I woke her up for 3400 gems, but am really happy for this change, allow the players to catch up and knowing this information will allow us to plan more carefully for next year
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It is a good mentality to spend money uselessly, congratulations for those lost dollars, I can be many things but I am not stupid 
, yes with this information I will basically not spend a dollar all year and I will wait for the anniversary to wake up the mythical ones for one ridiculous amount of gems I regret becoming f2p less and less
Obviously I donāt like being taken for a fool with my money and many of us feel that way with this anniversary.
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why is it always us?!! 
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I woke her up last year on anni all four shards for ~800gems 
You know that that is being quite lucky, it is not normal, most of them have spent much more
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Yes its quite lucky !
I get a bad feelin everytime someone share here that they spend so much money in gems to awake a mithic 
On the other hand some other obe got a full mithic in under 1000 gems .
I had. Last year. This year I got it in 1100. Still got 2000 to spare!
Start a thread!
Weād be best pals in school purely because the amount of detentions weād have together
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There is one critical fact we didnāt mention: the Mythic monsters we feature or are going to feature in these Anniv Eggs will only be those that were released at least 1.5 years ago, and some of them were featured in previous Anniv Eggs.
We want the Anniv event to be a good opportunity for free users, new users and mid-spenders to expand their monster collections, while still maintaining the value of the monsters that regular or big spenders invested in. We hope 1.5 years is a reasonable timeframe.
If I remember correctly, IBERIAN suggested that lowering the cost of acquiring Mythic monsters would encourage more players to spend and generate more profit. Ironically, this seems to be exactly what we are seeing so far.
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I probably said that, Dev, but I was referring to the new monsters that have appeared. I want you to put yourself in my situation with everything that has happened this anniversary, especially for the big spenders of the Neo.
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A new update has been released that increased the cost of mythics. My teamās cost went from 206 to 222. I have more than 60 mythics on my account, but I can only use 10, and most of them donāt have a significant advantage over some strong legendaries. For example, Domgoo + Stun is much more efficient than most of my mythics, as it doesnāt cost as many gems to get and has the same cost as many mythics.
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Carmilla appeared for less than 1,000 gems, when just a few months ago I spent more than 2,600 gems on her.
Now, let me ask you, if you were in my situation, wouldnāt you think that youāve simply wasted money? Wouldnāt you feel that this anniversary has mistreated the players who have spent the most? This opinion is not just mine; many other players who have spent a lot of money on the game feel the same way. However, for those of us who have spent significant amounts of money, there has been no real benefit. In fact, the VIP system has not been updated.
I respect the changes in the game and, to some extent, I understand them, but this is how I feel. I donāt want more than others, Dev; I simply want everyone to have equal access to mythics.
Iām glad if these changes improve the gameās revenue, but at least for me, I will be much more careful about spending my money in the future (please donāt think this is a threat, itās just my attempt to express my point of view).
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Carmilla is that old though. From what it looks like based on Monsterdex, she released just before Gabrielle+Apollonis. Both anniversary mons from 2 years ago.
It would be fair to complain if it was Selene. But carmilla is more than old enough to now be included in that 1.5+ year timeframe at this point.
At the end of the day, this game is gacha when it comes to hatching. Iāve seen people awaken stuff on less gems than even anniversary. Even my own Selene was barely more than 600 gems. Itās all just luck and now complaining that the luck is higher for more players somehow makes it unfair?
My guy, rng is the name of the game.
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Hey man, with all due respect this comes across as too salty and it seems like there are some fundamental stuff that you havenāt accepted about this kind of stuff (but what you really should accept). I would have saved for the 1200 gem banner too if I knew it was coming. A lot of stuff was unpredictable and it was the same conditions for everyone. Same thing in life too. Knowing what happened to bitcoin in 2018, I would have invested in it in 2017 but itās useless to cry about that now.
When you hatched Carmilla, you made the decision to do so and you felt the need to do it. The advantage you got from spending on Carmilla was that you got her earlier. Thatās what you paid for, immediate access. Also, if there are good mythics featured during this two weeks, you will be able to spend less money on them that you would on another time of the year. Same conditions for everyone.
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I understand and accept it but I didnāt know this when I woke her up, maybe if I knew that it would be on the anniversary for 1200 gems I wouldnāt have done it, right? Maybe if I knew this was going to happen I would have saved the gems for newer mythics, for example Frielle, I donāt have it (for spending 2600 genas on Carmilla) you have to understand that weakening monsters has always happened and I donāt complain about what they have done to Selene since I knew what could happen when I woke her up but this had never been done before. but I respect the changes and I accept them, really the only thing I do is show my opinion, simply after seeing what happened this anniversary with the cost and the anniversary banners my mentality regarding the expense changes I think it is legal and I have reasons to do it.
And above all and most importantly, the increase in the cost of mythics, in my opinion, is what has changed my opinion the most about spending in the game.
I understand the frustration. When you recently spent on something then see if half price it stings a bit. None of us could have known. Iāve made a bunch of decisions over the years which Iāve regretted because of things that happened later. We also see people complaining or otherwise making up conspiracies to do with the timing of monsters featured in eggs and updates when they are buffed/nerfed as well as complaining when updates happen just before ranked PvP, etc. Itās impossible for all those āfeels badā scenarios to be avoided.
One thing this anniversary delivers on for spenders is not only getting the daily 2x gem deal but also extra gem deals in the shop and they can even get 3x Neo Ticket to help get a standard pool mythic awakened. Spenders can also capitalise on the 12 anniversary festival eggs, whereas free players probably have nowhere near enough to awaken a bunch of mythics they just get a larger selection than simply the two new mythics.
So itās all a lot of pros and cons. I hope you make the most of the anniversary and enjoy what you get out of it.
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Thank you devs for taking this request, one of the best decisions. Its something that will help players catch up and make the game more competitive which i love to see.
I support this decision 100% even tho i spent 3400 gems on her, but what i would have liked to see is increase in levels between 1-12 in the vip
Keep level 12 maximum level but add more levels between that way the players that supported the game dont have to spend more but are rewarded for previous spending
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We increased the cost of Mythic monsters purely for balance purposes. To ensure this change impacts all players, not just spenders, we also raised the cost of the 02-form Mythic. Honestly, 15-cost Carmilla and Momo are still incredibly efficient, and cost less than many Legendary monsters. However, we are comfortable with them now since Mythics require more effort to awaken.
Spenders will always have more monsters to experiment with, more flexible teams, more fun things to explore, and the tools they need for each PvE event, PvP special rule, and limited listāand we will make sure of that.
@IBERIAN, I understand your frustration. You are free to express any opinions, and we truly appreciate all the feedback.
Carmilla was released about three months ago. If that feels too short for the investment, we may extend the time frame and only feature monsters that havenāt been released in a long time if we decide to run another Anniv Eggs event next year.
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This time reply me. What about mons like sui, they are heavenly nerfed with 15 cost. And what the joke is giving restriction in bloodfury too.
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Mate, with all due respect you are being very selfish. It doesnāt matter what you already spent on the game, if itās cheaper now, better for everyone, including yourself. Move on from that mentality and enjoy the changes. Leave the past in the past. Letās hope it gets even cheaper so more players can afford to spend a bit here and there.
I only spend on guaranteed mythics, and will continue to do so. If they want to release more of those, they will have more of my money and Iām pretty sure a lot of other players will also spend.
Unfortunately your choice of spending so much money puts you in a position where you feel cheated when good changes happen. Having 60 awaken mythics is somewhat pointless as you said yourself you can only use 10-11 and also many of them are not that great and will very likely never make it into your team. Being more careful on what you spend on should have been your approach from the start, look at Duck, not to speak for him, but I see him running pretty much the same 10 or so monsters for a while and still getting top 1 often. He seems to be very selective on what he spend his gems on and go for specific monsters that will add a lot of value to his team. You have an excellent roster already, just add that much needed new value.
You are already very lucky that you donāt need to spend much if any money anymore. Just embrace the changes and enjoy the game. Donāt take it personally, just look at things from a different perspective and you will see the good side.
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Everyone is not lucky. I did 600 shrine and got 992. And grinded 8 more gems to make it 1k. Hatched 25 packs and was unable to awake even 1 mythic. I have 0 gems now.
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