Anime Adventures Has A MASSIVE Problem..

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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

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  • @rickycruz4311
    @rickycruz4311 19 часов назад +58

    the game was def rushed just to come out on Christmas week for income purposes, im sure we gonna get quality of life soon

    • @kijima12
      @kijima12 12 часов назад +1

      i think they dont have much time to work on upd bc of the copyright problem

    • @RhysMobile
      @RhysMobile 10 часов назад +1

      it's aa bro no we won't games always been crazy p2w

  • @Fibulator
    @Fibulator 19 часов назад +259

    The game has very little rewards, their big "welcome back" codes were so stingy, the game has always been incredibly stingy with trait rerolls, and it feels like nothing has changed since they shut down. I thought they would've worked on it in secret for a while and come back with a bang but this is just simply underwhelming in my opinion. Especially considering they didn't even update seemingly any meaningful QoL in all that time.

    • @ExitinctEnitity
      @ExitinctEnitity 19 часов назад

      New ass player bro...

    • @crazz545
      @crazz545 17 часов назад +28

      If they released big codes everyone finna start expecting constant big codes that’s why vanguards gets so much hate if every code don’t got 10+ rerolls linked to it, people begin to feel obligated to get it

    • @Fibulator
      @Fibulator 17 часов назад +29

      @crazz545 logical fallacy. That is not true. Although it would not hurt them to throw trait rerolls into their reward pool more often. After all the game would not exist without the IPs they are stealing from, so acting like this is some moral high ground where "they need to make as much money as possible" is absurd. Anime Reborn just gave out 85 rerolls today just for the hell of it. I promise it's not hurting anyone's pockets to be a little more generous to those who make you famous as a "developer" in a Roblox game lmao.

    • @XavierTorres-jx7hf
      @XavierTorres-jx7hf 16 часов назад +13

      @@Fibulator bro just wants free rr☠

    • @Fibulator
      @Fibulator 16 часов назад +20

      @XavierTorres-jx7hf I explained the whole thing and if that's what you take away from it, then I'm sorry for your incredible stupidity 🙏 praying for you 💟

  • @TobipYT
    @TobipYT 20 часов назад +458

    AA is still insane. most of the people hating are new players who don't even know how much content and things to do there are in aa

    • @cosmic_Meta
      @cosmic_Meta 20 часов назад +35

      Fr, gosh I hate Newgens so much

    • @Yuuuki171
      @Yuuuki171 20 часов назад +88

      I am not a newgen and I think the update just lacks, they only readded the same event from last year, and I dont see anything new, or anything changed besides some reworked units and new units, thats it

    • @kyro_jm
      @kyro_jm 20 часов назад +24

      @@Yuuuki171 no hate but it the same event we nvr got to play so how is that bad

    • @Immipat
      @Immipat 20 часов назад +6

      I’m new and I love it Alr level 10

    • @sk04z
      @sk04z 20 часов назад +14

      Its also not even a "update". Its a re release

  • @Boa_nd
    @Boa_nd 17 часов назад +68

    In my opinion, AA and AV can coexist VERY easily in the future. They can both be someone's personal cup of tea because of some of their differences. AA was never known for passives, and shouldn't be pressured to make any. AV is at least 50% known for its passives playing a huge roll in it's difficulty. Once AA adds more of the QOL of other games into their game (Quick summons, unit manager, and seamless retry being the main QOL I'd like), it will probably have no problem outdoing AV, but AV will never fall off as hard as Anime Reborn did (I hope that statement ages well) because some people like the strategy of using passives, and some people want to have a game without passives. The two games serve their own niche and playerbase; there will always be competition. What matters is that people have fun playing their own favorite lego TD game and aren't biased because of nostalgia. Remember, the original is NOT always the best.

    • @hunterstjean119
      @hunterstjean119 17 часов назад +1

      Perfectly said, some people don’t understand that two games of the same genre can exist and be popular. I personally will be playing both games in the future, and from what they have both done so far, can improve greatly going forward

    • @seanmcelwee-tv1yb
      @seanmcelwee-tv1yb 15 часов назад

      i would also like to point out aa has a very unique feature which is in a game before you start you can change your team which is very nice and useful

    • @obscuregamer642
      @obscuregamer642 15 часов назад +2

      They can be the league of legends and dota 2 of the anime td genre

    • @dogethedoge25
      @dogethedoge25 15 часов назад

      well spoken

    • @Boa_nd
      @Boa_nd 14 часов назад +2

      @@hunterstjean119 yeah, I personally just am not playing the current upd because I don’t like capsule updates. Good to have two games to play so when you get bored of one’s mechanics (such as passives) or want to skip an update of one (like a .25 or .5 update) then you can play the other one instead. GOOD variety is amazing, especially in a genre as saturated as TD games

  • @Unbuck-n2b
    @Unbuck-n2b 18 часов назад +28

    My complain is holy shit how long it takes to do stages i was legit falling asleep I thought they would at least pace up the game so it feels playable other than just macro

    • @nestorsalazar729
      @nestorsalazar729 6 часов назад +1

      Exactly I don’t feel like 2x or 3x is needed but I seriously hope they make it faster and add other QOL things

    • @dune9700
      @dune9700 Час назад

      u guys gotta understand its always been like this its only because these new cash and grab games make it so they give you the biggest dopamine rush like its normal for a match to take 10 minutes not 3

    • @a5wqz
      @a5wqz 32 минуты назад

      @@dune9700whats normal about a match taking 10 minute wtf??? thats way to damn long you could play a literal fortnite game before the stage ends thats not good??

  • @JakeMG
    @JakeMG 20 часов назад +112

    what else can you expect from the TD genre 'fanbase' AA being back is insane and man its so good

    • @mikicz1
      @mikicz1 20 часов назад +8

      nah uh

    • @Laminogg_original
      @Laminogg_original 20 часов назад +6

      it doesnt take much time to get used to the new models
      at the begining it felt like it wasnt even aa
      but now its like aa (bcs it is aa)

    • @JakeMG
      @JakeMG 20 часов назад +1

      @@Laminogg_original exactly bro, just re adjust and its all good

    • @flantflants4085
      @flantflants4085 19 часов назад +1

      AA is a good tower defense, It was just very underwhelming,
      Kind of like overwatch 2:
      the game got alot of time and did nothing with that time, which just makes it leave a sour taste,
      Personal take part which should vary since you aren't me,feel free to tell me how you personally feel:
      Of course it's still a good game, but that was from me of 2023 where I had way more time on my hands, and the only other competitor was astd, Anime Adventures just kinda feels mid now with all other games, You have the right to enjoy anime adventure, but I do not want to support devs who promised 3 months worth of content minimum and only changed models (models is a different job from scripting, the devs did litteraly nothing)
      I would only start the game again if they changed the grindiness and tbh, the main attractiveness of ANIME tower defense still is the anime part for me, I would just play bloons because I'm not gonna get hyped to get "Erik from Anime adventures special edition, the normal guy with fire abilities"

    • @someyeeterontheblock2421
      @someyeeterontheblock2421 18 часов назад +1

      I don’t even like td games idk why I watch bro

  • @moonflakes22
    @moonflakes22 16 часов назад +19

    I feel like most people find themselves in the cost sunk fallacy with this game, they have spent so much time/money that they feel like they NEED to keep playing, dont get me wrong, I am not saying that the game is bad, but it really needs to change some things to catch up to newest tower defense games so the player base is happy.

  • @RexonJumo
    @RexonJumo 20 часов назад +100

    who could've expected this video 🤔

  • @NazonoSenpai
    @NazonoSenpai 17 часов назад +17

    AA really hates giving out free rerolls, level milestones when you max it out is around 50 reroll tokens 💀, they gotta pivot out of their thirst for rich kids spending a bag on their game if they actually want to dominate their genre

    • @sillyfellow-rn8mr
      @sillyfellow-rn8mr 16 часов назад

      Aa gives no rewards for leveling up

    • @goldenspider-k5q
      @goldenspider-k5q 16 часов назад

      ​@@sillyfellow-rn8mr level milestones

    • @5gizenplayz128
      @5gizenplayz128 15 часов назад +1

      AA is not trait-based, unlike other atd games basing on great trait to dominate the game. To actually get better, you gotta max the units, and you can get good traits for tourneys and stuff

    • @Zephyr_Gaming34
      @Zephyr_Gaming34 15 часов назад +2

      There level milestone? Where?

    • @kmjet.
      @kmjet. 14 часов назад

      @@Zephyr_Gaming34 leaderboard area

  • @YungDark124
    @YungDark124 19 часов назад +51

    I’m just kind of disappointed that they said they spent 1 year and you can tell they didn’t this rerelease feels like they spent 1-2 months max on the game
    The lack of quality of life changes is also a very very bad thing for the game there’s not even skip summoning animation nor keybinds which sets them back from TD like av anime reborn etc

    • @MoonMelonz
      @MoonMelonz 18 часов назад +9

      To be fair, they said they had to deal with legal problems, so they might have just gotten the word or something from their lawyers a few months ago that their game wasn't going to get banned

    • @itz_bounty
      @itz_bounty 18 часов назад +3

      your acting like it dosent take months to deal with leagal lawsuits

    • @who41683
      @who41683 18 часов назад +9

      ​@@itz_bounty you're acting like getting a cease and desist letter immediately throws you into the court room in front of the judge like its an episode of Suits
      what happened is they got the letter, roblox took down the game, they removed the assets, took care of the takedown, privated the game and that was the end of the story until now when they set the game as public again shit didnt take more than a few days at most stop coping

    • @prebegin
      @prebegin 17 часов назад +1

      @MoonMelonz no they didn't keep glazing them kid. the so called legal issue was literally them getting a letter or email. they removed the units that got copyrighted and everything was resolved in less than 24 hours. they simply didn't care to put the game back up. they made their bag and were done.

    • @razor_xyz3765
      @razor_xyz3765 16 часов назад

      @@who41683 its not just about the legal things its also for the plot, because anime adventures got privated after the "huge" christmas update, so obv they wait a year to bring it back on christmas so they didn't waste their time on an update

  • @Robinrocky-dg4yw
    @Robinrocky-dg4yw 20 часов назад +17

    I still fw the game there still changing up models and taking suggestions

  • @FatPibble
    @FatPibble 20 часов назад +98

    List of things I have come to want as i play
    1. Unit manager with auto upgrade for inf (self explanatory)
    2. 1.5x and or 2x (3x is a stretch but i wouldn't complain)
    3. Faster match balancing (faster matches, even with a match speed)
    4. more ways to get trait rerolls (even if the game doesn't scale for unique)
    5. Maybe passives (this would just be a nice QOL but eh)
    6. give fair treatment to all models, for example cids reskin looks awesome, while jiraya... yuck...
    and thats about it sorry for the mild yap
    Love you Pery stay awesome

    • @alazykabigon9928
      @alazykabigon9928 20 часов назад +14

      I agree with all of these except 1.5x or 2x speed, maybe if it was only exclusive for inf

    • @ProHaterzLLC
      @ProHaterzLLC 20 часов назад +3

      agree with everything but traits thing. They've always added so many more ways to get rerolls.

    • @kellytv5732
      @kellytv5732 20 часов назад +3

      take this as a grain of salt. imo the 1.5x and 2x is will ruin the strategy part of the game, if the 1.5x/2x is in effects it will make the gameplay based on who has the strongest unit and not who has the best strategy, and also it'll make the infinite orwin/wenda buff much difficult to do. the 2x/1.5x is great but that's for other td game with different gameplay and scaling.

    • @issakeny2772
      @issakeny2772 20 часов назад

      We need world-wide matchmaking

    • @humanbait
      @humanbait 20 часов назад +1

      Soooo you want a als copy? Yeah no

  • @maxkoster5349
    @maxkoster5349 8 часов назад +3

    as a new player to AA i love it, i have a blast with the game atm ... for a reality check i kinda wish all other ip/asset rip td games get taken down to suffer the same as AA, also just to see how the community acts then

  • @angelodidomenico5532
    @angelodidomenico5532 19 часов назад +15

    The real problems of the game aint the models, its the fact that NONE of the game issues were ressolved. The new update is just a reskin of the halloween update, theres no new QOL stuff, theres no mythic pity in the banner, theres no easier way to get trait rerolls. If they dont resolve any of these issues, the community will realize that the game is just a boring grind over and over and over and over.

    • @GraspTheLight
      @GraspTheLight 14 часов назад

      there is a pity, its hidden

    • @meinardustares6565
      @meinardustares6565 13 часов назад +1

      the daily challenge is 30rolls bro or 6 mythics

    • @Onyaaan
      @Onyaaan 12 часов назад

      Theres is a mythic pity, and the game doesnt revolve around traits like als

    • @farlord_theking
      @farlord_theking 9 часов назад

      actually there a mythical and a secret pity, it just dosent show and reset every new banner, 100k(80k with vip) gems for a secret(excluding capsule sadly) and 20k gems(16k with vip) for a mythic

    • @Versicolurus
      @Versicolurus 5 часов назад

      I agree with the former part of your comment, the models don’t actually affect the game’s legacy at all. The update is just a reskinned Halloween event with a randomized map.
      What I don’t agree with are the claims of no new QoL features or there being no easier obtainment of trait rerolls.
      New QoL: Auto skin deletion, level rewards, prevention from rerolling mythical traits. Are these good changes? Yes. Is this enough changes despite it having been over a year? No, not in the slightest.
      Daily challenges have gotten a revamp, they’re now longer but give way more rerolls. Before, daily challenges used to give 3-10 rerolls; now the minimum you can get is 10, while the maximum you can get is 50.
      I feel as if the community already knows that the game is terribly designed. We’re heavily blinded by nostalgia, we’ve committed countless seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months into this game. We know the game is terrible, we know the developers don’t listen. Why play it? Cause it’s fun. (No it isn’t.)

  • @codeklng3855
    @codeklng3855 20 часов назад +42

    i quit aa after overlord update and after seeing vegito with 2 uniques, game is making things harder and harder for ppl that aint paying up, i for example never got a single unique in the 2 years i played aa (i also used 4 alts) so for me i needed 4 alts to efficiently and more easily grind stuff that a person with unique units could do with a breeze, this event also giving 18 pulls after playing for 50 min + all debuffs (without skins and units) is crazy. i compared previous christmas event to this one, esdeath christmas event you could get a 10 pull from around 2 portals lasting 10 min each so 20 pull after 40 min and it wasnt even that hard with multiple alts. all in all, it lacks quality of life that other td have nowadays.

    • @uatom
      @uatom 19 часов назад +4

      I’m sorry, where did you see people with 2 unique? I’ve seen people with uniques occasionally but I haven’t even seen people with 2 mythic traits before.
      If they make it easier to get traits, they’ll scale the game up like ALS and tournament will force you to need Unique like AV

    • @GodHandleOVAHEAVEN
      @GodHandleOVAHEAVEN 19 часов назад

      you dont need unique to have a good time... vegito is better than most units in game you just suck completely i dont even play with alts

    • @somedumbassintheinternet
      @somedumbassintheinternet 19 часов назад

      @@GodHandleOVAHEAVEN ah so what you are doing is basing your personal gameplay.

    • @dohnutm8304
      @dohnutm8304 19 часов назад +1

      ​​@uatom vegito is the only one able to have double mythic traits

    • @yesmaybe5134
      @yesmaybe5134 18 часов назад

      I agree that the game is mostly luck but if you can’t keep up with 4 alts your honestly doing worse then more f2p players it is playable without paying I’m keeping up without any uniques and can do things easily it’s just a hard game that’s why people like and hate it

  • @alexandretatishvili4130
    @alexandretatishvili4130 16 часов назад +4

    I think the problem is that people get mad when the re release doesn’t immediately turn it into a revolutionary game even though the year they had before the rerelease was spent on legal issues

    • @Versicolurus
      @Versicolurus 5 часов назад

      I kind of agree with this but, really…? they had an entire year, man. You seriously can’t expect players to wait for an entire year and be content with a larger than usual update. They’re lacking on QoL, they still don’t interact with the community, they’re had months to study what the competition did right and went “We’ll do this, this, and that.” while neglecting the two years worth of suggestions that their community created for them.

    • @softypew1371
      @softypew1371 35 минут назад

      ​@@Versicolurus id much rather them not interacting with the community but delivering than av devs who instead of deving are talking in chat and being weirdos

  • @DanielToro78
    @DanielToro78 20 часов назад +45

    you wanna know what else is massive

  • @devilkingdom4708
    @devilkingdom4708 11 часов назад +3

    Its not friendly to new players atall. I cant clear tokyo ghoul stage with my character. Why? Cause my character dont do enough dmg . And we only get very little gems after first clear. And there is no 2x so it takes stupdly long. I hope they do some adjustments on upcoming updates.

  • @Kozmiicc
    @Kozmiicc 18 часов назад +1

    The only thing I hate about this is the fact I lost some units. Units that I had worked for to evo them. The models aren’t that bad but they do look like they were just very rushed,

  • @aayushroy7011
    @aayushroy7011 20 часов назад +6

    idk man i was excited to play AA but then I remembered I gotta do this goofy winter event that gives like 2 ten spins every 40 minutes this sucks bro 😭

    • @klipzplays602
      @klipzplays602 20 часов назад +3

      Anime vanguards 1.5 ahh update

    • @RemDmingo
      @RemDmingo 20 часов назад +2

      the winter event is fire, as it isnt marcorable, but they gotta buff the amount of currency you get from it

    • @mikicz1
      @mikicz1 20 часов назад +8

      @@RemDmingo nah its trash

    • @aayushroy7011
      @aayushroy7011 19 часов назад

      Yeah I got a ton of progress in aa but tbh I just can't spend like an hour every game for just 30 spins man these rates suck

    • @somedumbassintheinternet
      @somedumbassintheinternet 19 часов назад

      @@RemDmingo no one is spending 30 minutes to get 2 ten spins. Besides that it doesnt feel like they were developing for a year. The winter event was practically made last year. And dont get me started on the aizen chances. 1 in 80000 is crazy.

  • @ItsVegaSama
    @ItsVegaSama 14 часов назад +1

    SOME of the new re-models actually do look good like Ains but yes there are a couple outliers that look a little goofy

  • @r.a.y.28
    @r.a.y.28 Час назад

    Hey Pery, very information video here with loads of points. I’ll try to address some of your points and some of the other comments here. (I'm not a dev, but I work with the staff team and there's a lot of misinformation generally being spread and a lot of issues unaddressed).
    The thing with newer games is that they’ve made it very easy to progress. AA requires you to play a lot to make any decent progress, which is how most games SHOULD be (imo). You aren’t meant to be progressing really quickly, it’s supposed to take time. A lot of people are hating because they’ve played the newer games and seen how easy it is to progress, and now that AA is back they hate how long progression takes. When you spend more time achieving something, that achievement means more to you.
    A lot of the issues the players (haters or not) have brought up are being looked into by the staff and devs. The game has just rereleased and the devs had to spend ages making sure the game can’t be struck down with any of the units. Any suggestions for remodels or new units are sincerely being taken into consideration. We’re looking into all sorts of other QOL improvements and how to make the playerbase happy.
    The devs have prepared a ton of updates for AA and they will be released gradually, soon. The progression remains hard for the time being (afaik) so that players can enjoy the grind, rather than have everything given to them within a week. Codes give out "little" rewards because giving out too many rewards means that players will always expect a lot of rewards and they can expect to progress easily with these codes. Codes are designed to give you a slight advantage over someone else, even if that advantage means only receiving 10 rrs.
    Improvements will be made as time goes on. That's all I'll say.
    Some may like the game, and some may not, but that's life. The hate is unnecessary.

  • @Zhongli-r8f
    @Zhongli-r8f 12 часов назад +1

    I feel like AA has fumbled their update due to players that are quitting and most of the units are obtain from banner which people don’t have much gems now or they just grinded the Halloween event or new event plus the new event is literally same as Halloween event but has more paths and bit of content instead.

  • @norolakmad3235
    @norolakmad3235 10 часов назад

    I gotta agree with you on this, sure the unit's may not look identical to the actual character's and the devs have no other choice but to change it for the sakes of the game to be release. But Idk why, I just don't feel the vibe of the new model designs and honestly atleast they tried to make it almost similar to their original counter parts unlike a certain anime tower defense game which I may not mention.

  • @zinxaly
    @zinxaly 18 часов назад +15

    To be honest the game looks like a complete cash grab like did they even put any effort into this?

    • @slimeditto8522
      @slimeditto8522 18 часов назад

      🤡

    • @razor_xyz3765
      @razor_xyz3765 16 часов назад +2

      well they spend a lot of time fighting for copyright claims so that already counts as insane effort and think about it, because they already got a huge bag from anime adventures, they didn't have to bring it back, yet they did, so I don't think we are in any situation to blame the games current state

    • @xOxMincrafterxOx
      @xOxMincrafterxOx 11 часов назад

      ​@@razor_xyz3765 They should've just removed MHA units. Most ATDs games doesn't even have MHA based units to prevent copyright.

    • @farlord_theking
      @farlord_theking 9 часов назад

      @xOxMincrafterxOx no they did remove them but they also wanted to prevent any legal issue, thats why every units got reskinned

    • @marriljhanofonkel
      @marriljhanofonkel 8 часов назад +1

      @xOxMincrafterxOxit’s still illegal bro to use other ips

  • @cr0cx309
    @cr0cx309 25 минут назад

    Can agree for everything but the bundles. You see, bundle prices aren't inflated, they're what you call youtuber bundles. It's for people who already spend a lot on the game to get a deal worth their while. A huge price tag, even with a discount, throws people off, and realistically no one is going to buy the bundles but the youtubers or people who take this game very seriously

  • @pyro4467
    @pyro4467 7 часов назад

    I think people’s expectations were fine, the devs told us that they see that the bar for tower defense games has been raised but then they drop the same stingy game with barely ANY changes. People expected AA to evolve but instead it stayed the exact same.

  • @harryallerton8488
    @harryallerton8488 14 часов назад

    I feel like the reason some new models in aa are trash is because they kinda rushed some, but they are looking for recomendations in the discord server. They realize this and are trying to make it better hopefully.

  • @The_Waltz.
    @The_Waltz. 20 часов назад +17

    Man, I never backslash AV. Always thinked it was the better tower defense game and was already expecting AA re-release to disappoint me and yes, I am disappointed, I lost some units and etc, kinda crazy.
    Still a AV glazer and even tho I have some sick units on AA, I keep liking AV gameplay more so yeah

    • @juicecub
      @juicecub 18 часов назад +2

      Getting gems in av is so much easier then aa, it runs better imo and the stuff like the passive tab is helpful because I have no idea what my abilities do in aa, don’t have to resort to the wiki as much

    • @slimeditto8522
      @slimeditto8522 18 часов назад

      ​@@juicecub grinding gems in aa is harder? Nah bro

    • @juicecub
      @juicecub 18 часов назад +1

      @ wdym

    • @romajiin8161
      @romajiin8161 17 часов назад

      @@slimeditto8522It’s much harder in AA and it isn’t even worth it half the time

    • @slimeditto8522
      @slimeditto8522 16 часов назад

      @@romajiin8161 u can grind infinity castle 🤑

  • @50MBIE
    @50MBIE 12 часов назад

    At first I felt disappointed in the lack of advancement, but I find myself enjoying the grind which is a fair contrast to the boring and dull grinds of any other tds

  • @braedyn2989
    @braedyn2989 15 часов назад

    I would like the mention the bundles aren’t for a discount it’s showing how much it would normally cost to buy all the items separately from the bundles

  • @WhySync
    @WhySync 20 часов назад +4

    First time no sypherpk in thumbnail 💔

  • @CagedUp
    @CagedUp Час назад

    I defnitily didnt miss their banners. IT has been happening too many times that i get like 1 mythic unit on the 2x chances banner with 20+k gems, and that unit then not even being a featured one

  • @itzavigaming8994
    @itzavigaming8994 14 часов назад +2

    Models arnt even that big of a issue for anyone i think (including me) i am a lvl 150 player and i was so excited for aa but i got off in around 10-20 mins why u ask? There is absoulutely no qol in the game and thats what everyone is complaining they did nothing in year to meet the current standards hell even the ui is the same ugly shit from 2022, devs dont care about u they just wanted to make a bag again so they rereleased with like 6 bundles.

  • @just_dont_do_it2883
    @just_dont_do_it2883 16 часов назад +11

    i quit playing AV after update 2 and playing AA made me want to go back to av

    • @-idk-9698
      @-idk-9698 15 часов назад +2

      If you wanna play av, better play now, since most limited units are still available.

    • @lolisnthere
      @lolisnthere 14 часов назад +1

      If you don’t like it might as well play AV to each their own yk

    • @kijima12
      @kijima12 11 часов назад

      av is just aa but got more QoL

    • @BenyaminMeAA
      @BenyaminMeAA 9 часов назад

      ​@@kijima12this is why make it better

  • @Nieznaj0my
    @Nieznaj0my 20 часов назад +5

    aa would be perfect if they would fix those damn p2w traits impossible to get without your wallet or too grindy modes, not including those great features and quality av gave us

    • @Nuisances
      @Nuisances 20 часов назад +1

      Unique is not required to play the game?? you want everyone to have unqiue so whats speical about it? If you want unqiue u can trade, or grind for it. UNQIUE IS NOT REQUIRED IF YOU DONT WANT TO PLAY FOR LB, and if you want to get LB you gotta work for it, if everyone have unqiue whats the point? unique is ment for end game top 1% of playuers out of the 200k players lmfao

    • @Igenixy456
      @Igenixy456 19 часов назад

      @@Nuisancesand those top 1% players spent money to get there

    • @Nieznaj0my
      @Nieznaj0my 19 часов назад

      @@Nuisances Its not only about unique but any other trait, av made it so balanced u can play even with blitz without monarch and rerrols can be easly obtained with many ways without killing Monarch as the rarest trait bc u still need big luck to get it. In aa its just impossible without insane luck to get unique and I hate it, even any other mythic trait. I been playing since release and didnt get even 1 single unique while everyone else with big wallet spending 50k robux every update to get the best units in the game so they can easly grind and solo everything

    • @livemajimareaction9418
      @livemajimareaction9418 19 часов назад

      @@Nuisances godspeed is 1% what are we talking about its not just unique

    • @igniteddoesstuff5149
      @igniteddoesstuff5149 19 часов назад

      @@Nuisances you cant trade for traits, units reset traits when traded away and back

  • @gexhin5580
    @gexhin5580 18 часов назад

    I'm pretty sure AA was taken down because of cruchyroll collaborating with some devs for a mha game, which banned all unofficial mha content on roblox. I hope the models(name too) will go somewhat closer to the character so we know who it is.

  • @who41683
    @who41683 18 часов назад

    seeing how only some models are replaced, maybe they are legally obligated to not reuse characters from a certain studio now like maybe shonen jump?

  • @lennonkelloway1460
    @lennonkelloway1460 20 часов назад +5

    Well lets be real, this game is not going to die because some of the models look terrible now. (some reskins look good though imo)

    • @Alan-nu5le
      @Alan-nu5le 16 часов назад +1

      Well tbf thats the reason im not continuing playing it. the same reason i hate anime defenders

    • @Nsnsms1
      @Nsnsms1 13 часов назад

      @@Alan-nu5leif you hate it then go suggest unit skins…

    • @Onyaaan
      @Onyaaan 12 часов назад

      ​@@Alan-nu5lethats just how its gonna be. Soon av might get hit with copyrights, just not yet.

  • @teenymite8358
    @teenymite8358 18 часов назад

    man i regret buying bundles, i was so hype for aa to come back because i never really bought stuff in it but now i just realized how terrible the grind is, i completely forget how bad it gets.
    All we can hope for is that they update this game adding the qol other atds have and better content and ways for rrs. On top of that, i did not know about disenchant and sold like 10 disenchant units

  • @daariqabdi1074
    @daariqabdi1074 19 часов назад +3

    Bro at 9:22, those words have never sounded more right like, what is arguing about why your favorite anime td game gonna do for you. I guess its just human nature to feel like your right in any argument. The only way to really win an argument is to not get in one in the first place.

  • @Rin_3680
    @Rin_3680 11 часов назад

    My only main complaint on aa is zero keybinds for upgrading and selling. Plus no unit manager

  • @steelt0862
    @steelt0862 16 часов назад

    I’m pretty sure the bundles have the marked out price due to that being the accumulative amount of robux it would require to buy everything within them, for example the best bundle gives 500rrs for 20k robux which compared to the regular value of 1rr for 100 robux saves you 30k robux

  • @IsThatKris
    @IsThatKris 15 часов назад

    Dude I pulled Ghoul Centipede and Speedwagon and I’m doing pretty okay so far. Wish they did something for new players being able to catch up though

  • @ShadowFred386
    @ShadowFred386 18 часов назад

    From when I first logged on and noticed my Zid Shadow cosmetic looking different, I sighed, cause.. although yes, I get the legal reasons and I’ll still play the game, it’s still frustrating that a character meant to represent another, aka now Umbra (Nuclear), is there cause although they still play the same and all, the difference is massive from the voice line being gone, the cosmetic and model being different, ect. I’ll still play AA of course cause me and my friends love this game to no end.
    But at the same time, it’s no excuse for the fact that some of the models still look the same and were not changed at all, such as the rest of the Halloween units that I’ve seen, and the Christmas event units. And this is from someone who grinded 130 levels with no macro or anything of the sort, I’ve loved this game and I still have a blast playing it, but some of the units are so weird to look at now in the context of how they represent anime character’s.

  • @telamob
    @telamob 11 часов назад

    people should just learn to appreciate what is given to them

  • @ranner5000
    @ranner5000 15 часов назад

    I honestly thought that AA, will get hit around 500k-1mil active players due of how much peoples waited this game. But eventually it hit 200k max players...

  • @waurfy2267
    @waurfy2267 17 минут назад

    I was glazing and over hyping for so long and i can tell you whole heartedly that this game is unbelievably peak still and i am having so much fun

  • @Fake_Malik
    @Fake_Malik 9 часов назад

    I understand the point of view of all the new peoples logical hate on the game, especially when they dont rise to the expectations of many. But they cannot please all, so to begin with, with the new people complaining about how "hard" the game is have yet to even play the game for more than a week to actually test where the so called bad things are

  • @Ken558
    @Ken558 19 часов назад

    most of the anime adventure players (mainly OG ones) didn't want some fancy new modes or something like that, they just wanted to play their favorite game again which would look like it did before it was taken down by copyrights
    (New models are not that bad,ainz and cid looks better than before)

  • @MathewTNelson
    @MathewTNelson 3 часа назад

    tbh what kills the experience for me, a guy without a graphics card on his computer, AV just has a much better performance than AA. And we know that watching your units do cool shit and killing lots of enemies is the fun part of those games

  • @itsghostface3400
    @itsghostface3400 16 часов назад +4

    Really can't blame them, they had to spend lots of time battle the copyright claims and the problems they had with the officials. So it does take time for them to heal from now and they said more QOL will come.

    • @wang8773
      @wang8773 10 часов назад

      Its totally their fault by copy other anime asset/

    • @SanataBloxx
      @SanataBloxx 8 часов назад +1

      @@wang8773 right, like every. other. single. anime td game???????

  • @DarknessOnDis
    @DarknessOnDis 19 часов назад

    i really enjoy aa and i understand the struggle they went through to even reupload , yeah some models arent it but for the most part you can tell who the character is, they have catching up to do qol wise but thats about it , aa is the most fun ive had in a anime td game in awhile

  • @MythrilThegreat
    @MythrilThegreat 5 часов назад

    I’m glad the re release was and I quote “bad” cuz it really shows how fake some of the AA players are obviously they aren’t gonna come back looking better then Av when they had to rework about 100 characters fx/and models do to some of the data/files of said characters getting lost keep in mind the devs can’t spend EVERY SINGLE DAY working on the game since they have a life outside of development I guess most AA players wouldn’t understand that though because they don’t have one themselves and they also had to rework roughly 100 units with a smaller team since some of the devs left them and they ALSO had to solve legal issues

  • @mrpiggy3774
    @mrpiggy3774 10 часов назад

    Didnt have high expectations tbh, And man was I blown away. AA is significantly worse then I had thought it would be

  • @Mikash1-2
    @Mikash1-2 20 часов назад

    Honestly I think that the models arent theat bad. They just need some feedback so they can improve their game (like manage units from Av)

  • @CharlieParke
    @CharlieParke 18 часов назад

    The only bad part ab the game coming back is I lost half my units and idk where they went but the models are easily adjustable to. Also pery if you see this good shit

  • @aor9855
    @aor9855 15 часов назад

    Only thing that baffled me is the 1/80000 capsule drop. To even meet the odds its over 100 days straight of the winter event. I understand secrets arent as good in AA but 1 in 80000 is 3 times harder to get than alucard in av or even diavolo

    • @EyeZensolos
      @EyeZensolos 7 часов назад

      its always been this percentage since the game dropped on release?

    • @aor9855
      @aor9855 7 часов назад

      @ yes but is that chance not insane to you?

  • @NotAFlyingPotato
    @NotAFlyingPotato 17 часов назад

    My opinion is that I do still like AA but I feel that the only 2 things that it struggles with is the inconsistency between the models such as some bleach characters being the same and some unrecgnoizable. 2nd I feel as there are a few QOL that AA needs as a tower defense game now days.

  • @nguyengianguyen2587
    @nguyengianguyen2587 19 часов назад

    The thing I don’t really like is, why the f did they change naruto model, it not even the reason why they got took down and MHA model just got removed, wow

  • @justaaccount8083
    @justaaccount8083 14 часов назад

    I hateto be that person... BUT as someone who never played AA I could see this coming from a million miles away. People were bluned by nostalgia and unless they completely revamped the game and raised the quality there would be no way for devs to meet the hype

  • @Kedonn
    @Kedonn 18 часов назад

    If you saw the Dio OH and Cid remodel they looked very nice - (kinda wish they gave the same treatment to the other units aswell) but it is what it is

  • @damos2857
    @damos2857 18 часов назад

    the only thing actually missing in the game is new game stuff like unit manager, 2x etc. The game feels amazing tho

  • @LuaPuzzle
    @LuaPuzzle 19 часов назад +11

    1:15 Honestly personally have seen any actual AA fans hating. Those who hate, are the ones who never played the game, and are seeing their friends with secrets, and don't wanna grind for it, because it's actually hard and not something you just AFK overnight and get.

    • @somedumbassintheinternet
      @somedumbassintheinternet 19 часов назад

      no. I have played for a considerate amount of time. Actually I started around update 1. I have consistently played the game and the people who p2w can literally farm the halloween event with unique units? Ive seen a roblox youtuber just afk farm the whole halloween event before the shutdown. So yes you cand just AFK overnight and get.

    • @encmarko6061
      @encmarko6061 19 часов назад +1

      Its cuz the actual aa fans got every mythic and secret why tf wold they be saying anytiong bout the game 😂😂

    • @LuaPuzzle
      @LuaPuzzle 18 часов назад +1

      @@encmarko6061 Yeah so the people with no units are upset because they actually have to grind. Dang how sad that you have to grind in a game genre meant for strategy

    • @ZihaoXu777
      @ZihaoXu777 18 часов назад

      This is actually so true

    • @funnyman7023
      @funnyman7023 17 часов назад

      qol and vfx suck compared to new games and the grind feels about the same, they literally changed nothing except models

  • @Escaloupe
    @Escaloupe 19 часов назад

    the only thing I would really like to have is quality of life featured like units manager and upgrading with a input, and rrs being possible to farm

  • @l1ght3r91
    @l1ght3r91 19 часов назад

    I honestly dont know how AA havent added unit manager, not even talking about 10 minute story mode. that shi needs to change asap

  • @MFPendulum
    @MFPendulum 12 часов назад

    played the game for ~~2 hours give or take, it was fun for like an hour then realized i had to catch up with my units
    then i also realized that the event is impossible solo and that people are just going to make lobbies of 10 gazillion people and that if you don't have a full unique team, nobody's gonna take you in
    then i also also saw that the lack of trait rerolls problem still wasn't covered, and i know level milestones are a thing but damn bro.. i got like 20 rerolls for 80 levels 😭😭
    then i also also also saw some of the botched anime character models (go take a look at whitebeard or brook, those ones are HILARIOUS)
    yeahhhhhhhh, i'm gonna stay on vanguards

    • @kijima12
      @kijima12 11 часов назад

      that why aa have alot of player

  • @SadlyNotAnNPC
    @SadlyNotAnNPC 12 часов назад

    bro.. it’s actually insane how many people are getting mad cuz the re-release didnt had enough content because they had a whole year. it’s supposed to be a RE-RELEASE not a new game with 20 new units to farm in a single day, also the update was supposed to be ready a year ago they alr out the trailer it’s not like they going to change anything

  • @pandakiki22
    @pandakiki22 11 часов назад

    Don't worry next update they will add a built in macro because everyone in this community doesn't actually want to play the game, so why not just automate it for everyone. I think this will very innovative for the anime tower defense community because it will allow for the games to farm money off of premium and the players are happy since they don't actually want to play the game!

  • @Fraudbull98
    @Fraudbull98 2 часа назад

    Im not gonna play a simple story stage that takes 8-9min they need to add 1.5x or 2x speed back then they could get away with this type of bs but now that the competition takes 3-5min for story they need to change things also

  • @Wertar245
    @Wertar245 19 часов назад

    These were realistic expectations. How have they not added any significant qol or even new maps while working on it for a whole YEAR

    • @EyeZensolos
      @EyeZensolos 7 часов назад

      they just got the game back fym they worked on it for a year? they hadda deal with legal issues

  • @zackfn
    @zackfn 15 часов назад

    this game got he into td games on roblox i really love the game and i will always love the game and im still gonna love it just because its a little different doesn't mean it isn't the same game i fell in love with i played the game without macroing too and got 138 lvls that just shows how much i no life the game so with that being said welcome back AA

  • @rafaelgabriel1766
    @rafaelgabriel1766 19 часов назад

    AA only had the copyright issue bcs of GAMEFAM. Not only AA got taken down but also another roblox anime game simulator (idk the name).

  • @elpeter9182
    @elpeter9182 16 часов назад

    Few complains off the top of my head:
    -New event gamemode gives NOTHING, its capped at x7.3 currency and ur max getting 1 ten pull every 30 minutes, wild
    -Most reworks look really bad
    -Capsule pity should NOT be that high with that shitty drop
    -Mising a BUNCH of QoL
    -Armored is bugged, cid (true dmg) not doing the propper dmg

    • @kirknoahdegracia632
      @kirknoahdegracia632 15 часов назад

      Does cid goes through armored? I have him but didn't try once but since armored counter full aoe and cid is full aoe does the true dmg bypass armored or no I haven't tried it in the past

  • @Pwobio
    @Pwobio 11 часов назад

    i remember i didn’t know how to tiny task either i realized how to do it as the game got deleted i am now level 133 without macros

  • @yuzuMM
    @yuzuMM 13 часов назад

    aa players who hate on aa they never played it before or played it a little, i have about 3K hours in aa and is exactly as we left it and its still peak, don't get me wrong im first to say how many problems aa had in the past and still to this day rn but its almost non of the problems reta.. i mean those ppl say, and we hated so much even on aa discord srv cuz there was so much to hate for, i clearly remeber like it was yesterday when we all (basically whole srv) spammed in the suggestions "update the game" when aa went a week without an update, or how we complained about bullets, still not counting model wise aa is like 10 lightyears away from AV

  • @kijima12
    @kijima12 11 часов назад

    the true aa is the friend we made along the way

  • @Randomperson183
    @Randomperson183 12 часов назад

    bro the only ppl hating are the new gens who havent even gotten decent or played the game at all and the devs CLEARLY said that they are adding more QOL stuff

    • @Randomperson183
      @Randomperson183 12 часов назад

      also they said that they are gonna rework the models again

    • @Something-nh5ds
      @Something-nh5ds 10 часов назад

      Not true, I'm level ~220 over there and the game feels way worse to play then todays TD games, but they can fix that if they add QOL updates, the thing is, they had a whole year (lets say 6 months to be realistic) to catch up with the standard, yet they failed to do that. So I dont really have high hopes for it and wont be playing the game till those QOL updates roll out. I hate the models aswell but you said they'll rework them so maybe they'll look fire

  • @AcrilickYT
    @AcrilickYT 10 часов назад

    Honestly if a game got shut down for using certain models why tf would people expect them to come back with those same modes breh I personally wasn't a crazy td game addict when aa was here but come on cut the guys some slack except the bundles part their weird for that

  • @themostbschannelLOL69
    @themostbschannelLOL69 4 часа назад

    my problem with it are the model changes ik why they did it but ALS keeps the models and there fine it dosnt feel like a ANIME tower defence yknow im dont play for good gameplay (mostly) but its to get my fav anime characters and use them so thats why im not hatin just not playing

  • @SuperSnailTipsAndTricks
    @SuperSnailTipsAndTricks 10 часов назад

    I'm kind of glad that AA came back, but it's still worse than AWTD, in my opinion. AWTD has an easy way to get rerolls, unique units, and OG models; plus, the updates are really great. The only reason that it wasn't as popular back in the anime adventures day is because it's lesser known, and the game was much worse, but unlike AA, they changed a ton of things over these years to make an end product that is much better than anime adventures in many ways.

  • @RedKnightmare
    @RedKnightmare 12 часов назад

    in my opinion i dont care abt the gameplay i just cared about the game itself and its concept and i rlly cared abt the friends i made in that game

  • @dale1862
    @dale1862 15 часов назад

    AA remodels were not it for me even as a og player, we as a AA community didn’t wanted these kind of remodels but thanks for putting my comment into a video imao

  • @JayvonNoel
    @JayvonNoel 14 часов назад +1

    A MASSIVE problem? You know what else is massive LOW TAPER FADE

  • @late8gaming787
    @late8gaming787 18 часов назад

    very happy the game is back but I don't think I'll play it as much as I thought I would, compared to the new td games it's kinda outdated in some places along with it missing some qol fetuears some of the new unit models look better imo too so it's mostly good than bad. (haven't played a stage and this is before I watched the video)

  • @SchwarzieKun
    @SchwarzieKun 7 часов назад

    As someone who played AA before the shutdown, the game sucks. It doesnt feel better than it did a year ago, and the only QOL they added was a matxcmaking system and a "oops did you forget X unit" system. The devs are as stingy as always, with the 2 new codes giving you a total of 20 pulls on the new banner(yeah, good luck getting new secret unit, its 1 in 800k), and the gameplay quality feels just as tedious and slow as it did a year ago.

  • @ilikealmondmilkyeet1441
    @ilikealmondmilkyeet1441 12 часов назад

    I never glazed aa shit was never all that to begin with truly don't understand how it was so hyped

  • @YTFreezeMC
    @YTFreezeMC 10 часов назад

    i loaded up the game and im for some reason lvl 7 with 2 mythics and a single speedwagon hahaha!! when i was in a top 100 clan and over 200 lvls LOL!!!!! THIS IS SO FUNNY HAHHAA. i have a reason to be mad, and no i dont have proof of that cos im on a new pc and have no screenshots so cant get it back, love you AA!!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

  • @GamingYT-ql9ir
    @GamingYT-ql9ir 13 часов назад

    well most of remodel are old units, as you can see at new units are almost look like to the anime, they might be aware and carefully which anime they should add to avoid DMCA, AA still the same and Old units are remodel due to DMCA, sorry if my english is bad(not main language)

  • @JaeTheSigma
    @JaeTheSigma 19 часов назад

    The only part that I am disappointed with is how long the matches take. It takes so long to do anything in the game besides that I’m happy with the game

  • @SkyL1te_
    @SkyL1te_ 16 часов назад

    bro you gotta give it time theyre gonna probably bring qolf features in the next few updates they werent even planning to rerelease aa they only decided to do this a couple months ago they will change the models and ui give it time they didnt have time to do all that since they were facing legal issues

  • @CarlosWalcott
    @CarlosWalcott 20 часов назад +1

    I think of aa as the same game that it was last year, just another tower defense that was ahead of its time. But I hate the people that want the game to comeback, and when it finally does they turn into a smeagol like character and just complain about it being hard to get rerolls and good traits. LIKE BRO YOU ASKED FOR THE GAME TO RETURN AND BE NORMAL BUT THEN YOU THINK IT'S A HORRIBLE GAME BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET A TRAIT? Like bro unique is supposed to be a trait that you should earn with hard work and somethimes with robux. Like when you look at other tower defense games, they're just macro simulators, but aa is different.

    • @alekmanukyan7986
      @alekmanukyan7986 20 часов назад +1

      You literally can't get trait rerolls what grind??? Nobody cares about the traits the game is just garbage.

    • @somedumbassintheinternet
      @somedumbassintheinternet 19 часов назад

      99 percent of ppl that have unique I can confidently say have gotten it with robux what are you on about lol.

    • @crazz545
      @crazz545 17 часов назад

      @@alekmanukyan7986everyone cares about traits denying that just shows you are being ignorant 😂

    • @alekmanukyan7986
      @alekmanukyan7986 17 часов назад

      @@crazz545 Im saying traits are not important cuz the game sucks with or without them.

  • @Bl4cfruit
    @Bl4cfruit 16 часов назад

    Aa was a game that I found really fun. When it shut down I was really sad. I have invested a lot of time in the game. When I heard it come back I was ecstatic. When I hopped on today I was happy. Even with all the bad stuff I played the game cause I enjoy anime tower defences. I had alot of stuff like 2 uniques a shiny mythic and a couple of characters that took long to grind. Tho I found the rewards lack luster and bundles stingy I moved on past. Tbh the game is the way it was before and I like that. It went back to the anime adventures I was used to. The game is perfect the way it is and I will probably face backlash. I enjoyed how it didnt change. Anyways if you read this mess of a paragraph thank and have a good night/day!

  • @Opticaal
    @Opticaal 17 часов назад

    The biggest problems are the remodels and the lack of QOL changes. Yes, I didn't expect anything absurd, but the game is effectively EXACTLY where it was when it was deleted, except now half the models are fucked. The devs had months upon months to work on the game, but it feels like this update is effectively exactly what we would've gotten had it released in December of last year. Considering the current standards of TD games, the game is extremely lackluster for all the hype it generated.
    (To clarify, I did play back when it was still around, I'm not a new player.)

    • @PirateKingLuffy60
      @PirateKingLuffy60 15 часов назад

      It’s because they had to go to court to sort many legal actions and it probably took ages remodelling the characters including still doing the winter upd

    • @Nsnsms1
      @Nsnsms1 13 часов назад

      @PirateKingLuffy60the devs said they solved that immediately

    • @Opticaal
      @Opticaal 11 часов назад

      @PirateKingLuffy60 The winter update was set to release like the day the game was shutdown, it was already ready. There's absolutely no way the remodels took THIS LONG, so either they simply werent working on the game and only started recently, or theyre extremely slow modeling-wise

  • @who-ih3jp
    @who-ih3jp 16 часов назад

    the thing with the models i very much understand that they hade to change it but why make some units almost completely unrecognizable. Thats the only thing i think is bad abt aa other than the rates and stuff
    what i mean by "rates and stuff" is that for example, when getting the evo thingy items for berserk units you get almost nothing, was gonna evo guts since i forgot abt it before aa went down and i did 5 portals, first one i got 4 of the item, second one i got 2 then the last 3 i only got 1 which is crazy considering you need 50 and thats js one unit, unless your able to macro the portals and stuff or able to do it really really easily and fast then its gonna take a while to evo things, way more time then it should

  • @whatthekoko
    @whatthekoko 19 часов назад

    people are failing to realize that some models ARE the same and didnt change at all. some models were modified and still look like the source, and some were butchered. at least its not like defenders where you literally cannot tell who the characters are based on

  • @Anonymous-ri4mk
    @Anonymous-ri4mk 3 часа назад

    Honestly, the game like well that 20k robux pack and the stupid codes for a return of the game + removed some people's unit + removed supernatural books to evo units like i meant literally completely remove what was in your inventory evo item shouldnt be removed in the first place + the christmas event being 40mins per match is actually kinda insane i thought they would have at least introduce x2 speed + units changes nerfs to gilgamesh and some other units + the design i meant some of them are lit but tbh like i dont like some of that i also think that it is not really anime anymore but yeah overall if you want me to compare to other games it does feel better to grind this instead but they really need to introduce x2 gamepass like no one gonna spend 40mins for like what 20 summons and the secret is 1 in 80k??? like hello? i get that it is holiday but this is just too much i expect the qol to be better since they want us to grind like 1 in 80k at least introduce something that help makes our life easier like the unit auto upgrade thing

  • @RajahGoku
    @RajahGoku 16 часов назад +3

    Honestly i think AA players are all the players who grinded it heavy in the past. And most of the haters are the new players, at the end of the day its what you prefer. Most atd players got used to the better vfx and faster gameplay of the newgen. But i honestly think AA is straight ASS, and ts makes me appreciate the other atd games more.

    • @xOxMincrafterxOx
      @xOxMincrafterxOx 11 часов назад

      As a player who have unique escanor, something just doesn't feel the same something feels of.

  • @kevinplayz2013
    @kevinplayz2013 Час назад

    they removed half of my units without explanation including my shiny unique ussop i played for a long time and im jus so sad that they took it away with no compensation whatever

  • @math_jln
    @math_jln 17 часов назад

    I had more fun doing a 40 minutes run with 6 random people that i found in .4 second in the game itself on mobile than in hours and hours of any other td, aa is just like that, its slow, its p2w for leaderboard and 50% of tournaments, it is not kind with f2p and casual players but it feels so good to play and it was always like that