Originally Posted by
Eraleth
I'm not a real techy kind of guy, so maybe I'm off base here.. But the way I see it.. Its kinda like Word or Excel. Where it autosaves your progress, but you can also hit the save button at any time.
So with CC, your data that's on your device autosaves to the server, at specified intervals. (I'm just gonna call that the refresh rate). However there are certain action within the game that sort of act as a save button- refreshing the rivals list, opening syn chat, etc. Hitting these buttons connects you to the server to access refreshed/updated data.
Here's what I think.
As part of the fight against cheaters/glitchers, Gree reduced the refresh time. This effectively force synchronizes devices and server more frequently.
A side effect of this was the Epic Bosses seemed to be easier to summon. Another huge side effect, was the data surge.
So now we have ppl happy with EB (unintended) but really not happy with their data usage (also unintended). What can Gree do? I believe they have adjusted the refresh again. By the sounds of what you guys are saying- not back to where it was originally, but tweaked enough to reduce the amount of data required, which again has an unintended consequence of making it seem like the bosses are harder to summon.
I do say "seem" harder to summon, because I have never had an issue summoning a boss, as long as I don't rely on the app to autosave for me.
Carmen Rivera is still my "goto" npc for summoning. The method is simple- force refresh a few times, then hit Carmen a few times, then force refresh again. More often than not, a boss is summoned. Low energy req, low xp gain.
If there's an LTQ, I pvp for bosses.
For pvp, I do the same thing essentially. Force refresh a few times, beat on a target a few times, then force refresh. Robbing, fighting- doesn't matter. Win/Lose, doesn't matter.
Gree:"Every action has a chance of summoning an Epic Boss". The key is to let the server know that you just completed an action.
As I said at the beginning, I'm not real techy. So maybe I'm out to lunch here.... But I do know that I very rarely have problems getting a boss. Same with the rest of my syn.
TL;DR: no issue here.