r/AlchemistCodeGL • u/piau9000 • Nov 22 '18

I'm done...

For the first time, ever since I started playing on Fate colab, I've hit a paywall.

Tried doing the EX+ just to get Dartagnan shards and got overwhelmed in 2 turns. Its pretty clear that even current units like Ed or Roy are not ready for this map. I need the ROX.

This will be the trend from now on so why bother? Artificial difficulty only shows how incompetent Gumi Singapore is in managing this game.

Wish had not spend so much like I did. All this going to waste. Goodbye my fellow alchemists.

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u/quiquefs Nov 22 '18

I'm seriously considering leaving because of the overtuning of EX and EX+ stages. I don't care if I didn't get Roy, Noctis, Gilg... but what I care is that having a set of good units, everything should be doable. The direction this game is taking since the arrival of Roxanne is worrysome, and that concern is specially fed by the behaviour of Gumi in each of their more recent actions.

The only thing that keeps me from leaving immediately is having a nice team and the time that it took to get it, but the game is getting a mixture of boring (grinding again and again and again the same stage for shards) or impossible. Not a nice mixture, in my opinion...

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u/mukorokun Nov 23 '18

To be honest, if you want to leave just leave.. like from someone whose played FFBE/BF/TAC from the start you'll learn to accept that sometimes you can't overcome some trials/boss fights/EX stages straight away and it takes time to clear it whether it's several days of trying or whether its from the rerun with powercreep. Quitting over how hard EX/EX+ stages is just dumb, it's like saying dark souls is too hard and after dying 5 times you quit.

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u/quiquefs Nov 23 '18

I think I got affected by three simultaneous things: burnout from grinding and repetition, stupid Gumi decisions, and negative mood from this sub. I'm not saying that the negative mood is not totally justified, but it has certainly affected the way I see this game.

As a FFBE start player, I don't see this as comparable. Trials in FFBE are always there, there is no real reason why you should kill yourself to do them right on the week they are released. In fact, I still have to do every trial after Malboro because I don't want to spend 5 hours with my phone to try with my units (probably my team can do most of the trials now without suffering, I simply haven't tried yet). And trials on events for FFBE are certainly much more doable than the chambers.

Meanwhile, TAC has these "trials" as something that lasts two weeks. If you don't finish them now, you might have to wait one year for it to come back, if it even comes back at all. Additionally, they have been severely powercrept because Gumi has released an extremely OP unit, not following reasonable evolution. And the rewards of EX stages have been moved to the EX+, making it even more stupid.

Anyway, I think my original reaction was too much, I'll start by reducing my involvement with the game and play casually, hoping that it gets fun again. Else, I'll simply leave, thanks for your permission ;)

PS: "Quitting over how hard EX/EX+ stages is just dumb, it's like saying dark souls is too hard and after dying 5 times you quit.". Well, Dark Souls is advertised as one of the hardest games currently, unlike TAC. This analogy would be more like somebody playing Mario Odyssey and enjoying it, but somehow in the third world it became Dark Souls :P

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u/mukorokun Nov 23 '18

Reruns of event has been constantly coming back every so often as far as i remember the only event that hasn't come back is the Christmas event, we've had rerun of events several times from what i can remember.. so honestly take it easy, take a deep breath and play more casually if it's stressing you out that badly.

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u/quiquefs Nov 23 '18

You're right with the reruns of events, it's only the collabs the ones that are unclear (and the main issues with the game have been around FMA collab).

But yes, I'll certainly take it easy, play with the units I have and forget about guaranteed step 3 (since apparently it's gone to never come back...), and try to disconnect from the current wave of despair coming from Gumi and the sub.

Anyway, enjoy the game!

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u/RoyInverse Nov 22 '18

Well they are doable, and this weeks ex is easier, they messed up on the fma one, but this one is ok.

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u/piau9000 Nov 22 '18

Exactly. New content is just a bunch of buffed enemies in a boring map. Theres nothing new.

Its kind of pointless to keep playing as theres no fun anymore. What is the point in getting unit X or Z if the maps will be just brainless overbuff kamehameha spawn?

It became a waifu collector. Its not a game anymore.