Colloseum would be a great mode IF podiums were removed.

That tiny change would have players raving over the mode and we would still play it on repeat trying to get highest scores. Thoughts?

Comments

SirGamesBond

If you are talking about the level 1, level 2 and so on then one hundred percent.

Reward skill and not grind/whaling.

But that's gonna happen? Absolutely not.

I got ~430k score without multiplier on all there podiums but my level is 1.

So I just have to keep grinding mindlessly?

I dont find this fun one bit.

TotemCorruption

I actually thought that this was how it initially was going to be.

Strategize and execute to get the best single run score.

But of course, where is the monetization in that?

They have to make it a grind and then offer a money deal to avoid the grind.

So I'm just doing the minimum to get the milestones and that's it.

Qwerty12345

agreed. The podiums are unreasonable as they are now. The last few take hundreds of XP to setup. Unless the XP carries over from Coliseum week to the next and the next… its not reasonable to expect people to do hundreds of runs over the course of 3 days.

And the price to upgrade… When I thought it was $50 to do "several runs" with the "bug", it seemed … "a whale thing, but ok"… but $50 for so few points compared to how many it takes to level up a podium is a joke.

Maybe 1000x points was too much, but as it is now, I doubt anyone would ever buy a point a gain due to lack of value

as for the "fix"… rather than giving people the points people "should have got with the purchase"… given the confusion, I'd much rather:

a: refunds (I know this is unlikely, but it has to go on the list)
b: GBCs of equal value… anyone buying the podium updates would likely buy GBCs with at least a deal or two, and passes "some kind of laugh test"
c: whatever we will get if we were to buy the $50 unit pack during the Christmas sale in a couple weeks.

If people really want to buy more podium tickets… they could then buy more next cycle… but again, unless changes are made to the value… I don't think anyone would buy them.

TikkaMasala

I was just coming to make a thread about this. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings for whomever developed this mode, but it’s truly awful. It’s redundant, tedious, and they hope you’ll also pay money on top of the time to achieve a high score?!? You must be kidding me.

TotemCorruption

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2906778#Comment_2906778

At this point I think 90% of the new content/features in the game are designed to milk as much money from the top 10 alliances as possible.

Which makes sense I suppose, because why would anyone be in a top 10 alliance unless they were completely addicted to the prestige/power chase the game offers…

So you turn that addiction/insecurity/ego fragility into $$$$.

ahmynuts

Remove or significantly reduce the podium leveling and the mode would be a hit

TotemCorruption

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2906836#Comment_2906836

Kabam: "So what you're saying is, you want more podium levels and different defenders like Dark Phoenix next?"

ahmynuts

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2906841#Comment_2906841

You joke but they're releasing Abs man this month. Don't sell them short yet

Jan_McFly_

Far too grindy and time-consuming. On top of that, it gets boring quickly. Doing the same fight over and over again against the same opponent… landing a few hits, dodging Adam Warlock’s SP1, and then starting all over again.

That’s only fun for the first five minutes.

I’m not into it at all.

pseudosane

Personally, i found it very grindy. A few tries is fine, remove the podiums and let it record your best try, and thats it.

WhatsGoodEnglish

I think the podiums and tags are fine. I like the idea that you have to get the highest score with 5 different champs. The leveling system for the podiums has to go. That is unnecessarily tedious and sucks all the fun out of the mode

Dontsellthem

I don’t like the new game mode. Even more grind than before. Why not just upgrade the rewards and add them to AQ.

Iron_spider1

The podiums are their way of monetizing this game mode. I do not see this as a bad sign (for now) because if they can make enough money from this they can stop putting champs behind a huge paywall. However, I would like for an easier way for FTP players to achieve the top milestone for solo rewards without grinding for hours. Just make the initial levels easy to achieve so that most of them can achieve the top milestone and the ranked is reserved for whales and dolphins.

BeastDad

Utter trash, grindy and cash grabby.

Qwerty12345

AQ is about 20 minutes a day / 4 days a week = 80 minutes a week / cycle

Raid is about 14 attempts, let's say averaging let's say 4 minutes each, 56 minutes a week, (which if you do over 2 days to get around the energy refills is about 28 minutes a day you do it)

Colliseum is only 3 days, but it is 5 podiums. Whatever we are "expected to do", should take roughly 20-28 minutes (let's round up to 30) per day… or 18 minutes per podium, which if each fight is 3 minutes (should be longer), would be 6 runs per day or rounding up again… 4 runs per podium.

We should not be "penalized" for having 1 good run and want to keep the score… we if anything should be rewarded for "soloing the podium" if you will.

The only way I see this being remotely viable would be to grant 1 unit per "XP gained" each fight / making this an arena replacement. Only with something like that might people feel like they are getting value (I'd still argue that's a terrible rate of return, but then again, so is arena).

BloodyRose

Except for the whole leveling up bit, I'm liking this mode so far. I am getting tired of map-based modes with ridiculous nodes requiring champs I don't have, and will never get b/c I'm FTP.

ahmynuts

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2906903#Comment_2906903

If this is what they really need to stop paywalling champs I say paywall away