The Unofficial RANT thread!!!!!!

sfinley ibrahim wrote:I don't want details because I don't think cheating s right, but I would like a general overview of how they do it just because I am curious. I've seen the leader boards and was shocked and impressed. Now that I know they cheated I'm UNimpressed. Personally I think its kinda sad that they cheat.

Admin wrote:

sfinley ibrahim wrote:I don't want details because I don't think cheating s right, but I would like a general overview of how they do it just because I am curious. I've seen the leader boards and was shocked and impressed. Now that I know they cheated I'm UNimpressed. Personally I think its kinda sad that they cheat.

I really have to be careful with what I say here.

The simplest way I can answer this is: imagine all the experience/gold/monster-kills you can have if you have all the collection items you wanted.

Admin wrote:New rant:

I know (for a fact) that the top players are... 'cheating the system'.
(Yes, I know how it is done. Nothing against them personally either - quite a few are on my friend list actually.)


How do other players feel about that?

For me, I have lost all motivation to try to catch up with their level. It is impossible for people who do not resort to those actions.

Jillllll wrote:
This happens in so many iOS games that I guess I am used to it. Like you, I try to set goals for myself and stop trying to get on the leader boards. I tend to get bored of games aside from a few daily ones, but these days I'm finding myself playing Mystery Manor most of the time.

I can understand why people cheat, and maybe if I had a jail broken device or the skillz to do it I'd give it a try, but I'd probably get bored of cheating too!

Admin wrote:
I don't play many games (actually, MM is the only game I currently play), but I used to play Infinity Blade on my iPhone. I made it to the leaderboard on merit, but then players started cheating. I stop playing right after. The whole point of the game was lost, in my eyes.

At least with MM, when I started, I realized there's no way for me to be on the leaderboard, so it wasn't my goal from the very beginning.

The current MM cheat(s?) do not require jailbreaking your iOS device. It's just bad programming on Game Insight's part (amateur programming/database mistake...)

slfranci wrote:My drop rate since the update has been dismal. The only quests I've completed are those in which a friend gifted the necessary item to me. The vast majority of the quests I have now all require some type of phenomena in a particular room, and I've only had one pop up since the update...in the wrong room. But nothing dropped in that room when I searched it anyhow, so I don't suppose it would have mattered anyway. I also had the "rare charm" running all week that is supposed to increase the likelihood of finding items, and used other charms on top of it, in addition to tips and helpers, and still nothing. Seriously, I had a combined increased likelihood of 60% of finding an item, and I'm not even getting duplicates of items that I already have (like I used to). I prefer to find new items, but I still would rather get some duplicates for trading instead of a big 'ol nothing! I have one quest that is completed by "helping friends". I help friends regulary every day, and nothing. That quest has been up since the day of the update, so it might be coincidental, but I don't think so. I'm incredibly frustrated, because this game is the one game that I really enjoy playing daily, and all the fun has been sucked right out of it. I can keep searching rooms, but it seems pointless when I can't find any items, EVER, and I have to rely on friends to gift quest items to me.

Admin wrote:Yes - I also agree with this. I did purchase 8 using diamonds.

Then I realized - you can get them from banishing the male Rescuer. I did banish about 15 though, and didn't receive any of the diver's mask. This is with my Faithful Heart AND a Golden Turtle running.

So - conclusion is - you don't have to spend diamonds on the masks, but good luck getting them from Rescuers.

(Good thing my diamonds were from the Synthesizer.)

sfinley ibrahim wrote:Pissed doesn't even begin to describe how I feel right now! My game crashed again and all of my gifts from overnight (about 4 pages worth) are gone!!!!!