I got a new Ipad and I’m trying to use the restore code, I’m aware you can only use it once a year and I haven’t used it yet, although I did generate a restore code a while back (I don’t think generating a restore code will not affect it from working if you have not yet used it) and I had regenerated a new restore code right before setting up my new ipad and copied it exactly as it was but it still saying they was an error.
The thing is I’ve already reset my old ipad and gave it to my younger brother, but all is not lost. I restored my Ipad from my icloud backup (its almost 7 days old) so I’ve got all my data until that period. The negatives are all the monsters I acquired during that period are gone and so are all my gems. I remember saving up more than 20 gems and I bought some more for the festival egg which i was lucky enough to get a penguini and a necrowing, even the event shinobilisk was lost.
Some few things I’ve observed from this problem:
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Number 1, obviously being that the restore code didn’t work. I’m 100% sure that i have not used the restore code before only generated it. Do you guys think that it may have failed to work because I generated it a while back or if it was because I restored the game from an icloud backup. (Yes I did enter the code correctly, took a picture on my phone and then entered it).
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Once you’ve used your gems, you can’t get them back even from the icloud backup, although this is a great idea that can prevent people from cheating, what I don’t understand is that the system can recognise that you’ve used the gems but it cannot tell what monsters you got from using those gems. (maybe I’m just salty I lost some really good Legendary’s and super epics.) I think they should follow the save method of clash of clans, I’ve deleted the app before and when I wanted to play it again, just download it and it’ll be at the point of the game when you last played it.
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Went through my itunes purchase history and realised I spent more than £48 during the festival egg period, thats the equivalent of getting a new PS4 or Xbox 1 game, and approx. £300 since i started playing, thats the price of a PS4 or Xbox 1 console. I’m definitely quitting this game, the return on this game vs time spent and money spent, its just not worth it anymore
The lesson for the other users (since I’m quitting and I learnt my lesson already :)) make sure your restore code works before you delete your old save and make sure you back up your old apple device on icloud before you transfer your data on to your new device.