Latest Update and Some Other Notes

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Aaron (Former GPK Producer)
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Hey everyone,

You may have noticed that there was an update last week, buuut I didn't post about it here. Sorry about that!

I'm going to give a more detailed version of the path notes here, since our forum users are mostly more advanced players:

- The Arena now unlocks earlier in the game. (Level 7, to be exact.)

- We expanded the search range for the last slot in Arena matchmaking to increase the chances that you can find an extra-tough opponent. This should make it easier for people who are trying to maximize the number of points you get by fighting the toughest opponents.

- We made some other changes to PvP (client and server) to eliminate the 101 point matches and players' ability to score more than 500 points in a day. We also made some under the hood changes to support the ability to adjust some of the PvP rules from the server, in case we need/want to do that in the future.

- There was some code related to Mad Mike's Berserker Fury ability that was accidentally turned off in the last update while trying to diagnose another issue. It has been turned back on.

We do have an ongoing list of issues, like missing Junk, that we will try to get to when we can.

Please bear in mind, we're a small team, so we have to prioritize. We've been focused mostly on fixing bugs so far, but we do hear your feedback in regards to additional content.

As always, thanks for playing!

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  • Symphily

    Thanks for the elaboration, Aaron! I've noticed a slight tweak to match-making - but still consistently find that the highest-ranked match is one rank below what I'd need to challenge to "maximize the number of points you get". For example, today I waited 8 hrs or so to get pushed down in the ranks because I was looking to be matched with someone with 325ish points. In the end, match-maker would only match me with someone with 320 points, and I earned 60 points for the victory because ???

     

    Anyway, the point being that match-maker may have been tweaked but it may still be a bit too tight ...

     

    OTOH, I do see mostly the same folks again and again with 500s, but ... with gems and Arena credits piling up and nothing to spend them on, ... ::shrug::

     

    Best of luck with the fixes!

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  • Aaron (Former GPK Producer)

    One of the considerations with the match-making was server performance. If it seems like the current version is working fine and everyone just wants more of it, it shouldn't be too difficult to tweak again.

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  • Fat Lenny

    Tweak? It needs a lot more than a tweak. I suggested a complete overhaul of the pvp in a past topic somewhere here. Arena is boring, wether it’s working flawlessly or any other tweaks that have been done do nothing for the non excitement that it is now

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  • Aaron (Former GPK Producer)

    I'm referring specifically to the settings for the last matchmaking slot being tweakable. I'm not going to say that PvP is perfect, I think we all know that, but we're a small team and we can only do so many things at once. 

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  • Riv

    People are still going over 500 points, happened twice already since update, today and a few days ago. So really what did the update do other than open up a broken arena a few levels earlier? Mad Mikes attack getting fixed was something you broke in an earlier update so that doesn’t count. It honestly feels like you guys want this game to fail.

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  • Fat Lenny

    Ok you guys are a small team... I can handle that. But here’s a suggestion, make lots of small fixes then that can show us players/customers that there is some kind of effort/progress/something! That can reassure us that this isn’t just gonna be a dying app. Example: add missing junk that’s been missing since the dawn of time.
    Rather than making us unknowingly wait for a complete version update
    Give us a cpl small easy fixes that your small team can handle quick... then work on the bigger issues and extra content.

    We need new content tho too! Desperately!

    Actually the other day I was thinking to myself that this game doesn’t even have any content of a storyboard or any kind of content for advancing levels.

    There should be even if it’s basic and generic should be a story line to enjoy while completing levels. Seriously though anything would be more than how it is now.
    There’s nothing that’s just wrong. And it sucks because I love the garbage pail kids brand and that is the only reason I remain here trying to convince myself to open the app more than once a day now for longer than 15 mins because there’s nothing here to really enjoy.
    I know I’m rambling some... I’m not great at writing my thoughts downtime this. But I just wanted to state that there needs to be a change in the right direction sometime soon

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  • Chained Shane

    I appreciate the updates on the updates. I know you guys/gals are working hard and forums are generally filled with angry and frustrated people, so it may feel like your work goes unappreciated. I have come to accept that this game isn't going to have the same schedule of content refreshes and bug fixes as a larger IP like Star Wars or Marvel will get, so I've adjusted my patience levels. You'll get to it when you get to it. And I'm sure you are also still swamped with trying to get the Android version out, which is probably eating a large chunk of time.

    So keep plugging away and keep communicating with us so we know the game isn't dead and I'll be fine. Not sure about the rest here, but... I'll stick around. I still have to level all my cards to 7* at level 70, so you've got time until I get bored.

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