Forget about the shards, i thought they mentioned the materials getting easier to obtain. What good is a 5* if you cant upgrade them really. I hope todays deal for $70 for half a T2A wasnt the idea they had in mind. So far nothing that was mentioned in the announcement or the way the community understood it even seems true. When 6* are released there is a good chance T5B will have been released a few weeks prior. I love this game but this is all getting annoying now. Rant done
We've also introduced the Grandmaster Crystal, which has a rare chance at a 5-Star Champion.
Ok, so are you telling us the spending money/units for a very common chance to get nothing else than a garbage/useless 3s is one of the way to get more 5s???
Thank you.
All you need are 37 of those useless 3* to get a 4* (assuming all are dupes and no max sig crystals). Then you only need 37 of those 4* to get a 5* (once again assuming all are dupes and no max sig crystals). That's only 1,369 crystals to get your 5*. 1,369 GMC x 200 units a piece is only 273,800 units. You can have your very own 5* for a low price of 88.3 Odins or $8,830. What a steal!
Don't forget the $560 you will need to spend for 4 t2a catlayst (current going rate is $70 for half a catlyst) to rank your new 5* up.
Well they are given everyone who completes 5.3 the ability to take a 5* from r2-r3. So we should all be excited about that. I mean really, why not have a 5* that is the same as all my 4* its amazing progress. When it takes 4 t2a to r4 a 5* for them not to be releasing some form in calendar or quest is a slap in the face of the players. They know it, and by the time they get around to it we will be trying to compete against 6* that are stacked and on Degen nodes. It's a shame really. I've wished for months now that Marvel would open a gaming studio and just pull the license from Kabam. At least I feel like they would actually listen and be concerned about the player base. There was a time when Kabam cared, they owned up for server issues, they reimbursed units and items, they had actual communication with players.
Now they are the Good Fellas of gaming. Any problems, you go to canned support. Trouble with the connection? You can go to canned support. Trouble with the modders, hackers, cheaters, you can email canned support. But now the you gotta come up with Kabams money every week, no matter what. You Want T2A? Screw you, pay me. Oh, you want 5* shards? Screw you, pay me. Resources should be available, huh? Screw you, pay me.
There are so many suggestion on how to release resources without flooding and none of it is considered. None of it is even discussed. We come here thinking we can be heard, but we can't. The mods are great and have a tough job. They don't make these decisions. They are the canned support of forums. They have no power in game development as I firmly believe they would listen if they did. But they are probably told every time they go to the game team, "You are out of your league, Donnie" go back to your desk. So I salute them for putting up with us.
t4b Quest with full reward
t2c quest that you didn't have to grind 4 full times for one cat would be nice.
Multiple arena milestones for alphas, could be one arena for t3b,t4b,t1a,t2a(shards)
More quests like the rifts (random chance for solid awesome rewards, but still awesome rewards)
Full time 30 minute timers for AQ (This has allowed many of us to enjoy life)
These are some of the few things I would love to see.
We've also introduced the Grandmaster Crystal, which has a rare chance at a 5-Star Champion.
Ok, so are you telling us the spending money/units for a very common chance to get nothing else than a garbage/useless 3s is one of the way to get more 5s???
Thank you.
All you need are 37 of those useless 3* to get a 4* (assuming all are dupes and no max sig crystals). Then you only need 37 of those 4* to get a 5* (once again assuming all are dupes and no max sig crystals). That's only 1,369 crystals to get your 5*. 1,369 GMC x 200 units a piece is only 273,800 units. You can have your very own 5* for a low price of 88.3 Odins or $8,830. What a steal!
Don't forget the $560 you will need to spend for 4 t2a catlayst (current going rate is $70 for half a catlyst) to rank your new 5* up.
Compared to how much it will cost for a 5*, that's just pennies on the dollar.
Not sure what all the complaining is about with this months calendar. Sure we don't get half a 5 star like last month but we all get a whole 3 star carnage! After this month everyone will be uncollected!
Oh, don't kid yourselves... back when they first said it, Kabam had every intention of making 5* shards more accessible. That is, until all the big spenders came out against their horribly received 6* plan and stopped spending money...
Now, they're trying to pull back the reigns and slow the "watering down" process so they can try to reassure the whales that their huge investments won't be devalued so much, so quickly.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem to be working out very well.
I have to laugh at comments like this. The "whales" aren't against 6* because of the reasons you list. It's because they also want more 5* shards, more t2a and especially t5b first just like you. The biggest complaint I have heard from everyone regardless of how much they do or don't spend about 6* is that we cannot even fully rank a 5* yet. This calendar, the monthly quest, and worst of all act 5.3 have done nothing to change that for anybody.
We've also introduced the Grandmaster Crystal, which has a rare chance at a 5-Star Champion.
Ok, so are you telling us the spending money/units for a very common chance to get nothing else than a garbage/useless 3s is one of the way to get more 5s???
Thank you.
All you need are 37 of those useless 3* to get a 4* (assuming all are dupes and no max sig crystals). Then you only need 37 of those 4* to get a 5* (once again assuming all are dupes and no max sig crystals). That's only 1,369 crystals to get your 5*. 1,369 GMC x 200 units a piece is only 273,800 units. You can have your very own 5* for a low price of 88.3 Odins or $8,830. What a steal!
I am just wondering who decided 37 dupes was to be the magic number to form a crystal of the next * level.
We've also introduced the Grandmaster Crystal, which has a rare chance at a 5-Star Champion.
Ok, so are you telling us the spending money/units for a very common chance to get nothing else than a garbage/useless 3s is one of the way to get more 5s???
Thank you.
All you need are 37 of those useless 3* to get a 4* (assuming all are dupes and no max sig crystals). Then you only need 37 of those 4* to get a 5* (once again assuming all are dupes and no max sig crystals). That's only 1,369 crystals to get your 5*. 1,369 GMC x 200 units a piece is only 273,800 units. You can have your very own 5* for a low price of 88.3 Odins or $8,830. What a steal!
I am just wondering who decided 37 dupes was to be the magic number to form a crystal of the next * level.
One 4* dupe gives 275 5* crystal
So duping 37 4* gives
Is anyone really surprised that we aren't seeing any additional 5* shards available ? This is pretty much Kabams SOP, they create hype about something to pique our interest and promote a few deals, but nothing really happens besides new bugs that cost us resources and the things we really want remain unobtainable in any realistic way.
When the announced 6*s and said 5*s would be more easily obtained, I foolishly believed them. Then the new calendar came out with no 5* shards, not t2 alpha shards, no t5b shards, and it is actually worse than the calendar proceeding the 6* announcement.
The new grandmaster crystals are no better than the phc crystals, there isn't really any use for 3* champs just like 2* champs, you're just paying twice as much for 55 4* shards in most cases, I made the mistake of buying 10 and got all 3*s, that's not exactly a great deal for the money considering an extra 25% cost increase would have at least guaranteed a 4* instead of a little better than a 1000 4* shards, maybe more since I have so many max sig 3* since the sig stones are so easily attained. This is all typical Kabam trying to spin things to make it look like they are doing the things we want but actually just using marketing ploys to try to milk more money from us.
I'm convinced we won't even see r5 5* champs before 6*s are released, and it will probably be rewards for completing act 6 100%, as so far act 5 hasn't even included any t2 alphas that we all need on top of the t5b.
It's all just another hyped up let down from kabam, coupled with the delay in war costing us even more potential 5* shards while we wait. They could have at least made act 5.3 exploration give a r3-r4 5* stone instead of the r2-r3 which isnt something most who are completing that quest need.
The sad thing is they really do listen to us players, then give us the opposite of what we want while pitching it as a token of appreciation. It's a shame they keep following this same pattern of pissing off their players who have supported them for so long and made them their fortune. Seeing these recent announcements has really changed my mind on future spending.
The direction is only the deal. You wanna change for 5s? Buy units for buy GM Crystal.
You wanna make a 5s r4? Spend money for 18k Alpha2 shards.
Chapter 3 of act 5 "still whitout Alpha2 or shards Alpha2" in rewards!!!
The quantity of shares in glorystore and the chance for daily crystal are too low for a veteran advanced player.
Rank a 5s is more accessibility? No, is a joke.
They said 5* shards would be more available along with t2as and eventually t5bs. Seeing the offers lately and 5.3 rewards they obviously meant you'll need to pay for them. Im done spending anything on this game but I'm sure some will.
The biggest complaint I have heard from everyone regardless of how much they do or don't spend about 6* is that we cannot even fully rank a 5* yet. This calendar, the monthly quest, and worst of all act 5.3 have done nothing to change that for anybody.
I agree that complaint is more common among the broader player population, but it's actually a small part of what I'm talking about.
Devaluation.
The guys who spend the most money are upset because the rosters they've spent thousands of dollars on have been devalued with the introduction of 6* champs. They've spent thousands to build up 300K accounts that they haven't even been able to truly enjoy, yet (like you said)... and now they're being devalued by something more powerful than what they've already invested in.
It was in Big B's post here on the forums (the new car example), it's what Crus had stated in an interview with Rich the Man (see here: https://youtu.be/1_TWgRT_AwY ), etc, etc... I see it over and over again.
Like it or not, the money the "whales" spend is what keeps the game free or mostly-free for the rest of us and when they stop spending it makes an impact on everyone.
I have a 470k account, does that make me a "whale" or just somebody who has been playing for a long time? If so the only thing I see devaluing my account is the lucky guy pulling full 5* for 200 units from gm crystals instead of grinding and saving for them like the rest of us had to. I have plenty of 5*, I don't see them being devalued much by 6*. If anything is getting devalued it is the newer and completely free to play accounts that are still relying on their 4*s which are now the new 3*. Also, the fact I have not been able to get any real progression in this game for close to a year now is getting old. People should have max 5* on their rosters before 6* are even thought about. Getting really sick of not being able to rank up the champs I already have is my main problem with all of this. Kabam should have addressed that first. All honesty I am just getting bored at this point and considering moving on from MCOC to other things.
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Don't forget the $560 you will need to spend for 4 t2a catlayst (current going rate is $70 for half a catlyst) to rank your new 5* up.
Now they are the Good Fellas of gaming. Any problems, you go to canned support. Trouble with the connection? You can go to canned support. Trouble with the modders, hackers, cheaters, you can email canned support. But now the you gotta come up with Kabams money every week, no matter what. You Want T2A? Screw you, pay me. Oh, you want 5* shards? Screw you, pay me. Resources should be available, huh? Screw you, pay me.
There are so many suggestion on how to release resources without flooding and none of it is considered. None of it is even discussed. We come here thinking we can be heard, but we can't. The mods are great and have a tough job. They don't make these decisions. They are the canned support of forums. They have no power in game development as I firmly believe they would listen if they did. But they are probably told every time they go to the game team, "You are out of your league, Donnie" go back to your desk. So I salute them for putting up with us.
t4b Quest with full reward
t2c quest that you didn't have to grind 4 full times for one cat would be nice.
Multiple arena milestones for alphas, could be one arena for t3b,t4b,t1a,t2a(shards)
More quests like the rifts (random chance for solid awesome rewards, but still awesome rewards)
Full time 30 minute timers for AQ (This has allowed many of us to enjoy life)
These are some of the few things I would love to see.
Nope!
Compared to how much it will cost for a 5*, that's just pennies on the dollar.
I have to laugh at comments like this. The "whales" aren't against 6* because of the reasons you list. It's because they also want more 5* shards, more t2a and especially t5b first just like you. The biggest complaint I have heard from everyone regardless of how much they do or don't spend about 6* is that we cannot even fully rank a 5* yet. This calendar, the monthly quest, and worst of all act 5.3 have done nothing to change that for anybody.
That's the only part of aw that needed to be adjusted so that it's worth spending units and resources to stay in tier 1 or top 50.
The entire War System needed a revamp either way. It hasn't been changed since they added Expert Tier.
I am just wondering who decided 37 dupes was to be the magic number to form a crystal of the next * level.
One 4* dupe gives 275 5* crystal
So duping 37 4* gives
36*275 = 9900 shards (excluding Max sig crystals)
37th dupe will give you enough for a 5*
When the announced 6*s and said 5*s would be more easily obtained, I foolishly believed them. Then the new calendar came out with no 5* shards, not t2 alpha shards, no t5b shards, and it is actually worse than the calendar proceeding the 6* announcement.
The new grandmaster crystals are no better than the phc crystals, there isn't really any use for 3* champs just like 2* champs, you're just paying twice as much for 55 4* shards in most cases, I made the mistake of buying 10 and got all 3*s, that's not exactly a great deal for the money considering an extra 25% cost increase would have at least guaranteed a 4* instead of a little better than a 1000 4* shards, maybe more since I have so many max sig 3* since the sig stones are so easily attained. This is all typical Kabam trying to spin things to make it look like they are doing the things we want but actually just using marketing ploys to try to milk more money from us.
I'm convinced we won't even see r5 5* champs before 6*s are released, and it will probably be rewards for completing act 6 100%, as so far act 5 hasn't even included any t2 alphas that we all need on top of the t5b.
It's all just another hyped up let down from kabam, coupled with the delay in war costing us even more potential 5* shards while we wait. They could have at least made act 5.3 exploration give a r3-r4 5* stone instead of the r2-r3 which isnt something most who are completing that quest need.
The sad thing is they really do listen to us players, then give us the opposite of what we want while pitching it as a token of appreciation. It's a shame they keep following this same pattern of pissing off their players who have supported them for so long and made them their fortune. Seeing these recent announcements has really changed my mind on future spending.
You wanna make a 5s r4? Spend money for 18k Alpha2 shards.
Chapter 3 of act 5 "still whitout Alpha2 or shards Alpha2" in rewards!!!
The quantity of shares in glorystore and the chance for daily crystal are too low for a veteran advanced player.
Rank a 5s is more accessibility? No, is a joke.
No more money for you Kabam.
I have a 470k account, does that make me a "whale" or just somebody who has been playing for a long time? If so the only thing I see devaluing my account is the lucky guy pulling full 5* for 200 units from gm crystals instead of grinding and saving for them like the rest of us had to. I have plenty of 5*, I don't see them being devalued much by 6*. If anything is getting devalued it is the newer and completely free to play accounts that are still relying on their 4*s which are now the new 3*. Also, the fact I have not been able to get any real progression in this game for close to a year now is getting old. People should have max 5* on their rosters before 6* are even thought about. Getting really sick of not being able to rank up the champs I already have is my main problem with all of this. Kabam should have addressed that first. All honesty I am just getting bored at this point and considering moving on from MCOC to other things.