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Re: The Problem with The Compensation
Let's be honest about the good samaritan thing. When it comes to real exploits like creating a million twitch accounts to get the twtich drops a ton of times, sure, most of us would never do that because it's not the right thing to do, but when it comes this, the majority would.
I had the chance to pop pre-fix and didn't take it because I weighed the possibility of compensation being worse than it was, so I played it safe and waited for a fix. If I knew for sure that we'd get a 1:1 comp, I would have 100% opened them instantly, and I think everyone else would too. 99% of us who didn't pop when we had the chance weren't good samaritans for waiting, we played it the way we did out of self-interest.
We're salty that our crystal experience was the normal kind and not the crafty kind. This isn't new either. For years, if an offer ends up being bugged (especially those cav nexus crystal offers from 2021), players were incentivized to buy them quick so they can get free comp after.
Re: The Problem with The Compensation
I'd say it is a fact. They made the decision, posted it, then followed through with it, then commented that the concerns were brought to them and they still went through with it. Besides the reality that their comments are as close to fact as we can come on here, what more would you need to call something fact?
Re: The Problem with The Compensation
That is not a fact, and they didn't double down, they took the only solution possible.
That's as much a fact as saying that the best cure for a headache is decapitation.…
Re: The Problem with The Compensation
So here’s my unique situation. And I will admit this is a personal problem for me but I think it illustrates why this whole compensation was handled less fairly than possible.
I was on a plane at the time of the crystal change. I was fully expecting to open all of the 30 crystals I had saved up as soon as the clock turned. As fate would have it WiFi went down on the plane and was never restored. As soon as we landed I flipped to cell service and opened all of them. Had no idea I was about 15 minutes after the fiasco was fixed. So something beyond my control ultimately cost me double crystals.
The point of this whole story is that much like most of this game, randomness benefitted some and not others. If the goal of the compensation was to create an even playing field, this issue was not handled appropriately. If the goal is some people will always “out luck” others, mission accomplished.
DanielRand
Re: The Problem with The Compensation
You guys need to understand that this is a direction the game has been taking for quite a while. Not implying the error was intentional; but the solution fits within the direction of the game.
I do the same thing in my business when something goes wrong, I make it up and give a "gift certificate" for the next visit, lets call it a 50 dollar certificate or credit on the next visit. Does that mean I am giving them 50 dollars? Nope it means they get the satisfaction of thinking they get 50 bucks when I am most likely giving them 15 or 20 based on my cost.
Why am I comparing the crystal fiasco to my business? 7* crystals in near 2026 means squat, for them to give away 50 7* crystals means absolutely nothing, its even related to the charity progression titles. They gave free progression titles because no one in their right mind would whale out in Cav or TB bundles in 2025. They give this crystals because whoever gets them feels good and might spend to beef up their accounts now.
There is no money in 7* basic crystals so they don't care. They don't even care about the so called balance in the game enviroment.
BringPopcorn
Re: The Problem with The Compensation
I popped 50 after the fix. Here are some of the champs I got:
Zola
Omega Sentinel x2
Spiderham
OG Hulk
Domino x3
IDoom
Quicksilver
Juggernaut x2
Chavez
Sasquatch
Crossbones
Photon
Okoye x2
Omega Red
Knull
Moleman
BPCW
Cull
Dust
This is relatively an amazing batch of champs that a lot players would like. FYI, I already had most of these awakened but some weren't. Some were important dupes and others were solid prestige bumps. Plus it gave a lot of Titan shards. I hate using anecdotes but a free 20-50 7* crystals including nexus crystals aren't simply "nothing". They're sigs, potential account changers, and awakening gems.
Re: The Problem with The Compensation
I just saw someone pop 50 crystals.
Imagine thinking this is fair, only in Kabam-land. Not only have has my spending drastically tapered but I already knew I would never touch another Netmarble property. Now I know not to ever touch another Kabam project either.
HungaryHippo
Coliseum Strategy
Solo Coliseum
This part is going to be very short because the Solo Coliseum design is very straightforward.
- Pick a champion that meets the tag requirements
- Spend energy to enter the fight
- Clear as many health bars as possible
- If you get knocked out and want to clear more health bars, go back to step 1.
There are no consumables beyond energy and no boosts. Pick a champion, do the fight, repeat. That’s the Solo Coliseum.
Alliance Coliseum
The Alliance Coliseum has much more depth built into it, and doing well will require strategy, skill and coordination with your alliance.
Alliance Coliseum will replace Alliance Quest for the weeks it runs, but it is very different in a number of ways. One big difference is the reward distribution. Whereas AQ focuses mostly on ranked rewards and Glory milestones, most of the rewards in Alliance Coliseum, at least for now, are nested in two events: a solo peak milestone event and an alliance peak milestone event. For the vast majority of players and alliances, maximizing these events should be the focus, and the best strategy for doing so is the main topic of this post.
I should note that the advice here is based on internal test runs of the events. It’s possible that players will figure out a better strategy. But I found what I am going to describe to be a reliable way to achieve the top milestones.
There are a few key things to know to optimize your performance in the event:
- The three day event is structured around three sets of tags that provide bonus points for your attackers. They change every 24 hours the event is live.
- On day one, three of your five podiums are available. On day two, podium four becomes available, and on day three podium five becomes available.
- You cannot use the same attacker on multiple podiums.
I’ll illustrate this with an example. Let’s say the tags on day one are #HERO, #AVENGERS and #OFF: BURST. Quicksilver and Mantis fit all three of the tags, so I’d start by testing them out. Photon and Kate meet two of the tags, so I might try them as well. I’d go through the champions I have that meet at least a couple of the tags and see who I can set the best scores with on my three available podiums.
Now let’s say I set my three best scores and I realize I have someone that can do better. Yondu is going to be nuts in Coliseum, but he doesn’t meet any of the day one tags. Should I try to set a better score with him? I have found that I should not. The reason is that, if I stomp one of my day one scores, I can’t get it back. Let’s say on day two the tags are #MERCENARY, #2017 and #SIZE M. Now Yondu meets all three tags. If he is on one of my first three podiums, I can go back and set a new score for him with the tag bonuses. However, now I have an empty podium four, and I can’t get those day one tags back to set a score there.
That sounds complicated, but I will summarize simply. The best strategy to maximize your score will be to focus on the tags day one and day two. On day three, if you have an ace for the fight that hasn’t matched the tags, you can always use them to set a score before the event ends. Focusing on the tags the first two days keeps your options open.
Beyond that, here are a couple additional tips:
- Most players who aren’t insanely skilled will have to do a little bit of grinding or buy podium levels to hit the top milestones. While you are going to have some sweaty sessions trying to hit your best scores, if you are like me you might also want a more chill time for some of your sessions. The lower difficulties are great for this. You are unlikely to beat your best scores on Easy or Medium, but they can be great for farming some podium XP while you are watching football, on the train or waiting to pick your kids up from school. So kick back and crush some health bars.
- While the podiums go up to level 8, it’s tuned so that late-game players and alliances should be able to set high enough scores to collect the top milestones with a mix of level 2 and level 3 podiums. The more skilled you are, the lower your podium levels will need to be – for example Mike set a crazy Yondu score during our internal test that cleared all the milestones with a single podium. The higher levels are mostly there for mid-game players who want to grind for end-game rewards and to facilitate more ranked rewards chase if we decide to make the ranked rewards more attractive in the future.
Re: Kingpin or Abs Man- who will you choose?
both lol. But if I could only choose one. I’d have to go with my guy kingpin. Abs you want duped with max sig and be good at intercepting with light and I suck at interception with light which is a me problem lol
Re: The Problem with The Compensation
Oh! A lowly Player on the outside of the game can't possibly comprehend the complexity of the vast competitive nature and how every little Sig makes it everyone's problem! See? I can exaggerate too.
Calling me casual isn't a valid argument because it doesn't change the facts of the issue. It's not gamebreaking in the slightest. Y'all just salty.
