Costs of 7* crystals revealed!!

The cost of a 7* crystal is 15,000 shards. Opinions?

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By the end of 2017, there were 104(ish) champions available to be at least 5*'s from the basic pool.
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FALSE!

There were 113 champs by the end of 2017. I've marked out the ones that weren't 5* right away. Except unmarked Ronan but was in there as of may 2017.

Let's the data I can find is a post from may of 2017 that has the base pool and a sub featured which they added in a bunch from there throughout the year. It's missing 3 months of additions to the basic pool.

Things were different back then for when they added champs in. It was much quicker. On the safe side, there should be at least 100 in the base pool by the end of 2017. Even more if we count to when 6*'s were attainable at the end of Jan 2018.

Cyta

Lets take a look https://auntm.ai/champions?filter=2015,2016,2017&sort=release shall we?! 113 in total..mkay..now..can you please confirm the release dates to basic pool of : wolverine, both versions of vision, thor, scarlet witch, punisher, deadpool, unstoppable colossus, kang, imortal iron fist, ultron (lol version), thanos, modok, taskmaster...thats 14...so right there its under 100...and i can bet there are more to add to this list, just dont see the point

Cyta

iirc dr strange took a while to be available as 5* also, and u reminded me of rhino, ronan, cyclops...forgot about those...but yeah...i said under 100 in 1st place..not sure why you felt to correct me

Cyta

You are welcome

Demonzfyre

Lets take a look https://auntm.ai/champions?filter=2015,2016,2017&sort=release shall we?! 113 in total..mkay..now..can you please confirm the release dates to basic pool of : wolverine, both versions of vision, thor, scarlet witch, punisher, deadpool, unstoppable colossus, kang, imortal iron fist, ultron (lol version), thanos, modok, taskmaster...thats 14...so right there its under 100...and i can bet there are more to add to this list, just dont see the point

It was right about 100 maybe like 98. Ronan and Cyclops (New Xavier School) were in the 5* basic pool by may 2017. I forgot about wolverine and scarlet witch. Pretty sure Vision AOU was in there by the end of the year but OG Vision wasn't. MODOK and Taskmaster weren't added yet.

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/57/new-5-star-champion-addition-and-changes-to-5-star-featured-hero-crystals

Cyta

That is a photo from january 24th, 2018.. do the math, use fingers, whatever makes ya happy..u wont get to "at least 100"

GroundedWisdom

All of this is inconsequential. It's not about the amount of Champs that were available. It's about the number of 7* Shards currently available and how easy it is now to acquire Dups. We have a large number of 6* Shards available on a regular basis comparative to the amount of 6* Shards that were available when 6*s were added. Significantly larger.

Demonzfyre

That is a photo from january 24th, 2018.. do the math, use fingers, whatever makes ya happy..u wont get to "at least 100"

Cool. I'll take that L on the champ pool. But it just goes to show it would have been easier to dupe them for 6* shards. Still, on the on set of 5 and 6*'s, those shards were harder to come by vs now, 6* shards are easily attainable and there's a decent flow of 7* shards from dupes.

You both are so funny...losing on a topic swapping to something different, taking turns and stuff Im out..happy easter every1

I haven't swapped on any topic. I've been going back and forth with you on the same topic this entire time.

Stellar

Hey everybody,

We wanted to clarify something as it doesn't appear we were clear in this morning's stream.

The reason 7* crystals cost 15,000 shards is because of the number of 7* shards players are generating from 6* dupes. When we looked at the data, we saw that players are currently generating more 7* shards through dupes than they were acquiring 6* shards from all sources when 6*s launched.

This is because of the way rewards have stacked across four Progresson Groups that are all currently chasing 6*s, with 6* rewards in content for Uncollected, Cavalier, Thronebreaker and Paragon players. This was the inevitable result of the longer gap between the introduction of 6* and 7* champions compared to previous rarities.

This dynamic meant that we had to change something about our plans for 7*s. We didn't want to dilute the 7* pool with lower quality champions, we didn't want to reduce the number of 7* shards players could earn through content, and we didn't want to have to ration 6* shards in content such as the upcoming Paragon difficulty Side Quest (more info on this soon).

So the only real option we had was to increase the cost of the 7* crystal. We have scaled 7* rewards to match this new cost. For instance, AW Rank 1 will still grant a full 7* crystal the next time AW rewards are updated, as was always the plan. However, the 7* shards you get for duping a 6* will remain the same, as reducing that ratio was the whole purpose of the decision to price the 7* crystal at 15,000 shards.
Thx tor the clarification on the cost of 7 stars.

The stream in which Jax and Aidan presented the new 7 stars and the Act 8.2 didn't answered all the questions we could have. Maybe you could answer those questions ?

- What will be the cost to rank up a 7 stars to rank 2 ?

- When will we see this basic pool of 7 stars expand ?

- At what rate will new champions be included into the basic pool ?

- What will be the cost of the futur paragon crystal ? When will it be release ? Will it have the same odd to get a 7 stars as the Thronebreaker one for 6 stars ?

- Jax said the new Titan crystal (7 stars featured crystal) will take time to release. Can we know approximately how many time ?

- As people will start expanding their roster with 7 stars, will we see some new difficulties arrive ? AQ9 ? EQ Paragon level ? SQ Paragon level ? New content abyss like difficulty ?

- What about those exclusive champions like Scarlet Witch Sigil, unstoppable Colossus (he really need a good rework), Punisher, immortal iron fist, GoldPool, PlatinumPool, DeadPool, Jessica Jones, Thanos, Weapon X, Kang, will they get their 7 stars versions ? Will some of those available in the Black Iso Market with Scarlet Witch Sigil ?

Thx for reading and providing answer if you can

Kabam, can you give us an answer to those questions please ?

GinjabredMonsta

Hey everybody,

We wanted to clarify something as it doesn't appear we were clear in this morning's stream.

The reason 7* crystals cost 15,000 shards is because of the number of 7* shards players are generating from 6* dupes. When we looked at the data, we saw that players are currently generating more 7* shards through dupes than they were acquiring 6* shards from all sources when 6*s launched.

This is because of the way rewards have stacked across four Progresson Groups that are all currently chasing 6*s, with 6* rewards in content for Uncollected, Cavalier, Thronebreaker and Paragon players. This was the inevitable result of the longer gap between the introduction of 6* and 7* champions compared to previous rarities.

This dynamic meant that we had to change something about our plans for 7*s. We didn't want to dilute the 7* pool with lower quality champions, we didn't want to reduce the number of 7* shards players could earn through content, and we didn't want to have to ration 6* shards in content such as the upcoming Paragon difficulty Side Quest (more info on this soon).

So the only real option we had was to increase the cost of the 7* crystal. We have scaled 7* rewards to match this new cost. For instance, AW Rank 1 will still grant a full 7* crystal the next time AW rewards are updated, as was always the plan. However, the 7* shards you get for duping a 6* will remain the same, as reducing that ratio was the whole purpose of the decision to price the 7* crystal at 15,000 shards.
Thx tor the clarification on the cost of 7 stars.

The stream in which Jax and Aidan presented the new 7 stars and the Act 8.2 didn't answered all the questions we could have. Maybe you could answer those questions ?

- What will be the cost to rank up a 7 stars to rank 2 ?

- When will we see this basic pool of 7 stars expand ?

- At what rate will new champions be included into the basic pool ?

- What will be the cost of the futur paragon crystal ? When will it be release ? Will it have the same odd to get a 7 stars as the Thronebreaker one for 6 stars ?

- Jax said the new Titan crystal (7 stars featured crystal) will take time to release. Can we know approximately how many time ?

- As people will start expanding their roster with 7 stars, will we see some new difficulties arrive ? AQ9 ? EQ Paragon level ? SQ Paragon level ? New content abyss like difficulty ?

- What about those exclusive champions like Scarlet Witch Sigil, unstoppable Colossus (he really need a good rework), Punisher, immortal iron fist, GoldPool, PlatinumPool, DeadPool, Jessica Jones, Thanos, Weapon X, Kang, will they get their 7 stars versions ? Will some of those available in the Black Iso Market with Scarlet Witch Sigil ?

Thx for reading and providing answer if you can

Hey everybody,

We wanted to clarify something as it doesn't appear we were clear in this morning's stream.

The reason 7* crystals cost 15,000 shards is because of the number of 7* shards players are generating from 6* dupes. When we looked at the data, we saw that players are currently generating more 7* shards through dupes than they were acquiring 6* shards from all sources when 6*s launched.

This is because of the way rewards have stacked across four Progresson Groups that are all currently chasing 6*s, with 6* rewards in content for Uncollected, Cavalier, Thronebreaker and Paragon players. This was the inevitable result of the longer gap between the introduction of 6* and 7* champions compared to previous rarities.

This dynamic meant that we had to change something about our plans for 7*s. We didn't want to dilute the 7* pool with lower quality champions, we didn't want to reduce the number of 7* shards players could earn through content, and we didn't want to have to ration 6* shards in content such as the upcoming Paragon difficulty Side Quest (more info on this soon).

So the only real option we had was to increase the cost of the 7* crystal. We have scaled 7* rewards to match this new cost. For instance, AW Rank 1 will still grant a full 7* crystal the next time AW rewards are updated, as was always the plan. However, the 7* shards you get for duping a 6* will remain the same, as reducing that ratio was the whole purpose of the decision to price the 7* crystal at 15,000 shards.
Thx tor the clarification on the cost of 7 stars.

The stream in which Jax and Aidan presented the new 7 stars and the Act 8.2 didn't answered all the questions we could have. Maybe you could answer those questions ?

- What will be the cost to rank up a 7 stars to rank 2 ?

- When will we see this basic pool of 7 stars expand ?

- At what rate will new champions be included into the basic pool ?

- What will be the cost of the futur paragon crystal ? When will it be release ? Will it have the same odd to get a 7 stars as the Thronebreaker one for 6 stars ?

- Jax said the new Titan crystal (7 stars featured crystal) will take time to release. Can we know approximately how many time ?

- As people will start expanding their roster with 7 stars, will we see some new difficulties arrive ? AQ9 ? EQ Paragon level ? SQ Paragon level ? New content abyss like difficulty ?

- What about those exclusive champions like Scarlet Witch Sigil, unstoppable Colossus (he really need a good rework), Punisher, immortal iron fist, GoldPool, PlatinumPool, DeadPool, Jessica Jones, Thanos, Weapon X, Kang, will they get their 7 stars versions ? Will some of those available in the Black Iso Market with Scarlet Witch Sigil ?

Thx for reading and providing answer if you can
Kabam, can you give us an answer to those questions please ?

The only thing that can really be answered right now is the cost to R2 a 7* is 4 T6CC, 4T5CC, 7T6B, and 7T3A. So 1 one more each item to R5 a 6*. Other than that, the other answer will probably come later on time

phillgreen

The mere thought that I will be opening 7* the second they are released tells me 6* dupes are far easier to get compared to when I was trying to get my first 6* with 5* dupes.

Also, "we" complained about the introduction of 7* as it would devalue our roster but also want 7* to be cheaper so we get them faster?

Pr0t0t7p3

1. Catering or rather exploiting the whales. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
2. Greed.
3. Caring less and less about long time players at Cavalier, Thronebreaker, and even Paragon unless you are a whale.
4. I mean the whole 5* featured bundles caters to newbies. Instant roster.
5. Personally I think it’s crappy and another step toward hanging up the MCOC towel for good. Either that or stepping back.

Whatever. Nothing surprises me anymore. It’s all about cash grab.

Demonzfyre

1. Catering or rather exploiting the whales. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
2. Greed.
3. Caring less and less about long time players at Cavalier, Thronebreaker, and even Paragon unless you are a whale.
4. I mean the whole 5* featured bundles caters to newbies. Instant roster.
5. Personally I think it’s crappy and another step toward hanging up the MCOC towel for good. Either that or stepping back.

Whatever. Nothing surprises me anymore. It’s all about cash grab.

1. How?
2. How?
3. How?
4. Spending is a choice. Always has been.
5. Mmk.

H3t3r

1. Catering or rather exploiting the whales. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
2. Greed.
3. Caring less and less about long time players at Cavalier, Thronebreaker, and even Paragon unless you are a whale.
4. I mean the whole 5* featured bundles caters to newbies. Instant roster.
5. Personally I think it’s crappy and another step toward hanging up the MCOC towel for good. Either that or stepping back.

Whatever. Nothing surprises me anymore. It’s all about cash grab.

H3t3r

What do you think the cost of a titan crystal would be. People say it's gonna be like 15k shards and require lots of 7* dupes. I got a feeling it's gonna be way less.

GinjabredMonsta

What do you think the cost of a titan crystal would be. People say it's gonna be like 15k shards and require lots of 7* dupes. I got a feeling it's gonna be way less.

Nah it’ll be prob be greater since it’s where new champs will arrive

noclutch

@Kabam Jax What is the reward for duplicating a 7 star?

Badass84

I'd prefer 20k over 15k. There are few R5 6* yet and I think it should last til the end of the year or more that 7* really become important.

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Ironman3000

I hate how they lied about multiplying all 7* rewards by 50% and only the 6* dupes would be affected.

There is Zero chance they initially had 666 7* shards scheduled for 8.2 completion.

Ironman3000

The mere thought that I will be opening 7* the second they are released tells me 6* dupes are far easier to get compared to when I was trying to get my first 6* with 5* dupes.

Also, "we" complained about the introduction of 7* as it would devalue our roster but also want 7* to be cheaper so we get them faster?

No, it just shows that you've progressed. IIRC, I opened like ~3-5 6* champs day 1. I currently have ~50k 7* shards so it's not much different.

Thiartc

The whole, we will give you 1.5 x the shards for doing stuff thus making up for the extra cost is bs. They can just hide behind, yeah, we would have given you 10k, but now we actually giving you 15k, the truth is we would never actually know if they were going to give us the 15 from the start

Again, the budget did not balance and they upped the shards total and then gave us this nonsense of rewards will scale up

Demonzfyre

The mere thought that I will be opening 7* the second they are released tells me 6* dupes are far easier to get compared to when I was trying to get my first 6* with 5* dupes.

Also, "we" complained about the introduction of 7* as it would devalue our roster but also want 7* to be cheaper so we get them faster?
No, it just shows that you've progressed. IIRC, I opened like ~3-5 6* champs day 1. I currently have ~50k 7* shards so it's not much different.

There's no chance you opened 3-5 6*'s day 1. Only way that happens is you are a super whale.

Skunkcabbage

I don’t know how I feel about it, I’ll just have to wait and see how heavy the 7* shards are in places like the EQ ect.

The whole, we will give you 1.5 x the shards for doing stuff thus making up for the extra cost is bs. They can just hide behind, yeah, we would have given you 10k, but now we actually giving you 15k, the truth is we would never actually know if they were going to give us the 15 from the start

Again, the budget did not balance and they upped the shards total and then gave us this nonsense of rewards will scale up

Agree, I need to see a pokerfaced Jax telling us straight into the camera that hand on heart, they were going to give us 666.66 7* shards, if the 7* crystal cost 10k.

If he can say that convincingly then I'm either very impressed, or very concerned, I haven't made up my mind yet. 🤣

Ironman3000

The mere thought that I will be opening 7* the second they are released tells me 6* dupes are far easier to get compared to when I was trying to get my first 6* with 5* dupes.

Also, "we" complained about the introduction of 7* as it would devalue our roster but also want 7* to be cheaper so we get them faster?
No, it just shows that you've progressed. IIRC, I opened like ~3-5 6* champs day 1. I currently have ~50k 7* shards so it's not much different.
There's no chance you opened 3-5 6*'s day 1. Only way that happens is you are a super whale.

They gave us enough time to accumulate shards to open that many.

NoobishBoy

We have a large number of 6* Shards available on a regular basis comparative to the amount of 6* Shards that were available when 6*s were added. Significantly larger.

Thats how it works! Everything we get in the game right now is obtained easier than the day they were introduced (maybe with the exception of 1*).

GroundedWisdom

We have a large number of 6* Shards available on a regular basis comparative to the amount of 6* Shards that were available when 6*s were added. Significantly larger.
Thats how it works! Everything we get in the game right now is obtained easier than the day they were introduced (maybe with the exception of 1*).

That's not what I meant. I meant the amount of 7* Shards that are in the game is much greater than the amount of 6* Shards that were available when they were released.

NoobishBoy

We have a large number of 6* Shards available on a regular basis comparative to the amount of 6* Shards that were available when 6*s were added. Significantly larger.
Thats how it works! Everything we get in the game right now is obtained easier than the day they were introduced (maybe with the exception of 1*).
That's not what I meant. I meant the amount of 7* Shards that are in the game is much greater than the amount of 6* Shards that were available when they were released.

Number of accounts increased, the duration for obtaining 7* shards was longer, so yeah, easily manipulated. See how much gold players have now compared to then…wanna bet its more? Does this mean gold should be reduced everywhere or prices need to go up?!

Stellar

Hey everybody,

We wanted to clarify something as it doesn't appear we were clear in this morning's stream.

The reason 7* crystals cost 15,000 shards is because of the number of 7* shards players are generating from 6* dupes. When we looked at the data, we saw that players are currently generating more 7* shards through dupes than they were acquiring 6* shards from all sources when 6*s launched.

This is because of the way rewards have stacked across four Progresson Groups that are all currently chasing 6*s, with 6* rewards in content for Uncollected, Cavalier, Thronebreaker and Paragon players. This was the inevitable result of the longer gap between the introduction of 6* and 7* champions compared to previous rarities.

This dynamic meant that we had to change something about our plans for 7*s. We didn't want to dilute the 7* pool with lower quality champions, we didn't want to reduce the number of 7* shards players could earn through content, and we didn't want to have to ration 6* shards in content such as the upcoming Paragon difficulty Side Quest (more info on this soon).

So the only real option we had was to increase the cost of the 7* crystal. We have scaled 7* rewards to match this new cost. For instance, AW Rank 1 will still grant a full 7* crystal the next time AW rewards are updated, as was always the plan. However, the 7* shards you get for duping a 6* will remain the same, as reducing that ratio was the whole purpose of the decision to price the 7* crystal at 15,000 shards.
Thx tor the clarification on the cost of 7 stars.

The stream in which Jax and Aidan presented the new 7 stars and the Act 8.2 didn't answered all the questions we could have. Maybe you could answer those questions ?

- What will be the cost to rank up a 7 stars to rank 2 ?

- When will we see this basic pool of 7 stars expand ?

- At what rate will new champions be included into the basic pool ?

- What will be the cost of the futur paragon crystal ? When will it be release ? Will it have the same odd to get a 7 stars as the Thronebreaker one for 6 stars ?

- Jax said the new Titan crystal (7 stars featured crystal) will take time to release. Can we know approximately how many time ?

- As people will start expanding their roster with 7 stars, will we see some new difficulties arrive ? AQ9 ? EQ Paragon level ? SQ Paragon level ? New content abyss like difficulty ?

- What about those exclusive champions like Scarlet Witch Sigil, unstoppable Colossus (he really need a good rework), Punisher, immortal iron fist, GoldPool, PlatinumPool, DeadPool, Jessica Jones, Thanos, Weapon X, Kang, will they get their 7 stars versions ? Will some of those available in the Black Iso Market with Scarlet Witch Sigil ?

Thx for reading and providing answer if you can

Hey everybody,

We wanted to clarify something as it doesn't appear we were clear in this morning's stream.

The reason 7* crystals cost 15,000 shards is because of the number of 7* shards players are generating from 6* dupes. When we looked at the data, we saw that players are currently generating more 7* shards through dupes than they were acquiring 6* shards from all sources when 6*s launched.

This is because of the way rewards have stacked across four Progresson Groups that are all currently chasing 6*s, with 6* rewards in content for Uncollected, Cavalier, Thronebreaker and Paragon players. This was the inevitable result of the longer gap between the introduction of 6* and 7* champions compared to previous rarities.

This dynamic meant that we had to change something about our plans for 7*s. We didn't want to dilute the 7* pool with lower quality champions, we didn't want to reduce the number of 7* shards players could earn through content, and we didn't want to have to ration 6* shards in content such as the upcoming Paragon difficulty Side Quest (more info on this soon).

So the only real option we had was to increase the cost of the 7* crystal. We have scaled 7* rewards to match this new cost. For instance, AW Rank 1 will still grant a full 7* crystal the next time AW rewards are updated, as was always the plan. However, the 7* shards you get for duping a 6* will remain the same, as reducing that ratio was the whole purpose of the decision to price the 7* crystal at 15,000 shards.
Thx tor the clarification on the cost of 7 stars.

The stream in which Jax and Aidan presented the new 7 stars and the Act 8.2 didn't answered all the questions we could have. Maybe you could answer those questions ?

- What will be the cost to rank up a 7 stars to rank 2 ?

- When will we see this basic pool of 7 stars expand ?

- At what rate will new champions be included into the basic pool ?

- What will be the cost of the futur paragon crystal ? When will it be release ? Will it have the same odd to get a 7 stars as the Thronebreaker one for 6 stars ?

- Jax said the new Titan crystal (7 stars featured crystal) will take time to release. Can we know approximately how many time ?

- As people will start expanding their roster with 7 stars, will we see some new difficulties arrive ? AQ9 ? EQ Paragon level ? SQ Paragon level ? New content abyss like difficulty ?

- What about those exclusive champions like Scarlet Witch Sigil, unstoppable Colossus (he really need a good rework), Punisher, immortal iron fist, GoldPool, PlatinumPool, DeadPool, Jessica Jones, Thanos, Weapon X, Kang, will they get their 7 stars versions ? Will some of those available in the Black Iso Market with Scarlet Witch Sigil ?

Thx for reading and providing answer if you can
Kabam, can you give us an answer to those questions please ?
The only thing that can really be answered right now is the cost to R2 a 7* is 4 T6CC, 4T5CC, 7T6B, and 7T3A. So 1 one more each item to R5 a 6*. Other than that, the other answer will probably come later on time

Where did you find this information ? is it a guess after looking at the evolution of 6 stars compared to 5 stars or did Kabam gave the info ?

GinjabredMonsta

Hey everybody,

We wanted to clarify something as it doesn't appear we were clear in this morning's stream.

The reason 7* crystals cost 15,000 shards is because of the number of 7* shards players are generating from 6* dupes. When we looked at the data, we saw that players are currently generating more 7* shards through dupes than they were acquiring 6* shards from all sources when 6*s launched.

This is because of the way rewards have stacked across four Progresson Groups that are all currently chasing 6*s, with 6* rewards in content for Uncollected, Cavalier, Thronebreaker and Paragon players. This was the inevitable result of the longer gap between the introduction of 6* and 7* champions compared to previous rarities.

This dynamic meant that we had to change something about our plans for 7*s. We didn't want to dilute the 7* pool with lower quality champions, we didn't want to reduce the number of 7* shards players could earn through content, and we didn't want to have to ration 6* shards in content such as the upcoming Paragon difficulty Side Quest (more info on this soon).

So the only real option we had was to increase the cost of the 7* crystal. We have scaled 7* rewards to match this new cost. For instance, AW Rank 1 will still grant a full 7* crystal the next time AW rewards are updated, as was always the plan. However, the 7* shards you get for duping a 6* will remain the same, as reducing that ratio was the whole purpose of the decision to price the 7* crystal at 15,000 shards.
Thx tor the clarification on the cost of 7 stars.

The stream in which Jax and Aidan presented the new 7 stars and the Act 8.2 didn't answered all the questions we could have. Maybe you could answer those questions ?

- What will be the cost to rank up a 7 stars to rank 2 ?

- When will we see this basic pool of 7 stars expand ?

- At what rate will new champions be included into the basic pool ?

- What will be the cost of the futur paragon crystal ? When will it be release ? Will it have the same odd to get a 7 stars as the Thronebreaker one for 6 stars ?

- Jax said the new Titan crystal (7 stars featured crystal) will take time to release. Can we know approximately how many time ?

- As people will start expanding their roster with 7 stars, will we see some new difficulties arrive ? AQ9 ? EQ Paragon level ? SQ Paragon level ? New content abyss like difficulty ?

- What about those exclusive champions like Scarlet Witch Sigil, unstoppable Colossus (he really need a good rework), Punisher, immortal iron fist, GoldPool, PlatinumPool, DeadPool, Jessica Jones, Thanos, Weapon X, Kang, will they get their 7 stars versions ? Will some of those available in the Black Iso Market with Scarlet Witch Sigil ?

Thx for reading and providing answer if you can

Hey everybody,

We wanted to clarify something as it doesn't appear we were clear in this morning's stream.

The reason 7* crystals cost 15,000 shards is because of the number of 7* shards players are generating from 6* dupes. When we looked at the data, we saw that players are currently generating more 7* shards through dupes than they were acquiring 6* shards from all sources when 6*s launched.

This is because of the way rewards have stacked across four Progresson Groups that are all currently chasing 6*s, with 6* rewards in content for Uncollected, Cavalier, Thronebreaker and Paragon players. This was the inevitable result of the longer gap between the introduction of 6* and 7* champions compared to previous rarities.

This dynamic meant that we had to change something about our plans for 7*s. We didn't want to dilute the 7* pool with lower quality champions, we didn't want to reduce the number of 7* shards players could earn through content, and we didn't want to have to ration 6* shards in content such as the upcoming Paragon difficulty Side Quest (more info on this soon).

So the only real option we had was to increase the cost of the 7* crystal. We have scaled 7* rewards to match this new cost. For instance, AW Rank 1 will still grant a full 7* crystal the next time AW rewards are updated, as was always the plan. However, the 7* shards you get for duping a 6* will remain the same, as reducing that ratio was the whole purpose of the decision to price the 7* crystal at 15,000 shards.
Thx tor the clarification on the cost of 7 stars.

The stream in which Jax and Aidan presented the new 7 stars and the Act 8.2 didn't answered all the questions we could have. Maybe you could answer those questions ?

- What will be the cost to rank up a 7 stars to rank 2 ?

- When will we see this basic pool of 7 stars expand ?

- At what rate will new champions be included into the basic pool ?

- What will be the cost of the futur paragon crystal ? When will it be release ? Will it have the same odd to get a 7 stars as the Thronebreaker one for 6 stars ?

- Jax said the new Titan crystal (7 stars featured crystal) will take time to release. Can we know approximately how many time ?

- As people will start expanding their roster with 7 stars, will we see some new difficulties arrive ? AQ9 ? EQ Paragon level ? SQ Paragon level ? New content abyss like difficulty ?

- What about those exclusive champions like Scarlet Witch Sigil, unstoppable Colossus (he really need a good rework), Punisher, immortal iron fist, GoldPool, PlatinumPool, DeadPool, Jessica Jones, Thanos, Weapon X, Kang, will they get their 7 stars versions ? Will some of those available in the Black Iso Market with Scarlet Witch Sigil ?

Thx for reading and providing answer if you can
Kabam, can you give us an answer to those questions please ?
The only thing that can really be answered right now is the cost to R2 a 7* is 4 T6CC, 4T5CC, 7T6B, and 7T3A. So 1 one more each item to R5 a 6*. Other than that, the other answer will probably come later on time
Where did you find this information ? is it a guess after looking at the evolution of 6 stars compared to 5 stars or did Kabam gave the info ?

This was given to CCP by request and was allowed to be shared. Nothing written down yet but that’s what was said the cost will be at this time.