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For me, I've been a walkoff enthusiast pretty much since it came out. It was the event I looked forward to each week, because at a certain point it becomes the only practical way of improving your team.
But after my experience this week, with Diaz and his endless sliders, I'll be taking a break. I might play up to level 5.5 or whatever, but once I lose, I'm out. It's just throwing good money after bad at this point...I have no chance of scoring 6 runs off Diaz while getting 0, 1 or 2 fastballs in the whole round. And a lesson hard learned last night -- keep trying out of frustration only ends with your gold depleted and no player on your roster. I paid for 14 straight retries and most of them were over when the first pitch came in as a curve.
@Metsicans couldn't have said it better myself. I have myself cycled every walkoff event except the Event Royale ones this year and lately it has become obvious that GLU wants you to spend too much on it no matter how good your roster is. I was in the same situation as you last night where my frustration got the best of me and I also did about 14-18 gold retries towards the end and to add insult to injury about 10 minutes left into it my last gold retry resets the app and takes me back to the beginning of the level.
Now had it not restarted there is still no guarantee that I would have cycled and letting the frustration get to me and making me spend the gold is on me as I should have known better but it still stings just as much. Live & learn.
Sorry to hear it got the best of you too @Houmy I got frustrated with Slugfest yesterday. I had faced Bellinger 4 times where he put up 5900s or 6000s to my 5800s and after never using gold to restart this event I caved and did it twice and finally got a round where he scored 5800 and I finally got 5900. So I guess yesterday got the best of me a bit too. But I did end up beating it.
WoH is an event I have only had the privilege of beating twice. My roster should be good enough to beat it every week especially if I am boosting 20%. But with the rare hittable ball, I am unable to do so and I know it so I don't spend gold on the event. I hear the horror stories like yours and @Metsicans and I just restrain myself from using the gold. I just take as many chances as I get by playing up to the final round and if by some chance I pull a lucky round with fastballs great, if not then Glu met my expectations. My expectations are very low for Glu these days.
WoH could be and apparently used to be a great event. Slugfest even though I regularly beat it, could be a much better event. If you don't win weekly at Slugfest and improve the sluggers right away, you are yesterdays news and can kiss it goodbye. I am fortunate to have started beating it before it got so tough.
Earlier this year I had a nightmare walkoff when I was trying to win with Mike Trout against a RHP. I spent around 7K and never beat him. I promised myself at that point that I would limit myself to 4 retries, and if it didn't happen by that point, just let it go.
In the end that burned me, because i found myself winning on the 4th retry consistently. I got Primes Altuve, Arenado, Mr. Smile, all on the 4th retry. With Goldy this week, I didn't crack it on the 4th, but i broke my own rule and paid for a 5th, and beat him. But now I was hooked. When the 5th chance passed on Diaz failed, I told myself I would definitely get him on the 6th try. Then the 7th, 8th, 9th, etc. You convince yourself you can do it, and then of course you don't want to spend all that gold and have nothing to show for it.
It's a classic gamblers' mentality, and it's strange because by nature I'm not a gambler at all. I'm hypercompetitive, but generally cautious with my money. Glu, to their credit, has created a game so captivating and manipulative that it has cracked my cautious, risk averse personality. Even now, while I say I'm taking a break from walkoff, I know there is a good chance I'll be back if the reward is worthwhile next week. This is why 2018 will be my last year of Tap Sports Baseball.
@nym5fan you mentioning Slugfest just adds that much more insult to my injury now 🤨. Not only did I spend all that gold on WOH but the amount of time it took also cost me about 4 additional Slugfest cycles. Cycled that 5 or 6 times yesterday and I really only spend gold on boost for 6.10 and sometimes 6.9 if need be.
@Houmy sorry man. Didn't mean to rub salt on the fresh wound....
@nym5fan not to worry buddy. Judging by all the recent changes I am sure they will make Slugfest just as hard to cycle soon unless you spend an X amount of $$$.
Yeah, @houmy I am afraid of that. I assume the Legend Sluggers will be out soon. And when they are, I am sure that is when my Slugfest Reign will come to an end.
Same here @nym5fan . With the added 7th level I would probably do 6 levels to get the XP as I wouldn't have enough XP to max a legend slugger in gold and without them the subsequent weeks would be impossible to cycle.
I've read and heard similar sentiment many across various sites. Friends and club mates are also very frustrated. Guys who are usually even keel were on edge. I'm not sure what else to add other than that it's a game that's suppose to be fun. I'm sure GLU heard everyone loud an clear. I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I expect changes when Monday rolls around.
– The Great Houmy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvCgSqPZ4EM
Wish I hadn't bothered, but it once again shows how you win some and lose some with requests for assistance. Thankfully this is one example where I really don't care and wish I hadn't started the ticket in the first place. Now next time, if it's a Gardner specialty box and I don't get one, I'm gonna raise hell!! Lol
– The Great Houmy
5.8 is Chris Archer (RH) at 203 overall
5.9 is Luis Severino (RH) at 239 overall
5.10 is Andrew Miller (LH) at 252 overall
won't matter much when diaz wont pitch to us