Future of Variants [Merged Threads]

Add a new difficulty for Variants quests? like variant caviler difficulty?? since Variant geared towards mid-level players, so just pump the numbers and it can be geared towards end-level players as well.

Do you agree or disagree? explain in comments

Comments

spaceoctopus

I certainly hope kabam has considered buffing the variant rewards considering the difficulty and time necessary to complete one. In the current game meta the rewards seem very outdated in comparison to the efforts required to fully explore a variant.

I believe it was said that 2017 gems weren’t ready yet, so that’s a disappointment, but beyond that...

Completion:
5* r4 class crystal (should be a r5 crystal)
5* crystal
9k t5b shards
600 6* shards
500k Gold

Exploration:
5/5 class rank up gem (should be 6/2)
5* class AG
18k t5b shards
5* crystal (should be a 6*)
1 million gold

Chapter rewards;

Completion:
2016 5/3 class crystal (should be 5/4)
250 6* shards
100k Gold

Exploration;
2016 5/4 class crystal (should be 5/5)
300 6* shards
10x 5* class sig stones
100k Gold

The t5b shards need dramatic increases. Our alliance only runs map 5 in 1 bg and can still afford 18k t5b a week in glory. That’s way out of whack.

The 6* shards throughout are also very underwhelming.

Either the difficulty needs to be toned down to match these rewards or the rewards are in need of a major upgrade.

ItsDamien

Ahh another whiney baby complaining on the forums. I wonder how many more are going to start coming.

spaceoctopus

Ahh another whiney baby complaining on the forums. I wonder how many more are going to start coming.

lol? So you don’t think they need buffed? You think the same rewards from years ago should be the same they are now?

Hmm.

Waaah.

danielmath

the difficulty after the 1st one has always been really low, no way you can realistically argue for a buff to rewards unless the difficulty actually increases

Aleor

If it can be done as easily as v3 is with sentinel, the rewards are good enough for the difficulty

Patchie93

V2 was easy with lots of ways to cheese.
V3 was easier with sentinel
V4 was even easier

So rewards are actually better then the difficulty should give

SwarmOfRavens

Variant have consistently gotten easier since release. If a reward change is happening it should be 2017 gems, or changing the 5 star crystal to 10k 5 star shards to allow for choice the between basic/dual crystals and featured if you have enough shards

spaceoctopus

Even if the difficulty continues in the downward direction it has, i can’t believe anyone would think that the t5b and 6* shards are relevant in the current meta.

In previous years those were two of the rarest in game resources there were. Now they are a weeks worth of gameplay for most.

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ItsDamien

Ahh another whiney baby complaining on the forums. I wonder how many more are going to start coming.
lol? So you don’t think they need buffed? You think the same rewards from years ago should be the same they are now?

Hmm.

Waaah.

There's many different forms of content with a static difficulty where the rewards haven't increased.

Here's your clown award for being just that.

🤡

danielmath

Even if the difficulty continues in the downward direction it has, i can’t believe anyone would think that the t5b and 6* shards are relevant in the current meta.

In previous years those were two of the rarest in game resources there were. Now they are a weeks worth of gameplay for most.

you're also talking about mid level content, not end game content

DNA3000

Even if the difficulty continues in the downward direction it has, i can’t believe anyone would think that the t5b and 6* shards are relevant in the current meta.

I know language evolves, but I don't think that "relevant" means "what I want" yet, no matter how many game players want it to be.

SuperiorSymbiote

Ahh another whiney baby complaining on the forums. I wonder how many more are going to start coming.

How did you know ???

spaceoctopus

Even if the difficulty continues in the downward direction it has, i can’t believe anyone would think that the t5b and 6* shards are relevant in the current meta.

In previous years those were two of the rarest in game resources there were. Now they are a weeks worth of gameplay for most.
you're also talking about mid level content, not end game content

Yet it was mid level content before the buff to the glory store as well, so why shouldn’t it scale, even if not as dramatically as I proposed?

ItsDamien

Ahh another whiney baby complaining on the forums. I wonder how many more are going to start coming.

How did you know ???

Because the forums and the people who complain in them are predictable. It's the same as me predicting that there's going to be another day.

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Themadpotato

Variant rewards are actually very good for how things are right now. It is really good content for people who are able to complete act 5 but are having a really tough time getting into act 6(All except variant 1). That's what variant content has been. The rewards are still very good in regards to that and don't really need a buff. Don't get me wrong, a buff to the rewards will be welcomed by everyone, but majority for the endgame players won't complain if there isn't one. Because quite frankly, a buff isn't necessary.

Wiredawg1

Why should it? Content has been getting easier. You've grown so its even easier. Why should the rewards grown when they are still relevant for those its targetted at. You're honestly better off asking for a higher level variant which would give much better rewards.

The purpose of the content is to bridge the gap between Act 5 and 6. With the Act 6 nerf and the Variants themselves getting easier, I wouldn't think that bridge needs rebuilding yet..

That’s not true as that isn’t the target of variants....target of variants is end game players not mid game players

spaceoctopus

Well many people I respect on here have commented and disagree with me, so I’ll just take my clown reward and go home (always happy to get a new reward)

danielmath

Even if the difficulty continues in the downward direction it has, i can’t believe anyone would think that the t5b and 6* shards are relevant in the current meta.

In previous years those were two of the rarest in game resources there were. Now they are a weeks worth of gameplay for most.
you're also talking about mid level content, not end game content
Yet it was mid level content before the buff to the glory store as well, so why shouldn’t it scale, even if not as dramatically as I proposed?

because AQ is harder now then it was when the glory store was introduced, variant is not, there's no reason for it to scale

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Demonzfyre

Ahh another whiney baby complaining on the forums. I wonder how many more are going to start coming.
lol? So you don’t think they need buffed? You think the same rewards from years ago should be the same they are now?

Hmm.

Waaah.

This will be the 5th one. For how easy the last 3 have been, we don't need a buff yet. Maybe variant 20.

Anonymous346

At this rate, this guys gonna have more disagrees than I got on the unpopular opinion thread

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LeNoirFaineant

Will all of the mid-tier players complaining with each new variant that there isn't a middle difficulty for them (which completely fails to understand what the classic difficulty is), saying that the Variants are "geared towards mid-level players" might be a bit overstated...

Edeuink

I disagree. Be glad that I commented.

Buttehrs

So at some point, variant difficulty will be the middle one because once they get to modoks monthly eq, when uncollected first appeared, I imagine theyll have to start making a higher difficulty then. Possibly one that gives 6* resources instead of 5*.

SpideyFunko

Variants are geared towards mid level players? Since when? I’m a mid level player and I haven’t touched the variants. (I’ve tried v4 and v3 but everything else is no)
They have endgame rewards and the difficulty is for endgame players.

Especially Variant 1. You can not convince me that Variant 1 is geared towards mid level players. Heck naw

A_NAZ

Variants are geared towards mid level players? Since when? I’m a mid level player and I haven’t touched the variants. (I’ve tried v4 and v3 but everything else is no)
They have endgame rewards and the difficulty is for endgame players.

Especially Variant 1. You can not convince me that Variant 1 is geared towards mid level players. Heck naw

Can I convince you that variant 1 is geared to mid-level players in a year or two?

SpideyFunko

Variants are geared towards mid level players? Since when? I’m a mid level player and I haven’t touched the variants. (I’ve tried v4 and v3 but everything else is no)
They have endgame rewards and the difficulty is for endgame players.

Especially Variant 1. You can not convince me that Variant 1 is geared towards mid level players. Heck naw
Can I convince you that variant 1 is geared to mid-level players in a year or two?

maybe. It’s still ridiculously hard