Castle Age HD 9+

I’ve been playing castle age for a good while now (more than 5yrs) and have several friends who play along with my family. It’s a fun button push game with lots of things to keep you busy, but it seems recently the game crashes a lot. I understand there is a web portal but it’s just not as convenient as an iPad app. Sure wish the devs would fix these things:
Game crashes when reading 2-3 mail items
quantity selection pull down doesn’t work in land purchase;must buy land 1 at a time
Crash when buying more than 1 consecutive pieces of land
Crash if tap to attack monster/duel/invade too quickly
Not all achievements gain credit
Application support web portal crashes when issue is reported

I work in corporate software development for a international EPC company, and I was really disappointed when I took the time to describe these issues in detail and provided screen captures and hitting submit crashed their support site... not sure if these guys are trying to keep the game alive or not.

I am not a programmer, so the name of the genre escapes me. You spent energy on quests and stamina on monsters and war and duels. You spend tokens on pvp. The strategy is researching how to optimize at your level and win. The better gear always wins, so smart pay to play levels faster and gets better stuff. I payed twice just to spend $, but now it costs a little more. There’s no $5 buy in yet- that would be tempting. And as many times as I research pvp and conquest- I still can’t figure it out when I lose to someone with a smaller army and less gear. But I like the Guild and gifting (free), and monster battling and contributing. Keeps my already overworked mind busy without stress.
SUPPORT: I lost a general I purchased on an iPhone and contacted support. They said they would look into it and they restored her to my account. iPhone support is good for iPhone.
The game play a little differently on FB than web3. On FB you can send elite guard requests to friends for a stat boost in questing, and a stat boost in Dominion pvp- sorry Duel Champion.
They have regular events and promos. Colosseum is happening now before noon and evening pacific. Lots of opportunity for free players to optimize- but you need strategy and friends to beat the Chaos campaign- and you make them- in game. Gotta go- Guild Battle time. Every hit that is a victory heals my tower. See you in game!

You have to select one star to write a review but they do not even deserve one single star, not even 1/4 of it!
Sure the game can be addicting especially if you have nothing better to do then to sit around and click after click after click to gain some points and colorful cartoon characters. Is it worth the frustration, in my opinion it is not but luckily there are many other people that could care less about my opinion and spend hundred or thousands of dollars on a system that is nothing short from corruption!
But please don’t believe me, take your time and do your own research and come up with your own conclusion!
Mine was that this game is worthless and a horrible waste of time especially if you spend real money on it like a lot of people Surprisingly do!I I too fell for the trap and spend money on it knowing I would never see it again and they will not do anything to improve the quality of the app! They apologize to you and tell you they will have they’re team look into it but they rarely if ever do anything about it.
Good luck to you all who fell for the trap!