Why I am permanently quitting as a largely F2P Player for 8 years.
AhnafTheGiraffe
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Firstly I would like to preface by saying I love this game, I don't want to quit but a combination of life and questionable decisions by the game team have led me to this decision. I have played this game since I was 13 years old, I still remember when Blade and Stark Spidey were the most wanted champs and Labrinth of Legends was seen as this impossible piece of content. Fast forward 8 years, I am 21 years old, incredibly confused with my life and just trying to better myself everyday. I have spent lots of time on this game over the past 8 years (playing multiple hours almost everyday) and I am starting to realize the actual enjoyment element of the game is extremely limiting. Ignoring all the outdated rewards, bugs with the AI, this strange behavior of introducing a BS defender (Bullseye, Serpent, Enchantress etc.) just to release a counter a few months later AFTER everyone has invested the resources to max them out. I don't even have a problem with the games shift towards 7 stars being the focus of a roster, even though 2 years ago That was one of the reasons players were quitting. I am quitting now because I think this game for F2P players has shifted irreversibly in favor of grinding and spending for whales. Deathless Champs are worth literally thousands of dollars of Units, revive bundles have been missing for a while with no return in sight (srsly scummy move especially when you guys released more Everest content), AI is still buggy as hell and to top this all off even though there are a ton of game modes and content, I can't help but feel a large chunk of it is either roadblocked by rarity (6-Star/7-Star) or specific champion counters (A good example would be the 2nd Path in epoch of pain, there is literally only 3 7 star tech champs that can VIABLY do Adam Warlock and you NEED a counter for this fight in particular).
I love this game. Even after I told myself I would quit after I reached Valiant. I stuck around genuinely because I liked the mechanics of the game, I had a strong desire to grow my 6 Star Roster so I could collect and max rank/ascend all the "Beyond God Tier" characters and believe it or not I actually wanted to get better at battlegrounds. When I look at the state of the game now, I am convinced that the same love the creators had for this game back when I first started has been replaced by mediocre content and a culture of "Pay to yield better rewards." If you have played this game all I ask is that you consider what I have to say, and wonder if you have had similar complaints or a similar story.
As someone who has over 40 ascended 6 stars, 8 Rank 3 7 Stars, 4000 Units Saved Up and has completed everything in the game except Epoch of Pain, I believe this is the end of my journey. I am happy with how far I have come, I am extremely grateful for all the champions I have unlocked and had the privilege of using, extremely grateful for being able to learn every boss fight in the game and eventually overcome it, extremely grateful that for 8 years I was apart of a community that shared the same passion and sometimes even obsession with this mobile game. In my most isolating and dark moments I still had this game and the way it would make me feel. This incredible roster that I have amassed over the course of 8 years will always be a sweet reminder that a combination of dedication, passion and time will always yield fruitful results. I am completely satisfied with my progress, whatever content is released from this point onwards I wish the continuing players all the best. But two things this game demands from you is time and consistency. If you can't put in several hours a day almost everyday then I am sorry this game is not for you.
Lastly I want to end this thread with a personal message. As a son, a student and someone who has consistently struggled to prove my own value to myself, I have come to regret a decent portion of the time I spent grinding units or battlegrounds and whenever anyone asks about this game I always tell them the best way to play is "to never start." I have lost precious interactions and time trying to feed my passion and while I don't regret my journey as there were so many amazing highlights, I frequently contemplate on how much this game really means to me. This shiny roster I have built sits in silence collecting dust, only to be used in Battlegrounds and run into a whale with a deck made out of all rank 3's and 2's. Every game experiences a natural decline but if you are like me relatively young, naive but passionate you may be ignorant of exactly how much this game demands from you. Love for the game has let me continue playing even when that same love was not reciprocated by KABAM. Now life is telling me that the time I spent for this game is better spent elsewhere. I am not encouraging anyone to quit, I am not encouraging anyone to harass Kabam. I am simply saying that as a long time F2P player I think the game is now shifting towards a silly direction. Rich the Man made a video saying that this year you will need at least 25k Units to really whale out for this years Banquet. At first I thought "sick I will just be disciplined with how I spend and grind my units", and as I hit 4000 units by the end of Feb I asked myself "What about the year after that" or after that. You may not see this as a vicious cycle, but maybe for the first time in 8 years my love for the game has let me accurately realize where it is trending and eventually going to head towards.
Lots of Yap on this post I know but I will leave you with a quote from the Lorax and let you interpret what it means and how its relevant here. "A tree falls the way it leans"
If you took the time to read all of this, thank you. I know it was not the most coherent post as I am writing this to destress after studying for an exam, but I hope I was able to paint some of my feelings out for you. I will miss nuking tf out of literally everything with CGR, I will miss pulling a good champ and having that rushing feeling in my heart, I will miss saving my catalysts for an extremely specific and niche champ. I will miss all of it, the good, the bad and the scummy but I make this decision knowing that the gains will outweigh the loss. Thank you to Kabam for this beautiful game, Special Thanks to Lagacy if he ever reads this forum post, as a Canadian myself I always loved watching your videos, you were always incredibly knowledgeable and the same passion I had was always present in the videos you made, you inspired me to keep playing this game especially when I wanted to quit over the years. Finally I want to say "Goodbye", my journey was filled with slow days and bad pulls but everything leading up to this was beyond worth it and if I had the chance I think I would do it all again and change nothing even the regret I feel.
I love this game. Even after I told myself I would quit after I reached Valiant. I stuck around genuinely because I liked the mechanics of the game, I had a strong desire to grow my 6 Star Roster so I could collect and max rank/ascend all the "Beyond God Tier" characters and believe it or not I actually wanted to get better at battlegrounds. When I look at the state of the game now, I am convinced that the same love the creators had for this game back when I first started has been replaced by mediocre content and a culture of "Pay to yield better rewards." If you have played this game all I ask is that you consider what I have to say, and wonder if you have had similar complaints or a similar story.
As someone who has over 40 ascended 6 stars, 8 Rank 3 7 Stars, 4000 Units Saved Up and has completed everything in the game except Epoch of Pain, I believe this is the end of my journey. I am happy with how far I have come, I am extremely grateful for all the champions I have unlocked and had the privilege of using, extremely grateful for being able to learn every boss fight in the game and eventually overcome it, extremely grateful that for 8 years I was apart of a community that shared the same passion and sometimes even obsession with this mobile game. In my most isolating and dark moments I still had this game and the way it would make me feel. This incredible roster that I have amassed over the course of 8 years will always be a sweet reminder that a combination of dedication, passion and time will always yield fruitful results. I am completely satisfied with my progress, whatever content is released from this point onwards I wish the continuing players all the best. But two things this game demands from you is time and consistency. If you can't put in several hours a day almost everyday then I am sorry this game is not for you.
Lastly I want to end this thread with a personal message. As a son, a student and someone who has consistently struggled to prove my own value to myself, I have come to regret a decent portion of the time I spent grinding units or battlegrounds and whenever anyone asks about this game I always tell them the best way to play is "to never start." I have lost precious interactions and time trying to feed my passion and while I don't regret my journey as there were so many amazing highlights, I frequently contemplate on how much this game really means to me. This shiny roster I have built sits in silence collecting dust, only to be used in Battlegrounds and run into a whale with a deck made out of all rank 3's and 2's. Every game experiences a natural decline but if you are like me relatively young, naive but passionate you may be ignorant of exactly how much this game demands from you. Love for the game has let me continue playing even when that same love was not reciprocated by KABAM. Now life is telling me that the time I spent for this game is better spent elsewhere. I am not encouraging anyone to quit, I am not encouraging anyone to harass Kabam. I am simply saying that as a long time F2P player I think the game is now shifting towards a silly direction. Rich the Man made a video saying that this year you will need at least 25k Units to really whale out for this years Banquet. At first I thought "sick I will just be disciplined with how I spend and grind my units", and as I hit 4000 units by the end of Feb I asked myself "What about the year after that" or after that. You may not see this as a vicious cycle, but maybe for the first time in 8 years my love for the game has let me accurately realize where it is trending and eventually going to head towards.
Lots of Yap on this post I know but I will leave you with a quote from the Lorax and let you interpret what it means and how its relevant here. "A tree falls the way it leans"
If you took the time to read all of this, thank you. I know it was not the most coherent post as I am writing this to destress after studying for an exam, but I hope I was able to paint some of my feelings out for you. I will miss nuking tf out of literally everything with CGR, I will miss pulling a good champ and having that rushing feeling in my heart, I will miss saving my catalysts for an extremely specific and niche champ. I will miss all of it, the good, the bad and the scummy but I make this decision knowing that the gains will outweigh the loss. Thank you to Kabam for this beautiful game, Special Thanks to Lagacy if he ever reads this forum post, as a Canadian myself I always loved watching your videos, you were always incredibly knowledgeable and the same passion I had was always present in the videos you made, you inspired me to keep playing this game especially when I wanted to quit over the years. Finally I want to say "Goodbye", my journey was filled with slow days and bad pulls but everything leading up to this was beyond worth it and if I had the chance I think I would do it all again and change nothing even the regret I feel.
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Just don't replace MCOC with some other video game: try and find a real-life passion instead of a virtual one.
Preferably something involving friends and family.
Best of luck!
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Best of luck.
Farewell
I wish you the best and whenever you get an urge to come back know that quitting is 100% better for you regardless of the state of the game
if you want to quit, just delete app and forget it
Lol hopefully the game is in a better place right And in 2 years watch us having 8* in the game and cycle repeats again.
There is a lot to say again, but I'm sure I too will leave the game little by little.
I don't even do any more AQ or BG or AW.
Always fighting against characters like Onslaw, enchanting, snake, it becomes really tired, really.
generally speaking, i think this game is best only for players who are already very established in life and can afford the time and resources to sink into the game. ie. retired people, business owners who are successful in their field and can carve out the time for it.
it shouldn't be for students or anyone still climbing up in life.
at high levels this game is a massive resource hog and a detriment to anyone who isn't wealthy. the healthiest way to play this imo is to log in 15m a day just for AQ, do war or BGs when they come up, and buy everything with cash (which they can easily afford) and everything else like arena, EQ, and SQ is a massive time sink.
i'm not putting down the game, f2p players, or anyone who isn't wealthy but time is much better spent improving irl.
The majority leave silently
I don't even get informed as alliance leader
I wonder if his alliance officers and members read the last forum thread he created
So I have kick them out to make way for active players
But if you aren't chasing and maintaining endgame status and don't care about competing with the top echelon, it's still very much possible to have fun with this game. I do understand that once you are in the game for a long time playing competitively, it can be very difficult to pull back and just play minimally, such as just logging in and doing bare minimum for daily super event. It takes a lot of willpower and motivation for partial change.
If you are not able to do that, and each day gets more miserable in the game, and other priorities need your attention, then quitting the game may be the best decision. Video games can be a powerful black hole of addiction and masochism.
In a way I kinda get it, doing something for 8 years is a long time.
Who knows, probably different reason for each person who does it.
If you're writing a novella about why you're quitting, or are talking about it all the time, then you're still emotionally invested. And how can you quit if you're still emotionally invested? It's hard, so we get this song and dance instead...
I've played this game for over 6 years, last year I invested valuable time grinding all aspects of this game to try to improve roster and stay competitive... it's not worth it. You'll get no where with how spending has become the only meaningfull way to stay relevant.
I as well have taken a major step back and although I haven't quit yet, since rewards are meaningless to me now and I don't find this game fun anymore I log in around 30min a day just to help ally members out with what I can.
@AhnafTheGiraffe I wish you good luck and please do invest your time in a more meaningful way. I am currently studying another degree and it's a lot more fun and rewarding.
Then a comeback post easily progress faster than ever before they quit.
Everything in couple years will be so different and exciting!!