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Hello, there are some tracks that are (supposedly) totally optional and to have them or not is supposed to not block my progress, but now I have a mission (against the robot) and to play it now I would have to pay 99 gems. This is not fair, this is pay-to-win.
Here is a screenshot:
Can this please be fixed? I want to continue progressing in the game.
Senior Member
No, it is up to you to unblock the Island. you're not the first one and surely you won't be the last one. Play other missions or the slot machine to increase your chances in wining gems. you don't have to pay, and even if you decide to do so, you're not automatically winning. You'll get the chance to play those island maps and that's it.
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I don't think it's pay to win, but his ANBA mission landed on an island track even though his island is locked.
That seems to be a bug, I can only imagine this was caused in the bunker, where he got the track in a bunker race without having the island unlocked. This shouldn't happen, but OP can't you change your ANBA mission for a lot less than 95 gems? I guess there's always a risk that you end up on the island again when you make that change. If you just keep playing, you should be able to save up 95 gems from slots, bunker, and the three free daily gems that come from ads.
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So it looks like you already got a bronze medal on that map, with 18 faults. How did that happen, without you having unlocked the island maps?
If you played it in the Bunker, you might just be screwed until you cough up 95 gems. It really doesn't take that long to generate that without paying money.
Junior Member
I think you can play the ANBA mission on the island even if you haven't unlocked it with gems.I was given refinery abyss a lot by ANBA before but just recently unlocked the island with gems.Start the mission from the ANBA robot and not the map.I think that works.
Senior Member
Since gems are freely available in-game with no cost, its NOT pay-too-win. Pay-to-win only applies when you gain a substantial advantage via payments, and getting access to 6 tracks really doesnt relate to any competitive advantage, and not doing so wont hold you back from other competitive aspects like bike upgrades (ie the island quest is supposed to be optional and separate from the main quest). And given how many of us have unlocked every feature of this game without payment..... dont get me wrong, its one big grindfest, but its not pay-to-win.I would have to pay 99 gems. This is not fair, this is pay-to-win.
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Easiest way for now is to simply do as Weee99 said and pay 5 Gems to "Refresh" the A.N.B.A mission, this will choose a new opponent and track for you OR if you go to the A.N.B.A Robot and click on him in the Saloon then you should get the option to start it from there instead of the Map, like DarkMatterNova said, but if you don't want to do either of these you can play the other missions and you'll eventually get enough Gems to open the Island Tracks permanently.....Just gotta be a bit patient ok !?
!! Good Luck & Enjoy !!
Senior Member
I would say just save up your gems and unlock the tracks. It's kind of BS that ANBA gave you one of those tracks since you don't have them (I assume the bunker is to blame) but there's not much you can do. You don't have to use money, you can slowly save up like most of us did. We all had to pay the 95 gems for those insane tracks too! IMO it's totally worth it to get them anyways, tracks are what make this game!
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This.Originally Posted by DarkMatterNova Go to original post
If you start the mission from the robot character in the 'house', it will allow you to run these without unlocking the island. I did it many many times.
Also, Gems aren't that hard to gather, if you just stop spending them on ANYTHING, you'll have 100 before you realize it. It's all the nickel and diming of spending them on loot wheel, etc. that makes them hard to amass.
Junior Member
Also don't forget to use the "watch ad" option to get gems. Getting 1-2 more gems per day, additionaly to the other ways to get them won't hurt.
The island will be needed later on for the ghost mission (after you beat him and gets the Marauder). However I do not know if thiose mission lead to someting special as I am not able to complete them
