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this change to EQ is not good, 800k health pools, very unforgiving. Champs dont get full health when going to a new fight like in crucible, i have no desire to do it. Kabam what is your malfunction? Stop changing things if we wanted hard content we can always do long form content. This reminds me of the time you guys nerfed SW and DS, you almost lost your player base. I give you A for trying but its time to call it and change it back or atleast tone it down considerably!

the change for classic difficulty is whatever.

It’s elder difficulty that really bites into your resources, only 1 champ allowed, pick a different one every fight, but no healing.

Meanwhile your dealing with champs that can chip away at you even with perfect parries.

You won’t make it through without potions or revives, which I usually save those for harder/longer content like necro.

lame update.

Absolute worst change ever to EQ. Had started playing this game as a stress buster from work 5 years ago. The game has become the biggest stress in life now. Don’t think I can keep up.

Thanks kabam, after 10 years I'm deleting the app. ✌️

I don't want to be an excessively negative commenter so I've largely refrained commenting on this. I'm usually the one joking around, but let me be serious for a second since we're on the topic and they don't seem to care about it anyway:

I feel like the forum redesign perfectly sums up the new direction Kabam are taking with this game, and its the reason why many, including me, feel alienated by recent decisions and feel disconnected from the community of days past. The new forum is like a unilateral announcement page (if they even announce it here), it allows no reactions to new Kabam announcements, and voicing opinions will be done through our own discussions, which quickly get drowned out by other discussions.

Not a personal dig, but Mike and Dork haven't been convincing and in tune with the general community at large. Mike does seem to communicate more with the ccp and other content creators (as a former content creator himself, I guess that tracks). But all I've seen from him here is the occasional snark and the rare explanation/ addressing issues.

Content creators seem to be getting more benefits: They get access to a more direct line of communication to Kabam, the new CCP code revenue, general youtube revenue, the beta testing grounds map for practicing, access to new champs and rank ups, the new prestige system which rewards higher spenders, more sales, and the list goes on.

It's looking like Kabam know the game isn't attracting and retaining as many newer players, so they've pivoted to trying to please and milk the remaining contingent of content creators and whales that make them the most money. From a business point of view, it might be the best direction for them. But as a player not part of that circle, I am getting brushed off. If it were not for the friends I have in-game who I talk to everyday and play with, I'd have quit already.

He's one of the oldest champs in game, and older champs generally have lower ratings.

I honestly don’t know why they’re doing this. It feels like Kabam doesn’t really understand what the community actually needs. What’s crazy is they have access to some of the best content creators out there—people who not only play competitively but also actively engage with the community on YouTube. Either those creators aren’t passing feedback on, or the dev team/management is just ignoring it. And if that’s the case, then I doubt they’ll listen to the wider community either.

Valiant EQ was already working. It was clear, simple, and actually rewarding roster depth. You could complete EQ in about 15 days or less, and the progression felt fair. Now instead, we’re being handed harder fights that demand rank-ups just to get through, making it way more time-consuming and the rewards don’t even feel worth the extra grind.

If this is the path they want to take, then I don’t see how it benefits anyone except the very top spenders. For the rest of us, it just kills what little fun EQ had left.