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He can work unduped, he'll just be a little slower on a couple fights. Here is my team and the fights they took (top is Onslaught).

Do you have Juggs? If definitely recommend him for one of the last two slots. If not, I'd go Zemo and Sinister out of the options you've listed.

Warning:-

To anyone even consider reading this, yep English is not my mother tongue and I'm also dyslexic, and typing on a phone and most likely a few screws lose too 🤪🤣, so read at your own risk.

Hi Mike,

Firstly, always appreciate you taking the time to converse on some of these matters, even if they are heavy and tricky (I saw your response on the Ascension post). So honestly appreciate it.

Secondly, I understand that you can only comments and express to a certain extent, as other matters Kabam might be know or ready to share yet. So I'm not expecting any follow up response (but if anything are given it will always be appreciated, where we agreed or not).

So on these points and the state of Battlegrounds:-

Little League

Yep I did understand that Unranked Match was what Kabam consider as Little League, and alternative way for small accounts to get involved in BG.

However, I'm not sure what is the data telling Kabam abotu Unrank BG mode, but in actually reality, it does feel like it provided the intended goal.

Here was a post I made a few months back

Unranked Matching is still wild out, I have matched with account much smaller than my and account that much bigger (both in term of account, prestige and dex size).

Unranked Match is now just the space for players to collect their Essentia after made it to GC. While smaller accounts feel like the been boxed out from higher rewards.

Unranked Match would work if participation in normal Ranking was high, but since BG is in such a bad state, Unranked Match actually make it worst.

Shuffle Update

It is great to hear that Kabam want to fix that, and based on that response we can only assumed that Kabam is working hard on that for that last 6 months, because the honest true is "we want to fix" is not equal to "we are working in it". But if Kabam are working on it then a a simple update in one of the many stream we had during that time stating that would have been helpful in building trust and communication with the community.

Just a simple "hey, we are still working on Shuffle update, it it trickier then we throught, but just want to let you know we are still on it"

Also maybe not testing doing 3 (not free) Shuffle test meta while it still not working as intended.

Whitelist / Blacklist

Ok, good to know it is on the table

BG Testing & Experiment

Now on the testing, experiment, working on way to fix BG and give a bright future. Great, I believe the players have actually been very patient and understanding of this, however patient and understanding have been really pushed to the limited when some of these metas and tests feel so far off. There is a different is taking a swing and miss, and playing basketball with a fishing rod.

When some of the concept and test feel so off, they make players feel like Kabam is taking them for a ride, like a little stupid guinea pig testing out Square wheel for rotten carrots (or whatever guinea pig 🤣🤣🤣).

Did Kabam honestly thought removing Heath point is a good idea, when only a while back Kabam actually reduce points in BG Time (i.e, give more weight to Health). How did we go from one end to another? Come one Mike as a high end, well experienced player yourself, you can't me that isn't a dumb idea (not actually expecting an answer here.)

Root of BG Problem

There are a number of factors that got BG to this current state, including "Unbalanced Def", "too many Magic Lock and Magic Key", "Purchase Power" and "Over Extended Exclusivity OP Champions".

All of this lead to the root of BG problem, which is the different in Account Discrepancies, where matches are just unwinnable no matter how skilled you are, this lead to the feeling of hopelessness, pointless, waste of time and frustration. No one want to experience that, and would walk away from whatever cause it, i.e BG. Which Kabam would know all of this.

This can not be "fix" with meta alone, and if anything everything tested so far only make matter worst. 40 dex size, 5 bans, 3 Shuffle, no Health point, all of these meta only exacerbate the problem.

This combine with 1 year of exclusivity of higher ranking on new champions through Ascension (via Feature Valiant crystals) and Collective, will only make it worst for BG, and there are no meta alone snd would help fix that.

Base line is - Players feel wasting time playing BG with very little or no turn on rewards. Time Invest > Rewards and Enjoyment. Players want to feel like they making progress for the time they put in.

BG way of progress and rewards also need to be review, and if Kabam is doing that, then just let the players know.

Again as simple as

"Hey we know BG is in a bad stated, we are testing on the match experience, but we are also reviewing other area too, including progression and rewards.

No details yet, but will keep touch base and keep you updated".

Right now all that being done to BG and future proposals only seem to make BG worst, which doesn't give players and community much confident and hope. Might worth consider a bit of time on your next stream to tackle that head on, or as a great CCP once said "Face Block" 🤣🤣🤣 (I think his name is KarateMike, shame he doesn't upload anymore).

These 3 daily quests (daily Intel, plus top 2 daily Cat's) use up full energy, before reaching top Daily Super Event every day.

So pretty much use one of the Energy Refills (we get 1 every day from said DSE), in order to quickly finish off DSE each day.

Especially when skipping a Solo Raid because doubling up on Raid Tag + Class objectives on another day.

And besides for doing other non-daily quests.

That Photon 🔥💚🔥💚🔥💚🔥