Game of War - Fire Age

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  1. GOW14
    Jul 6, 2015
    10
    All these people are hating way too hard on this game because they haven't realized how to play it and get sucked into the smart MZ ways.. I have been playing this game for about 3 months now, and only spent money at the beginning.. not HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.. like a single hundred dollars to get me started.. After that, most people get excited that they have a bunch of gold and speed ups,All these people are hating way too hard on this game because they haven't realized how to play it and get sucked into the smart MZ ways.. I have been playing this game for about 3 months now, and only spent money at the beginning.. not HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.. like a single hundred dollars to get me started.. After that, most people get excited that they have a bunch of gold and speed ups, and spend all their newly bought stuff right away.. What people don't realize though, is that MZ makes a way that people don't CHEAT, they just play the game strategically! I bought a 100 thousand gold pack at the beginning. I turned that 100 thousand into a million within 3 days.. and while doing that i leveled up immensely. All you do is wait for inferno solo events that pay out 100 thousand gold.I made the investment of spending about 60-80k gold on speedups and sped up researches and in the end won the 100k gold inferno prize. I just did this over and over again,gaining 100 thousand gold every time.… Expand
  2. Sorenzo9mm
    Sep 1, 2015
    10
    These reviews made me laugh like hell. Obviously you lot don't know how to stray this game without spending anything lol I'm 4bil power with only spending 20 quid lol you don't have to be rich haha. Someone else on here explained it very well about playing the inferno events. But there is also the kingdom event and solo event. An like he said you can build up your gold without buying a thing
  3. mcdeals
    Jun 13, 2017
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i really can't see anything wrong about the game. Everyone says: unless you have $10,000, this game is impossible to play.
    I see that you won't get far if you don't pay at least a little bit of cash, but if you have $20 you can get a decent way through the game. I've spent $200 in my month of playing the game and I am almost maxed out. You do NOT need $10,000.    … Expand
  4. UniversalXx
    Apr 12, 2015
    8
    The game is addicting. Please explain to me why Russia should be allowed to receive the same packages for only $50 while America and other economically advanced Nations are having to spend $99.99 on a package? There are Russian players using Paypal to receive the money of other countries to buy the accounts packages for half price...isn't this not only robbing other players of enjoying theThe game is addicting. Please explain to me why Russia should be allowed to receive the same packages for only $50 while America and other economically advanced Nations are having to spend $99.99 on a package? There are Russian players using Paypal to receive the money of other countries to buy the accounts packages for half price...isn't this not only robbing other players of enjoying the game, but isn't this scamming MZ of money? It's providing Russian with the upper hand in a game that MZ claims is trying to bring other countries together when in fact, they are creating a huge rift between nations. The only players who really enjoy the game, are those who can AFFORD $10,000.00 to blow on the game, while those who can't, are bullied and burned when they fall asleep. Fairness? There is none. But the game is addicting, and if you know how to CHEAT to get extra Gold and Speed-Ups, its fun. Cheers to the cheating blokes who hit that billion power in the game!… Expand
  5. herbertlives
    Mar 14, 2014
    7
    i love game of war fire age, but there have been some frustrations for me, as i bought the 5 dollar leprechaun chest which contained 30000 chips to use in the "casino". i played the casino a while and i scored about 2000 gold which is used to buy stuff in the in game store. after i ran out of chips i went to my items to redeem my gold, but did not appear. i dont know if this is a bug ori love game of war fire age, but there have been some frustrations for me, as i bought the 5 dollar leprechaun chest which contained 30000 chips to use in the "casino". i played the casino a while and i scored about 2000 gold which is used to buy stuff in the in game store. after i ran out of chips i went to my items to redeem my gold, but did not appear. i dont know if this is a bug or glitch but i am quite frustrated over this orrdeal. if you know if there is a way to fix the problem, plz tell me. thx!

    Herbertlives    … Expand
  6. bikash
    Mar 17, 2014
    6
    The game is good enough but what i don't like about these online games is that they ask for money to finish the tasks quickly which makes no sense.In a game the skills of the players should be tested not his bank balance,what's the point of becoming the strongest player by spending money to buy gold,time and other gems.I would have given the game 8 rating but deducted 2 from it solely dueThe game is good enough but what i don't like about these online games is that they ask for money to finish the tasks quickly which makes no sense.In a game the skills of the players should be tested not his bank balance,what's the point of becoming the strongest player by spending money to buy gold,time and other gems.I would have given the game 8 rating but deducted 2 from it solely due to the the above reason.… Expand
  7. TexasJoker
    Jun 12, 2015
    6
    The game is great when it's working properly. Problem is when the actions heats up the game glitches and freezes you out. You reload to find your city burning. MZ customer service is a joke. They give you automaton responses and will very rarely provide their customers with any real service. I have played in the kingdom of Clast for the last 2 years and after getting frozen out forThe game is great when it's working properly. Problem is when the actions heats up the game glitches and freezes you out. You reload to find your city burning. MZ customer service is a joke. They give you automaton responses and will very rarely provide their customers with any real service. I have played in the kingdom of Clast for the last 2 years and after getting frozen out for the 3rd time to come back and find my city burning I have given MZ and ultimatum to make this right or I am quiting. Texasjoker… Expand
  8. RobertLillard
    Jun 26, 2015
    6
    Gamers I have been playing MMO games for 15 years, jumped to GoW late 2014 and became addicted with the game as I played it more and more. As the game became more popular MZ drifted away from what had made them one of the most popular games declaring war on your fellow GoWers. The game states it is FreeToPlay which isn’t far from the truth but has drifted more to SpendToPlay. The game hasGamers I have been playing MMO games for 15 years, jumped to GoW late 2014 and became addicted with the game as I played it more and more. As the game became more popular MZ drifted away from what had made them one of the most popular games declaring war on your fellow GoWers. The game states it is FreeToPlay which isn’t far from the truth but has drifted more to SpendToPlay. The game has focused on the concept of constantly keeping up with changes never giving you an opportunity to enjoy the changes as they are presented to the game (a lot more can be said here), increased the power goals to gain prizes which can only be achieved by spending hundreds of dollars, their customer service has become nonexistent. According to fellow gamers when tickets have been submitted they tend to point the blame at the gamer, the phone and to for the majority of the time they tend to ignore them and when it pertains to money spent (purchasing a pack and not receiving it or being taken away) they say that you would have to contact itunes which then it becomes a never ending circle of communication with no solution. Careful what you get into when playing this game, STAY AWAY!!!!… Expand
  9. Bluecoat
    Apr 21, 2014
    5
    Nicely designed game and pretty fun to play. Unfortunately, you come under the thumb of a huge bully alliance that dictates their own rules as to what resources you can farm and when you can do it under the threat of attack which largely prevents other players from progressing in the game. The game makers need to address this issue.
  10. Andy1963
    Sep 2, 2014
    5
    Been playing this for 6 months now, level 21 SH, 60m power etc, timers are now ridiculously long and unless you're prepared to spend big the game has come to an absolute standstill! Had two weeks off whilst on holiday and to be perfectly honest i felt relief that I'd disowned it, I'm just about to log out for last time and let whoever pillage my account, I'm outa there!
  11. ericbell1950
    Sep 18, 2014
    5
    A good game up until level 7. After that you the building process can take days. This presumably is to get you to buy gold to progress.
    The crafting of weapons is free for a limited time, after that you must pay to progress.
    I'm not sure about the attack game play. If you have a silo and a hospital an attack can only weaken your defences and steal a little silver. After the attacker    A good game up until level 7. After that you the building process can take days. This presumably is to get you to buy gold to progress.
    The crafting of weapons is free for a limited time, after that you must pay to progress.
    I'm not sure about the attack game play. If you have a silo and a hospital an attack can only weaken your defences and steal a little silver.
    After the attacker has gone the troops in the hospital are revived and your resources are safe in the silo.
    TO PROGRESS FROM LEVEL 9 - 10 TAKES 3-4 DAYS.    … Expand
  12. Camer
    Apr 1, 2015
    5
    Overall, as my rating suggest, I was not impressed by this game. And no, I did not quit playing after two days. I had it for a couple of months and left the game at stronghold level 19 and 13 million power (well, you will know what those things mean if you try the game).
    First off, the visuals are terrible and the game runs very slowly. We are in 2015 already and the game visuals reminds    Overall, as my rating suggest, I was not impressed by this game. And no, I did not quit playing after two days. I had it for a couple of months and left the game at stronghold level 19 and 13 million power (well, you will know what those things mean if you try the game).
    First off, the visuals are terrible and the game runs very slowly. We are in 2015 already and the game visuals reminds me of snake games back in the 1990's.
    As for the gameplay, I would say the unique feature of this game is the existence of many alliances. The alliance structure is quite different from the notion of clan in clash of clans. Here you're city is usually location, physically, in the alliance hub (although not necessarily). On the world map, you can see many hives belonging to different alliances. I like this feature overall, esp. given the chat mechanism and the types of people who are on chat channels. They are usually really protective of the alliance members and consider each other "family". Lot's of love and hearts going on. Which is nice.
    However, the biggest problem with this game is that there is almost no way for a beginner to enjoy the game. The upgrade times get really long at higher levels, resource production is slow, and you are under constant siege from much much stronger cities. I had 100k troops and 100k traps and then a 325k army would attack and destroy everything and lose almost nothing (maybe 100 soldiers). It was ridiculous. Then there is the hero capturing and execution. Your alliance might kick you out if you get your hero executed several times. The only easy way to win is of course to spend money but you have to spend a lot of it.
    Finally, I hated the concept of gifts in the game. They sound ridiculous and are a waste of time.    … Expand
  13. IcallBS
    Nov 1, 2015
    5
    Fedupwife. Sorry but your husband might. sorry if this hurts or I am wrong. however I have seen many people on this game do exactly what you are stating. Spending more money than they have and also the "relationships" that go on. Private chats are common and even the alliance chats get racey. The other app is Line app which almost all GOW players use to communicate outside the game.Fedupwife. Sorry but your husband might. sorry if this hurts or I am wrong. however I have seen many people on this game do exactly what you are stating. Spending more money than they have and also the "relationships" that go on. Private chats are common and even the alliance chats get racey. The other app is Line app which almost all GOW players use to communicate outside the game. Pictures and other content can be sent via this app. If you are concerned you have aright to be. you need to see the private chats he has had. Better to deal with this head on rather than wondering. Once again I apologise but I got caught up in one of those relationships in GOW and it was horrible when I look back on it.… Expand
  14. Terrapin
    Jan 27, 2014
    3
    This would be a good game if there were not security issues and if there were any customer service.

    After I spent months and hundreds of dollars on this game, my accounts were stolen. After over 36 hrs, I lost everything and so did many of my friends. The reply 2 days later from MZ customer no service was 2 sentences saying they don't condone buying/selling accounts. They didn't care    This would be a good game if there were not security issues and if there were any customer service.

    After I spent months and hundreds of dollars on this game, my accounts were stolen. After over 36 hrs, I lost everything and so did many of my friends. The reply 2 days later from MZ customer no service was 2 sentences saying they don't condone buying/selling accounts. They didn't care about the circumstances and didn't even try to resolve the issue. After 6 months and several hundred dollars, I got a 2 sentence reply in the middle of the night. Nothing since.    … Expand
  15. XJT
    Oct 12, 2014
    3
    The game crashes 80% of the time when I go to the map screen. Some of the basics of getting around are made much more difficult than needed. When people have to ask in chat how to change their empire name, you know the game isn't user friendly. It is also to easy pray on noobs and pound them to death, which means they usually give up pretty fast
  16. Treads
    Feb 10, 2014
    2
    Game is ok for the first 2 days, then you have to pay to gain and win. The game is good for 13-17 year old virgins, and women with no life. Game is extremely slow and boring. The game is also good for people with lots of money to blow in life with no gaming skill.
  17. jUtah
    Apr 10, 2015
    2
    I played this game for months and I was one of the highest scoring (kills) players in my kingdom. That being said, I dislike this game and quit. It is oddly both addicting and boring. There is almost nothing in the way of strategy or actual competition. Rather, the game is about acquisition of power through menial tasks. Even if you spend a lot of money (I spent $600) it still takes a lotI played this game for months and I was one of the highest scoring (kills) players in my kingdom. That being said, I dislike this game and quit. It is oddly both addicting and boring. There is almost nothing in the way of strategy or actual competition. Rather, the game is about acquisition of power through menial tasks. Even if you spend a lot of money (I spent $600) it still takes a lot of time and boredom. The money I spent was nothing compared to some in my alliance who were spending $1000s. The game is addicting because it taps into some human element about power acquisition. eg., "I just need to complete a few more tasks to get these materials to get better weapons" or "I just need to upgrade this buildings so I can build more troops".

    The funniest thing about the game is there is very little actual fighting given how long it takes and how expensive it is to building your empire. If you start attacking people your inbox will fill with people complaining. I often joked that the game should be called, "complaining about war".

    I know a lot of guys who like the game but that is because they like the fun of hanging and chatting in a powerful alliance. They rarely fight. It is simply too expensive to do so. If you are not prepared to spend a lot of money then find a different game. The wait times for key items is in the 100s of days. So without buying speedups you will never get them. And the guys who do buy them will simply run over you. While there is no real fighting, the big players will simply run over the small players on a daily basis for fun.    … Expand
  18. wolfaardt
    Jun 15, 2015
    2
    They should make that you can teleport from one kingdom to another kingdom for everyone and not people under stronghold 5 the game would then be much funner and better then you can go to somewhere where all your friends are.
  19. billpennock
    Oct 10, 2015
    2
    Having played for almost a year I don't believe the two people here who claim they can have powerful accounts with nearly no money. The game is very addicting and was fun when I started playing. A million or two power was a big account. But as people became victims of Machine Zone's ability to pull you in many went crazy. I have heard of unbelievable spending, 10's of thousands ofHaving played for almost a year I don't believe the two people here who claim they can have powerful accounts with nearly no money. The game is very addicting and was fun when I started playing. A million or two power was a big account. But as people became victims of Machine Zone's ability to pull you in many went crazy. I have heard of unbelievable spending, 10's of thousands of dollars from credible sources on single accounts. The game is now suffering from huge lag and crashes. It's gotten very slow to play many times and speed is critical. What was fun is now just a chore I no longer care to do. As for MZ if something glitches and you don't get something you were supposed to, no mater how little value it would be for them to give it to you, they will run you around till you give up asking. They NEVER admit that the game might have glitched even though there is ample evidence every minute you play of messages to the server and back getting delayed and more. They just came out with new terms and conditions that are onerous and clearly slanted very much against the game player. While the game was fun once the makers greed has made it anything but fun.… Expand
  20. Tcefx
    Oct 16, 2015
    2
    Many underestimate the power of good customer service. However most when asked can recall experiences of very good or very poor customer service. Even some of the largest companies know the value of treating customers well. My rating of game of war is based on the way Machine Zone treats customers (poor response to questions and complaints is an example). While the game is a free download,Many underestimate the power of good customer service. However most when asked can recall experiences of very good or very poor customer service. Even some of the largest companies know the value of treating customers well. My rating of game of war is based on the way Machine Zone treats customers (poor response to questions and complaints is an example). While the game is a free download, the best customers here spend hundreds of dollars or more to advance. MZ loves your money but it's not going to buy their respect. While it is hard to believe they can survive long with this business model, MZ seems content to ride it out, siphoning dollars while they can.… Expand
  21. PapaGadusch
    Dec 4, 2015
    2
    This is a money-grab game from MZ full of glitches and lag and even poorer rewards. In my opinion, it is unethical of MZ to create a game that pins its success on exploiting the natural impulsiveness of people.

    GoW: Fireage is 'pay-to-win' at it's finest. Unless you plan to spend thousands (Literally) or plan to do NO attacking of other players and remain shielded, this "Free-To-Play"    This is a money-grab game from MZ full of glitches and lag and even poorer rewards. In my opinion, it is unethical of MZ to create a game that pins its success on exploiting the natural impulsiveness of people.

    GoW: Fireage is 'pay-to-win' at it's finest. Unless you plan to spend thousands (Literally) or plan to do NO attacking of other players and remain shielded, this "Free-To-Play" game is worthless. Unless you are a huge player (In the billions of power), you will be targeted as soon as you unshield your city. That's a lot of wasted time & effort and possibly real $ spent building yourself up. Resist, and even boycott MZ for their greed and disrespect of the players that have made them so wealthy...    … Expand
  22. Ghost67
    Jan 5, 2015
    1
    GOW IS NOT ABOUT STRATEGY!

    It is impossible to be competitive without serious dough. $$$ = Power, LITERALLY. And Machinezone has done a BRILLIANT job of squeezing every last dollar out of you. Unfortunately, this KILLS the strategy of the game. At the end of the day, GoW is about brute force. This is a P2W game to the max. As you know, in Empire building games you are given an    GOW IS NOT ABOUT STRATEGY!

    It is impossible to be competitive without serious dough. $$$ = Power, LITERALLY. And Machinezone has done a BRILLIANT job of squeezing every last dollar out of you. Unfortunately, this KILLS the strategy of the game. At the end of the day, GoW is about brute force.

    This is a P2W game to the max. As you know, in Empire building games you are given an "Empire" or really, a "city" to build in a territory with other players you compete against. You build stuff, train soldiers, and eventually go out to attack other players. You also have a technology tree to advance on, so you advance in technology as you play the game.

    Sounds good so far, right? Well - here is where it gets crazy.

    Everything takes time. Building takes time, researching takes time, building troops takes time. We all know this is a staple of these Empire building games. However, GoW takes this to the extreme with building times that can go on to absurd amounts of time. We're talking that some techs could take as long as a YEAR - 365 days to complete. That means that if you are a free player. it will take years to complete one portion of the tech tree, while someone who cashed would complete it INSTANTLY through purchased boosts. I dont know exactly how much time you would have to put in to complete the tech tree, but its got to be over 10 years of time for totals.

    And it gets worse.

    Everything that you build increases your power. Power is a measure of just that - how strong you are. So, Machinezone had the great idea of creating a literal "Power" score that every player has. That power score is displayed once you select that player. This takes out the guessing game of how strong a player is, and once again like I said previously - the game becomes more about who has the bigger guns. Plain and simple. And of course there are leaderboards for people who have the most power.

    So, want to be the best? You'll be competing with crazy nuts out there that are dropping thousands upon thousands of dollars to increase their power. You must constantly spend more money to stay competitive, as power continuously grows. This is the essence of the game - increasing your power.

    So, since its advertised freely, there is not a huge need to scout someone when you know that if they have double your power, you shouldnt even consider them. There is NO LIMIT to the amount of power a player can accumulate. No troop limit. That means that you will have players that have been playing for weeks or months with maybe 200,000 troops, and then serious cashers that have TENS OF MILLIONS of troops. These are HUGE power disparities. You have single players that are more powerful than entire alliances. And once you reach a certain level of power, the only thing that is going to stop a player that powerful would be a full march from an alliance which is difficult in itself to coordinate.

    But it gets even worse. Shields that protect you from being attacked are available and relatively cheap for someone who pays. That means that if you have the money, you can easily prevent yourself from being attacked. This completely RUINS the game and breaks it. Basically, you can pop this shield anytime you want for a small fee. You can then break it and initiate combat anytime you feel like it. This makes the game really stale and ultimately, really boring as half the players are shielded all the time. The other players are too small for you to care about. BORING.

    This basically leads players that have the money to stay shielded as long as they are AFK or not wanting to fight, and initiating fights on players whenever they feel like it. Teleports are also really cheap, so you have these mobile forces able to teleport anywhere they want on the empire map. Again, where is the strategy?

    That is the sad fact of this game. GoW does have cool features, like heroes, a large tech tree, but these are negated by the fact of the amount of money that you have to throw at the game in order to be competitive. This is all a power game. Literally. It's shameful. I totally can see players spending over $10,000 on this game. The stories of people spending $30k+ are entirely true.

    Stay away. GoW is very polished, but at the end of the day its one of the biggest money sinks you possibly find. Its just unbelievable. As an experiment I coughed up the cash but no more. it's ridiculous and not worth your money.    … Expand
  23. GriffLongFeathe
    Feb 18, 2014
    1
    Great game as long as you don't need support, customers services is non existent. Stay away until that gets better. Don't believe them when they cry about it being a free to play game, just watch the amount of money being spent in game, they could support the game if they chose to.
  24. FasterThanC
    May 21, 2014
    1
    Game is fun for city stronghold 1-10. After that the timers become ridiculously long the higher you go, so you either buy speedups, which I did, or wait, which a lot do. After stronghold 15, this game goes from tedious to painfully boring. There's little skill involved and no challenge. Buying power (some people drop 5-6 digit sums) lets you burn entire alliances, which gets old fast, forGame is fun for city stronghold 1-10. After that the timers become ridiculously long the higher you go, so you either buy speedups, which I did, or wait, which a lot do. After stronghold 15, this game goes from tedious to painfully boring. There's little skill involved and no challenge. Buying power (some people drop 5-6 digit sums) lets you burn entire alliances, which gets old fast, for both sides. Zero support. Accounts get stolen. Buggy. New troops/traps are a cheap money grab. The battles are cartoonish figures marching to a cartoon city. Attacks are same animations. Gets score of 1 because some people like spending thousands on bad pixels and tapping buttons. If you're looking for something fun and professionally made, GoW isn't for you.… Expand
  25. Symcy
    Sep 4, 2014
    1
    Game by itself is awsome, but if you're not going to spend money on this game, you better just stay away from it. For maximum level buildings you MUST spend plenty of money (I'm talking about few 100$), just to get item that allows you to upgrade buildings to level 21.
    Expect other players to spent tons of money just to max them out when new kindom comes. It normally take half of year    Game by itself is awsome, but if you're not going to spend money on this game, you better just stay away from it. For maximum level buildings you MUST spend plenty of money (I'm talking about few 100$), just to get item that allows you to upgrade buildings to level 21.
    Expect other players to spent tons of money just to max them out when new kindom comes. It normally take half of year playing without spending money to get SH on level 20. Meanwhile after new kindom comes in 1 week there are tons of players with SH21.
    I would call it "Game of money" not Game of War.    … Expand
  26. tmelendez
    Apr 9, 2015
    1
    Customer service are idiots. They don't read the emails and just blankly spit out generic emails that say the same thing over and over again. I had about 30k troops that just magically disappeared overnight. (All my troops were in my city overnight). Woke up that morning and 30k were gone. There were no reports provided... i was not in a battle, no one attacked me... i did not sleepwalkCustomer service are idiots. They don't read the emails and just blankly spit out generic emails that say the same thing over and over again. I had about 30k troops that just magically disappeared overnight. (All my troops were in my city overnight). Woke up that morning and 30k were gone. There were no reports provided... i was not in a battle, no one attacked me... i did not sleepwalk and put my troops on a resource tile that was hit or attack some player and loose my troops... NO REPORT... I emailed MZ and all they told me was the amount of troops i did have... Over and over again... Like are they stupid or something??? They told me (after my 5th email to them about the same thing... that it would be there last correspondence regarding the matter....) Is that there customer service??? Please read the correspondence for yourself bottom up.

    Subject: [Android-Client] my troops...
    APR 09, 2015 | 09:00PM PDT
    Gloria Young replied: I rechecked your game account and noticed that you only have following troops in the barracks. Also, if you were attacked in the resource tile no battle report will be received and all the troops will be killed. Also, this will be the last response for this particular issue.
    Companion Cavalry 8227, Guardians 8479, Armored Pikemen 8220, Ballista 2700, Scythed Chariots 1189

    APR 08, 2015 | 06:46AM PDT
    Gloria,
    PLEASE RE-READ THE PAST MESSAGES... AS I HAVE SAID there was no battle report for the 30k lost troops.... That is what i am saying... I understand the the 50k i sent to the resource tile was lost... I get that... I am not requesting anything for those. But i still had 50k remaining in my city after that (Friday night). When i logged on Saturday morning i only had 19k in troops and as I said in my original message on April 4th, I had no reports about what happened to the 30k in troops that had suddenly disappeared from my city. MZ doesn't "have any record of troops lost". So I ASK AGAIN... IF MY TROOPS WHERE NOT LOST IN BATTLE, WHERE DID MY TROOPS GO? WHAT ABOUT THE RESOURCES, SPEED UPS and TIME I have lost for something that there is no record of? No Trail? I am not asking you to reverse the results of the battle... I am asking for you to restore my troops that suddenly disappeared with no explanation of how!

    THIS IS ABSURD! IF THIS IS HOW YOU WILL LEAVE IT.... THEN I WILL WRITE A NEGATIVE REVIEW REGARDING THIS INCIDENT BECAUSE MZ DOES NOTHING! AND HAS NO RECORD OF ANYTHING! WHAT KIND OF COMPANY IS THIS??? Unbelievable...

    APR 08, 2015 | 09:03PM PDT
    Gloria Young replied: Hello, We’re very sorry that this happened. Unfortunately, we would not be able to reverse the results of the battle or return any troops lost during the course of the battle.
    Gloria

    APR 07, 2015 | 08:02AM PDT
    After the battle (and the tile being hit) i had 50k in troops... and then I only had 20k the following day. ???? My troops were in my city! So... HOW DID I LOOSE MY TROOPS! I spent money on this game... used my speedups and gold to build those troops... SO How is it that "[MZ] doesn't have any record of the troops lost". Also I didn't ask for a count of what i currently have. I can see that on my own... and the only reason it has increased slightly is because i have been slowly building them up? Isn't there something that can be done? replenish my troops, or provide a reimbursement of the cost it took to build the 30k in troops that i lost or mysteriously vanished!???

    APR 07, 2015 | 09:16PM PDT
    Gloria Young replied: I have rechecked your game account and noticed that you have following troops in the barracks. However, we don’t have any records of the troops lost. Also, you might have lost more troops in the resource tile than 50k troops. Hence, the total count of troops are reduced.
    Companion Cavalry 8227, Guardians 5779, Armored Pikemen 8220, Ballista 2700, Scythed Chariots 1189

    APR 06, 2015 | 10:46AM PDT
    Hello Gloria, What I sent to rally was the 20k in troops that i referred to in my email. I am still missing 30k in troops. As I said before I had about 100k in troops. I sent about 50k to a resource tile and was hit. I lost all those troops. I still had 50k in my city. However, when i logged on the other day it only showed my 20k (19,526) I sent them in to rally to protect them, but i am still missing about 30k in troops... that just Disappeared! There were no reports indicating how those 30k in troops were lost or whatever! Is there anyway to see the log of my troops history?

    APR 05, 2015 | 04:25AM PDT
    Gloria Young replied: Thank you for contacting Machine Zone Support.As per our records you have sent following troops to the rally. Hence, you’re unable to view under barracks.
    Companion Cavalry 5527, Guardians 5779, Armored Pikeman 8220

    APR 04, 2015 | 02:01PM
    Original message:
    hi. I had about 100k troops, then about 50k lost when hit at a resource tile. I had 50k remaining that I healed. when I logged on today I only had 20k and no reports about being hit. why did I loose troops?    … Expand
  27. Ram1500RT
    Aug 19, 2015
    1
    I'm not going to complain about how the game sucks money out of you to build your power, I just want to warn you about what happened to me. I spent over $700 in 40 days building my empire and all was good, I was second in my alliance and kicking butt! Until I logged off to build a farm account. When I tried to log back into my main account I got error messages that the account was notI'm not going to complain about how the game sucks money out of you to build your power, I just want to warn you about what happened to me. I spent over $700 in 40 days building my empire and all was good, I was second in my alliance and kicking butt! Until I logged off to build a farm account. When I tried to log back into my main account I got error messages that the account was not registered. Their technical support did nothing except tell me to click on the "forgot password" link. I repeatedly e-mailed them begging and even threatening but no help. So my big power account sits there being zeroed and I helplessly watch from my little farm account with tears in my eyes. I was OK putting my money at risk under true game play but being locked out after following their published instructions and receiving no assistance from their "tech support" is fraudulent in my mind. Please take note if you plan to spend any money, you can loose it all with one wrong click.… Expand
  28. Gamer009
    Oct 13, 2015
    1
    GOW is a decent game. You must spend a lot of money to be very competitive on a large scale...or .you can get by on a smaller scale as a trap if you are very conservative.

    Outside of the game, Machine Zone has the absolute worst customer service in the world. If I didn't already have thousands invested in this game I wouldn't continue and I would highly recommend others not to begin    GOW is a decent game. You must spend a lot of money to be very competitive on a large scale...or .you can get by on a smaller scale as a trap if you are very conservative.

    Outside of the game, Machine Zone has the absolute worst customer service in the world. If I didn't already have thousands invested in this game I wouldn't continue and I would highly recommend others not to begin playing. Wait for a better version from a company that won't completely ignore its customers.

    Fair warning!    … Expand
  29. xDiviness
    Nov 23, 2015
    1
    Reply to fedupwif:

    At one point game of war was double charging Iphone users for packs. I had to request many refunds from Itunes because I was getting double charge. I would buy 3 packs and they would charge me for 6. That's $600 dollars. After so many complaints Itunes has fixed that glitch. To your other concern about your husband cheating. I can honestly say many people have    Reply to fedupwif:

    At one point game of war was double charging Iphone users for packs. I had to request many refunds from Itunes because I was getting double charge. I would buy 3 packs and they would charge me for 6. That's $600 dollars. After so many complaints Itunes has fixed that glitch.

    To your other concern about your husband cheating. I can honestly say many people have love affairs in this game. Many men just play to flirt with women. Specially now with everyone on LINE app. Not all are in for the cheating the game can also get addicting, specially if you are an R4 and are required to be constantly on for your alliance.

    I would have him let you read his Private Messages. If he has nothing to hide then you have nothing to worry about. However, I would try to get him help to get out of the game if he is spending his 401K money. This game is not worth it because at the end of the day no one in the game cares about you or what you spent. I've been playing for 2 years, been there, done that. I'm just glad I'm back to the real world and not stuck on that fake world.    … Expand
  30. BBuehler
    Nov 24, 2015
    1
    This game has problems.

    The first problem is that it is wrongly named. What it should have been called is Credit Card Supremacy. The reason for my stating this will become more apparent as I continue down the line of problems. Game Play is simple enough and easy enough to get to level 15 with minimal use of purchased gold. This is where they hook you. You will feel as if they have    This game has problems.

    The first problem is that it is wrongly named. What it should have been called is Credit Card Supremacy. The reason for my stating this will become more apparent as I continue down the line of problems.

    Game Play is simple enough and easy enough to get to level 15 with minimal use of purchased gold. This is where they hook you. You will feel as if they have made a somewhat decent game and why not buy a pack to help the programmers make a living.

    Up until level 20 game play becomes something that is nearly impossible without added gold. You need to buy gold to buy things like shackles, war bonds, picks, etc.. special things needed to upgrade buildings. Additionally the time to build starts going through the roof after level 15. If one were to try to fully build out their city to level 20 buildings sans boosts, which cost gold or come in packs which cost $$$. Then one could easily spend a couple of years on waiting on the build times.

    At level 20 the build times really start to go through the roof. The time to build a lvl 20 vila to level 21 is on the order of 25 days!!!

    Additionally no great game doesn't have a research tree. So at level twenty one can also expect research times to be through the roof such as Trap Defense lvl 9 >40 days!!!

    While on the subject of research trees. Lets talk about the taking of tedium to the Nth power by having >10 separate research trees. But you can only research one of these separate trees at a time.

    Tedium has arisen in the form of art in the structure of this game in that you don't just have troops. You have strategic troops and regular troops and you only have one barracks from which both spring forth. They are on different tabs but you can only train one category at a time and the there is no training queue.

    Crafting is an essential part of a lot of games. The makers of this game have taken the art form of Tedium that was brutishly distilled in the troops and refined it to a chunk of the purest and most toxic of tedium. First lets start with the materials used to craft. You have Cores, Pieces, Gems, Special Gems and Materials. If you buy a pack and it contains any trunks with Cores and Pieces beware. When you open those trunks they will flood into the core and pieces inventories which are limited in size. They are limited in size. These inventories are limited in size so that you have you again use gold to swap cores and pieces in and out of accessible inventory in order to use them. But wait you tell me, didn't I just pay for those pieces and cores and then I have to pay again in order to use them? Yep that's right! Not only did they refine tedium but they have also added a pinch of fraud into the mix.

    A lot has been said about how some players, apparently way too many of them have spent thousands of dollars in the game. What they also do not tell you is that any level player can attack any level of player. So the guy with 5 billion of power can repeatedly swoop in and trash all of your troops, traps, kidnap and murder your hero and take all of your resources, even if you are only 5 million in power. The only fix for this is to stay protected (bubbled). This of course costs gold which costs $. The point of this is stay bubbled you will get rolled again and again. The game is an exercise in credit card fueled bullying and anarchy.

    Lag Lag Lag - Did I say lag? Oh yes the game is plagued with lag and this lag can effect the balances of your gold and the things bought with gold and not in your favor. For instance I have seen this several times personally. It is possible to teleport ones city to another location. The lag can be so tremendous at times that it will appear as if your teleport didn't function. What actually did not function was that the database on the server hasn't updated and the graphics and database will still indicate that you are in the old position. So you do it again, again , again... Finally your city moves and you go to move again and where did all of the teleport that I paid for go?!?!?

    Going back to the topic of tedium and those wonderful chests full of goodies. You can end up with thousands of chests and each and every one of them will require you to tap on a "Use" button followed by another pop-up dialogue box that you have to close by tapping the X. When lagging this process can take from 15 to 30 seconds per chest. If you're not easily bored then this slow going tedium of opening chests is for you. There are only two work arounds that I know of and one of them I cannot confirm. Supposedly according to the customer support staff there is when I get to some certain point the availability of a button that will open all of the chests at once. I am betting that it is going to cost gold. The other is tap up to 3 chests quickly and in succession.

    GoW = Over-Monetized Game Content    … Expand
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  1. Pocket Gamer UK
    Feb 14, 2014
    60
    Sure, Game of War - Fire Age isn't a great game, but the people playing it are an entertaining bunch indeed.
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  2. 148Apps
    Nov 11, 2013
    50
    Building an empire should really be more exciting than this.
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  3. Gamezebo
    Aug 2, 2013
    70
    Game of War: Fire Age takes some important steps toward something truly revolutionary, but it lacks the gameplay advances to make it all the way there. It's likely to appeal to the same players who enjoyed the games that preceded it, yet it feels like a missed opportunity for everyone else.
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