Devs are not to be trusted
I’ve been playing this game for 1 year. It has become full of ads, asked for more and more money so that it became now a pay-to-win. Clans are getting ruined by arbitrary devs’ decisions, the game is riddled with cheaters for which devs are doing close to nothing. We have even launched a petition to the devs to stop ruining the game for their loyal users: I’ve lost access to my account as a consequence. The petition to Black Bear Games reads: "In the past several months we have seen a number of anti-consumer updates in both Drilla and Flood that very negatively affected every player, essentially leading the playerbase to a significant decline. As players, both new and veteran, we see no future in these games if this is how they are going to be maintained. The following is a list of adjustments we require in order to stay in game. If these requirements are not met by June 1st (more than 3 months from this date) we would have to leave the game in favor of another developer that cares about their playerbase. 1) Forced ads shall be removed completely from both games. In Drilla, there are full 30 seconds unskippable ads that play in game every minute, discouraging people from playing the game. Several people have reported closing the game as soon as they pop up. As of right now 33% of drilla gameplay is watching ads, which is unseen in any other game. We are 100% fine with mechanics that give you reward for watching ads, however any popups and forced ads should be removed from both Drilla and Flood. 2) Subscriptions are currently too expensive compared to what they offer. As of right now, the whole subscription system is overly complicated in both games, with 3 levels, 2 of which are obsolete and low rewards compared to price we paying. Also interestingly enough, Drilla subscription costs more than Flood, even though it offers less privileges. Here are few ideas: make subscription give players a fixed amount of gems every day, which would be higher than buying a pack of same price; remove all obsolete subscription ranks; make one subscription for all games (that should encourage players check out other games if they already have subscription in one, since they will receive bonuses) and in general, as an idea we would like to see more crossplay with other games. 3) Cheaters have to be dealt with once and for all. Even though the problem is not nearly as bad as it was few months ago, it is still a problem. The main issue game has is that it stores all dat
