I'm not killing one more invader
So I killed a bunch of Royal guardsman to get Armoured Elements. I killed 7 lvl 6 and 6 lvl 5 of them.
I used a 10% boost, but I din't get any rare or epic materials, so I switched to a 20% boost. The result was clear, suddenly I got lots of rare and epic materials, except for... Armored Elements. Here is a list :
Armoured Elements : 3 usual - 5 unusual - 3 rare
Cap : 1 usual - 4 unusual - 13 rare - 2 epic
Cast Steel : 3 unusual - 9 rare - 1 epic
Rivets : 3 usual - 5 unusual - 10 rare - 2 epic
White Leather : 3 unusual - 9 rare - 2 epic
I guess the numbers don't need much explanation : I hardly got any Armoured Elements.
Now I found that if there is a lot of demand for a type of invader, the availability of materials goes down. The thing is I am in an old kingdom. The need for Royal Guardsman gear is quite low. The amount of other RG materials I got illustrates this, because when there is lots of demand, you don't get so much of any materials as above. No way.
It is clear that, although I never found any mention of this in Vikings websites, every invader has one material which is far more rare than the other materials. I also found that this rarity increases along with your towns level. I have to kill much more to get what I need compared with a lvl 23.
Another influence on the availability of materials are invader competitions and daily bonuses. A 10% discount on hero's energy depletion reduces the amount of materials available, and many people killing for the invader competition have the same effect. But bottom line is that this should have no effect at al.
So it is not the first time this happens to me, however, there is a limit to what I can take, and this time the line is crossed. Since Plarium keeps making it harder to get the materials necessary to play a decent game, I'm not going to kill another Invader.
I understand Plarium wants to make people buy more from the bank, but if it turns out the money is wasted anyway, why spend any at all. Meagre Daily Quest rewards are not going to compensate for what I really need, and cutting down on cvc personal development awards is not exactly a positive signal either.
Do something, or you will lose this account, and others very soon.