Hi everyone!
Another player seems to have developed a “taste” for battling me in Chef Duels. As she’s stronger/more powerful in a number of venues, she’s able to beat me every time. She was a “contact” and I thought disconnecting her would stop that, but she’s challenging me to 2 duels at a time, so if I ignore them, I get penalized and it counts as a loss and if I play her, well, I lose and that certainly counts as a loss. I just logged in and saw 2 more challenges from her. I found her profile and don’t see a way to block her, only friend her. Any idea on how I can stop her from challenging me in Chef Duels? It’s kinda ruining that whole experience for me.
Thanks,
Saffyr
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So forfeit any and all the duels you wish. Losing "only" 3 pts is far better than taking a potentially much larger point hit for a lost duel AND having the loss show up in your stats.
EDIT: Furthermore, when you forfeit, you drop off that opponent's list of completed duels. So unless you are friends in the social hub or show up in their list of 20 rivals (which you shouldn't if you're unequally matched in rank, as you wrote that you were), they'd only be able to initiate new duels with you if you are randomly matched through Quick Duels in the future. Completing a duel keeps you available to that person, to all of your opponents regardless of win/loss result, for a period of time (not a fixed timeframe, it depends on how much they duel) whereas forfeitures never get logged on one's recent duels list.
- SuFe718
While we’re on the topic, is there a difference between a Quick Duel and selecting Play with a random opponent?
thanks!!!
Quick Duel selects randomly from dueling players worldwide, including those from your Friends list. Since it often seems to offer the same opponents over and over again, iif you decline suggested opponents, during a short time span, and then others at other times, I suspect the game tries to select from currently/recently online active duelers (it also seems to repeatedly suggest frequent opponents too). But that's only my working theory... ?
What I haven't tested yet is if clicking Quick Duel in the Rivals tab selects opponents only from that list of rivals or if it's exactly the same as clicking Quick Duel from the main duel screen.
Good luck!
- SuFe718
- SuFe718
Losses get replaced before wins on the completed duels list so it generally takes up to a week or so people for who win a lot to get an entirely new log of completed duels. For players who don't duel a lot, it will take longer, I'm sorry to say. ?
The list doesn't clear at Sunday's reset but that event MAY trigger a different system of more quickly replacing duels with new ones than during an ongoing week. It just occurred to me that such a thing may happen based on recollections of my own list's behavior... I'll have to pay more attention, lol!
You are not alone though. It happens to most of us who duel -- there are always people who will duel lower level players to climb small increments (even 3 pts from a forfeit) by challenging that same person multiple times a day. For a long time the game didn't even impose a limit on the number of challenges -- sometimes there were 6 challenges from the same person at a time! I'll send you a pm about it. ?
So try not to take it too personally. As I wrote, it happens to all of us who duel. Being paired with higher level players is actually one of the best ways become better at dueling, since it's rather different from playing regular episodes. Another reason for dueling the same person immediately can be feeling one didn't do well the first time thus hoping for redemption (and a win/loss split). Also, it's quite common for one of the players to begin new a challenge after completing a duel, to give the loser an opportunity to win (without any rude intent).
- SuFe718
now on and let him waste his boosts.
edit: is there any way for developers to add a block function for these kinda ppl that are ruining the chef duels experience for others just so that they can climb the ladder? =\
As annoying as it can seem, sometimes it's best not to take it too personally -- hone your own dueling skills and accept/challenge players you feel more comfortable with to compensate. Forfeiting IS always the best plan if you don't wish to duel a particular player (for any number of reasons, even just to minimize your own loss stats).
I just wanted to point out that if you DO like dueling in general, you may wish to reconsider your stance on upgrading things after fully 5-starring venue. To duel successfully you really do need to upgrade certain items fully -- definitely not everything but usually 100% food , 100% on any equipment which adds coins (and I recommend also upgrading things to increase speed as much as you can), and 100% on the two decors for min/max tips (no other decor upgrades carry over into duels anyway so there's no benefit to upgrading those beyond what you need to 5-star episode)! Even though you don't get to KEEP the coins you make while dueling, the coins you swipe up help determine your score so if you want to compete with a full arsenal, those upgrades are necessary.
Good luck!
- SuFe718
Scores depend on the venue -- top players can score over 3k in a few restaurants! Usually Cheers is a good 3rd boost but, in some venues, Tasting Spoon or Extra Time can serve just as well if not better (particularly if not a lot of drinks are ordered). Totally a matter of opinion...and the meal pattern of any given duel (but you won't know THAT until you're already playing, lol).
EDIT: There is no Block function. See my post upthread for more info/suggestions. Good luck!
- SuFe718
The short answer is a certain amount of queued duels seems to trigger that unavailability. I'm not sure what the number is but I've encountered it myself, particularly during special duel events.
I'd still recommend forfeiting though, if you don't want an ongoing dueling relationship with this player, because that takes your name off their duel list. Only win/loss results post to that list, forfeits do not. It should be more difficult for that player to find you for daily challenges once you're no longer on their personal leader board.
- SuFe718