The pay to win is getting out of control
Allnamesbetaken
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This game has become pay to win for newer players. 3 years ago, getting a 6* as an uncollected player was nigh impossible. But now, new players can get 7*s in exchange for their credit cards. For example? I logged into an alt account i made a couple years ago, where I am lvl 28 or so and havent touched act 5. I went to the caps commisary and voila, the loyalty selector says "tailored to your story progression" but still gives the same option as for paragon.
Buying all the loyalty unit deals (which were supposed to be for gold) gives 1.8 million loyalty. Buying all the 6*/5* shards gives 165000 shards. That is enough for exactly 11 featured 5 or 6 stars giving (big surprise) one 6 or 7 star crystal in the shop.
These offers are obviously tailored for new players with bank accounts. Give a couple hundred and you skip months of effort and work. This used to be a game of skill. I understand that whales are needed to make sure fish can swim but this is getting out of hand. Uncollected players have rank 5 6*s and multiple 7*s. The power balance that progression levels brought mean nothing anymore.
Buying all the loyalty unit deals (which were supposed to be for gold) gives 1.8 million loyalty. Buying all the 6*/5* shards gives 165000 shards. That is enough for exactly 11 featured 5 or 6 stars giving (big surprise) one 6 or 7 star crystal in the shop.
These offers are obviously tailored for new players with bank accounts. Give a couple hundred and you skip months of effort and work. This used to be a game of skill. I understand that whales are needed to make sure fish can swim but this is getting out of hand. Uncollected players have rank 5 6*s and multiple 7*s. The power balance that progression levels brought mean nothing anymore.
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a player at cav or lower can not get a 7* from here at all
the 7* loyalty crystal from the selector is locked to paragons.
i know a cav player can not trade in featured crystal for a 7*.
they have 5* trade in for a 6* featured.
not sure if a tb can trade 6* feat for a 7* or not.
but there is no way a cav or lower can get a 7* at all from this.
Umm, it is progression based. You can only “buy” 6* shards if you’re paragon and you can only trade featured 6* crystals for a 7* if you’re paragon.
There are 3 options in the loyalty selector, one of which is the 7* loyalty crystal but that reward is only redeemable if you’re paragon, ergo all other progression titles can only select a rank 4-5 crystal or a 2020 6* champ selector.
There’s nothing pay to win for new accounts given how easy it is to get 5* and 6* now. It’s not 2018 anymore 🤷♂️
Feel free to enlighten yourself
Today you just get way more bang for your buck. Relatively.
You're either here to get the rewards you want through any means at your disposal, or you're here because you enjoy casual gaming with enjoyable ip. The middle ground is where the misery lives.
If you want a skill based game you can move to many other games available where if you have skill you can shine from day 1.
Imagine being stuck on 5.2 masochism, bane nodes with your 4* for weeks? 😭
The problem is in the offers themselves. Many of you pointed out that only paragons can choose the 7* crystal. However, cavaliers can, for instance, get a 4 to 5 rank up gem. Something that would otherwise not be available to them for a long time.
Having played the game since the beginning, i remember when deals accelareted progress instead of gifting it. Sure 6*s are much more common, but i dont see that as a reason for newer players to be able to breeze through 90% of story content buy spending a couple hundred. What used to be overly challenging has become much too easy. Beating the collecter, for instance, should be rewarding.
Perhaps champion selectors and the such have taken the place of whaling for revives in terms of helping accounts but it just seems cheap. The lines between story progression lvls are quite blurred and buying 6*s helps players in the short run but hurts them in the long run, they dont learn to carefully read nodes, plan, learn the proper skills and so on. Guess thats a way to ensure they keep paying in the future.
All in all, i really enjoy the game and hope you guys do too, nothing wrong if you guys disagree with my opinion, just thought id put it out there.
I played Mcoc originally way back when. I stopped playing when nightcrawler was a champ in the arena, and act 4 Maestro was the finish line (I think). I quit for quite some time, and came back 2.5 years ago. It was during the X-mas gifting event, and not knowing all that changed, I traded with an alliance that I was in. I ended up getting a 6* Domino, and found out that I could now progress, instead of coming back for just a few days, that 6* helped me keep going, even if I didn’t have the skills.
Tl;dr - got a 6* domino after a long break which kept me playing