Symbiote difficulty rewards are trash for the suggested difficulty, going to be so much harder and I just don't see the point if you need to waste resources to complete it.
And will you please answer the question about energy cost for this difficulty? If it's just like 2 chapters then it's not big deal. If it's a full 6 maps like Epic that's a huge problem.
Correct me if I'm wrong but does it not state For completing and mastering ALL of the Symbiote Quests, you earn:
1x 5-Star Featured Hero Crystal
2500x 5-Star Shards
18000x T2 Alpha Catalyst Fragment
10x 5-Star Sig Stone Crystal
1x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal
1x Monstrous Master Title
So this surely means we need to 100% complete beginner-epic to gain these rewards and not that symbiote is a new difficulty.
Scratch that just reread the poorly described post!!
Guys, chill. Think of symbiote difficulty as a boss rush or champion challenge. It’s just extra. The rewards look like they match the champion challenges and will probably be that difficulty with the symbioid. Seriously, the symbiod will also make clearing uncollected easier as well. Ain’t no “symbiote supreme needs to be nerfed” posts this month!
The situation Kabam has put themselves in is that they have practically ‘given’ everyone a champ which is able to clear every difficulty regardless of your roster. The symbioid is 30% stronger than a 6* rank 2, so it basically beats every other champ, especially with enhancements. Interestingly, they have made it such that you need 1 more Klyntar catalyst to reach rank 5, than what is given for exploring beginner to master.
This means that a factor for distinguishing mid or late game players comes in where the catalysts are given. If they are given throughout the event quest, clearing one quest on epic difficulty might be manageable for most, leading to MOST mid tier players being able to reach rank 5 on the symbioid. I suspect this is the case, which is why they have tuned down the rewards for the symbioid difficulty.
Imagine if someone with just 4/40s can get the rank 5 symbioid and hence clear symbiote difficulty, there becomes a problem with controlling progression. Giving too many late game rewards (people asking for 6* shards and t5bc) means that mid tier players have access to tons of late game rewards, which becomes weird when a mid tier player is able to get a 6* that quickly.
I appreciate that Kabam has already made epic difficulty available for all players, so that mid tier players can have some end game rewards, but perhaps further increasing rewards in symbiote difficulty will tip the scales too much.
Lately, Kabam seems to be giving more skill based challenges like the danger room, allowing mid tier players to catch up with end game players, and the symbiote difficulty seems like another of such an event. Thankfully, the occult labs will still allow end game players to progress faster with better rewards, so overall the rewards cater to both mid and end game players.
The situation Kabam has put themselves in is that they have practically ‘given’ everyone a champ which is able to clear every difficulty regardless of your roster. The symbioid is 30% stronger than a 6* rank 2, so it basically beats every other champ, especially with enhancements. Interestingly, they have made it such that you need 1 more Klyntar catalyst to reach rank 5, than what is given for exploring beginner to master.
This means that a factor for distinguishing mid or late game players comes in where the catalysts are given. If they are given throughout the event quest, clearing one quest on epic difficulty might be manageable for most, leading to MOST mid tier players being able to reach rank 5 on the symbioid. I suspect this is the case, which is why they have tuned down the rewards for the symbioid difficulty.
Imagine if someone with just 4/40s can get the rank 5 symbioid and hence clear symbiote difficulty, there becomes a problem with controlling progression. Giving too many late game rewards (people asking for 6* shards and t5bc) means that mid tier players have access to tons of late game rewards, which becomes weird when a mid tier player is able to get a 6* that quickly.
I appreciate that Kabam has already made epic difficulty available for all players, so that mid tier players can have some end game rewards, but perhaps further increasing rewards in symbiote difficulty will tip the scales too much.
Lately, Kabam seems to be giving more skill based challenges like the danger room, allowing mid tier players to catch up with end game players, and the symbiote difficulty seems like another of such an event. Thankfully, the occult labs will still allow end game players to progress faster with better rewards, so overall the rewards cater to both mid and end game players.
I don't know why, but as a mid-tier player, this was beautiful to read. lol
@Kabam Miike Will the Symbiote difficulty be the same quest with the same number of paths required for exploration, just harder nodes/stronger opponents?
The situation Kabam has put themselves in is that they have practically ‘given’ everyone a champ which is able to clear every difficulty regardless of your roster. The symbioid is 30% stronger than a 6* rank 2, so it basically beats every other champ, especially with enhancements. Interestingly, they have made it such that you need 1 more Klyntar catalyst to reach rank 5, than what is given for exploring beginner to master.
This means that a factor for distinguishing mid or late game players comes in where the catalysts are given. If they are given throughout the event quest, clearing one quest on epic difficulty might be manageable for most, leading to MOST mid tier players being able to reach rank 5 on the symbioid. I suspect this is the case, which is why they have tuned down the rewards for the symbioid difficulty.
Imagine if someone with just 4/40s can get the rank 5 symbioid and hence clear symbiote difficulty, there becomes a problem with controlling progression. Giving too many late game rewards (people asking for 6* shards and t5bc) means that mid tier players have access to tons of late game rewards, which becomes weird when a mid tier player is able to get a 6* that quickly.
I appreciate that Kabam has already made epic difficulty available for all players, so that mid tier players can have some end game rewards, but perhaps further increasing rewards in symbiote difficulty will tip the scales too much.
Lately, Kabam seems to be giving more skill based challenges like the danger room, allowing mid tier players to catch up with end game players, and the symbiote difficulty seems like another of such an event. Thankfully, the occult labs will still allow end game players to progress faster with better rewards, so overall the rewards cater to both mid and end game players.
I don't know why, but as a mid-tier player, this was beautiful to read. lol
Firstly, the Master Key has been destroyed. Yes, you read that right, the Master Key has been destroyed, and the Master Difficulty has been unlocked for the foreseeable future.
@Kabam Miike Can we get a straight forward anwser for how much energy do we need for symbiote difficulty? At least is it the same to other difficulties or shorter??
Do we ask so much that you can t reveal?
I have a question about the enhancements. I just looked through various enhancements and there’s no indication as to how long they last. I thought I saw somewhere that these enhancements were similar to boosts where they would last a set duration. So can you please clarify if we buy the enhancement if it has a set timer or if it lasts for the full length of the monthly EQ?
I have a question about the enhancements. I just looked through various enhancements and there’s no indication as to how long they last. I thought I saw somewhere that these enhancements were similar to boosts where they would last a set duration. So can you please clarify if we buy the enhancement if it has a set timer or if it lasts for the full length of the monthly EQ?
I second this. Would like to know if it is a "one fight" boost, or if it can be used across multiple fights.
@Kabam Miike Can we get a straight forward anwser for how much energy do we need for symbiote difficulty? At least is it the same to other difficulties or shorter??
Do we ask so much that you can t reveal?
The Symbiote difficulty will have the same per tile energy as Epic (or Uncollected in other months), but each map will have less paths than the Epic version.
Chapter 1
Quest 1 - 2 Paths
Quest 2 - 2 Paths
@Kabam Miike Can we get a straight forward anwser for how much energy do we need for symbiote difficulty? At least is it the same to other difficulties or shorter??
Do we ask so much that you can t reveal?
The Symbiote difficulty will have the same per tile energy as Epic (or Uncollected in other months), but each map will have less paths than the Epic version.
Chapter 1
Quest 1 - 2 Paths
Quest 2 - 2 Paths
This whole thing feels like a large scale beta to judge how we do with stronger champs on the current content, and seeing how difficult act 6 and new monthlies need to be based on how we perform with the symbiote in the symbiote difficulty.
For completing and mastering all of the Symbiote Quests, you earn:
1x 5-Star Featured Hero Crystal
2500x 5-Star Shards
18000x T2 Alpha Catalyst Fragment
10x 5-Star Sig Stone Crystal
1x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal
1x Monstrous Master Title[/color]
It should be:
1x 5-Star Featured Hero Crystal
2500x 6-Star Shards
18000x Tier 5 Generic Catalyst Shard
20x 5-Star Sig Stone Crystal
1x T2 Alpha Catalyst
1x Monstrous Master Title
I agree
Hey be happy with a nice Title and a Featured Crystal. We players who have a life are stuck as shadowy ducks.
@Kabam Miike Can we get a straight forward anwser for how much energy do we need for symbiote difficulty? At least is it the same to other difficulties or shorter??
Do we ask so much that you can t reveal?
The Symbiote difficulty will have the same per tile energy as Epic (or Uncollected in other months), but each map will have less paths than the Epic version.
Chapter 1
Quest 1 - 2 Paths
Quest 2 - 2 Paths
Chapter 2
Quest 1 - 3 Paths
Quest 2 - 3 Paths
Chapter 1
Quest 1 - 4 Paths
Quest 2 - 5 Paths
Thank you for the answer, cool event can t wait to play it, i m curious if I can do it with my 5* r5, without the symbiote!
@Kabam Vydious Will we be able to run the Symbiote difficulty 1st or will we need to explore the Epic difficulty to unlock Symbiote difficulty?
Even if you don't need to, you sure as hell won't be able to clear Symbiote without doing Epic...maybe even all the difficulties; it would be just like Kabam to make that a requirement if you wanna level up this thing. Besides, Symbiote difficulty isn't available until later I think.
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1x 5-Star Featured Hero Crystal
2500x 5-Star Shards
18000x T2 Alpha Catalyst Fragment
10x 5-Star Sig Stone Crystal
1x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal
1x Monstrous Master Title
So this surely means we need to 100% complete beginner-epic to gain these rewards and not that symbiote is a new difficulty.
Scratch that just reread the poorly described post!!
This means that a factor for distinguishing mid or late game players comes in where the catalysts are given. If they are given throughout the event quest, clearing one quest on epic difficulty might be manageable for most, leading to MOST mid tier players being able to reach rank 5 on the symbioid. I suspect this is the case, which is why they have tuned down the rewards for the symbioid difficulty.
Imagine if someone with just 4/40s can get the rank 5 symbioid and hence clear symbiote difficulty, there becomes a problem with controlling progression. Giving too many late game rewards (people asking for 6* shards and t5bc) means that mid tier players have access to tons of late game rewards, which becomes weird when a mid tier player is able to get a 6* that quickly.
I appreciate that Kabam has already made epic difficulty available for all players, so that mid tier players can have some end game rewards, but perhaps further increasing rewards in symbiote difficulty will tip the scales too much.
Lately, Kabam seems to be giving more skill based challenges like the danger room, allowing mid tier players to catch up with end game players, and the symbiote difficulty seems like another of such an event. Thankfully, the occult labs will still allow end game players to progress faster with better rewards, so overall the rewards cater to both mid and end game players.
I don't know why, but as a mid-tier player, this was beautiful to read. lol
That's because I'm a mid-tier player too xD
to bring the Symbioid to 5-rank you have "only" to fully explore epic level
Shouldnt that mean Master is locked forever lol?
Can a maxed Symbiote be used in a legends run?
That's actually a really good question... It would put many more players on the same playing field if they can be used for legends run.
Level Up: Unknown
Rank Up: Klyntar Catalysts and 1 Gold
From what I can see l, only rank ups needed, no lvlup
Do we ask so much that you can t reveal?
I second this. Would like to know if it is a "one fight" boost, or if it can be used across multiple fights.
The Symbiote difficulty will have the same per tile energy as Epic (or Uncollected in other months), but each map will have less paths than the Epic version.
Chapter 1
Quest 1 - 2 Paths
Quest 2 - 2 Paths
Chapter 2
Quest 1 - 3 Paths
Quest 2 - 3 Paths
Chapter 3
Quest 1 - 4 Paths
Quest 2 - 5 Paths
That's really not too bad! Thanks for the update.
Hey be happy with a nice Title and a Featured Crystal. We players who have a life are stuck as shadowy ducks.
Thank you for the answer, cool event can t wait to play it, i m curious if I can do it with my 5* r5, without the symbiote!
Even if you don't need to, you sure as hell won't be able to clear Symbiote without doing Epic...maybe even all the difficulties; it would be just like Kabam to make that a requirement if you wanna level up this thing. Besides, Symbiote difficulty isn't available until later I think.