Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1577342-20150811124903/@comment-1577342-20151002095416

Yeah. I'm one of the morons that accidentally hit the gem button when I was in a hurry. I blew 543 gems on ¼ of a level. I wrote a scathing email to BBB support. They cheerfully replaced my loss and said that they had received many complaints about the problem. They had already had discussions with the relevant departments and "might get the gem button removed in a future update." The update that came out last week without the gem button was the next after my email. So, I guess it's official: Gems are no longer available to level up your Tribal Monster.

As for the Starpower problem, I started this thread after the first week and the problem remains. It should be individual. You should get the weekly level count of just your Tribal Monster added to your Starpower rating. Unfortunately, It has been the total weekly level of your entire Tribe that has been accumulating since the start.

It's grossly unfair to those higher level players, like me, who contribute 90+ levels a week, while the low level members rarely top 5 and many have yet to leave level 1 in the rearview. My Starpower is 3512. One of my Tribe members has never raised a single level and has a Starpower of 2806. I truly have no problem with the fact that the member hasn't leveled up. He/she just isn't to the point in the game where it is reasonable to do so, so I'm "covering his/her tab" to the extent I can, hoping that there will be some return of loyalty in the fullness of time, but that doesn't mean that he/she should get personal credit for the work done by me and my tribe.

Starpower was supposed to be a reflection of each player's willingness to contribute to a group goal. Instead, it's just a total of the activity of whatever Tribe or Tribes you have joined for at least part of a Sunday. Rant over, but don't get me started on Tribal Gem Sniping.