[DO NOT PLAY WILD SWARM!!]

15 minutes ago, robbus69 said:

Closing thoughts:

I was lucky with a box hit of 150x@1,00 and just before I hit Swarm mode I got another 61x@0,60 box hit with 8 free spins.
Crazy that the biggest hit wasn't even the highly anticipated Swarm mode, but just a box giving me 150x.
The 100x of Swarm mode was a little disappointing. Considering it took me at least a 1000 spins to get at max level first. Then another 1000 spins to get the actual Swarm mode. I was lucky I played @0,60 and not at 0,20 when I hit it.

Many, many other slots where you will play 2000+ spins will give you so much more excitement, fun, tension than this one. Many other slots where you play 2000+ spins will give you numerous bonuses in which each have the thrill of giving you very, very nice multipliers. The build up to get Swarm mode is not a little too long, it's crazy way too long. It's like running a marathon, winning it, and find out you just won a pair of socks.

It's not a mystery why you never see streamers play this slot. It's just wrongly constructed. The swarm levels and the hyve are prominently visible, making it the super exciting key feature of the game. Setting that of to the potential winnings it's just not worthwhile playing it.

So I follow the advice of the OP topic title from now on.

Maybe you should too

PS: I started playing this game, then got frustrated, then found this topic here, then decided to finish it off for the sake of it and some useless statistics.

PS2: I made a recording of the Swarm mode play on my mobile but sound recording got messed up, It was only a 100x, so I didn't bother to upload it.

 

[DO NOT PLAY WILD SWARM!!]

13 hours ago, robbus69 said:

So for the sake of statistics I will keep playing till I get this Swarm mode activated and update the statistics.

So here we go!

After these spins:

100@0,20 4 bees
100@0,40 6 bees 1 box (6x)
100@0,60 5 bees 3 boxes (30x 25x 5x) 1 free spins (8x)
100@1.00 3 bees 4 boxes (6x 5x 150x10x 1 free spins (11x)
100@0,40 5 bees
25@0,60 2 bees 1 box (8fs 61x)

I finally hit the Swarm mode!

These last 525 spins cost me EUR 275 to make.
As I was lucky with a 150x hit on EUR 1 bet resulting in a total spins win of EUR 290.
So a net profit of EUR 15 on those 525 spins.

Swarm mode paid me exactly 100x @0,60 so that's quite disappointing for the main very visual super feature.

So the final stats to get the Swarm mode after Max level was achieved are:

1025 Spins (@ different bet levels of 0,20-0,40-0,60-1,00)
42 bees. (1 bee per 25 spins.)
EUR 425 spin costs. (average spin bet of EUR 0.42)
EUR 67 net loss after my winnings.
EUR 60 (100x @0,60) winnings of the Swarm Mode 10 free spins.
Final balance: EUR 7 loss.

Closing thoughts:

I was lucky with a box hit of 150x@1,00 and just before I hit Swarm mode I got another 61x@0,60 box hit with 8 free spins.
 

[DO NOT PLAY WILD SWARM!!]

5 hours ago, robbus69 said:

 

Soon I will hit level 5. Maybe keep track of statistics from then on..... Will post an update here....

 

So I hit level 5 soon after that..

Here's some statistics after I hit level 5.

Starting balance at hitting level 5: 762,54

Then I played 5x50 spins on EUR 0,20:
50@0,20 1 bee 1free spins (10x)
50@0,20 1 bee 1box (3x)
50@0,20 2 bees
50@0,20 1 bee 2fs (10x & 25x)
50@0,20 1 bee
740,39 closing balance after 250 spins @ 0,20. So that's a loss of EUR 22 over 250 spins. The spins itself costed me EUR 50 of my balance. I won EUR 28 in those spins. So that's the net loss of EUR 22.

Then I upped up the bit to the next level with another 5x50 spins @ 0,40.
50@0,40 1 bee 1 free spins (14x)
50@0,40 4 bees
50@0,40 2 bees
50@0,40 4 bees
50@0,40 xxx (no bees, no boxes, no free spins)
679,29 closing balance after 500 spins @ 0,30 average. That's a loss of over EUR 60 on 250 spins. The spins itself costed me EUR 100 of my balance. I won EUR 40 in those spins. So that's the loss of EUR 60.

So this statistical experiment costed me EUR 150 of my balance in spin costs. And I won EUR 68 in those spins. A net loss of EUR 82. It doesn't make sense to calculate RTP over as little as 500 spins. It's way too little to be statistically relevant. But it's way too low still

Back on topic!

I spend 500 spins and in those spins I managed to get a whopping 17 bees. That's nearly 30 spins to get 1 single bee. 

And NO, I didn't get the Swarm mode activated yet. Some cracks in the hyve and an occasional wiggle, but still as dead as can be.

So for the sake of statistics I will keep playing till I get this Swarm mode activated and update the statistics. Let's see how many spins it will take. Place your bets in the comments

[DO NOT PLAY WILD SWARM!!]

I think good advice of the op. A bit late for me as I'm still in the struggle to get to level 5 on EUR 0,20 and 0,40 bets. Luckily not on higher bets, as I had experience with this build up games from the past....

I was a bit lucky with some good base game hits, some free spins from the boxes, so actually my balance isn't dented that much.

I played other games in between so hard to tell what is the P&L so far but I guess it's not more than EUR 25 loss. Maybe even close to BE.

Soon I will hit level 5. Maybe keep track of statistics from then on..... Will post an update here....