darkSpyro

Has anyone had much luck visiting friends? I had a go at it last night. All was going really well and managed to visit about ten in a row. I thought, " this is great, they fixed it". Then all of a sudden my game crashed. When I opened it back up I was down a heap of kudos and a few gems. Total waste of time, so frustrating! I don't think I want to devote much time to visiting anymore because who knows when it'll crash on you.

As a general rule, I have always returned to my island after collecting a gem. Yes, it adds extra time to visiting, but it greatly reduces the frustration when it crashes. When the crop of the day is a short one, I plant those when I'm visiting and send skylanders on quick adventures. Then, each time I return home, things are ready to plant and send off again. That way it doesn't feel like a waste of time to return home.

But, at the moment, I've been down for 2 weeks with a corrupt save caused by visiting. From what I'm reading in other threads, there are many others who have also experienced serious issues immediately after visiting. It's a fun part of the game, but, until they fix it, not worth the risks.

I like your strategy there. I actually used to play like that. I guess I got a bit too cocky as it felt great at the time. I would visit until I got a gem, I thought it was the games way of saying there was an invader present in my kingdom, come home. Sure enough, get back and there was always a troll camp or sheep mob. I feel for you & others who's game has been lost. My heart sinks every time my game crashes. I've been lucky though, I haven't experienced any of the bad problems that a lot people have.

I got my game back last night!

I am very excited and feeling very lucky. Bash was missing and 20 friends who are still listed in Activate went missing from my in game list, but everything else is exactly as it was immediately before the problem occurred. I simply entered the code for Bash again, and everything is continuing perfectly. (I'll give the friend list a few more days to see if it sorts itself out before I compare lists) I really couldn't be happier with this outcome.

Strangely, I am itching to resume visiting and see how everyone's islands have changed, but I won't be trying it for a few weeks - or until I read posts about it working well. I expect I'll be extremely nervous whenever I do try visiting again.

If you only just got your game back, I wouldn't risk it. Visiting is overrated when you have trouble doing it. Hyde's appearance makes it worthwhile but the crashing just wastes your time.