Kabam, we really only taking a 2 week break between AW seasons?
The cheating and piloting methods are still being used and Kabam has not figured out a way to detect these new methods. There are known methods to reveal defense placement and piloting that cannot be detected by Kabam. Yet Kabam pushes on to season 3 with a short 2 week break?
Its not seasons that made cheating rampant. Its the season rewards that drive people to cheat.
AW rewards is the only place in any mode that allows the massive amount of rank up resources people need to rank up 5 & 6 star champs.
If Kabam lowered rewards in AW and updated AQ with similar rewards cheating would be less rampant.
I agree in part. But rather than lower rewards in absolute terms, I believe that parcelling it down in smaller packages, with shorter seasons, would achieve pretty much the same objective. Shorter seasons is something others have been advocating for, and makes tons of sense. For starters, it will reduce the stress on each and every alliance, and in turn leadership and members. Think of something like AQ - each 'competition' is 5 days long; if something goes wrong, or you miss the target, so be it, you try again next week. For AW seasons, the 2 month period is insane. You have to play at a top level for 24 wars in a row, and the pressure comes from the fact that if you screw up just 1 time too many, you could be missing out on some massive rewards. Now if those rewards were parcelled down to half their sizes and seasons cut down to 1 month for instance, then you get closer to the AQ mentality whereby alliances feel less stress and think "ok that was a mess up this month, we'll do better next month".
All this pressure on players is an extremely short sighted move by Kabam's part to squeeze value out of their current player base. I humbly and respectfully urge the game team to listen to the community. Preserve the community you have now, reduce the stress and pressure on players and leadership alike. You'll still get the spending in AW if you just cut down the seasons length. Something like the length of season 3 should be possible to be changed with effect right now!
Cut the season down to 2 weeks. Drop the rewards by 75% to reflect that and balance them so each tier down isn't as game changing.
Just look at AQ, move up a tier is like ~200 more glory and maybe an extra glory crystal. No one feels the need to freak out to get the next tier or kick half the alliance if you drop a tier.
I get it, 2 weeks is short and all but why is everyone so surprised?
It was only a month last time and Kabam had said that the last break was going to be longer than the usual break between seasons.
Who cares if the game is broken, if people are cheating and taking advantage of the system? Kabam has to make that money and Crystal Opening Whale alone isn't going to keep the lights on (okay, maybe so.)
Bugged champs, lags a plenty, poor decisions? Sounds like business as usual to me.
And the saddest thing is we'll all continue to eat it up and pander to the Kabam overlords.
If you don't like AW, don't participate in it. I am in a chill alliance that runs 2 BGs in AW. We win some, we lose some. At the end of the day it's just a game people. Relax a little bit and enjoy your life outside the game. You can't stop all the cheaters out there.
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The cheating and piloting methods are still being used and Kabam has not figured out a way to detect these new methods. There are known methods to reveal defense placement and piloting that cannot be detected by Kabam. Yet Kabam pushes on to season 3 with a short 2 week break?
4 weeks is way too long!
But i would prefer 6 week season 2 weeks off
Pretty much how i feel right now
AW rewards is the only place in any mode that allows the massive amount of rank up resources people need to rank up 5 & 6 star champs.
If Kabam lowered rewards in AW and updated AQ with similar rewards cheating would be less rampant.
I agree in part. But rather than lower rewards in absolute terms, I believe that parcelling it down in smaller packages, with shorter seasons, would achieve pretty much the same objective. Shorter seasons is something others have been advocating for, and makes tons of sense. For starters, it will reduce the stress on each and every alliance, and in turn leadership and members. Think of something like AQ - each 'competition' is 5 days long; if something goes wrong, or you miss the target, so be it, you try again next week. For AW seasons, the 2 month period is insane. You have to play at a top level for 24 wars in a row, and the pressure comes from the fact that if you screw up just 1 time too many, you could be missing out on some massive rewards. Now if those rewards were parcelled down to half their sizes and seasons cut down to 1 month for instance, then you get closer to the AQ mentality whereby alliances feel less stress and think "ok that was a mess up this month, we'll do better next month".
All this pressure on players is an extremely short sighted move by Kabam's part to squeeze value out of their current player base. I humbly and respectfully urge the game team to listen to the community. Preserve the community you have now, reduce the stress and pressure on players and leadership alike. You'll still get the spending in AW if you just cut down the seasons length. Something like the length of season 3 should be possible to be changed with effect right now!
Just look at AQ, move up a tier is like ~200 more glory and maybe an extra glory crystal. No one feels the need to freak out to get the next tier or kick half the alliance if you drop a tier.
It was only a month last time and Kabam had said that the last break was going to be longer than the usual break between seasons.
Who cares if the game is broken, if people are cheating and taking advantage of the system? Kabam has to make that money and Crystal Opening Whale alone isn't going to keep the lights on (okay, maybe so.)
Bugged champs, lags a plenty, poor decisions? Sounds like business as usual to me.
And the saddest thing is we'll all continue to eat it up and pander to the Kabam overlords.
Next year
So after all this discussion, so no changes on July 11th or?