Still radio silence. I wonder if anyone did what I said besides me and not spend and drop 1 star reviews. Boycott 2.0.
What’s kinda funny is the game team has been commenting on other threads from yesterday. I know we are letting them enjoy their holiday just like ours but the communication has been very poor
As some others have pointed out, there’s a structural problem with the event.
SBCs cost 300 units, yet the vast majority of the materials in the crystal are understood by players to be worth far, far less than 300 units.
If your game economy rules / reward budget (whatever they may be), don’t allow you to tune the crystals so players feel they receive fair value after buying a couple dozen crystals and getting statistically average pulls, then maybe it’s time to rethink the event. Maybe there’s another way for us to spend units / $ while doing something other than open crystals to earn milestones.
What that would be, I have no idea. But the current format feels like it’s run out of gas. Maybe it’s time to blow it up and imagine an entirely new kind of event.
As some others have pointed out, there’s a structural problem with the event.
SBCs cost 300 units, yet the vast majority of the materials in the crystal are understood by players to be worth far, far less than 300 units.
If your game economy rules / reward budget (whatever they may be), don’t allow you to tune the crystals so players feel they receive fair value after buying a couple dozen crystals and getting statistically average pulls, then maybe it’s time to rethink the event. Maybe there’s another way for us to spend units / $ while doing something other than open crystals to earn milestones.
What that would be, I have no idea. But the current format feels like it’s run out of gas. Maybe it’s time to blow it up and imagine an entirely new kind of event.
There are way too many free units in the game, they needed a way to vacuum them... I am not talking about the units you can get for free; but the ones already farmed. The biggest mistake they made and I will keep pointing this out cause its annoying af, is that they rewarded a bunch of unit farming TBs that refuse to spend units on revives to beat GM and keep moving on. They decided to pair them with Paragon and Valiants and reward them.
Let me begin by saying I really love this game and I want you guys to be successful. I put my money where my mouth is by spending over $10K a year buying buying buying
You really messed up with this one. Like royally.
Your usual 'first offer replaced by better offer' cycle didn't annoy me anywhere near as much this year as last - but as I paid for more and more and continued to get the same Thronebreaker tier rewards I got more and more angry.
Its great that you're patting yourselves on the back for doing such a great job... but your community is furious. That isn't a great job.
You clearly need to consult with your clientelle. Its obvious that you apply spending / gambling strategies to your game which is great for revenue.... but you do any research into client satisfaction?
I'm Valiant and a Veteran and have spent money consistently for 10 years. I spent over $2000 on this event after having spent the same on the black friday deals.
These SBC crystals have shown that you have no respect your clients, and have broken trust with some of your biggest ( and most consistent) spenders.
This was meant to be a celebration - and maybe it was for Thronebreaker and Paragon players... but Valiant players have been screwed over massively.
You got a lot of things right with the event BUT these SBC crystals are so bad that it takes all that good away. Your daily super event yields better rewards for free, then I could double that with a 350 unit spend!?!
How to make it better for people like me?
1. Apologise. Admit that you made a mistake to the Valiant players. 2. Send mind blowing compensation to Valiant players; like "holy moly they actually listened" type compensation.
Without that I'll be deleting the game in the next week and you will lose the $10K + I spend on this game annually
After careful reconsideration, I have determined that the banquet event blows big time. The superior banquet crystals are a complete waste of money, which I can’t attest personally as I wasted $400 on this garbage with little to show for it but a ton of crappy rank up materials as if I was still Thronebreaker.
My New Years Resolution? To never waste money to Kabam again. What a fraud.
This change was a shameless and disappointing cash grab. You acted like you're doing us a favor by putting big rewards and milestones, when you really just made sure we HAD to open an obscene number of crystals to get anything that isn't a class catalyst.
I waited all years for this. We all rely on this event to get a little boost so that we can compete with whales, and all this did was ensure that they're the only people who got the top-shelf prizes.
I hate what this game is becoming. It's not fun. It's prohibitively expensive. And the devs take 0 accountability for deliberately **** up a years-old gifting system.
This change was a shameless and disappointing cash grab. You acted like you're doing us a favor by putting big rewards and milestones, when you really just made sure we HAD to open an obscene number of crystals to get anything that isn't a class catalyst.
I waited all years for this. We all rely on this event to get a little boost so that we can compete with whales, and all this did was ensure that they're the only people who got the top-shelf prizes.
I hate what this game is becoming. It's not fun. It's prohibitively expensive. And the devs take 0 accountability for deliberately **** up a years-old gifting system.
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SBCs cost 300 units, yet the vast majority of the materials in the crystal are understood by players to be worth far, far less than 300 units.
If your game economy rules / reward budget (whatever they may be), don’t allow you to tune the crystals so players feel they receive fair value after buying a couple dozen crystals and getting statistically average pulls, then maybe it’s time to rethink the event. Maybe there’s another way for us to spend units / $ while doing something other than open crystals to earn milestones.
What that would be, I have no idea. But the current format feels like it’s run out of gas. Maybe it’s time to blow it up and imagine an entirely new kind of event.
I am not talking about the units you can get for free; but the ones already farmed.
The biggest mistake they made and I will keep pointing this out cause its annoying af, is that they rewarded a bunch of unit farming TBs that refuse to spend units on revives to beat GM and keep moving on. They decided to pair them with Paragon and Valiants and reward them.
You really messed up with this one. Like royally.
Your usual 'first offer replaced by better offer' cycle didn't annoy me anywhere near as much this year as last - but as I paid for more and more and continued to get the same Thronebreaker tier rewards I got more and more angry.
Its great that you're patting yourselves on the back for doing such a great job... but your community is furious. That isn't a great job.
You clearly need to consult with your clientelle. Its obvious that you apply spending / gambling strategies to your game which is great for revenue.... but you do any research into client satisfaction?
I'm Valiant and a Veteran and have spent money consistently for 10 years. I spent over $2000 on this event after having spent the same on the black friday deals.
These SBC crystals have shown that you have no respect your clients, and have broken trust with some of your biggest ( and most consistent) spenders.
This was meant to be a celebration - and maybe it was for Thronebreaker and Paragon players... but Valiant players have been screwed over massively.
You got a lot of things right with the event BUT these SBC crystals are so bad that it takes all that good away. Your daily super event yields better rewards for free, then I could double that with a 350 unit spend!?!
How to make it better for people like me?
1. Apologise. Admit that you made a mistake to the Valiant players.
2. Send mind blowing compensation to Valiant players; like "holy moly they actually listened" type compensation.
Without that I'll be deleting the game in the next week and you will lose the $10K + I spend on this game annually
My New Years Resolution? To never waste money to Kabam again. What a fraud.
I waited all years for this. We all rely on this event to get a little boost so that we can compete with whales, and all this did was ensure that they're the only people who got the top-shelf prizes.
I hate what this game is becoming. It's not fun. It's prohibitively expensive. And the devs take 0 accountability for deliberately **** up a years-old gifting system.
It feels really bad and I want my units back.