Aug 27, 2014

Berserker Blitz: Quantity VS Quality

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During the 1st season of the Berserker Blitz event we compared item quality to quantity and concluded that it’s better to use your badges on items with lower stats because you can buy more of them [1]. The same principles apply to this one. I could redeem 2,000 badges to get 1 Sports Agent and my equipment defense score would go up by +124. If I redeem 2,500 badges for 25 Hawksbill Turtles I gain +1,200. This logic is only good for short term as time will place the Sports Agent into the more desirable category. Looking back at the items from the first event demonstrates diminishing (to non-existent) returns on loot. It should take a few months for loot stats to reach an average of 291 so I will use my badges on the turtles first. In the end these are only loot items and Zynga has killed this aspect of the game. With average equipment scores over 600,000 any 1 loot item, or even 100, has very little impact on your total score. This coupled with the fact that equipment scores only contribute 25% to the combat equation it should be easy to see why skills are worth effort, resources, time and money. If Zynga put more focus on skill points than they do loot they may see players trying harder. Events that only offer have become easy to ignore.

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The 1st Berserker Blitz was about 2 months ago and as you can see the gains are only a short term benefit. Had I purchased a Cover Model with my badges it would still be useful. The 15 Whirl Drives are no longer active but that’s only because Zynga threw a high end item into the last Secret District and I maxed on it. Had that not happened the Whirl Drives would still have more value.
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Redeeming 100 Audible Airships would add +1000 to my equipment defense score but this won’t last very long at all. 
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Case in point is the Cataclysm from the 1st event. It was never very useful to begin with and today the stats are almost laughable.
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13 comments:

  1. I wont get that many because I refuse to sit here and fight every 2 hours on Zynga's schedule.

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  2. Can you provide a post explaining the combat equation that you mention above where weapons are only worth 25%.

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    1. I've written quite a few on that topic. Use the search for combat equation. I'll try to find them. It's been the same for years.

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  3. this whole fighting crap is so hokey i only have 4600 health I usually have to wait 30 min or more before Im dead so i wait play a mini and do the same crap got a mini with 4500 and zero per attach and def same crap its all phony and a joke you idiots with 40 -50000 health are dumb jerks

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    1. Excuse me? Did you just call 80% of the players dumb jerks? I'm sure if you provide your link we are quite a lot that would love to help you get iced in 3 seconds or less ;)

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    2. Those days are over. Since everyone uses scripts now no one even notices when they are getting attacked anymore..lol

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    3. I would tell ya but your probably one of thiose jerks that sit on people ya know the pussy accounts

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  4. thank you for manipulating most of players , so this time I was able to get a sports agent , after that I left this event :)

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  5. Wait wait, back up Jen! You said "the fact that equipment scores only contribute 25% to the combat equation" Do you know that equation? I am sure we are quite a few that would love to learn more about that :)

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    1. There are several posts about it. We don't know the full equation because there are a few random variables to it and Zynga won't share that information. It's top secret!

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    2. I already read all your posts on that matter and everything else of course ... For a sec there I just thought you knew the exact formula and got all excited, lol Thank you for answering and everything else you do for us :)

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    3. there have been tables released in the past that show how much it effects your scrore. to say that its 25% for everyone is completely false. an average size player probably gets 25%. the bigger you are the more equipment helps you. there are players in this game strong enough that 1 point in their equipment score is the equivalent to 1 skill point.

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    4. missing all my purchases in Mexico from city store when they just added new items in each category!! lost 6000 of each of the top 2 in each field.

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