nd or third are insultingly low. Achievement of diamond league is a dead end and really means nothing. If my memory serves me, the higher levels of achievement used to be rewarded through the reward of feathers. Now it is just placement in your group of 15. Feathers, which now give each bird more power are rewarded by daily arena play and advancement- sometimes- advancing through each world to obtain treasure chests. The feather rewards are so damned random, players have some birds stuck at, say, the five level while other birds continue to get feather rewards.
It is my guess there has been a sharp drop off of players who become frustrated with the many changes in game rules/ rewards, the widespread hacking by some in the arena and the increasing costs of the game. Sad because this birds version had a lot going for it. Rovio has just blown it.
rjallenxxx@rjallenxxxI believe this is more than poor graphics. Just now, I was down to my last issued bird. The opponent’s card graphic was grayed out- normally this indicates opponent finished. Also, the graphic showed no cards left. I had one remaining card left from original issue + the extra card option. I was slightly ahead and had left white explosive egg card. Launched it caused minor damage. Suddenly the grayed out opponent icon goes crazy. The progress part of the opponent icon was about 25% complete meaning it would take 75% more to earn an additional card. The game issued 3 black birds one after another. This is impossible. In this tournament game, the opponent had just about matched me but had taken, apparently two cards to my one for a particular screen.
There is so much manipulating going on in this game. I will not be spending one more dime.
rjallenxxx@rjallenxxxI am in Diamond league. I had 3 silver 1 gold. Tonight the tournament ended with me in first place. When I looked at my scoreboard, I had, instead of 2 golds 3 silver. I had 8 golds, 3 silver.
rjallenxxx@rjallenxxxHave you updated your game? This is really odd.
Yep it updated about 5 days ago. Noticed here people had gotten the update. I was locked out of the tournament all that day until notified my game was updated late at night.
Yes, I actually beat those guys 60% of the time. I am at Diamond and the one thing good is since I got up here, with nowhere to go, it it’s easy to hang in the middle and not get demoted.
rjallenxxx@rjallenxxxThe daily feathers are the ones where your bird in the Arena has an exclamation point beside it — those rewards are always feathers. You only get other rewards from the treasure chests, which now (for me at least) offers the small chest every 30 minutes (that’s a lot of rewards!).
I get those treasure chest one or two per DAY! Sometime I get an option of watching an ad for another chest, sometimes not. Chests every 30 minutes! How?
I have never, in dozens of battles since the update, drawn into a spell card. One exception to that is the drawn card at the end for watching a movie (if you are behind) — I have gotten spell cards in those scenarios, which may or may not be a bug.
I always get an unwanted spell subbed for a replacement bird if my opponent has purchased extra birds. I believe this is yet another ploy to sell gems. I am about done with all this. I seldom use gems unless I get stuck on a level. Then I typically spend sixty gems= 3 birds to keep playing. This is after multiple attempts at that level. I have not purchased any spells in the Arena for a very long time.
I also think the arena opponents are actual games but I believe there are quite a lot of ringers. I have seen quite a few of opponents with every spell possible. Count up how much that costs. I also think choice of opponent is NOT random. Think you are given one easier opponent and if you win the next one is much harder. Just my impression. I am winning more as will but I, more and more, get the idea I am just being manipulated like a lab rat running a maze for a treat.
rjallenxxx@rjallenxxxrjallenx — Were you using more spells than your opponent when his score froze, and did it freeze at 0 or some other value?
No- I don’t use spells in the Arena except when they are forced on me as a bird replacement.
I thought the new update got rid of spells being drawn as birds in the arena?
I still get spells- I hate this as in injects a huge amount of luck into the game and usually, it bad luckA higher star rating gets you more feathers in the daily treasure chest (rating + 10), I think.
Okay but it seems to me the the daily chest is variable. Sometimes you get credits sometimes feathers sometimes a second chest after watching a commercial.All these rules should be posted for access in the game itself
Seems like there is less and less traffic here. Guess most are moving on. I may be behind them soon. Thanks for the reply
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