I say no to the battlegrounds

Farrukh_tv

As a mode it is quite fun. I guess if you have nothing and i mean absolutely nothing going on you could burn your time/energy to try for those rewards or just for fun. I hate how they hyped up mastery loadouts and multi decks just for them to be pay to unlock. Also turns out as a thronebraker close to paragon and casual f2p i get close to nothing doing battlegrounds (i dont really care shards). Event points are behind units (maybe you can get them for free not sure), R4 mats are only for paragon and not mentioning the ridiculous price. Litterly any quest/game mode that is out there right now i still havent done looks more fun then doing battlegrounds. Abbys/ carina chalanges. Upcoming act 8 and exploring the variants that i havent done exploring yet. So while i patiently wait for those what is you guys' impressions on the battlegrounds?

Colinwhitworth69

OK.

K00shMaan

At this point I just feel bad for the Developers of the Game Mode. They are not the same people who monetized the F%(K out of it. Battlegrounds can be a ton of fun. I participated in all of the Betas. I'm really not all that interested in what was released today. The only saving grace is that everything that is wrong with the product that was released can be fixed. I don't think the mode should be boycotted cuz there is still a lot of things that likely need to be worked out (bugs etc.) and that can only happen with our participation in the mode. But don't buy Elder's Marks, don't buy the Deck Slots, don't buy the Cash Offers.

HollowAizen

K00shMaan said:

But don't buy Elder's Marks, don't buy the Deck Slots, don't buy the Cash Offers.

This is exactly right, the more people don't buy into this, the higher the chance is they cut the mode or change it in favor of the players

GinjabredMonsta

I’m only doing it for the friendly matches. It doesn’t seem worth the cost to me. Too much unit requirements

Farrukh_tv

K00shMaan said:

. I don't think the mode should be boycotted cuz there is still a lot of things that likely need to be worked out (bugs etc.)

Oh im absolutely not calling anyone to boycott the mode. I'm sure dev worked really hard to make this mode. It just doesn't attract me tiny bit so i wanted to see if for some people there's something they find attractive about it.

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frodo2377

So spend money or units in order to get elder marks so matches actually count toward the solo and ally objectives?! Am I missing something here? If that's true....it's DOA for me.

Thomildo

frodo2377 said:

So spend money or units in order to get elder marks so matches actually count toward the solo and ally objectives?! Am I missing something here? If that's true....it's DOA for me.

Looks that way, made me lose all interest in this mode..

TheBair123

here are some fun numbers. if you win 50% of your matches, it'll take you 210 matches using elder marks to get every solo milestone. that's about 3150 elder marks, or 3000 units. so your choice. is 3000 units plus dozens of hours spent on the game mode for 15000 6* shards really worth it?

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Warlockjr

Imma not do it because I have been wining and have gotten no points for some reason

K00shMaan

TheBair123 said:

here are some fun numbers. if you win 50% of your matches, it'll take you 210 matches using elder marks to get every solo milestone. that's about 3150 elder marks, or 3000 units. so your choice. is 3000 units plus dozens of hours spent on the game mode for 15000 6* shards really worth it?

One thing I noticed is that you don't need to complete the Milestones to qualify for the Rank Rewards. It will be interesting to see what Rank Rewards people get for minimal participation.

BigManOnCampus

frodo2377 said:

So spend money or units in order to get elder marks so matches actually count toward the solo and ally objectives?! Am I missing something here? If that's true....it's DOA for me.

Yeah that's absolutely insane.

Reptoid

frodo2377 said:

So spend money or units in order to get elder marks so matches actually count toward the solo and ally objectives?! Am I missing something here? If that's true....it's DOA for me.

You'll get some free elder marks if you're up to do the grind of your life to reach Vibranium which only takes 40 straight victories in victory track.

Or just empty your bank account.

Wozzle007

From a pure development side, the node is excellent and the devs should truly be commended. I have nothing but positive feedback for that side. But the implementation side it’s absolutely awful. My biggest issue is that mode feels like it has been designed solely for the purposes of spending. I absolutely understand the need to monetise the game and the mode, but this is really obscene.

I’m sure there will be whales out there for who the cost of this game mode is fairly insignificant to there wallets and will play this regardless. I hope that’s not enough for Kabam to make them think this mode has actually been a success. And there will be a number of people who like the current implementation or are the opinion, “don’t like it, don’t play it.” For me, Kabam have totally messed the balance of this up.

My recommendation to Kabam is get a few of the CCP or even non CCP players on consultancy contracts, pay them for there time but consult them on ideas this first, so you can get some honest feedback at an early stage, which Kabam is then free to ignore if they really wish. But if this is what is seen as a good idea and passes through to actual live gameplay, then there is some serious group think issues at Kabam. You really need to have some new voices at part of the decision making process.

TheLegend27

I don't even like Battlegrounds (and I largely skipped out on all the previous beta rounds) but I was ready to play it for the rewards. I'm just glad I hate the mode in the first place because there's no chance I'm playing it after seeing this whole situation with Elder Marks. Easy pass.

Tesladon

Not a fan at all. I played the betas a decent bit and enjoyed them. I still think it’s better than dungeons or incursions or whatever, minus how the metrics to get rewards are a mess. I’m even seeing some of those pro-Kabam mouthpieces speaking out about it.

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Bocksarox

What a massive train wreck this mode has become. We went through months of beta testing in order for Kabam to release this mess. What was the point of the beta testing if they are just going to release a largely untested version of the game mode? Why not tell us about all the ways they wanted to monetize it? This is the kind of lack in communication I have grown to expect from them.

If this mode continues to be pay to play, I'm happier without it.

BitterSteel

TheBair123 said:

here are some fun numbers. if you win 50% of your matches, it'll take you 210 matches using elder marks to get every solo milestone. that's about 3150 elder marks, or 3000 units. so your choice. is 3000 units plus dozens of hours spent on the game mode for 15000 6* shards really worth it?

If this is accurate, it’s stuff like this that blows my mind at how it gets signed off on.

How on earth can 3000 units be signed off on as a good amount for 15k 6* shards worth of solo event rewards?

How does this get signed off on by the guys who figure out the economy of events?

Mauled

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Mauled said:

I’m pretty impressed they’ve managed to kill the best update to this game since I started playing in less than 24 hours.

The best Update. The mode was bs from the beginning.

Bg are awesome if you wanna play against other players directly, I loved the betas. The play has ironed out most of the faults - mods excluded - and I was really looking forward to the release until I found out I had to drop an Odin to competitively play each season.

SirGamesBond

Yes.
I mean No
NO Bgs for me.

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K00shMaan

N7Donkey said:

Played it for the first time today. I'm TB f2p and nearly got my first R4 6*, so roster is alright but I timed out on most fights which doesn't seem right. Then again I've avoided this mode since the first beta so maybe this is common? I only looked at it because of the solo objectives and then realised you need the tokens to get anywhere, so yeah I won't be playing it again I don't think. Like the idea but not sure the matchmaking works well in the current format..

Timing out was something that happened in the past with the larger health pool Betas. Adding in a node that has indestructible seems like it would only make it more common. To me, that isn't a flaw in the game mode, it's just something you have to overcome. You can still win matches without KOing the opponent.

As for Matchmaking, this has been a common annoyance in the Betas as well. If you give it a little bit of time, the elite players will move out of the earlier brackets and you will more likely get fair matchups. Unfortunately it takes quite a while to settle, not just hours.

AMS94

I was excited for it, but I'm not gonna play it anymore in it's current state
They're just another one of those game modes that are not meant for me (like arenas & incursions)
Rewards that a F2P can get are not worth the grind required to get those rewards

Jazz_Messenger

I just did two matches to learn this new mode - 1 win and 1 loss. I found out I don’t get anything, not even points, unless I enter matches with Elder’s Marks. In order to get Elder’s Marks, I would have to spend Units or keep winning matches. At least in Arenas, you can get points, Gold, BC. In Incursions, you get decent bonuses monthly. There’s no incentive to spend 15 energy to do Battlegrounds. I already lost interest…

Thiartc

like the game mode, hate the paying to play it part. will only play till i get my 48 hour 5 win reward, stop and wait for it to reset. rinse and repeat

InsaneSkull

Never been a fan of BG and now disappointed with reward structure as well.

Rohit_316

All they had to do was screw Battlegrounds completely and monetize it as well. Now i am really afraid about relics.