End of Gifting... [master-thread]

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  • StellarStellar Member Posts: 1,086 ★★★★
    So what about Weapon X 5 & 6 stars ? what about Thanos 4, 5 & 6 stars ? what about Kang 4, 5 & 6 stars ?

    Those are the only real reasons why the gifting event was good to me.

    Please let us get those and after you can throw the event to the trash !
  • TrapKill66TrapKill66 Member Posts: 97
    If the 'hint' announcement had come much earlier in the year then I would be much more ok with it. There are plenty of ways to have fun with this game. But I have a lot of legit units on alts that I want to use, but do not want not use on alts, as this game is already a big time sink.
  • Graves_3Graves_3 Member Posts: 1,510 ★★★★★
    TyEdge said:

    “Don’t worry about all that time you spent earning worthless units on your alt account. You can ignore your family over Christmas vacation to unhappily revive your way through Carina’s Challenge Vol 1 with the two weeks of resources we’ll give you access to.”

    I may finally end up doing abyss first clear. Lol!!
  • Etm34Etm34 Member Posts: 1,665 ★★★★★

    If the 'hint' announcement had come much earlier in the year then I would be much more ok with it. There are plenty of ways to have fun with this game. But I have a lot of legit units on alts that I want to use, but do not want not use on alts, as this game is already a big time sink.

    Just to play devil’s advocate, the future continuation of the gifting event was never guaranteed by Kabam. We all just worked off the assumption it would because it’s been there for years and we know it’s a money maker for the company. But we also know it’s been a source of headache and frustration for both the company and the player base.

    Essentially it’s grind at your own risk
  • DNA3000DNA3000 Member, Guardian Posts: 19,640 Guardian
    Cycobilly said:

    And btw how does this stop the real scammers, The unit loaders?

    If by that you mean how does this stop people from committing fraud outside of the game and then use fraudulently acquired cash or gift cards to buy units in the game, it does not do that because that's impossible. MCOC cannot stop crime: it isn't Batman, and has no rights to DC characters. Ending gifting only prevents such people from attempting to use MCOC as a money laundering resource, taking dirty money and using in-game gifting to launder that money into clean cash acquired from idiots.

    Whether you steal some grandma's SIM card or stick up a 7-11, we can't stop you. But we can stop you from using your stolen resources to cash out by selling those things to MCOC players. That's the limit of what Kabam can police and prevent, and preventing gifting does that.
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  • flygamerflygamer Member Posts: 345 ★★
    edited August 2022
    I became alliance-less a while ago, which has been much more realxing. I was going to miss this event though but now I don't have to worry about that, so it's all good here.
  • BeeweeBeewee Member Posts: 556 ★★★★

    Beewee said:

    If half the playerbase leaves because they prevented Fraud from occurring, then that's not the half we want to save.
    Did I say that? #sorry

    I agree. I have to think about this from kabam’s pov. If I saw all the money I was losing and all the fraud and stealing going on. I’d close the event down as well.
    My perspective is less for the money they're losing, and more for what's legal and fair. Countless people are affected by fraudulent activities, whether they work for Kabam, financial institutions, or are personally affected. Something as simple as a Gifting Event in a game has become the source of some pretty serious acts. It's either continue playing Whack-a-Mole, or end it.
    Yeah I agree with that
  • Hector_1475Hector_1475 Member Posts: 1,794 ★★★★★

  • AbraxasBelthazAbraxasBelthaz Member Posts: 27

    But on the other-hand there’s just so many despicable people out there, and the global chat is just cancer but with extra steps. And even showing generosity was weird because of the culture the game created. I would send people free items and then they would reply “Oh man now I’ve gotta grind arena to pay you back this sucks” Which to means is just baffling. It’s like the concept of “Gift” doesn’t really exist in this game.


    So you mean it's just like Christmas in real life lol.
  • Eb0ny-O-M4wEb0ny-O-M4w Member Posts: 14,007 ★★★★★
    So, since there are no more sendable gifting crystals, and also because it's the last time we'll be able to gift at all ...

    You guy's think they'll reduce the level 40 requirement?
  • Crys23Crys23 Member Posts: 829 ★★★★
    They could've just put a limit on it, like 50 GGCs per account.
  • WarlockjrWarlockjr Member Posts: 809 ★★★
    Mysterio said:

    I generally am liking the sounds of this but I do hope the new crystal still has a chance for Thanos. Or who knows maybe they could use the death of the gifting event to make Thanos more generally available!

    BREAKING NEWS THANOS KANG AND WEAPON X HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE REGULAR CRYSTALS
  • MasterSmokeMasterSmoke Member Posts: 575 ★★★
    Crys23 said:

    They could've just put a limit on it, like 50 GGCs per account.

    A cap on the new holiday crystals will not make kabam money. My guess is that kabam will have a solo event with no rank rewards & you can open as many crystals as you want.
  • FrydayFryday Member Posts: 1,104 ★★★★
    edited August 2022
    Kabam Jax said:

    Hey Summoners,
    Following up to answer some FAQs.

    Why not tell us sooner?
    We've seen the criticisms stating that this should have been mentioned immediately after the last gifting event concluded. Ultimately, until very recently, we weren't sure what this year's holiday event would look like. With the amount of fraudulent activity, we weren't able to analyze the full impact until months into 2022. I know there were internal conversations about ways to provide an adjusted gifting event, but every avenue the game team explored lead to more problems. As was stated in the original post, we wanted to give everyone the opportunity to make decisions about how they'd spend their time; we did this as soon as we had an idea that the gifting event wouldn't happen this year, even with limited information about what the new event looks like. This communication came three months prior to a normal communication cadence for in-game events.

    How are we supposed to get trophy champs, now?
    We haven't seen anything to suggest the replacement crystals would remove opportunity to acquire trophy champs. We will continue to keep an eye on the development of this event and will communicate as we have more information, likely closer to the holiday season.

    What consumables can we gift?
    As the details about the new holiday event are still falling into place and there is still a lot to consider, we don't have a definitive list of what will be available. Expect more information closer to the launch of the new event.

    Hi @Kabam Jax

    Firstly, thank you very much for following up on this conversation, with a tricky and sensitive situation like this, it is good to have you touch base with the players once in awhile.

    Secondly, while I can understand the challenges the Kabam having with this event, I'm sure you can see from some of the players point of view, it is quite disheartening. I read this post (from @TrapKill66) a few days a go and feel his pain.

    https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/311654/never-too-early-to-think-about-gifting-this-winter#latest

    We appreciate some advance notice on this news, however some have put in time and money into their alt account for the past 8 months. While I'm not in the same position, I was looking forward to gifting some GGC to my nephew over the Christmas period.

    As you mentioned that the Event detail is not finalised, I was wondering if you could pass on my thought to the Kabam team, and where it is possible to compromise a little for both Kabam and the players, just for this year. By letting players to gift only limited amount of GGCs (or what the new crystals will be), say 10 GGCs, in that way for anyone that have put in the work in the past 8 months can still do a little trading while at the same time limited any kind damage is might cause.

  • Sw33tySw33ty Member Posts: 24
    I vote for gifting event stay as is for this year. Cheat and fraud involve is a matter of handling it right, but the solution to scrap the event is no no. Find a better solution at least middle ground that acknowledging playerbase time and effort. I put it this way, it just like stop selling a car while the police tired handling car thieves, scam whatsoever. Dont you see it?
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