Is this the Finishing Blow for Non-whales?

While its true that spenders always get an advantage, selling off champs for $100 (assuming they plan to rotate this deal to all 7 stars like the 9.5k unit deal) essentially takes away from the RNG/grind aspect of the game, and moreover the efforts of doing content to get shards / AGs etc as why bother doing content and other game modes for an RNG chance of a champ you want when you can flat out just buy them for $100.

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BladeZero81

Honestly, if this does rotate every few days to different champs then I can see it being worth it. Like if CapIW comes through I will probably spend the money to claim him. He's my favorite champ but I hate doing incursions and the long grind to get enough shard to HOPEFULLY get lucky to pull him. If I could skip having to focus extra time doing incursions that I don't enjoy, then I will and focus on other more enjoyable content

Zuro

While its true that spenders always get an advantage, selling off champs for $100 (assuming they plan to rotate this deal to all 7 stars like the 9.5k unit deal) essentially takes away from the RNG/grind aspect of the game, and moreover the efforts of doing content to get shards / AGs etc as why bother doing content and other game modes for an RNG chance of a champ you want when you can flat out just buy them for $100.

You'll live lol

Asher1_1

Not the final blow but the balance is heavily one sided after all the offers .

BringPopcorn

So how does this fit in the story of Banquet sucking because they wanted to "close the gap"?....

Terminatrix

Honestly, if this does rotate every few days to different champs then I can see it being worth it. Like if CapIW comes through I will probably spend the money to claim him. He's my favorite champ but I hate doing incursions and the long grind to get enough shard to HOPEFULLY get lucky to pull him. If I could skip having to focus extra time doing incursions that I don't enjoy, then I will and focus on other more enjoyable content

Would be nice if this becomes more common. I'd drop $100 for a guaranteed 7* that I want, instead of waiting for RNG and drop rates.

On another note, the Platinum Track now has 7* Dazzler in it, meaning we'll get a guaranteed 7* from it. So it will be similar to this. Granted it will take longer to get her, but that's the cheaper sacrifice to make because Plat Track is only $25. But the $100 offer for 7* selector is instant.

PT_99

People with money gets treated better? 😱😱

What a surprise,
It's cool, idc what whales do as I'm not trying to compete with them and neither should you.

BringPopcorn

Welcome to the new MCoC rewards program. Those who know or have a bit of an experience. The game is being treated similar to a Casino rewards program.
The mid spenders get a few perks like a free buffet; which is usually the frequent comp value of the lowest tiers. I wonder how this is applied in the game... Oh wait I know by putting Valiants and TBs in same reward pools.

Polygon

People with money gets treated better? 😱😱

What a surprise,
It's cool, idc what whales do as I'm not trying to compete with them and neither should you.

Difference is this isnt the buy Nefaria for $400 that whales like Lags got. This is only $100, even moderate spenders will get it.

Kabam doesnt do a lot of things rewards wise because of fear of creating an imbalance in the economy. But people being able to just scoop up any 7* is not good imo as it basically takes away the incentive to grind hard amd earn it. It also takes the fun of RNG out of tne game

psp742

You do know MCOC does not run ads to get money to pay the developer team, servers, and maintenance unit.. right? They get money from spenders be it minimal to whales.

I did whale-out once for three seasons, and if they had $100 offer to get 7* champion selector for picking up the champion I wanted instead of buying multiple Cavalier/ Paragon/ Valiant Feature crystals with low % rng.. i actually would have saved money from opening crystals for that particular 7* champion (during that time, it was for 6* as 7* champions weren't introduced yet).

OP, my advice to you - play to enjoy the game, you do not play to compete against the whales account and complain about so called imbalance of their accounts.. just be happy the whales are helping keep the game MCOC lights, employees, and game servers running.

Thank you whales for your contribution to Netmarble Kabam MCOC.

Glassback

You do know MCOC does not run ads to get money to pay the developer team, servers, and maintenance unit.. right? They get money from spenders be it minimal to whales.

I did whale-out once for three seasons, and if they had $100 offer to get 7* champion selector for picking up the champion I wanted instead of buying multiple Cavalier/ Paragon/ Valiant Feature crystals with low % rng.. i actually would have saved money from opening crystals for that particular 7* champion (during that time, it was for 6* as 7* champions weren't introduced yet).

OP, my advice to you - play to enjoy the game, you do not play to compete against the whales account and complain about so called imbalance of their accounts.. just be happy the whales are helping keep the game MCOC lights, employees, and game servers running.

Thank you whales for your contribution to Netmarble Kabam MCOC.

100% agree with this, we play the game completely ad free and there’s so many game modes if we wanted we could literally be on the game all day.

People expect to be able to receive the same level of rewards and opportunitybut this is an economy like any other, there’ll always be those who are super rich And get they’ll always more perks out of it.

People misunderstand that the perks that us lower level spends or those who are free to play get is that game is kept alive by those willing to spend more

FishSkin

People with money gets treated better? 😱😱

What a surprise,
It's cool, idc what whales do as I'm not trying to compete with them and neither should you.
Difference is this isnt the buy Nefaria for $400 that whales like Lags got. This is only $100, even moderate spenders will get it.

Kabam doesnt do a lot of things rewards wise because of fear of creating an imbalance in the economy. But people being able to just scoop up any 7* is not good imo as it basically takes away the incentive to grind hard amd earn it. It also takes the fun of RNG out of tne game

I’m lost on what your issue is.

The final blow for non-whales? But then you go on to say you enjoy the RNG aspect.

I can only presume you’re a non-whale.

So really, you’ve answered your own question. No it isn’t the final blow as RNG is enjoyable for you, and where you aren’t buying these champs - content rewards, and grind rewards, are still very much applicable to you.

NONYABIZZ

NOTHING in this game should cost $100
This is literally MORE than it costs to get a FULL AND COMPLETE PS5 game.

OldManHop

I'm poor in general... but if I could afford to throw $100 at a guaranteed Gladiator right now, I would. I don't see how this affects you at all.

FishSkin

NOTHING in this game should cost $100

Why? If people have worked hard IRL and are happy to use their out-of-game currency for the item / champ / whatever, and keep this game running / improving - good on them.

As for console game comparison. This is a free game. A free game I personally have spent more hours in than any PS5 games combined. I won’t give you any clues, as to not spoil the fun, but there is a clear winner here in terms of ‘value for money’.

OldManHop

NOTHING in this game should cost $100
This is literally MORE than it costs to get a FULL AND COMPLETE PS5 game.

People with money gets treated better? 😱😱

What a surprise,
It's cool, idc what whales do as I'm not trying to compete with them and neither should you.
Difference is this isnt the buy Nefaria for $400 that whales like Lags got. This is only $100, even moderate spenders will get it.

Kabam doesnt do a lot of things rewards wise because of fear of creating an imbalance in the economy. But people being able to just scoop up any 7* is not good imo as it basically takes away the incentive to grind hard amd earn it. It also takes the fun of RNG out of tne game

"Hey Kabam. You know that successful business strategy that you've been using since the launch of the game? You should stop doing that because reasons."

Odachi

I can't see whales buying this for the champ, but for the awakening instead. I've said it before and will say it again:
Thank you guys for keeping the lights on the and the unskippable adverts away

Bungo

Imo, they would make more money by creating exclusive and rare cosmetics without being p2w/progress like marvel rivals. But kabam is lazy and lacks creativity.

Renaxqq

Waiting for Onslaught

Ayden_noah1

If anything Kabam is losing money from the big whales by doing this. I remember Cowhale spending like 1000s of dollars on RNG crystal trying to get a new 6 star. Now all a whale has to do is spend 100 dollars for a guaranteed 7 star champ. The old way, spend money on RNG fiasco and now spend money on a guaranteed champ. This is a huge discount for the whales. Let them keep buying so the game will continue for another 10 years. Do you know how painful it is to play a mobile game and get a 30 second ad every minute. I don't ever want to see adds for this game.

Supersha7

This is a good move, no issues at all with spenders getting an advantage like newer champs earlier, or higher sigs, or easy to access champs they want.

They are funding the game. And thankyou by the way for funding our NO AD game.

F2P is a challenge, if we don’t want to spend that’s fine. It’s a great challenge to see how far we can go with no spend.

But p2w is needed, and they need something to make it worthwhile. I know other companies just throw skins etc that have no impact and that does work, but it depends on the community. Not sure if skins would work on this game. They probably would actually. But how easy to implement I don’t know.

So yes, if p2w people like the idea of easy to access 7 stars for some money, awesome idea.

Supersha7

I’d probably suggest though instead of just buying it, have a fail safe . Seen it in many games and works well. Buy the crystal with 1% drop of your hero, if it doesn’t drop and you buy 100 crystals, the game automatically sends you one, whether you found one or not.

Supersha7

I’d probably pay for skins if they looked cool…so that’s my own question answered lololol