Dragon Blaze

So I just started the game ten minutes ago in game time and I have like 50 overpowered characters. Or maybe I just have their shards or whatever, I have no idea because I’m not sure what any of the 20+ buttons in the main screen do. I do know that I have a full party (or is it a full party, how many characters in a full party) because when I click on the one button I know takes me to a map screen where I can do missions and battle I can see a blob of characters doing things and killing mobs in literally 2 seconds, ending the mission in half a minute. Imagine a game, an rpg that puts you in the middle of the game with a full party of fully leveled characters. Doesn’t explain anything and every complicated system that makes your characters more powerful is unlocked. There’s just a menu with a bunch of buttons and a map with missions that end in half a minute because your characters kill everything so fast. Listen don’t misunderstand, I have played many, MANY games like this and I actually ENJOY this kind of games, but this is stupidly ridiculous.

This game was a LOT more difficult in the very beginning. You had to do a lot more and grind a lot more to get better characters. I just didn’t have the time to do everything, and so I deleted it off of my phone. Jump forward a bit later, and I decided to try it again. It got much easier. You are able to get rubies as long as you log in, you are able to get good characters quickly either through the log in or just grinding for bit(for example when I redownloaded it and they’d just come out with more characters I got seven in a week). The story is interesting enough, and all the extra fun stuff they’ve added over time are great. I loved that it became easier, and more enjoyable. It’s a generous game, while still being a bit difficult. If I had to nitpick about anything in the game, its gotta be how just how they separate players when it comes to events, and by the I mean the absolute lack of separation based on levels. When you join the arena for example it’s unlikely that you’ll find someone weaker than you in the selections because every single person is put in the same group. There isn’t any separation based on levels. This makes the arena extremely difficult to enjoy, especially for newer players. Other than this though, I truly do love this game, and it’s very fun.

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I’ve been playing since the beginning when they had only the first chapter, and it’s so hard to keep up with everything and everyone. There is such a difference in power between people. I was a dedicated player, and hey, maybe I’m not the best. I get that. But the difference in power with other players is just way too much. Also, when you finally get stable footing in the game, they have an update that changes the whole game. Sure enough, everyone already has the max level, best gear, and the best heroes that didn’t even exist seconds before. I’ve tried all of the leveling tips and tricks, and it just doesn’t seem like you can get anywhere unless you play the game 24/7 or have immense amounts of money. Not to mention the story, it’s so useless and it just doesn’t make sense anymore. Every character evolves in every other update, and it’s very frustrating. You need to do a scavenger hunt every time they add more heroes unless you want your formerly OP character to get demolished. I spent so much effort to get up to speed with everyone else, but it always ends up with me wasting my time on a character that isn’t as good as the one they just pulled outta nowhere. Not only that, but I recently got one of my friends to play, and they just gave a brand new player a whole set of good characters that are fully enhanced! It takes me MONTHS to get in that position, yet they get it all by playing a tutorial. GREAT.

So why am I giving it four? Something so silly, in fact, that I have no actual idea why they don’t fix it: The hiding of gifts behind seasonal blind boxes. Last month it was Fairy Horesh Gifts, and this month it’s Easter Eggs. Why am I having a tantrum worth a whole star, you might well ask. After all, these gifts—three of them a day!!—are free! Free is better than nothing, right? Maybe, depending on how you look at it. Right now, my inventory of shoes and raid tickets is full. One of those items is a potential drop from these Easter Eggs, and until I make enough room, I can’t open ANY Easter Eggs. This wouldn’t be a(s much of a) problem if the game would tell me how many of either of these I need to use up in order to make enough room. But considering that sometimes the game will drop 600 shoes or tickets at a time, I’m more willing to play almost not at all than I am willing to use up that many fuel items with no promise that even that will be enough. Either make these blind boxes a little less blind in the ways I’ve outlined above, or keep the dent in my score for this game. EDIT: Almost nine months later, I’m lopping off another star because I can’t do Daily Challenges if the game never connects to the server for the World Boss. It’s been screwing up in this regard for a whole day.

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I’ve been around since the very beginning. Casual F2P player, so I don’t expect much competing for rankings. Story was simplistic and beautiful, drawings are outstanding. After a while I just didn’t have time to grind and I would just log in every day for rewards. Then I quit. A few years later, I return and the game is desperately throwing free stuff to help F2P players at least survive in the competitive ring. The people that pay, however, will always end up at the top, it’s undeniable. There is truly an issue when the game itself has to massively compensate players to help them SURVIVE in the PvP aspect of the game. While it does keep players around, the game has become so diluted. The story keeps getting more generic, and one can pass through a brand new chapter in around 20 minutes. I’m still sticking around with a glimmer of hope, but the cycle needs to be broken. Quests and “Events” are just grinding and nothing particularly does anything until the massive updates with new tiers of heroes that keep making everybody more and more OP. Then it stalemates again. I’m considering retiring again, because if you love it let it go and it will come back if it loves you too. TLDR:Game will let you play and have fun as F2P, but the grind will become lackluster and don’t even dream of getting to the top if you’re not maxing out your card.