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Comparison of Rank Rewards in Exclusive Goldpool Arena vs Non-Exclusive 5* Featured Arena
Hulk_77
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Rank 1:
Goldpool: 5* Goldpool, 600 6* Shards
5*Featured: 5* Featured Champion, 800 6* Shards
Difference: Non-Exclusive Arena gets 200 more 6* Shards
Rank 2-10:
Goldpool: 5* Goldpool, 600 6* Shards
5*Featured: 5* Featured Champion, 400 6* Shards
Difference: Goldpool arena gets 200 more 6* Shards
Rank 11-150:
Goldpool: 5* Goldpool, 400 6* Shards
5*Featured: 5* Featured Champion, 400 6* Shards
Difference: Tied
Rank 151-200:
Goldpool: 5* Goldpool, 400 6* Shards
5* Featured: 2000 5* Shards, 200 6* Shards
Difference: Goldpool arena still gets featured 5* and an extra 200 more 6* Shards
Top 1-10%:
Goldpool: 1200 5* Shards, 200 6* Shards
5*Featured: 2000 5* Shards, 200 6* Shards
Difference: Non-Exclusive Arena gets 800 more 5* shards
Top 11-30%:
Goldpool: 800 5* Shards, 100 6* Shards
5* Featured: 1000 5* Shards, 100 6* Shards
Difference: Non-Exclusive Arena gets 200 more 5* Shards
Top 31-60%:
Goldpool: 400 5* Shards, 1 greater arena boost crystal
5* Featured: 500 5* Shards, 2 greater arena boost crystal
Difference: Non-Exclusive Arena gets 100 more 5* Shards and an extra GAB crystal
Top 61-100%:
Goldpool: 200 5* Shards, 1 greater arena boost crystal
5* Featured: 200 5* Shards, 2 greater arena boost crystal
Difference: Non-Exclusive Arena gets an extra GAB crystal
So, this Goldpool arena that was hyped up for a month and promised "big rewards" is actually paying out less than the standard, run of the mill, 5* featured arena for every single player except those that rank 2-9 and 151-200.
If this had been advertised as an arena with no gold cost per fight, milestones that pay out lots of battle chips and gold, that'd be one thing. Accurate in its description of the "benefits" of having the ultra exclusive access to the arean. Instead, this arena was marketed as the place to get "big" rewards of Goldpool himself (just like any other featured, except he won't be in normal crystals maybe), lots of 6* shards and 5* shards. That was incredibly poor description of the rewards, because the vast majority of people participating in this arena will get LESS rewards that actually matter to them (5* and 6* shards) than they would in the standard and not remotely exclusive featured 5* arena.
As a paying customer I am beyond upset over this. It is very clear to anyone who plays this game that these rewards are not what was advertised. I guess if you'd said "grind a unit gated arena incredibly hard or spend lots of units on a crystal that grants access as a super rare drop to join this arena where you will get less than you would normally of the things you care about, but hey, extra battle chips and gold." that would've been honest. This was intentionally misleading. With everything else you have going on right now upsetting the community, this one is probably the easiest one to fix. If you ignore this and do not make it right by greatly increasing the rewards, you will lose customers, starting with this one.
Regards,
Hulk_77
Goldpool: 5* Goldpool, 600 6* Shards
5*Featured: 5* Featured Champion, 800 6* Shards
Difference: Non-Exclusive Arena gets 200 more 6* Shards
Rank 2-10:
Goldpool: 5* Goldpool, 600 6* Shards
5*Featured: 5* Featured Champion, 400 6* Shards
Difference: Goldpool arena gets 200 more 6* Shards
Rank 11-150:
Goldpool: 5* Goldpool, 400 6* Shards
5*Featured: 5* Featured Champion, 400 6* Shards
Difference: Tied
Rank 151-200:
Goldpool: 5* Goldpool, 400 6* Shards
5* Featured: 2000 5* Shards, 200 6* Shards
Difference: Goldpool arena still gets featured 5* and an extra 200 more 6* Shards
Top 1-10%:
Goldpool: 1200 5* Shards, 200 6* Shards
5*Featured: 2000 5* Shards, 200 6* Shards
Difference: Non-Exclusive Arena gets 800 more 5* shards
Top 11-30%:
Goldpool: 800 5* Shards, 100 6* Shards
5* Featured: 1000 5* Shards, 100 6* Shards
Difference: Non-Exclusive Arena gets 200 more 5* Shards
Top 31-60%:
Goldpool: 400 5* Shards, 1 greater arena boost crystal
5* Featured: 500 5* Shards, 2 greater arena boost crystal
Difference: Non-Exclusive Arena gets 100 more 5* Shards and an extra GAB crystal
Top 61-100%:
Goldpool: 200 5* Shards, 1 greater arena boost crystal
5* Featured: 200 5* Shards, 2 greater arena boost crystal
Difference: Non-Exclusive Arena gets an extra GAB crystal
So, this Goldpool arena that was hyped up for a month and promised "big rewards" is actually paying out less than the standard, run of the mill, 5* featured arena for every single player except those that rank 2-9 and 151-200.
If this had been advertised as an arena with no gold cost per fight, milestones that pay out lots of battle chips and gold, that'd be one thing. Accurate in its description of the "benefits" of having the ultra exclusive access to the arean. Instead, this arena was marketed as the place to get "big" rewards of Goldpool himself (just like any other featured, except he won't be in normal crystals maybe), lots of 6* shards and 5* shards. That was incredibly poor description of the rewards, because the vast majority of people participating in this arena will get LESS rewards that actually matter to them (5* and 6* shards) than they would in the standard and not remotely exclusive featured 5* arena.
As a paying customer I am beyond upset over this. It is very clear to anyone who plays this game that these rewards are not what was advertised. I guess if you'd said "grind a unit gated arena incredibly hard or spend lots of units on a crystal that grants access as a super rare drop to join this arena where you will get less than you would normally of the things you care about, but hey, extra battle chips and gold." that would've been honest. This was intentionally misleading. With everything else you have going on right now upsetting the community, this one is probably the easiest one to fix. If you ignore this and do not make it right by greatly increasing the rewards, you will lose customers, starting with this one.
Regards,
Hulk_77
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Comments
No WONDER they called them the FOOLS GOLD crystals. These rewards are in no way 'big' as advertised, and it feels more like they've scammed the player base once again.
There is no advantage in doing the goldpool arena, and I can't believe how they got the courage to introduce this this way, after saying all of that in the announcement thread.
I suppose... you get a new shiny title that featured 5 * arena doesn't provide!!! You shall forever be branded a "gold member!"
Edited: Realize its for a 5 * not a 6 * ...oops.
that's very lame, those units spent on ticket could never worse it
They should change it to say "I'm with stupid" with an arrow pointing to your user name.
Agreed! I would much prefer if the title was named/renamed to k-a-b-a-m-m-e-d! At least it would provide some much needed comic relief and I would be entertained.
Edited: Looks like the k b m ed is filtered out.
the complaint is how much this arena was hyped up to be great for 5* and 6* shards, aswell as having the chance to earn goldpool, when in fact for most ranked reward brackets the shards are less.
But I don’t expect you to understand the perfectly valid complaints here GW.
What does it offer that the one one didn't? Goldpool? That's impossible for android user's, and probably only big spenders will get him.
Milestones are irrelevant since they are pratically the same. Rank rewards are worse, even though the announcement thread stated that there was going to be "big rewards" instead of "standard rewards, but slighly less".
Is a way of business to give hope to the players, and in the end, there isn't anything excited at all. People that grinded for the ticket will not use it, and instead they will just play the regular arrna for better rewards
I'm doing it because I want the Title. Lol. I'll do some Milestones and be happy. I run 3 or 4 at any given time anyway.
I'm not here because I don't play the game.
When you say "the focus" I assume you mean "your focus." Because the arena wasn't promoted as a limited time arena whose focus was Goldpool. It was promoted as a "wonderful world" arena with "big rewards" such as 5* and 6* shards.
I'm not as upset about the rewards as some other players, but had I know what the actual rewards were in this arena I would have probably made zero attempt to acquire the ticket to enter it. It is worth doing only because I have the ticket, and it takes no effort to reach the first milestone, and if I have time after doing other grinding I'll return to it. But it is a low priority arena for me.
They hype just about everything when it's released. That's marketing. It wasn't advertised as equal or more Shards/Milestones than regular Featured Arenas. That much was an expectation generated by the anticipation.
There is "hype", and there is "misleading".
People will have different opinions on where the line is, but for me at least, on this occasion the company crossed that line.
It is bad marketing if the actual delivery is so dramatically different from the impression they give that it damages the credibility of all future marketing. The whole point to marketing is setting expectations, not writing fine print legal disclaimers. Saying they didn't actually directly promise anything in the marketing is saying nothing at all, because that's not how good marketing is judged.
Would people have preferred if they said, "Vie for a chance to win the exclusive Goldpool, along with less Shards than you usually get!". No. I was highlighting the fact that the hype, as with many things, was exaggerated. I saw several Posts in anticipation for the Milestones. Expectation builds up more. Then leads to disappointment because inevitably, the reality is not the same as the expectation. People gained entry in one of two ways, Ranking in the DP Arena, or RNGesus granted them a Ticket. People were no doubt pulling Crystals for Goldpool, not Tickets. That makes logical sense. The Arena is for a chance at Goldpool. The Milestones aren't really the central focus, IMO. Not just because of my view personally, but because of the exclusivity of the Champ. The reaction is as if they somehow deceived people, but it was an add-on. It's not as if the sale of the Crystals were intended to deceive people based on the Milestones. It's really not that complicated. If people don't care for them, they don't have to run it. The only reason there's so much focus on them is because the vast majority won't win him, fair enough. I just don't agree that the marketing is that diabolically deceptive. They're Buzz Words. As with most things that come, people get carried away, and end up let down.
As OP has pointed out, there is nothing unique left for players who aren't aiming for the top 200...
Really sad to see how stingy you guys are with rewarding the community for the time they put into your game...
That's completely irrelevant for a comparison of rank rewards, which this is.
true
This event is based on gold hence deadpool breaking the bank, pools gold and mercs for the money
Gold is the main focus not crystals
They didn't advertise it as an arena with extra gold and battle chips. They advertised it as big rewards with 5* and 6* shards. I have 10M+ gold. I wouldn't have tried for a ticket if they had advertised it accurately.