**KNOWN AW ISSUE**
Please be aware, there is a known issue with Saga badging when observing the AW map.
The team have found the source of the issue and will be updating with our next build.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Please be aware, there is a known issue with Saga badging when observing the AW map.
The team have found the source of the issue and will be updating with our next build.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
**KNOWN BG ISSUE**
We are aware of an issue with the seeding for the beginning of the BG season.
We are adding rewards to higher progression brackets to offset the additional grind.
More information here.
We are aware of an issue with the seeding for the beginning of the BG season.
We are adding rewards to higher progression brackets to offset the additional grind.
More information here.
**Arcade is being extra tricky with his Murder Box...**
It appears Arcade has been non-cooperative in his approach to this month's side quest and presented his clues in a nonsensical order. Lucky you, Summoners, we have our best and brightest on the case and those clues should now be a lot more straightforward. While messing around in Arcade's files we came across a phrase, highlighted and bolded, with sparkles and pointy arrows: "the abode for the dead" ... Maybe that will help you along the way!
It appears Arcade has been non-cooperative in his approach to this month's side quest and presented his clues in a nonsensical order. Lucky you, Summoners, we have our best and brightest on the case and those clues should now be a lot more straightforward. While messing around in Arcade's files we came across a phrase, highlighted and bolded, with sparkles and pointy arrows: "the abode for the dead" ... Maybe that will help you along the way!
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The size of their Accounts shouldn't be the deciding factor. Their performance should. Now, if you find the odd Account that looks out of place, fair enough. However, if you're saying people don't deserve to earn their way up past Plat because they're TB, or their Presitge is less, or any other derivative thereof, then that's not a competition. That's elitism.
Most of the nodes are combinations of nodes from act 7 and 8, people who played them have a bit more experience with them than someone who hasn't finished act 6, they also invest on rank ups for it.
Yes Kabam could set a default deck and make competition equal, not sure how exactly they would profit from it; but they could. They could limit the game into 4* only, pretty sure lower accounts would have an upper hand in that way but it wouldn't be profitable. The game is elitist from the moment you download it, everyone should know that.
Of course why would someone who has a few 5* would ever want more 5* shards when there is 6 and 7 shards out there?. Well work for them, the content is not gated to what champs ranks you can take, we had to do a lot of it with 3* to low rank 5*.
You want Paragon rewards get to Paragon.
You want to get to GC get a deck strong enough for it. As of now OP is only crying about that extra bump of trophies for getting to GC.
Years ago, I knew there was no way I could compete in the 4* basic arena, so I grinded like crazy to get 3*’s from arena. When I finally had a deep enough 3* roster with a smattering of 4*’s, I grinded like crazy for the 4* basic. Over a year plus, I missed a handful of 4* basic champs and their dupes—but only because of holidays.
If that seems strange today, it wasn’t in 2015-2016. I understood there was content I couldn’t do and also modes in which I wasn’t very competitive. I often cursed it when I was matched against Genacide or Brutal in arenas, because I didn’t have enough champs to run an infinite streak. We tanked AQ days to manage prestige so we could score higher. I revived more than I care to admit to complete the first EQs (Contamination was rough when it first came out and the forums were awash with Summoner tears).
The current game is much different. So many nice things arrive quickly out of the gate, each with predictable consequences and reactions.
If the competition in Gold or Platinum is too challenging, that’s not cause for overhauling the system. It doesn’t mean BGs need to be spoon-fed, and it also doesn’t mean new players need to be crushed out of the gate. But a little bit of struggle isn’t a bad thing.
Dr. Zola
BG's can be fun, but more often than not, it' turns into a frustrating mode when you get roadblocked. Many of the lower accounts still have expectations based on previous seasons, but I haven't run into a single low level account as I've progressed through the tiers. I got through Plat and and most of Diamond pretty straightforward, but was stuck for a couple of days in Diamond 1.
If anyone has played MK 2 (the arcade version), I feel like the algorithm is set up to make it a little more difficult as you get more medals. Not sure if that is the case. In my experience, I'd get to 3 or 4 medals then face a loaded roster or just have a really bad draw. I'd drop the next couple of matches and then the fights get easier. Oddly enough, I used a victory shield when I got to 4 and faced a slightly lower account.
With that said, I have expectations that getting to GC in the first week would be a grind and it has been. That's okay though. It's part of the game and I deal with it. This meta tends to have really close matches (within a thousand points). In those instances, I tip my cap and move on to the next. Still believe there should be 2 tiers to BG's. One for Paragons and one for everyone else. Keep the tokens and all that the same, but design the store to help get the lower progressions up to Paragon while making their experience fun.
Changing the store to help lower Progression up to Paragon, It only takes doing act 7 (Which is easier than 6, and 3 r4s), BGs is not the main source of progression, yeah it should help but not be the main source of progression. Over inflating the store will also increase the gap between higher and lower.
Also wouldn’t mind if lower progression accounts got more for beating higher progression accounts.
Dr. Zola
I don't care that low players are getting to Plat 2, now that seeding is in place, because they have no effect on me. I do care that they get a free ride there then choose to cry on the forums about not being able to compete.
And the matchmaking is still sticking Paragons in Gold so although low players aren't directly blocking higher players, they are indirectly doing. If matchmaking was open from Bronze 3 on up then players would reach their own natural ceilings as opposed to the ones Kabam chooses.
You talk about performance and skill being rewarded, if they are so skilled why are they stuck in UC with 6*? Why are they stuck in nerfed act 6 with 5r5s and 6r3s?
There is no taking advantage when a Paragon is stuck in gold and a Cav is stuck in Plat2 complaining about not making it into GC.
I already explained why the seeding system doesn't work when you put objectives in play for big rewards. You get casual big accounts start in lower tiers, and they don't play for BG rewards, they play for the objectives.
We could say that the 48hr objectives are terrible too, it makes casual big account players that don't care about BGs play for just trophies.
Every season is a bit of an exaggeration, there has been 2 seasons where people farmed 2 out of 11.
The alliance and solo milestones are really not even worth the trouble to camp out and farm.
A Paragon that only cares for the bare minimum of doing 48hr objectives will probably start in Bronze EVERY SEASON. Unless Kabam decides to fix the Plat2 fish in a barrel situation it will happen. With your complaint I guess I am getting the short end cause I made it to GC start in Plat1 against all GC players and have to grind my objectives against people who made it to GC.
Yes I will argue everything you say because every excuse, point or example you put only benefits the lower end players. Its all about the poor little accounts that get bullied, by bigger accounts.. oh no the meanies when ALL WE WONT TO DO is play the closest thing to a PVP competition available, and that means to stop making it dull every season to make sure UC and Cavs get something.