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At the end of the day, the game isn’t ready for 7 Star Hulkling, Hercules, or Cosmic Ghost Rider - and we didn’t feel like any other yet to be released Cosmic was in the right spot for this Event. There was a period of time we discussed adding Carnage to the Crystal so there would be one Champion per class.

Would that have made this event better?

Ultimately, I felt very strongly against putting an objectively less than desirable Champion in this Crystal, and creating the possibility of a lesser experience for Players opening 1-2 Crystals, simply to have one Champion per Class - so I pushed pretty hard against that.

The way I see it, is that this keeps the Crystal loaded with Champions at the top of their Class for players engaging lightly in the event, while guaranteeing one of the 6 for those going all the way to the end - on top of the Selector that gives a copy of one of the other 5 - creating a much better chance to walk away with all 6 Champions.

What I wouldn't give for Carnage with like Scream's kit.
But as is, yes, thank you, this is much better than having him dilute the crystal with his outdated abilities.

At the end of the day, the game isn’t ready for 7 Star Hulkling, Hercules, or Cosmic Ghost Rider - and we didn’t feel like any other yet to be released Cosmic was in the right spot for this Event. There was a period of time we discussed adding Carnage to the Crystal so there would be one Champion per class.

Would that have made this event better?

Ultimately, I felt very strongly against putting an objectively less than desirable Champion in this Crystal, and creating the possibility of a lesser experience for Players opening 1-2 Crystals, simply to have one Champion per Class - so I pushed pretty hard against that.

The way I see it, is that this keeps the Crystal loaded with Champions at the top of their Class for players engaging lightly in the event, while guaranteeing one of the 6 for those going all the way to the end - on top of the Selector that gives a copy of one of the other 5 - creating a much better chance to walk away with all 6 Champions.

I agree with you and I appreciate the comment. I think maybe communicating that with the community would have eased the whiplash and knee-jerk reaction.

Edit: i want to be clear that I'm not against how the event is structured or the decisions made for it. I think it makes sense and am excited for it and dark phoenix. You guys have been doing a great job recently which is part of why it felt so out of left field and rug pullish

At the end of the day, the game isn’t ready for 7 Star Hulkling, Hercules, or Cosmic Ghost Rider - and we didn’t feel like any other yet to be released Cosmic was in the right spot for this Event. There was a period of time we discussed adding Carnage to the Crystal so there would be one Champion per class.

Would that have made this event better?

Ultimately, I felt very strongly against putting an objectively less than desirable Champion in this Crystal, and creating the possibility of a lesser experience for Players opening 1-2 Crystals, simply to have one Champion per Class - so I pushed pretty hard against that.

The way I see it, is that this keeps the Crystal loaded with Champions at the top of their Class for players engaging lightly in the event, while guaranteeing one of the 6 for those going all the way to the end - on top of the Selector that gives a copy of one of the other 5 - creating a much better chance to walk away with all 6 Champions.

I see most comments are missing the point i was actually trying to convey. Im fine with the event and am planning to spend on it as stated in the post. Im excited for dark phoenix. If I wasnt I wouldn't be considering dropping $1000 worth of units on her.
It's the way it was handled and presented to us that left a sour taste in everyone's mouth not the event itself.

Tbh I’m not even sure why people are mad at the presentation of it either. Again, they hyped up the last champ of the event and I think an entirely new fan-favorite champ being the reveal lives up to it, I don’t think they really oversold that. Being outside the crystal is again a bit of a bummer but it’s not like you should be relying on the crystal RNG to be hitting the 7*s you want anyways. I guess you can complain that this is unexpected but like unexpected isn’t always bad and acting like we were lied to or lead on feels like overstating what happened. Y’all gotta be okay with a plot twist from time to time, I think this was a good one. The pool being 5 plus 1 special bonus champ instead of 6 isn’t some huge betrayal.