šŸš« Foiled Again - Playing the game your Way (Terrible player's point of view)

So I firmly believe everyone is entitled to play the game their own way as long as it doesnā€™t negatively impact other players of the game (unsolicited mercā€™ing of lower alliance titans, war join/leave shenanigans, etc.). However have you ever done things in game that are significantly opposite of the ā€œnormalā€ way to play the game.

For example see the fact that @zephyr1 & I are perfect foils on how we play the game.
We started playing 1 month apart but do things drastically different (and in most of my cases wrong)

Roster:
Z - Built a steady roster from 3* heroes, then 4* then 5* so now he has a diverse roster of emblemed/maxed heroes which he can cater to whatever gameplay experience he needs them for.
Void - Levels every shiny new hero as I got them. Fed prized HotMs to other 5*s in efforts to get them leveled faster. Did not pay mind to utility, team synergy, or color depth.

Challenge Events:
Z - Works progressively through challenge events from rare to epic to legendary replaying levels to land in the tier of loot he desires.
Void - Does Legendaryā€¦then replays legendary to stay top 100000ā€¦rinse repeat for 4 days of challenge

Atlantis Rises:
Z - Carefully saves/loads up on WE flasks, loot tickets and farms efficiently to store Training Camps for future leveling
Void - Tries to finish S2 map since I go through the map of normal & hard mode concurrently.

Training Camps:
Z - Stores days upon days of trained heroes to help power level new heroes worthy of power leveling
Void - Canā€™t stand to see collection bubbles so collects every hero and levels heroes erratically (well now with Zephyrā€™s structure & approval since becoming alliance mates)

Forum:
Z - Beloved moderator who loves to help those genuinely inquiring about the game. Likes to be neat & orderly
Void - ā€¦has a forum account

Raids:
Z - Plans out a strategy (mono, 3-2, rainbow) based on opponent to maximize odds of winning. Doesnā€™t waste time revenging or attacking multiple times
Void - Uses Rigard - Jabberwock - GM - Tarlak - Proteus every raid regardless of enemy. Revenges everyone because he hates seeing the blue ā€œrevengeā€ clickable button in watchtower, will spend 3 flags on same opponent with no raid team changes because I prefer to either win or have the grayed out ā€œno rematch availableā€ icon.

Terrible playing style notwithstanding, do you have any bad gaming habits in this game or like me & Z have you found a perfect foil of someone who does the opposite of pretty much everything you would advise him/her/it to do.

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Iā€™d love to do my comparison with @ThePirateKing

Heā€™s as methodical as @zephyr1 and probably does a head slap every time he hears what Iā€™m doing (not doing).

I give him all the credit for everything Iā€™m doing right and accept responsibility for all the crazy things I do on my own!

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You missed out on the main one:

Z - is a bot :robot:
V - is a human :man:

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I thought we covered that over here:


Although we do also have this thread from a merge a couple days ago: Love note for zephyr / Who thinks @zephyr1 is a robot?


So I guess I havenā€™t quite kept everyone convinced. :robot:

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Omg. Iā€™m cracking up!!

This was me tooā€¦ I actually moved my training camps out of the center so I wouldnā€™t pay as much attention to them. :rofl:

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As a F2P, I donā€™t think I play the game the same as one because when you play without spending, you try to use whatever methods you can find to stay competitive (and thatā€™s including using whatever methods the game offers to get heroes, Ascension mats, etc.). But I reallyā€¦ Donā€™t. More on that below.

  • I have terrible summoning luck, none of my 5* (2 HoTM notwithstanding) came from the summoning portal. I donā€™t have any S2 5*, Event 5*, Seasonal 5*. So the heroes I have on my roster are limited.

  • I have not spent any gems to increase my roster space since I started playing.

  • I collect heroes, unique ones 3* and above. Duplicates are fed (3* - 5*). If roster space isnā€™t an issue, Iā€™d have kept a copy of every maxed 1* and 2*

  • I donā€™t raid, I donā€™t revenge. I got to Platinum by not raiding/revenging (so my defense team is the one earning all my cups), even gotten to low diamond once or twice. If it werenā€™t for the Raid Tournament, my Raid Wins will probably stayed in the 20s, with the wins coming from the forced raids at the end of most S1 provinces. I wouldā€™ve possibly never finish some of the raid avatar missions too.

  • Sure my Raid Chest doesnā€™t get filled often, but I really donā€™t care.

  • I finish every 3 newly released provinces in Atlantis (as they were still being released). I would definitely finish all the Normal Stages in each of the 3 provinces that were released, I may work on the Hard stages after the event ended each month. So by the time Atlantis Rises first came around, Iā€™ve already gotten 270/270.

  • New, unique 3* will generally get priority over 4* and 4* over 5* when it comes to leveling.

  • There is no rhyme or reason for who I choose to level or work on (or next on the list). It is just whoever I feel like, with my poor luck, I would venture to say Iā€™d get to every hero on my roster (even those that are seemingly bad).

  • I donā€™t power level, nor do I really ā€œstoreā€ any recruits, so every training queue should eventually result in heroes I collect, mostly feeders any way.

  • I lead an alliance that makes war optional. I donā€™t war, and just let others go at it. Sure I forfeit on the War Chest, but I donā€™t really care.

  • I have never purchased the VIP Pass, so all buildings are constructed or being constructed on one single builder. Iā€™ve finished all buildings at 20 on one builder, about a week or two before they introduced SH21 and the advanced buildings.

  • My WE flasks and Loot Tickets are used sparingly, I venture I might spend less than 5 WE flasks or Loot Ticket per A.R., so I still have over 100 WE and LT.

  • I work on completing all 3 tiers of challenge events, but I donā€™t go after ranking.

  • I do try to collect every time TC20 finishes one training session. But since I canā€™t seem to draw any 5* out of the portal and I am always still short of the same 5 classic S1 5* heroes, Iā€™ve recently decided to try something new, and that is to create a pseudo 10x Epic Pull, by telling myself not to tap the bobble for 20 days. First go around didnā€™t get anything I donā€™t already have out of the 3xTC20s I decided to do this with, working on a second go and already accidentally tapped on one and collected 2 feeder 3*, I gotta be more careful.

It may look boring and tedious, but this is the pace and style I choose to play the game at.

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Heyā€¦

@Shohoku79 Youā€™re still enjoying the game right? So thatā€™s a win in my book.

Alsoā€¦I know some of my idiosyncrasies are irrational.

For example I like to have my inventory items in multiples of 5 (so it ends in 5 or 0 i.e. 25 mana potions, 10 super antidotes, etc.). So when Iā€™m doing TC training camps I have to shift around TC 11 & 2 recruits so I have a backpack amount that ends in 5 or 0.

[maybe reserved for picture, maybe notā€¦I donā€™t know how much evidence I want to provide for the Voidstrike is crazy train]

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I just HAVE to keep closing and reopening each raid stage until the farming item I require appears on the ā€˜examplesā€™ panel even though I KNOW it wonā€™t guarantee Iā€™ll win it. However, if I want that Midnight Root, I will keep opening and reopening until it appears! :crazy_face:

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@voidstrike
LOL, I am sort of like that too when it comes to inventory that I have control over. I like even numbers, so whenever i have the time to craft something for replenishing used stock, I always end up crafting small batches (say mana potions for example), that would take me to even numbers.
So, say I have 26 small mana potions, and I needed to replenish my stock, I will craft even numbers so by the time it is finished, I would have even numbers left. But if I have something like 17, I craft odd numbers to make final result even.

I still find the game enjoyable to some extent, although the passion has evaporated somewhat and is not showing signs of slowing down because of constantly bad summoning luck, and the idea that I will be running out of heroes to work on is looming on the horizon really will take a toll on even the most casual player of this game. I was actually somewhat planning and debating on my exiting strategy to this game, which would happen when I run out of new heroes to work (e.g. all my 3* and above are maxed and I still donā€™t have any new ones to work on) and I have to feed feeder heroes to feeder heroes just so I donā€™t constantly get nagged by the game about my lack of roster space.

With A.R. being moved up, paving the way for Season 3, I guess I would now have some S3 to work on in the near horizon. Oh boy, new 3* and maybe some 4* heroes I would get, and another hoard of 5* I will probably never getā€¦ Can you detect the excitement thatā€™s oozing from my expression?

Perhaps, this is a way for the game to force me out, either start spending gems to increase roster space so I can keep the heroes, forfeit the 3* aspects of this game (namely the 3* Raid Tourneys and the Rare Tiers of Challenge Events) and free up their roster space to keep the 4* and 5*, or finally stop this F2P business and start spending $$ on gems/summons (oh you will want to see that, donā€™t you, Zynga?)

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ā€¦dittoā€¦:see_no_evil::speak_no_evil:
20 :see_no_evil::speak_no_evil:s

(All items 5,10,15 etc. )

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OMG youā€™ve been secretly watching me play, havenā€™t you :rofl:.

Harpoons are the worst. If I canā€™t build enough to get to some multiple of 5 bigger than 20 (because, short of iron) then I wonā€™t build any. Then I run out on the next titan :stuck_out_tongue:

I like multiples of 100 for the minor items.

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Really:

  • bubbles thing, I blame facebook
  • items must be dividable by 5
    -never summon with picture of hero I want cuz I know I wont get it then ( so far true)
  • revenges are with shield or on it
    -planning to pay for 2nd builder for 4 months ( still planning )
  • glitch with emblems requestionig should iā€™ve gone to the other part of dna
    -never open chests immediatly after i get them thinking it will get fuller with time
    -always click heroes full spec attack or tiles even if the time is gone, and titan attacks last, one day its gona pass
    -checking my past alliances to see how they doin ā€œwithout meā€
    -check titan and alliance leaderboard way too often to compare
    -wonder why if enemy heros win the healer always heals before that juicy DEFEAT sign
    -do the same thing if Im about to do fatality
    -checking out if i have a troops to lvl even thou i dont
    -wonder why troops cant be fed with other color troops
    -every mistic vision have that: " Its epic hero/troop coin!" feeling
    -wondering how that tree outside the castle on south in middle stands and grows on solid rock
    -sometimes seems like base is middle age North Korea
    -hate Kashrek and if hes on opposite team, just killing him is worth all the cups
    -same goes for Boril ( but id love to have him or Cyprian)
    -collect all stuff, even if i need just like 200 food to max out
  • hate seeing yellow clouds over mines and farms
    -always overcheck war screen and when defeated, always wonder ā€œWhy didnt he pick someone elseā€
    -try to be at least 2 times best in placement on titan or wars then i am on leaderboard
    -feed heroes even for one lvl with random 1* and 2* cuz, hey, progress is progress
  • hate christmas frozen tiles sheet
  • if i wait for a raid flag to revenge, Monte Cristo aint got sheet on me
  • get a heart attack when low connection icon appears in the middle of war/raid/titan attack, waving around with mobile phone like maniac
  • really, really hate Kenjiro, id like to metamorf into data just to get into the game and punch him in the face
    -thinks all improvements regardind challenges and game overall are ok, but the same music is getting frustrating
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Omg. Me too. Glad someone has the same kind of oddities. Makes me feel more normal. Lol.

Just read the rest of the entries. So many of ā€œusā€ out there. :rofl::rofl: you are not alone.

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Not one of yaā€™ll, but still, this fits

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I literally spent hours figuring out the best layout for my buildings, and most of it has nothing to do with gameplay.

Like making sure the iron storage is close to the mines and the food storage is close to the windmills, and the training camps should be close to the central tower and the mines need to be on the outskirts, and ā€¦

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Did exactly the same! And it really worries me that my mines are near the Stronghold where people walk aroundā€¦ all that nasty pollution. But they have to be away from the farms!

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I revenge. But I keeps all my heros. Heros be keeping it realz. I only attack 30+ in raids and if they are 45+ I will attack until I canā€™t anymore. I have kept track of raids and realized I will win 50% of the time to a team where I only lose -10. I only attack +10 when dey bounty be plenty. And I likes eaten plenty

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I really like to collect my watchtower/farms/iron/recruits at the same time.

I collect TC20 on the first of the month.

I feed 3* heroes all the feeders I collect from stages during Atlantis Rises. That way I am not using my training camp heroes. But I am about to have 1 of every 3* maxed. (I do well in 3* tournament.)

When I craft the number I finish with has to be even with a preference for it to be a multiple of 10.

I like my defense team to have the same number of emblems each and the same level troops. It makes me crazy when one is off.

If someone I know I have no chance of winning against comes in my watchtower I will play them three times trying to learn what I can do next time. Idgaf about cups.

When I first started playing I leveled the heroes I thought looked the best and gave them back stories. (Nerd :nerd_face:)

I never raid before I have used my war flags. I donā€™t want to use my luck up.

When a hero dies I thank them for their service. If Iā€™m salty I then tell them to ā€œgit gudā€.

If a heroā€™s special is maxed before I send them to third ascension I think they are ā€œsmartā€ and it bodes well. If I get ascension mats for a new heroā€™s color the same day I take it as a sign they are to be leveled. I got Ariel, a warm cape and a scope yesterday. She wants to be leveled but sheā€™s about to go to 3 and only 4/8 on her special. Pretty and eager, but not smart.

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When it comes to wars I always do a raid first to ā€œsee how RNG is treating meā€. Then I decide whether to war right away or wait a bit.

Which is probably nonsensical since I raid 3-2 and war mono.

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I have the very bad habit of trying to make revenges much more difficult on myself. Iā€™ll often lose all 3, although I do change the teams around, for the sake of dropping some cups. Let me point out that I never intentionally lose, I try to win but if I decide to fight all 5* with all 4* Iā€™m considerably lowering my odds of winning. Especially with Alberich, GM, Ursena, Kage and Ariel staring into my soul.

Problem is I refuse to drop cups and I despise waking up in the morning to see my watchtower decimated, Richard crying in the corner, Ursena sliding down the wall where someone flung her, well you get the picture. So Iā€™ll challenge myself to take out much stronger teams using lower level heroā€™s. Normally it works out well for me.

Then I wake up the next day and repeat the whole process over again? Hmmmm, I need a therapist huh?

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