So with the alliance blog post being delayed, any chance you can bring the crystal and champ acquisition post forward in its place?
I myself wouldn't like to see this. Pulling posts forward = rushed deadlines Rushed deadlines = more mistakes, less preparation
Well if this was a competent company, the other roadmaps would be ready already and it wouldn’t be an issue to just swap out the champ one for the AW one, but since this is Kabam, they don’t finish the roadmaps until the day of the deadline.
They have a number of people commenting on it, whose sole job is not really to write up things for the Forum. They have other things on their plate as well. It's not just someone sitting behind a keyboard that is slacking.
Their job is to make the game something worth playing. This is part of their job. Not to mention that they have had how long to work on this? Pretty much all these issues didn’t just crop up a month ago, they have been around for a long time. Not to mention, they gave themselves these deadlines and still can’t meet them.
Let's send them to bed without supper. Seriously, they're doing their job, and if it's delayed because they're working on feedback from the current roadmap, then that's nothing to be upset about. Would you rather they log on, drop the details, and not listen at all?
I’d rather they didn’t let it get to this point to begin with. It’s not like they haven’t had feedback on all these issues for months or even years in some case, they just chose to ignore it until they no longer could. It’s delayed because they didn’t handle it properly. The roadmaps should have been written, given to CCP for feedback, revised if necessary, and polished at least a week before the deadline. They bungled this massively. Why stop at sending to bed without supper? Let’s take away their dessert for a week too.
It's delayed because they had some ideas that didn't sit well, and people gave feedback. That's about it. As for the expectation that they should have it ready, you missed the part about how they're presenting it as it's ready. Honestly, this whole situation is just starting to get way too demanding to be any kind of productive. It's just one rant after another.
Well, If I get a deadline in my job for submission, I typically send the document 1 or 2 days before submission for review, so that any mistakes or pain points get ironed out and submission is smooth. I mean, delays happen and all, but there is no need to defend that so vociferously. One problem is there are talking a lot without saying anything. The first update was a huge wall of text with no specifics. The second update is delayed. Meanwhile, the update they gave for Alliance war pissed pretty much most of the community if not all. Rewards were bad, nodes were bad, the change to matchmaking which many agree, but I don't. It was like they were saying one thing and doing another. The point is they should not present it as it is ready, they should review everything before hand and present it to CCP for feedback and then give timelines.
It seems what kabam did produce something that was not well received by ccp so, I take that as a positive, kabam is taking feedback.
The bad part is new war is massively negative and does not feel like they did any beta testing. Even tier 6 is bad with 40+ kills in our bg defense other side quit. I expect 3-4 nova on ebb and flow and no diversity this war season it makes no sense to have diversity if the nodes will make you timeout.
Well, Kabam, after five years, I think you have finally pushed me over the edge. This is not a rant, or intended to get people to boycott or quit. Just my feedback for the company. For reference, I am not top of the top. I have bummed around in high P1/low masters alliance and generally somewhere in the top 20-30 AQ alliances. All content cleared except 3 paths of AOL.
Things are worse, and the release of AW just makes me not trust anything you are suggesting in your roadmaps. Defensive tactics with worthless attacker tactics - and then just pile on as many nodes as you can think of. At this point, you are literally just trying to squeeze every penny out of those alliances seeking to be competitive. Again, this is not fun, this is a source of stress for a majority of players. I also acknowledge the fact that there are some that love the competitive aspect of war and will throw all their resources at the game mode. I have no problem with those players. What I have a problem with is that Kabam leverages that against the entire community. Want to cater to those that love the competition, then given them a different map with all these nodes and just let the rest of us have fun. There was a time (long ago) when war was actually fun. Starting with the introduction of seasons, every iteration has been worse. I generally see monetizing a horrible game mode as a huge mistake. People love spending money on this game, but I think (though this is an assumption) that Kabam would make far more money selling things that had guaranteed value and were fun. Buying pots because some node in AW is OP is not "fun".
So then, do I make the decision to go to an AQ only focused alliance? Well, since Kabam has placed sig stones behind a pay wall, I am also done pushing for high prestige as well. I spent all of 2019 getting that P up so I could at least be in a top 20, and close to a top 10 ally. I also generally don't spend cash on crystals, so effectively, as of the beginning of the year, prestige is out of the equation. Given those factors, I am now waiting until December for a hopeful release of Book 2. But what am I doing in the meantime? Ranking up champions in hopes that they are useful in Book 2? Boss rush in July is fine, but I'm guessing it won't be overly challenging or rewarding. Cavalier difficulty? I'm guessing (though I will reserve judgement) that it will just be more of the same stacking up nodes and have little faith in the rewards. Variant 5 will be fun.
Essentially, this is where I have landed. I could literally not log in until Book 2 is released an not even fall that far behind. The Quest dev diary is hopefully leaning toward Kabam understanding the game should be fun rather than frustrating or a chore, but I will reserve that judgement accordingly. So I will be saving my money on July 4th. Sure, a few crystals and rank up resources would be fun, but for what content? Basically, if you aren't pushing prestige, the only ranks for someone in my position would be for AW (see thoughts on AW above).
With the exception of the "no retreat" champion fight, there was a lot of Act 6 that I actually enjoyed and had fun ranking up champs to complete.
Again, just one man's perspective. And perhaps I've just exceed my useful life in the game.
I been waiting a week to see my Magneto have potential just to hear that it is being delayed even further UGH if you see the first few comments its positive and happy so they had to ruin it in a way or it wouldn't be Kabam mabey it's just another bug let's wait a month to find out
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The bad part is new war is massively negative and does not feel like they did any beta testing. Even tier 6 is bad with 40+ kills in our bg defense other side quit. I expect 3-4 nova on ebb and flow and no diversity this war season it makes no sense to have diversity if the nodes will make you timeout.
Things are worse, and the release of AW just makes me not trust anything you are suggesting in your roadmaps. Defensive tactics with worthless attacker tactics - and then just pile on as many nodes as you can think of. At this point, you are literally just trying to squeeze every penny out of those alliances seeking to be competitive. Again, this is not fun, this is a source of stress for a majority of players. I also acknowledge the fact that there are some that love the competitive aspect of war and will throw all their resources at the game mode. I have no problem with those players. What I have a problem with is that Kabam leverages that against the entire community. Want to cater to those that love the competition, then given them a different map with all these nodes and just let the rest of us have fun. There was a time (long ago) when war was actually fun. Starting with the introduction of seasons, every iteration has been worse. I generally see monetizing a horrible game mode as a huge mistake. People love spending money on this game, but I think (though this is an assumption) that Kabam would make far more money selling things that had guaranteed value and were fun. Buying pots because some node in AW is OP is not "fun".
So then, do I make the decision to go to an AQ only focused alliance? Well, since Kabam has placed sig stones behind a pay wall, I am also done pushing for high prestige as well. I spent all of 2019 getting that P up so I could at least be in a top 20, and close to a top 10 ally. I also generally don't spend cash on crystals, so effectively, as of the beginning of the year, prestige is out of the equation. Given those factors, I am now waiting until December for a hopeful release of Book 2. But what am I doing in the meantime? Ranking up champions in hopes that they are useful in Book 2? Boss rush in July is fine, but I'm guessing it won't be overly challenging or rewarding. Cavalier difficulty? I'm guessing (though I will reserve judgement) that it will just be more of the same stacking up nodes and have little faith in the rewards. Variant 5 will be fun.
Essentially, this is where I have landed. I could literally not log in until Book 2 is released an not even fall that far behind. The Quest dev diary is hopefully leaning toward Kabam understanding the game should be fun rather than frustrating or a chore, but I will reserve that judgement accordingly. So I will be saving my money on July 4th. Sure, a few crystals and rank up resources would be fun, but for what content? Basically, if you aren't pushing prestige, the only ranks for someone in my position would be for AW (see thoughts on AW above).
With the exception of the "no retreat" champion fight, there was a lot of Act 6 that I actually enjoyed and had fun ranking up champs to complete.
Again, just one man's perspective. And perhaps I've just exceed my useful life in the game.