Dragon Link: Autumn Moon at the club
ah the old major tease on Dragon Link, been falling for that since the first time I had a slap on Autumn Moon at the club. those dragons lining up gets the heart going and the Hold & Spin keeps ya hanging on one more orb every time. worth remembering the same machine can play tighter down the road too, rtp's set per venue. ah well, we grind on 😉
Sam's right about the tease - with Autumn Moon the Hold & Spin is where all the variance lives, so on a small spin sample you'll mostly see minor-adjacent orbs and the grand stays a tail outcome. Worth remembering the RTP is set per venue within the state minimum too, so the same cabinet at your local club can play tighter than one across town. I keep notes on my sessions and the majors hit so rarely that the free games often carry the arvo.
Do the EV, then spin.
lol the major tease is real, every club around here seems to have an Autumn Moon and I get sucked in every Friday night 😅 had a slap at smoko last week and the Hold & Spin hit with like three dragons staring at me, one more orb twice... twice!! then nothing. heartbreak ngl 💔
I reckon the grand chase is what makes it though. Lightning Link was my all-time favourite but Dragon Link has properly stolen my heart with that free games round - when the feature finally pays for itself after a dry patch it feels MASSIVE 🐉🔥
I'm new to Autumn Moon and the major tease already has me hooked, 😅 is the grand always this rare or do some clubs' machines just pay different? Thanks SamJackpot for the heads up 🙏
Good question from FreoBlue there. The grand is rare on every Autumn Moon I've sat at, but here's the wrinkle: RTP on these Aristocrat venue machines gets set per club within the state minimum, so two pokies with the same dragons on the cabinet can genuinely play tighter or looser depending on where you're standing. My usual rule for a Friday session: the grand is a tail outcome you can't chase, so judge the machine on how often the Hold & Spin even triggers, because hit rate tells you more about whether your A$50 survives arvo smoko than any jackpot dream does. 📊
RTP is a long-run number.
That explains heaps, I always thought my local's Autumn Moon just hated me 😅 so the same dragons can be set tighter at the pub down the road? Still learning all this, cheers 🙏
@Darwin same here, only started on Autumn Moon a few months back and assumed the machine at my local just had it in for me 😅 kinda glad it's a settings thing, though part of me wishes I never found out lol. Do clubs have to post their RTP anywhere or is it all hidden? Still a total noob here 🙏
New here, soaking it up.
Back in the Queen of the Nile days we never knew the settings either, Darwin, now at least we know the club down the road can run tighter. Grand's rare everywhere, mate.😉
@FreoDad knowing the settings can vary doesn't help much when you're the one feeding it, does it. Clubs here don't publish their RTP anywhere, so unless someone leaks the paperwork you're playing blind anyway. And yeah, the grand on Autumn Moon is rare enough that I'd want to see a cashout screenshot before believing anyone actually landed it.
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
@FreoDad knowing the settings can vary doesn't help much when you're the one feeding it, does it. Clubs here don't publish their RTP anywhere, so unless someone leaks the paperwork you're playing blind anyway. And yeah, …
@Brizzie_Mate fair dinkum, playing blind is half the fun though lol. I copped a mini on Autumn Moon last Friday arvo off about A$40 in and near fell off me stool, no idea what the settings were. Grand's a pipe dream anyway, I just want the hold and spin to fire 🔥🎰
Backing my slot to the last spin.
Back in the Queen of the Nile days we never knew the settings either, Darwin, now at least we know the club down the road can run tighter. Grand's rare everywhere, mate.😉
@FreoDad at least back then you could blame your luck instead of some settings sheet, maybe that's better for the head 😅 I only found out clubs could run Autumn Moon tighter a couple weeks ago and it definitely made me look at my local different. Quick q for anyone, does the tighter setting change how often the hold and spin hits or mainly the jackpot odds?
Asking dumb bonus questions — that's the job.
@FreoDad at least back then you could blame your luck instead of some settings sheet, maybe that's better for the head 😅 I only found out clubs could run Autumn Moon tighter a couple weeks ago and it definitely made me l…
@MaxBetLifeMode blame your luck, that's all we ever had back on the old reel machines, and honestly the head handled it better. I put a fiver through Queen of the Nile in her prime and turned it into five hun once, never once wondered what sheet was loaded. Autumn Moon tight or loose, the hold and spin either fires or it doesn't, no use reading the paperwork over it 😉
Been grinding longer than some have played.
@FreoDad knowing the settings can vary doesn't help much when you're the one feeding it, does it. Clubs here don't publish their RTP anywhere, so unless someone leaks the paperwork you're playing blind anyway. And yeah, …
@Brizzie_Mate true, you're playing blind, but I treat every session like the worst setting is loaded anyway. Autumn Moon took A$40 off me Tuesday, walked, no whinging 😭💸
Bankroll discipline wins 💸
@FreoDad at least back then you could blame your luck instead of some settings sheet, maybe that's better for the head 😅 I only found out clubs could run Autumn Moon tighter a couple weeks ago and it definitely made me l…
@MaxBetLifeMode mate I reckon ignorance was bliss, knowing my local might run Autumn Moon tighter would do my head in 😅 I just smash it Friday nights and hope the hold and spin fires. Had a mini off bugger all last month and that's enough to keep me coming back 🔥🎰
One slot, one love 🎰
It sounds like the local settings totally change how Dragon Link: Autumn Moon works. Is there any way to check the RTP or things like that on these machines? 😭
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It sounds like the local settings totally change how Dragon Link: Autumn Moon works. Is there any way to check the RTP or things like that on these machines? 😭
@Servo_True short answer, no, you can't. The paytable screen tells you sweet nothing and the venue sure isn't posting what denomination or hold they've got Autumn Moon running on. Everyone here calling it tight or loose is just guessing off their own losses, and half of them have sworn off it after a bad Tuesday before crawling back Friday 😏 The house always wins long-run no matter what sheet is loaded.
A paper win won't feed you.
@MaxBetLifeMode blame your luck, that's all we ever had back on the old reel machines, and honestly the head handled it better. I put a fiver through Queen of the Nile in her prime and turned it into five hun once, never…
@JackpotDreams_Loyal five hun off a fiver on Queen of the Nile, that's the old school story right there. Only ever had one like it, put A$20 through Autumn Moon at the club a while back, hit the hold and spin early and cleared the session in decent profit before the machine woke up properly.
These days I treat the pokies like I treat clearing a bonus though, set the A$ figure before I sit down and walk when it's gone. Knowing the local might run Autumn Moon tighter wouldn't change my bet size anyway, so part of me reckons I'd rather not know like Neon says 😭💸
500x one day, zero the next. Classic.