.... soooo .... will be getting a new iPhone and need to know if anyone might be able to help ...

am not (and prefer not to be) on FB so know i take a chance losing game ... however ... when i get the new phone and download everything from the cloud, will i be able to simply log in to the game on that phone and resume from where i am or ... horror of horrors ... will i be needing to start with a new game and as a new player ?

Hello, based on what I asked Support team a long time ago - the reason they ask players to log in via Facebook/Google accounts is so that a player will have their data anywhere else where they left off (progress is restored) in any device.

If you don't log in to your DC game using same FB/Google, there is a high possibility that your progress will start from LEVEL 1/0.

HOWEVER, if you are an iOS user, they have GAME CENTER, so iOS users have their own back up options.

Disclaimer: what i am typing here was based on the responses and previous experience I got.
Support Team is the best option as they should be the official spokesperson of game information.

@dragonlove said in New iPhone:

.... soooo .... will be getting a new iPhone and need to know if anyone might be able to help ...

am not (and prefer not to be) on FB so know i take a chance losing game ... however ... when i get the new phone and download everything from the cloud, will i be able to simply log in to the game on that phone and resume from where i am or ... horror of horrors ... will i be needing to start with a new game and as a new player ?

The only way to save your game and progress to move to a new device is Facebook I get your aversion to it but I suggest you link your game to it. You do not have to use it for any other reason. Unless of course you want to throw away all your effort on your current game.

... oh dear ...

to start from scratch, or not to start from scratch ...

... that is the question ...