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Rank up resources and gems can't be removed since they're still obtainable in game. So it's the same whether or not *you* have the item or not.

I don't know they keep the other things in game though. Maybe as some sort of relic.

I didn't say to remove rank up resources, I said to make selling them an option basically for that very reason.

As someone mentioned in the other thread, it becomes an Mcoc Moral Hazard. People will start hoarding resources instead of using them if it became a norm that rank up gems and other resources were all sellable.


They want you to use them. And try out different champs. People will rank up champions with gems that they otherwise would not. But if it became a norm, they would just hold it for the hope that it might become something else in the future

They can just offer 100 pcs of gold for the 5* rank up gems. That is not going to inspire a massive, game-wide hoard.

But why would they do this? It serves no purpose.

It's just optional. It's not that deep.

If you want this option just because, that’s one thing. But you yourself asserted that this was a reasonable option to include because the crystal clean up implied a desire to “declutter” the game. But the crystal cleanse is not intended to “declutter” the game of individual crystals, its sole purpose is to remove crystal *types* from the game. So that rationale doesn’t apply here.

I wasn't talking about crystals though. I understand that's more an effort to assist the server. But the ACTION is removing outdated resources. That's what I was referencing since that's going to be happening. Why stop at the crystals when you can do a sweep of other outdated stuff, like the event keys, also?

From the player facing side, it probably make sense. But from the server clean up side, possibly not. The special event stuff might not take up the same inventory database space, which means conversely freeing it wouldn’t have the same benefit.

We gain two separate things by removing a crystal. We can dump the resources associated with that item - graphics, etc - and we no longer have to track the actual inventory counters. But it’s unlikely we actually get the space back on inventory, due to the complexities of database compaction. Rather, we get to reuse the space for other newer crystals down the road rather than have to expand the databases.

Since that special event stuff is only created very infrequently, ditching them might not have the same benefit. They might not need to get refreshed on game updates in the same way as crystal vault contents, and the inventory space they use might not gain much if it is cleared for reuse. Probably why it isn’t flushed with crystals is because that stuff is in a different place, requiring different work to clean out, and it’s not worth the extra time time spent by the data team to do it.

We know what happens when we delete a crystal. We’ve done it many times before. But that other stuff might have other stuff going on that requires extra thought and checking to make sure it’s safe to delete. 99.9% sure it’s safe still means someone has to check the last 0.1%.

I don't really care at this point, or at least, I am trying not to care.
I know Kabam designers are as passionate about the game as anyone else, so if there was some magical button they could press to get rid of cheaters more effectively they would.
This dude cost me my win streak today and took points off me.
It is what it is; I reported him but I don't care what happens to him.
The lil' bro is on his own journey and I'm on my own journey.
It's just a game at the end of the day.

Ok , low level GC player.

If you see hypocrisy in my posts then I guess I'm a hypocrite.
Hopefully that gives you the closure you seek.

Nah, it's just always funny when the same people who tell others to keep quiet have to makes noise when it affects them. You're not the first to that here and won't be the last.