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I really don't want to come off as greedy or anything… but am i the only one feeling like they're still missing the mark here?

Cool they gave us the evade counter back… but the AAR was still apart of it. If they were able to implement this, why not just keep fumble the same while only taking ensnare away from her defensive kit? Like, it feels like they're just beating around the bush MORE. This still doesn't seem like they wanted to "nerf her on defense only."

"Elders’ Marks will be staying and will act as the exclusive entry into Competitive Ranked Battlegrounds.
Now, Elders’ Marks will no longer be directly purchasable for Units; however, you can convert 15 energy into 90 Elders’ Marks at any time in an unlimited fashion."

Maybe I'm not fully understanding this… instead of taking away elder marks, they now just made it the EXCLUSIVE currency, but made it cost 15 energy… That's literally the same thing as just… taking them away and making it cost energy only?

Okay, you want it to be a proper way to distinguish the two, fine… and it's cheaper unit wise, but, who was even spending units on Elder Marks and are we still going to get them from ranking up/rewards? I used mine given from ranking up, and used energy if i ran out.

The issue wasn't the amount of units it cost, it was balancing running the 5 different daily objectives while also trying to stay competitive.

I know someone's going to immediately say "well, they're a business, they want you to spend on units." If that's the only answer then sure… but, why make all these "changes" to act like it's meeting us in the middle? It's just them beating around the bush even more.

Dont speak too soon.

A huge issue was skipped. That being defender balance.

Massive red flag to me that they skirt around this issue yet again.

They need to formally address the mess they've made with these miniboss defenders

not surprising after his last video bashing the Kabam employees (although he was pretty spot on in fairness).

Reminds too much of the crystal opening event. A whole lot of stuff for a whole lot of absolutely nothing.

yea for 2.5k units quite the deal lol this game is a joke

I suspect that the reason why it feels as if a lot of things changed when those two left had less to do specifically with those two leaving and more to do with the reason why they left. Miike was fired during a "company streamlining" and Jax seems to have left of his own accord a little while later. However, if I recall correctly, they weren't the only ones from the community team to leave/be fired during that time, which is why communication was such a **** show for a while afterwards.

I wouldn't be terribly surprised if the workforce was trimmed down to reduce costs and the team got orders from up high to increase the game's profitability, which is why it might seem as if things have started to change under the new (community) management. Obviously those guys aren't in any way in charge of anything that has to do with game monetization, but it seems reasonable that they might have come in at the same time as things began to change.

I haven't had any huge issues with the content that has come out since Miike and Jax left. With the wholesale exception of this month's EQ and some annoyances with the Wheel of Fate and its rewards, I still think that the game is currently in the midst of a fairly unprecedented winning streak, content-wise, ever since Necropolis launched.

That said, it's hard not to notice the increased number of sales and how more and more meta champions are paywalled off from the rest of us for longer and longer periods of time. I think that's where the real problem lies, and that feels very "corporate overlords are meddling in stuff for profitability's sake," which could potentially tie in with the firing of Miike/the other Kabam people at the time and the subsequent loss of Jax. I'm not definitely saying that there is a correlation there because I simply don't know; I'm just saying that I wouldn't be terribly surprised if that was what tied those seemingly very different things together.

Seems like he’s been at odds with certain personalities within Kabam for a while. It’s a shame Kabam has such a defensive and seemingly immature culture that they can’t handle criticism. A savvier, more secure group would’ve had the confidence to engage with Vega directly and build credibility in a public / visible way.

Dude, thanks for making me check the numbers again and remember that I need to tell my advisor to buy more Netmarble/Kabam shares for my portfolio.

He probably found out the harsh truth. No matter how friendly some people act, they are not your friends.