ANCIENT EVENTS 30 Day Review - Event Burnout and the Tediousness of a Month of Unethical Grinding

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  • @littleartfloof
    @littleartfloof 4 роки тому +19

    I felt the not wanting to log in, I'm on mobile and still not motivated to do it, it's just tiring and repetitive

  • @ryn2844
    @ryn2844 4 роки тому +14

    For me, that exhaustion with the game is how I feel about the new dungeon. The dragon dice event you can do while doing something else, but the dungeon, you have to focus on it for 20 minutes each time. That's just too much. I generally just don't do it.
    I do agree with you on the dragon dice event too though. Too many timers and events going on. We need an event break.
    Other online games are not like this. Their events are doable in about half the time the event is running. They don't require you to get up in the middle of the night to hit a reset. It's so relaxed.

    • @RIP15pFreddo
      @RIP15pFreddo 4 роки тому

      I feel like these events would be less of an arseache if the resets were every 12 hours but they'd probably still be just as mind-melting. I don't know how they can improve, I'm sure they can but this event is like a beta event even though it was a legit event, if that makes sense?

    • @ryn2844
      @ryn2844 4 роки тому +1

      @@RIP15pFreddo Yeah that makes sense. We shouldn't be the game's beta testers.
      I feel like making the events doable without needing to hit all the timers would go a long way towards fixing the problem. It would be great if we could hang out with friends, do work, sleep for an adequate amount, and still complete events.
      Obviously they're not going to do that though.
      For me it would already be great if there was only a dungeon once every two weeks. I might be more motivated to do it then. Or just eliminate the timers entirely. Use dungeon tickets, so you can do the dungeon when it works for you, and not at 3am. And then you earn more tickets by defeating dragons in the dungeon. It could work.

  • @DevilleQueen
    @DevilleQueen 4 роки тому +17

    Hey, if the game is stressing you out, it's time for a break. It's supposed to be fun, and if it's not doing that for you, it's just a toxic waste of time. And that's okay. Spend a few weeks enjoying other things, and when you get the desire to come back, come back. It will be fun again then, I promise. (I took a 3 year break myself!)
    Almost all games have an RNG factor, and are designed for profit more than anything else. Don't let it bother you. Can't get that new dragon? Don't sweat it, it'll be a prize in an easier event in a month or two. Just do what you can. Don't stress.

    • @veniaminiliev7070
      @veniaminiliev7070 4 роки тому

      Yea

    • @meuwga9628
      @meuwga9628 4 роки тому

      Yea ur I quit the game for like 2 years I did that 1 times and I think that was good dedication

    • @byebyedislikecount939
      @byebyedislikecount939 3 роки тому

      Same. I took a break for almost 2.5 years and now I made a new account on android and I am doing well with DML.

  • @jennifer8435
    @jennifer8435 4 роки тому +4

    Thanks for the vid Quacks. You speak for a lot of us DML players. I posted a really negative comment on one of your previous videos criticizing the bottomless dungeon. I deleted it though because i felt bad being such a downer. I 100% agree with you Quacks and I haven't even been playing a year yet. The events are too tedious and demanding. The thing i don't understand is that GL makes over 100 new dragons every year. Why can't they have a policy where EVERY dragon 3 years old or older becomes permanently breedable? Why do over 80% of the games dragons have to be locked behind these god awful events?

    • @Corviidei
      @Corviidei 4 роки тому

      That’s a pretty good idea actually! Then the player base can compensate for the gradually stronger and stronger dragons being released.

    • @veniaminiliev7070
      @veniaminiliev7070 4 роки тому

      The apolo dragon was never optainable

    • @quackalakes
      @quackalakes  4 роки тому

      @@veniaminiliev7070 Always keep our boi in our hearts :(

  • @KonDragon008
    @KonDragon008 4 роки тому +4

    Nah, I gave up on the event over the past week and a half as well. Started to give up at Arcane, and then completely gave up after the Roll the Dice event. I have yet to complete an event as f2p. Well, I did manage to do that Chinese Dragon castle event...but only by the skin of my teeth.
    I've given up on posting on the forums because I'm tired of getting shat on by people blatantly lying by saying "it's not p2w" when every single mobile game out there is p2w, and DML is no exception. I made a post about the 70k emberstones for Fluffy, and the majority of the posts just makes me want to respond with; "Ok, apologist". Like...I'm just done.
    Honestly, if you want to play other games besides DML, I'll still watch (welp, except horror...I'm really bad with dealing with horror), and I'm sure most of us following you feel the same. I like DML for the breeding and dragon designs...and I like your discord group...but DML is getting exhausting and stressful. If you need to take a break from it, then take a break.
    And the "drug" name you're looking for, I believe, is a chemical in the brain called "dopamine".

  • @crowngamer901
    @crowngamer901 4 роки тому +8

    I got Capricorn, Flame, Red Horn, and Slushy Dragons.
    This month’s event was a win for me, even though I didn’t get any Ancient Dragons.

    • @Angelito_Valentino
      @Angelito_Valentino 4 роки тому +2

      LoL really? You call that a win? I'm free to play and have 2 ancient dragons. i hit the jackpot if you feel like a win ?

    • @crowngamer901
      @crowngamer901 4 роки тому

      Angelo Lorwa Yep. Any event dragon I get I consider a win.
      And congrats on your Ancient Dragons!

    • @crowngamer901
      @crowngamer901 4 роки тому

      Twigs nice!

    • @Corviidei
      @Corviidei 4 роки тому +1

      Don’t be rude, Angelo.
      Edit: and uhh I got firestorm, Molim, Ik’ez, and all the dragons required for those guys. Not bad! I was super close to peppermint too, but I’m just not willing to put in that extra mile for a collection dragon. I get the ancients, I’m out.

    • @crowngamer901
      @crowngamer901 4 роки тому

      Prickly Pear I didn’t think they were being that rude

  • @peoslover123
    @peoslover123 4 роки тому +1

    dude it's feels so relaxing not having to deal with any events

  • @nazimouachek2216
    @nazimouachek2216 4 роки тому +3

    I played Ancient event and Got all the 4 Ancient dragons without money
    And now i am literally dying ! Yes i am happy that i Got all of them but after sacrificing my sleeping time i can't feel good About it , just hope it gets better in the future

  • @chelseamae3012
    @chelseamae3012 4 роки тому +4

    I used to play dml all the time, but over the last six months I've lost all interest in the game, and honestly the only reason I haven't deleted it is because I've spent so many hours on it. If I could give my account to someone who I knew would use it, I'd honestly gladly be done with it

  • @DOMINICAAVIATION
    @DOMINICAAVIATION 4 роки тому +4

    Sucks.... I have 335/500 for the Molim Dragon, got the IK'EZ and 192/500 for Pokra

    • @KonDragon008
      @KonDragon008 4 роки тому +1

      I've finished at about the same (though I have slightly less pieces of Pokra); f2p, amirite? >.>

  • @dimorytalus1777
    @dimorytalus1777 4 роки тому +1

    Quackalakes: I just want to Admire how pretty Loki is.
    Andy the Autumn Dragon: Am I a Joke To You?

  • @matmic0326
    @matmic0326 4 роки тому +1

    I got Fluffy on Saturday without spending any money. And I missed probably 3 resets. I opened only blue chests and they gave a lot of Emberstones.

  • @t2thebattery713
    @t2thebattery713 4 роки тому +2

    Only 32 comments for such good content
    And now I Made it 33 comments

  • @riicky83
    @riicky83 4 роки тому +2

    RNG? more like DNG Decided Number Generator. I've had one occasion in the dungeon Dice where I've rolled a double six but I needed a different number to hit a specific spot but the rerolls gave me three more sixes in a row.

    • @jennifer8435
      @jennifer8435 4 роки тому

      I have had the exact same problem this entire event. At least half the time when i re-roll i get the exact same number. again

    • @Corviidei
      @Corviidei 4 роки тому

      Every time I reroll I get the same number at least twice in a row

  • @patronofviolenceanddebauch5031
    @patronofviolenceanddebauch5031 4 роки тому +5

    RNG is the reason I can grind for a month and not get anything, while some other guy can randomly log in and win a devine or an ancient
    its a STUPID system

    • @veniaminiliev7070
      @veniaminiliev7070 4 роки тому

      Yea i have goten to chapter 18 and opened 456 chests no bundles and i still have 75 peaces for the rivet

    • @veniaminiliev7070
      @veniaminiliev7070 4 роки тому

      @Jerk Jerky coow i have 411 peaces for pokra

    • @veniaminiliev7070
      @veniaminiliev7070 4 роки тому

      @Bacalhau da Noruega riveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer

    • @veniaminiliev7070
      @veniaminiliev7070 4 роки тому

      @Jerk Jerky yea i hate the river

  • @fabiovosela4732
    @fabiovosela4732 4 роки тому

    well said!!!

  • @ivyd.870
    @ivyd.870 4 роки тому

    I was able to get the Molim dragon barely without any money. The reasons why were cause since I play mobile it was more convenient and I was able to wake up in the morning and get the orbs. But still even tho I was able to mostly keep up with it, I was still behind by 20 pieces but because of the milestone of spending a lot of those orbs, it gave me the 15 free pieces of Molim which allowed me to get the dragon. It sucks that I worked hard and I wouldn’t be able to get the dragon without that milestone reward.

  • @RIP15pFreddo
    @RIP15pFreddo 4 роки тому +1

    I completely agree and stand with you in all this nonsense. This game is so predatory and definitely exploits the little hits of dopamine just as you were saying. I've had bum resets (6 then 12) and I have insomnia so I kinda managed to get each reset by sleeping around 4am then getting up at 11am, then using the VIP bonus for the 4½ hour egg times and guess what? Even with every reset I only got ik'ez, I barely managed molim and I'm 300/500 for pokra. I bought the shrine too, that was as far as I wanted to go but even with decent-ish luck I couldn't get oyar (not that I expected too, just would have been nice to get something from my efforts)
    I know I didn't have to do all that but I'm literally proving what you're talking about and even with some handy tricks I couldn't get all that I wanted. I hope Gameloft learn from this event, at least if your video reaches them they might actually listen because you're a great influence in this community.
    Anyways, I've been keeping up with you for years and I can see you will slowly fade but hopefully all your efforts to give constructive criticism will pay off. Keep up the good work and sorry about the long a** comment😁

    • @quackalakes
      @quackalakes  4 роки тому +1

      That's why I get so frustrated with this game. It COULD be such a good feeling, relaxing, breeding game filled with hundreds and hundreds of dragons. But instead, they ruin it all with timers all over the place which are very obviously aimed at making players feel the 'squeeze' so they buy more gems, bundles or whatever it is.
      DML is such a missed opportunity, and they've made changes in the past that have been great. If they just took away 90% of the timers (for things like enchantment league, dungeon etc) then I feel like this game could genuinely sit against some more mainstream games and would bring in a lot more players that get turned off immediately by all the monetization crap.
      I've been holding out for 5 years to see some improvements in terms of the timers area, but they're only getting more tedious by the month and that's really beginning to frustrate me. Thanks for your comment, write however long you want, I'll always be reading through!

    • @RIP15pFreddo
      @RIP15pFreddo 4 роки тому

      @@quackalakes it feels like they're slowly increasing timers/things to be timed just to see how far they can push. When I first started out I was dying to get the Crystal dragon and the siren dragon. Now I find myself trying to compete so hard against people with teams of Hathor, Freya and all the other P2W dragons. For me the game is about diversifying my team, breeding and the occasional dungeon event but now it takes me 3-5 months to max out a dragons level even with VIP which is sort of okay but then to compete I need the 8 enchantment stars. I used to work a 4 hour contract around the time of the Egyptian event and even that was stressful trying to allocate time to dither about with resets. Some of the timers are okay, I like the changes they made to farms but so much has just gotten worse, I completely agree with you.
      I feel like my account (Andy pipkin from little Britain) resembles what Gameloft are doing; when people focus on what Gameloft are doing, Gameloft are all apologies and basic but as soon as people let their guard down Gameloft get away with murder and cram a load throw all sorts of poop to see what sticks.
      It's good to see that your approach isn't entirely bias, you do see the bigger picture and raise valuable complaints. Also it's no problem, I don't know why I haven't liked the video yet but I will be doing that shortly. Also if something I say seems idiotic feel free to tell me to shut up, I won't be offended lmao, I'm not as articulate as you but we have very similar views on all this. I'm trying so hard to have a good time on this game and I feel like I'd have an easier time if we had more user friendly events etc. Also did you know that there are studies showing that blue light can keep you up at night and is intended for prolonged gaming? I decided to use a colour blind setting (I think it was tritanopia) and filtered out the blue light and my god... there is a massive excess in blue light so Gameloft are even more crafty than we think!

    • @quackalakes
      @quackalakes  4 роки тому

      @@RIP15pFreddo I feel like people that have long commitments in their day (school, work etc.) are really pushed to their limits with these sorts of events. You have to wake up earlier in the morning to be able to hit a reset in time before breakfast and running out the door, you have to make sure you get back before the next reset timer hits so you don't want to stay overtime / for after school activities, your friends ask you to meet up after work and you go "no sorry I'm busy", and you're just going back for event resets. I know people that have done exactly this and told me.
      It doesn't have to be like that. We can do normal life things and enjoy video games, it doesn't have to be one or the other. The only reason it happens in DML is because people have allowed it to become acceptable in their minds. There's no reason whatsoever from an end-user point of view why the event timers can't be made to be less gruesome. The only reason they stay like that is because Gameloft can manipulate people into feeling like they have to spend in order to get any value. Well, let's be real, you kind of do have to spend nowadays to get through everything.
      I have also heard about the lights at night keeping you awake before, although it was a few years ago now since I read the studies. But it is one of the things that I think about with all these players talking about "waking up at 1am to hit my reset". They're not getting un-broken sleep and plus, a lot of them find it difficult to fall asleep again because having a phone screen in your face or having to get out of bed to turn your computer on during the night is just ridiculous and should never, ever be a requirement to completing "free to play" events.

  • @veniaminiliev7070
    @veniaminiliev7070 4 роки тому

    2 days before the devine event started i was afk and taking a break from dml the break lasted 2-4 months i was so demotivated that i didnt do the crono egypt devine event then when the ainchent evenent has started i started to play again non stop grinding for tikets in the dungeons in the chapters barely mised a reset but now that it's over i am taking a break the break will stop when the next ainchent event starts

  • @Thz_Gaming
    @Thz_Gaming 4 роки тому

    I just got two artic dragons from the dungeon and i got them from the smallest chest

  • @jeanbarrera385
    @jeanbarrera385 4 роки тому

    I just got slushy, flame and red Horn dragons. Even the hundred ancient chest i opened, with the great luck of getting 1 ancient piece per card (i admit i only connected twice or three times per day), but at least i could get sagitarius dragon and leo dragon by breeding events. P.D: I see it as a win for me, a player who played since the game came out but took a break of 2 years and come back because i remember How good and fun this game is, and my strongest dragon is just Level 30 with 3 enchanted stars. So i see get 2 legendaries as a win and more if 1 is my zodiac sign.

  • @luvroreo
    @luvroreo 4 роки тому

    It rlly was kinda hard for me, I got the flame dragon first on the event and tried to get melusine too, In the end i got 10 pieces and only had to get 7 more, completed the missions and got him, redhorn and slushy too

  • @adityasinha5708
    @adityasinha5708 4 роки тому +1

    I got total 458 piece for molim dragon wish me luck :)

  • @lokidragonmania6230
    @lokidragonmania6230 4 роки тому

    Lol, your so stressed out that you forgot to use your Ik’ez dragon in the enchantment league battle.... and I have been trying to get Molim and logged in so much but still didn't get him, you are completely correct to be feeling this way, this is way to much

  • @naomis1166
    @naomis1166 4 роки тому

    I just got pokra, and over all in this event I probably spent around 200, but no real money. It was long and kind of annoying, but I’m so happy that I’m going to get oyar now!!!
    Out of the four ancients which do you think is best to add to a team? Probably oyar, because of his stats, right?

  • @reethammasoniakochumon5652
    @reethammasoniakochumon5652 4 роки тому

    Hey quackalakes can you pls tell dml to make a event to get river by spending dragon tickets because at the end I have only 94 pieces of river and I don't have a ancient by this I will get ikez dragon plssss contact dml

  • @kubuntubako
    @kubuntubako 4 роки тому

    Fun or sad fact Gameloft loves our money... And I love you so much Quack 😍😍😍😍💕💕💕

  • @veniaminiliev7070
    @veniaminiliev7070 4 роки тому

    So i have opened 456 chests(keep in mind that i am a f2p ) an i have got 7 red horns 10 shlushies 196/100 peaces for fire storm 75/100 for the river 411/500 for pokra 313/500 for molim got melusine and i have the flame dragon. Yo be honest i did prety good this devine event.(I STILL HATE YOU RIVER)

  • @beastphysico9708
    @beastphysico9708 4 роки тому

    How you get feed

  • @axlr8deathpls294
    @axlr8deathpls294 4 роки тому

    Dml: Rng Everywhere
    Pokemon: Rng for breeding the right gender, the right nature, and Ivs oh and dont forget this Item in-game that if held by a parent can copy 5 of his/her's Ivs so breeding for a max 31 Iv pokemon is less Rng!

  • @ramiroguillen2280
    @ramiroguillen2280 4 роки тому +4

    Soy el primero

  • @shorjeshkumar8547
    @shorjeshkumar8547 4 роки тому

    I got all four ancient dragon

  • @Luqum
    @Luqum 4 роки тому

    I find the dice event dragons were way to hard to optain because you need soo many peaces. With the event ticket event it was obtainable

    • @veniaminiliev7070
      @veniaminiliev7070 4 роки тому

      The flame and the melusine aren:t that bad

    • @Luqum
      @Luqum 4 роки тому

      @@veniaminiliev7070 i ment hard to get

    • @veniaminiliev7070
      @veniaminiliev7070 4 роки тому

      @@Luqum molim yes melusine kinda and flame is easy to get

    • @Luqum
      @Luqum 4 роки тому

      @@veniaminiliev7070 when you got no live its like that

    • @veniaminiliev7070
      @veniaminiliev7070 4 роки тому

      @@Luqum no i don ' t have molim. molim is pay to win i am lv 73 every one on my skill level has the melusine and flame

  • @TheGhost-jn6ub
    @TheGhost-jn6ub 4 роки тому

    I got the Pokra

  • @Cappercorn
    @Cappercorn 4 роки тому +3

    Im first

  • @georgeandriopoulos1418
    @georgeandriopoulos1418 4 роки тому

    The event is ended and i am 10 pieces of of molim and i spent all my gems yeaaaaa....😒😒

  • @Yharonyx
    @Yharonyx 4 роки тому

    So , my team is C.Zeus Molim and Oyar , is my team any good 🤔🤔😁
    edit: btw I was one of those lucky pricks , you can hate all me all you want who got arcane

    • @InsaneDark
      @InsaneDark 4 роки тому

      Yeah I think its good just be careful you'll need a lot of ancient materials and divine if you have 2 ancient drakes in your team. And why would anybody hate you? It's a game. I have 2 pokras +27 extra pokra pieces got all the other ancients as well and arcane with 2nd try meanwhile my friend was missing 18 pieces for pokra if I could I would have given him missing pieces or the egg itself but hey it is what it is.

  • @crumbledcookies8491
    @crumbledcookies8491 4 роки тому +2

    3rd and hi

  • @livegwendolyne6783
    @livegwendolyne6783 4 роки тому

    What is ur code? I wanna friend u!

  • @eroasmaximus3891
    @eroasmaximus3891 4 роки тому

    I kinda enjoyed this event + collection was easy since 200/ea
    After hatching my Pokra I'll have the Oyar Dragon and I was lucky enough to hatch the Arcane Dragon too! 1st time I get all event dragons in a divine/ancient event :D

    • @Corviidei
      @Corviidei 4 роки тому

      You got Pokra free to play?

    • @eroasmaximus3891
      @eroasmaximus3891 4 роки тому

      @@Corviidei Well I got the agave bundle that gave about 70 tickets, the rest was luck and reaching the last milestones of the map + roll the dice. Got 1 100x + a bunch of 25x.

    • @Corviidei
      @Corviidei 4 роки тому +1

      Oh, niceee. At first I got two 25x back to back, but from then on it was just singles. Congratulations tho, enjoy your insanely op dragon!

    • @Yharonyx
      @Yharonyx 4 роки тому

      Lol nice man , I also got Oyar