Wow, that challenger rating must have been costing you money, needed to increase the stars in 5.3 huh? What a joke! being waiting almost 7 months to get a 3rd r4 and you want to release 6* this has to be right up there with the dumbest idea next to 12.0. You mentioned t2a would be available too a while back. Yet they are next to impossible to get. You guys have to be excited to looking for new jobs.
It's simple why they are doing this, they even mentioned it in their post. They won't say it outright but it's for the big clan spenders, plain and simple!
Most of the champs are not available as 5*'s yet .... please get that in pace with the 4*'s first before introducing 6*'s
By the time that 6-Stars hit the Contest as available for players to use, most of the 5-Star Champions will have been added to the 5-Star Crystal (if not all of them)
What about champions that are not available as 5* yet? Like Scarlet Witch, Wolverine, Joe Fixit?
I know they aren't coming out now, but in 2018... but still...
Before 6-Stars are introduced to the Contest, we do intend on releasing the Tier 5 Basics that are needed to fully Rank Up 5-Star Champions! Take a look at the post we made, because we've got more information on that in there.
I don't agree with this move, at all. It seems like you guys are pushing the game to fast, and soon 4* might literally be obsolete.
I agree. This is the best move so far this year. We needed 6 stars badly. I really hope Act 5.3 and 5.4 are harder too! Thanks kabam, you are amazing!
TOTAL BS!!! We spent a lot of resources for 4s and now all of a sudden here comes 6s when we can't max 5s yet.
Give us 1000 rank down tickets to get rid of 4s or you will quickly die and rot for good this time
I wouldn't say "all of a sudden". This is still at least 5 months away, and the way that 5-Stars didn't make 4-Stars obsolete, these won't be making them obsolete very soon either.
So, we won't be able to sell our 5* champs (like the useless spider-gwens and she-hulks) for 6* shards in the future? And the main reason is because you assume it's an accident (possible) or sabotage from another summoner (a clear case of account sharing and violation of the TOS)?
This makes no sense whatsoever. You can't even fully max a 5* yet and your lack of t2's makes most wait at rank 3 for their 5*'s. Was hoping this was a joke.
If you take a look at the announcement, we do mention that Tier 5 Basics are going to be available before 6-Stars are playable.
The problem being that everyone will prob have to save them to rank a 6* to r2 as they will be in such short supply. Why not let people max 5* for a few months before?
Will you be reducing the number of shards required for a 5* crystal or just revamping all the rewards in thinks like AW to give out more 5* shards?
We won't be reducing the amount of shards needed, but will be making 5-Star Shards more available over time. This could include things like the AW rewards, but that's only one avenue we could take. There is also a new announcement on the Grandmaster Crystal that went live today, which contains 3,4, and 5 Star Champions.
I'm not sure why people are so upset about this. It's going to be a while before they're playable, and 5*'s will be Maxed before. The game has to evolve to continue. It's just as important to add new challenges for top Players as it is for the middle and lower ones. It's not as drastic as it seems.
Seriously though, if you wanted a better reaction from the community, you first should have introduced your plan to max out 5*'s or even tell us how you intend to release more t2's. Most of us players who have been playing for over 2 years+ are just spinning our wheels. We have so many useless champs that just sit at 3/30. Now, you introduce 6*'s? It's so confusing to this community how Kabam practices business....
I'm uneasy about this. I am not going to be overdramatic like most of the commenters here. I will wait to see how this affects the game. I think one of the biggest questions is, who will be released in the first batch of 6*?
So I've done a run in lol and used my t4a, this will now put me at a disadvantage for those who haven't used them or about to do a lol run, will you offer 1 rank down ticket for those who have done a lol run and own 3x r4 5*?
What champs are going to be on the crystal? Also is there going to be a featured 6 star crystal?
We're still way too far out to even talk about which Champions will be available first. We have some plans, but wanted to let everybody know about the future before we started to solidify those.
Will you be reducing the number of shards required for a 5* crystal or just revamping all the rewards in thinks like AW to give out more 5* shards?
We won't be reducing the amount of shards needed, but will be making 5-Star Shards more available over time. This could include things like the AW rewards, but that's only one avenue we could take. There is also a new announcement on the Grandmaster Crystal that went live today, which contains 3,4, and 5 Star Champions.
Ok one more question, who will the first 6*s be?
Please make them usable as nobody wants to spend a few months saving for a 6* only to pull like cage
Kabam please dont release god like champs as 6 stars:
SL
Hyperion
SW
AA
GP
Etc.
Don't worry--they will all be opponents in 5.3-5.4 with incredible jacked-up nodes. But you can use your 6* Colossus, Spider-Gwen or Iron Patriot to clear that content.
I see you're reducing the amount of catalysts needed. What about champs that were ranked up recently? I just ranked up a 5* and now the costs are being reduced in two weeks? Are we getting the overages we spent ranking champions up back? If not, can we get rank down tickets to get back the extra catalysts we spent?
The only cost that is being reduced is how many Tier 5 Basics it costs to get 5-Stars to Rank 5. There won't been any changes to the lower ranks.
This makes no sense whatsoever. You can't even fully max a 5* yet and your lack of t2's makes most wait at rank 3 for their 5*'s. Was hoping this was a joke.
If you take a look at the announcement, we do mention that Tier 5 Basics are going to be available before 6-Stars are playable.
Will we need maxed 6*s to complete the content that rewards them?
Will there be any immediate changes to the current featured arenas? I mean, grinding for a 4* does not even make sense anymore when you have 6* available in the next 5 months. At least, put 5* champions in rank rewards or give more 5* shards?
First series of 6* will be Colossus, SpiderGwen, Luke Cage and Kamal. This is a pure strategy point as they needed to be able to use 6* in 5.3. And the fact that they are giving 6* regen based on attack after every hit is going to make it absolute garbage. So we should all be selling our 1,2,3 and 4* champs now. This is a mistake until you have solidified the 5* level there was no need.
If a natural progression like this keep happening, why not make it so if u sell a champ u get some resources back. Say u sell a maxed 4*, you could get back like 4 T4 basics and 2 T4CC.
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What about champions that are not available as 5* yet? Like Scarlet Witch, Wolverine, Joe Fixit?
I agree. This is the best move so far this year. We needed 6 stars badly. I really hope Act 5.3 and 5.4 are harder too! Thanks kabam, you are amazing!
I wouldn't say "all of a sudden". This is still at least 5 months away, and the way that 5-Stars didn't make 4-Stars obsolete, these won't be making them obsolete very soon either.
The problem being that everyone will prob have to save them to rank a 6* to r2 as they will be in such short supply. Why not let people max 5* for a few months before?
SL
Hyperion
SW
AA
GP
Etc.
We won't be reducing the amount of shards needed, but will be making 5-Star Shards more available over time. This could include things like the AW rewards, but that's only one avenue we could take. There is also a new announcement on the Grandmaster Crystal that went live today, which contains 3,4, and 5 Star Champions.
We're still way too far out to even talk about which Champions will be available first. We have some plans, but wanted to let everybody know about the future before we started to solidify those.
Please make them usable as nobody wants to spend a few months saving for a 6* only to pull like cage
Don't worry--they will all be opponents in 5.3-5.4 with incredible jacked-up nodes. But you can use your 6* Colossus, Spider-Gwen or Iron Patriot to clear that content.
Dr. Zola
Same here but no one listened lol
The only cost that is being reduced is how many Tier 5 Basics it costs to get 5-Stars to Rank 5. There won't been any changes to the lower ranks.
Will we need maxed 6*s to complete the content that rewards them?
That's a good suggestion. I'll take this to the team!