Cost/Benefit Analysis of Rushing to Thronebreaker
Clyneva
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After seeing the latest calendar, I think there is a pretty strong argument now that anyone that can rank up a R3, should probably rush to do so. Even if it's a lousy champion you will never use. You just have to bite the bullet and treat it as an investment to get into the club.
Yes, it absolutely sucks to waste a T5CC like that, but the benefits are starting to add up quickly. First, consider this-- Every month you are TB, you get access to:
4x5% T5CC from glory
1x5% T5CC from calendar
0-2x 5% T5CC from daily crystal (depending on your luck, maybe more)
So we're talking 25-35% of a T5CC every month, as a baseline T5CC gain just for being TB.
Now consider this-- How many months do you think it will take for you to pull the god-tier 6* you want that also matches your T5CC?
If your answer is more than 4 months, you're already in the negative T5CC-wise. You might not have spent the one in your inventory, but you still lost one regardless.
And this is just the baseline. We haven't even talked about the progression based-rewards like the two calendars and two gifts from this month. Nor have we considered the other 27+ days of daily crystals and monthly calendar rewards.
So with all this in mind, I think if you're cavalier and don't have a steady source of T5CC (e.g. AQ7), you should strongly consider completing abyss and treating the T5CC you get as a ticket to become TB. You'll make it back in 4 months at most (probably sooner).
Yes, it absolutely sucks to waste a T5CC like that, but the benefits are starting to add up quickly. First, consider this-- Every month you are TB, you get access to:
4x5% T5CC from glory
1x5% T5CC from calendar
0-2x 5% T5CC from daily crystal (depending on your luck, maybe more)
So we're talking 25-35% of a T5CC every month, as a baseline T5CC gain just for being TB.
Now consider this-- How many months do you think it will take for you to pull the god-tier 6* you want that also matches your T5CC?
If your answer is more than 4 months, you're already in the negative T5CC-wise. You might not have spent the one in your inventory, but you still lost one regardless.
And this is just the baseline. We haven't even talked about the progression based-rewards like the two calendars and two gifts from this month. Nor have we considered the other 27+ days of daily crystals and monthly calendar rewards.
So with all this in mind, I think if you're cavalier and don't have a steady source of T5CC (e.g. AQ7), you should strongly consider completing abyss and treating the T5CC you get as a ticket to become TB. You'll make it back in 4 months at most (probably sooner).
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That number has *huge* error bars right now, so I wouldn't take that as gospel on the drop rate. But it is higher than I would have guessed before I started tracking. I don't think it is high enough to convince me that a player should rank up *anything* to reach TB, but it is high enough that I think players shouldn't be excessively picky about it either. Any champ that is useful in general, even if not the best, should probably be considered. Especially if you are a strong enough player that you can consistently complete all the Cavalier stuff, EQ, side quests, and any Cav challenges that materialize. The net overall earning rate will replace the burned T5CC on a timescale of months.
One thing to consider is this is a long term strategy. You can earn 100% of a T5CC relatively quickly as a Thronebreaker, but it will be randomly spread out among six classes. It'll take roughly six times longer to *form* a T5CC to replace the one you spend, and that could be a long time down the road. But of course, soon after forming that one randomly, the other classes are likely to be close, and the next few will come much faster.