In the past, in other forums, I've suggested a freeze on new dragons until the problems with login issues are truly fixed. The problem with that stupid screen with the one eye dragon has been going on for more than 4 years for some players. If a game truly cared about its players, then the fix would've been in a long time ago. We keep getting told they're working on it, blah, blah, blah every 4 months with no detail and progress except ways to cheat players by making events out of reach for the normal players (looking at you Cheaterboard).
It's past time for S8 to give some sort of goodwill for the trouble that's been going on. I believe they have the solution already and they're trying to find a way to pass the costs onto the players instead of doing right by updating the game.
Speaking of updates, a normal app would have downloadable updates regularly (see another dragon game) but this one hasn't had an update since 2016 or 2018. That's almost 8 and 6 YEARS. Maybe this is one of the reasons why we have the login issues. Whose fault is that? Certainly not the players. That kind of apathy is why the longtime players lost hope and think Dragon Story is a sinking ship. Sadly, the cheaters who ruin the Leaderboards by running up scores don't have an issue logging in. I wish they would discontinue Leaderboard Fundraisers and bring back World Events where players worked together for a common goal. That's for another thread though.
The login issues have messed up even the Dragon Story Wiki because there's still too many dragons released to keep up and our article maker, Curlyee, is one of the victims of this ridiculous problem. I really feel bad for Curlyee because they were the only one who tried to keep up with the dragon pages as the others who helped in the past were either locked out or got tired of the same ole same ole with Dragon Tales and Leaderboards being cut and paste and goals taken out of reach.
I, personally, have hope that one day Dragon Story will progress instead of staying stagnant and getting its popularity back but it's not looking like it'll happen anytime soon. I wish I could go in there and have the power to change things because DS was a great concept but greed took over and now progression is limited,
Dragon Story Developers or Developer, please fix the login issues and stop stringing players along or tell the players that it's a dead app like Fashion Story and Nightclub Story. Honesty and transparency go a long way to creating goodwill and lowering animosity. Thank you.