I like it, it's another thing to do when in mood and try out different group combinations, so why not every now and then.

Alternate between hating it, ignoring and enjoying it :)

I don't mind it in general, just the super RNG aspects that can completely tank runs combined with length of good runs. 

Good to know, maybe it is just me! 

Yeh the rng can be really annoying

There is a free regroup option to be fair, but it just adds to the timesink

It does seem some enjoy it more than i do though! which is all good.

I don't have the patience or motivation to spend hours on a single fight. Until there is a way to effectively run this on auto, I'm not going to waste my time on it. I can get the easiest difficulty rewards relatively easily. That's as far as I'll go.

Not me or my clan - we take UNM down but few bother to do the Hydra

Hydra is the result of game development where a lot of initially good ideas are assembled and due to lack of actual playtesting the whole concept ends up hated by 95% of the player base.

It's 99.5% of the player base, not 95%.

I always assumed that with plarium their;

Marketing staff comprise of a big office complex filled with staff, talented marketers who know how to get people to install a game and spend.

Graphic design is a good 20 or 30 talented designers who know their stuff, and take pride in the models they produce

Playtesting- is 'bob' a retired gentleman, who comes in every 3rd tuesday for an hour.

This seems so spot on 😁😜😈

PS i know they are owned by a Casino company and so their thinking is the longer they keep you in the more money you will spend, IMO they long ago past the break point of that theroy in games.

Why I like it and what I think you might be getting the wrong way, games shouldn't be about "productivity" but having fun, right?

There is no productivity in this at all, everything you do in the game is waste of time, what you define as productivity is whatever progress you manage to achieve in shortest time to the goals you are making, so once you achieve those goals, then what? It is still waste of time..

I don't mind spending an hour being silly and trying to find best ways to survive and counter hydra, isn't most of games about challenge to start with?

Did my last rotation today, spent 45 mins manualing the battle, and for me it was time well spent :) Had been thinking how to improve and it paid off even if only in normal, knowing that we as clan won't take it down anytime soon, no matter if i do 6k or 30k. Who cares as long as I had my fun and felt rewarded in the end?

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Managed to chop off all 4 heads at once and used Serris to steal veils they stole from Ninja and shields, I had great time with it, was I "productive"? Hell no, but it was lot of fun nonetheless :)

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Thanks Plarium, you're greedy and done lot of things I dislike, but new content like this? It's fun and tricky enough to feel rewarding.