Get a Free 3-6 Star Baron Zemo this Week!
Log in to the Summoner's Market at https://store.playcontestofchampions.com/ and claim the Baron Zemo Selector between 10am PT November 24 and 10am PT on December 1st.
Proven and Below: 3-Star
Conqueror/Uncollected: 4-Star
Cavalier/Thronebreaker: 5-Star
Paragon/Valiant: 6-Star
You can only claim this Baron Zemo one time. The Baron Zemo is delivered as a selector, claiming it will require you to choose your rarity immediately. If you plan to change your Progression level during the Cyber Week event, we suggest you wait until you have made that change before claiming this selector.
Log in to the Summoner's Market at https://store.playcontestofchampions.com/ and claim the Baron Zemo Selector between 10am PT November 24 and 10am PT on December 1st.
Proven and Below: 3-Star
Conqueror/Uncollected: 4-Star
Cavalier/Thronebreaker: 5-Star
Paragon/Valiant: 6-Star
You can only claim this Baron Zemo one time. The Baron Zemo is delivered as a selector, claiming it will require you to choose your rarity immediately. If you plan to change your Progression level during the Cyber Week event, we suggest you wait until you have made that change before claiming this selector.
Comments
5k 6* shards don’t worth a 10+ hours grind, especially because this is supposed to be a celebration arena. Celebration means joy not hard effort. No one is going to enjoy grinding with 2*s for 4mil points.
Even those who are defending Kabam’s missed estimated time calculation on this arena, won’t enjoy this arena at all. You need to be a masochist to find joy out of this.
Kabam, I genuinely believe that you intentions were the best for this, but the execution was not 🙁
It’s a time suck. Sure. I haven’t seen one person saying it won’t take hours. But I mean, it is supposed to cater to a wider audience. For instance. Truthfully I’m loaded with ISO right now waiting for the right champs. I have millions in gold. I’m not doing the Halls whatsoever. I don’t need anything they offer. I do need to dupe some 6’s though.
Currently I could definitely use a 6 star, but if you think I'm gonna rank up my 2stars to grind for 20 hours (possibly more) for half a 6 star that will take a week or so of extra grinding to finish, and that will probably end up being sub par unless duped? Nah.
This is very clearly aimed at grinders and others really desperate for shards. It isn't a celebratory event for the average player.
i wont bother doing it cz its boring, but honestly idc we got a gd amount of shards already this month, but to grind 260+ rounds is a bit much, we're not all hard arena grinders who want to stare at our phones for a whole 260 rounds, if i had the patience i'd rather grind for a 5* champ that is guaranteed to have value instead of half a 6* that might be a useless dupe
Like others, I was also spooked when I first saw that 6* arena needed 4 million points but once I got going, I realized that it's possible. 6* arena will require a streak of 220-240 while the 5* arena will require a streak of 70-80. It all depends on:
1. how many 2* champs you have (which is why one should NEVER sell 2 star champs) and
2. 2. how many 2* champs are maxed out, because using maxed out 2* champs will get you the most points.
FYI, I've completed all the milestones for 6* arena and am at midway level for the 5* arena.
Done woohoo!
The bonus is worth it for most people. It’s doable. Any other day it’d be fine—great even. But this really shuts down morale due to the timing and expectations previously set forth. For most people, this turns an otherwise enjoyable time to a chore. Part of the problem is the bonus. If it were a weak bonus, no one would opt in—people could easily accept the loss of minor rewards. But the bonus is good enough that people feel compelled to accept. Now it becomes a choice of pick your most acceptable negative outcome. Enjoy your holiday but suffer the realization you gave up compensation. Or accept and suffer a ruined holiday.
I’ve finished all 3 shard arenas and it wasn’t that difficult. I’m a relatively average player. Uncollected, but haven’t really touched much of the other content. I don’t have a full roster of max 2*. I honestly used mostly R1 2*, some not even awakened and I never got over matched. I just ran thru my champs and knocked them out.
The rewards are okayish but they should have decreased the milestonespoints or should have increased the amount of points for each match
It is still a grind that requires you to really work for the rewards, as Kabam has stated was their goal. And I get where they’re coming from on that. Compared to other in-game sources of 6* shards, this is by far the easiest way to get a substantial amount of them. So yes, a ludicrous amount of easy fights is a reasonable ask, if given enough time to do them.
However, this is a busy time of year both in and out of the game. I believe that had the arena lasted the whole month or two weeks or even ten day, it would have been received at least somewhat better.
There would still be people complaining about how this was meant to be a gift when it clearly wasn’t. We are already getting the anniversary gift, anniversary calendar, Christmas gift, and holiday calendar. Those are the gifts. This is content. Mind-numbingly boring content that I genuinely hate doing, but content all the same.
Tl;dr - Arena grind is fine, would benefit from a longer time to do it in. It’s not a gift, it’s (boring) content.
1) Not the most fun, but I threw an hour-plus of time in the first night while everyone in my house was asleep and I watched football. That start of about 30-40 6* arena matches was probably what made the rest seem doable.
2) After the initial day, I simply played 5 matches at a time when I was in game. Lunch time, waiting in line, prepping a meal—mindless arena. At less than 3 minutes a round and with a total of 90 max 2*’s, it amounted to ~15 minutes a pop. Just slow and steady to win the race...
3) Was it worthwhile? Tough to say right now—I used the 6* shards to top off a featured that resulted in 6* Pun2099 and I sit at 10K+ again working on 5K more shards for a second try. If that turns out badly, then I’d say the only thing I have to show for it is gold (since I was already over 10M, not a ton of benefit) and units (added around 1800 from grind) and a host of new 2* champs (Level Up fodder). Without a great featured 6* pull my second try, it was likely just running in place.
4) My critiques from earlier in this thread remain unchanged: to simplify, the 6* was a bit too long, and the 5* was fine. A little more time would have solved a lot of issues. Not everything can be “free,” but drudgery isn’t a great game mode. The team should work to avoid drudgery.
5) At any other time of year, there’s no way this gets done. Holiday season slows for me, so I actually have some time.
Dr. Zola