Is anyone just overloaded on Alpha catalysts?

I did a count and I currently have 30 T2A in overflow and even more T1A. I can’t burn them though as T5B is in such low supply nor can I sell them. Is anyone else in the same boat?

Comments

ItsDamien

How? Just how?
Don’t use rank up materials on 5* and T2A goes through the roof. T5B is more rare.
Why wouldn't you use them on 5*s? This is what happens when people only focus on the highest Rarity. It imbalances Resources.
We can’t take 5 stars up to r5 anyway. There isn’t enough t5b available to spare on them
That's part of the same problem.
How? Just how?
Don’t use rank up materials on 5* and T2A goes through the roof. T5B is more rare.
Why wouldn't you use them on 5*s? This is what happens when people only focus on the highest Rarity. It imbalances Resources.
Explain to me why I would rank 5*…? I already have 36 r5 and they hold no (or very very little) purpose for my account.

I have 125 6* and every counter required at this level, so why level up the version below?
Numerous reasons.
Numerous reasons that may be valid for your account which is likely lacking everything you could need or want. However for those who have a lot of R5s and R2s, and are now pushing towards R3s, there is going to be a shortage because there isn't enough content that provides reliable T5B regularly. Permanent content is great, until you've completed it all and have no more guaranteed resources.
Alliance Events, Solo Events, content that requires specific Rarities, natural distribution of Resources, advancing your Account fully....
I mean, if people don't mind Resources expiring, that's up to them. That doesn't mean the game is designed to stop focusing on lower Rarities. That's pretty much a choice.
Alliance events don't give T5B frags, neither Summoner Advancement or 3 day events. Solo events give 750 frags, of which most people will only do Hero Use, Level up and Arena. Most people skip the Event one because frankly the energy cost is not worth what you get in return.

Content that needs specific Rarities? You mean for the Rarities that people already have ranked up and completed for the T5B that was available? Yeah that TOTALLY makes sense.

Advancing your account? You mean the people who need more T5B that are trying to advance their account by ranking up more R3s because they've already got plenty of R5s? Yeah, screw those who are trying to advance their account progressing with too many R5s and R2s I guess!

None of your points make any sense for those who have progressed much further than what you have. They make sense to you because you're not at the point where you're ranking up more 6*s because your 5* roster is already fully developed.
You're talking about the effect and I'm talking about the cause. Higher Resources take longer to amass. When you're ONLY focusing on those, it's going to take longer to replenish. The game isn't designed to Rank 6*s at the same rate as 5*s, and so on.

You're not even talking about the cause, you tried to justify the reason of ranking up lower Rarities when the people who are aiming to rank up 6*s have no need to anymore as they're done with those areas of the game.

Hell here's where my account stands right now:

6* R3 - 9
6* R2 - 6
6* I want to take to R2 - 4

5* R5 - 25
5* I would maybe take to R5 - 2.

Current T5B: 6.
Current T2A: 28.
Current T5CC: 1 Cosmic, 1 Mutant, 1 Science, 1 Skill.

I don't have enough T5B to take one champ to R3 and one to R2.

If I took 2 champs to R2, I would have to wait potentially 2 or more months to take one to R3.

There is an imbalance starting to occur. Yes it will be somewhat allievated once 7.3 comes out, followed by Variant 8, but what about after? EQ gives 1 T5B a month, the Glory store prices are so high that you can maybe get 3 which is half a T5B as a TB.

Just because you think that it's fine doesn't mean that there isn't an issue starting to occur from having regular, reliable, T5B.

GroundedWisdom

How? Just how?
Don’t use rank up materials on 5* and T2A goes through the roof. T5B is more rare.
Why wouldn't you use them on 5*s? This is what happens when people only focus on the highest Rarity. It imbalances Resources.
We can’t take 5 stars up to r5 anyway. There isn’t enough t5b available to spare on them
That's part of the same problem.
How? Just how?
Don’t use rank up materials on 5* and T2A goes through the roof. T5B is more rare.
Why wouldn't you use them on 5*s? This is what happens when people only focus on the highest Rarity. It imbalances Resources.
Explain to me why I would rank 5*…? I already have 36 r5 and they hold no (or very very little) purpose for my account.

I have 125 6* and every counter required at this level, so why level up the version below?
Numerous reasons.
Numerous reasons that may be valid for your account which is likely lacking everything you could need or want. However for those who have a lot of R5s and R2s, and are now pushing towards R3s, there is going to be a shortage because there isn't enough content that provides reliable T5B regularly. Permanent content is great, until you've completed it all and have no more guaranteed resources.
Alliance Events, Solo Events, content that requires specific Rarities, natural distribution of Resources, advancing your Account fully....
I mean, if people don't mind Resources expiring, that's up to them. That doesn't mean the game is designed to stop focusing on lower Rarities. That's pretty much a choice.
Alliance events don't give T5B frags, neither Summoner Advancement or 3 day events. Solo events give 750 frags, of which most people will only do Hero Use, Level up and Arena. Most people skip the Event one because frankly the energy cost is not worth what you get in return.

Content that needs specific Rarities? You mean for the Rarities that people already have ranked up and completed for the T5B that was available? Yeah that TOTALLY makes sense.

Advancing your account? You mean the people who need more T5B that are trying to advance their account by ranking up more R3s because they've already got plenty of R5s? Yeah, screw those who are trying to advance their account progressing with too many R5s and R2s I guess!

None of your points make any sense for those who have progressed much further than what you have. They make sense to you because you're not at the point where you're ranking up more 6*s because your 5* roster is already fully developed.
You're talking about the effect and I'm talking about the cause. Higher Resources take longer to amass. When you're ONLY focusing on those, it's going to take longer to replenish. The game isn't designed to Rank 6*s at the same rate as 5*s, and so on.
You're not even talking about the cause, you tried to justify the reason of ranking up lower Rarities when the people who are aiming to rank up 6*s have no need to anymore as they're done with those areas of the game.

Hell here's where my account stands right now:

6* R3 - 9
6* R2 - 6
6* I want to take to R2 - 4

5* R5 - 25
5* I would maybe take to R5 - 2.

Current T5B: 6.
Current T2A: 28.
Current T5CC: 1 Cosmic, 1 Mutant, 1 Science, 1 Skill.

I don't have enough T5B to take one champ to R3 and one to R2.

If I took 2 champs to R2, I would have to wait potentially 2 or more months to take one to R3.

There is an imbalance starting to occur. Yes it will be somewhat allievated once 7.3 comes out, followed by Variant 8, but what about after? EQ gives 1 T5B a month, the Glory store prices are so high that you can maybe get 3 which is half a T5B as a TB.

Just because you think that it's fine doesn't mean that there isn't an issue starting to occur from having regular, reliable, T5B.

You're never going to have all of what you need all the time. There's always some type of limiting Resource. 2 months to take one to R3 is not unreasonable, considering some people have none, or one, or two. There's a pace for progression within the game overall, and that pace comes from those Resources balancing. That's not an easy thing to do. It means something will always shift to a bottleneck.
As for going to R2, yes. That's what everyone else would do before they go to R3.

ItsDamien

How? Just how?
Don’t use rank up materials on 5* and T2A goes through the roof. T5B is more rare.
Why wouldn't you use them on 5*s? This is what happens when people only focus on the highest Rarity. It imbalances Resources.
We can’t take 5 stars up to r5 anyway. There isn’t enough t5b available to spare on them
That's part of the same problem.
How? Just how?
Don’t use rank up materials on 5* and T2A goes through the roof. T5B is more rare.
Why wouldn't you use them on 5*s? This is what happens when people only focus on the highest Rarity. It imbalances Resources.
Explain to me why I would rank 5*…? I already have 36 r5 and they hold no (or very very little) purpose for my account.

I have 125 6* and every counter required at this level, so why level up the version below?
Numerous reasons.
Numerous reasons that may be valid for your account which is likely lacking everything you could need or want. However for those who have a lot of R5s and R2s, and are now pushing towards R3s, there is going to be a shortage because there isn't enough content that provides reliable T5B regularly. Permanent content is great, until you've completed it all and have no more guaranteed resources.
Alliance Events, Solo Events, content that requires specific Rarities, natural distribution of Resources, advancing your Account fully....
I mean, if people don't mind Resources expiring, that's up to them. That doesn't mean the game is designed to stop focusing on lower Rarities. That's pretty much a choice.
Alliance events don't give T5B frags, neither Summoner Advancement or 3 day events. Solo events give 750 frags, of which most people will only do Hero Use, Level up and Arena. Most people skip the Event one because frankly the energy cost is not worth what you get in return.

Content that needs specific Rarities? You mean for the Rarities that people already have ranked up and completed for the T5B that was available? Yeah that TOTALLY makes sense.

Advancing your account? You mean the people who need more T5B that are trying to advance their account by ranking up more R3s because they've already got plenty of R5s? Yeah, screw those who are trying to advance their account progressing with too many R5s and R2s I guess!

None of your points make any sense for those who have progressed much further than what you have. They make sense to you because you're not at the point where you're ranking up more 6*s because your 5* roster is already fully developed.
You're talking about the effect and I'm talking about the cause. Higher Resources take longer to amass. When you're ONLY focusing on those, it's going to take longer to replenish. The game isn't designed to Rank 6*s at the same rate as 5*s, and so on.
You're not even talking about the cause, you tried to justify the reason of ranking up lower Rarities when the people who are aiming to rank up 6*s have no need to anymore as they're done with those areas of the game.

Hell here's where my account stands right now:

6* R3 - 9
6* R2 - 6
6* I want to take to R2 - 4

5* R5 - 25
5* I would maybe take to R5 - 2.

Current T5B: 6.
Current T2A: 28.
Current T5CC: 1 Cosmic, 1 Mutant, 1 Science, 1 Skill.

I don't have enough T5B to take one champ to R3 and one to R2.

If I took 2 champs to R2, I would have to wait potentially 2 or more months to take one to R3.

There is an imbalance starting to occur. Yes it will be somewhat allievated once 7.3 comes out, followed by Variant 8, but what about after? EQ gives 1 T5B a month, the Glory store prices are so high that you can maybe get 3 which is half a T5B as a TB.

Just because you think that it's fine doesn't mean that there isn't an issue starting to occur from having regular, reliable, T5B.
You're never going to have all of what you need all the time. There's always some type of limiting Resource. 2 months to take one to R3 is not unreasonable, considering some people have none, or one, or two. There's a pace for progression within the game overall, and that pace comes from those Resources balancing. That's not an easy thing to do. It means something will always shift to a bottleneck.
As for going to R2, yes. That's what everyone else would do before they go to R3.

The bottleneck should be T5CC. When I have 4 fully formed T5CC ready to go, and more that are close to being formed, the bottleneck for people who have been at the end game for quite some time, shouldn't be a resource that has been available for many years.

The players progress, the game has to progress as well. Resource management is a two way street, there's only so much that you can do with intentionally limited resources.

Monk1

Could not agree more.

I have questioned my own rank up strategy.. as I have 9 (yes 9!) fully formed t5cc and only enough t5b to take 1 more champ to r3.. this would be r3 #21 but takes so long to get t5b that always careful in case I need a rank up.