Epic Pet Wars Update

I have not been as attentive to Epic Pet Wars lately as I should but a whole slew of updates recently came to my attention so I felt like I had to talk a little about them. It wasn’t long ago that I discussed the fusion system. That has changed a whole lot since then so it is probably best to start there.

The most interesting thing about the fusion system is that the forge has been moved to a Facebook exclusive feature. As you might imagine this can be more than a little annoying for those of us who play on the iPhone. When I want to forge I basically have to go to a computer and log into Facebook. I also open my friends there up to some annoying updates. Hopefully that particular change won’t last long.

This update to the fusion system has brought with it some positive changes, though. Instead of a very limited amount of items based on holiday rewards, there is now a large amount of weapons, armor, and accessories to upgrade from the basic to a special version. This essentially gives players access to items that traditionally required respect points. This is a great change and generally adds another element of fun to Epic Pet Wars. You have the opportunity to craft a little and I can see the system expanding in the future.

On the other side of this I’ve been struggling with my pet since level 170. There has not been an upgrade to investments since level 140 and item prices continue to soar. I’m hoping that at 180 there will be some relief but I’m starting to wonder if Miraphonic has left out a lot of items in the 170+ range. The newest accessory is level 150 and I haven’t seen a new usable since 148. Spells are even worse since the last one available is level 121. The only items that seem to continue to show up are weapons and armor but they’re impossible to afford and throw you into a negative cash flow. This has made leveling very tedious. I’ve had to purchase an inferior weapon just to keep in the positive.

All is not bad in the upper Epic Pet War levels, though. Battles have become less cheesy and more interesting. Miraphonic has recently changed the system so that the aggressor does not always attack first. Which pet goes first depends on level and posse these days with a little randomness thrown in. This has made it much more dangerous to try to defeat pets when you’re low on hit points or particularly weak on armor yourself. Players in my level range also seem to do a better job of keeping their gear on par so my level grind via easy wins has slowed. I don’t have a problem with that, though!

Bosses have been changed up quite a bit too. They’re no longer a simple matter of eating enough defense food to survive and then kill quickly affairs. Some are now virtually immune to melee and must be defeated with a cleaver use of spells. I enjoyed figuring out how to win and defeating the encounter. A new boss has also been added so some content is flowing in.

All told Epic Pet Wars continues to improve and I hope to see some smoothing of the high end game soon. We need some new investments and, most importantly, we need to have the forge available on the iPhone! If you’d like to join my posse use the code kremolb and the redeem code payssjeu to earn you and I a few respect points!