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Kinda. I mean, as someone that thinks about the game economy constantly, I worry about everything. But I think the saving grace is that R5s are going to start coming out and we have ascension looming. R4s are no longer the top of the pyramid of chase materials. That's moving to R5 and Ascension. So R4s were already destined to become a lot more plentiful in 2026 as the top tier chase moves on.

Every time you give out a reward, you dilute its value. You essentially lose something in the game. You need to make sure you get something for that loss. Kabam is getting a happy banquet, which ends the year on a high note and of course helps with their 2025 revenue numbers. My guess is when the dust finally settles on the 2025 banquet, the devs will decide it was well worth the trade.

Definitely Crashed is lurking lol

The final milestone should just be a title. "I 2nd-mortgaged my house to reach level 60 and all I got was a Valiant Grace Crystal."

I haven’t been on this much of the edge of my seat in a long time

(Probably) Last update of 2025

Yeah I know it is already 2026 for pretty much all of you, but it is still 2025 for me. I will probably celebrate the New Year and then pass out, so this is likely my last update of the night. Here's our current progress towards milestone 63:

Factoring the usual overnight slow down I estimate we will probably end up scoring about 335 million on day 13. That would put us 25 million ahead of the pace necessary to reach milestone 63. We would then need to score about 290 million on the last day to reach milestone 63. How likely is that?

On the one hand, you'd expect things to slow down over time. On the other hand, the very last day is likely to have a burst of activity, as players realize the event is ending and get all their last minute crystals opened or bought. There's also the Bigger Thing wars that might be delivering their last crystals to many alliances tomorrow. In the last three days we've scored 354 million, 351 million, and (estimated) 335 million. It seems likely that 290 million is well within reach for the last day of the event.

I would say the odds of hitting milestone 63 have improved to about 67% - two in three. As we can see from the daily rate chart:

Those first few hours after 10am Pacific tend to tell the tale. It sets the pace for the bulk of the points we score in that day. The higher the rate and the longer it lasts, the better our chances. It will be close either way, and we will just have to watch probably right up to the end.

Happy New Year everyone, and keep those crystals spinning. I'll see you all next year.

I am a little disappointed theres no rare champ selector though. Would have liked to scoop up JJ

WWas there really a need to post all the milestones tho?

New Years Eve update:

This is my optimistic / pessimistic projections for where we will end up. Milestone 63 is right smack in the middle of those two projections. The pessimistic projection assumes the late night scoring drops to its normal 8-9 million per hour and the last day drops to the Sunday scoring, which was the worst we've seen. The optimistic projection assumes the last day will be closer to the last three days. The low score ends at 7.17 billion (milestone 62) and the high score at 7.28 billion (milestone 63).

Happy New Year everyone, and good luck. To us all. I might post one last late night update (midnight for me is still 5.5 hours away) or I might pass out in which case next update will be tomorrow morning. Our first indications as to which way this will go will probably be between 11am and 12pm Pacific tomorrow. That's usually when scoring bumps upward on any day where it does bump up. If it does, we're in business. If not, well its not over, but it would take an increasingly high burst of scoring the later it gets without a wave of points. Either way, it might come down to the wire.

Love it, another SBC! Let the tears flow! lol