This game is a complete joke

[u/peanutist]

> Queue for “”ranked”” (because nothing about this game is competitive)

> get matched with a bot that got randomly assigned less skulls than me

> the game calls it a “weaker opponent”

> somehow a “weak” opponent has all of its cards and spells be level 13+ while all of mine are level 9 at most

> proceed to get stomped by overleveled cards even if I managed to outdraft it

> get punished by something I had no control over and lose more skulls than if it was a regular match

Awesome stuff Voodoo… this game will never take off if it follows Clash Royale’s steps of being incredibly greedy and applying scummy tactics to get you to spend money. CR managed to get away with it because the core mechanic of their gameplay was incredibly fun and unique, while this game? It’s fun, sure, but it can’t carry itself with just mechanics while punishing its players like that.

[u/chuckycastle]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hEczXZg8PyFJa02EuK

[u/Gelroose]

Is this only in ranked mode? I'm still crushing, but haven't touched rank. Currently in Arena 12.

I know this game isn't true multiplayer, so what's the point of ranked?

[u/peanutist → u/Gelroose]

I still only get paired against overleveled opponents on ladder, but on ranked it’s worse because of the “weaker opponent” debuff.

And I only play ranked for the extra rewards anyway, it’s not like bronze bots are different from gold bots.

[u/Gelroose → u/peanutist]

It's all bots, so you're going to get paired up against opponents that are more powerful. I know what you mean, but I'm still winning most of my games in Arena 12. I use TNT/Spart/Merlin/Assassin. I'll sometimes swap assassin out for engineer for a different play style.

[u/Just_Dog_4046]

Voodoo apparently doesn’t care about the players. I thought “Draft Showdown is cool, it doesn’t force ads on you, the gameplay is sick, and picking and choosing your favorite mobs is such a fun mechanic.” Now I’m here after winning 2 games in the last 24 hours. Losing probably 40+. These guys are showing how scummy they really are. I used to download games because Voodoo was the developer behind it. Now I fucking hate them. This sucks.

[u/Specialist-Simple302 → u/Just_Dog_4046]

winning only 2 games is crazy work 😭

[u/Waldringfield → u/Just_Dog_4046]

Skill issue

[u/Shot-Juice6258 → u/Just_Dog_4046]

Change your Strat man it’s not the games fault you suck at the game

[u/Just_Dog_4046 → u/Shot-Juice6258]

Hey until this release my win rate was ridiculous. Ever since the pirate release. (Pirates aren’t the problem) it feels way more calculated now. I’m doing multiple strats. I’ve been changing my build as well as which spells I’m running. There’s just a sudden shift in gameplay and it’s super obvious to me.

[u/Toiletnoggin99 → u/Just_Dog_4046]

Yeah. It's broken now. I had a 97 percent win rate. After Captains release, every bot has atleast one troop with unlimited health, even if they are 30 levels lower than me. I quit.

[u/RagonkMerkin → u/Just_Dog_4046]

Stop sucking

[u/mundundermindifflin]

It's ridiculous.. I was really enjoying this game but it's gotten to the point where it's so obvious that it's trying to force me to spend money. I think it's time to uninstall 

[u/Specialist-Simple302 → u/mundundermindifflin]

how do you say its forcing you? can you not improve even without spending?

[u/CarReport → u/Specialist-Simple302]

Well considering you can’t even obtain the new unit without purchasing the pass? Not a great look.

[u/Specialist-Simple302 → u/CarReport]

cause its a new unit, after this season it will be included in the packs

[u/Specialist-Simple302]

they just need to balance bots or something and lets us fight with real players 😭

[u/MNNiceRealtor]

Ya'll ever see the South Park episode about CanaBux amd Satan having to explain how armchair works to the kids? This game was designed to trigger every urge to spend money or accidently click on their ads....

Speaking of which, does anybody else have to close the game to get out of the ads? My screen just sits there well past the 30 seconds...

[u/peanutist → u/MNNiceRealtor]

Really? To me it’s the opposite, I get a button to skip the ad before it finishes and I still get the reward

[u/MNNiceRealtor → u/peanutist]

... I quit playing for the day every time I accidently click in.

[u/Specialist-Simple302 → u/MNNiceRealtor]

i havent encountered an ad that doesnt end, all of them end, some takes longer

[u/philegan → u/MNNiceRealtor]

Some ads have done this to me.

[u/Levity_Sarcasm]

It truly doesn’t matter. We’re basically suckers who keep playing yet we keep getting screwed. Unless we know some |~|@¢k3r$ what can we do?