**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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Please tellme how this is progression based, or skill, AW/AQ tier, content etc.. how do those come into the calculations?
I would like to know what is/are future deals for everyone below TB when they eventually reach TB and/or Paragon status
That means you have a set of people with double the R4 resources. And then you have a set of people who will only get that bundle ONCE.
Those players could wait until July 2nd if they wish, complete 7.4 (after having purchased it today in that 45 min window), get the offer again (having enough units after grinding the next 2 months) and enjoy.
For once it pays to not complete content.
Personally I wasn't going to buy it twice even if I had the units (which i dont) - it was hard enough spending all that once, but I reckon having paragon for 2 months and on July 4th might be good. But I can see clearly why others in my situation would be upset.
Idk to quote..
But I think it's because it'll encourage people to actually play the game and earn the resources rather than spending money which would be bad for them..
They say things like paragon is meant for people that did everything and they meant it but people are paragon without finishing carinas, exploring 7.4, abyss and so on.. their words mean nothing, they won't do anything if it's not making them the most money.. you would think that having people grind the game for the SE chance for those resources would be a little balanced but that doesn't bring revenue
This really is getting out of the hand now
But there could have been an equal way to solve it. Return the unit tho those who bought it the second time, send out a free package to everyone TB+, then release the offer again for those who didn't buy it after 7.4. Yes, this would move more people closer to paragon, but would be fair to those who can't just buy units leftrightcenter. Because EVERYONE would be closer with the amount of resources, it wouldn't have messed with the delicate AQ prestige war.
But nah, rip players who don't have the time or money to grind.
Yeah, Imma disagree on that one.
There is no perfect solution for everyone. Nor was this intended to be for everyone. It is what it is. However, it's for people to buy it if they have the Units. Not to give for free to those who don't.
Kaban messed it up. They admitted it. But somehow they were able to come out as victors from the situation, and once again F2P / non grinder players were left in the dust. So yes, it would have been reasonable to have every TB+ one set of free rewards, because it wouldn't have throw off the balance. Would people be closer to Paragon? Yes, but that is a cost of the huge mistake.
Maybe those people that don’t have the 10k units should stop wasting their units on Cav crystals!
Fifth R4 coming up! 🥳🥳
“But why Damien? Weren’t you someone who said that 3 was the original plan and that’s what Kabam should stick to?”
Yes, I did advocate for that even though I wouldn’t be Paragon on the first day. My original thought process was “I’m okay with it being 3 because it gives me something to work towards at a relatively equal pace to others who are in a similar or same boat to me and I’m okay with that. Kabam laid out what you needed to do to achieve 3 in a fair manner”
However with the reintroduction of the deal, and the future re-reintroduction, I no longer think that it is being done in a fair manner. I don’t mind that people spend to get ahead in the game, that’s their prerogative and I’m grateful for them helping to keep the lights on. However, this whole thing has shown that it’s not so much about wanting to keep game economy balanced, and more about what benefits Kabam over the player base. The goal posts for what should have been the path to paragon for the average player has now shifted from “you’ll get there in time as more is introduced” to “you’ll get there when we flood you with deals that weren’t meant to go live and instead of doing the right thing and facing the actual consequences of our mistakes, we’ll appease those who took advantage”
That to me is an egregious change in stance and makes the 3 required R4s now less valuable as a measuring stick for the average player and only widens the gap between the player base as a whole, which will lead to future complaints when it comes to who content is aimed at when the disparity between the average group (sorry whales I’m excluding you from this since you’re in a league of your own) becomes wider and wider.
Those are my last thoughts on this whole mess of a situation.