Tuesday, August 19, 2014

New Area and New Game Updates

The Ravine of Death has been released. As usual, many players can't get into the game while some can, and it's causing a lot of anxiety. Some people are Android, some people are iOS users. It just seems to be some server capacity issue right now.

The new stages are pretty fun. I'd say the difficulty level is not quite as crazy as Maze of Illusion, but it's still pretty tough. I don't think the enemies are nearly as cool looking, though.

The new 4 star ranger is... Bob. And the new 5 star ranger is Lia. I'm really not that jazzed about them. Bob especially. I have never liked using him because of his move speed and considerable melee range. I guess we haven't had a new free health ranger in a while so they had to give us someone. Lia is an upgrade over Alice in every way as a 5 star ranger, so I think she will be a useful addition to the free ranger roster. But I was really hoping for someone more desirable, like Thunder Brown! But oh well, I can dream.
Bob? Sigh.
The treasure for the area reduces ranger cooldown. Some people may be overjoyed by this, some people may not be!

Another change that was made was regarding friend invitation gifts. Good news for those who have ached for KSM this whole time. You can get 1 KSM for issuing 100 invitations. Your invitation count has been reset to 0. We are getting more rubies for the x10 and x30, too. And I really like General Brown as the 4 star gift ranger. He has really well... balanced... utility for a ranger of his cost and quality. All in all, I like the new friend invitation rewards. If someone just starting the game cashed in on this reward program, they'll have no trouble for a good, long time in the early stages. But that's the trend the game has been seeing: overpowering the early areas to give you meaningful rangers for the very difficult later areas.


Towers and Missiles got new cosmetic updates to indicate how well upgraded they are. This will help a lot in PVP when you're trying to determine how you want to go about your enemy's tower. If it's a weenie tower, maybe you can just rush at it and knock it down. The missiles supposedly got a damage buff, but I'm not getting the feeling just from playing that it is very powerful. The new graphic is kind of cool, though. Bundles of missiles!

The changes in Team Battle ranking rewards that LINE tried to implement previously did not make it into this update. Strange, I thought they would :(

The straight wins counter in Team Battle now displays up beyond 99 wins in a row. :)

Hope everyone is enjoying the new area! I know, they're doing so much updating throughout and now 10 hrs after release the whole game is down for stability maintenance again. Hope they sort out the problems so everyone can continuing battling for Sally.

208 comments:

  1. for anyone who cant login, i managed to find out how..
    try to unauthorized apps then go into the game, play without login line..
    finish the tutorial stage 1 and combining tutorial, then go into the "friends" page, and tap the middle screen.. it will ask u to login line, then authorized the apps.. there we go, u should be able to play ur account...

    btw, i guess they changed the percentage damage applies.. im not sure, but i feel like my dumpy is now weaker.. cmiiw

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    1. still having trouble logging in. intro animation loads but the update link appears and when you click on update it is redirected to the App Store page and freezes. will deletin the app and installing it again erase my progress? I am already at level 85 and stage 127. strangest thing is I can't even find the app anymore on the AppStore and not even when I click in naver japan that shows all games from them. help!

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  2. The speed ranger cooldown has increased. My level 60 hip hop takes a lot longer to cool down now, I guess that is why they buffed speed ranger attack. But now I am not sure if I can spam him fast enough for him to be useful without being mastered...

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    1. Yup, I can confirm that. I found that my Glenn is now quite useless because you cannot really spam him anymore.. Does this also invalidate the tactics used to pass stages 132, quite disappointed in what they have done..

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    2. They're probably adjusting to account for how fast speed spamming will be with full treasure. Same sort of nonsense they did with Ola Brown's attack speed in the previous treasure release. Some rangers will simply be too fast post treasure so they down ticked it pre-treasure. Which is a pretty crappy move for players who are, ya know, trying to make their way through the area. :P

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  3. my friend invitation rewards are still the same items even though they have been resetted

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  4. Weird, although the reward text has changed, the image for my invitation reward still used the old one (Ruby, elf cony, frog brown, honey) while yours are ruby, bag of rubies, brown, KSM.

    Shoul I start send invitation or just wait? I'm afraid I'll get another honey instead of KSM.

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    1. My images didn't change either, but after the 30th invite I got 40 rubies and not the elf cony that the image showed.

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    2. You can go reset the reward images by going to settings > game > delete resource files.

      it will not delete your rangers or stages data, just the game resource files

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    3. So we have to download it again? Is the rubies gone?

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  5. There is a type, you say "so you'll have to find new dummy accounts to spam invites out". But it should be "so you wont have to find new dummy accounts to spam invites out" because the part that is reset is who you already sent one to which means you can send them one again as long as they didn't already get the game.

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  6. Has anyone tried Premium Gacha Double Chance, today? How was the result? Good or Bad?

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    1. Pretty damn good:
      Edward, Lia, Legend Boss, Abdul, Dane
      The only ones I already have are Legend Boss (1/4 exceeded), Manager (mastered) and Dane (mastered)

      I only got one 5-star last double chance, and the rest I already had maxed out

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    2. Gah, left out Manager as the 5th ranger I got

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    3. I used my 100 rubies at once. I think you should wait until you have 100 too!
      4 five stars rangers, - hitman, sorcerer cony, cherina, edward,
      1 four star ranger - witch cony
      1 three star ranger

      lucky!

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    4. I got ksm, manager, Elle. Not very good except for ksm.

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  7. First 6 rolls : Prince James, Bernard, Hitman, Lia, Alex.
    2nd 6 rolls : Nothing special, Alex

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  8. It wasn't as good as before I might say, ranging only up to 2 5★ rangers per gacha (5+1), well but I got another Edward and Dwight with tons of 3 stars... But at least I've got two Elle... so although the gacha chances aren't as good as before (I've got 5 5★ ranger out of 6 two weeks ago. Can you imagine?) It's not disappointing. Good luck for everyone! And I wish I could pass maze of illusion with a level 70 dwight and a level 65 edward as my tank... I can't wait to get R.o.D's treasure... since I can no longer spam my Cherina and that's very frustrating -_- esp in pvp.

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  9. I find the tower to be quite cute... but that also makes me wonder whether Sally and Edward will be another Line Town couple just like Brown and Cony when the two cuties grow up, since they're so inseparable nowadays, even in the new tower they stood side by side lol. And in most of the Sally stand alone Line stickers too. Lol anyway sorry about my musings :))

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  10. What time the updates are done. I can't play

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    1. Should be done. I've been playing since morning..
      Once logged in, make sure you use the gatcha machine. I got 4 5 stars rangers this morning \(._.)/

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  11. well, i got luke (1st time), dwight (1st time), dumpy (2nd time), dkb (1st time), hitman (2nd time)

    i guess this is the best double chance event so far

    ah yeah, with luke & Lucifer Cony, i also got 35 rubies cashback :D

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  12. 100 rubies gave me a Dwight, a Mully, my second Hitman and wet noodle Summer Brown, while 20 gave me another Cherina! Great round

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  13. Still cant play, f

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  14. Help! I can't find line rangers in the app store!

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  15. I tried to log in many times, but i failed. Can anyone help me to solve my problem? Actually i have played it since this morning, but now when i wanna play, it can't log in. It said that i have to log in again. Please help me..
    Thanks

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  16. In my area line rangers are can't opened because line are still updating
    Please help me

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  17. Alice (already have mastered), Sol (already have mastered), Masked moon (already have mastered), Macho moon (already have mastered), Ryan and Dane in my gacha -_-"

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  18. Line rangers app disappeared from the Hong Kong iTunes App Store, and my wife's line rangers can not start because she can't update the app. I updated mine this morning

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  19. Same in Singapore I can't find line ranger in App Store

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  20. Ravine of Death treasure = Winged rollerblade
    decrease ranger's production time..

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    1. Panic, if u still have my ID in ur friend list, i can provide picture.. i dont know how to post pic here.. lol

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  21. Sure it's actually General Brown and KSM? The text says "5 star ranger". Can anyone confirm? Also... how powerful are the missiles now anyway? Although... even at 100k damage a shot, it still doesn't do much.

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  22. I can't update line rangers i can't find it on itunes (Hong Kong)!

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  23. did anyone else not get 5 rubies when they logged in?

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    1. I don't think anyone got any rubies from login today.

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  24. auto mode now gives 0 coin reward

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  25. How do you invite people? It says face book as an option so I click on it. It says click on a friend and paste something. So I did but it keep saying error Facebook is not letting me send it or something. Can anyone help me with this plz, I really want a KSM.
    Thx

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    1. You have to have friends who use line and don't play rangers to see them in your Friends>Invite panel.

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    2. I have an another question, is there a way to know if they play line rangers or not

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    3. If they don't then you'll see them as an option to invite in your invite panel. Sometimes it bugs out and allows you to send invites to your current ranger friends anyway, and it still counts!

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  26. Hey Panic, I can't do anything with the code on EP.3 Clark.. Because it's still appearing the last coupon event...

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    1. I don't think it's for our region :( I'm not sure but it's limited to some places only, even though everyone saw the code on the video.

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    2. I can claim the code... :D

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  27. Are people still having the "Connection to App Store is unstable". error when trying to purchase rubies?

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    1. Yea but I don't know of the other people is

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    2. I did not get this problem this time but last 2 releases, I did have this issue when trying to purchase rubies. Almost all night, couldn't do anything about it. Issue eventually went away on its own.

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  28. How cheap is double event! I never believe in suck double chance lies anymore.

    I thrown 100 rubies at the first double event, no 5* rangers but 3 4* and 3 3* rangers. Event Ranger given: Elle.

    Yesterday, 160 rubies again:
    + First 5+1 Gacha: Two 5* rangers (Bernard, Luis: seem good) and the others are stage clear 3* rangers.
    + Second 3 Premium Gachas: Getting more damn 3* rangers (stage clear rangers again).

    Conclusion:
    => Double Chance Event name isn't correct, that must be Double Gamers' Blood Drain Event. ^^

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    1. I had some pretty gosh darn awful gacha results this event too. But it never surprises me anymore. My track record is bad, so I don't let it bring me down anymore lol

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    2. Lol my luck is worse, in my 1st spin I got 5 3* and 1 4* a BCBrown and my 2nd spin is 3 5* and 3 4* all the 4* and 5* are the free rangers you get in different stages except for 1 of the 5*. This is one of the worst double chances rolls i have experienced. T.T

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    3. 2 out of 3 times were 3★ rangers for me :(

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  29. Still no Line rangers in HK iTunes App Store this morning, but I did fix the problem yesterday by switching to Japan App Store. Just log in, find Line rangers there and click update.

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  30. Still cannot get 1.15 update on iTunes apps .... Any one can help ?

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  31. (1) Try to manually get it from Internet
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/line-rangers/id767265270?mt=8

    (2) Use an iTunes App Store from another country (USA, Japan..).

    (3) Get rid of this crappy Apple phone/tablet, and get an Android.

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    1. #3 ~~ Yeah man!! Now we're talking!

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    2. I'm using an android and whenever I press invite, my phone hangs.

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  32. Hi all!

    I hope someone can help me out with my question here.

    I started playing Line Rangers using a guest login on my iPad. I did not create a Line account to login to play. If I create a Line account now and login to my Line account inside the game, will I lose all my data(rubies, coins, rangers, stages)? Or will the game remember the current data under my guest login and transfer it to my Line account?

    Thanks for viewing.

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    1. You should contact dev. via help request desk in game setting.

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    2. Ok thanks for your help.

      I was wondering if anyone here went through a similar experience and could shed some light on this matter.

      I have this feeling that I won't get a reply from the developers; I mean will they even bother to reply us?

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    3. They eventually reply, but sometimes they reply with a canned reply that isn't terribly helpful in my experience. I think if you started as a guest, your data will not be linked to your line account at all. It's probably tied to your device, which is overall not safe. That's my impression, anyway. The line help people should be able to tell you for sure.

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    4. I happened to go through the FAQ in the game today, looks like there are new questions and answers, copied below.

      Qn: After having played with a guest ID if I play this game with my LINE ID then data is saved?

      Ans: Yes, you can synch your data. However, if you cancelled app sync in the LINE Login mode and started to play in the Guest Login mode, your data will be reset.

      ***

      I guess you'll have to try, maybe when you first log in, you'll get an option to sync the data over to your new LINE account. Good luck!

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    5. Thanks so much! That was the answer I was looking for. You've been a great help :)

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  33. hey panic, i hope you review the new treasure calculation on your next post. thanks. :)

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    1. Oh, I'm not that mighty, dimdim. It's the people at the Taiwan group with Wei S that do the calculation. If they post that info, I will be sure to share it with everyone here.

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    2. I would say 1.454546 times faster lol. Just kidding with the previous lolnumbers LINE used.

      But more seriously, I feel a very very small difference, like x1.2 only.

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    3. Thank you for the information. Very informative blog. Did you read Chinese? or Google Translate the Taiwanese language? :D

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    4. yes. i feel the same way, stoop. but it's very huge difference when you face enemy with master thunder, master luis, and master dumpy in a team with this treasure in their hands.

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  34. I've also noticed after the update that the battle system has gone a lil bit wonky, I've battled with players that can deploy Edward and Susu at the beginning at the battle.. Correct me if I am wrong, Isn't the cost over 2000 Minerals? I doubt at level 99 Max Minerals you would have such an amount at the start. There are cases where a whole team is deployed at the beginning (Chi Chi, Dwight, Edward, Cherry, DKB) I found this "tweak" ludicrous..

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    1. Well maybe there are not Mastered right? Are you sure they don't summon a friend?
      One thing I noticed is the lack of challenge in most of PvP Battles as enemies will create a few rangers (1~6) and then nothing, I have a free highway to the tower.

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    2. I can corroborate Eco's experience. in Pvp I have encountered this more often than not. Oftentimes a whole team of 5 rangers get deployed. Not in quick succession, but together. This is the comp AI ..... is it not?
      My friend in Taiwan has similar experience as well. When you see this, put that finger down and freeze them at their tower (if the stage is short) & quickly bulldoze the tower. Otherwise you're looking at a long battle.

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    3. Once I battled Jessica and it deployed 3 Jessicas at the start. About 6 seconds later, the three Jessicas came out again and so on. What is happening?

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    4. Looks like I wasn't wrong, they released a notice about it in game

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  35. Anyone managed to go trough stage 136 with free rangers ???
    I've seen video on youtube but they all use Master Chichi :(

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  36. Is it just me, or the rangers cooldown has been increased to balance the treasure on the new map? Just sayin.

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  37. As we known Line Ranger game always changes game database, so I created this project for anyone who concern about Rangers' Stats.

    Let do it together with me.

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r8CLZQ_MSaLNJmCsPcONgpGN5RPtbubFHUDdc7W2NCY/edit?usp=sharing

    P/S: Ms. Panic If it is useful for you, you are free to use it at any post.

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    2. I have just only stage clear mastered rangers and I created it not only for me it's for everyone, so let do it together if you have time.

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    3. here's a site that panic gave out before, you can get more of the data you need here for your project:

      http://farch.hotcom-cafe.com/wordpress/line_renja_data06.html

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    4. Thanks, that's great!

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  38. Anyone know how to contact LINE rangers for support? Did 30 invites for the new reward being 60 rubies but never got it and you get it in mail right after invite mark is reached before they changed it. Did it on ipad

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    1. I encountered the same issue. I have reported the error to LR but I haven't received any proper response from them. They just replied they will look into it.

      You can send your complaint by go to game setting > help > Contact Us > Contact Us, then click on inquiries and fill up all the fields.

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  39. I've got chi chi,mully,hip hop brown and alice the rest is nothing for 220 rubies
    is it bad or good?

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  40. Anyone know how much rate of reductiom for cooldown id we get 100% treasure in ravine of death?

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    1. Hi Shuy1n,
      According to my personal observation, the cool down for Rider Edward went down from 38 to 31 sec. About 18 percent of cooldown time was reduced with 100% treasure in this area. Hope this help buddy!

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  41. i just want to confess that one day i got ksm on the gacha and i combined it with another ranger without even knowing how good it is

    smh

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  42. New area so hard !
    May be new rangers in next month
    will help me for pass this area.

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  43. Is the Bonus Roulette thing after you clear a stage rigged? I landed directly on Sol quite a few times at this point but it keeps redirecting my result to a random item (two-star or three-star or money).

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  44. I'm noticing a lot of lower-level players with low-level rangers at the last stage of the new area again--there is no way they could get past the Maze of Illusion with their current teams, and I'm finding it difficult to make it past the middle rounds of the new area even with mastered chichi and KSM. I'm thinking we'll be seeing some new rangers soon.

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    1. ikr its weird they could pass through the maze! I even need to maxed out some of my rangers to pass that stage. But they can pass with level 40-50 ish ranger

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    2. Well,those people they've been cheating. They switch off the WiFi while playing. If u check their enemy collection,some of them won't show even though they've passed that stage(by cheating). Really hate cheater.

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  45. Anyone have a solution to login problems? I've tried to unauthorized the app but still cant login

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  46. If you're using free rangers (SoCo M - Opera M - Xan M - Red Brown M), i find that CROW the jumper maniac is so annoying, those video tutorial outhere doesn't work..
    His spawn rate is so fast that he can cover DEATH easily.

    Is it just me? or... *sigh*

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  47. Guys, this is everything I have until now, take a look at it. I used "Simple Stop Watch & Timer" app to calculate the cooling time of each mastered ranger I have.

    Mirror, mirror on the wall: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r8CLZQ_MSaLNJmCsPcONgpGN5RPtbubFHUDdc7W2NCY/edit?usp=sharing

    The rests are up to you! If you see something wrong or the data not up to date, you are free to fix it, to use it, to download it, to bring it to anywhere you want.

    P/S: Before some new coming, I will make a backup then from it guys, you could know how far the dev. goes after updating the news.

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  48. Please Tell Me Is It Many People Having Reset Factory
    All My Aplication

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  49. OFFTOPIC: Can anyone tell me if stage 129 requires a certain level to bypass? According to panic the stage is supposedly the easiest but those mushrooms and birds quickly overwhelm my tankers even with max Xan and Masked moon. The map is just too small. I watched the videos and the players can spam the rangers really quickly at just level 1 resources to overwhelm them.

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    1. My team for fast win strategy: Rei, Cherina, Opera James, Songster Cony, Socerer Cony. During spamming Rei upgrade mineral production to level 8. Wait until the mineral gauge full, then use hurricane to blow back these mushroom also generate all your splash rangers, freeze enemies right at their tower, call your friend backup or sidekick. Keep generating Rei and Cherina continuously, also when having chance to deploy any available splash ranger. Dont forget to use once more invincibility item right after freezing the enemies.

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  50. Hi Panic, great content as always!

    I'm one of those who still can't get in to the games after last update. Loading of new data stucks at 11% and won't push through.

    Would you, or anyone here have solution to this?
    Tried uninstalling, restarting phone, made sure device is up to date. Contacted Line Support but still no luck.

    Thanks!

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    1. You are not alone.. I'm here with you *singing*
      Failed to connect to server. And loading of new data stucks at 11% too. 
      I got sick of it -_-

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    2. Hi Andi, thanks for your reply.
      Well good to know (I guess) that it isn't just my device.

      Just got a response email from support team..

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      Firstly, please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience that you are currently 
      experiencing with the game. 

      We would like to assure you that we are looking into the issue that you reported, and if we find that a problem exists then we will be sure to fix it promptly. 

      Please understand that our investigation may take a while. 

      However, we are doing our very best to identify the cause of this issue, and we would appreciate it if you would allow us just a little more time to resolve any problems which exist.   

      If we have anything to report we will contact you using this email address, or by posting a general announcement on the in-game 'Notice' page. 

      If you require any further information, please feel free to contact us again via the inquiry form. 
         
      Once again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, and appreciate your kind understanding and continued patience. 

      Kind regards,

      Aki Caggiano 
      LINE GAME Support

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      Looks like we're in for a long haul.

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    3. seems they use template to reply to all customer complaints. haha!!

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  51. How luck am I this event! Today 5+1 Gacha result: only one 4* Ellin and all 3* class: Pew (twice), Vlad, Lucas, Cook. Damn Luck! Totally 16 rolls not event an event rangers given.

    No Gift for Free Player! Lol.

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  52. same here... 5+1, abdula was best.. others are 3*.. :(

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  53. I wonder if the game can distinguish between rubies that are purchased, and those that are obtained for free. My Gatcha results have always been much better when I spend purchased rubies.

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    1. I'd bet my rubies on that, hahaha. That's my theory. If you spend just a little cash your gacha results will be slightly better to say the least.

      I've been playing since the very beginning, so I've rolled gacha like a bazillion times using free rubies only, almost always 5+1 and always during 2x chance events. And yet, my only premium unfarmable mastered ranger is... The awesome 4* Biker James! Others are not even close but Bernard, lv75 since quite a while ago. Also, I NEVER got ANY limited edition ranger (Olá Brown, Susu, Rider Edward).

      I think this is not a good policy, because if in doubt of paying, when one analyzes the results of what you can get with "plain rubies", will be discouraged into paying for the chances of receibing the same old crap in exchange.

      But what they really should do is... Come on everybody, one more time... Stop giving us whatever rangers we already have mastered!

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    2. IF they allow us to exchange non-farmable 5* to a 10 rubies, that would be great.. or mastered non-farmable 5* to 300/400/500 rubies.. lol

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    3. Yes, selling rangers for rubies would be an improvement, but it's even less likely to happen because it would report them less profit. My approach, on the other hand, would give them more, IMHO, because some people like me would start spending money into the game. And it's demonstrated to be the best practice for any long-term business to have many small spenders than just a few people spending like crazy.

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  54. Try this trick:

    Roll a 2 star ranger from friendship points.
    If you fail, dont hit once more, exit and roll again.
    Keep spending some friendship points till you roll out the first 2 star ranger.

    Then only spend your 100 rubbies.
    I get at least 1x5 star ranger by doing so, sometimes it goes up to 3.
    Spent 300 rubbies last week on even and got these 5 stars rangers.
    Thunder Brown, Lia, ChiChi, Mully, Edward, Xan, DancerKing Boss, Edward, Moon, Ksm, Cony, also four star abdula, ellin, and a few common ones, and of course a few crappy 3 stars.

    Its no guarantee. Can check out the dude who made the video on youtube. Well It seemed to increase the chances to score better for me.

    Btw, feel free to add me up!
    ID: jasonkbp
    Lvl 91 Stage 144

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    1. Yes, I knew the trick. I did try it three times during the latest 2x chances event and I got crap. Of course it's not guaranteed, it just makes no sense. Anyone with some minimum knowledge of coding should know that such a thing would only be possible if coded intentionally, and that would be too insane, even for him.

      Anyway, I just got my last Jill from fgacha and hence completed all my stock of mastered free rangers, hoo-ray, about time!

      BTW, I'm adding you, if you weren't added already, thanks.

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  55. Can anyone give me snapshots how to invite in ios version. PLZ!!!!!! Becuz I don't how to invite.
    Thx

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    1. main menu > friends > second panel > select people 2 invite

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  56. Out of topic. Once i fought 132 area and i found 2 kings. Shouldn't there be only 1 king?

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    1. If you freeze the tower at the beginning there'll be only one

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    2. Well more importantly, the numbers and types of monsters aren't alway constant - it's always in relation to what you have done. While I'm not saying there are endless possibilities, what you generally do will generally yield you the same response in terms of AI.

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    3. It depends on how you go about it. There are two King Kings that you might face, but you can avoid having to deal with the second one if you use your items well - as Dali mentioned.

      I have a strong enough line-up and economy to just take this stage straight up - no items used. The second King King appears when you have damaged the tower about 10% or so. There was one time when I just happened to be fighting the first wave of everything in such a position that my Edwards were already damaging his base, so the second King King came out well before the first one was gone. That fight got interesting quickly.

      With mastered Edward, Chichi, and 2-3 of the following: SonCo, Ola, Elle, or Shu, and an economy level of 86 (maybe?), you can auto-farm this stage, although you probably should pay attention at the beginning. Sometimes the AI likes to start things by throwing out five or six LRS'ers without any front-line support (Edward or Chichi). If you see this happening, you'll have to take control and force a Chichi or Edward, then you should be able to hit the auto button again.

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  57. The code for the Clark video doesn't work. What gives?

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    1. It gives you 50 rubies if you insert "Line Game EP03 Ruby" into coupon box.

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  58. Oh hell, they make all ranger cooldown slightly goes up...
    Lowbies cooldown increased...
    So the youtube videos doesn't work anymore
    now i don't know how to finish 132.
    I have all farmable 4 and 5 star ranger mastered.
    Really wth line...
    it's not fair for free player...

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    1. I recommend you to try this strategy: all mastered speed lowbies + Xan + 2 Splash Rangers + Full Items + Friend (or sidekick which have Susu or Chichi in his team). Also follow the game rhythm as youtube guide.

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    2. 2 low class speed rangers with melee attack in your team.

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    3. So is it only speed rangers cooldown's have been increased or it also affects all other type of rangers?

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  59. Has anybody seen the new rangers?
    Brown Muay Thai ~~~ I'm so proud.
    http://mobiledista.com/brown-muay-thai-and-cony-half-bird-appear-at-line-rangers/

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    1. only in thailand i guess

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    2. When will they be released ?

      I am not from Thailand and I had 33 new resources that had to be loaded earliee today. I assume this was for the new rangers.

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    3. It should be released on 1/9 because limited Edward is only available from 1/8-31/8

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    4. The line rangers Facebook page says 9.9.2014. So probably then.

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    5. Brown muai thai is so strong, he's still at 65 but he's already a beast

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    6. had 200 rubies so i played gacha 2 times, only got muay thai brown and summer. summer seems pretty useless as far as i can tell, muay thai brown.... well he costs a bit but its cooldown is pretty fast and he is a really fast and healthy ranger. a+

      i also got erica as sidekick help on a battle, and she's the slowest ranger i have ever seen, but her range - wow

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    7. Erica: Range like DKB, damage like KSM, very slow movement, slow attack, very expensive. i have her at lvl 37, and she already costs 1000.

      Muay Thai Brown: costs 640 out of the box, but he's a speed ranger, so that cost won't change. I currently have him at 44/80 level (got REALLY lucky with the gacha this time), and he does 146221 (listed) DPS, with 236031 (listed) HP. He attacks fast. I have a feeling that when he levels out, he's going to be more of a balance-type character, or even a decent health character with a serious punch (or knee, as the case may be for him).

      Kinmara Cony: 5-star Cobe on PEDs - which is to say, a melee splash ranger. A friend of mine has one of her at 32 lvl. Normal attack speed. Very fast foot speed. 760054 (listed) HP, and 99624 (listed) DPS.

      Summer: Attack-type, with range about 8 or 9. For example, is not safe from King King's attacks in stage 132. A different friend of mine has gotten all five Summers. At 37/70, he costs 530, does 101911 DPS, has 288262 HP, moves fast, and attacks normal. I don't particularly see what he brings to the game.

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    8. One thing I forgot to mention about KCony: She's expensive. At lvl 32, she already costs 760.

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  60. What should i use? KSM (60) or Abdula (55)

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  61. wow.. great.. !!!
    another "limited" ranger.. this game is like a leech.. if u feed them, they will try to suck even more.. now i feel like all my money that i use to load rubies are completely wasted..
    i thought when i mastered susu, i can do better than before in the team battle mode.. then edward coming and take down my entire army easily.. even having mastered susu couldnt help at all.. luckily i didnt load any to master edward.. i believe the new limited ranger can take down mastered edward like nothing.. i will never load rubies anymore, knowing that it will worth nothing in a month.. :)

    To all players here, plese reconsider if u want to load rubies with intention to master the limited ranger. it will only worth for a month, then we will see another limited ranger that turn our current limited ranger to ash..
    cheers..

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    1. +1
      I could not agree more.
      That's why I do not spend any money again to line ranger
      It has lost my passion

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    2. seriously if you're spending real money on a game like this you need to reconsider your priorities

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    3. anonymous, i have 3 reasons why im spending real money.
      First. im the type of person who willing to pay for extra enjoyment. nothing better comes for free. even u play playstation, u spend money to buy they disc.. dont mention that "u can download them", bcause to download that game u also spend money to pay for computer + internet connection to be able to download it
      Second. bcause i love this game, im also willing to donate to keep it running and develop so we all and including you can still play line ranger until now for free
      Third. i never know that it will disappoint me this much.

      cheers.. :)

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    4. Anonymous, if people are spending real money on a game like this then you need to reconsider your priorities and work harder/change career paths.

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    5. Speaking strictly from an economic point of view, the following reasons discourage spending money on LINE Rangers:

      1. LINE has the legal right to close the game at any time without any kind of compensation (in other words, despite spending real money, you have no ownership whatsoever of those rubies/rangers - moreover, you can't even play the game on demand because of the feather timer)
      2. Rubies and rangers are neither tradeable nor sellable (thus they aren't actual assets, even excluding that you don't own them)
      3. Each months, the rangers are obsoleted by new ones (what virtual value they have rapidly depreciates)
      4. You have no guarantee of actually securing desirable rangers for the money you spend (gacha is gambling, not purchasing)
      5. Rubies are extremely expensive compared to other common forms of entertainment media (I think $30 buys you 12 gacha spins. For the same sum or less, you could buy a AAA video game, many ebooks, three months of Netflix... all of which are guaranteed purchases and may not turn out to be a bunch of Pews and Duncans)

      Anyway, I won't stress the point, because we all know these points already. People who love this game and want to invest in it are totally entitled to do so. From a economic point of view, LINE Ranger rubies are a terrible way to invest your dollar, and this is so obviously true that there's not really even a debate to have. But at the same time, it's okay to use money in this way, if that's what you choose to do with it.

      So everyone's right, and everyone's wrong, and my free rubies got me all the new rangers bar Erica today, so I'm happy. :)

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    6. Hats off!

      Sophie you've just nailed it.

      I have very bad luck and the odds of getting the new rangers are ridiculous (even if they boost up the chances of paid rubies over free ones, which they do for sure). So, as I've said trillions of times now, I, for one, would spend some cash in this game ONLY if they wouldn't give me whatever rangers I already have mastered. But that won't happen because there are still too many players giving them their money despite the nonsense that the current system represents, so they won't have mine, ever.

      And all the other points you mentioned are irrefutable. So is the fact that people are free to do with their money whatever they want to do. And it's as respectable as my own choice of spending it in anything else than gacha because all the reasons you've explained so well.

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    7. I'm not sure at all about your hypothese about luck differences between Free and Paid rubies. Many Money Spenders got bad luck at Gacha as many non-Spenders got good luck at Gacha. It sucks, it's called randomness.
      All your points are totally normal points in FreeToPlay video games. It has always been like this, and investing in FTP video games will always be an odd choice of spending your money, even though it can bring happiness, and a completion feeling.
      Let's not judge Money Spender and non-Spender, everyone has their own reasons.

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    8. Sophie, I'm starting to wonder what a post by you would look like if you DID stress the point ;)

      Your listed points though are largely opinion. While you say you speak from an economic point of view, economics is bound by the benefit and value received from that product or service to that individual. Sounds like you are speaking on behalf of everyone's value system. I feel like your post, while trying to mediate the situation, is undermined by the fact you end it with your experience on free rubies. Strictly speaking from an economic point of view - everything except food, water and shelter discourages spending money.

      Debates on value are pointless in this thread - that's why it should just stop. Some people spend their money on nappa leather bags from Versace, others may prefer PVC from Guess or no bag whatsoever. I seem to continually read constant complaints from a certain few avid posters on this blog. Yes, we get it you don't want to pay for rubies. Yes, we get it you want these changes. Instead of continually whingeing on your comments, why don't you just show your dissatisafaction by not playing the game? And, if you don't end up playing the game - please don't come here and spread negativity to the rest of the blog community. Be satisfied with what you have or don't partake. It's pretty simple.

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    9. I understand what you're getting at, Michael, and I agree the debate is pointless (which I already said in my post), but recall my points were as follows:

      LINE can close the game whenever - see your terms and agreements
      Rubies and rangers aren't tradeable or sellable - this is a game mechanic
      Rangers are obsoleted each month - may change, but so far borne out
      No guarantee of gaining desirable rangers - this is a game mechanic
      Rubies are extremely expensive - yes, you could argue this is purely opinion-based, though I'd say the case is pretty compelling.

      Largely opinion? Your call. I won't quarrel. (My not-quarreling, as you can see, is similar to my not-stressing-the-point.)

      In essence I just want to say this: we don't need to go to extremes and start comparing LINE Rangers to the basic of food, water and shelter. We can, however, compare it to other FTP games and to micro-transaction entertainment media generally, in which case LINE Rangers gives a fairly poor showing in terms of value for money. (And yes, value is subjective, but I did clearly lay out my reasons for questioning the long-term value of rubies under the present system.) Whether you think this merits observation depends on whether, like me, you carry a perverse desire to butt your head against a wall to the glorification of nobody and nothing.

      And if I may be cheeky:

      "Sounds like you are speaking on behalf of everyone's value system."
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      "Be satisfied with what you have or don't partake."

      just saying'. In our haste to rhetoric, we all get a little absolutist sometimes. ;)

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    10. By the way: I don't gravitate to this discussion out of negativity or a desire to condemn the game. It's because I work in a different industry that depends heavily upon micro-transaction purchases through online outlets, so I have a natural (non-hostile, non-bitter) interest.

      I've even commented on gameplay before, believe it or not. :P

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    11. Perhaps I should have been a little more specific in my post. While you did note down some facts, I was referring to how you mentioned that "we all know these points already". Therefore I wasn't actually referring to:

      - LINE can close the game whenever - see your terms and agreements
      - Rubies and rangers aren't tradeable or sellable - this is a game mechanic
      - No guarantee of gaining desirable rangers - this is a game mechanic

      Because yes, of course this is all true. Where I reference your post being "largely" opinion is not based on the above, but more on the other two points listed (why bother focusing on the obvious?) You are just relisting those points which are, of course, fact.

      Your other two points though are completely opinion and based around your perception of value.

      I'm not entirely sure what you are pointing out in your reference to being absolutist, perhaps you can further explain?

      As for my comment on being satisfied with what you have, this is also something that gripes me in real life. I'm tired of people constantly complaining on whatever topic they're annoyed with. In this situation, if you want to enact change - the best thing to do would be to stop contributing money to LINE Rangers and stop playing in entirety. Vote with your feet (maybe this case your thumbs) and they soon get the point when no one is around. But in the meantime, when they are currently sitting in the top ten in revenue (I think I read that in Panic's other post), realise the fact that they know what they're doing and they're doing it well. Perhaps the company you work for is also a leader in their field and able to achieve similar success through the methods you discussed, and that's fantastic for them. But, it seems like what LINE Rangers is doing is working just fine for them.

      And I'm glad you are not coming to discuss on LINE Rangers out of negativity, but when people (perhaps not yourself) are constantly whineing on the game, its hard to interpret it as being positive.

      I sort of think it's like two friends going into a shop, and Friend A saying to the other "Oh, I won't buy that. It's too expensive and poor value. But if you want to buy it you can". How does that make Friend B feel? Maybe Friend B had a really bad day at work and their relationship with their spouse isn't as "exciting" as it used to be. All Friend B wanted was to go home, open LINE Rangers and buy a few rubies here and there instead of filling the dark emptiness in their heart with chocolate biscuits and a large double quarter pounder meal from McDonalds with a coke zero. Friend B is a good person, with a big heart. Literally and figuratively.

      This is, quite obvioulsy, all hypothetical....

      In the end, I'm not really sure what I'm saying here. But I do feel like having a double coated Tim Tam.

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    12. I don't work for any company (I'm self-employed), and LINE Rangers makes a gazillion times more than I do. :)

      I think your example shows the different angles we have here. Call me cold, but I don't see how Friend B could reasonably be upset by Friend A's remarks. In my experience, friends who go shopping together often discuss and debate the value of purchases. All Friend A is doing is expressing her opinion to a friend while respecting that they differ in what comforts them. If Friend B takes such offence at Friend A having a dissenting view, maybe they aren't really such great friends. :P

      It's all about tone.

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  62. seriously ridiculous imo, every time they release new set of rangers, the old ones are as good as useless/obsolete. Moreover, it's bloody expensive to keep up if you wanna be better. Who still need ksm, all the other old splash rangers when you have the new ones. I think they should also buff the existing rangers whenever new set of imbalanced rangers are released. No more charging $ in this $ sucking game, totally bullshyt.

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  63. It's a bloody ripping off this double event. I spent 200 ruby and got two different 4 star cony and rest all 3 star freebies. WTF

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    1. i spent 300 ruby and i got 2 edward, mully, 2 charismatic jesicca, prince james,lucifer cony and other 4 star ranger

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  64. Somehow I don't really get the vibe for the new set of rangers... the only... umm 'desirable' (even if it could be called as such since I don't really want it, or maybe I haven't see her stats) one is Erica... is she a splash ranger? Can someone describe her complete stats to me? Anyway this round of gacha is very good since it gave me lots of splash rangers :) that alone makes me happy since I don't really want a new ranger... well, I hope they're making a new edward ranger next month, it'll get me all crazy about getting one, since I'm a big fan of Edward (and Sally), lol :p

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    1. Thank you for the explanation! Well I've done some research on the pvp leader board and the mastered stats of these new rangers, and I'd say that you're right, MT Brown is a great murdering wall! Very desirable ranger indeed, and also... about Erica... I know right? Throwing babies from such distance should really be illegal! Lol :p anyway one of my friends got her and I'd say that she's just a tad too slow for my taste... despite her dps and hp. Seriously though, maybe she works in the child care to kidnap children and take those poor kids to the battle arena as her weapon?

      Anyway Kin-Co's a melee ranger? Then she can only splash down the front liners? :(

      Summer has an ugly shade of blue. Enough said.

      I'll check out the videos! I'll probably check the site too, I know a bit of japanese :D thanks again!

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    2. Erica - Currently the most powerful far range splash ranger in the game. Down side is that she has a long cooldown and cost. Extremely useful for end game (and probably future content).

      Muay Thai Brown - Most powerful speed ranger in the game. The DPS and HP of this cute but monstrously strong ranger is way off the board. You don't need any tanker/balance ranger have you once you get him.

      Kinnara Cony - High HP, monster DPS splash ranger, attacks fast but requires high cost, cooldown and is considered melee. Very useful if you pair her with Muay Thai.

      Summer - Insane DPS for a 4Star attack type ranger, far range (similar to Shu) makes this viable end game. Only issue is high cost but still very powerful.

      This is by far the best new rangers ever introduced, I would recommend to get Erica and Muay Thai as they are both monsters.

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    3. Actually I was thinking of getting Muay Thai and Kinnara, they're both the strongest Cony & Brown series to date. And I just love how fierce Cony look in that Kinnara outfit. And Brown! Cute, as always! ;)

      I kinda think that Erica and Edward are an exact opposite, Edward is a melee ranger with insanely long splash range, he's able to hit faaaaaarrrrrrrrr beyond the enemy first liners. While Erica is a long distance ranger, putting herself in the very back of the line, but, from what I've seen Edward can still trampled Erica with his insanely long ranged melee-splash and so does Erica, she can hit Edward really hard despite her placement. My explanation is kind of jumbled but... you get the point, yep? Having to face an Edward owner when you have Erica at your disposal and vice versa is a win-win (or lose-lose, whatever, lol) situation... but... yeah, Muay Thai and Kinnara ftw! ;)

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  65. people who get mad with the new rangers should:

    1) stop spending money on the app
    2) start playing with rangers they like, rather than the competitive ones
    3) chill

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    1. well... if u see my post up there, it will sound like mad.. to be honest im not mad at all bcause i had fun.. all the whining everyone did, could also possibly not an anger.. those are disappointment.. and ive stop spending since susu event.. :)
      some ppl like to be challenge, so being on high rank is also entertaining.. that is the fun part of this game imo..

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  66. Is erica the only limited ranger? or are they all limited rangers?

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  67. How greedy of the LINE staff, free rubies got me trash and 5 star Xan! Never got any limited time rangers before

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  68. Just dump 200 bucks and got everything max except for Muay Thai (sigh). This is my first time putting money to the game and I did it because:

    1) 3 powerful 5Star and 1 awesome 4Star (as compared to the previous events)

    2) Erica is a far range splash ranger with really beastly DPS. Compared to the previous who are all close range, she is definitely the most useful. And I love her look!

    3) I love the look/style of the new rangers (im not thai though) and the fact that both BROWN and CONY are finally featured as 5stars and not some lousy 3/4stars.

    For those who really like the game and have some excess cash to spare, I think these rangers are really worth it as compared to the previous events.

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    1. these are the reason why i throw my money 2 months ago.. next month u will realize that it was a bad decision.. especially reason number 2.. she will be very useful just until the end of the month.. best is end of next month..
      not that i want to turn u down, its just to give u some clue what can possibly happen, or i should say what will definitely happen..
      just a friendly advice, dont get too happy or satisfy, bcause it will disappoint u even further..

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    2. Although I am still paying for rubies during the current event, I must say that I totally agree with you. The game becomes unbalanced each month. The new rangers can easily beat the old one and being easily beaten by the newer next month. I tried not to purchase the rubies this time but the brown and cony are to lovely to let go ( especially the costume of the new rangers is Thai-based which is where I am from ). Above all, I agree with your logical on the new ranger released each month and hope that they will tweak the stats of old rangers to make them more competitive to the new one.

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    3. well, if u purchase bcause of the cuteness, then its totally undeniable.. lol
      what i tried to focus on was mastering new ranger seems pointless.. i am sure they will tweak old ranger, but i still think it will leave u nothing when facing new released rangers..

      let me share a bit of my experience.. i load rubies and managed to mastered susu the limited rangers approx 2 months ago.. with a little bit free rubies last month, i managed to master cherina and ksm so far.. i have several old premium rangers at lvl 65 - 75.. having all these, i thought i can do pretty good in the team battle.. but then edward came, and everytime i met edward, i barely win the battle.. And everytime i see edward together with mully and chichi, i dont even try to fight.. bcause i had 10 out of 10 battle lost facing 3 these together..
      thats how ridiculous the new rangers are.. lol

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    4. Lol, I have to second this statement, purchasing because of cuteness is undeniable! Lol :p

      I never purchased any of my rangers but last month when Edward came I just went crazy about it, and I'm lucky enough to be able to have a level 65 Edward for free :) well he's always been my favorite out of any other Line characters, so...........

      Anyway I like Muay Thai Brown and Kinnara Cony, those costumes are super cool! It doesn't make me go crazy the way Edward did to me last month but, they have their own appeal I suppose :D

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    5. I don't find edward cute at all (worm gross!) and susu looks ugly. Erica is definitely better looking haha! This round of new rangers is definitely more worth it than the previous because the 5 stars are all tankers and attackers! Also no useless 3/4 stars like the previous events.

      Muay Thai - tanker/speed/attack all in one
      Kinnara - tanker/splash/speed all in one
      Erica - KSM on steroids, the most powerful "artillery" in the game with the biggest range.

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    6. I got lucky and was able to master Muay Thai and Kinnara. Erica is hard to get as I was only able to get her up to level 65. These are by far the best rangers in the game so far...atleast for another month

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    7. Well of course I don't find a worm cute, a real worm is still gross but it wouldn't change the fact that Edward is kind of cute, and he's a unique melee ranger that has a reaaaaaaalllllllyyyyyyyyyyyy long range of attack. I can say that Erica is at least comparable to Edward, none come off as too strong/too weak. I've tested this fact with my crush's Erica. Kinnara and MT is a different story though, I agree with your point 100 percent, first anon.

      Buuuuuuuuuuuuuut Edward is cute. End of story.

      And no, I hate worms in real life, they're gross :S

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  69. this game needs a ranger trade function asap

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  70. they will never do it.. bcause players will exploit the rubies by creating new account ..

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    1. Absolutely right. Never gonna happen.

      Not giving us previously mastered rangers, though should be an actual possibility if we insist on it. Pets in cookie run work like that and that game is making even more money than LR.

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    2. Never mind. This comment is very likely to be deleted as soon as Panic is back from her holiday anyway ;)

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  72. Has anyone received the TVC event reward?

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  73. It's honestly frustrating to play this game :( I've never gotten any of the new rangers ever since Susu came out. I've always said that I could probably play some more, but never getting any of the new rangers with the in-game free rubies is just frustrating.

    Characters are delightful to look at, but it's not fun for me anymore.

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  74. Eh? The attendance gift set changes again, now it has this... strange looking things called "beans"... I wonder what it is...

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  75. i don't understand the beans event thing someone explain

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    1. Panic, its time to stop your vacay and start updating.

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  76. It says make a mastered ranger. I'm hoping you feed the beans to a ranger you already have and it becomes mastered. I managed to get one rider edward, I'm hoping this will let me upgrade him.

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    1. My theory on the beans is that each bean will increase a ranger's level cap by 5 (i.e a great success combo). They're giving out four beans at the end of the week, so you could potentially master one ranger with them, or master multiple rangers if you had them close. If my intuition is right, I think that's fantastic.

      It also poses the fun question of which ranger you'd master, given the chance. People with limited rangers will probably pick those, but in my case, I'd be torn between Muay Thai Brown and Kinmara Cony - probably Brown has more utility, but Kinmara would benefit more from the reduction in recharge...

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    2. Also, more patient people than me might hoard the beans to use on later, even more powerful rangers. ;)

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    3. I for one don't think it's going to be like that(?) This could be like some sort of requirement thingamahoo. We collect all the beans and we get a new, mastered ranger-- I think? Please don't shoot me and my dumb opinions.

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    4. Considering the video below, it does look like the bean is just a ranger in its own right, not a power-up. :/ Pity...

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    5. The video is a made up :/ just look at the site, the site explained that the video is a manipulation... made up. Anyway I go with sophie's opinion. That seems very likely. Let's just cross our fingers. Anyway, again I need to stress that the video is a manipulation, just for the sake of it.

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  77. My guess is that the beans will be available for purchase with cash or rubies after the event. It could be line's answer to the complaints that the cost to master new rangers increases each time more are released.

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  78. Check this link, beans, Yaris Cony and Yaris Brown. Check the video:

    http://mobiledista.com/new-line-rangers-look-for-beans-event/

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    1. The site explained that this video is a manipulation right? Made up?

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    2. This is the same site that showed muythai brown and kinmara Cony a few days in advance of when the rangers were available in Taiwan..could be some validity to it.

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