new questing dev diary feedback

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/401347/dev-diary-questing-prestige-and-alliance-updates

So I am just wanting to make sure. There used to be a bunch of difficulties (contender, proven, conqueror, uncollected, cavalier, thronebreaker, valiant) and now there are three (adaptive, valiant and elder)? I never did uncollected cav and tb, and always autofight contender proven and conqueror for units. Also units were removed from the summoner advancement event.

Are you saying all these units are re-allocated into a daily quest - units from contender, proven, conqueror, uncollected, and the weekly summoner event? That's hundreds of monthly units. Are they drastically reduced in the new daily quests? Did you just nerf tf out of the f2p unit acquisition?

Comments

VanillaCoke

With 6 difficulties now becoming 1 adaptive difficulty, it makes sense that you've decreased the number of refills.

However, some people like myself used those refills to complete the first 4 difficulties for units. Are the units being reallocated somewhere or are they lost now?

BigBlueOx

man I’m more upset about Kabam deciding my next 30 ranks ups… like wtf guys… part of the fun is ranking who we like. Way to poop in the punch bowl

hurricant

Kinda reads like they nerfed tf out of ftp units. I used to do the same. Play 3 lower difficulties for units and ignore the other three which were imo a huge waste of time. Did valiant aq as well. I doubt they put all the conqueror proven and uncollected units into this new adaptive things because that's hundreds of units. As well as the weekly summoner event having units nerfed. This is bad until I hear that every unit is accounted for elsewhere (and don't count arena)

hurricant

Sorry while I was typing this, someone asked the same in another post. Can mod delete this pls.

VanillaCoke

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863393#Comment_2863393

they deleted mine, but kept yours. they think your post is prettier

VanillaCoke

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863391#Comment_2863391

You still can rank up who you want though. It's just like AQ in that regard

hurricant

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863398#Comment_2863398

😭 sorry I even asked them to delete mine

BadAsh22

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863398#Comment_2863398

I don't remember your post, but this one is definitely pretty.

Also, free bump. Curious about the response to this, if any come.

KabamPinwheel

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863402#Comment_2863402

Had already combined them when you asked sorry. Kept this one as it had the post linked and a more general title

hurricant

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863404#Comment_2863404

all good, thanks

BigBlueOx

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863399#Comment_2863399

sure… technically that’s correct but they tied it to AQ to make alliances do the dirty work through insidious levels of social pressures. It’s low

CheeseMaster482

Don't care about the unit change, I can get more in arena. The true issue is the prestige change. Unless you're a massive whale 20+ rank 4s, you will drastically lose AQ and Raids radiance. It's literally not worth it to play AQ anymore

VanillaCoke

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863407#Comment_2863407

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Furrymoosen

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863396#Comment_2863396

Mt first question as well. Where are the several hundred EQ units going?

OutOfGas

Less Units? CHECK

Less energy refills (Which by the way, kabam defenders were coping about how they'll just be re-allocated to the Daily Quest. Turns out that was a lie, they're just removing energy refills because now there's less difficulties in the EQ, amazing logic)? CHECK.

Less Prestige? CHECK.

An amazing update indeed. I'm sure this will have a profound effect on the remaining playerbase of this game. Good work Kabam. But hey, you're listening to the feedback, right? 😁

ahmynuts

F-ing finally. Took them long enough.

Also, everyone is saying they removed the eq units but they never said that in the post so at least for now i dont know what they're waffling about

Herbal_Taxman

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863391#Comment_2863391

i think this is better. The impact of a single rankup is spread over 29 others instead of four others…

hurricant

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863413#Comment_2863413

They said they're removing most of the difficulties. So that includes the lower 3-4 which have a lot of units. The top ones don't. What are YOU waffling about bro

Furrymoosen

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863413#Comment_2863413

Summoner engagement went away and with it went the units, but they explained what would happen to those.

Lower level difficulties are going away, so where are the units going? They left an important piece out. There's no waffling about it. I'd be (happily) shocked if they let us grab them all in one difficulty. If they're going to take 500ish units a month away, then we should know what's happening.

Penzito

We want to be transparent about a change (only after the fact).

we’ve scaled back the number of Energy Refills (we couldn't nerf revives anymore)

With that, we do understand energy is a hot topic ( lalalalala not listening lalalala)

Scottryan

The changes to prestige are horrible. You've made it impossible to compete in AQ without 30 r4s, something I and many other currently in top 50 aq dont have.

Actually embarrassing change

The fact these were announced only after selling high evo and a relic event as well is embarrassing.

The poster talks about "inclusivity". The only thing inclusive about this is that it screws over everyone. Great work

Morock_N_Roll

I'm fine with these changes as long as they keep the WHOLE amount of units in the new difficulty, if not then this basically a rewards nerf as far as I'm concerned.

Morock_N_Roll

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863421#Comment_2863421

If it is impossible for you to compete with 30 champs, it's mostly like still impossible for you with 5, the whales will have higher prestige regardless, I dont think this will impact the rankings that much, but I can be wrong.

CheeseMaster482

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863423#Comment_2863423

FTP can easily get 5 top prestige champs and rank 4 them. It's impossible for ftp to get 30 top prestige champs and rank 4 them. FTP literally can't compete anymore, you have to be a spender.

Xleb

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863411#Comment_2863411

About this has already been said. Some of them will remain in the event quest rewards, and some will go to the Daily Quest rewards.

Searmenis

Revives and units are the target here IMO. And this "adjusted difficulty" screams Paragon level rewards to those who don't have the top prestige champions at r4. I don't like playing Idoom, why shoud I rank him up by force? Just make a new game only for the whales to have fun with each other.

Chuck_Finley

So just like energy refills which we find out days later aren’t coming back, don’t be surprised if we get the same treatment with units.

Man, what a great Friday news dump Kabam. Heck of a job

Giantwalrus56

I'm one who auto-runs all the UC & lower levels of EQ for the units. Are those lost into the ever-changing Mcoc vortex or will those be found elsewhere?

BigBlueOx

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2863414#Comment_2863414

there’s only one way this plays out over time in top AQ groups. Are you ranking champs in the top 30 list, no? You must not be serious gtfho. This is hands down WAY worse

Savage123456789

How long have they been talking about this 30 prestige thing? Months, not once in all that time did they even hint of this being part of a wider game effect, especially at this early stage. Everything was pointing towards the monthly EQ rewards being affected by top 30 prestige, nothing this game wide. Yeah, here's to transparency I guess.