MiriamRowan's Unofficial BC Live Report - 24th October, 2018

Presenters: "Winter" (Wrkshp) Warrior & Masta Don

BC Live was delayed due to what they will call "technical difficulties".

Next events: BC has sent the next update to Apple and Android and are waiting for approval.  The app is currently in review. If it passes review tonight or tomorrow morning, then Darking Mad Halloween Raid (assuming the update is shipped out in time) is the next event. There will be new monsters and new vanity items. If approval is delayed and the update doesn't come out in time then  Dominion FFA will run instead, and then the Halloween raid will be next.  Otherwise, if all goes well,  it's Halloween first and then Dominion FFA.  The goal was to get Halloween out in time, but it's going back and forth as to which will run next.  BC will make an announcement as soon as they know.  Masta Don can't promise anything solid as it depends on Apple and Android's review processes. He knows that this is very frustrating for players to be so last minute. Merging and the traders will be active for the next event, regardless of which one it is.  The Halloween trick and treat grab will be available during the Halloween raid.  Reward epics in the spins will be announced on BCG at the start of the event.

Halloween monsters - three sets of Halloween monsters will be reused this raid event, and one set definitely won't be. Masta Don was able to provide some monster names and some server names for these monsters but gave enough information to be able to find them on BCrank as follows.

Halloween sets being reused:

2017: https://bcrank.us/catalog/?q=Crowst,Yuktopus,Zombunnie,Draugfoal,Limbolurker,Limbone,Creagle,Nightyowler

2016: https://bcrank.us/catalog/?q=Tyrantula,Yuktopus,Draugfoal,Nightyowler

2014: https://bcrank.us/catalog/?q=Creagle,Sumopanda,Missfortune,Limbolurker

The Halloween set not being reused is from 2015. That year there were rock monsters wearing helmets, these ones will not be used because they're "hideous" and Masta Don refuses to put them in the spins again. https://bcrank.us/catalog/?q=Slingkong,Blockbottom,Stalactank,Rockmancer

Masta Don is 90% sure that the Darking Mad boss was fire.  There will be multiple targets for the boss.  Ideally Masta Don wants all the raid events and CT events to be multi target since many other events have single targets (like CS and Dominion). 

Apple update will be for iOS 8+ only from now on. iOS7 is no longer supported by BC.  This is less than half a percent of the BC devices out there. If you are using iOS7 then you will need to update your iOS in order to keep playing BC. Most devices are on iOS 11 or 12 now.

Sanctiflyer limbs ending early for some troops?  It appears that the timer was running out, but from the server end it looked like it was all working, so BC wasn't able to see what was actually happening live.  BC just doesn't have a good answer.  The person who read it in the ticket caught it immediately and brought it to server, but all seemed to be working there. BC will need to look at it if it happens again.

BC will be making support tickets more secure in time.  They know and are looking into the issue.

PvP bugs. Feel free to complain about them every stream. Masta Don also complains about them and needs to find the time to fix this.  Hammer him about this and he may be granted more time to work on fixing them.

There won't be any 10 energy ultimate spins for Halloween. If this is to happen, it will be for Christmas. BC is working on hack prevention things and they want to have this in place first before they make this energy available to us.

Sizing with legendary second evolutions? Sometimes these need to be resized by server.  Unfortunately if quality assurance doesn't catch it, then BC relies on player reports.

Why can't FFA Dominion monsters have the same x3 advantage over regular teams that TB monsters get over BR monsters?

Friday event starts won't be happening because there are so many apps releasing updates on Friday and this causes possible delays. Thursdays allows for a quicker update process.

Reward monsters?  BC is considering it with events. It could be related to Troop Wars, or having events without any event monsters. BC would prefer not to give them an event bonus. The reason BC has event monsters is that it bridges the gap for new players to be able to compete.

Can blight+ return to rewards?  Not many players liked this active. They preferred venom. BC can bring it back though.

BC is looking at how to bring TW back into regular rotation, but this won't be for a while.

No, the gold trader can't be changed to sell boosters.  That would require client side programming which is much harder than server side programming, at least for bandwidth.

Leader boards were shown for what Wrkshp Warrior believes was Sanctiflyer. Masta Don agrees that Battle Sushi is dominating events but there's nothing BC can do about that.

10 energy code was given.

Winter Warrior played two games of PvP, lost both and apologized for swearing on stream.

MiriamRowan's BC Live Report - 10th October, 2018

Presenters: Wrkshp Warrior and Masta Don

Next event: Crystal Siege then Sanctiflyer. The Halloween raid event will hopefully follow, but this requires an update to come out first and there's a chance it could be delayed a week.

BC is trying to stick to a regular schedule of events as much as possible. That's how players were able to guess that Crystal Siege would be next.

Event announcements on Tuesday?  In general, Masta Don will think about it. He doesn't like event announcements in general as some players take advantage of this. He doesn't think one day would make much difference though.

PvP during BC Live may return soon, but may need to wait until Pao's return. Wrkshp Warrior isn't ready to play us yet.

Wrkshp Warrior wears a mask to give him an edge.

The event monsters for the raid have not been decided as yet. The Darking Mad set will definitely be used, but there will be more than those. In general, Masta Don like to reuse holiday monsters, so there's a chance there could be a lot of Halloween monsters reused that event. No guarantees though, as other monsters could be used..

Troop Wars? There was little participation last TW aside from the top 500 players. Masta Don is still considering it. November would be the earliest it would happen, but this has not been finalized.  Coliseum is a maybe.

Benchmarks during TB?  Masta Don will consider them, but for those with event monsters these were really easy to achieve.

Merging, monster trader and gold trader will be active during CS.

Legendary eggs from salvaging epics?  BC doesn't have the time for this currently, but they have a general plan for how they can better use essences as a side currency in the future.

Not getting epics as often?  Epic spin odds are increased on all spins. For the featured spins, the odds are about 10% better due to the balancing.  It can seem to be spread between the 5 reward epics because you're not winning the spin epic as often. 

Event monsters from PvP wars? These monsters are occasionally being reused in other raid events now. BC likes to have them as they add diversity to the monster ecosystem.

Troop Tournament to determine the best troop?  Bombard Ricky Hanson about that.

Stones for Dominion instead of specials?  Masta Don will speak to server, and it's possible that either Dom or Dom FFA may get stones instead of specials dropping.

Improving in the game? Increase power rating. Be very active (opens opportunities for farmers).  Start winning some ultras and some crystals to evolve them. Grab a set of repeatable event monsters. Then you'll get lots of benchmarks and get better. Trading is the best way to move up.

Next update has two new monsters and a bunch of second evolutions. Magmascourge may possibly be one of these?  BC has actively been looking for the monsters that have missed second evolutions.

More content? Currently there is too much background stuff and bugs to be solved.  In order to expand, BC has to go back and change the fundamentals programmed into the game to be able to grow.

10e per ultimate spin? This would probably happen around a holiday .

Variety grab? Usually returns for all holiday events.

Leader boards were shown.

Why are codes usually energy?  Energy tends to have the widest appeal to players.

All events will continue to run from Thursday to Tuesday.

Cool Luke to allow stacking? This won't be happening. It's an overall design flaw in the game, in Masta Don's opinion, that the game allows energy to be stacked beyond a maximum level.

Usefulness of reward monsters?   Wrkshp Warrior will work on his translations from Spanish.

PE reward monsters may possible return in the rewards over Christmas, but won't otherwise generally be awarded.

Can we un-sevo monsters? Not at this time. They may allow us to trade a sevo monster back into an evo monster, but this could open a door to hacking. BC is hesitant to allow players to go backwards. If they were to do it, it wouldn't happen for a very long time. BC doesn't have the resources at this time.

Alts?  Even back during the conference calls days, Masta Don has gone on record that having alts isn't bannable. However, Masta Don doesn't appreciate those who create 40 alts and then abuse stuff, but usually these players get caught and banned for doing other stuff anyway.

Higher than level 70?  Masta Don doesn't want to make them for no reason. He'd need a story expansion first.  Server is focusing on hackers and removing hackable bugs currently, and banning players who are hacking. BC has to make the game more stable first before they can expand.  Most veteran players who have played for over 1000 days are at level 70.  Masta Don hasn't reached level 70 himself as yet and he's been playing for 4 years.

Coliseum?  BC is considering both TW and Coliseum for November and December. We may see both or only one. It's uncertain at this time.

Next BC Live in 2 weeks.

MiriamRowan's Unofficial BC Live Report - 26th September, 2018

Presenters: Wrkshp Warrior & Masta Don

Next events: Team Brawl (5 day), then Celestial Towers (wind boss)

Halloween raid?  Syganthor raid... no, Masta Don  doesn't think the Halloween raid will be Syganthor afterall.

New update is out in the store, or will be in the next 24 hours.  Everyone will experience a forced update before the next event starts tomorrow. The next update will be shipping much sooner than BC has been releasing them, in about 4-6 weeks. BC has a better pipeline and they hope to be more efficient and grow a bit faster.

Facebook energy? Server is looking at this during their downtime. They haven't been able to figure this out yet though.

New event?  There is unlikely to be a new raid style event. BC made a new world boss, but people complained that it was yet another world boss. The old raid events used to be 10 days long and then disappeared.  New events don't seem to be as popular as match based events.  They may consider a different raid style or world boss.

More storage?  Storage has historically had issues. Ideally, BC would eliminate storage boxes and then implement a sorting system. We probably won't see anything messing about with storage for some time.

New things in the game?  Resources are currently more focussed on new monsters and vanity items (like wings).  A new event style is kind of fun for a few times but then it's just another event. Players like to earn things that they're able to collect and show off.   They're trying to make sure they have their pipeline for getting second evolutions and vanity items out.

CT will have a multi style boss. BC will stick to this for raid type events.

Exodawn glitch? Report the limb glitch please. This will how to help BC to figure it out.

Trophies are possible for world boss events, but not implemented yet. The bosses are much easier to summon, so farming isn't such a chore.

Arena won't be back until BC has lots and lots and lots of dead time to fix it.

Crowns and wings will be in rotation. These are the most popular for players. More vanity items will come with the next update.  Vanity items are mostly in the troop prizes to encourage players to work together as a troop.

Tvt is always at the same time, during the most active time zones.  The server demand requirement skyrockets during these times, so they need staff on site to make sure it runs smoothly.

Sevo (second evolution) trading?  Masta Don  isn't sure if this will happen. Trading is already problematic and enhancing the trading functionality opens that up even more.

Rewards will not have PE monsters anymore. This was to make 10 day events more bearable for players.   Giving players finished products isn't as fun, and BC would rather give you something to work on instead.  They may return for special occasions.

Halloween raid?  It won't be the Syganthor boss. It will be one that comes with the next update. It will be Barking Mad or Darking Mad, he can't quite remember which is the right event title. BC doesn't know what they'll be doing for the event monsters.  (MiriamRowan's comment, the event is Darking Mad from Halloween in October, 2016.  Event monsters were all water, so it's likely a fire boss!  BC Rank's event page is at: https://bcrank.us/events/?e=131&m=individual)

Trader?  Masta Don  activated merging and the gold trader for the last event. The monster trader has a special activation and the person doing that perhaps didn't have time. Masta Don  will try to get it up for CT.

Code from last BC Live reached a redemption limit?  Last BC Live Masta Don had to set up the code himself and didn't pay attention to the redemption limit. He'll look at this for us.  This week's code will be safe as he didn't set this one up himself.

World boss monsters will not work for the Halloween raid. They only work for world boss events.

PvP event?  Players who don't like PvP, really don't like PvP.  BC would think about it, but they'd have to restructure it and remove the tokens.  It could be fun, but then all of the exploits in pvp would be even more problematic.  BC would have to fix that first.

Leader boards were displayed.

Could Dom and FFA interchange dropping specials with stones? Masta Don  will consider FFA dropping stones instead of specials.  Masta Don  is looking at it more holistically that players want more stones in the game!  Probably the players who specialize in Dominion are starving for stones and Raid event players are drowning in stones.

More Jewel spins?  Players don't seem to like these.

25 event spins?  BC limited this to players who were active during a particular time span, so they weren't old accounts and they weren't newly created accounts set up to intentionally receive these.

Variety grab will probably be back for the Halloween event.

10 energy per spin? That's a possibility for something like the Halloween event.

Halloween event monsters will probably be using old Halloween monsters, and some others.

Masta Don does play with a team of barriers, sacrifice and a venom. He prefers playing PvP, but not the farming for raid events.

Next BC Live will be in 2 weeks.