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Hi @Amoonmoon @Yosca
I hope you don't mind me interjecting. ๐ I love your convo.
What I understand through experience, in terms of boosters, we have a limit of 5 requests in given 24 hours window. For instance, sometimes some people don't need the specific boosters being offered immediately, one wait until it's needed. If one make a request in the beginning without completing the quantity limit, when you request again it could be close to the end of that 24 hours window so you could keep requesting for the remaining boosters to fulfill the limit then after you'll have another 5 in your disposal. One could have use the new 5 limit booster to be requested again and if one person choose to do that it would seem like this person is able to request a lot more than the limit. It's all about timing if that make sense.
With life requests, there's no limit in terms of requesting as long as you don't have a full life (5 or infinity). You can keep requesting when your 5 limit goes below that. The key is not to wait until your run out. As long as you have friends online playing at the same time with you they can keep sending you life until you're done playing.
I never run out of lives when I play. I am able to complete levels until I'm done playing. It's about strategies in being able to adapt to this new system. It doesn't mean I like it, I don't. I prefer the old way of receiving life, it's more user friendly. We have to do what we can so we can continue to enjoy playing. I respect people if they choose to stop, it's their prerogative to do that. I just hope it won't affect their lives one way or another, this is just a game, it's not worth making you miserable. When it does then it's time to stop.
Peace ๐
Yes, I am aware that the key to longer playing is having friends online at the same time as you. But if you consider it, there are many flaws in this decision. First of, not all the people in your friends' list are from the same part of the world as you are, meaning when I play on Sunday evening, in another part of the world it's already Monday morning :-) Next, you basically expect from players to either pay for their lives or spend endless time refreshing the Social Hub and keeping fingers crossed they'd get a life. In the past few days, since this new update has been released, I've spent more time waiting than actually playing. In addition, when I request a life, it just stays there hanging in the air, while I keep receiving new requests and fulfilling them, meaning my friends are online, but still I get no life in return. This has been a really frustrating period for many of us. Maybe things should be reconsidered, there's no shame in saying "Oops, we made a mistake and we haven't thought it through".
Thank you @SApple2 ๐ Yes I think you're right.
Since Social Hub has changed, players are upset, and of course I can understand that. Everyone has to get used to changes, and as you describe your strategy for receiving lives, others could learn from it.
The change isn't ideal, but being able to receive an untimed booster for free with the new Social Hub is something to appreciate imo.
Time will tell what will happen with Social Hub ๐ค