Premium players extra perks

[Kazabookie]

I've developed a theory that has some pretty solid backing with stats' now. Premium players receive better dice rolls, better cards, and better all round game exp. Would love to know folks feelings on this...

Example: if there is a lobby with folks who have a paid for based account -v- a free account, the paid for accounts will always receive better start position (higher), better cards for trades, and better dice rolls (although, this is published by the developer).

[Michael]

If you have the stats then show them.

[FlappyJak]

Damn, they must have forgot to enable these cheats for my account then!

[Jim]

I dont think theres any difference between paid and free as it relates to gameplay.
As it relates to collaboration of the 2 thats one of the biggest problems in this game.
As a paid player I'd like to ability to block the free accounts altogether,
This crime would still occur with dual paids but it would cut down the cheating in a dramatic way until they all paid for their suicide alts so they could cheat again.

[Kazabookie]

Originally posted by Michael:

If you have the stats then show them.

Since you ask. A FTP (free to play) account playing as red on ranked games, Europe, capital, six player, progressive received: 74% last position and only had a 21% chance of drawing a set on three cards. A Paid for account on the same game set playing as blue was 70% within the top two players and obtained a 32% chance of getting a trade on three cards.

This situation becomes worse when you look at 'bot attacks' (bot players attacking players in game). Over 78% of the attacks happened on free to play accounts the bots attacking FTP players) over paid players...

Hence the question 'would love to know feelings on this'... Care to share?

[Jim]

I dont think the bots or the dice care about paid/unpaid.(i'm paid)
They load up on me as fast as anyone else, in the same manner and in an easy to recognize pattern, even on other bots.
You either move out of the way or have enough troops blocking...no other choices.
I bought this game first and never played as free,
So I have no worthy opinion on free as I never did it,
The base Risk game is just not that expensive.

[Androschemes]

I literally went on a losing streak to bad RNG immediately after getting premium. Still can't remember the last game I got a card set before 5.

[Kenpoleon Bonaparte]

I played on a free account for about the first 6 months before buying the Premium on a 50% off sale. After I became a paid account, I noticed absolutely no difference in the way bots attack me.

[Generaloberst Heinz Guderian]

The Dice stats are slightly increasing by your level. That is my experience.

Cheaters working togehter are another huge problem to be aware of.

[bobgoggles]

Originally posted by Kazabookie:

Originally posted by Michael:

If you have the stats then show them.

Since you ask. A FTP (free to play) account playing as red on ranked games, Europe, capital, six player, progressive received: 74% last position and only had a 21% chance of drawing a set on three cards. A Paid for account on the same game set playing as blue was 70% within the top two players and obtained a 32% chance of getting a trade on three cards.

This situation becomes worse when you look at 'bot attacks' (bot players attacking players in game). Over 78% of the attacks happened on free to play accounts the bots attacking FTP players) over paid players...

Hence the question 'would love to know feelings on this'... Care to share?

This whole premise seems unlikely for one simple reason: SMG does not care about its users, paid or otherwise.

Where did these numbers come from? Are you willing to open up your time played on your profile so we can see you have the hours in game to substantiate a claim to have played enough games to glean dependable stats? Were these stats gained from before and after having a free account, or do you play with both? It sounds like you are currently using both a free and paid account.
I get that you said the same "game set", not the same game, but you mentioned that they played with different colors, which is irrelevant to stats, but would be necessary if they were in the same lobby.. did you just accidentally admit to multi account collaboration? I wont say this is definitively what you have done but I certainly would not be surprised if a cheater was thick headed enough to come here and complain that their free collab account doesnt seem to help as much as they expected.

If also feels suspect that you did not offer the stats first, that they do not cover all the things you said in your first post, and that some are not specific to the first posts claims.. It was part of the first post but you did not mention dice rolls in your stats, did you not keep track of that? Also you went from "better" cards to stats of sets on 3, why is that?

Lets say you actually did get these stats on sets and placement.. I have questions..
How many games were played to get them?
Were there an equal number of paid and ftp accounts in the lobby?
How many times were 3 cards collected by each account?
You originally mentioned "better" cards for trades, but now only talked about sets on 3.. I assumed you meant "better" in terms of fixed play and getting a higher trade in amount, did you not keep track of that for these stats?

The bot attacks are a whole other can of worms.
Were there always an equal amount of free and paid player territories to choose from and attack?
Were all the attacks involving defending stacks of the same amount, within the same bonus, and not part of a bonus held by the defending player?
Were they the same type of bot? Are you aware there are two different AI bot personalities, "bonus breaker" and "bonus taker"?(maybe others but I have only heard of these two)
There are just too many variables to easily come up with a definitive answer on this imo, unless you have a program running to play tons of games and actually keep track of all of it.

Based on the information available I give these percentages a .01% chance of being real or accurate, and at least a 50% chance of you being a multi account cheater.

[Jim]

Originally posted by Androschemes:

I literally went on a losing streak to bad RNG immediately after getting premium. Still can't remember the last game I got a card set before 5.

I experienced this when I complained in the forum about the collaboration.
Suddenly all my random troop positions were scattered and perpetual 5 card sets.
I've even seen 7 soldier cards in a row from the start.
Do I think this impossible thing is random?...lol
The end result is I'm learning to play permanently handicapped and still getting wins.

[bobgoggles]

Originally posted by Jim:

Originally posted by Androschemes:

I literally went on a losing streak to bad RNG immediately after getting premium. Still can't remember the last game I got a card set before 5.

I experienced this when I complained in the forum about the collaboration.
Suddenly all my random troop positions were scattered and perpetual 5 card sets.
I've even seen 7 soldier cards in a row from the start.
Do I think this impossible thing is random?...lol
The end result is I'm learning to play permanently handicapped and still getting wins.

Its always just a matter of time until Jim turns a thread into a discussion about himself and the imaginary conspiracy SMG and or a cabal of cheaters has against him. Now they even spread his troops maliciously lmao. Yeah, the company too lazy to do anything good for the game is taking time to target one of the hundreds of accounts that have complained about cheaters.

[Kenpoleon Bonaparte]

Originally posted by Jim:

I've even seen 7 soldier cards in a row from the start.

I've seen 3, maybe 4, soldier sets in a row. But seven? Jeez, that's some bad luck.

[bobgoggles]

Originally posted by Kenpoleon Bonaparte:

Originally posted by Jim:

I've even seen 7 soldier cards in a row from the start.

I've seen 3, maybe 4, soldier sets in a row. But seven? Jeez, that's some bad luck.

He said 7 soldier cards in a row, not sets. We know thats just unlikely but to him its "impossible" and proof devs targeted him for complaining smh. Not only that but "perpetual 5 card sets" and 7 soldiers in a row are mutually exclusive, as that is two sets on 3 back to back. No offense Ken I like you but I dont get why you take anything Jim says seriously.

[Kenpoleon Bonaparte]

Originally posted by bobgoggles:

1. He said 7 soldier cards in a row, not sets.

2. No offense Ken I like you but I dont get why you take anything Jim says seriously.

1. Yeah, he did say cards, not sets. My bad.

2. Jim says people cheat too much. You and I both know that they do, so I don't see any problem there. And for the record, I did disagree with Jim on something he said a week or so ago. He and I both made our talking points, and then we moved on to other topics.

[Jim]

Its always a bad idea to feed the trolls ken...
thats just jims opinion also.
PS...
An internet stalker follows you behind every post you make.
An internet troll posts an opposing view negative from yours just to annoy everyone and stir as much drama as possible.
I blocked that guy because he's both.