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*looks at human torch*
If you expected differently at this point i really dont know what to tell you man. Prepare to be let down by whatever they announce and thay way it'll only feel slightly bad when it turns out worse than that

Certainly can’t argue with that. The “What it costs” by Kabam has grown so exponentially and at such a rapid rate, as of late, that I’m finding my interest diminishing at an almost equal rate.

The first champ I ever earned in arenas was a 3* (yes, you read that right. 3*) Magik. So after all this waiting for a 6* or 7* version of her; the news of “the cost” did not set well with me.

It doesn't sit well with anyone. What kabams been doing has been extremely negative from the player pov

The purpose of including Magik in the store is to create a chase for players earning huge amounts of Radiance. Until we get more data I can't say how much it will cost (we still haven't had a non-borked Battlegrounds season). I'm confidence though that it will be a lot more than 250k, given players in top alliances earn way more than that every month. Won't be all at once though, players will gather pieces over time.

When you created Radiance and planned out how it would be acquired, wouldn’t you extrapolate how much could be earned at multiple progression levels over an amount of time to determine the best amounts to reward per event to keep it under control? Given that premise, shouldn’t you already know how much an appropriate amount would be for a “chase” champ like Magik?

I appreciate Mike’s comments here but I don’t think it really changes my feelings on this matter. There has to be a middle ground between “wipe the metaphorical slate clean” and “whales with literal millions of relic shards saved get all 180 relics as soon as they launch without spending an extra dime”. The deep dive stated that there are no plans for new battlecast relics at this point, am I expected to hold on to these shards for another 2 years until you all finally have the time to make new ones and these finally have reasonable value again? If the problem is “too many people have mass relic shards that would trivialize collection”, then letting people sit and collect more shards only exacerbates the problem when you eventually do get around to it, which kinda erodes my trust that it ever will be “worth it” for Kabam to make battlecasts. I don’t see how my aforementioned limited conversion idea is impossible; give the folks who have been saving relic resources for the day y’all finally released new relics a bit of a deserved head start without letting them max out their collections instantly.

And as a bit of an endnote, with no promises of battlecasts coming in the future, this makes battlecast relics shards a bit of a “dead end” resource; eventually you can collect them all and you can reach a point where they have literally no value (technically duping relics gives you a bit of gold and embers but let’s not pretend those really mean much of anything). I don’t think this is something that can be allowed to stand. Champion crystal shards always have value because there’s always new champs to collect, and their associated rank up and level up resources too by the same token. Mysterium, gold, radiance, loyalty, battlechips, they all continually offer some value in getting these always valuable resources. Battlecast shards are now the opposite, where I can reach a point where there is almost literally no more value in collecting them besides speculative hope - and yet Kabam will inevitably continue to offer them as rewards in content like the event and side quest. I strongly urge Kabam to consider this point heavily when considering the future of battlecasts, and realize that trying to kick the can down the road like y’all are doing now will only lead to a more explosive result when things come to a head.

Yeah you pretty much expressed everything I meant to say in a way more respectful manner.
I guess I was a bit harsh on my side due to being questioned about being objectively.
Anyway I apologized if I sounded as if I was attacking Mike on a personal level.
Just take what Squidopous is saying.

I appreciate Mike’s comments here but I don’t think it really changes my feelings on this matter. There has to be a middle ground between “wipe the metaphorical slate clean” and “whales with literal millions of relic shards saved get all 180 relics as soon as they launch without spending an extra dime”. The deep dive stated that there are no plans for new battlecast relics at this point, am I expected to hold on to these shards for another 2 years until you all finally have the time to make new ones and these finally have reasonable value again? If the problem is “too many people have mass relic shards that would trivialize collection”, then letting people sit and collect more shards only exacerbates the problem when you eventually do get around to it, which kinda erodes my trust that it ever will be “worth it” for Kabam to make battlecasts. I don’t see how my aforementioned limited conversion idea is impossible; give the folks who have been saving relic resources for the day y’all finally released new relics a bit of a deserved head start without letting them max out their collections instantly.

And as a bit of an endnote, with no promises of battlecasts coming in the future, this makes battlecast relics shards a bit of a “dead end” resource; eventually you can collect them all and you can reach a point where they have literally no value (technically duping relics gives you a bit of gold and embers but let’s not pretend those really mean much of anything). I don’t think this is something that can be allowed to stand. Champion crystal shards always have value because there’s always new champs to collect, and their associated rank up and level up resources too by the same token. Mysterium, gold, radiance, loyalty, battlechips, they all continually offer some value in getting these always valuable resources. Battlecast shards are now the opposite, where I can reach a point where there is almost literally no more value in collecting them besides speculative hope - and yet Kabam will inevitably continue to offer them as rewards in content like the event and side quest. I strongly urge Kabam to consider this point heavily when considering the future of battlecasts, and realize that trying to kick the can down the road like y’all are doing now will only lead to a more explosive result when things come to a head.

Vox needs awaken and higher sig.. not suited for battleground.. but solid for mid and long form content..

Bastion is best counter to Onslaught.. but Jack O Lantern is probably better imo.

Spider-woman is solid science that places power sting.. Spider-ham or Spider-woman are two best power sting champions.. pair them with Antman relic to place taunt.. Spider-ham has taunt but his porker poppers expire faster unless you use sp1.

I pick Scream from Titan Nexus over Rintrah.. then rank3 her

I have 6* Spider-woman rank5 sig200 ascend
6* Bastion rank4 sig198 ascend (thinking of rank5 him soon).. 7* Jack O Lantern rank3 (undupe).

Ignore this vox comment. I’ve got a 7* r2 vox who killed it unawakened. He gets slightly more degen damage when awakened, but it’s not super noticeable. He’s incredible, but I wouldn’t rank 3 him over your other choices. I’d do bastion or spider woman if I were you. Do bastion if you struggle with onslaught or other mutants more and do spider woman if you struggle with enchantress more.

Hello all,
I have been playing the game for almost a decade (!!!!) now, I have been and seen almost all in the game.. since scarlet wich 12.0 Blade dominance, Blade trio and more and more developments.
I understand the game is there the make a profit and this is how it is supposed to be.. The game developpers have added recently this new top content that I really enjoyed inspite of the community's opinion and there are some moves that the Kabam did that were just too much for me to continue playing.
This new pay to win sysyem where the newst and strongest character is locked behind payment method was the final straw for me.. I understand the idea and I support new charachters behind big and juicy challanges (Stark Spidey for examlpe where you really struggle before having him) but it feels to me that the gap that Kabam has created is just too much.. way too much, its not possible that after a sale a player that has been playing for a year or two has such an advantege over someone who playes for almost a decade.. its just not ok in my maybe unpopular opinion..
The offers in the past used to be 15000 units for the final millestone and now its not even a half !! I cant keep up with that!
Red Gaurdien, Dark Pheonix, Human Torch and more and more!! the frustration just keeps pilling up.

you could say that not everyone is supposed to compete at the highest level and that is correct, I think Kabam took it too far and its like I feel completely not fun and yes, Ill even use the word betrayal of the free to play that grind (oh how much i used to grind) but the offers become 39k where it used to be 15k and 15k is doable in two hard grinding months of the game. (that just indicates how much I tried keeping up and how much I used to play (used to as up until 3 days ago)
I hope you all do well but from a personal prespective, Kabam broke my will.
Good luck all.