Summoner Appreciation Month?
AndiYTDE
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Hey everyone,
a lot has been going on in the last week. Kabam has angered the community on many different topics (Champion Restrictions, 4* Rank-Up offer, T5CC offer fail...), and I do not want to comment on any of those topics here, I have already done that in the discussions that exist for each specific topic. With all that going on, I feel like you really need to give us a Summoner Appreciation Month, not a week like last year, a month like in 2017! My suggestions (feel free to add yours!):
-A special 14 day login calender rewarding 5* Shards (around 5000), 5* Generic Signature Stones (Maybe 10), Greater Champion Boosts (One Health, One Attack, One Health&Attack), T2A (1 fully formed), T4CC (2 fully formed) and more
-Daily return of the Halls of Healing/Halls of Fortune that both do not cost energy to complete
-20% Gold, XP and Battle Chips boost for the whole month (I understand you won´t want to give out a 10% Health and Attack boost since that would be unfair for those who have already completed Act 6.1)
-No mastery costs (Apart from the mastery core costs)
-One out of 5 choosable gifts like in 2018
This is nothing official! There has to be something to regain the trust of the community, and I think April being a Summoner Appreciation Month would be one of the best options.
What do you think about this?
-Andi
a lot has been going on in the last week. Kabam has angered the community on many different topics (Champion Restrictions, 4* Rank-Up offer, T5CC offer fail...), and I do not want to comment on any of those topics here, I have already done that in the discussions that exist for each specific topic. With all that going on, I feel like you really need to give us a Summoner Appreciation Month, not a week like last year, a month like in 2017! My suggestions (feel free to add yours!):
-A special 14 day login calender rewarding 5* Shards (around 5000), 5* Generic Signature Stones (Maybe 10), Greater Champion Boosts (One Health, One Attack, One Health&Attack), T2A (1 fully formed), T4CC (2 fully formed) and more
-Daily return of the Halls of Healing/Halls of Fortune that both do not cost energy to complete
-20% Gold, XP and Battle Chips boost for the whole month (I understand you won´t want to give out a 10% Health and Attack boost since that would be unfair for those who have already completed Act 6.1)
-No mastery costs (Apart from the mastery core costs)
-One out of 5 choosable gifts like in 2018
This is nothing official! There has to be something to regain the trust of the community, and I think April being a Summoner Appreciation Month would be one of the best options.
What do you think about this?
-Andi
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here is wat it pretty much was.
I feel there is a lot of stress and tension and frustration and anger in the community.
leading to people leaving 1* reviews and threatening to boycott and quit and what not.
A lot of things have been done that have frustrated the community lately
Is it time for Kabam to do something to restore some faith with the community instead of further destroying it?
Why not run a summoner appreciation week again.
I feel it is about time.
Would be nice if we could get a statement saying something like
"Sorry summoners we know and understand a lot of you have been frustrated and annoyed with some recent changes and additions to the contest.
We make these changes with the best intentions to bring fun and excitement to the contest while bringing balance.
We are sorry but also understand that not everyone will always agree.
But do believe us when we say "WE CARE" we honestly believe what we do is in the best interest of the community.
It is with this being said we are announcing a Summoner appreciation week. There will be a week of special events with 0 energy requirements and lots of good rewards on offer. Play as much as you can and enjoy some good rewards.
Once again we appreciate and thank you for playing in the Contest"
That would really go a long way toward appeasing everyone's frustrations IMO.
My partner recently stopped playing because she felt that it was getting harder, but not in a fun way, harder in a BS way and doing so at an increasing rate faster than she could grow her account.
I know of many 3-4 year veteran players who are frustrated tired and quitting the game. These are long standing players that love the game so much.
One thing is common through all of this. They are over it.
They are not having fun anymore due to what they believe to be increasing amounts of bad decisions after bad decisions.
These are players that would be able to be kept very easily. If a few things were done purely in the interest of engaging players and keeping people happy.
I am not asking here that you give us anything for free.
I am not asking here that you change any decisions you have made already.
I am just asking here that you please think of the happiness of the community and do something to show us you care more about us having fun and enjoyment than you do about anything else.
I hope this stays this time.
Because there is a patter in what they do :
-they give us some BS decisions and restrictions counting on rant it will create
-they ignore the rant till the deed is done
-when it was already accepted by some players, they "can't" change it back "even if they wanted to" and so at best - they give us some lame compensation so we finally shut up
And that's the cheapest trick used, they are treating us like children. I know some compensation can ease the pain, and I will take it if they are giving it, but I'm not gonna be the one calling for it. I don't want compensations - I want to prevent need of compensation, especially when this whole situation was created intentionally.
4* rank up offer- I mean come on, you really just want to mad at this point. Its clearly geared toward people possibly trying to get over a progression hump. Maybe helps them get uncollected or finish act 4 or 5. The community chose to see it as a slap in the face.
T5cc offer- They fixed it. What more do you need?
Act 1-4 rewards buff- Again, digging deep to want or stay mad.
We don't need an SA week or month. Its like rewarding a child that misbehaves. Giving that child what they want results it continued bad behavior.
can you see the idea of something like this would be of benefit?
and you don't want it?
right.
it is one thing to be of the opinion we don't NEED compensation or appreciation.
but it is another to completely shut down the idea of anything that could potentially offer great rewards to people.
rewarding a child that misbehaves is like allowing people to cheat, hack, exploit etc.
appreciation is just that. appreciation.
kinda like, Thanks for playing our game, hope ur having fun and we are glad you are making us millions of dollars.
On topic - Previous years have shown that we will get SA at some point. But we don't need to be calling for it as a compensation for things we don't agree with. That would change it from being a "thanks for playing' to a 'sorry you don't like our decisions'.
we are merely asking and offering suggestions of things that can make people happy.
and make people enjoy the game.
i am sure we all want people to spend.
i am sure we all dont want our ally mates to quit.
i am sure we all wanna have fun playing.
i am sure we all dont want people leaving 1* reviews.
we cant have things done that hurt the game. people quitting, leaving 1* reviews and not spending hurt the game and could ultimately result in getting it shut down.
(Hint, hint, Kabam?
and then when they go outside to play with it you tell them sorry its not allowed outside they must use the soccerball outside.
but then when they go to get the soccer ball all you keep giving them is different coloured bouncy balls.
result is the kid cant have fun anymore.
this topic is not about what they have done as its done and it will stay the way it is and we will deal with it.
its about things that would be nice moving forward from here.
the community is sure as hell allowed to ask for stuff.
yeah kabam can so no but we sure can ask.
Kabam doesn't do everything right. They have their faults just like any other company out there. But in the end, they are a for profit company. They need to make money to keep the game going. I don't 100% agree with 4* restrictions in Act 6 and for the only reason of synergies. They play a big role in a lot of players teams but it can still be done without 4*'s.
The 2015 rank up gem could of been handled a bit differently but you also don't know their code and you also don't know the extent of the rework that would have to be done. In reality, those top of the top players have no impact on me as a player right now.
You can choose to be mad at a company's decision. That's 100% your right as a consumer, but it doesn't mean they need to compensate you. Act 6 4* restrictions is not a "wrong" decision, its a unpopular one.
We choose to play the game.
Every discussion like this assumes they want to listen to the players. It assumes they should listen to the players. (and back to the parenting analogy, they are not parenting us. They are providing us a service where we can go elsewhere if we so choose)
In business, it has been shown time and time again for some businesses, your main goal is to keep customers happy. In this case, every player isn't a customer. There are no ads in the game to generate revenue just by playing. Its paying customers they care about. Sometimes people lose sight of that.
Businesses choose to take risk. This decision very clearly would make players upset. Honestly, they probably knew this already. They chose to make a business risk/decision for the short term, to build the game for the long term.
My 2 cents about the original topic here: I don't want a summoner appreciation month or week to be "for" something. Just have one always in july-august, or whenever it is, as a yearly celebration within the game. It shouldn't be a reward or compensation for anything.
Anyway, i'm out. Enjoy not getting a SA month.
just did 6.1.1 and had fun.
AA was by far MVP.
but doesnt mean i like the ban.
and its not just bout that,
its bout everything,
chocie after choice
decision after decision
they are just doing things that frustrate and annoy a large amount of the customer base.
some things i like,
some things i dont,
some things i thinks peeps need to stop complaining about.
some i complain about.
but overall almost everything they do is frustrating to a large portion of players.