What does the game need?
In all honesty, after reading the post by Crashed on the forum I'm so disheartened. I didn't think he would double down on the post event offer:
It directly contradicted his balance comments from the beginning of the event.
The event directly contradicted the entire lead up marketing to the event.
In the end, my roster is stronger. But is the gap closed or shortened? No.
I've got most of the materials to r3 another 2 7*s, but I don't deserve the 10 unit offer for the rank up materials. I have to spend 380+ units for a full single one of the rank materials in the store.
BG rank rewards are outdated, AW rewards are pointless (100 day reset for the 7* crystal, 6* rewards), AQ is 8 years past it's prime, Arena is 4 years overdue for a change, what's the point of incursions, story mode is released once every 6 months and completed within a few days, monthly quest is stuck at Thronebreaker.
I'm not saying the game is dying, but a real shake up would remove what's useless (provide the rewards for everyone when removing it) and revamp the 3 most important pieces regularly. I can't imagine the game lasting another year on this trajectory.