As confirmed by Jax on last nights stream we are at around 5,500,000 deaths in the necropolis. So what happens now, will there be a new milestone, will we receive the rewards shortly ? Or will it simply be the rewards on the 15th of January when the cut off for completion is ?
it’ll just be the rewards given after the 15th. They can’t give them out early because people still have a month to complete a path, and they have to continue vetting cheaters. They could possibly add another milestone but I don’t imagine they will.
Yeah, good point. But I swear he said the other day something like “we’ll have to look into what we can do there”. So you never know. Here’s to hoping for a 7* rank 2-3 Crystal
Bro tell me you did not write that all with straight face. 😭
It depends on how much the team wants to reward one-timers balanced against anything that cheapens the efforts of players who explored Necro.
At the current stage of 7* progression, what’s out of the question? Certainly, a 2-3 gem should be off limits, as well as anything that pushes players to R3. Maestro specific stuff should also be a no fly zone.
But what about a 7* awakening crystal? Lots of awakened 7*’s already and many of the available ones don’t technically need it to be useful. What about more 7* shards or even Titan shards? A class 7*? My personal favorite—a 1* AG? A rare champ selector? 6* relic selector?
Another thought: what about making prizes conditional on the amount of Necro runs a player completes? Staggering additional milestones based on progress in Necro seems problematic for the same reason early rewards are—namely, folks who might be planning run #2,3,4 or 5 would be at a disadvantage with late notice.
It’s an interesting thought experiment. Should be good forums fodder for the rest of the year.
Even if it is separate to this, would be good to know what the plan is for awakening maestro (+deathless champs) is it just going to be the only way to awaken these through the eventual release of awakening gems. Would be nice to have another way of doing it
It depends on how much the team wants to reward one-timers balanced against anything that cheapens the efforts of players who explored Necro.
At the current stage of 7* progression, what’s out of the question? Certainly, a 2-3 gem should be off limits, as well as anything that pushes players to R3. Maestro specific stuff should also be a no fly zone.
But what about a 7* awakening crystal? Lots of awakened 7*’s already and many of the available ones don’t technically need it to be useful. What about more 7* shards or even Titan shards? A class 7*? My personal favorite—a 1* AG? A rare champ selector? 6* relic selector?
Another thought: what about making prizes conditional on the amount of Necro runs a player completes? Staggering additional milestones based on progress in Necro seems problematic for the same reason early rewards are—namely, folks who might be planning run #2,3,4 or 5 would be at a disadvantage with late notice.
It’s an interesting thought experiment. Should be good forums fodder for the rest of the year.
Dr. Zola
7* awakening gem crystal is more more valuable than a 7* maestro specific awakening gem or 7* 2-3 rank up gem. Just cuz it's completely a new item in the game
At the current stage of 7* progression, what’s out of the question? Certainly, a 2-3 gem should be off limits, as well as anything that pushes players to R3. Maestro specific stuff should also be a no fly zone.
It depends on how much the team wants to reward one-timers balanced against anything that cheapens the efforts of players who explored Necro.
At the current stage of 7* progression, what’s out of the question? Certainly, a 2-3 gem should be off limits, as well as anything that pushes players to R3. Maestro specific stuff should also be a no fly zone.
But what about a 7* awakening crystal? Lots of awakened 7*’s already and many of the available ones don’t technically need it to be useful. What about more 7* shards or even Titan shards? A class 7*? My personal favorite—a 1* AG? A rare champ selector? 6* relic selector?
Another thought: what about making prizes conditional on the amount of Necro runs a player completes? Staggering additional milestones based on progress in Necro seems problematic for the same reason early rewards are—namely, folks who might be planning run #2,3,4 or 5 would be at a disadvantage with late notice.
It’s an interesting thought experiment. Should be good forums fodder for the rest of the year.
Dr. Zola
1* awakening gem would be funny. Sitting in our inventory as 1*s can't be awakened
It depends on how much the team wants to reward one-timers balanced against anything that cheapens the efforts of players who explored Necro.
At the current stage of 7* progression, what’s out of the question? Certainly, a 2-3 gem should be off limits, as well as anything that pushes players to R3. Maestro specific stuff should also be a no fly zone.
But what about a 7* awakening crystal? Lots of awakened 7*’s already and many of the available ones don’t technically need it to be useful. What about more 7* shards or even Titan shards? A class 7*? My personal favorite—a 1* AG? A rare champ selector? 6* relic selector?
Another thought: what about making prizes conditional on the amount of Necro runs a player completes? Staggering additional milestones based on progress in Necro seems problematic for the same reason early rewards are—namely, folks who might be planning run #2,3,4 or 5 would be at a disadvantage with late notice.
It’s an interesting thought experiment. Should be good forums fodder for the rest of the year.
Dr. Zola
Well Jax said they'll have something to say on stream tomorrow about stretch goals so I guess we will find out
I am down with the maestro specific 7 star awakening gem as final milestone as someone suggested earlier.
That’s be a slap for anyone who won’t go for the 100 any time soon. Thought 300 t2 dust would be a lot better
lol..why a slap? It’s ok if you don’t like it but I don’t know what makes it a slap?
well it be a useless thing for a lot of people who’s never going to clere it 100 procent so it be a useless thing for a lot of people to getting where 300 dust wouldn’t be useless for a lot
Well selfishly I need 2500 more Titans for my next opening so I’d vote for some of those. That said, I think the 6* relic nexus mentioned earlier was a great idea also.
Honestly I get why people don't like the idea of a maestro specific awakening buuuuut I see why they'd do it because it'd encourage people to try for 100% thus resulting in WAY more deaths. I'm halfway through. And I expect to contribute a fair amount on the last 3 paths
I don't expect them to give us a fully formed Titan crystal but 10k Titan shards would be nice. Jax pretty much confirmed they're discussing the possibility of adding something else so fingers crossed.
Honestly I get why people don't like the idea of a maestro specific awakening buuuuut I see why they'd do it because it'd encourage people to try for 100% thus resulting in WAY more deaths. I'm halfway through. And I expect to contribute a fair amount on the last 3 paths
I think you have misunderstood the purpose of the Road to the Crypt. They are not deliberately trying to kill as many summoners as possible. The Crypt-o-meter is there for us to have fun with, not for them to keep score.
I wonder if the max milestone would have been hit anyway if the extra rewards had not been offered. I hope that this incentive was the reason for it, and I hope that Kabam will offer these incentives again in the future. It made the effort a lot more fun.
I wonder if the max milestone would have been hit anyway if the extra rewards had not been offered. I hope that this incentive was the reason for it, and I hope that Kabam will offer these incentives again in the future. It made the effort a lot more fun.
My suspicion is eventually yes (as in, probably before January 15), but the Road to the Crypt caused us to hit it much, much faster than we would have otherwise.
it’s all about throwing out ideas at this point. Can’t hurt and it’s fun to speculate.
Sure, but if Russians don't take a dump without a plan, and senior captains don't start anything without having thought them through, then game economy designers are the ones telling both of them to hold their beer.
Which is to say, it is highly probable that for an event like this, the reward designers had a continency plan for what to do if we blew the doors off of the milestones long before it was over to keep the excitement up, right from day one.
I personally have no idea what that contingency is, so I'm free to speculate. If I had to guess, I would guess that given the current death trajectory they would probably put in another milestone at 7.5 million and another one at 10 million. They aren't going to want to keep adding in one million intervals because the chances are too high we'd blast through too many over the next month. If we extrapolate our current Necropolis rates, which is not unreasonable at this stage, we're on pace to get close to 12 million by January 15th. 10 million is well within reach.
What would I put in those two slots? I would probably put Titan shards at 7.5 million, say, 5000, and a 7* Nexus crystal at 10 million. Both of those are relatively sexy rewards that are consistent with the kinds of stuff in the current milestones and would be interesting to get without being overly balance-significant.
it’s all about throwing out ideas at this point. Can’t hurt and it’s fun to speculate.
Sure, but if Russians don't take a dump without a plan, and senior captains don't start anything without having thought them through, then game economy designers are the ones telling both of them to hold their beer.
Which is to say, it is highly probable that for an event like this, the reward designers had a continency plan for what to do if we blew the doors off of the milestones long before it was over to keep the excitement up, right from day one.
I personally have no idea what that contingency is, so I'm free to speculate. If I had to guess, I would guess that given the current death trajectory they would probably put in another milestone at 7.5 million and another one at 10 million. They aren't going to want to keep adding in one million intervals because the chances are too high we'd blast through too many over the next month. If we extrapolate our current Necropolis rates, which is not unreasonable at this stage, we're on pace to get close to 12 million by January 15th. 10 million is well within reach.
What would I put in those two slots? I would probably put Titan shards at 7.5 million, say, 5000, and a 7* Nexus crystal at 10 million. Both of those are relatively sexy rewards that are consistent with the kinds of stuff in the current milestones and would be interesting to get without being overly balance-significant.
You have more faith in the designers than I do. But I like the ideas contained in paragraph 3 of 4.
Remember how we talk about managing our own expectations, and how failure to do so almost always, inevitably leads to disappointment?
Just a friendly reminder to keep that in consideration as you chat about the Road to the Crypt, prior to us announcing what's actually coming next.
The rewards are already so good i cant see any potential stretch rewards being better than anything already up for grabs. I'd expect them to drop below the value of the others. At least the top couple
Remember how we talk about managing our own expectations, and how failure to do so almost always, inevitably leads to disappointment?
Just a friendly reminder to keep that in consideration as you chat about the Road to the Crypt, prior to us announcing what's actually coming next.
While some of us understand where you come from, I hope you guys understand you also set expectations both directly and indirectly. Instead of simply saying “There’s more info tomorrow!” which leaves it to ambiguity, you could have also teased “… 5 million deaths may not be the only milestone” or something like that.
Well selfishly I need 2500 more Titans for my next opening so I’d vote for some of those. That said, I think the 6* relic nexus mentioned earlier was a great idea also.
Are you Valiant already? You'll get your 2500 Titan shards tomorrow night
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At the current stage of 7* progression, what’s out of the question? Certainly, a 2-3 gem should be off limits, as well as anything that pushes players to R3. Maestro specific stuff should also be a no fly zone.
But what about a 7* awakening crystal? Lots of awakened 7*’s already and many of the available ones don’t technically need it to be useful. What about more 7* shards or even Titan shards? A class 7*? My personal favorite—a 1* AG? A rare champ selector? 6* relic selector?
Another thought: what about making prizes conditional on the amount of Necro runs a player completes? Staggering additional milestones based on progress in Necro seems problematic for the same reason early rewards are—namely, folks who might be planning run #2,3,4 or 5 would be at a disadvantage with late notice.
It’s an interesting thought experiment. Should be good forums fodder for the rest of the year.
Dr. Zola
Just cuz it's completely a new item in the game
Gifted guardian crystal and the. Titan crystal as final reward would be nice
What I do know is that Miike read this thread because he felt compelled to comment on not paying out Necro death prizes early.
So keep it coming.
Dr. Zola
But doubt we will see 7* awakening gems until 8.4 (maybe in completion offer or for exploration)
Which is to say, it is highly probable that for an event like this, the reward designers had a continency plan for what to do if we blew the doors off of the milestones long before it was over to keep the excitement up, right from day one.
I personally have no idea what that contingency is, so I'm free to speculate. If I had to guess, I would guess that given the current death trajectory they would probably put in another milestone at 7.5 million and another one at 10 million. They aren't going to want to keep adding in one million intervals because the chances are too high we'd blast through too many over the next month. If we extrapolate our current Necropolis rates, which is not unreasonable at this stage, we're on pace to get close to 12 million by January 15th. 10 million is well within reach.
What would I put in those two slots? I would probably put Titan shards at 7.5 million, say, 5000, and a 7* Nexus crystal at 10 million. Both of those are relatively sexy rewards that are consistent with the kinds of stuff in the current milestones and would be interesting to get without being overly balance-significant.
Dr. Zola
Remember how we talk about managing our own expectations, and how failure to do so almost always, inevitably leads to disappointment?
Just a friendly reminder to keep that in consideration as you chat about the Road to the Crypt, prior to us announcing what's actually coming next.