If they wanted my money maybe they shouldn't make their game free. And I wouldn't mind paying for more content if it was an honest fee and not some paywall. Though that would also require the content in question to offer something more than just more grinding for better equipments.
I get what you say, I got that point too- but then I realized what I was doing wrong; neglecting to upgrade my gear. The trick is to keep that forge running. Assuming you haven't been grinding hilariously and out leveling the campaign progression, all you need to do is forge a top-tier blue shield and chainsword and you'll do just fine in the Patrols. Patrols will always be the toughest to beat, since they scale to your level. I can't count the number of times I've failed to hit the tiny slot on melee versus Khornates and lost my last half hp. Don't be afraid to drop a revive on the hardest patrols. Anyway, upgrade your gear. That's my advice. Without a top level shield and sword, you will lose patrols consistently, guaranteed. I'm at level 40, and even with some legendary loot I've gotten from salvage I still get killed out on patrol by ambushing Lords of Skulls.
And consider forging blue :thumbs: Also remember hitting some real patrol difficulties. And the seemingly insurmountable task of getting enough patrols to open ch.8. Weirdly, those seemed to kinda go away. And atm, despite being a few medals short of three starring everything, it's patrols that keep me coming back. And sometimes, I think there can be patrol levels of unequal difficulty that follow on - so clearing one nightmare level can yield a somewhat easier one in its place.
Wow! Lots to repy to in the last 24 hours. Just a heads up - I'll be on holiday for a little bit after today, so my replies to this thread will be a little more sporadic! We've done some testing internally on the latest version to make sure there's nothing going awry here and it seems to be a roughly even division of weapons and armour; we certainly don't have any weightings present here to favour one or the other to avoid the scenario that you're describing. Unfortunately, I think this might just be a case of bad luck with the RNG Gods. If you're still having trouble here, let me know in a PM and we can investigate to see if there is some kind of weird bug at play here. Thanks for the suggestion - it's one we'll consider! We hear you all when you voice your concerns about this and other monetisation aspects of the game. We do constantly review these mechanics and will consider changing how these behave - for example, the suggestions later in this thread to add it as a Loyalty bonus or separate iAP are suggestions we may consider. As ever, once we've confirmed our plans here, I'll be sure to let you all know this is. I'm a big fan of this for killing infantry that are running away. Thanks for the suggestion! =) Just to be clear - this was never our intended functionality for these quests. This bug (and several others relating to quests that have been bought up here) will be fixed in the next version of Freeblade which should be released very, very soon. We're aware that some patrols are way harder than expected and are looking at ways to ease this difficulty curve.
And off the back of this... I thought I’d bring you some good news - the 1.2 update to Freeblade should be available tomorrow! I thought I’d take you all through what this version brings: [*]- We've added Chapter 9! The story continues with you facing off against an Ork Mek mastermind. [*]Hope you’ve all been keeping your wargear up to spec as you’ll be facing off against the deadly new Morkanaut unit! [*]- Level cap increased to 45, allowing you to get even more powerful wargear. [*]- Player profile allows you to view all your stats, compare them with your friends.. and rename your Knight, should you have made any unfortunate spelling mistakes in typing your name. [*]- New photo mode allows you to zoom in, inspect your Knight and take snapshots of your awesome war machine. I hope you guys will be sharing your Knights here! [*]- We’ve been improving the graphics and effects of several weapons. Try taking a look at your weapons after you’ve been firing them for a long time - we think you’ll be pleasantly surprised! [*]- There’s a raft of bug fixes, rebalancing and improvements that we’ve worked on - most notably with the quests system that's been raised a few times here. This should mean an end to having to spend gold on forging quests! Hope you all enjoy it! Please let us know what you think. =)
a) fantastic, and nice work! b) crap, so now I'm seven levels off max? Gonna have to save my salvage gold for another seven levels!
@ PixelToys Johnny, are there plans to add a V-stick control, or something that doesn't prevent you from seeing the gorgeous effects by having your finger and hand all over your targets to fire? Since i see you are active here -and it's always good when that happens-, please answer if possible. Thank you!
Wow. Difficulty level on patrols seems to've been cranked up, ay Edit: originally 11, now 8 patrol medals short of ch9 (170 required). In the half hour since updating, I've gone from clearing patrols *pretty* comfortably to being borderline massacred on each attempt
The game is more than viable to play without buying anything. Heck, even if you DO buy something, what does it really help? Purchased gear is surpassed within a level or so. The best gear is obtained from daily events and supply drops. Forging gear is a waste once you reach the higher levels. It's far better to simply upgrade your top pieces and save up 300 gold to ensure a legendary from supply drops to get better pieces. Personally I don't find patrol missions all that hard at 40. The only time I die is during a stage were something glitches and I can't see what is shooting at me. Perhaps you need to learn to prioritize your targets?
I didn't get a lot of time to try out the new content, but the first thing I noticed is that to 3 star one of the new missions I need 1,000,000 points. This seems like an odd jump from two staring, and considering I had a good run and managed 200,000 this appears like it is going to be frustrating if not impossible. I manage to regularly score in the top reward range with daily events, so I don't think it is simply because I'm a poor player.
Two patrol medals short of ch9, dammit! And after a total horror of patrol first thing after the update, things appear to have returned to normal. Feels a bit more brutal. But that might be my imagination :hmm:
I do not believe they did before. The new update is great!!! There are many things I see that have gotten a tweak, not just new visuals. Now I just have to try to get my iPad to save my game to cloud, I have tried so many things between my 6S+ and my Pro...still a no go
This. 1M pts seem impossible judging the top global score is around 200k to 300k. I'm currently stuck at "score 3 medals" in one of these missions in my questlog.
Other new stuff... Looks like the explosions are much more spectacular, especially destructible environment stuff. Also, I reckon...it seems to be running smooth and without crashes now on iPad Air -even on patrol missions and when playing after watching ads. Touch wood.
With half of blue gear 225 and some legends and purples I trivialize all new content. Lvl 42 blazing through everything. 506 str, 230 toughness, 35% crit chance and 80% crit damage. Gg wp
