Are the 9.2 rewards weird to anyone else?

Here are some things that jumped out at me:

1) a weird lack of t4a. If I’m doing my math right, there are about 5.37, and we’ll use 4 for the r4 they’re pushing as the prize of this content (more on that later)

2) no awakening gem shards. I’m still bummed that I can’t sell 6-star AGs for small amounts of AG shards. To the extent this stuff is reserved for ends of acts, that’s ostensibly a year away.

3) 3 7-star basics and 1.3 titans, with no nexuses to be found (path rewards, comp and exploration combined)

4) I guess this is my big question. I can’t figure out who this is for? It seems to try to have something for everyone, but for any given person, that seems like way more misses than hits.

Most champs who go to r4 are going to make war and BGs more annoying, because defenders can play almost anywhere and attackers are more affected by nodes and matchups.

It seems like we’re getting the chance to put one shiny trophy to put atop our roster but the rest seems like it’s for new valiants, I guess?

Is anyone else a bit confused by the announcement?

Comments

BringPopcorn

Rewards seem pretty current and up to date to me

TyEdge

I would describe myself more as confused than unhappy.

I don’t think I would’ve expected 3 t7 (yay).

I also would’ve expected more opportunity for champion acquisition and r3 champs.

I do wonder if they put a disproportionate amount of the reward budget into those t7 to create a full rankup opportunity.

ItsClobberinTime

They seem okay to me, definitely could've used some ag shards but everything else is fine. You gotta keep in mind this isn't an entire Act exploration or a piece of Everest content, it's just one chapter of story content.
Go back and look at 9.1 rewards, you'll see the rewards actually make sense, and if they gave us more this early then they would've had to speed up the rate at which they're giving certain items which is not a good move, at least not yet.

kvirr

Rewards are good, with the main focus on the r4, and I love the catalyst stuff, pretty good quantity there, just think a 7* nexus would’ve tied everything together nicely

BringPopcorn

In my own game experience as of now, champ acquisition doesn't seem to be an issue. I mean the only way to make it better for a few I want would be an abyss nexus, that is way too soon or too big of a reward for the 9.2...

TheInfinty

9.2 is nothing like epoch or the ordeal so i really dont mind no nexuses and less 7 star shards/titan shards.

9.2 for its difficulty will be more than worth the rewards just based off the T7B

I do agree on the awakening gem shards id like to see a bit of shards in 9.2. But its far from a dealbreaker for me

TLDR: For the difficulty of 9.2 compared to other content its rewards are more than fair

CandyCane2

I think the rewards are fair

DNA3000

More likely the catalyst part of the rewards focus more on T7 because the lower catalysts are things most players likely to be doing 9.2 don't have shortages of.

The other stuff like the champion crystals seems consistent with the pattern for story act content rewards.

BringPopcorn

Also gotta remember, not everyone does Everest content. T7b has to be introduced by now on regular story content.

BringPopcorn

The 2 r1-r2 gems don't make any sense, someone pointed that out on my alliance discord. It should be an 1 r2-r3 gem considering they are giving r4 mats.

Usagicassidy

It's really odd. Since you won't be able to R4 a champion with a gem, you'll be using Resources to do it. In the case that you pull a champion that you want to R4 but haven't ranked up yet, you have a 'free' rank to R2, but then you have to use T6CC resources to take them up to rank 3 and then to rank 4. That could take someone a LONG time.

ItsClobberinTime

You have to think about this though, if they started giving r3 gems in 9.2 then how could they top off 9.3, 9.4 and the whole Act 9 exploration rewards without introducing r5s? I feel like if they gave us r3s it would be a little too rushed but maybe that's just me.

Standardman1989

Good evening, I have no problem with the rewards just a shame no 7* gem shards. Good livestream Also

Buttehrs

Well, by the time 9.4 actually drops (should be this time next year), the first r5s makes sense outside of banquet(maybe).

Asher1_1

I think u expect too much , looks fine rewards

Toproller89

Rewards aren’t bad, more than 100k gold on paths and maybe a 2-3 rankup gem thrown into exploration would have been nice, but they’re good overall

Graves_3

They are giving an r4 already so why do you think an r3 gem would feel too rushed?

Cdy824

They are making the priority of the rewards a R4 so that in June when they announcd the new progression title they can require 3 r4s. Which makes it possible for any FTP player to have them, and get others to push for them just prior to july 4th sale.

1 r4 from 9.2
1r4 from epoch
1 r4 from combining rewards from epoch, ordeal, carina challenge.

Granted most people haven't completed all this. But if they give a small window for it to be done as well as 9.2, you'll have folks dumping units to do so, just prior to july 4th where they will need to buy more units and deals.

EdisonLaw

There aren't any AG shards but you get a free r4.

ItsClobberinTime

Doubt it, maybe r4 generic gems but an r5 wouldn't make sense other than p2w events.

ItsClobberinTime

Cause if they give us an r3 gem right now then what are they going to give us for 9.3 and 9.4 besides another r4 each? More r3 gems? That would feel repetitive if they had given us in 9.2 as well, they'd be forced to give out something else because otherwise people would go "ugh another r3 gem? I expected more r4 gems or the first r5", or something along those lines. My guess is they don't want to release r5s until Act 9 is done, if you look at it from that perspective then dragging it this way makes sense.

Also, like I said this is a chapter in one Act from story content, not Everest content or full act completion. I don't think we should be getting an r3 gem and an r4 for the effort we will have to put in which, let's be real here for a moment, is usually minimal for most of us, so that's another thing. I didn't even expect a full r4 in the first place considering story content's usual difficulty so for me this is enough I don't mind not getting an r3 gem.

Abspain101

I could see a possible r5 being available for act 9 exploration we will get r5s for banquet 9.4 will be out this time next yr r4s just got released with banquet meets the time frame

Graves_3

They could cut back on the T7 b and given r3 gems now. In 6months when 9.3 drops, I am sure everyone will have 45-50 r3’s already. R3 gem will be like an r1-2 gem currently.

ItsClobberinTime

That's even more reason to not give us that many r3 gems right now because if they do, they will have to bring r5s sooner than if they didn't. Not to mention with the first Valiant EQ coming, giving away more stuff would also probably give people high hopes, maybe way too high. Who knows, we can only speculate but my guess is they don't want to speed things up, whatever the reason is I'm fine with it personally.

ItsClobberinTime

This year's Banquet? I highly doubt it. Next year's Banquet? Sure, but by the time Banquet 2026 comes we will already be on Act 10, and Act 9 will be done. I don't think we will see r5s in Act 9, just r4s and awakening gems.

JohnTargaryen

Man 9.2 will be easier than The Ordeal and Epoch, and still this the rewards are better

Abspain101

The last 2 yrs the next rank progression was introduced end of the yr 2023 with necro and last yr with banquet if it continues r5s will be introduced the end of this yr so yes it is a fesible possibility that r5s could come out with 9.4 exploration

ItsClobberinTime

If they had dropped an r3 in 9.2 sure but they didn't, it wouldn't make sense to go from no r3 gems in 9.2 to r5s in 9.4 or Act 9 exploration unless 9.2 already had r3 gems in it. If they did this however they'd be going way too fast, if they gave us r5s by the end of this year that would mean they'd have to begin introducing 8* by 2027.
Let's do a quick recap of the 6* and 7* timeline just to put things into perspective: 6* came out January 2018, 7* came out five years later on May 2023. It hasn't even been two years since 7* were released and you're expecting them to be putting out r5s before we even reach year three? That makes zero sense, the pacing would be completely off and as I mentioned earlier they'd be forced to either introduce 8* in 2027 or hit the pause button on progression for a whole year.

BringPopcorn

Seriously I am still annoyed by the 2 R2 Gems, change to a R3 one NOW!!! 🤣

Abspain101

What does r3 gems have to do at all with 9.2 they are giving us a r4 r3 has nothing to do with if they could introduce r5s at the end of the yr and also you are wrong about having to introduce 8 stars in 2027 because 2027 could be used to do ascension