**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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.....i thought they were forcing us to play top tier AW/AQ and complete Carina Challenges...
*Not everyone should become PARAGON on day/ year 1!!
Remember, this is only day 1. If too many people are paragon on day 1 then what’s the point in it? There’s plenty of time to get paragon in the future.
That would certainly help toward it.
I’ve done all story content 100%, still have some carina to finish.
The top guys who spend a lot or grind endlessly (or both) will have access to the new progression level a few months before I do.
It’s really not going to affect me at all. Maybe I miss out on the better offers that I wouldn’t buy anyway 😂
I understand the complaint that they should put out the 7.4 10k unit offer again for those that explored it already but even that is stretching it a little.
And anyone saying there shouldn’t have been a rank requirement for this title is living in a dream. You knew it was gonna happen. You’re just in denial…
This game requires revenue, but you are not required to spend to play it. I can have any opinion I want, just like you can have any opinion you want. You're free to call me toxic just as much as I'm free to sarcastically respond to a toxic comment.
I mean I get it, KaBaM bAd CoMpAnY. The golden rule is no one should say anything positive about what they do. You think the requirement is garbage, I think it's fine and I won't be Paragon on day one either. But this is normal behavior coming from this community. Anything that doesn't immediately benefit you is a garbage decision.
On an average month with no story content release we as Thronebreakers are already facing outdated quests with outdated rewards. The top difficulty of EQ is Cavalier, which for endgame TBs close to Paragon is already far too easy with rewards that don’t really improve their accounts much. The side quest top difficulty is legendary, which is also out of date. So by introducing Paragon, you’ve made the top monthly difficulty even more dated to the endgame player.
On top of that, the daily objective crystal top level is still just cavalier. The 4 hour TB crystal generally sits unopened, as the average endgame TB has no content to use them on. The daily TB crystal is still good with relevant rewards. The best unit crystal in the game is still Cavalier, which is heavily outdated for the endgame TB.
So, why introduce this title now if there’s really nothing that comes along with it? My thoughts on the requirements aside, I just don’t feel that as of now there is a reason to introduce this new title.
Dr. Zola
There were complaints about the Gauntlet content because it wasn't available to everyone and those who could do it but weren't prepared, complained it was too hard.
Complaints about summer of pain being too hard.
Complaints about every chapter of act 7 being released because the rewards weren't good enough.
Remember that time that the community complained so hard about story content that they nerfed the difficulty to the ground and released the TB title early because it's not difficult enough to attach titles to anymore?
This community doesn't sometimes complain, they always complain. There are legit reasons to be annoyed at Kabam like with the war pots situation and loyalty, but a title that is meant to challenge you to grow into, isn't one of them.
We went through this with TB already. Everyone complained it was too hard to get. Now we have level 56 people getting that title. Not everything that is released needs to apply to you right away, you're going to have to work towards some things in this game.
I'm not going to change and comments like yours and the other, keep me motivated to keep going.
*Some* complain, and some of those are the same folks. But it helps to recall that the forums are a tiny slice of the player base and even then there’s not unanimity along the forums denizens.
Dr. Zola
Whether ddom is a baby whale, a moderate spender, light spender, or mostly F2P, is just arguing semantics.
The meat of the argument is that NON-WHALES are at the moment likely to have between 0 - 2 R4 6-stars. As long as there are avenues to obtain the required 3 R4 6-stars (which presumably Eternity of Pain will), Kabam isn't doing players dirty.
I generally agree with OP. My main quibbles are that requirements do seem a little steep (2 R4 seems more palatable than 3 R4), and the manner of announcements seems a tad cynical.
It is entirely right to call Kabam out if the math doesn't check out (ie. high tier Alliance is in fact required as opposed to optional) or they don't provide avenues in a reasonable timeframe. But I don't think wanting it Day 1 is a good argument.
What they aren't telling us that they aren't or haven't done everything they could be doing to get to 3 R4s. They can't imagine growing into a title so they want 2 r4s or 1 because that's where they're currently at.
At 3 r4s, its a "pay to win or paywall", but 2 r4s is just fine somehow like people didn't spend to get 2 r4s or wouldn't spend to get another r4 in spring cleaning.
FOMO is all it is.
I mean, those that play in those top alliances also have jobs and families. You don't have to spend $1000 a day and every waking moment to be in a top alliance. Not everyone in those top ally's are YouTubers either.
I'm not fussed though really, just pitching in haha the title will no doubt find its way to my account eventually 😄
While both of these individuals have their fans and their haters, they are both Thronebreaker. Forgetting the spending for the moment, and just analyzing their accounts... one has barely squeaked by 7.4, still has a lot of content to do (including areas with most of the r4 materials), and the other... has literally done everything.
I think by Kabam waiting this long to make a title after Thronebreaker, they have effectively let there be 3-4 different "levels of Thronebreaker", and set a very high bar for this new title, one which only a small percentage of TB's would qualify for.
Maybe this would have been better accepted adding 2 new progression levels. Those who have indeed done everything all permanent content in the game (so explore through story mode, Variants, Labyrinth, and Abyss... but things like SOP wouldn't be a requirement)... would be the top level... and those who have just done 7.4, and say an initial clear of Abyss would be another new one. It shouldn't be tied to roster directly (that's fine for things with stores like incursions, but not this).
Look forward to.
It’s not. It’s a means to segregate the majority of active players and give them less of a bang for their buck. In fact, what TB got last Black Friday will be nerfed in upcoming deals. Expect no advanced rank up materials in their deals, just more of the same r3 materials which have become abundant.
It widens the divide between spenders and non spenders immensely, and that will become glaring come July 4th deals.
Anyone who says you can't spend $5 on something or you are the devil... is a moron. Assuming of legal age, you've probably spent $5 for a drink before. Hopefully you had a good time, and it did send you into indentured servitude.
At the end of the day... you have nothing to show for your $5.
Who is the fool now?
Look There is nothing wrong with spending as little or as much on a hobby/game as you want, so long as you can afford it, aren't addicted, and feel like you are getting value for your money. Whether that's having a drink, going to a sports game, buying season tickets, going on vacation, or buying a MCOC offer.
What is unhealthy though is absolutists opinions. As Obi Wan said to Anakin... only Sith deal in absolutes. $5 does not mean you've gone to the dark side... but judging someone for it... well, let's at least call it a step along the path.
How close you are (or aren’t) to paragon is based in large part on how much short-life content you did. That content is gone and won’t come back (for the most part). The 10,000 unit offer in 7.4 is gone and won’t come back, if you already beat it.
For Thronebreaker, once the requirements were laid out, I was able to look at what I had and chart a path through. I cleared variants 5 and 6 100% and spun those random 25%s. I cleared 6.4 and took the 25% selector there. I cleared 7.1 and hoped for a good spin. When I didn’t get it, I had units set aside for the 7.1 offer to get me the final frags I needed. I had been getting some small pieces through Cav EQ and side events, but nothing gamebreaking. Or, I could’ve just done abyss.
So what about paragon? I did the gauntlet and 27/27 SOP. I only did one point on the finale because I was struggling with the relatively new input changes. I skipped the 10,000 unit offer after 7.4 figuring I could continue saving for top-flight July 4 offers. Those chances are gone and won’t return. When TB became the top status, cavalier offers actually got worse, and I expect the same here. What r4 mats can I get right now? Whatever Carina stuff I haven’t done, and some scraps in act 7. If I got every bit of available r4 materials right now, I might barely have enough for two, but nowhere near a third.
In short, the problem is that they’ve announced a title with no way to get it besides waiting for content or spending.