Best Of

Here’s a summary of how my main and two alts did in the event:



Both alts used nothing but free energy and energy refills from gameplay (i.e. no units). My main used about 6000 units for energy refills on top of free energy, and played about 1000 rounds total across three weeks.

I pushed somewhat harder in the last week, thinking that maybe some players would be doing the same and I didn’t want to drop out of top 200 after making it in the first two weeks, and that was apparently the case as 30k more points equated to identical rank in week 3.

Interestingly, my alts both landed in 2-5% in two weeks and 6-10% in one week, but landed in 2-5% overall. My guess is that on or above ranking 1% players were pushing to maintain rank, but below that players were not consistent in their efforts and did not place consistently in all three weeks, so slipping in one week did not cost rank.

I’m kinda curious to know what percentage of players just did the 10k minimum and stopped. Unfortunately, I did not try to do that with an alt to peg the score. I was busy traveling for a big chunk of the three weeks and didn’t have the time.

Overall, I’d say that as a replacement for a side quest, this was pretty good. It was somewhat engaging but simple, and it did not take a lot of effort to max out the milestones - which is essentially getting side quest level rewards. I could see this coming back a couple times a year, with different scoring mechanics or strategies (emulating poker is not something this has to do: clearly there are relatively easy ways to modify it to make it different or add additional strategy components to it).

As to the competitive side of it, I would say it is in many ways more enjoyable to grind than arena, and getting a 7* champ (even if it is not a top tier one) for the amount of effort put into it was reasonable compared to what it would likely have been in the arena if a 7* ranked reward existed. Of course, how much effort went into ranked scoring would have been a lot higher if it was a top chase champ, and it is tricky to extrapolate how high it would have gone.

I know the Eidols haven’t necessarily landed for a chunk of people, and the last two were not easy/cheap to get, but at the same time, they haven’t been game breaking kits, either, so no one has to feel left out.

They are certainly kits that players do not have to have in order to do anything.

But if you do have them, you see there are some funky little things they can do that make them interesting and fun to play, for what they are. Kinda niche, kinda fun. Just a little different.

Solvarch, man. That kit is not going to change the game at all. You can counter it easily — any armor-breaking Cosmic, physical damage dealer…straight in the bin.

But.

Man, if you mess around and try to take that kit with Energy damage OF ANY KIND?!

LOLOLOL

What a nasty kit design for that specific thing.

I have just been messing around with it in various matchups and it is just kinda funny.

Any kind of Energy damage against that kit is LOL.

But again, you don’t need it and you’re not missing out.

It’s just a fun, interesting, niche kit and I wanted to say so if a Kabam person was reading the forums.