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How valuable is a 6* Nexus to you?
BitterSteel
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So I know we all have a certain amount of units/money we would pay for a 6* Nexus, but how many 6* shards would you pay for one?
I think it's pretty obvious that a 6* Nexus is worth more than 1 6* Crystal, or 10k shards, as you come out with one 6* but you have a choice of 3. But it's also equally clear that a 6* Nexus is worth less than 3 Crystals or 30k shards, since a nexus is just opening 3 crystals and only keeping the best one of the 3. So what do you value a Nexus at?
I think those who are working on expanding their rosters will tend to see 6* Nexus' (Nexi? Nexuses?) as less valuable relatively, if you have more champs you're chasing then maybe picking a champion at the cost of other 6* could be less worth the shards. But someone who has a wider roster may need specific champions so a nexus is more valuable. Additionally, the first player may pull a champion who is mid-high tier and think yes, that's an amazing pull, whereas the wider roster player is only really positively affected by pulling the top champs. So in a comparison of 3 pulls being 2 mid tier and a top tier, that's 3 great pulls for the first player, but that's only one game changer for the second player, so a nexus could be relatively more valuable to the second player.
In any case, please share your thoughts on this, I'm actually really interested in what everyone thinks on something where there just is no wrong answer. So where on the scale of 10-30k 6* shards do you value a Nexus? If a Nexus was sold, what amount of 6* shards would be the limit where you thought, actually I'd rather buy basics with this these shards?
I think it's pretty obvious that a 6* Nexus is worth more than 1 6* Crystal, or 10k shards, as you come out with one 6* but you have a choice of 3. But it's also equally clear that a 6* Nexus is worth less than 3 Crystals or 30k shards, since a nexus is just opening 3 crystals and only keeping the best one of the 3. So what do you value a Nexus at?
I think those who are working on expanding their rosters will tend to see 6* Nexus' (Nexi? Nexuses?) as less valuable relatively, if you have more champs you're chasing then maybe picking a champion at the cost of other 6* could be less worth the shards. But someone who has a wider roster may need specific champions so a nexus is more valuable. Additionally, the first player may pull a champion who is mid-high tier and think yes, that's an amazing pull, whereas the wider roster player is only really positively affected by pulling the top champs. So in a comparison of 3 pulls being 2 mid tier and a top tier, that's 3 great pulls for the first player, but that's only one game changer for the second player, so a nexus could be relatively more valuable to the second player.
In any case, please share your thoughts on this, I'm actually really interested in what everyone thinks on something where there just is no wrong answer. So where on the scale of 10-30k 6* shards do you value a Nexus? If a Nexus was sold, what amount of 6* shards would be the limit where you thought, actually I'd rather buy basics with this these shards?
How valuable is a 6* Nexus to you? 323 votes
12.5k
11%
38 votes
15k
35%
114 votes
17.5k
13%
44 votes
20k
31%
102 votes
22.5k
1%
6 votes
25k
3%
12 votes
27.5k
2%
7 votes
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More than a featured and less than 3 regular 6* crystals.
So having a choice of a bad champ and a good champ, is now much better than before the buffs. Because that bad champ could be the next magneto. Nexus choices are made more complex, and basic crystals go up in value relatively while Nexus crystals go down.
Say a Nexus costs 20k. A nexus with Torch, BlackBolt and Red Skull without the buff program is an easy choice and you don’t regret not picking the others, black bolt and red skull won’t help you. But with the buff program you might prefer to have had one of the other champs alongside torch since they are good candidates for buffs. So maybe that nexus isn’t quite worth 20k
I like the 17.5k option you have on the pool, I’m just not sure yet if that’s where I’d put my price point. It’s getting awfully close to that 20k number where a player starts thinking “why don’t I just pop two?” But 15k feels like it’s on the low end. I suppose a 15k nexus would invite comparisons to the Featured 6* crystal. What’re the odds of a new/good champ in the featured as compared to the basic nexus?
Anyway, those are my thoughts. I’m not sure where precisely I’d place it, but definitely between 15-20k.
Feel like the value changes depending on what the current featured looks like, at least for me.
I'd be more willing to spend 20k shards on a nexus if the current featured was bad but less so if it's looking like last December's featured.
Similar to how the featured used to be and probably still is for a lot of people. Do I spend the extra 5k shards for a possibility at a new and exciting champ? Or do I just get 1 basic and then I’m halfway to another basic still?
It is a nice choice to have but i can guaranteed nobody is going to get a 6* nexus for 20k shards. That is downright laughable.
Unless it's the Abyss 10-champ nexus of course.
20k is two champs and thinking endgame and progression, more 6*s are better
Dual class crystals limit the pool of champs to similar odds, and there still priced at 10k. Of course, they don’t let you choose.
That’s why I went 15k. I see their value as being roughly equivalent to that of a featured
Dr. Zola
People are saying they would spend 20k on a nexus, so unless you’re calling them liars, I can tell you that people would spend 20k on a nexus. For some people it’s not as simple as what gets me the most champions, it’s more about roster progression.
Like all things in this game, it's entirely down to RNG. 10k 6* shards could be infinitely more valuable than a nexus if those 10k shards get you ghost and the nexus is a choice between 3 meme tiers.
I literally started this discussion to discuss, and people are already being insulting and saying it’s laughable, falling for scams or being out of their minds. Just for having different opinions. Come on people, let’s just discuss without being argumentative
It’s almost like no answer feels perfect