If this thread had been started 2 or 3 weeks ago, I'd have said yes. Because at around that time, I was getting a right proper beating any time I played it. Almost every time I fired it up, I would be waiting in excess of 20 spins to get ONE win that paid me more than my bet. After playing for less than 2 minutes, I've already been done for 15% of my bankroll.
But since then, about a week and a half ago to be precise, I decided to make two changes...
1. Drop my bets from 60p to 30p. Betting at 60p was wiping me out so fast, I felt I had no choice but to drop my betsize in order to grind my way into finding some form of rungood.
2. Mix up my picks when it comes to bonus round selections. Amber was always my go to pick when playing this game, as that feature consistently outperformed the other three. On Amber's feature, I've had several rounds where I won 100x bet or better. And even a couple of 300+x bet wins. This was in comparison to the other three features, where (up until a mere 10 days ago), I have had ZERO rounds where I won 100x bet (my best was a Troy round where I won c.75x bet). Now you know why Amber was an automatic pick for me.
So anyway, I made a deposit at Golden Lounge 10 days ago and fired up IR. Before I started play, I made a conscious decision to avoid the Amber feature completely and try and get some success on the other three features through sheer stubborn bloody-mindedness. Or go broke trying.
Net result was this....a PB on Troy's feature of 135x bet, then a PB on Michael's feature of 175x bet, then a new PB on Troy's feature of 218 x bet.
But it was not enough to stop me from eventually going broke, courtesy of a disasterous session on The Dark Knight. However, it was only a £25 deposit plus £25 bonus, so no biggie.
Another £25 deposit at All Slots 2 days later, same strategy. And I get a PB on Sarah's feature of 119x bet. 2 days later on that same deposit, a 3 reel WD, which gave me 27 5OAKS for 9s (groan lol, but it was that or a zero win sickener, so 9s will do thank you very much). That win took me to a balance that was over 5 times my deposit and I decided to cash out. Result.
3 days later, I make a first deposit of £150 at Euro Palace with 100% bonus....same plan....avoid Amber once I unlock Troy's feature. Play Troy until I unlock Michael and so on. On the second day of my playthrough, I unlock Sarah's feature...and then the big hit arrived.
Sarah AND wild on reels 1 and 2. Wild on reel 4. And a wild vine on reel 3. All I want is a wild vine on reel 5 and I've got myself a monster. I didn't get one. I got THREE instead!
- 7 wilds plus 2 Sarahs (I've been meaning to post it in the 5 wilds thread but haven't done so yet).....net result ....a 650x bet win on a 30p bet. My biggest ever win (in x bet terms) on IR....ever. Even better than a 3 reel WD which gave me 27 x 5OAKs of Sarah....which paid a "mere" 457.5 x bet.
Funny thing is....after that.....I then started to get some bad rounds on those three features, including a Michael round which paid less than 1.5 x bet.
That was the straw that made me go back to picking Amber's feature on a regular basis.
Net result....I can't hit a 50x bet win on this feature for fucking toffee at the moment lol. In fact, I am now getting rounds of ZERO x bet and a lot of sub-10x bet wins.
Despite this, my confidence in IR has been restored a bit. But it took me to drop to 30p a spin for that minor streak of rungood to happen. And my confidence in IR is not restored fully enough for me to want to start betting at 60p a spin again. This slot can give you one serious beating, even on 30p spins. So I have decided to accept that it's in my best interests to stay at 30p...for good. If the fecker is gonna beat me, it's gonna have to do it the slow way. So slap it up ya MG lol.