Never too early to think about Gifting this winter

BlackOracle

Have seen a few YouTubers come out with gifting grind videos. Got me wondering how are your alt accounts coming along? Going big this year or just not ready for it?

Expect any changes to requirements (I know I hope not after last year's changes)?

130 days to plan it all out!

SpideyFunko

I’m not sweaty enough to have an alt account for gifting

Kabam Jax

We'll be providing more information about this in the coming weeks.

For now, I will say: There are changes to this year's event.

BlackOracle

Kabam Jax said:

We'll be providing more information about this in the coming weeks.

But I will say: There are changes to this year's event.

Oh......fingers crossed it's all good and no level or title changes... FML

GrassKnuckles

Kabam Jax said:

We'll be providing more information about this in the coming weeks.

For now, I will say: There are changes to this year's event.

Good changes…?

IKON

Kabam Jax said:

We'll be providing more information about this in the coming weeks.

For now, I will say: There are changes to this year's event.

Well this is ominous

BlackOracle

I am glad this was commented by someone in Kabam, but also buyer beware if you are buying anything for alt accounts.

Lestat2499

Kabam Jax said:

We'll be providing more information about this in the coming weeks.

For now, I will say: There are changes to this year's event.

I hope this means sooner than later. I’m thinking weeks would mean 2-3 weeks at the most. Otherwise the phrase “months” should have been used to not lead the community on.

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Lestat2499

Shaktiman said:

Kabam Jax said:

We'll be providing more information about this in the coming weeks.

For now, I will say: There are changes to this year's event.

@Kabam Jax
Minimum requirements could be:
1. Uncollected?
2. Level 60 account?
3. Account should be more than 1 year old?

1 year old and level 60 would basically exclude anyone that picked up the game this year. That would basically tell those players to stop playing as they can’t participate in a big event.

Eb0ny-O-M4w

Kabam Jax said:

We'll be providing more information about this in the coming weeks.

For now, I will say: There are changes to this year's event.

Lets see if this is the time this event will no longer be the disgusting thing it has been till now ... But I won't place my hopes too up

Bulmkt

Shaktiman said:

Kabam Jax said:

We'll be providing more information about this in the coming weeks.

For now, I will say: There are changes to this year's event.

@Kabam Jax
Minimum requirements could be:
1. Uncollected?
2. Level 60 account?
3. Account should be more than 1 year old?

That’s insane. I think their current requirements to participate are just fine

Graves_3

Shaktiman said:

Kabam Jax said:

We'll be providing more information about this in the coming weeks.

For now, I will say: There are changes to this year's event.

@Kabam Jax
Minimum requirements could be:
1. Uncollected?
2. Level 60 account?
3. Account should be more than 1 year old?

Changes don’t necessarily mean changes to gifting eligibility. They maybe changing the structure of the whole event. Let’s stay positive!! 😇

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Malreck04

Looks like there might be little point to grinding an alt anymore

TyEdge

Shaktiman said:

Kabam Jax said:

We'll be providing more information about this in the coming weeks.

For now, I will say: There are changes to this year's event.

@Kabam Jax
Minimum requirements could be:
1. Uncollected?
2. Level 60 account?
3. Account should be more than 1 year old?

With a shrunken act 4 and no need to explore act 5, I’m going to get an alt to Thronebreaker before level 60. I’m not special in that regard.

I’ve advocated for changes to the crystals, because the base is broad enough in progression that some things valuable to one player are worthless to another.

I dug out an old mothballed account for gifting last year and got to level 40 (thanks, Herc). I had such good luck that I decided to keep it and get cavalier. With that said, last year’s rewards got some 6-star sig stones and t3a on that account that are useless, while my TB account got 5-star shards and sig stones that amounted to little more than a lottery ticket for 1-2 missing champs (more likely 275 6-star shards).

So, depending on the quantities of each resource included, there needs to be a 150-unit crystal for mid-tier players and the 300-unit crystal needs better odds, or you could create a 500-unit crystal for TB/P that focuses on 6-star shards, r3/4 mats and so on.

Lestat2499

Shaktiman said:

@Bulmkt @Graves_3
Well since @Kabam Jax is being quite now, more and more chances are that the changes are related to eligibility.
@Lestat2499
Yeah I think 1 year eligibility is too harsh but level 60.. I think they would make level 60 mandatory!

Lvl 60 will still take out the casual player that has been playing a year.

Lestat2499

I can imagine it’s a fine line between new players that started since Jan1 2022 and how far they progressed.

DNA3000

Eb0ny-O-M4w said:

Kabam Jax said:

We'll be providing more information about this in the coming weeks.

For now, I will say: There are changes to this year's event.

Lets see if this is the time this event will no longer be the disgusting thing it has been till now ... But I won't place my hopes too up

Given what the point of the gifting event is, and what you have objected to in the past, I don't believe that is a reasonable thing to hold out hope for either.

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SnapSchoot

Honestly this late into the year (yep that is late for people grinding for GGCs) it would be a punishment for all the hardcore GGC grinders who spent hundreds of hours over months to get up their accounts.

What shouldn't be ignored as well are the new players who could not participate at all if the requirements are raised even more. Getting level 50 for example takes ages.


If Kabam really wants to change the requirements, they should announce it NOW.

SnapSchoot

And, just to add my last few cents, Kabam should not forget that all the big whales are spending lots of money on gifting and every christmas the gap is widening more. With taking F2P or low-spending players the option of participating a bit in gitfting - so catching up a bit to the whales, that would slowly but surely create the feeling of a two-class system in the game.

Bulmkt

I think the current requirements are fine. But I could understand if Kabam upped the requirement to say Min Lvl 45 Uncollected account that’s been active since 1 Jan 2022

IKON

SnapSchoot said:

Honestly this late into the year (yep that is late for people grinding for GGCs) it would be a punishment for all the hardcore GGC grinders who spent hundreds of hours over months to get up their accounts.

What shouldn't be ignored as well are the new players who could not participate at all if the requirements are raised even more. Getting level 50 for example takes ages.


If Kabam really wants to change the requirements, they should announce it NOW.

I've always told everyone who grinds alts for GGCs, do so at your own risk. Rules can change at anytime. They definitely don't need to tell anyone ahead of time of changes.

Liss_Bliss_

My guess is progress based gifting crystals. Either to or from the account.

Meaning a conquer can get crystals from a paragon but they will have limited stuff that only a conquer "can" use.

On the flip side, a conquer account would only be able to send a paragon a gift that contained conquer items.

Think of it like you can only get items you can use and send items that you can use, if you are a lower progression.

Buttehrs

SnapSchoot said:

And, just to add my last few cents, Kabam should not forget that all the big whales are spending lots of money on gifting and every christmas the gap is widening more. With taking F2P or low-spending players the option of participating a bit in gitfting - so catching up a bit to the whales, that would slowly but surely create the feeling of a two-class system in the game.

F2p will never catch whales regardless of how lucky or how much time they put in. There will always be a gap.

winterthur

Liss_Bliss_ said:

My guess is progress based gifting crystals. Either to or from the account.

Meaning a conquer can get crystals from a paragon but they will have limited stuff that only a conquer "can" use.

On the flip side, a conquer account would only be able to send a paragon a gift that contained conquer items.

Think of it like you can only get items you can use and send items that you can use, if you are a lower progression.

There goes my hope of a 3rd 6-Star on my level 6 account.

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ExHavok

Progression based gifting crystal is the solution imo. I don't think sending revives,potions and mastery cores are a problem but a 40 lv conqueror account sending crystals to top players that contains T6B and T3A is. I hope this year we will see those who have 100+ alt accounts slapped in the face by Kabam.

Adevati

I play a lot of alts because I like to. I hate alliance modes. I hate arena grinding. I hate incursions. And I’m pretty sure I’ll dislike battlegrounds final product too.

Because of gifting, playing alts still provides my main with small benefits due to gifting. All of my alts are around 2 years old.

I did the math last year and came to the conclusion that if I would have spent all the time in arena on my main vs the time I spent on alts for gifting, my main would have been better off. Except, again, arena grinding is not for me.

All this to say, if gifting is significantly nerfed to where this is no longer a grinding strategy, I’m done with the game.