**Login Issues - Update**
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Summoners experiencing error messages during login, we have been manually navigating around the issue for each player; you should be able to log in again!
We will be releasing a hot fix in the next day or two to resolve the issue entirely.
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Yep I had a post shutdown this morning too.
I get why, but kabam needs to realise these posts are out of frustration of the state of Carnage and the lack of communication.
It's a very poor effort.
They keep shutting down threads but don't reply to anything being said.
They've said Carnage feedback was passed on to the 'team' but then later posted that no 'changes to the current champs are planned'.
They need to stop using the 'close thread' button and start using the 'reply' one.
People just want to know why Carnage is so rubbish and when he'll be fixed.
It's not hard to spend 1 minute writing an update weekly.
Sorry for not having anything to add lately, but as we have said before, the team is aware of your guys feelings about Carnage. They don't however have any plans to change him RIGHT NOW. This doesn't mean that they won't in the future, and hopefully it won't be long before they are able to actually sit and discuss Carnage.
But as it stands, there is nothing coming imminently. We don't often make adjustments to Champions right after they are released. If we get any more information, we'll let you guys know, but I wouldn't expect any buffs in the very near future.
We just want to be kept in the loop.
But still, there's no reason why Carnage should have been released this undertuned if he was actually tested.
Bit disheartened with the whole game knowing clearly no testing really takes place or else the testers must go ignored.
Is supposed to an r4 have the SAME ATTACK as r5? Just no make any sense.
I'm using suicides masteries.
First of all thanks for the update, @Kabam Miike . I appreciate your honesty regarding the situation, and I know that none of this was your decision. However, please pass this along to whoever you pass things along to:
I just don't know what's going through management's collective heads. With Contest of Champions, Kabam and Marvel created an expensive game that cultivated a finite, loyal fan base. But the people who play this game are a loyal Marvel fan base, not a loyal Kabam fan base. One only needs to look at the popularity of other Kabam games in relation to the popularity of CoC to see that this is true.*
Ideally, Kabam's partnership with Marvel should create a brand synergy where a loyal Marvel fan base is able to be consistently be excited about new developments in the game. Instead, that loyalty is overly exploited time and time again due to mediocre work product, short sightedness, and greed. Yet me, like many others, continue to play the game in spite of its shortcomings because of our love for Marvel.
Personally, as a player, I've managed to avoid some of the pitfalls before the Carnage debacle. I was lucky enough to never try for a 5* Phoenix/Spidergwen/LukeCage, I didn't buy the class-specific awakening deal days before you overhauled characters, I bit my tongue through the many poorly received updates.
I'm sure you can look up my account and see that even though I'm not a "whale," I've consistently spent $300 to $500 per month on this game for over two years. Per your global rankings, I am in the top 2,000 for "strongest team" and I'm currently in a top 400 alliance.
Unfortunately I'll be letting my alliance know that I'm taking an indefinite break from the game. 20K of the 45K shards I used to get Carnage came from beating LoL. Now I have a 5* at rank 4 that doesn't improve my quest team or my war team. The poor final product feels like too much of a setback at this point. It just makes more sense to become a free player.
Maybe it makes sense to become a free player at this point. Everyone seems to think that every game has a finite shelf life, and Kabam seems intent on shortening this one. Wasn't there a screenshot making the rounds that outlined Kabam's long-term plans for CoC? And didn't that screenshot show the Punisher/Carnage event occurring much later this year? I don't know when it all ends, but I certainly won't be the last one to turn off the lights.
*As of my writing this post, CoC was the 61st top grossing app in the Apple Store. I could not find Transformers: Forged to Fight in the top 200, despite a marquee advertisement on the App Store homepage.
I know Kabam has massive EGO and they won't admit they made some mistakes or did some disappointing work unless players are super mad. But, trust me, Kabam, this EGO will kill this game sooner or later if you insist on it.
1. Either they don't know how to test a champion.
2. They didn't test this champion.
3. They lied about this champion for profit.
You can still go to the actual spotlight. It's downright laughable the claims they make about him that aren't true. My favorite is that he counters Electro really well due to his bleeds! I try to keep a positive attitude so ill give them the benefit of doubt and choose the first option.
the ploy of offering a person something desirable to gain favor (such as political support) then thwarting expectations with something less desirable
In fair business practice a full refund would be expected along with an apology. Digital goods cash value can be tricky but recent sale of 5 star shards have set the precedent of 500 dollars roughly for 15000. So if someone used 45000 in order to acquire Carnage wouldn't it be fair to say they are entitled to a 1500 dollar refund? I'm not a lawyer, just asking.
@Kabam Miike
I don't like the answer but thank you for the response. As a community we need more of these 5 second responses even if it's to say you have no new news. Otherwise it feels as if we are being ignored and that causes distrust and aggravation.
Nope... The TOS states they reserve the right to change anything in their game without reimbursement. By playing the game you agreed to that.
Not saying I like it, but that's the way it is.
Now, a GOOD gaming development team would take what the community wants and make it happen. But we all know that doesn't happen around here.
A couple of suggestions for the team to look at when they have the time.
1. Carnage imo is great when he's fighting someone with double edge and so is bleeding from the beginning. He's just fun then since you don't have to try to make a heavy connect and instead he causes bleed like OG black panther does. For anyone who hasn't yet, just duel somebody with double edge and see if you agree. He isn't OP by a long shot but at least he is fun to use then and that's the whole point. I can see heavy and sp3 causing longer or stronger bleeds than just regular contact ones but my biggest suggestion to fix him would be to make him cause bleed on any type of hit like BP.
2. Give him a small form of regen. Maybe something triggered if he himself is caused to bleed. Make him all about the bleed no matter who it is who's bleeding.
3. One of the two above are the main things that would be a quick, small but very fun fix to him but I'll still mention it would be nice if he had a 3 second mutation instead of 10. 10 seconds takes way too long and it's a bit of a crapshoot to get a buff you want/need to be permanent.
1 and/or 2 would be enough to make people like him and give him SOME use in AQ or AW. 3 is more of a want than a need.
Just my .2 thanks
That...is not entirely untrue. Most damage dealing champions could probably do as well, if not a little bit worse or better, depending on the case (star-lord), but they're 3* 4/40's, not maxed out 4*s...that's painful...really, really painful...And take the pillows off his hands? Hell, he'd be better if you just cut the whole damned arm off! (Not joking, the symbiote would make sure of it.)
Hopeful that the not "RIGHT NOW" means something is coming. I've been disappointed before but I have a little hope left.
A fix would be better
Not yet. We are going to take a look at him soon, but we don't know when that will be yet.