Dear community,

today we have started a brand new event on Dragon City, the Alliance Races!

The very first Race in which collaboration, communication, and cooperation with ALL your alliance members will be key to succeed!

So make sure all your alliance members are set and ready for the challenge and use wisely the alliance chat in-game.

For more information, please check this -> Alliance Race Rewards and FAQ's

Let's use this thread to share with the community the first impressions and experiences of the event! Also, if you are facing an issue and/or bug, please let us know here so we can address it to the team immediately!

Also, I'd like to mention that this is the very first Alliance Race, there's still room for improvements! The entire team has been working very hard to bring the event to our Cities, and now, we will keep on working to make sure we give you a challenging & fun event to play together with your alliance members and friends! On daily basis, we will be checking and analyzing your comments & feedback, so please send it to us!

Thank a lot in advance and see you back on the islands!

Seems to be far more arena battles than anything, no feeding challenges and not good only winner gets Dragon, should have the same as normal lap15 or something like that.

When it demands a very rare dragon for hatching, must it be very rare or can it be at least that but better like epic or legendary?

There was nothing wrong with the personal heroic races! No reason at all to try and turn DC into Monster Legends with its team wars and races.

You can’t see who is contributing yet people are already team hopping saying other teams aren’t active. How can they when it isn’t showing up for some people?

@Susan-McLaughlin Only VR dragons will count.

@Susan-McLaughlin has to be very rare only, this was a real pain

I am already discouraged. I "did my part" and now I wait unless I want to pay for non-playing alliance. This is too stressful. I also appear to have gotten it late, because as soon as I logged in, two alliance were two laps around. TOOOO Frustrating for me. I always win the personal Heroic race, it bums me out I will not be able to win this one. And pissed at my alliance...so much for team building...

What happened to the rewards at the end of every lap and guaranteeing the heroic dragon at level 15? I believe these rewards were not included because you don't know how far players can get in this new type of race yet.

Suggestion: the leader of the alliance can use the free spin every 24 hours, just like in the common race.

Problem: we have no means of seeing who has helped completing a mission and who hasn't. This feature is important in quests that require several members completing the same goal, i.e. "do your part" missions.
-There are few missions. Why not include missions to feed dragons and some fights with short wait time?

Completly BS. I always worked hard to get both heroic on the races, now of course I wont be getting any cuz c'mon, what's the odds of finding a decent alliance that would work as hard as I do? So basically I'm being impaired by this moronic idea. Isn't it unfair enough that we get almost nothing at every event cuz only buying thousands of gems and coins and tokens would let you complete any event? What's the fun of playing the game when you take the only cool event that everyone could at least get to lap 15 and win all the main reward? This game is only getting worse.

This event is the worst event that they come up with. I have been playing this game for more than 3 years. When every new changes or new things introduced, it's been becoming less enjoyable to play the game. I have spent money frequently to buy gems, tokens and VIP dragons because I like the game. But I have decided to stop spending now. I will quit this game when all my remaining 3k+ gems are used up.

Hola no puedo

Some people (like me) can't or don't want to be in an Alliance. So we can't participate, which stinks.

i want have a alliance race tab, so i can know who is contributing and who is not

@dtertman yep. I dont want to play with others so totally shut out

I'm with a pretty active alliance so I can't really relate with most of the users above but I do agree that there should be a way to see who actually contributes and who doesn't. Also there should be rewards for every lap like the normal heroic race. Also there should be 10-12 alliances at max. 18 alliances seems to messy

I hate it! The premis of the event is pretty cool and exicuted well but the only problem is that some alliancesbmight have incompatent teamates who dont participate. I really want this dragon but from the looks of it it seems like im the only person out of 20 others who can win 2 arena matches. This is ridiculous and i hope i never see alliance races again!

Another thing is that i should be able to see who has contributed and how uch they contributed, these are the people that anchor me on the first lap because apperently my whole team is incompetent

Now the alliance race has started, I need more controll over my guild/alliance i should be able to see who is active and actually playing the game what they are doing how they have contributed, and I should be able to give send prizes gifts from my own stock to the members that do well like transfer over food or gold or gems to alliance members that contribute at the moment I have no idea who does what how can I build a good strong team if there is no access to who's doing what in my alliance

Is there a way to see who has contributed to the race and who hasn't? I am a co-lead in the alliance, I know some people contributed despite being silent in the chat - but I have no idea how to find who they are, and more importantly, who are the slackers.

is there a race guide or something?

@Pounawea Great! I would really love to participate. But I still can't join any alliance, have 0 dragon points (although officially I should have >70.000). I am regularly sending requests to support, but the only response from SP is: we are working on the problem - please be patient.

How much longer do you want me to be patient??? This really p... me off.

Dear community,

Thank you very much for your early feedback, comments and suggestions! Awesome!

We are all heading to the first 24 hours of Race, let's give us some more time to understand this new event and then, together with the alliance members, communicate and collaborate with each other the best possible way!

@Bruno-Pedron said in Alliance Race: Community feedback! (Mobile-only event):

What happened to the rewards at the end of every lap and guaranteeing the heroic dragon at level 15? I believe these rewards were not included because you don't know how far players can get in this new type of race yet.

Suggestion: the leader of the alliance can use the free spin every 24 hours, just like in the common race.

Problem: we have no means of seeing who has helped completing a mission and who hasn't. This feature is important in quests that require several members completing the same goal, i.e. "do your part" missions.
-There are few missions. Why not include missions to feed dragons and some fights with short wait time?

@Quov-Tsin said in Alliance Race: Community feedback! (Mobile-only event):

i want have a alliance race tab, so i can know who is contributing and who is not

@qwertyuiopjkl said in Alliance Race: Community feedback! (Mobile-only event):

I'm with a pretty active alliance so I can't really relate with most of the users above but I do agree that there should be a way to see who actually contributes and who doesn't. Also there should be rewards for every lap like the normal heroic race. Also there should be 10-12 alliances at max. 18 alliances seems to messy

@Branmuffnz said in Alliance Race: Community feedback! (Mobile-only event):

Another thing is that i should be able to see who has contributed and how uch they contributed, these are the people that anchor me on the first lap because apperently my whole team is incompetent

@Taygen-Cuz said in Alliance Race: Community feedback! (Mobile-only event):

Now the alliance race has started, I need more controll over my guild/alliance i should be able to see who is active and actually playing the game what they are doing how they have contributed, and I should be able to give send prizes gifts from my own stock to the members that do well like transfer over food or gold or gems to alliance members that contribute at the moment I have no idea who does what how can I build a good strong team if there is no access to who's doing what in my alliance

@Stilor said in Alliance Race: Community feedback! (Mobile-only event):

Is there a way to see who has contributed to the race and who hasn't? I am a co-lead in the alliance, I know some people contributed despite being silent in the chat - but I have no idea how to find who they are, and more importantly, who are the slackers.

Feedback and comments noted and forwarded to the team. We will start working on better ways to control and see the alliance members contributions. As you well know guys, I can't promise anything, but for future Alliance Races, we should have some improvements on that regard.

Also, I understand that, other than the great High Feral Dragon reward for the best alliances, at the moment the race might not feel very rewarding. I want to let you know that, we are currently working on some addition to that! I'll keep you guys posted!

Once again, thanks for your early feedback! Please keep sharing it with the community here!

@tom13 Message me. I will try to help.

1. Like in the normal HRs every team that reaches Lap 15 should get the Heroic dragon!
2. Even for a full team of 20, the goals for each node are insane - 87 rare breeds for 1/3 of a node is just ridiculous
3. The amount of gems needed to help or skip are also ridiculously high!
4. A team has literally no chance if they are not constantly online, working almost non-stop. But we all have a life besides DC
5. The prizes for 2-20 are honestly a waste of time - we can get Mammatus orbs from the Alliance Chest and Martian isn't an exceptionally strong dragon that needs to be empowered.
6. What about rewards for reaching lap 5, 7, 10, 12 etc. - absolutely nothing in sight - not exactly motivating!
7. If you do plan on setting up a new Alliance HR, then please make it more realistic and include the points above!

This race is a regression, compared to the previous ones.
You mentioned about better rewards but even adding rewards, is still not worth all the effort put into it.

• 11 days race is an extremely long and tedious period for 20 players. We all have life beyond the game and the current format requires total team dedication.
• there is no heroic guaranteed: we spent 11 days totally pressured to stay in first place, in addition to the time and dedication spent, our resources and money are also being spent in something totally uncertain.
• this racing format is not about teamwork, it's about the team that can spend more. Some missions are ridiculous, 87 rare dragons to hatch?
• many of us didn't get the previous heroics, how do we complete our collection now?

I do not want to see another alliance race in this form! The rewards suck compared to previous races - I mean, orbs instead of dragons? No gems being given at all.

Not at the node with 87 rare yet, but that is truly ridiculous

Cannot keep the game open as I have to work, to sleep, to spend time with family. This is why I never bothered with the team aspect of ML and if it continues this way in DC then I would soon stop playing this game too, even after playing from the beginning

The food amounts through videos and chests in events has reduced yet you somehow expect us to rank everything up to lvl 40 and beyond...maybe reduce the food required to the levels of ML and change the farm amounts to match it. 24 hours for 150k food is stupid.

This Heroic race is ridiculous. Please don't do this again. It is too long and too stressful and the rewards are just not really worth the effort. At LEAST allow anyone who reaches lap 15 to get the Heroic. I can't imagine 9 more days of this. So far 15 of the 20 in our group are still on lap 1. Two groups are on lap 2. Only 3 are really racing. That means the reward just isn't worth the effort. Leave the alliances for the chests. Everyone should be able to do the race. I feel bad for all those who play on PC and are stuck with that island quest.

I had quit dragon city.... didn't play it for like 6 mos or more. I got tired of the cash grabbiness, the cheating and same old bored crap.

I started up again, because there were some compelling updates that made the game interesting again. Like the tree of life thing. But, over the course of the last few mos... I see its the same old cash grab it ever was. Quite possibly even worse than it ever was before (as evidenced by the egyptian event.... i mean, I had 12 days to get the Ra dragon out of the kooky maze, but it was so expensive on coins (and not even being a cat 9 dragon you can fight with) it didnt happen. And at this point, I refuse to pay)

Its getting tired and old again.

But then... the cherry topper. Alliance races. As if races werent already stressful, and hard to beat unless you pay.... now we get to lose something you cannot get any other way, coz the rest of our alliance doesn't put in the effort like we do. Hardly seems fair. But then, fair has never been a predominant quality of this game.

I'm close to being done again. Wish Id just not started it back up. You want our opinion? Alliance races are quite possibly the worst idea you've ever implemented. Sorry, not sorry. But as I know from history, despite the sheer droves of people complaining and saying the same thing as I... it wont matter anyway. Its here to stay, I am quite sure. Too bad many of us are not.

@Pounawea scrap it go back to normal heroic race format

@Pounawea This race is unfair to all but the most committed play ers and alliances. I am lucky to be in one of those, and we will do what it takes to win. Wbat it takes.
Involves a huge team effort and willingness to spend a lot of gems. AAll but 3 other groups aren't even playing. At least add the lap 15 guarantee, lap rewards, and shorten the race.

This event has been designed just to make SP more money, totally useless race, can't even reach a lap to guarantee Dragon, we have 2 teams in my race trying so one will lose out. Is it worth it really

Is there a guide somewhere to this race?

@Joanna-Smok nothing yet.

Are you allowed to switch teams during the race? because you could find some tiny, inactive Alliance with just one or two people and join them. Such an Alliance was probably matched with a bunch of other low-level inactive ones, so no one else will be even trying. Pile up 10-12 active members into this Alliance and you could probably win by just qualifying.

This alliance race is not a good idea. Please don't do this again. I know no one listens. It is all about greed.
At least let everyone get the primal dragon at lap 15.

Which Lap and Node is the 87 breeds?

@Martin-Biedermann said in Alliance Race: Community feedback! (Mobile-only event):

2. Even for a full team of 20, the goals for each node are insane - 87 rare breeds for 1/3 of a node is just ridiculous

@terrencedg Actually, 87 rare breeds is not too bad. Dark is R, breeds in 2h, so it's only 4-5 breeds per person.

@Joanna-Smok I've been looking for active players since I've started playing still no luck

@Joanna-Smok As far as I know you can switch during the first half of the race. After that you wont get any rewards,.

@Bettina-Löffler I saw this 'first half' info, but now can't find it. Where is it posted?

I could use some active members. We are a low alliance and have about 5 out of 15 active members. We are in 3rd place currently and could use some of the more experienced players here to bump us up to first place. We are on lap 1 node 3, second is lap 1 node 4 and first place is lap 2 node 1 so it shouldn't be too hard. I just have a hard time rallying our other members.

If you're interested: Dyno Dragon D

Thanks!

Alliance Race has been a huge disaster. EPIC FAIL. In fact I'm so distressed over this I am ready to quit playing. Once I fully started participating in Heroic Races I have always come in first. I have run my team all alone until the past 2 weeks. Then opened it up with no minimum to give players a chance. Hige mistake on my part but to out and out lose opportunity at 2 heroics is crushing to me. I have chronic health issues and my dear friend is fighting for her life with cancer all over her body. I am taking her to chemo and need my game more than ever to help relieve my stress.

To top it off my tiny team was pitted against some super teams. Huge numbers they have. That is hardly fair. I deleted everyone left and will now have to set this out. I also purchase 1700 pack of gems while on sale when I need them and always purchase the piggy bank. Guess SP doesn't need my $$. I have 2 huge separate accounts with Dragon Story so can always go back there. Hope the SP team reads this has I am not the only one hugely disappointed.

My alliance and another are both neck and neck lap 5 node4, I read other races in 1st place on lap 2 and I know one of us will,lose out, race should be stopped now and all given the dragon

There needs to be a way to see which members have contributed to a node. It's very difficult to purge my alliance of inactive players when I don't know who those inactive players are. Also, 20 alliances per group in the race is too much; it's going to make the new heroic much more exclusive than it should be.

@Pounawea **Just throw this idea in the garbage. It just sucks so bad. Individual alliance is so much better. I mean you can already see the amount of negative feedback both here and in your Facebook page, please get a hint.
You cannot see who is active or not, and even if there active people it's like 5 out of 20 people LOL.

"Just find an active alliance" another LOL suggestion, and then there's a rule which prevents you from getting rewards if you switch alliances during the race.

I'm one of those people who do not mind spending gems on individual race, but c'mon spend for the entire 20 people. Never-the-hell-mind.**

If there were some way to actually find an active alliance, then MAYBE something like this would be reasonable. When you can spend the entire time since alliances started hopping between them trying to find one with more than 3 active players, without any sort of success at all, the entire system is fundamentally unworkable.

Hi Team,

I can't join any alliance group, getting the error "You are not allowed to do this action"

I have followed all the instructions mentioned in the link below but still no good. Also raised a support ticket but no response yet...

https://forums.socialpointgames.com/topic/6346/cant-join-alliance-error-message

Can someone help me out? Really want to do this race...

@Hien-Hq Message me. I will try to help.

@Pounawea it would be nice to see some sort of a measurement on how much each Alliance Member have contributed to the race and to see those that are inactives.
Also, to see the profile details of the other Alliances that we are racing against with.

I thought the requirements to hatch VR dragons were exaggerated. We cannot buy VR dragons from the shop and the only guaranteed way to get them is by breeding war hybrids, which have more than 24 hours of breeding and hatching, so they cost over 20 gems to speed up.
Maybe add some quests along the race that will reward VR eggs? Preferably the double dragons, since they have the same hatching times as the originals.