The dungeons are the best part of Arcanox for some players, but by far not for anyone. Some of the reasons for this are problems I want to solve with the upcoming update. In this post I’ll try to explain the these problems and how I plan to fix them. These are not the patch notes for the upcoming update. The update will contain a lot more changes and new stuff.
Dungeon Problems
Problem 1: Dungeons as a Chore
Several players told me, that they think the dungeons are a great idea, but they cannot enjoy them. They feel forced to copy the solutions of their guild mates and borrow their cards instead of trying the dungeons on their own and using the replays only as an inspiration. They not only have no fun in the dungeons but perceive them as a chore and feel highly dependent on their guild mates.
There are multiple reasons for this:
- Copying a solution with borrowed cards is for many players the easiest and fastest way to achieve a high dungeon score.
- Players want to achieve at least 500 dungeon points on each stage, because of the Mana reward.
- Players want to be “good guild members”, which means contributing lots of dungeon score and guild coins regularly.
- Some guilds require their members to achieve a certain score. Otherwise they are threatened to get kicked from the guild.
- Members of the top 3 guilds want to be in the internal top 10 because of the guild tournament reward.
Even when these players realize they have no fun in the dungeons with the borrow and copy strategy, it is hard for them to stop doing it, because it is so effective.
Problem 2: Borrow & Copy Exploit Accounts
Top dungeon players can easily create additional accounts that achieve 2500+ dungeon scores. The steps are:
- Create a new account.
- Use all rubies from the achievements to upgrade the guild library.
- Borrow strong cards for each dungeon stage from the main account or other guild members.
These accounts reach the top 50 on the dungeon ladder within 2 – 3 weeks. Right now there are at least 5 of them on the monthly top 50 dungeon ladder. When they are a member of one of the top 3 guilds they can even take away the guild tournament rewards from players who played for several months. This almost happened last month.
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