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Explainer: Why it's harder over time to get into GC despite having done so previously

Battlegrounds is a mode where the bottom players don't get into GC and don't get the rewards bcos time runs out after 28 days

When the bottom players don't get the rewards, they may stop playing which means the second bottom players find it harder to get into GC and get the rewards bcos they are now the bottom players

There is a recorded power creep over time that I see bcos I constantly get into GC with different Prestige 30 since Prestige 30 was launched last year

It wasn't possible to record such power creep based on the previous Prestige 5 as Prestige 5 doesn't record the true strength of a player's battlegrounds deck

Power creep is the most obvious after Banquet when Banquet participants Prestige jump by a huge amount in December, early January

So when Prestige 30 was launched last year, I got into GC without problems with 22k Prestige 30

In the latest season I got into GC with 32k Prestige 30 but players right now with 22k Prestige will find it very hard to get into GC

So this is what I call Power Creep, basically the same exact mode every season but you need to improve on your deck relative to your opponents or you will fall behind and find it hard to get into GC

You can get a general idea of what minimum Prestige is necessary by looking at those players who are in GC leaderboard, the lowest tier players have an average prestige of 34k +/- bcos most players with high Prestige stop playing after a few matches in GC and start camping in Gamma tier, so the Prestige is much higher due to less participation

It is still possible to get into GC with 32k Prestige or 30k Prestige depending on your Skill and your champions

Prestige is a numerical rouge gauge of a battlegrounds deck, what champions you rank up is also important, if you don't have sufficient defenders, you will also lose in battlegrounds

As rank 5 and Ascension 2 become more common, power creep will again start to show over time as players have higher and higher Prestige

JESUSCHRIST

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Re: Explainer: Why it's harder over time to get into GC despite having done so previously

True and very sad.

Lost____one

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Re: Ebony Maw Coliseum

Used red guardian

TheMostHated1

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Re: Am I the only one who has all his T2 Primordial Dust placed back in my store and expiring?

Although, what Kabam could have maybe done is temporarily increased the limit in Inventory, and even if then lowered it back down it would have allowed you to keep them (past the Max) in Inventory.

Just like having expanded limit of Cats while on Sigil, and then after ending Sigil any that were in excess of normal limit would still remain in Inventory (they don't get moved to Stash just because the Limit changes, as in those Cat cases).

But that would have let people keep them in Inventory until however long of time until they had new champs available to use them to go Asc.2 or 3.

Having the “Trade BACK to Dust” could have been at least another month longer. Odd that both the Trade and the Trade-Back would have both ended together (but really, the initial Trade portion was done by people 3-4 weeks ago as the original deadline was coming, so just the Trade-Back time was relevant right now)

SummonerNR

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Re: Am I the only one who has all his T2 Primordial Dust placed back in my store and expiring?

SummonerNR

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Re: Ebony Maw Coliseum

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2957731#Comment_2957731

I've been putting off learning Lizard's rotation, so this looks like a great opportunity. What do you recommend for the rotation against Maw?

WhoDaPoo

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Re: Catalyst fragment selection

You guys remember some years ago there was a guy Kabam Zero or Kabam Hero.

The QoL updates that person brought was so good.

Miss him.

Amanda_Cruze

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Re: Ebony Maw Coliseum

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2957737#Comment_2957737

Main thing I try to do is take advantage of unblockable + unstoppable you get from being buff immune or when Maw nullifies a buff. When Maw finishes Sp1 I use the unstoppable + unblockable to hit once then heavy to keep his focus off. Feels like that is a big part of the fight—heavy kills the focus and punishing the special places a tracking on Maw.

Parry + heavy whenever you get a clean stun on Maw and use striker to keep Maw unfocused. If timing falls off and you get faltered, just let the falter heal you. I tend to drop the Sp2 a lot, but honestly the natural openings Lizard creates to heavy plus the tracking does a lot to keep the fight rolling.

It’s been a reliable 12-13 bars each time for me.

Dr. Zola