**UPDATES TO ENLISTMENT GIFTING EVENT:**
To prevent exploitation, we will prevent new Accounts from being able to Gift enlistment crystals. We will also be taking action on those who are using 3rd Party Sellers, Bots and other farms to gift themselves mass amounts of Enlistment Crystals. Lastly, we will be adding an expiration timer to Enlistment Crystals. All unopened Enlistment Crystals will expire on Oct 18 @ 17:00 UTC. For more information, please see this post: https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/346104/updates-to-enlistment-gifting-event
To prevent exploitation, we will prevent new Accounts from being able to Gift enlistment crystals. We will also be taking action on those who are using 3rd Party Sellers, Bots and other farms to gift themselves mass amounts of Enlistment Crystals. Lastly, we will be adding an expiration timer to Enlistment Crystals. All unopened Enlistment Crystals will expire on Oct 18 @ 17:00 UTC. For more information, please see this post: https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/346104/updates-to-enlistment-gifting-event
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I NEVER EVER EVER EVER would’ve finished act 7 if it had been clear that this requirement was imminent. I would’ve waited until I had the units for the offer. I can’t get that back.
I think the 3X R4 requirement is a bit steep…I figure it will take me at least a yr if not longer to rank 4 three champs…
First, offers based on progression.
Uncollected is the thing.
Cavalier comes next.
King? Pssh…Thronebreaker!
Kabam knows what they’re doing.
Anyone can guess what’s next generally.
But 3 champs was more than expected.
A lot of us would have accepted 2.
Maybe they’ll show us how to earn them.
But even then its not a big deal. Give it a few months and people will be looking back and laughing at the uproar this has caused when they realise how reasonable these requirements are.
Dr. Zola
If SOP and the Gauntlet would be permanent content, and we got a heads up with the release of 7.4 that, "hey, we will have a new title with these requirements, bear in mind when buying the offer", I'd say the 3 r4 is okay, because you'd have all the content to do to achieve the criteria for day1.
And of course many old TBs would want to achieve the title with the new reward perks. Damn, the cavalier difficulty was already outdated on its 3rd month.
As for myself: in pure catalyst amount, I have 1.5 T6B and almost 1 T3A.
I've 100% act, so there is 1 r4 from there, but I'm not near enough for my second. Yet I would be totally okay if paragon needed 2 r4, because it's achievable.
If you have x1 or x2 r4 champs, you must have a roster that can or already has 100% everything in the game… so what difference does it make 🤷♂️
There’s an entire sector of comments giving their opinion that they think that a progression title should be based on permanent campaign content, as the title suggests. Not selectively FTP if they managed to do 5 exact steps the way the developers laid out. That’s a valid gripe. Yes, it’s fine that people will get the title one day in the future, but having no way to try and get there upon release is an issue for some people.
And there’s also a player group that is concerned that they will be left out because this progression title would lead to exclusive objectives/rewards from EOP that will further separate the gap in the meta - just because they didn’t follow those 5 steps that the developers laid out as their metrics to get there. That is a valid FOMO argument, as it greatly splits the meta (assuming Paragons will get rewards at a higher rarity or frequency soon) along monetary lines.
There’s actual valid criticisms beyond “just FOMO”
though. I’m not saying you’re wrong about that being the case, but please at least recognize that this is the first time Kabam has ever made a title that will not be possible to attain with content currently in game, and solely on the promise of content to come……while also promising benefits to those titles in the next upcoming event. People are allowed to feel a certain way about it without it being lumped in as one of your reasons.
To contribute to the discussion, do you both think it’s fair to base a progression title in a game on a promise of more content, without knowing what the rewards are or with what frequency they will be dropped?
Do you both believe that it is fair to say that a valid route to get to this new progression title would have been to do five different steps, including spending 10,000-12,000 units, without any knowledge of it being linked to a progression title?
What do you define as a campaign progression title? Because I don’t believe the majority of the player base’s idea lines up with what the team has announced.
And lastly, do you both think that new content, such as EOP, should have exclusive objectives and rewards for these new title holders within a month or two after release, especially when considering there’s no feasible method (permanent content) to get you to that benchmark?
And yes, its fair to base a title on future content. This title isn't meant for everyone to have on release, its meant to have something to work towards. If you had 3 R4's right now, you wouldn't be of this opinion. You can't base a new title on story content alone because it doesn't hold enough weight in terms of difficulty. It's leagues easier than Act 6 even after the nerf plus they increased paradox charges from 8 to 12 which decreases the difficulty even more.
People who fill all the requirements they listed, and even more, shouldn't have to wait, according by what it was said. That is not true, as it has been pointed out.
Hate to be that guy, but you've just given 2 ways to get closer to achieving Paragon. Go do them. Yeah you might not be all the way there once you've done them, but there'll likely be more places to get the cats then, so then you go on and do that.
Unless you have actually done EVERYTHING, then you get no sympathy from me. The title is made for people who are the very best and have done everything to prove it.
I also don't see any issue in people who choose to spend being allowed the title before those who are F2P. There are and should be benefits to spending. The title isn't locked behind a paywall, it's just that you'll get there faster if you do spend.
I think the major sticking point with most players on the cusp is that Eternity of Pain/ July4 offers may be locked behind the new title, with very few/ no way to bridge that gap before that timeframe.
That said, it is what it is and eventually we wil get there.
Honestly, 2 is a much more realistic number.
People who have been doing everything but Abyss and Carinas can get their 1st R4 doing the initial exploration of Act 7, and purchasing the deal.
They can then get their 2nd upon full exploration of Act 7.
Making Carina’s challenges almost an essential part of the game is baloney. I consider that content created simply as a cool side thing to do when you are bored.
This will disenfranchise many from the game, including people like me who spend quite a lot.
So i think and for the game and for the players it would be okay if it was like: x2 R4 champs and done Carina’s vol1+2.
If act 7 was equivalent difficulty to act 6 I would sort of get it as that would have been a significant moving of the goalposts.
But I’ve spent nowhere near as much or done nowhere near as many arena fights as the top guys…. Why should I have access to the shiny new things at the same time they do 🤷♂️
I’ll get there soon enough, thankfully I don’t suffer the same feelings of entitlement that many here seem to.
Did SoP and Gauntlet
Act 7, LoL and AoF 100%
1 path left of Carina’s vol2. (which will be done next weak)
Pl1-master alliance.
Doing map8 since it came out
But me still need 0,5 T3A for third R4. If I didn’t buy Act 7 10k offer then it would be 1,5 T6B and 2 T3A to get the third R4 champ.
What else can you say ?
I can say - what we can talk about players who’s playing less than some players like me when even I can not do the third rank up? And yeah, I don’t buy deals. So the problem, once again, is F2P vs. P2W
If you believe that it’s fair to base a title on future content, that’s alright. People disagree, and I think from your previous posts I see your point. I’m always okay with something I have to work towards; I’m of the opinion there just needs to be something to work towards when announcing it. When Thronebreaker came out, I didn’t qualify day 1 or even month 1. I worked hard to get there by taking on content that was available just to rank 3 a 6* Wasp. And I don’t regret it.
I haven’t been on the forums much for you to know me, but I still would be part of this opinion with even 3 r4 champs. It’s not because it affects me personally, it’s because it’s a complete change in the trend and a different set of requirements. I have no clue what will come after this, but I don’t like this trend and I don’t want it now or in the future.
I agree you cannot base a progression title on story content, but basing it on the metrics the game team has used, specifically temporary content and deals, I disagree with. I agree with the team it should be roster dependent, but it should be doable with the content in the game as it currently stands. That is why many say 2 rank 4’s are fair, because it means it is attainable via permanent content such as both Carina’s + Act 7. If there were variants or other permanent content that offered drops of r4 materials, I would say that 3 r4’s are fair.