NEW SLOT Artic Treasure Adventure.... STAY COOL

[ChopleyIOM]

I'm curious with all the stats you've collected on this slot and over 30k spins what is your longest stretch without seeing a bonus? I've had a session in real play where it went well over 1200 spins without a feature then hit feature nearly missing kissing the queen by 1 pick then went on another tear of going 1k spins without feature. I should add this was still when the slot was listed as medium variance lol.

I haven't had as bad as that, it's stretched out past 600 spins a couple of times without a feature or 20x stake stop trigger though.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

I've been thinking about this slot over the last few days (not always happy thoughts either, as deposit after deposit has disappeared), and I honestly think it's the 'lumpiest' slot I've ever played in terms of how the wins are stacked.

There is basically nothing of note on this slot outside of 5OAKs, both in and outside of the free spins bonus round.

Good 5OAKs are pretty rare in the base game, and if the free spins use exactly the same reels in exactly the same way as the base game, then it follows on that hitting those already rare 5OAKs inside those small 'windows' of free spins is going to be even rarer, especially if you want to hit them with the (relatively rare) big multipliers.

It also means that the 100 free spins at 10x pays could be spectacularly disappointing, because this slot likes to do lots, and lots, and LOTS of dead spins. If the 100 free spins round isn't controlled in any way, then once in a while it's going to pay terribly.

As it stands for me, in 30,501 spins my single best pay by a country mile has come from a three scatters trigger where I just happened to get a good-paying 5OAK on a big multiplier, and it outpaid the 100x10 top bonus round by a factor of some 300%. (A round which I've only seen once in 30,501 spins.)

This slot is crazy, stupidly high variance, and the distribution of the pays on the paytable is badly misjudged IMO. It's an absolute recipe for player disappointment and disenchantment, and it came very close to breaking me at 3Dice this month (not financially breaking me, but putting me in a place where I was honestly starting to think 'Fuck this, I'm not playing here again' - 3Dice's CS team are pretty much the only reason I'm still playing there, thanks to their quick responses in live chat, sympathetic responses to my awful runs, and generous comps in the face of some bloody awful statistics).

It's only that very late save last night where it FINALLY coughed a properly solid pay that's saved the day (I'm still horribly down on it, and my RTP is still shocking, but it's that psychological 'big pay' that I needed to see), and that only came about thanks to a no-nonsense and quickly added comp from Jared.

3Dice need to get this slot flagged as VERY HIGH - CAUTION variance ASAP, it's an absolute psycho bastard of a thing and the idea that Super Suits + is 'Very High' whereas Arctic is only 'High' is nonsensical.

Check out my Neteller history for this month (so far), they're some bad numbers and they don't take into account the three comps I've had either, plus I've redeemed quite a lot of comp points that aren't on there, plus Enzo gave me another comp for pointing out an error on their website, which isn't on there either.

Arctic has caused a good chunk of this carnage at 20p spins.

I will play this slot in the future, but make no mistake, it's in the 'couple of hundred spins and hope for a big win' category - this is NOT a slot to get overly involved with.

Dangerous, dangerous thing.

 

[skiny]

I started saying this isn't medium variance back in October. Then I continued to repeat myself until it became a running joke. As soon as I realized that you require 5 of almost everything to win more than 2 or 3x your wager and watched the endless 4ok... slow down... and miss routine I started ranking this slot up there with PentaPay. There's also a screen shot of the quirky pay table that has the greatest disparity between 4ok and 5ok out of any 3Dice slot and it's not even the highest paying symbol. It's just a random one halfway up the list.

I know some people like to just chalk this stuff up to "Skiny is complaining again." But I don't even play this slot for real money unless it's a few dozen spins when I can afford to lose it and then head for the hills so I don't even care how it behaves. I just tell it like it is.

Nice to see a 30,000 spin test to back up my comments.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

I started saying this isn't medium variance back in October. Then I continued to repeat myself until it became a running joke. As soon as I realized that you require 5 of almost everything to win more than 2 or 3x your wager and watched the endless 4ok... slow down... and miss routine I started ranking this slot up there with PentaPay. There's also a screen shot of the quirky pay table that has the greatest disparity between 4ok and 5ok out of any 3Dice slot and it's not even the highest paying symbol. It's just a random one halfway up the list.

I know some people like to just chalk this stuff up to "Skiny is complaining again." But I don't even play this slot for real money unless it's a few dozen spins when I can afford to lose it and then head for the hills so I don't even care how it behaves. I just tell it like it is.

Nice to see a 30,000 spin test to back up my comments.

Yeah I've read the whole thread from the start and saw you calling it out as not being not medium variance a long time ago

Maybe Enzo's coming at variance from more of a mathematical perspective than how the slot actually rolls for the player.

For my money Arctic is the scariest slot on 3Dice's books. At least with Penta you're gonna be hitting the wheel on a fairly regular basis, there's no equivalent mechanism on Arctic to save you from a dead patch.

 

[skiny]

Yeah I've read the whole thread from the start and saw you calling it out as not being not medium variance a long time ago

Maybe Enzo's coming at variance from more of a mathematical perspective than how the slot actually rolls for the player.

For my money Arctic is the scariest slot on 3Dice's books. At least with Penta you're gonna be hitting the wheel on a fairly regular basis, there's no equivalent mechanism on Arctic to save you from a dead patch.

Actually now that you mention it, a second bonus feature might be what this game needs to even the score. It's like playing Aztec without the puzzle round.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Yeah I'm not normally a fan of secondary bonus rounds but this slot really needs one.

At the moment it'd be better titled:

'Insanely Depressing Arctic 5OAK Will Make You Want To Die No-Treasure Adventure'.

Stick an Igloo symbol on Reel 5 or something, give it about 5%-10% of RTP, and have it trigger some sort of snowball throwing bonus round that pays 10-200x stake.

Feature frequency is already pretty horrible with regular tiny pays, and you can easily go hundreds and hundreds spins without seeing a decent 5OAK - so having something else going on, even if steals some RTP, would be a positive change IMO.

 

[Balthazar]

You guys sure want to like this slot. I admire Chop's perseverance, but to me this slot is just not fun.

 

[bvu2011]

I started saying this isn't medium variance back in October. Then I continued to repeat myself until it became a running joke. As soon as I realized that you require 5 of almost everything to win more than 2 or 3x your wager and watched the endless 4ok... slow down... and miss routine I started ranking this slot up there with PentaPay. There's also a screen shot of the quirky pay table that has the greatest disparity between 4ok and 5ok out of any 3Dice slot and it's not even the highest paying symbol. It's just a random one halfway up the list.

I know some people like to just chalk this stuff up to "Skiny is complaining again." But I don't even play this slot for real money unless it's a few dozen spins when I can afford to lose it and then head for the hills so I don't even care how it behaves. I just tell it like it is.

Nice to see a 30,000 spin test to back up my comments.

Yes, you do and I admire that!!

 

[Nate]

Geez chops - All that to 3dice on 20c Bets? I shudder to think what would happen if you double your bet to 40c a spin...

In any event, you seem adamant on testing slots and are quite persistent in doing so.

I would love to see you try DOA - IMPO you probably would have hit a decent 2000x stake on that amount of spins. Don't get me wrong DOA is high variance but I would feel better playing that than any slot at 3dice ...

Nate

 

[nisosbar]

Yet, it seems to be a popular slot on 3Dice - as popular as Payola, which is far lower variance.

Which seems to indicate that some people are playing it for the potential for big wins - that is, it's pretty obvious that you either hit big or else go home.

 

[mrmark21]

Geez chops - All that to 3dice on 20c Bets? I shudder to think what would happen if you double your bet to 40c a spin...

In any event, you seem adamant on testing slots and are quite persistent in doing so.

I would love to see you try DOA - IMPO you probably would have hit a decent 2000x stake on that amount of spins. Don't get me wrong DOA is high variance but I would feel better playing that than any slot at 3dice ...

Nate

Yeah i'd suggest the same thing. Only DOA or Reel steel though as none of the other Netent slots pay-out.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

that is, it's pretty obvious that you either hit big or else go home.

You forgot Chopley's stupid option three which is to lose hundreds of bastard pounds on the motherfucker, AND CARRY ON PLAYING.

To compound my misery I have now stopped playing Arctic Adventure and am chasing five scatters on Fortune Falls.

HA HA HA LOLZ THIS WAY MADNESS LIES.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Yeah i'd suggest the same thing. Only DOA or Reel steel though as none of the other Netent slots pay-out.

The problem with those two slots is that I hate them both

DoA drives me nuts with its soporific rate of play (even in alleged 'quick spin' mode), horrible stupid cowboy theme, shitty jangly music, bonus rounds that pay sack all the vast majority of the time but still take too long to play out, obviously gimped reels in free spins, the total lack of decent pays in the base game - just everything about it basically.

Reel Steal I can tolerate a bit more but since it's basically a rip-off of BDBA it suffers from all the same problems, most notably its habit of constantly adding extra free spins to a free spins round that almost never pay anything, and once again the audio drives me insane, and the theme leaves me cold. I'd much prefer getting stuck into BDBA than Reel Steal.

For my money no one does medium-high variance slots as well as WMS and 3Dice, despite my extended kicking at the hands of Arctic Adventure.

 

[aceking123]

The problem with those two slots is that I hate them both

DoA drives me nuts with its soporific rate of play (even in alleged 'quick spin' mode), horrible stupid cowboy theme, shitty jangly music, bonus rounds that pay sack all the vast majority of the time but still take too long to play out, obviously gimped reels in free spins, the total lack of decent pays in the base game - just everything about it basically.

Reel Steal I can tolerate a bit more but since it's basically a rip-off of BDBA it suffers from all the same problems, most notably its habit of constantly adding extra free spins to a free spins round that almost never pay anything, and once again the audio drives me insane, and the theme leaves me cold. I'd much prefer getting stuck into BDBA than Reel Steal.

For my money no one does medium-high variance slots as well as WMS and 3Dice, despite my extended kicking at the hands of Arctic Adventure.

tbh choppers i can see your point which is valid , i shall stick up for both those machines though , when they hit they pay there super high at least when i get those 5 lined up i know im going to get a good hit, ( not many slots like it )

maybe there boring but i can over look this anyday compared with alot of mg slots & agaisnt other softwares, i do get good playtime, those machines you happen to love or hate no too ways about it)

 

[ChopleyIOM]

tbh choppers i can see your point which is valid , i shall stick up for both those machines though , when they hit they pay there super high at least when i get those 5 lined up i know im going to get a good hit, ( not many slots like it )

maybe there boring but i can over look this anyday compared with alot of mg slots & agaisnt other softwares, i do get good playtime, those machines you happen to love or hate no too ways about it)

For my money if I was going to get seriously involved with a high variance slot again, it'd be the WMS slot Bruce Lee or its clone Fortunes of the Caribbean, because they put the BIG PAYING ROUND right up front at the trigger (the 20 free spins round, so you can just sit back and enjoy the show), unlike DoA where you have to kind of wish for those five wilds as the round limps forward to its almost inevitably shit conclusion.

 

[aceking123]

For my money if I was going to get seriously involved with a high variance slot again, it'd be the WMS slot Bruce Lee or its clone Fortunes of the Caribbean, because they put the BIG PAYING ROUND right up front at the trigger (the 20 free spins round, so you can just sit back and enjoy the show), unlike DoA where you have to kind of wish for those five wilds as the round limps forward to its almost inevitably shit conclusion.

done 12k spins fortunes of caribbean most top pay 131x times bet not so good from where i was sat ( but each to there own )

 

[bowlingbob]

For my money if I was going to get seriously involved with a high variance slot again, it'd be the WMS slot Bruce Lee or its clone Fortunes of the Caribbean, because they put the BIG PAYING ROUND right up front at the trigger (the 20 free spins round, so you can just sit back and enjoy the show), unlike DoA where you have to kind of wish for those five wilds as the round limps forward to its almost inevitably shit conclusion.

Watch out if WMS ever puts up any of the Awesome Reels titles online because if you are struggling with the variance of Arctic this one will blow that and many others away with its volatility. Even after just a year of the game being out most casinos have pulled it from their slot floors and only a handful have kept the game. This slot has the capability of paying out at over 50,000x the bet. I've seen a few pictures/videos where it has. I'm guessing the casinos complained enough to WMS about it for them to pull it from their catalog of games after just a short run. Who knows maybe it will end up online.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

A statement of intent from Fortune Falls - the number of the beast. (And it's not been going so well up to now anyway.)

I started on this slot with 25p spins from my balance of £319 which was in my account following my hit on Arctic last night.

PLACE YOUR BETS PLEASE - What will happen first? A bust out on a £319 balance at 25p spins, or a five scatters bonus round......

 

[bowlingbob]

A statement of intent from Fortune Falls - the number of the beast. (And it's not been going so well up to now anyway.)

I started on this slot with 25p spins from my balance of £319 which was in my account following my hit on Arctic last night.

PLACE YOUR BETS PLEASE - What will happen first? A bust out on a £319 balance at 25p spins, or a five scatters bonus round......

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Most likely a bust out...Just take a look at the Zeitgeist. All the recent wins from the past 7 days on that slot have all been 5 scatter pays. What are the odds it will keep paying it out. Its got to start taking in now. But good luck and just wish you would fire back up that YouTube channel and video document these runs! They were highly entertaining.

 

[aceking123]

A statement of intent from Fortune Falls - the number of the beast. (And it's not been going so well up to now anyway.)

I started on this slot with 25p spins from my balance of £319 which was in my account following my hit on Arctic last night.

PLACE YOUR BETS PLEASE - What will happen first? A bust out on a £319 balance at 25p spins, or a five scatters bonus round......

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i think you wont hit the 5 scatters , im thinking your hit 4 scatters & maybe hit the final level that way ) or just get what i always get 25 X4 which pays peanuts lol good luck anywayz

 

[ChopleyIOM]

i think you wont hit the 5 scatters , im thinking your hit 4 scatters & maybe hit the final level that way ) or just get what i always get 25 X4 which pays peanuts lol good luck anywayz

I count the upgrade and the straight trigger as the same thing

It's just getting to the five scatters by whatever means I'm after, bankroll of £235 left and counting......

 

[dunover]

I count the upgrade and the straight trigger as the same thing

It's just getting to the five scatters by whatever means I'm after, bankroll of £235 left and counting......

You'll get down to last 50-ish, go on tilt due to the frustration and bet the last 50-ish on a roulette spin - and lose.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

You'll get down to last 50-ish, go on tilt due to the frustration and bet the last 50-ish on a roulette spin - and lose.

Ahhh Mr Dunover, it appears you are familiar with my methods

Not going to happen though, I'm sitting this bastard out, it's five scatters or bust.

Besides which I want the spins for the Slotsmeister leaderboard, and roulette doesn't count.

 

[bvu2011]

A statement of intent from Fortune Falls - the number of the beast. (And it's not been going so well up to now anyway.)

I started on this slot with 25p spins from my balance of £319 which was in my account following my hit on Arctic last night.

PLACE YOUR BETS PLEASE - What will happen first? A bust out on a £319 balance at 25p spins, or a five scatters bonus round......

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I think it will you give you a bit of a roller coaster ride and then you will bust out LOL..From my own personal experience I have found that if I get a good hit it is inevitable I will zero out and never go over the highest amount I have won for that particular run. It may sound crazy, but I have had it happen too many times to say it isn't so.

 

[aceking123]

choppers any light in the tunnel yet ? ? ? ?

 

[dunover]

choppers any light in the tunnel yet ? ? ? ?

The only light in the single-track tunnel he is too far into is the big one on the front of 2500 tonnes of freight train coming his way....

 

[ChopleyIOM]

No five scatters yet, £162 left in the tank, and make no mistake - Fortune Falls really does rattle along in turbo mode, I think it's possibly the fastest playing slot I've ever encountered (this is a good thing).

In the meantime I got my lifetime stats from 3Dice, they're basically neutral, and sort of what you'd expect.

ok so global stats .. 210784 bets - 95.12% rtp.

That's 210,784 spins and a 95.12% RTP, which is pretty much bang on target for the slots.

Doesn't make Arctic sting any less but looking at the full stats, there are a few games where I'm over 100% RTP - so the bad ones (Fortune Falls and Arctic really don't like me) are balanced out to 'expected RTP' by the good ones.

Of course I've lost a chunk of cash overall, but I'd say that my stats are basically alright.

 

[mrmark21]

The problem with those two slots is that I hate them both

DoA drives me nuts with its soporific rate of play (even in alleged 'quick spin' mode), horrible stupid cowboy theme, shitty jangly music, bonus rounds that pay sack all the vast majority of the time but still take too long to play out, obviously gimped reels in free spins, the total lack of decent pays in the base game - just everything about it basically.

Reel Steal I can tolerate a bit more but since it's basically a rip-off of BDBA it suffers from all the same problems, most notably its habit of constantly adding extra free spins to a free spins round that almost never pay anything, and once again the audio drives me insane, and the theme leaves me cold. I'd much prefer getting stuck into BDBA than Reel Steal.

For my money no one does medium-high variance slots as well as WMS and 3Dice, despite my extended kicking at the hands of Arctic Adventure.

Couldn't agree more, I've never won a damn thing on DOA. My eyes light up when the free spins start and then they do a roll when the spins finish (much the same story with all Netent slots). I'd probably place Netent's other slots in the same category as RTG, fun to play but don't expect to win anything.

Reel Steel VS BDBA, well I had a 1000x win on Reel Steel after only a few spins. Never won a damn thing on BDBA plus the free spins annoy me, rather than just doing it's job and not paying-out the feature throws in extra dead spins. I gave up on BDBA after my win on Reel Steel.

I really enjoyed the WMS games (while Australians could still play them). The slots seemed to be in favor of giving out more 100x-200x wins more frequently

 

[LHofsdal]

@Chopley-I wish you the best of luck on getting 5 scatters! I have seen it happen, not very often. I have given up with seeing anything more than 3. I have played the hell out of Moola, and have only gotten 4 keys 1 time. And have made it to the bottom level once, never got 5keys. In god only knows how many spins. The one thing I hate about 3dice slots, is the number of times you are always off by 1 from a full pay line. If I had a nickel for everytime I was off by 1 from a full pay line, I wouldn't need anything more than 3 scatters. LOL, I am not sure if the slots are programmed that way or not, but I feel it happens alot more at 3dice then another places I have played.

When you do hit those 5 scatters, make sure post a screenshot, something that rare is something to show off!

Good Luck!

LH

 

[dunover]

Chopley - put us out of our misery.....

Well Chopley? How did it pan out in the end?
Sorry, 'end' is not a word to use in this case, no tempting fate here. You know what I mean.

 

[cpdnd31]

After reading through this thread I think on thing to consider is bet size. I believe it was once stated that on high variance bet bigger for better on med bet medium and on low bet low.

Low variance - more free spins/bonus lower payouts and so on --


Could that be what your missing?

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Well Chopley? How did it pan out in the end?
Sorry, 'end' is not a word to use in this case, no tempting fate here. You know what I mean.

It's all over I'm afraid (work got in the way today).

Busted out the whole £318 bankroll on 25p spins, no five scatters trigger or an upgrade to it. (Not entirely sure I managed over 100x stake, come to think about it.)

Stats for the last 48 hours are:

FORTUNE FALLS - SPINS - 9121, RTP - 86.20%

I went through my overall 3Dice numbers with Enzo last night (and seriously, what other casino offers that kind of service?) and as I reported a few posts back, my lifetime RTP at 3Dice is basically bang on target, but Fortune Falls and Arctic really do stand out as my nemesis slots. (On the other side of the coin, Super Suits for example, I've done extremely well on, with an RTP of over 103% after nearly 18,000 spins.)

I'll lob another £100 at FF and see what happens, plus I've got £6 worth of comp points to redeem.

Also, I do have exact probabilities for getting to five scatters on Fortune Falls:

Fortune Falls - odds of getting to last stage.

3 scatters + 2 upgrades = 1/62774
4 scatters + 1 upgrade = 1/27090
5 scatters = 1/29630

total = 1/62774 + 1/27090 + 1/29630 = 1 in 11548

I've only ever seen the last stage once and I've done around 44,000 spins, so I really am bastard unlucky on this slot

 

[ChopleyIOM]

I'm as crazily locked on target with this slot now as I was with Arctic and my determination to see it hit 1000x stake or better.

FIVE SCATTERS OR INSANITY.

 

[dunover]

I'm as crazily locked on target with this slot now as I was with Arctic and my determination to see it hit 1000x stake or better.

FIVE SCATTERS OR INSANITY.

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I can sense another Cavalier getting wrecked here..........

 

[aceking123]

cheers for update choppers ,did you manage to hit four scatters ????

 

[ChopleyIOM]

I can sense another Cavalier getting wrecked here..........

I'm not smashing my Citroen C6 up, there are few enough of them on the roads as it is!

(Only two registered on the IOM and less than 1000 in the UK - crazy big French car that costs nearly £40K in doesn't sell very well shocker )

 

[ChopleyIOM]

ZOMG.

Paid the minimum 400x stake for the round. (£100 from a 25p spin.)

However, mission accomplished.

 

[dunover]

ZOMG.

Paid the minimum 400x stake for the round. (£100 from a 25p spin.)

However, mission accomplished.

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There's a surprise.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

There's a surprise.

If you're familiar with the slot the upgrades (on three and four scatters) are at the outside edge and on five scatters the bigger pays are at the outside edge also, Enzo has stated that the drops are random natural odds 50/50, hence why the upgrades are rare and also why the five scatters will tend towards the middle. (It's basically like flipping a coin, hitting heads several times on the trot happens, but it's relatively rare.)

At the outside edge Fortune Falls will do 1600x stake, but it's going to be rare to hit that, even once you've managed to get to the five scatters bonus round

 

[dunover]

If you're familiar with the slot the upgrades (on three and four scatters) are at the outside edge and on five scatters the bigger pays are at the outside edge also, Enzo has stated that the drops are random natural odds 50/50, hence why the upgrades are rare and also why the five scatters will tend towards the middle. (It's basically like flipping a coin, hitting heads several times on the trot happens, but it's relatively rare.)

At the outside edge Fortune Falls will do 1600x stake, but it's going to be rare to hit that, even once you've managed to get to the five scatters bonus round

Yeah, I remember your vid on the slot. The hope as the bugger drops, and dashed within a split second as it falls inwards therefore immediately halving the biggest potential win of 1600 to 800 (if I remember correctly).

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Yeah, I remember your vid on the slot. The hope as the bugger drops, and dashed within a split second as it falls inwards therefore immediately halving the biggest potential win of 1600 to 800 (if I remember correctly).

Yep, but I'll take it over the likes of IR with its fucking Wild Desire that can turn as many as three reels wild and pay precisely fuck all, I wonder if all those reels work properly....

3Dice's slots are transparent and they're no nonsense affairs, and I like that about them.

You can ask them a question about something and they'll tell you THE EXACT ODDS of that event occurring - try that with MG

 

[dunover]

Yep, but I'll take it over the likes of IR with its fucking Wild Desire that can turn as many as three reels wild and pay precisely fuck all, I wonder if all those reels work properly....

3Dice's slots are transparent and they're no nonsense affairs, and I like that about them.

You can ask them a question about something and they'll tell you THE EXACT ODDS of that event occurring - try that with MG

Yeah, the honest bastards............

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Yeah, the honest bastards............

Forgive me if I'm missing a nuance here dunover, but are you saying you think there's something amiss with 3Dice or are you just having a laugh

 

[dunover]

Forgive me if I'm missing a nuance here dunover, but are you saying you think there's something amiss with 3Dice or are you just having a laugh

The latter, as you surely suspect....

 

[ChopleyIOM]

The latter, as you surely suspect....

I thought as much but I'm getting a bit frazzled at the end of the day No offence intended old chap

I just like the fact I can ask a question like 'What are my chances of getting a five scatters bonus round on Fortune Falls?', or 'I think the spins on Arctic are pre-determined based on the original RNG trigger, is that the case?' - and Enzo himself will come along and lay out the facts.

I don't mind being proved entirely wrong as I was with Arctic, the main thing for me is that there's transparency and dialogue, which basically makes 3Dice and Galewind unique IMO.

Time for bed I think, alarm goes off at 6:45am in the morning, as much as I'd like to yammer on all night about this stuff

 

[Balthazar]

Couldn't agree more, I've never won a damn thing on DOA. My eyes light up when the free spins start and then they do a roll when the spins finish (much the same story with all Netent slots).

DoA is in its own class and no other slot (that I'm aware of) have that kind of payout distribution. I agree that it's one hell of a boring slot, though. I've got ~60 bonus rounds on DoA (lifetime) and out of these, I have one massive hit (3600x), two big hits (700x and 800x), three hits in the 300x-400x range and eight ~100x-150x. It triggered the extra five spins six times total. That leaves me with 45+ bonus rounds that were total crap but keep in mind that when you hit something massive you're very likely to withdraw the money and make a very nice profit out of it. So personaly I prefer one 3000x over six 500x.

But all in all, I've got maybe 12k spins on it? That's nowhere near the number of spins that Chop had to do in order to get his 1000x on Arctic Adventure...and I've got well over 200k spins on IR and never got 1000x (in fact, I've got my best Wild Desire win a couple of days ago: just over 400x! Shameful). Both of these slots are high variance and I realize that I got lucky with DoA on the massive hit, but still...DoA is another kind of animal...it's unique.

 

[Blathaon]

DoA is in its own class and no other slot (that I'm aware of) have that kind of payout distribution. I agree that it's one hell of a boring slot, though. I've got ~60 bonus rounds on DoA (lifetime) and out of these, I have one massive hit (3600x), two big hits (700x and 800x), three hits in the 300x-400x range and eight ~100x-150x. It triggered the extra five spins six times total. That leaves me with 45+ bonus rounds that were total crap but keep in mind that when you hit something massive you're very likely to withdraw the money and make a very nice profit out of it. So personaly I prefer one 3000x over six 500x.

But all in all, I've got maybe 12k spins on it? That's nowhere near the number of spins that Chop had to do in order to get his 1000x on Arctic Adventure...and I've got well over 200k spins on IR and never got 1000x (in fact, I've got my best Wild Desire win a couple of days ago: just over 400x! Shameful). Both of these slots are high variance and I realize that I got lucky with DoA on the massive hit, but still...DoA is another kind of animal...it's unique.

I have had the 5 wilds on a Betline a total of five times, with wins ranging from 2151xBet to 4591xBet. and i have had the five scatters once.I would say that you have been quite lucky, from my own experience i would say that it was more like 100+Bonus rounds for each of the big wins.

Unfortunately i have no idea how many spins i have done on DoA, it must be in the high tens of thousands if not over 100k.

The only thing that would make DoA better is Quick spin (please Netent, make it happen )

 

[Nifty29]

Yep, but I'll take it over the likes of IR with its fucking Wild Desire that can turn as many as three reels wild and pay precisely fuck all, I wonder if all those reels work properly....

3Dice's slots are transparent and they're no nonsense affairs, and I like that about them.

You can ask them a question about something and they'll tell you THE EXACT ODDS of that event occurring - try that with MG

That's not entirely fair and not true.

I asked MGS years ago what my chances were of hitting a royal flush on their VP games, and they replied: "Not good."

 

[Nate]

DoA is in its own class and no other slot (that I'm aware of) have that kind of payout distribution. I agree that it's one hell of a boring slot, though. I've got ~60 bonus rounds on DoA (lifetime) and out of these, I have one massive hit (3600x), two big hits (700x and 800x), three hits in the 300x-400x range and eight ~100x-150x. It triggered the extra five spins six times total. That leaves me with 45+ bonus rounds that were total crap but keep in mind that when you hit something massive you're very likely to withdraw the money and make a very nice profit out of it. So personaly I prefer one 3000x over six 500x.

But all in all, I've got maybe 12k spins on it? That's nowhere near the number of spins that Chop had to do in order to get his 1000x on Arctic Adventure...and I've got well over 200k spins on IR and never got 1000x (in fact, I've got my best Wild Desire win a couple of days ago: just over 400x! Shameful). Both of these slots are high variance and I realize that I got lucky with DoA on the massive hit, but still...DoA is another kind of animal...it's unique.

Im not a big fan of all other NetEnt Slots - BUT - I love DOA - It can be slow and hard to trigger a big hit but when it does, you will go back for more.

My best was about 4141 X Stake and I have had MULTIPLE hits over 1000x, 2000x and 3000x Bet. I have had the scatters Twice for 2500x Bet as well.

I would recommend the Slot to anyone as the minimum bet is 0.09c and with it comes the probability of a 2000x Bet Hit upwards.

$50 on 0.09c bets is like playing $500 at .90c and you could still net $200 to $500 on a 0.9c bet. I can't think of any other Slot with that pay potential at 0.09c. BDBA is similar but unfortunately the top awards are rare. The Sapphires are even more rare and that is a paltry 3750x bet in comparison to seeing some DOA hits for 4500x bet up to even 7000x bet.

My Biggest enemy on DOA is Bet Size and that's where Big Losses roll in

Nate

 

[dunover]

OK, OK, time for a foil hat moment.
On DoA has anyone noticed a rough pattern to how it plays between bonus rounds?

You regularly get 4 or 5 consecutive spins that pay a win, then 6-8 which don't. Not unbelievable in itself, but you can usually tell that if you have gone 6-8 spins with no win, and get one, the next spin will produce a win too.

Another thing, play it fast using the stop button as soon as you hit start - the reels seem to drop 3 rows each time, together. They do this a few times, and then 'rearrange' often before 2,3 or more scatters drop.

When you play like this, and see the scatters clump past but not land in the screen, you almost always hit them in the next few spins. Gimped reels?