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@Kotomine94 You're either trolling or grasping at straws now, which is quite frustrating. I really wish you do your research before you say stuff and read what others have posted, as majority of the points you've made have already been discussed or largely assumed. Which is an ass for both u and me.

Demon King Rise is a Conquest Event. Hinamatsuri Rebellion is a Tower Event. Of course they would be different. And not once have I said Demon King Rise was a good event - I merely noted that its presentation and difficulty was far more appropriate than the present Conquest Events. And the problem you're talking about (running around with five Shuten-Dojis) is Power Creep, which I've discussed in previous post and you seem to have conveniently overlooked. Oh and by the way, where on earth did you get that statistics about 10000 players obtaining Shuten-Doji? And please don't say "from my brain", or anything else of similar vein.

My IGN in DMT is Bibimbap. I am currently level 48, with SS rank team. I have 4 Unique Five Stars, all level 40. I am currently in the top 100 in Arena. And I am a free player, who started at the same time as you did. So... yeah, you're wrong. DMT is friendly to new/free players. And that thing about being fairer to players only at the beginning... You do realize that DMT is an import game from Korea, right? And that the game has been out for a year? The same amount of time AGG's been out for? That's how I can judge it. Both game has been out for a year, both game are CCGs and both games have cash elements in it.

About rare summons... using your personal bias and experiences to make a point is fine, but extrapolating that and suggesting that as a fact is... well, for lack of better word, stupid. The chance of drawing a five star from a rare summon is 1.91%. This is explicitly stated in the game, in the summons section. This means that statistically, you will get a five star approximately 50 rare summons, or 9 six pack summons (not 14, which is what you've suggested)- which costs approximately $150 USD, minimum. Recontract tickets need 50 gold, which is $0.50 per ticket, meaning for same value of $150, you can recontract 300 times. If, after you try recontracting 300 times, your Devil doesn't upgrade, then you can come tell me that RNG in AGG is better than DMT.

AGG is HEAVILY geared toward cash players, period. You said it yourself - No one can compete against whales except other whales. In DMT, this isn't the case. Even free player like me can remain competitive against whales, provided that, again quoting you, "play smart and invested their time into [the game]", and this factor makes DMT far more attractive to the general public than AGG. Yes, recent changes in AGG has been for the better - adding extra features and bringing back old event (supposedly) - but as long as AGG continues to separate the free and the cash players, it simply won't survive against newer games.

Now, I am not suggesting that AGG goes completely free. I understand that Zynga is a company and it needs funds to support itself and their employees. But there are much better ways to go about it than what they have at the moment. For example, Zynga could improve their rare summons by pushing all their 3 star Daemons to free summons, and upping the percentage to for four stars and five stars to something reasonable, like 70% and 30%, respectively. This would encourage more free players to become cash minnows, so there would be a profit gained from this move. Of course, this would mean the current cash players would spend less - but the net profit wouldn't change seeing as there are now a lot of players who are spending small amount of money, as opposed to few players spending lots of money.

I'll end this by saying that I do not hate AGG. In fact, I love this game, probably more than most players, both free and cash. Why else would I spend my precious time writing long walls of texts? But it's because I care for this game, that I feel the need to point out its flaws, in hopes that Zynga receives the message and doesn't scrap the game I love.

P.S. With all due respect, if you're going to bother replying, please make sure you read everything I've written, as I had to repeat myself several times now. There's a difference between having an intelligent conversation and playing a broken record, and I'd hate to waste either of our time.