A lot of people seem to be mad about the new update, and I am too. I dont mind the new treasure-chest choosing at the end of races and quests (the likelihood of getting the prize you want is the same as it was before, since the game just generates random prizes anyway) but I do find it annoying that many of the prizes dont make sense. For example, I might win first prize by a mile and only get a small sum of money, but other times I might place second and win double the amount. The prizes in the chests for first place should always be higher than the prizes for second place, no matter what. And what determines whether I win one or two keys? If I blow the competition away or get a lot of "perfect"s, why should I get fewer keys than other times when I barely win? In addition, I dont mind the race limit (since you no longer need to pay to race), but can the wait PLEASE be less than 16-20 hours? Even a 12-hour wait would be more acceptable, so I could at least play twice a day.
Furthermore, it is beyond annoying to have to go through several new screens every time I hatch a dragon. Also, when moving dragons to different habitats, the screen used to gently glide over to an open habitat, but now it jumps impatiently there in such a way that bothers my eyes and makes me generally uncomfortable for some reason.
I have also been experiencing some bugs since the last update. Quite often, the racetrack displays the wrong elements (such as dark and earth for "Marshlands", which is supposed to be water and plant). The game also sometimes crashes when I try to complete Colosseum events. During one particularly bad instance, I tried to complete the event at least three times, and each time it not only crashed but reset some of the progress I had made beforehand. This is very disruptive to my ability to play the game and must be fixed.
Overall, I love the game and like the new update, but a few things about it still need to be fine-tuned.
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