**Mastery Loadouts**
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
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"X Amount of..." is not about progress either. Yes, you could take in Howard the Duck, OG Iron Man, Civil Warrior, and Iron Patriot to get past the 6.2.5 Tech Gate, but you're going to spend several hundred units on completing that path, even if you have the best counter to that global node (Doctor Doom). That's not even taking in account the resources you're gonna have to spend to get those champs up to a useable level.
Gates are absolutely based on luck and money/unit spent. It doesn't matter if it is an explicit gate like the rarity gates or an implicit gate like the 6.2.6 The Champion boss or 6.2.2 Sinister boss.
We are not going to comment much on the topic until the Beta has started, and even then, we'll be focussing our time on replying to feedback from Beta Testers. So, hold tight. Lots more information coming soon.
Though I can confirm, we are not lifting the 5 and 6-Star Requirements. This content is built with it in mind. We are not getting into that discussion again, so if you'd like insights into the intent there, I suggest you look back at the Act 6 Chapter 1 threads.
Providing there are no class/rarity gates within the quests I can deal with that and I don’t mind relatively specific node combinations but ones with 2-3 counters are a big fat no like Sinister when 6.2 came out.
I'm okay with the 5* and 6* requirement because 5 star shards come by very easily nowadays. At the time when act 6 was first released that was not the case at all but times have changed. 5* requirements mean little to nothing at this point.
I would like to say for act 7 we really just need tone down the defenders attack or to cap it where it is now. Blade's regen has become useless because you die when you get hit directly regardless. Especially on the nodes where they deteriorate block proficiency. I think the mindset of the grandmaster where skill comes into play 90% of the time and just having a "god tier" champ makes it easier is the way to go.
We're Seeing some talk about 7 Stars, but I can assure you, we're not ready for a world with 7-Stars yet. 5-Stars are becoming more accessible, but Rank 3 6-Stars are still incredibly rare.
We haven't even really started planning for the introduction of 7-Stars, and you definitely won't be seeing them any time soon
If a player is good enough and enlightened with perfect intercepts from the MCOC gods then they should be allowed to use that skill to complete whatever content that stands in their way. Last I heard this was a skill based game, not an arbitrary collection game where "you must be this tall to ride this rollar coaster" BS.
A reason and a good reason are two different things.
And "progress". Getting through Acts 1 - 5 with 4* Champions is progress. Getting Uncollected with 4* Champs is progress. But getting to Cavalier with progress is too far to use 4* Champs? Same with Act 7? It's not LoL or AoL (people still beat LoL with 4* btw, I just made my first run with a 4* Ægon the other day) so a gate isnt necessary. Most people cant do it anyways, so why the gate? Ill tell you the reason: Synergies. Oh and money.
When you have people bypassing months and even years of work because some OP 4* has circulated, as an example, word gets out. You end up with people whose Accounts have not developed enough, who fast-track much growth and end up with access to Cavalier Rewards. That affects the game overall because they're not progressing through normal systems designed to progress through, and they end up getting Champs they can't Rank because the Resources to do so aren't available to them. Not to mention they haven't developed the skills to do so. It isn't just about people who have the skill to get past it. It's a Progress Gate designed to separate Players based on the progress of their Account so that the Rewards are more appropriate to where they're at. Believe it or not, it does more damage than good to allow people to skip that many steps.
Not being able to Rank Champs is fine if you have access to the best rewards. Not enough Gold? Are you skilled enough to take on a Variant? Theres 1.5 M to access. Not enough Catalysts? Alliance Quest. Not to mention there are tons of ways to get ISO.
"Haven't developed the Skills" is contradictory to your example.
Do walk me through the extent of the "damage" something like this could cause for the 1% of people who could do it, had it been allowed. How is this damaging to anything? Beating this content too early isnt a detriment considering you get access to every recource you need to build your team.
I know the game is designed to make sure you have too much of one thing and not enough of another, but if a player is skilled enough they can quickly get to a point of balance if they are skilled enough to use their roster to propel themselves through content with rewards that helps them create that balance. I know what youre trying to say but its simply wrong because barely anyone can do it.