So, Gree has rolled out to random players an expanded rivals list that matches targets based on stats rather than level.
Let me get this straight...
So you are giving a minority of players a HUGE advantage by exponentially expanding their target list, while the rest of us are sitting ducks?!
"But...but you can rob them backkk..." NO! NO! that is NOT how this works. If a player out of my level range robs me, chances are I'll have lost their link by the time their 24 hour, hell even their 12 hour buildings are up.
I'm getting robbed blind. It's 9AM and and if I miss a tap by 3 minutes, its gone. And there is nothing I can do about it, no way I can exact revenge, unless on the off chance some idiot forgets to collect his buildings before going on a rob spree. Its free money for people 50 levels higher and 50 levels lower than me. What's worse is none of my rivals have anything to offer in return. I'm sitting on 4.5M IPH and I'm lucky to find someone who has upgraded their NC past 2 these days at my level
I don't know who's idea this was, but it was obviously not well thought out. I was getting past the stat inflation, the plethora of glitches and bugs (SOME OF WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN FIXED IN OVER A YEAR!), the increasingly ridiculous amount of gold needed to stay above the curve, but now you are messing with my hood. My pride and joy. My baby. I've spent almost 3 years cultivating it, and now its been painted with a big ole red target and I'm helpless to defend it. Here's to hoping that one day I'll enjoy playing this game again. For now, I'm just surviving.
Pitiful, incompetent, greedy, aloof, lazy...GREE is a model of good business sense for the social gaming community.