New players have it so easy these days...

I remember being so happy to get my first ever 3 star champion (hawkeye) and my first ever 4 star champion (og spidey) and i remember grinding and waiting months to open my first ever 5 star champion (og cap).
This morning my little cousin decided he should play the game so he fired a new and fresh account on his mobile, what i saw next was so hilarious. he received a free 3 star falcon, winter soldier, purgatory as soon as he ended all the the tutorials.
JUST LIKE THAT.
GUESS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
he gets a free 4 star nexus in his stash cuz of the arena compensation. (he got a red hulk)
So now my cousin, who cleared act 1 chapter 1 with 2 star colossus and 1-star wolvie and 2-star hulkbuster was now clearing chapter 2 of the same act with 4 star red hulk, 3 star falcon and 3 star purgatory. It just blows my mind.
And don't forget the December greater gifting event and the grandmaster crystal that you have available since the start, if you get lucky, its a potential 5 star before hitting level 10.

Summary: imo it takes the fun away from the game, yeah i know we had to grind a lot to get the rarity of champions. But the happiness was just beyond the sky when we formed our first 4 star hero crystal or 5 star hero crystal.

But its just something that i wanted to share and how times in this game have changed.

(PS: he loves purgatory's sp1 animation)

Comments

winterthur

And I am hoping game developer will remain as generous with Summoner's Appreciation Calendar also.

SHIELD4AGENT

The game evolved after 6 years, for a real beginner it's just a small way to catch up a bit with all those free 3-Stars and some 4-Star, they still have to learn the basic mechanic of the game, they need to harness their skill in this game.

The_beast123

I have been through this too, but I was in the place where your cousin was.
By the end of the 1st day I played this game, I had 3 4 stars, had come to Lvl 27. My friends were shocked with my progress.

Terra

I remember way back when a maxed 3* SIM was my top champion, and I was the AQ boss killer with my 4/40 CAWW2. Good times but the game evolves, for both good and bad

The_beast123

I remember way back when a maxed 3* SIM was my top champion, and I was the AQ boss killer with my 4/40 CAWW2. Good times but the game evolves, for both good and bad

Lol, my best for a short time was rank 1 Iron- Fist 4 star, and I loved him, because of him smooth playstyle, and heavy animation.
I was devastated to know he was a bad champ...

Terra

I remember way back when a maxed 3* SIM was my top champion, and I was the AQ boss killer with my 4/40 CAWW2. Good times but the game evolves, for both good and bad
Lol, my best for a short time was rank 1 Iron- Fist 4 star, and I loved him, because of him smooth playstyle, and heavy animation.
I was devastated to know he was a bad champ...

I remember when Iron Fist was considered good due to him being able to go into negative armor values

Kerneas

I am sad because it makes all the fun story content feel funnily easy. Act 3 Thanos not so much but Act 4 is a well designed piece of content with a great story and awesome final boss. And these days by the time you get there, it is a breeze. I remember trembling doing that fight. I even waited to get better champions and grinded some units for it. And now people just 6*-delete Maestro, just like any other boss.

ADwar616

Boy do i have a story...
I started this game in early 2018. Top champ, 3* quake. I still remember getting a few war boss kills with my yondu. These are the only mvps i have till this day. I took a long break with a few 4*s added to my roster. I started playing again 3 months ago... Now i have about 20 5*s almost all the 4*s and recently got my first ever 6* (x-23 and idk how but i can take her to r2 already. But I won't.) Acquiring new high tier champs has become pretty easy now.

N1nthcloud

I think the idea is they dont want new players to feel like they are so behind why bother?

Who wants to embark on a journey that everyone is 6 years ahead of you?

You were elated when you got those 3 & 4 star champs back then because thats all there was.

6*'s are now the new 4*'s

Can you imagine trying to play this game for the first time in 2021 and it taking 3 years till 2024 to get 5*'s?

While everyone is gallivanting around with r3 6*'s

Granted.
We put in the time.
And there is a pride players have for putting in the years.
But in a game of progression the ceiling has to keep being raised.
It has to be to keep people engaged
Being the "best" is an illusion and temporary.
Because there is always a new meta

It does suck to see people getting it what was hard so easy.

But its good for the community overall because it makes new players more likely to want to stick around and attempt to become the "best".
Which helps keeps the game active and alive.
How else will you find new people to join your ally?
If they are 6 years behind you?!?

There has to be a gap of course....
But not an enormous unreachable one.
I wouldnt want to play a new game knowing that no matter what i do, even if i sink the next 6 years of my life into the game. That people would always be 6 years ahead of me and i had no hope of catching up.

Bitter Sweet

Real_Madrid_76_2

And I am hoping game developer will remain as generous with Summoner's Appreciation Calendar also.

How do you have 2 5 stars and so many four stars at level 4?

winterthur

And I am hoping game developer will remain as generous with Summoner's Appreciation Calendar also.

How do you have 2 5 stars and so many four stars at level 4?

Just collect logins.

Killswitch01

I know how that is😂 I started a new account n got to act 4 in a week. I got 4 stars so early, I had to use 2 stars so I felt a bit of challenge

SkyLord7000

Kabam has said they’d try to make it easier to get to UC. Acts 1-4 are so old that if power creep gets you through them it doesn’t matter.