My Experience Grinding for Aegon...
Thewritingwoolf
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Hey MCOC Community!
Though it feels like this game has more or less fused with my hands, I regrettably am very inactive with the community and player base that keeps it alive. I guess I'm considered an "end-game player," even though I think titles are silly and everyone has room to grow even if all the current content is fully explored. Anyway, I figured I'd take a second and do a quick recap on what it was like to grind for Aegon this past round.
Let me start by saying that, over the past four years, I've grinded countless times for 5* shards, and have successfully won both 5* Medusa (Round 1) and Venom the Duck (Round 1 + 2). I put up roughly between 37m - 41m each for these three champs. Looking back, it's humorous how "easily obtainable" those numbers are compared to what I'm about to talk about.
My roster was much smaller when I went for Medusa (in 2019), and so I used somewhere around 1500 units in champ refreshing. Things were different when VtD came around, and I thankfully needed use a single unit to put up the (at that point) hefty 41m. I remember feeling so accomplished that I could muster that without needing to dip into my units. And so, when I heard Aegon was coming around, I figured, "Hey, if I could do it before, how much harder could it be this time?"
Well, I was wrong. And I'm not going to sugarcoat it when I say that these past 72 hours were absolutely excruciating. Now, hear me out: this is NOT a rant post, nor is it one designed to simply complain. My observations are only that, and it's likely many will either agree or share their POV.
At the start of the arena, I had 23 R5 5*, 4 R2 6*, 30 R1 6*, and x-amount of R4 5* --> again, this is NOT a brag post. I want to be transparent with what I was working with.
To put it simply: I hit #58 84.8m points. I was ecstatic, but even more so exhausted. Honestly, I was so fatigued by the experience. Maybe others thought differently depending on their finances (for units) / roster size (for points), but it was a feat that I’m sort of humbled by. And I mean that both negatively AND positively. Does it feel good to win something you worked hard for? Of course! But did I enjoy waking up at 3:30am, playing over and over until my eyes blurred and my hands went numb? Heck no. Some folks have asked about my win streak, but I lost it so many times it was hard to say; mostly I fell asleep during fights, to the point where I'd close my eyes during S3 for a blink of rest.
I think all my emotions / senses were paused over 72 hours. I didn’t really eat or sleep for fear of wasting time. Sounds insane, I know, but when you’ve invested so much time (or money!), the idea of falling short is sort of mind-numbing.
Now...I've watched some YT videos and read some forum posts, and I very much agree that certain people (those who already HAVE a 5/6* awakened Aegon) shouldn't have gone for him. There are only 150 "winning" spots, so the fact that someone who really needed the champ fell short to someone who already has him puts a very, very sour taste in my mouth. For all the hours and units and boosts invested into this horrific grind, I don't think anybody should fall short. Does that mean that someone putting up 45m should get the same as someone who put up 90m? No, I suppose not, but I also don't know the "right" answer when it comes to arena.
Halfway through--right before my boyfriend opened 3 Aegon crystals and pulled a 5* of his own, which almost sent me over the edge of sanity--I contemplated what arena could look like for the future. Sort of like paths that require a certain champ. Maybe one round is dedicated to those who do NOT have the champ in question, whereas Round 2 is fair game for all? Not sure, though I'd love to pick the brains of several CCP players.
Anyway...sorry for the rant. I'm a writer in my personal life, so my love for words often gets the better of me. If you'd like to chat further, or just want to say hi, my in-game name is Thewritingwoolf -- or thewritingwoolf (CT) on LINE. Would love to hear your thoughts!
Though it feels like this game has more or less fused with my hands, I regrettably am very inactive with the community and player base that keeps it alive. I guess I'm considered an "end-game player," even though I think titles are silly and everyone has room to grow even if all the current content is fully explored. Anyway, I figured I'd take a second and do a quick recap on what it was like to grind for Aegon this past round.
Let me start by saying that, over the past four years, I've grinded countless times for 5* shards, and have successfully won both 5* Medusa (Round 1) and Venom the Duck (Round 1 + 2). I put up roughly between 37m - 41m each for these three champs. Looking back, it's humorous how "easily obtainable" those numbers are compared to what I'm about to talk about.
My roster was much smaller when I went for Medusa (in 2019), and so I used somewhere around 1500 units in champ refreshing. Things were different when VtD came around, and I thankfully needed use a single unit to put up the (at that point) hefty 41m. I remember feeling so accomplished that I could muster that without needing to dip into my units. And so, when I heard Aegon was coming around, I figured, "Hey, if I could do it before, how much harder could it be this time?"
Well, I was wrong. And I'm not going to sugarcoat it when I say that these past 72 hours were absolutely excruciating. Now, hear me out: this is NOT a rant post, nor is it one designed to simply complain. My observations are only that, and it's likely many will either agree or share their POV.
At the start of the arena, I had 23 R5 5*, 4 R2 6*, 30 R1 6*, and x-amount of R4 5* --> again, this is NOT a brag post. I want to be transparent with what I was working with.
To put it simply: I hit #58 84.8m points. I was ecstatic, but even more so exhausted. Honestly, I was so fatigued by the experience. Maybe others thought differently depending on their finances (for units) / roster size (for points), but it was a feat that I’m sort of humbled by. And I mean that both negatively AND positively. Does it feel good to win something you worked hard for? Of course! But did I enjoy waking up at 3:30am, playing over and over until my eyes blurred and my hands went numb? Heck no. Some folks have asked about my win streak, but I lost it so many times it was hard to say; mostly I fell asleep during fights, to the point where I'd close my eyes during S3 for a blink of rest.
I think all my emotions / senses were paused over 72 hours. I didn’t really eat or sleep for fear of wasting time. Sounds insane, I know, but when you’ve invested so much time (or money!), the idea of falling short is sort of mind-numbing.
Now...I've watched some YT videos and read some forum posts, and I very much agree that certain people (those who already HAVE a 5/6* awakened Aegon) shouldn't have gone for him. There are only 150 "winning" spots, so the fact that someone who really needed the champ fell short to someone who already has him puts a very, very sour taste in my mouth. For all the hours and units and boosts invested into this horrific grind, I don't think anybody should fall short. Does that mean that someone putting up 45m should get the same as someone who put up 90m? No, I suppose not, but I also don't know the "right" answer when it comes to arena.
Halfway through--right before my boyfriend opened 3 Aegon crystals and pulled a 5* of his own, which almost sent me over the edge of sanity--I contemplated what arena could look like for the future. Sort of like paths that require a certain champ. Maybe one round is dedicated to those who do NOT have the champ in question, whereas Round 2 is fair game for all? Not sure, though I'd love to pick the brains of several CCP players.
Anyway...sorry for the rant. I'm a writer in my personal life, so my love for words often gets the better of me. If you'd like to chat further, or just want to say hi, my in-game name is Thewritingwoolf -- or thewritingwoolf (CT) on LINE. Would love to hear your thoughts!
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If you pay, you just might open 20 Cavalier feature crystals for Aegon and get 16 3-stars, 3 4-stars and a 5-star Juggernaut. That can and does happen. Or you might get Aegon.
If you grind, you might place 151. Someone is gonna do that. Or you might finish 147 and get Aegon. Someone is gonna do that, too.
But that’s the point: When a person pays, they aren’t paying to not get the character they want. They just don’t get them.
That component is a part of grinding, too. Just because you decide to go doesn’t mean you’re gonna get there, and people have the right to get it started if they want because that is how the game is structured.
Nobody would care if it was Juggernaut. But just because it wasn’t doesn’t mean the structure of the game changes
Can I ask which motivate you to get Aegon, if you explored everything in the game, and it is only a 5 star?
I can put up over 80M with just 5/6*s and no units if I decide to dedicate the time to it. While I have a very large 5 and 6* roster compared to the majority of players there are definitely those with far larger than mine even.
If the big boys deny 10 Aegons to other alliances then that’s 10 people who can’t realistically access an extra 2 T5CC (assuming they’re willing to grind out completion of AoL without Aegon). This means that that’s 2 less R3 champs per player they deny - who are likely in pretty top end alliances as well if they’re putting up close to 70m - this stops them from hitting that 11k prestige and entering the real top end of the prestige wars in AQ. If you follow this line of thinking, as cynical as it may be, it’s simply resource denial to an opponent.
Let’s face it, some of the people who dump truly obscene amounts of money on this game are obsessed enough to consider if worthy of the loss of their weekend, and may even enjoy it - after all, why spend so much in the first place?
Also, well done on the 85m grind. Good job.
What I think needs to come out of this is a 5* basic arena, even if it’s limited to the top 1-5% or top 800-1000 or something. 5* have been in the game long enough now that there are plenty of players who are ‘past’ them, while others - like myself - get 1/week and I’m sitting on over 100 5* and 20+ 6* and just need a few champs here and there to round off my 5* roster
Also should add I had units built up for a while and the dubloons event so I used a lot of units reviving my top team to get the maximum points I could get per round (R3 domino, R2 NF, R2 massacre) which gave between 220-230k points per round. Then used my 6 stars and 5stars(down to R3) champs when they refreshed naturally
I tried to arena grind but I get caught up in other things like rifts and stuff
I'm not exactly sure whom to respond to, BUT for those asking why I grinded for Aegon: AOL is the only thing I have left to explore (only did one path w/o him, yikes!) so I've been looking forward to the chance to wrap that up. But, apart from his obvious abilities, he's just someone I've desired. He's been evading me almost as much as the winning numbers to the lottery