Forum: empire-en
Board: [587] Alliance introductions & searches
Topic: [119170] More GGE Thievery - Flag icon switcheroo
[-119170]
CharlesCastle (US1) [None]
:: May 24, 2015, 10:52 p.m.
So, a while back I spent a bunch of rubies on the %50 find better items flag icon. When doubled, it is a %100 find better items icon: http://prntscr.com/78z8yj
All I EVER used to get were purple and orange pieces of gear.
A couple weeks back, I noticed I was getting green pieces of gear again, something I had not gotten in many many months. I also noticed and suspected the types of gear I was getting was the same with or without my better-items flag icon.
So, I did a little test, just completed.
I have 52 robber baron towers in green all lvl 42. So, I hit them all 4 times, twice with the find better items icon on and twice without it on. This is 104 hits each way, a decent sample size.
All hits were on level 42 towers. My VIP level remained unchanged throughout the test, I was and still am lvl 7 VIP. I also did not change a single piece of gear on any of my commanders during this test.
Here are the results
WITHOUT the "%100 find better items" Icon:
50 pieces of green gear
25 pieces of purple gear
6 pieces of orange gear
15 level three gems
4 green heroes
2 purple heroes
WITH the "%100 find better items" Icon:
58 pieces of green gear
21 pieces of purple gear
7 pieces of orange gear
12 level three gems
3 green heroes
1 purple hero
As you can plainly see, with the icon I spent rubies on, the selection of gear is in fact EVEN WORSE than with no flag icon on at all. Where is the %100 increase?
So, yet again, we spend money on an in-game item, and GGE simply takes it away without refunding the purchase price or announcing any changes. Now that they have been caught by me, I am sure I will have yet another ban coming up for this post of truth, and they will have yet another excuse as to why they ripped everyone off (oversight, bug, poor wording).
This smacks of the hospital changes I uncovered and exposed, as well as the disappearing tools I uncovered and exposed.
Come on moderator, ban me again for telling the truth backed up by factual numbers. Because we know numbers don't lie, but it seems sure GGE does when they sell you something.
GGE, "Give us money and we will sell you this item."
Player, "Okay, here's my money."
GGE, "Psych. You're getting this other thing instead."
Player, "I didn't agree to buy that other thing, only the first thing. Can I have my money back?"
GGE, "You're banned."
Illegal much?
I wonder if they other ruby flag icons are the same rip off?
All I EVER used to get were purple and orange pieces of gear.
A couple weeks back, I noticed I was getting green pieces of gear again, something I had not gotten in many many months. I also noticed and suspected the types of gear I was getting was the same with or without my better-items flag icon.
So, I did a little test, just completed.
I have 52 robber baron towers in green all lvl 42. So, I hit them all 4 times, twice with the find better items icon on and twice without it on. This is 104 hits each way, a decent sample size.
All hits were on level 42 towers. My VIP level remained unchanged throughout the test, I was and still am lvl 7 VIP. I also did not change a single piece of gear on any of my commanders during this test.
Here are the results
WITHOUT the "%100 find better items" Icon:
50 pieces of green gear
25 pieces of purple gear
6 pieces of orange gear
15 level three gems
4 green heroes
2 purple heroes
WITH the "%100 find better items" Icon:
58 pieces of green gear
21 pieces of purple gear
7 pieces of orange gear
12 level three gems
3 green heroes
1 purple hero
As you can plainly see, with the icon I spent rubies on, the selection of gear is in fact EVEN WORSE than with no flag icon on at all. Where is the %100 increase?
So, yet again, we spend money on an in-game item, and GGE simply takes it away without refunding the purchase price or announcing any changes. Now that they have been caught by me, I am sure I will have yet another ban coming up for this post of truth, and they will have yet another excuse as to why they ripped everyone off (oversight, bug, poor wording).
This smacks of the hospital changes I uncovered and exposed, as well as the disappearing tools I uncovered and exposed.
Come on moderator, ban me again for telling the truth backed up by factual numbers. Because we know numbers don't lie, but it seems sure GGE does when they sell you something.
GGE, "Give us money and we will sell you this item."
Player, "Okay, here's my money."
GGE, "Psych. You're getting this other thing instead."
Player, "I didn't agree to buy that other thing, only the first thing. Can I have my money back?"
GGE, "You're banned."
Illegal much?
I wonder if they other ruby flag icons are the same rip off?
[1985019]
bumfuzzler [None]
:: May 24, 2015, 10:54 p.m.
he is right
[1985020]
emc1001 (US1) [US1]
:: May 24, 2015, 10:54 p.m.
Just so they cant deleteCharlesCastle wrote: »So, a while back I spent a bunch of rubies on the %50 find better items flag icon. When doubled, it is a %100 find better items icon: http://prntscr.com/78z8yj
All I EVER used to get were purple and orange pieces of gear.
A couple weeks back, I noticed I was getting green pieces of gear again, something I had not gotten in many many months. I also noticed and suspected the types of gear I was getting was the same with or without my better-items flag icon.
So, I did a little test, just completed.
I have 52 robber baron towers in green all lvl 42. So, I hit them all 4 times, twice with the find better items icon on and twice without it on. This is 104 hits each way, a decent sample size.
All hits were on level 42 towers. My VIP level remained unchanged throughout the test, I was and still am lvl 7 VIP. I also did not change a single piece of gear on any of my commanders during this test.
Here are the results
WITHOUT the "%100 find better items" Icon:
50 pieces of green gear
25 pieces of purple gear
6 pieces of orange gear
15 level three gems
4 green heroes
2 purple heroes
WITH the "%100 find better items" Icon:
58 pieces of green gear
21 pieces of purple gear
7 pieces of orange gear
12 level three gems
3 green heroes
1 purple hero
As you can plainly see, with the icon I spent rubies on, the selection of gear is in fact EVEN WORSE than with no flag icon on at all. Where is the %100 increase?
So, yet again, we spend money on an in-game item, and GGE simply takes it away without refunding the purchase price or announcing any changes. Now that they have been caught by me, I am sure I will have yet another ban coming up for this post of truth, and they will have yet another excuse as to why they ripped everyone off (oversight, bug, poor wording).
This smacks of the hospital changes I uncovered and exposed, as well as the disappearing tools I uncovered and exposed.
Come on moderator, ban me again for telling the truth backed up by factual numbers. Because we know numbers don't lie, but it seems sure GGE does when they sell you something.
GGE, "Give us money and we will sell you this item."
Player, "Okay, here's my money."
GGE, "Psych. You're getting this other thing instead."
Player, "I didn't agree to buy that other thing, only the first thing. Can I have my money back?"
GGE, "You're banned."
Illegal much?
[1985021]
bumfuzzler [None]
:: May 24, 2015, 10:55 p.m.
they lie like rugs
CharlesCastle wrote: »So, a while back I spent a bunch of rubies on the %50 find better items flag icon. When doubled, it is a %100 find better items icon: http://prntscr.com/78z8yj
All I EVER used to get were purple and orange pieces of gear.
A couple weeks back, I noticed I was getting green pieces of gear again, something I had not gotten in many many months. I also noticed and suspected the types of gear I was getting was the same with or without my better-items flag icon.
So, I did a little test, just completed.
I have 52 robber baron towers in green all lvl 42. So, I hit them all 4 times, twice with the find better items icon on and twice without it on. This is 104 hits each way, a decent sample size.
All hits were on level 42 towers. My VIP level remained unchanged throughout the test, I was and still am lvl 7 VIP. I also did not change a single piece of gear on any of my commanders during this test.
Here are the results
WITHOUT the "%100 find better items" Icon:
50 pieces of green gear
25 pieces of purple gear
6 pieces of orange gear
15 level three gems
4 green heroes
2 purple heroes
WITH the "%100 find better items" Icon:
58 pieces of green gear
21 pieces of purple gear
7 pieces of orange gear
12 level three gems
3 green heroes
1 purple hero
As you can plainly see, with the icon I spent rubies on, the selection of gear is in fact EVEN WORSE than with no flag icon on at all. Where is the %100 increase?
So, yet again, we spend money on an in-game item, and GGE simply takes it away without refunding the purchase price or announcing any changes. Now that they have been caught by me, I am sure I will have yet another ban coming up for this post of truth, and they will have yet another excuse as to why they ripped everyone off (oversight, bug, poor wording).
This smacks of the hospital changes I uncovered and exposed, as well as the disappearing tools I uncovered and exposed.
Come on moderator, ban me again for telling the truth backed up by factual numbers. Because we know numbers don't lie, but it seems sure GGE does when they sell you something.
GGE, "Give us money and we will sell you this item."
Player, "Okay, here's my money."
GGE, "Psych. You're getting this other thing instead."
Player, "I didn't agree to buy that other thing, only the first thing. Can I have my money back?"
GGE, "You're banned."
Illegal much?
[1985028]
Red Giant (US1) [None]
:: May 24, 2015, 11:06 p.m.
I've noticed no immediate benefit to "better equipment" flags or equipment. I've stopped using them until they fix it.
[1985035]
bart drygalski [None]
:: May 24, 2015, 11:20 p.m.
Honestly, is anyone really surprised by this? GGE math has always been suspect.
[1985037]
KingKongSlayer [None]
:: May 24, 2015, 11:25 p.m.
Cmon CC! You of all people should have known not to spend rubies on something that is so random and cant be proved either way. Even though you numbers are good enough to back up your claims, you know GGS is just going to say it's random and you are on a bad luck streak. I completely believe you but you know exactly what they will say.
[1985046]
oriolesfan32 (US1) [None]
:: May 25, 2015, 12:41 a.m.
They are supposed to be professional. If they make so much money off of all of us then you would think that they could not make so many mistakes. It is not hard to just make sure all the things they put in work. I expect a change in this, because they are intentionally hurting non-ruby players.
[1985051]
ZombieMaster (US1) [None]
:: May 25, 2015, 1:06 a.m.
CharlesCastle wrote: »So, a while back I spent a bunch of rubies on the %50 find better items flag icon. When doubled, it is a %100 find better items icon: http://prntscr.com/78z8yj
All I EVER used to get were purple and orange pieces of gear.
A couple weeks back, I noticed I was getting green pieces of gear again, something I had not gotten in many many months. I also noticed and suspected the types of gear I was getting was the same with or without my better-items flag icon.
So, I did a little test, just completed.
I have 52 robber baron towers in green all lvl 42. So, I hit them all 4 times, twice with the find better items icon on and twice without it on. This is 104 hits each way, a decent sample size.
All hits were on level 42 towers. My VIP level remained unchanged throughout the test, I was and still am lvl 7 VIP. I also did not change a single piece of gear on any of my commanders during this test.
Here are the results
WITHOUT the "%100 find better items" Icon:
50 pieces of green gear
25 pieces of purple gear
6 pieces of orange gear
15 level three gems
4 green heroes
2 purple heroes
WITH the "%100 find better items" Icon:
58 pieces of green gear
21 pieces of purple gear
7 pieces of orange gear
12 level three gems
3 green heroes
1 purple hero
As you can plainly see, with the icon I spent rubies on, the selection of gear is in fact EVEN WORSE than with no flag icon on at all. Where is the %100 increase?
So, yet again, we spend money on an in-game item, and GGE simply takes it away without refunding the purchase price or announcing any changes. Now that they have been caught by me, I am sure I will have yet another ban coming up for this post of truth, and they will have yet another excuse as to why they ripped everyone off (oversight, bug, poor wording).
This smacks of the hospital changes I uncovered and exposed, as well as the disappearing tools I uncovered and exposed.
Come on moderator, ban me again for telling the truth backed up by factual numbers. Because we know numbers don't lie, but it seems sure GGE does when they sell you something.
GGE, "Give us money and we will sell you this item."
Player, "Okay, here's my money."
GGE, "Psych. You're getting this other thing instead."
Player, "I didn't agree to buy that other thing, only the first thing. Can I have my money back?"
GGE, "You're banned."
Illegal much?
I wonder if they other ruby flag icons are the same rip off?
Sir,
A lot of respect for coming to board with information for players can use / make people better players.
You put in work and gave info that helps.
More Info:
Was pushing EQ achivement this week. Sat down on Monday and SS just to see how many Legendary EQ I actually do in a afternoon of towering hard.
Did 15 Max ICE / 15 Max Sands / 15 Max Fire / 15 x 41+ Green / 15-20 x 30+ green.....
Then repeated
Total Exactly 150 towers.
I realized I was running the food banner and was a bit upset. But went ahead and ran with because I was just about off.
Results = 4 Legendary EQ drops.
=================================
Next day i repeated and did the exact same thing with 100% EQ banner.
Results = 9 Legendary drops.
I was actually shocked that is was almost exactly double.
I repeated set thur/friday and got almost exactly the same results with and without. I didnt track all drops as you did and my towers were across all areas brother.
But I am a absolute believer in EQ banner sir
[1996720]
7seungmin [None]
:: June 17, 2015, 2:41 a.m.
GGE address this or at least just respond to this yet?