Roll EQ’s Back to the old version (or not)

Let’s see if the poll feature works now.

I don’t think Kabam quite understands how bad this new system is for the player. Let’s use our voice, just like the 12.0 fiasco.

Comments

Jaemon512

obviously the poll still doesn’t work on this terrible forum format.

Roll back, or keep adaptive? Let it be heard!

Etm34

keep adaptive. I haven’t gotten to elder difficulty yet since I’ve just begun, but classic is stupid easy and there’s significantly more potential in adaptive than there was in a locked progression system. Since valiant gauntlet began, I haven’t done EQ more than a half-hearted run when my energy was way too high.

This is significantly better, the outrage that’s been all over the forums today for the content (not the maintenance) is baffling to me

OfficialDarus94

Rollback or keep both let the player decide

Hunter_Sarc0

Perfect_jab

So they did all this to make progression type rewards...but still keep feeding me 5 and 6* bs that i dont need or want. When they rolled out valiant monthly quest, they should of kept 6* shards out of it!! Still keep feeding to high valiant players like its a reward. What a joke. Less an less i play

BruceWayne1939

I may be valiant, but I could barely do the Thronebreaker difficulty before. This change is too difficult for me and I’m not a fan. Please give me the ability to pick an easier difficulty instead of defaulting me. I won’t be playing EQ until something changes for me.

Vendemiaire

Reposting this from another thread:

Same timeline. Stopped playing the game for two years. Got back this February and completed anything I can with my 6R4s. I now have 5 7R4s, with enough for additional 3 (waiting for the Titan reset), around 110 7* champs, and playing with a T1 alliance. I didn't spend anything during Deadpool Event, Heart of Fire, and didn't even buy any unit or cash deals during July 4th.

I'm currently at 24k now dropping from 32k but I don't really mind the difference in rewards in EQ brought by this prestige drop. A whale in my alliance (currently at 30k) is getting 11k T7B, 30% T4A, and 1.2k 7* Awakening shards more than me. He spends at least $2,000 a year, I spent less than $100 to get a few weekly deals to get Lumatrix and Sorvach plus Platinum Tracks. Will that difference of 11k T7B leave me behind by not spending thousand of dollars, I don't think so. I completed everything I can, even Wheel of Fate, without it.

The overreaction on EQ rewards is too much. The difference is really not that much. The REAL difference is in the Battlegrounds Rewards (Radiance). A big whale will get lot more resources there than this new EQ revamp but at least there, we can somehow compete despite the disadvantage.

little_known

I really don’t understand how Kabam thought this new Event Quest format was a step forward.

Under the old system, I was Valiant — the top tier — and could complete that level for top-tier rewards while still having access to all the lower difficulties. That meant I could choose to auto-play the easier ones for a bit of casual fun and pick up extra resources without burning out.

Now with the new prestige-based scaling, I’ve dropped to a much lower bracket because my roster is small and my top 30 prestige is only ~18k. The result? The rewards are worse than what I previously earned as Valiant, and I’ve lost access to every lower difficulty. There’s nothing I can auto-play, nothing light and fun to grind, and everything feels like a chore.

Even worse, the new “Classic” difficulty — which you have to complete to even unlock the main Elder difficulty — is wildly overtuned. I checked the first node and the opponent has 763k health. For comparison, 8.4 content (which I’m actively exploring) has fights with around 576k health. That’s supposed to be the upper end of content — and this is a monthly EQ at the lowest difficulty?

The new system removes flexibility, reduces rewards for a huge chunk of players, and increases difficulty across the board. It actively punishes smaller rosters, even if you’ve pushed through and earned high progression titles like Valiant. The entire experience now feels joyless, grindy, and unwelcoming.

I used to look forward to EQ every month. Now? It feels like content I’m being pushed out of.

This isn’t just a miss — it’s a massive step backward. Not everything HAS to be be end game content!

crogs

So wtf content am I supposed to do to autofight and use energy when I can't or don't want the game to be my main focus? I usually autofight through uncollected and lesser when I don't have time to sit and fight.

Sorry but this is ****. I don't need to autofight daily ****. I'm not a competitive player. I'm barely into act 8 because I just don't care to put the time in. I usually explore all the EQ stuff and will contemplate story or side quests if time allows.

Edit…first fights in adaptive are 80k. The rewards look lackluster. I will have to use boosts and pots. Too much of a time and effort suck if that's the one EQ content. This makes zero sense.

And I'm supposed to autofight daily junk and road just to hit my daily milestones with no completed content to show for it? What a joke.

So gutting the EQ content just kills the game for me. If this doesn't change I'm definitely out. Already told my alliance mates this, and I've been the leader for 8yrs. Been here since the first valentines day. Way to ruin a fun diversion Kabam.

It's like I'm going to go for a run. Had a long day of work and didn't sleep well. I'll make it a recovery run. Nope, you have to do a 5 mile 7 minute/mile run. F/U kabam.

little_known

I did have to laugh that at my tier EQ only gives me 2x7* sig stones even if I do complete it to increase the prestige of my top 30. Think that might take a while.

katrinareads

My issue is that this EQ is only giving me characters to fight that are twice the strength of my top champions. I don't have 5,000,000 heals and revives, and I don't have all day to play to heal characters and fight and re fight until I win. Let us have at least a few options, Kabam.

Jaemon512

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2870917#Comment_2870917

I never actually mentioned rewards - the player experience itself is completely degraded in comparison to something most of us enjoyed - the Valiant gauntlet in particular. It had highs and lows, but the idea was sound (and still fairly fresh, we only had three iterations before Adaptive).

Not everything is about 11k shards or whatever - it’s a game and we should get to enjoy playing it once in awhile.

Sw0rdMaster

Personally i prefer the Valiant gauntlet, hope they roll it back.

little_known

To clarify my position as my previous post wasn’t clear - I like the idea of adaptive EQ. It’s just the execution I think they failed on.

Keep elder and just tweak the lower level rewards. Also leave an easy level for people that don’t want to hit end game content. Classic is scaled way too high it’s ridiculous.

Gourdian

nah, I’m just not playing the game anymore. I am not putting that much effort into a mobile game.

Thevash

The kascam suckers are trying hard to justify this ****.

Annatar

Absolute awful changes

Magustheaters

Why does Kabam keep wrecking their own games, new quest is unplayable. So disappointed in what they have done to a once awesome game.

The_One

I'm not doing this EQ until it rolls back so I can choose a difficulty that I want to play.

I use EQ as a chill out session, I'm cavalier difficulty and I usually explore UC and complete cavalier.

If I wanted to be fighting almost 40k rated opponents I would push for a higher progression in story quests but I don't.

Not for me.

Jerichoharris

I’ve just turned valient with 15k prestige. Agree with all those saying classic difficulty is way overtuned. The prestige range for my level is 6k which is way too large. I’ll give the first level a run through and see how it plays out but I’m not anticipating going very far. The effort for the rewards just don’t seem worth it especially compared to story content at a lower level of difficulty.

Tryaksha

Give players an option. People who are comfortable with this EQ let them do it, for others give them an option to do the older format.

I am 100% sure, over 50% of the people won't even attempt the new EQ after the first try. Not everyone has a competitive mindset, a lot of us play for fun and to get their minds off the daily grind.

If Kabams mindset is to keep only the top tier player who can play + the whales, I guess they are on the right track :D

Steve1872

Terrible change. Greedy sods...

BringPopcorn

I really can't believe that after months of testing other things, months of collecting data and months of feedback, this is what they came up with lol …

This is just disgustingly time consuming and annoying.

Lt_Magnum_1

I like the idea of the new format as compressing the difficulties could had made EQ less grindy (there was too many difficulties). However, I don't like how it was executed (I am a Valiant player). I felt like the changes as it is now are counterproductive. I think the attack and health pools even in classic (haven't played elder difficulty) are far too high, as in it needs to be down tuned by at least 50 percent. The prestige concern is the least of my issues.

crogs

So I give it a shot. Waste a lot of pots getting past purgatory. And lo and behold, kabam to the rescue. Only wanted 400 units for a cache of pots. FU...

FabiusBR

Horrible piece of content. I tried a few quests. Absolutely no fun.

Time to find a new game.

TheCaptain412

What frustrates me in all of this is Kabam deciding how I get to play the game. I’m valiant, barely at 20K now with the switch, and I don’t WANT to play this kind of content. I spend moderately on the game here and there because it is something for me to do, particularly since I really enjoy my alliance mates.

I was perfectly happy doing AQ and AW with my alliance, grinding some Arena, doing a few rounds of BGs, and auto-playing the lower-level EQ for units. I could set it up on my desk at work and do it while I banged out my spreadsheets, but no more.

Well, since Kabam has determined that they know best how I get to interact with the game, then I know how my wallet wlill best interact with Kabam going forward, which is to say not at all until they gonback to letting me decide what level content I want to play.

Annatar

Absolute awful changes