I think it’s pretty lame that Cap IW’s synergies (not sig ability) are going to be severely gimped for act 6. Granted he’s still an incredible champ and they aren’t the main reason I ranked him. But I did invest heavily in him, 2 t5b/10 t2a/180 sig stones, and want to be able to use him to his full potential. But now 1/3 of his synergies are unavailable for act 6 because they aren’t available or regularly available as 5* or 6* champs. It seems he was designed with team building around him being a core aspect of his abilities. It won’t stop me from completing and exploring act 6, I have the roster. But from a design standpoint, just why? Why push unique synergies like this in the build of champions, or as indirect buffs to older and obsolete champions, only to roadblock it out of use for the most significant piece of solo content? Were these things not considered when the act 6 restrictions were conceived? We’re the Act 6 restrictions not thought of yet when these synergies were created?
I will stop playing if Kabam keeps this non-sense. Kabam advertised several times they were promoting we use more of our roster, making use of 2* and 3* only in some events. What is worst, why Kabam keeps selling , with money, 4* champs and shards if they won’t be usable in the future game content? Is this legal? Is this ethical ? We should go to App Store and start informing Apple and Google of this shady, unethical behavior of Kabam. They are cheating the customers.
Surely you aren’t suggesting there should be a 100% LoL/Variant/Maze requirement for Act 6, just like RttL is a prequisite for LoL...?
Dr. Zola
Not saying there is a direct requirement but maybe the Devs had that general idea of roster readiness in mind before Act 6 as it looks like T5CC is being introduced finally which is a reward tier above all other contest so far.
Surely if your roster is healthy enough to complete the other game modes 100% you should be ready for Act 6. I'm sure there are some exceptions of course. But why wouldn't you want to complete those before going into Act 6 anyway as it does help your roster overall with rank up materials alone (again unless your RNG is terrible which I have said I empathize with)?
Maybe that’s the idea. But for those of us on a pRNG dry spell it feels like the game team response rings hollow. Do I have some great 5/6* champs at the top of my roster? Sure, but there’s a 2018-sized hole I’ve been filling with 4*’s. And some of those 4*’s fill very specific niches for very specific content.
But I suppose it’s all good once they announce a bi-weekly run of class specific 5* crystals for 2K shards each.
We have given plenty of reasons why it is unfair for kabam to remove over 3/4 of most players rosters from the new content. I'm eagerly awaiting the post from kabam worded with why it was important to handicap over 80% of the community going into act 6. Yes there are guys with huge rosters of 5 and 6*s. My profile isn't lacking in champs usable in the new content. I want to hear why in a game based off rng and resource management I'm being forced to use champs that while they may have a higher health pool and attack are still sub par to my ranked 4*s with awakened abilities and synergies. Yes I have power control with psylocke and dorm but thanks to no fault of my own I don't have a 5* magik who I find has better power control and I'm more than capable of offsetting the lower stats with skill or vision Hawkeye to name a few more. The same can be said for autoevade champs heavy hitters and immunity champs that 4*s allow for a more diverse team with synergies. If you want an rng based game with restrictions I'm fine with the class restrictions from variant or fury events but please tell me how limiting my roster makes this fun and enjoyable or even allows me to play with my favorite heroes and villains which was a key advertising tool in this game
I took a long time to digest the 4-star restriction and truly think about a response.
Ultimately, I landed here: It's your game, Kabam. You can do whatever you want. People will either play or not, and locking parts of people's rosters out is a decision that someone at Kabam knew would infuriate some.
But you did this a week before dropping the content. To the best of my knowledge, no one in the player base knew this type of restriction was coming.
People invest resources and time into rank-ups. People don't rank up four-stars because they love them. They do it because they use them, because 5-stars are so damned hard to get AND dupe.
I won't go into a litany of hyperbole. Truthfully...I no longer care that much.
I like this game, a lot. Have spent money on it. I have been here since Week 1.
Because of that, I know this to be true: This is the most unforgiving game I have ever played. The decisions made, the expectation of time investment vs. Reward, the ridiculous dependence on RNG combined with horrific drop rates...wow.
Again, it's your game. You can do with it as you wish.
But none of you should be surprised when people tell you this company is one they will not support
So this is what it feels like. When Thanos snapped and certain characters crumbled to dust. Dang...lol.
All jokes aside, I honestly have to say the hype around Act 6, and even new characters like Captain Marvel and Nick Fury, it’s just all noise to me at this point. And it sucks. It’s like showing up to the super bowl but you can only sit in the car in the parking lot, and hear all the cheers from inside the stadium.
I’m over here parked on my 4 star island, in a bronze level alliance with a roster polluted with trash 5 stars...enough to be frustrated with, but not enough to do any decent amount of grinding in arena to actually elevate my 5 stars without having to depend on this “RNG” thing you all speak of.
No one’s fault. But it’s my responsibility to be realistic about the game. Truth is, it’s not for me anymore. I’m a marvel nerd and I have the utmost excitement for the MCU’s continued growth. It’s been great learning about lesser know characters and seeing my favs come to life. But reality has set in... I’ll never “whale out.” I’ll never buy an Odin. That’s three bills paid easily AND lunch money for work. No sir, not happening.
When all this Carina talked started, I saw the writing on the wall, pun intended. I knew if I couldn’t do variant, Act 6 would be a distant experience. But I was ok, knowing I could still rock out with my plethora of 4 stars and hang in there.
But...I get it. WE get it. Heard this company racks in billions of dollars a year. That won’t happen from free to play peeps like me, so why cater to my old average roster? It’s all good. It’s business. Best of luck Kabam. Hopefully newer player don’t hit the burnout as quick as I did. It’s back to other mobile games for me.
If I stay, can y’all atleast make a “peasant crystal” where I know I’m getting meme level, useless champs? Haha ok that was a pointless comment. But really, between new players and legend bane level summoners....you do have a middle tier that feels pretty crapped on.
To everyone that is saying the 5-6* restriction is ok/tolerable/acceptable/encouraged, I want to ask you 1 question: are you ok with this game turning into a 100% pay to win structure?
I ask this because every single summoner's roster is based upon the CHANCE that they pull good champions. There are well over 100 5* in the game, even more 4*, and a lot of these champions are either straight up awful or provide only very specific utility (sometimes only with the help of synergies) that they would be an absolute waste of resources to rank up. Obviously the more 5/6* champions each summoner gets, the BETTER chance they have at pulling a champion that would actually help them complete the content in Act 6 and there are 2 ways to do this: spend time to do quests/arena/AW/AQ to obtain the shards/resources, or pay for grandmaster crystals and hope for the best. EVEN THEN, there is still NO guarantee that the 5 * champs you receive will help you in any way.
So what does all this mean, you may ask. Simple, Kabam is telling you to either 1: WAIT, and get even further behind end-game players in term of progress, or 2: PAY even more money to get a better chance to get what you need right now so you don't fall behind. Ultimately this structure completely favors the payers, and when you a specifically blocking content behind a wall that favors people that pay (NO OTHER CONTENT IN THE GAME HAS A RESTRICTION THAT BENEFITS PEOPLE THAT PAY), then you are specifically in favor of this game stunting its growth of incoming players as any new free to play players are told to get to the back of the bus if they don't get good luck with their first 20 or so 5 stars or first 3 6*.
Ultimately I want you to answer why it benefits ANYONE in the game to block 4* and below from Act 6 content? Especially when there are recorded cases of people using 4* in LOL and Variant.
So I come back to the forums, over 100 new comments to read, surely someone has answered one of my two questions ... No, no one did. And you know why? Because the people that are ok wuth this restriction don’t have any basis for that position other than “it’s endgame content hur dur”. Yeah, and so is LoL, Variant, 100% Act 5, and you know what those three have in common? All of them both allow 4* characters AND have been cleared by 4* characters. YOU ARE WRONG, end game content should not have a restriction based upon how “lucky” a summoner is. In fact, it shouldn’t have any restrictions whatsoever! (Except you must complete act 5) Let each summoner decide on their own when they are ready to complete this content, regardless of their roster strength.
Well, done buying fgmcs. I usually get at most the newest 4* which I rank up and.....wait for it....USE! Now, it’s pointless. I have my aq and aw teams. Any new champs I get now would only be useful in monthly eq. They’re getting ready to see a sizable drop in fgmc sells, which begs the question, was that the point in increasing the drop rates.
Lezzz be honest... no one cares about using the 3-4*s.. they care for them because it makes all the best tier champs GODLY AF...
How about kabam just do what they really intended.. Make nodes where synergies play no part in the game... or they allow 4*s and take out synergies
Yeeeee hawwww
Not sure if you are joking, but there are still a large majority of summoners that USE their 4* in various content (including end game content). Just cause people who spend or have been around for years exist, doesn’t mean that the other large bracket of players doesn’t.
If you don't agree with the 5&6* restriction, don't complete Act 6 or do like others claim they've done and quit playing. If you don't have the roster, then don't worry about it for now. Simple as that.
Lezzz be honest... no one cares about using the 3-4*s.. they care for them because it makes all the best tier champs GODLY AF...
How about kabam just do what they really intended.. Make nodes where synergies play no part in the game... or they allow 4*s and take out synergies
Yeeeee hawwww
Not sure if you are joking, but there are still a large majority of summoners that USE their 4* in various content (including end game content). Just cause people who spend or have been around for years exist, doesn’t mean that the other large bracket of players doesn’t.
Ok then, I propose we eliminate synergies for Act 6 and allow 4*s!
If you don't agree with the 5&6* restriction, don't complete Act 6 or do like others claim they've done and quit playing. If you don't have the roster, then don't worry about it for now. Simple as that.
Why should anyone be required to “wait” and get even farther behind then the people that pay, just because they are unlucky? Heck, even “waiting” guarantees no end to the waiting because you can continue pulling **** 5/6* for eternity and never be ready.
I have never logged on to the forums and I hate that the first time I am logging on is to complain, but restricting 4 stars in Act 6 is such a bad move. You sold us two 4 star rank up gems offers recently. So basically you sold us upgrades for a product that is now obsolete in new game content. If that isn't shady I don't know what is. I have been playing for over 3 1/2 years now and like I said I've never complained until now, but this decision is just too much. Please reconsider.
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It seems he was designed with team building around him being a core aspect of his abilities.
It won’t stop me from completing and exploring act 6, I have the roster. But from a design standpoint, just why? Why push unique synergies like this in the build of champions, or as indirect buffs to older and obsolete champions, only to roadblock it out of use for the most significant piece of solo content? Were these things not considered when the act 6 restrictions were conceived? We’re the Act 6 restrictions not thought of yet when these synergies were created?
Kabam advertised several times they were promoting we use more of our roster, making use of 2* and 3* only in some events.
What is worst, why Kabam keeps selling , with money, 4* champs and shards if they won’t be usable in the future game content? Is this legal? Is this ethical ?
We should go to App Store and start informing Apple and Google of this shady, unethical behavior of Kabam. They are cheating the customers.
@Kabam Miike @Kabam Zibiit @Kabam Vydious @Kabam Lyra @Kabam Wolf
But I suppose it’s all good once they announce a bi-weekly run of class specific 5* crystals for 2K shards each.
Dr. Zola
Ultimately, I landed here: It's your game, Kabam. You can do whatever you want. People will either play or not, and locking parts of people's rosters out is a decision that someone at Kabam knew would infuriate some.
But you did this a week before dropping the content. To the best of my knowledge, no one in the player base knew this type of restriction was coming.
People invest resources and time into rank-ups. People don't rank up four-stars because they love them. They do it because they use them, because 5-stars are so damned hard to get AND dupe.
I won't go into a litany of hyperbole. Truthfully...I no longer care that much.
I like this game, a lot. Have spent money on it. I have been here since Week 1.
Because of that, I know this to be true: This is the most unforgiving game I have ever played. The decisions made, the expectation of time investment vs. Reward, the ridiculous dependence on RNG combined with horrific drop rates...wow.
Again, it's your game. You can do with it as you wish.
But none of you should be surprised when people tell you this company is one they will not support
All jokes aside, I honestly have to say the hype around Act 6, and even new characters like Captain Marvel and Nick Fury, it’s just all noise to me at this point. And it sucks. It’s like showing up to the super bowl but you can only sit in the car in the parking lot, and hear all the cheers from inside the stadium.
I’m over here parked on my 4 star island, in a bronze level alliance with a roster polluted with trash 5 stars...enough to be frustrated with, but not enough to do any decent amount of grinding in arena to actually elevate my 5 stars without having to depend on this “RNG” thing you all speak of.
No one’s fault. But it’s my responsibility to be realistic about the game. Truth is, it’s not for me anymore. I’m a marvel nerd and I have the utmost excitement for the MCU’s continued growth. It’s been great learning about lesser know characters and seeing my favs come to life. But reality has set in... I’ll never “whale out.” I’ll never buy an Odin. That’s three bills paid easily AND lunch money for work. No sir, not happening.
When all this Carina talked started, I saw the writing on the wall, pun intended. I knew if I couldn’t do variant, Act 6 would be a distant experience. But I was ok, knowing I could still rock out with my plethora of 4 stars and hang in there.
But...I get it. WE get it. Heard this company racks in billions of dollars a year. That won’t happen from free to play peeps like me, so why cater to my old average roster? It’s all good. It’s business. Best of luck Kabam. Hopefully newer player don’t hit the burnout as quick as I did. It’s back to other mobile games for me.
If I stay, can y’all atleast make a “peasant crystal” where I know I’m getting meme level, useless champs? Haha ok that was a pointless comment. But really, between new players and legend bane level summoners....you do have a middle tier that feels pretty crapped on.
Food for thought.
And to add insult to injury you offer this deal with a 100% chance of pulling a champ we can't use in act 6
No, no one did.
And you know why? Because the people that are ok wuth this restriction don’t have any basis for that position other than “it’s endgame content hur dur”. Yeah, and so is LoL, Variant, 100% Act 5, and you know what those three have in common?
All of them both allow 4* characters AND have been cleared by 4* characters.
YOU ARE WRONG, end game content should not have a restriction based upon how “lucky” a summoner is. In fact, it shouldn’t have any restrictions whatsoever! (Except you must complete act 5)
Let each summoner decide on their own when they are ready to complete this content, regardless of their roster strength.
How about kabam just do what they really intended.. Make nodes where synergies play no part in the game... or they allow 4*s and take out synergies
Yeeeee hawwww
Ok then, I propose we eliminate synergies for Act 6 and allow 4*s!