Gree - what is the "special sauce" to trigger a boss?

[daddy99]

This is getting ridiculous. It's going to be hard enough to beat the bosses but it takes 30 minutes, all your energy and stamina just to trigger 1. Please tell us this is a mistake and will be corrected?

[Sammo the Kid]

Seriously, I took my time waiting a few minutes between taps to try to trigger them but they're hard to trigger.

Fun event, not.

[Sideline Sal]

Everyone in my syn is having the same issues. Energy used on 'On the Run', stamina used up and only 1 or 2 Bosses triggered...No bueno

Please make the Boss easier to trigger, so we have a chance to actually get some of this completed.

[KingOW]

I have only been able to trigger a few bosses. Now I have attacked, robbed and done jobs for 25 minutes and no boss? I've restarted the game two times. WTF.

[sonic_empire]

they should add: summon boss for 20 gold to ease our pain lol

[ILikeTheAbuse]

4min wait time and a variety of different attempts to trigger. If you're trying to just attack a single rival to trigger, you're gonna have a bad time. One map hit, one attack and one rob; the third seems to do the trick, for me... doesn't matter the order. I'm sure this changed is to prevent all of those auto-clicking $84 IPH clones from easily creating 5mil attack accounts.


The real issue is the insane raise to the boss health. If Boss2 is any harder than Boss1 (comparing L7 to the next L7) then I'm almost done with this event, already.

Edit: don't forget to server refresh with a bank deposit or a rival list refresh between trigger attempts.

Also, everyone is having some trouble triggering. I'm assuming that 1/3rd of players are trying to trigger a boss, right now. I'm sure the servers are dishing them out as fast as they can.

[Champion24]

2 bosses.. 3k energy used up so far. Pls let this be another .... up.

[Jeremy Kyle]

they should add: summon boss for 20 gold to ease our pain lol

dont tempt them

[Idiosyncrasy]

Just adding a +1 to the count.

[Timala]

This sucks. I've done energy jobs, robbed, attacked for almost 2 hour following every advice and now I give up.


I'm adding this to one more of Gree failures :(

[Misty GFY]

level 1 summon was easy

after it take a while to summon the next ones.
after summon the 2nd the 3rd and 4th goes fast.

but now after lvl 4 is end again to summon.

is anyone higher than lvl 4 ?

[Luca1]

Do you have to complete ltq missions to summon boos? this is ridiculous.

[BusterGuts]

i did the worm, bumped my head by accident, rubbed my bump and closed my eyes as tight as i could for a few seconds and when i opened them again, i had a boss! try that

[Sideline Sal]

i did the worm, bumped my head by accident, rubbed my bump and closed my eyes as tight as i could for a few seconds and when i opened them again, i had a boss! try that

+1 quoted for truth

[Misty GFY]

i did the worm, bumped my head by accident, rubbed my bump and closed my eyes as tight as i could for a few seconds and when i opened them again, i had a boss! try that

lmao

++++++++1

[Assault and Flattery]

i did the worm, bumped my head by accident, rubbed my bump and closed my eyes as tight as i could for a few seconds and when i opened them again, i had a boss! try that

Please don't give away company secrets. I thought you signed the NDA!!

[ploop]

lol thanks for the laugh.

[b-w]

What's worse than 1 screwed up event?

3 or 4 running simultaneously

[bubu2000]

@ A&F , i dont see the fun in the actual situation, its a shame what gree do, and you are a member of them. pfui!!!

[Assault and Flattery]

Hah sorry, the real answer is the same way you always trigger it. PvP and PvE

[Stoof]

A&F I can 100% assure you the triggering mechanism is not the same way it always was.

[b-w]

Here is how i just finally got a boss..seriously. DEAD HONEST TRUTH

1800 energy followed by 4 robberies of ltb's followed by 4 robberies of random not ltb's and 10 fights (9 wins and one loss) and voila..so do that and it should work..

[sonic_empire]

2h45m and first epic boss shown onmy 2nd account...Epic FAILURE gree... rubbish event, pvp evenmore
In another hand thanks for weekend off

[Danny Clear]

Step 1: Take phone in hand
Step 2: place phone on ground
Step 3: get in truck with big tires
Step 4 : run over said phone
Step 5: repeat as needed

All your triggering problems will be solved

[Seany527]

For 2.5 years Ive played this game and Ive never complained. But seriously, why is is so difficult to get a boss to appear. It's not the same as before. Admit the time between bosses has gone up drastically. Really frustrating.

[RealTeflonDon]

If I had to venture a guess... its to "encourage" frivolous xp gaining.

[daddy99]

Thank you for the reply A&F but I'm guessing you don't play the game. When 100% of your "paying" customers are telling you that triggering a boss takes much longer than ever before, you really should answer them honestly. Your answer is an insult to your customers.

[KingOW]

Hah sorry, the real answer is the same way you always trigger it. PvP and PvE

No, it's not. There is seriously something wrong with the triggering of bosses. Please look into it. I've tried EVERYTHING and have only gotten 5 bosses since the event started.

[evilbeef54]

i have been robbing, attacking, hitting canal street, ltq everything.... cant get more than the 7th boss up A&F this is NOT working

[Assault and Flattery]

I'm asking around, but nothing has been changed with the rate of triggering.

[JimCC/MW]

I've managed to trigger 13 bosses in 3.25 hours and I've been robbing, attacking and doing the ltq missions. I would normally have expected to trigger 50 bosses in this time,

[Idiosyncrasy]

I'm asking around, but nothing has been changed with the rate of triggering.

Can you please ask your testers if they encountered any triggering issues? These are not isolated incidents. Thanks for your assistance with us.

[b-w]

for sure something is wrong..no doubt..not asking..telling you

[Silverchair]

This is ridiculous - used all my energy and about 50 stamina to trigger three - 3 - bosses.
Don't tell everything is fine

[bubu2000]

the greedy-boys laughing about us.... "no everything is fine, there is no problem, i dont understand what you mean,...... blabla."
do you all realy think, they take us for serious? NA!!!

[evilbeef54]

I'm asking around, but nothing has been changed with the rate of triggering.

thanks, i have always been able to set a timer and summon as soon as the timer goes off... i have been hitting non stop since the event started and been able to summon 9 bosses on one device and 7 on the other, this IS broken

[cajunman]

the only way i have been able to summon the boss is to go into the game, sit in my hood for a minute, depoit $100 into my bank account, then do one hit on the ltq and then attack a rival.

i kid you not, they have tied the boss event to the ltq. i have tried every other way that used to trigger and nothing. but hitting the ltq and a rival seems to make it start.

[dribblin todger]

Was really slow for me at the beginning, soon as PvP started and i got stuck into that boss triggering went on a roll, im now sat on 20/40...

[hotterthanyourgf]

I'm asking around, but nothing has been changed with the rate of triggering.

Please ask around more. Something has definitely been changed because it used to be every two minutes any hit (pvp, robbery, ltq) triggers a boss instantly. Now across the board, people are doing hits after hits without any triggering. The widespread problem cannot be shrugged off as "nothing has been changed". Your engineers are very incompetent to begin with, and now they are apparently withholding information from you too.

[Stoof]

Still not working as expected

[Fredfreddy]

Yes, definitely changed, maybe it's platform specific. On all previous bosses, if you waited 2 minutes, your next action was 100% gaurunteed to trigger the boss (rob, attack, PVE) ... That no longer works, I can't figure out how to consistently trigger it (iOS)

[Laelia]

most frustrating change to a formerly fun event

[nazgul]

Yes, definitely changed, maybe it's platform specific. On all previous bosses, if you waited 2 minutes, your next action was 100% gaurunteed to trigger the boss (rob, attack, PVE) ... That no longer works, I can't figure out how to consistently trigger it (iOS)

This, although for me it seemed to be 2:30 between, not 2:00. I would go to Canal St., hit Carmen once, open the goals (force a connection to the server) and BAM! The boss came up.

Something is definitely different this time, as everyone else has said. I'd been looking forward to this event, too.

[Captain Torgue]

I've already finished the event. No problems here.

[Trinity_1985]

I've already finished the event. No problems here.
You are wrong

[nazgul]

You are wrong

Don't feed the troll.

[hmmm]

Don't feed the troll.

Don't feed the troll.

[hotterthanyourgf]

Don't feed the troll.

yeah, especially a troll with two "ass"es in the signature

[poo hands]

I'm asking around, but nothing has been changed with the rate of triggering.

This is absolutely incorrect

[Aciphex]

This just isn't fun. I don't complain about the cost of events, it's my choice to participate or watch from the sidelines. Epic boss events used to be fun. I don't mind spending gold to kill bosses. This event it's too hard to get the boss to show. It makes the event not worth participating in.

[Molly's Side Boob]

If I messed up this much at my job, I'd be fired IMMEDIATELY.

[DoubleR7]

Pull up rivals list. Attack the first one. Attack the second one. Attack the third one. If no boss by then, refresh rivals list.

[TZora]

why bother? u can't beat too many this time. it's taking 3 hits to beat lvl 10 boss haha

[killerbee]

gree WTF is this seriously ?? boss's not being triggered at all FIX IT.. this has killed this event and weekend if not fixed soon. restart ur service or server or what ever u need to do and get this thing back on road ASAP

[Roscoe782]

5 straight hours. 13 bosses.

[is1j]

It takes ridiculous amount of time and stamina to trigger a boss. A&F you must be talking to wrong people at Gree or this just another proof of how incompetent your contacts are. Why don't you try this game yourself and see how easy it is to trigger a boss

[Miss Soprano]

This is bull$hit but that's gree for ya!

[Dat Guy]

This has been asked before and has never gotten an answer, so I will ask it again. Do the mods actually play this game?

[Captain Torgue]

Anyone complaining about the boss trigger rate clearly isn't playing in an area with good internet connection.

[The jP]

I like how Gree can't fix issues with their game that we are flaming them about, but they have time enough to focus on artwork. A la, the new banner at the top of this website. Way to sh@ all over us.

[Captain Torgue]

I like how Gree can't fix issues with their game that we are flaming them about, but they have time enough to focus on artwork. A la, the new banner at the top of this website. Way to sh@ all over us.

Sorry you feel that way but I personally think the new banner is awesome!

[killerbee]

sorry dude ur very wrong there. im at home with an amazing internet connection.. and past 3 hours i cant get a single boss up !!

[hotterthanyourgf]

sorry dude ur very wrong there. im at home with an amazing internet connection.. and past 3 hours i cant get a single boss up !!

don't feed the troll (we already determined he's a troll with two asses above)

[Captain Torgue]

don't feed the troll (we already determined he's a troll with two asses above)

How do you know? Maybe I've been cloned like the four assed monkey in south park?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fOqQrlTk-_Y/Ta8UJ53_CjI/AAAAAAAAAEY/59ZXydV9GA8/s320/20110420.jpg

[hmmm]

How do you know? Maybe I've been cloned like the four assed monkey in south park?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fOqQrlTk-_Y/Ta8UJ53_CjI/AAAAAAAAAEY/59ZXydV9GA8/s320/20110420.jpg

A troll monkey with four asses, yep that sounds about right...

[Sheerbliss]

I'm asking around, but nothing has been changed with the rate of triggering.

Balderdash. Something changed. Hundreds of users can attest to that. This is very sad Gree. You had a good idea for a new event and ruined it. Even a 40% sale doesn't fix this problem for me.

[Roscoe782]

I'm asking around, but nothing has been changed with the rate of triggering.

I'm calling bull on that one.

[evilbeef54]

yup consistent 3/hr summon rate now confirmed by everyone except the troll above

[Silverchair]

Still no boss after 20 attacks!
Even my ltq reward is not coming although finished 10 minutes ago.
Can not do the next one because there is no target!
I am on wifi btw!

[Benjibbks5]

I summoned 8 in an hour. I must be lucky...

[Captain Torgue]

yup consistent 3/hr summon rate now confirmed by everyone except the troll above

Wrong, although it is definitely worse than before, you should be able to summon more than 3 per hour.


Still no boss after 20 attacks!
Even my ltq reward is not coming although finished 10 minutes ago.
Can not do the next one because there is no target!
I am on wifi btw!

Same thing happens with me. It is easily fixed by exiting the game and then going back into it. The last hit didn't register so you will have to do that again.

[evilbeef54]

Wrong, although it is definitely worse than before, you should be able to summon more than 3 per hour.



Same thing happens with me. It is easily fixed by exiting the game and then going back into it. The last hit didn't register so you will have to do that again.

WRONG!!!!!!!
i am at war in MW today and have 6 devices in front of me, yes i am that much of a nerd my 31 year old #$% has been sitting here on the couch trying to summon bosses since this event when live, i have tried every combo of attacks, robs, ltq, carmen, everything, in 10 hours i had 30 bosses.... i'm not all that great at math, but i THINK that averages to 3/hour.... crap... you trolled me... you got me to respond again... well played sir well played...

[ILikeTheAbuse]

Anyone complaining about the boss trigger rate clearly isn't playing in an area with good internet connection.

A&F, how much does this guy spend that you put up with his constant BS without banning him? A rough estimate will do nicely.

[lsjs41]

Gree, you have placed me in a position where i have to quit my job to complete these events. i cannot afford to be in game 24/7. Games are supposed to be fun i feel like i should be charging you for my time.

[Ysae Kaeps ASU]

I would agree with A&F that they have not changed it.

I don't see too much benefit in. Asking the boss trigger difficult. They want ppl to trigger so you go deeper with the boss and as a result spend some gold.

I would have thought an easy trigger would potentially be more beneficial to them.

I think there is an issue with the trigger. A glitch for want of a better word.

Just stop and they will soon correct it. But then the truth of it is that we can't stop no matter what, can we.

[Stoof]

Just stop and they will soon correct it. But then the truth of it is that we can't stop no matter what, can we.


Soon correct it?? That did give me a laugh, thanks for brightening up my day with your jokes

[J4CK D4N13L N0 7]

It's slower than before. Fact.
But closing the game re opening putting couple hits in, waiting 20-30seconds between each one. No boss. Close reopen and repeat.
Doing it on two devices and both getting a boss about every 5-6 mins.

[J4CK D4N13L N0 7]

I would agree with A&F that they have not changed it.

I don't see too much benefit in. Asking the boss trigger difficult. They want ppl to trigger so you go deeper with the boss and as a result spend some gold.

I would have thought an easy trigger would potentially be more beneficial to them.

I disagree, triggering th boss is harder therefore more energy and stamina used to trigger, running at the same time as pvp and ltq = more gold used to refill either/both.

I think it's been slowed up so people have less time to farm at the end of the boss event if you can at all this time!?
Its 6 days long event so even at 3/hour your have 4 days spare triggering time!

[jimbo.]

Any news yet on how to trigger the boss A&F?

[dribblin todger]

just smash other players up.. pick a player and whack em till you cant hit them no more (20 times) and move onto the next, every player i hit is giving me a boss.. problem is the bosses are getting impossibly hard, last one for me level 70 took 14 x cash hits, im level 146 and 12m attack and 12m def

[Phillip99]

I'm asking around, but nothing has been changed with the rate of triggering.

I have been trying to trigger for two hours.........

[jimbo.]

Been hitting and using all my energy for an hour with no boss. Not sure I'll summon 100 bosses in time let alone defeat 100 bosses

[AliKat]

This is ridiculous!!! The trigger rate is abysmal... Over 52 attacks, numerous robs, and 3000 in pve... 1 boss only.. Oh well we can't spend gold on the bosses if they can't be triggered! Gree is the loser here...

[Ysae Kaeps ASU]

Soon correct it?? That did give me a laugh, thanks for brightening up my day with your jokes

No need to ridicule me when something I am not responsible for doesn't work for you in the game.

Read ALL of that statement you quoted for the reason.

[Ysae Kaeps ASU]

I disagree, triggering th boss is harder therefore more energy and stamina used to trigger, running at the same time as pvp and ltq = more gold used to refill either/both.

I think it's been slowed up so people have less time to farm at the end of the boss event if you can at all this time!?
Its 6 days long event so even at 3/hour your have 4 days spare triggering time!

This is a good and well considered contrary view Stoof.

[Mr.Shh...]

Okay so what uou do is blink your left eye three times then rub your finger all the way around your phone and say bring up a boss 3x and it helps if you do this with your shirt over your head and have a rabbits foot
This is getting ridiculous. It's going to be hard enough to beat the bosses but it takes 30 minutes, all your energy and stamina just to trigger 1. Please tell us this is a mistake and will be corrected?

[lil minion]

Takes too long to trigger bosses and the health increase in drastically increased I used to love epic boss events hope they are only like this for this time only

[Captain Torgue]

Okay so what uou do is blink your left eye three times then rub your finger all the way around your phone and say bring up a boss 3x and it helps if you do this with your shirt over your head and have a rabbits foot

Thank you.

I tried this method and I have to say it works every time.

[Mr.Shh...]

Good deal just remember its all in the hips...
Thank you.

I tried this method and I have to say it works every time.

[Flapjacks]

I would agree with A&F that they have not changed it.

I don't see too much benefit in. Asking the boss trigger difficult. They want ppl to trigger so you go deeper with the boss and as a result spend some gold.

I would have thought an easy trigger would potentially be more beneficial to them.

I think there is an issue with the trigger. A glitch for want of a better word.

Just stop and they will soon correct it. But then the truth of it is that we can't stop no matter what, can we.

You're making too much sense of things. People don't want to hear the truth; rather they enjoy complaining about the trigger rates, rivals list, etc., & etc.

The power is in the hands of those complaining, yet they cannot right the ship.

[Luv4UR Mom]

Good deal just remember its all in the hips...

Your method has worked well for me too. The only thing I might add, is that to maximize the benefit, I found it works best if I am in my boxers, with my pants around my ankles, standing on my front porch, with Disney songs blaring in the background....... Could just be a coincidence, but it's worked 100% of the times, till my a**hole neighbors called the cops.

[Rjc]

A&F. You are my favorite mod. Some of your quips are funny. As for talking to people about the trigger rate. You should ask the developers who made the change. Discussing this with the janitors who don't speak English won't help us. :)

[Winnson]

Que? Es muy beuno senora.

[Winnson]

no esta aqui senor, esta agi!

[Timala]

I'm asking around, but nothing has been changed with the rate of triggering.

So if nothing has been changed they broke it? Wouldn't be the first time....

[K-tamin]

I'm asking around, but nothing has been changed with the rate of triggering.

Nothing might have changed for the iOS users.
Has this asking around included Droid users? And summoning bosses at higher levels? That's where the problems seem to lie.

[kimberleyj]

Nothing might have changed for the iOS users.
Has this asking around included Droid users? And summoning bosses at higher levels? That's where the problems seem to lie.
this problem is on all platforms.

[dirtybstd]

The epic boss was the last event other than war that my lil top 500 had that we could do as a team. This boss is the straw that broke the camels back. On top of that we cant do this event because we cant summon a boss. Please fix it!!!

[Smokes]

So if nothing has been changed they broke it? Wouldn't be the first time....

After reading through 10 pages on this, someone finally said it. This situation has become the norm for GREEdy. When are they going to accurately test these changes before rolling them out to the masses?

[Idiokus]

Bosses are still taking too long to trigger! Come on please fix !!! One must use crazy energy and stamina, for those still trying not to level up too fast it's become a Herculean task! Please look into ...

[dribblin todger]

Bosses are still taking too long to trigger! Come on please fix !!! One must use crazy energy and stamina, for those still trying not to level up too fast it's become a Herculean task! Please look into ...
If you don't want to level up then sit the EB quest out, no one is twisting your arm to do it

[alextan]

this game is getting more and more boring. it is time to quit. just like me, there are more games out there waiting for u to explore. good luck guys for paying them $$$ for crap service.

[The Black Hand]

Rate is much better this morning. About 5 bosses in 30 minutes. I'm on level 44, just attacking and robbing rivals.

[Idiokus]

If you don't want to level up then sit the EB quest out, no one is twisting your arm to do it

FYI ...I know no one is forcing my arm. I just don't find it normal to have to go through a full clip of stamina to get a boss! I'm high level but don't want to lvl another 20 lvl for doing boss event perhaps ya get my point now. 😏 One could easily summon boss quicker before ...I guess ya never noticed.