My playing style is to keep only one of each dragon (with the exception of diamond types) and I would like to evolve all of them to level 15. I’m currently trying to breed the remaining diamond hybrids that elude me. If I complete that, then I’ll look for a next collection. Besides that, my favorite aspect of the game is the battle tournaments. I’ve been lucky enough to gather more than my fair share of DIPPS & champion types, which fortunately make the tournaments easier to win on a regular basis – and this fact probably adds to my enjoyment.
I am not going to participate with the Dragon Tales in the future. I like the stories and the dragons that come from them… but I am fed up with TL using this game aspect to destroy my food stockpiles – and causing me to use my apples to raise dragons dictated by them, not the dragons I want to raise. I am done with the tales for good. I will just look at each event in the future and decide how far I would like to go – but that will no longer involve feeding dragons that I would not normally raise up.
The leaderboards is a little different. [Note: I can see the business advantages for TL, but these comments are only from a player’s point of view.]… This pitting player vs. player is ridiculous. I’ve had many thoughts on how to make this event fair for all players… but I honestly don’t believe there is a way. No matter how they set up the boards, there will always be things that are vastly unequal. If the feeding continues to be a part of them, I feel like I’ve got a bit of an advantage, as I my food stockpiles will probably better than average – based on not playing the DTs any longer. Given that, I will check them out each time and play along at my leisure, until I make a decision towards the end. I’ve already got a nice stockpile again, as well as a list of dragons that I would like to raise up - during the next LB event. This way I am still playing the way I want to play, just doing it at their schedule, hopefully to my benefit.
World Events are not so nasty – at least as long as the goals are obtainable. For these, I will just play like normal… if I get there, I get there… if I don’t, I don’t…
My Summary is to play this enjoyable game, in a way that I enjoy it again. I think TL is masters at the whole dragon thing & designing a game that I personally enjoy playing. It is just time to get back to the basics… Breeding frustration & elation… Collecting my favorite groups… Raising my favorite babies… Spending my money when and if I choose to, not when they decide they need a little extra payday… And for me tournaments – bring on the 48-round Mega Tournament!
IMO the most important resource in the game – other than gold – is Apples. I do believe that my gameplay is defined from here forward (Breed, Farm & Stockpile… Raise dragons that I want to & Battles!) – at least until TL allows an avenue for high cost / high yield crops … crops that we do not have to babysit every 30 seconds or 10 minutes. C’est La Vie.