Is your Post-HOF FOMO Gone Now? Are you regretting not waiting till July 4?

PolygonPolygon Member Posts: 5,458 ★★★★★
edited May 31 in General Discussion
Since Dark Phoenix (who already had counters) just got announced a hard counter.

And since July 4 now can give you Torch (whereas HOF only gave iBom) if you saved your units instead of using them on HOF

Serpent/Bullseye took how long to get proper counters in BGs? And we got a hard counter to Phoenix announced literally right after the HOF event ended. At this rate, people are going to end up taking her out of their deck similar to when they took Peni Parker out when Hulkling and Galan entered the contest
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  • PolygonPolygon Member Posts: 5,458 ★★★★★
    MrSakuragi said:

    BattleWarriar said:

    Is torch available through units? My understanding was that he was a summoner's market milestone rather than an in game milestone.

    This is what I’ll expect as well. I’m anticipating he will cost at least $700 and not available for any existing units.

    If he’s available for 36k units then I’ll have some fomo I guess but I’ll still love using my r4 FAM.
    If they make him locked to the summoners market and not available with units, that would be the death of this game as it'll set a precedent for them to keep doing this with champs like Hulkling, Scorpion, Kate etc.

    The last couple livestreams had the community frustrated as is with the numerous paywall gated champs but locking the top champs to $600+ is on a completely different level of absurd
  • ItsClobberinTimeItsClobberinTime Member Posts: 6,274 ★★★★★
    I won't take her out of my deck even after that personally, and I don't regret spending to get her either. She's still closer to Serpent level than Maestro level because that final nova flame is unavoidable so having her in your deck is still worth it, a lot of champs can kill her no doubt about that but very few can do it with little health loss. Also she's good on offense, not the quickest but she can take Red Skull Arcade and FAM pretty well, time really doesn't matter as much as it did before anyways so 55-60 secs is acceptable these days as long as you finish full health.

    I do agree with the Torch part tho, he will most likely be one of the final milestones unlike Red Guardian who you could get for about $300 and then the second copy was if you went all in on the event. They're taking it a little too far, I was pissed about Dark Phoenix (yes I know I got her doesn't change my views on the whole thing), I will definitely be pissed about Torch too. These champs aren't just some meh or decent champs, they're easily at the top of the meta they can't be making them this exclusive it's not fair especially since we won't see them anywhere else for the next year or two.
  • BringPopcornBringPopcorn Member Posts: 8,810 ★★★★★
    I got the 2 champs I wanted + abombx2... No FOMO or regrets so far. Might come way later on who knows. People tell me how lucky I was on getting Longshot on Omega Days, maybe somewhere in time I regret not pushing harder on HoF.
  • Abspain101Abspain101 Member Posts: 779 ★★★
    edited May 31
    Polygon said:

    MrSakuragi said:

    BattleWarriar said:

    Is torch available through units? My understanding was that he was a summoner's market milestone rather than an in game milestone.

    This is what I’ll expect as well. I’m anticipating he will cost at least $700 and not available for any existing units.

    If he’s available for 36k units then I’ll have some fomo I guess but I’ll still love using my r4 FAM.
    If they make him locked to the summoners market and not available with units, that would be the death of this game as it'll set a precedent for them to keep doing this with champs like Hulkling, Scorpion, Kate etc.

    The last couple livestreams had the community frustrated as is with the numerous paywall gated champs but locking the top champs to $600+ is on a completely different level of absurd
    Yeah no it wont maybe it will be for you but it surely wont be the down fall for everyone this gtds them even more revenue and you can expect this to happen in the future they have already set this precedence with both newly released champs and exclusive champs
  • Abspain101Abspain101 Member Posts: 779 ★★★
    edited May 31
    As for me no the fact that 7* ht is going to be behind a paywall doesnt make me wish i had saved im glad i got my nf fam tigra dp and apoc and i will still use my dp on defense if sge isnt banned because just cause she has counters and a soon to be hard counter they still got to bring her down
  • NONYABIZZNONYABIZZ Member Posts: 970 ★★★★
    Am I the only person who actually saves for banquet? 😭😭
    I personally don't not touch my units unless its during banquet ( I find it the most rewarding).

    Its kinda a ramp up and cashout typa thing for me. Accumulate throughout the year and spend it all during banquet (whether its good or terrible)
  • klobberintymeklobberintyme Member Posts: 1,728 ★★★★
    edited June 1
    Polygon said:

    MrSakuragi said:

    BattleWarriar said:

    Is torch available through units? My understanding was that he was a summoner's market milestone rather than an in game milestone.

    This is what I’ll expect as well. I’m anticipating he will cost at least $700 and not available for any existing units.

    If he’s available for 36k units then I’ll have some fomo I guess but I’ll still love using my r4 FAM.
    If they make him locked to the summoners market and not available with units, that would be the death of this game as it'll set a precedent for them to keep doing this with champs like Hulkling, Scorpion, Kate etc.

    The last couple livestreams had the community frustrated as is with the numerous paywall gated champs but locking the top champs to $600+ is on a completely different level of absurd
    If the general industry percentage in f2p games of paying users is 1% - 5% of total active, and we're talking at least 300k who touched battlegrounds this last season, that's at worst 1 paying user = 100 non-paying, which I'd say is low. Typically companies try their darndest to convert nps into paid, rather than run them off and hurt their feelings, but here we are. However, not all payers are equal, and you run a real risk of alienating the middle class of game spenders who don't see a ROI they're happy with. We're seeing it IRL, so it'll be interesting to see how aggressive the company chooses to be in this global economy.
  • Herbal_TaxmanHerbal_Taxman Member Posts: 2,305 ★★★★★
    +1 for the alienated middle class. I have been a moderate spender for ten years. Probably around $500-1000 depending on the year. Three or four years ago, it meant a handful of well-timed Odins and some other occasional purchases that made a meaningful difference to my roster and also spared me from arena, which I despise.

    Today, $500 feels like table stakes when I’m in a good mood; when I’m feeling less positive about the game, it seems like a meaningless amount that gives negligible benefits above simply going ftp.
  • Chuck_FinleyChuck_Finley Member Posts: 1,844 ★★★★★
    edited June 1
    No. Because I have enough units to cover both for grinding arena a year+ and skipping most everything but banquet for alliance goals. And if torch isn’t available for units, I will probably look at just doing 18k instead of 36k units.

    So no regrets having dark phoenix along with everything other HOF champ duped (but Apoc. Yes I got lucky).

    And I say all that to say - these types of posts are made with the intent to shame whales and mock them. And for what? Mostly envy I guess, but it paints with a broad brush because a lot more people benefited from HOF than those that drop big cash all at once. I am a scrub summoner who spends 90% of the game just hitting arena milestones to chill at the end of the day… not stressing high end war, not touching celestial, nor knocking out epoch in 4 revives. Take it up with Kabam if you don’t like how champions are released, The people getting them aren’t the problem.
  • Average_DesiAverage_Desi Member Posts: 2,532 ★★★★★
    I got a fantman. I'm really happy
  • Repto23Repto23 Member Posts: 878 ★★★
    I got Fury and Tigra so I’m happy I went for it, I did want Fant instead of Tigra but still a banger
  • DrZolaDrZola Member Posts: 9,741 ★★★★★
    Herbal_Taxman said:

    +1 for the alienated middle class. I have been a moderate spender for ten years. Probably around $500-1000 depending on the year. Three or four years ago, it meant a handful of well-timed Odins and some other occasional purchases that made a meaningful difference to my roster and also spared me from arena, which I despise.

    Today, $500 feels like table stakes when I’m in a good mood; when I’m feeling less positive about the game, it seems like a meaningless amount that gives negligible benefits above simply going ftp.

    100%

    Dr. Zola
  • BigTuna_2054BigTuna_2054 Member Posts: 241 ★★★
    @MrSakuragi im guessing Torch will be available in both the final milestone of summoners market behind purchases and final milestone in game using units. Just like they did with Red Guardian.
  • BringPopcornBringPopcorn Member Posts: 8,810 ★★★★★
    edited June 1
    Herbal_Taxman said:

    +1 for the alienated middle class. I have been a moderate spender for ten years. Probably around $500-1000 depending on the year. Three or four years ago, it meant a handful of well-timed Odins and some other occasional purchases that made a meaningful difference to my roster and also spared me from arena, which I despise.

    Today, $500 feels like table stakes when I’m in a good mood; when I’m feeling less positive about the game, it seems like a meaningless amount that gives negligible benefits above simply going ftp.

    You know that thing people make fun of old people for? When they say back in the day Gas used to cost 25 cents a gallon...
    I was a heavy spender, then started to slowly cut down cause I didn't like the direction the game was taking. Now I realized that 4-5 hundred bucks doesnt even buy me half of what the top event prize is... Could I spend more? Sure but why when I don't like the direction the game is taking..
    They just made it easier to lower spending to a bare minimum of some sporadic micro buys.
  • TotemCorruptionTotemCorruption Member Posts: 2,670 ★★★★★
    BigTuna_2054 said:

    @MrSakuragi im guessing Torch will be available in both the final milestone of summoners market behind purchases and final milestone in game using units. Just like they did with Red Guardian.

    You think so? His dupe really isn't that important compared to RG's... But I really have no idea what Kabam will do. They've been experimenting all year, and admitted as much.
  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 37,411 ★★★★★
    I don't think I'll ever get over that. I wanted her since the first time she was added to the game. Spent over 7000 Units, give or take, and didn't get a 6*. I didn't even pick the game up for a couple weeks. Life goes on, but that was way too overboard for cost.
  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 37,411 ★★★★★
    It wasn't even the money. I could have dropped a couple bills if I was that motivated. Not for a 6*. That was insane.
  • PolygonPolygon Member Posts: 5,458 ★★★★★
    edited June 1
    Zacharias10719 said:

    Polygon said:

    Since Dark Phoenix (who already had counters) just got announced a hard counter.

    And since July 4 now can give you Torch (whereas HOF only gave iBom) if you saved your units instead of using them on HOF

    Serpent/Bullseye took how long to get proper counters in BGs? And we got a hard counter to Phoenix announced literally right after the HOF event ended. At this rate, people are going to end up taking her out of their deck similar to when they took Peni Parker out when Hulkling and Galan entered the contest

    What a weird post, it's like a half smug brag half copium post.

    Firstly ibom wasn't the only champ in the HoF as you're well aware. Secondly both serpent and bullseye had existing counters in game straight away on release and now they both have numerous counter and guess what? They are both still in everyone's deck every season. A defender having a counter doesn't suddenly make them irrelevant.

    And thirdly, two types of players got dark phoenix, spenders and arena grinders. The spenders will still get torch as they will max out July 4th anyway. The arena grinders made the calculated choice that HoF would better for their accounts at that time than j4 would be and I'm sure they are still happy with that decision. You sound like you're neither of those and are still bitter about it.
    "Made the calculated choice" explain how its calculated when last year july/cyber monday gave mid champs in weapon x and kraven. This year its Torch

    You have no idea what youre blabbering about. People bought HoF because of exclusive champion availability. Nobody was expecting Torch to be on the table for july. Had they known they may not have went all the way in HoF. For instance, i got all the champs 200 points in (halfway). I couldve saved the rest of my units for torch.

    It could also be that youre daft and didnt understand the Torch part as if you read comments above several agreed
  • Awesomep12Awesomep12 Member Posts: 1,720 ★★★★
    Tbh I'm suck of fomo in this game. Just make them permanently available!
  • Bugmat78Bugmat78 Member Posts: 2,580 ★★★★★
    Guess I'll be banning Torches.
  • JohnnooooooJohnnoooooo Member Posts: 274 ★★★
    edited June 1
    Herbal_Taxman said:

    +1 for the alienated middle class. I have been a moderate spender for ten years. Probably around $500-1000 depending on the year. Three or four years ago, it meant a handful of well-timed Odins and some other occasional purchases that made a meaningful difference to my roster and also spared me from arena, which I despise.

    Today, $500 feels like table stakes when I’m in a good mood; when I’m feeling less positive about the game, it seems like a meaningless amount that gives negligible benefits above simply going ftp.

    Puts my exact feelings into words here.. I spend a a few hundred quid every few months, and when I checked my total paid to Google pay (I only buy for this game) it's close to £12000.. and this year like this poster has said, dropping a monkey (£500 if you don't know) feels like a huge risk, when previous years it was highly impactful, and in hof for me 7k units plus all the milestone units got me 0 7 stars, except the guaranteed 7 star from the milestones.. these past few events have left me with an extreme taste of regret, and I don't know how longer I feel I can put up with this..
    I've said before my roster has always been relevant and I've always found M2 to be my sweet spot on bgs.. hof put me so far behind.. this has never happened before
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