A frustrated sigh of a veteran player

KerneasKerneas Member Posts: 3,846 ★★★★★
in General Discussion
I have been playing this game since May 2015, over 6 years now. I have seen the game go through a lot, I spent a year in Gold alliance and then retired to a very laid back style of playing. In this post I would like to share a slight complaint about the state of the game this month. The purpose of this thread is to merely vent a bit, I don't hope for a change nor do I want to attack Kabam or their employees. It's just a public vent of my thoughts.

When I got to this game back in 2015, the main selling point for me was, that mcoc is SKILL BASED. Pardon the Caps Lock, but it really is super important for me. Before mcoc I played Injustice:GAU, which is a game similar to mcoc, you just can't dash back and have a very limited options in terms of skills. And getting better at this game, polishing my skills and learning has been keeping me at this game for so long through its ups and downs.

However, I feel like this has changed recently. The game has become a pure randomness for me. Parry works half the time, the game crashes in random moments mid fight, champions don't react to my inputs and even throw attacks on their own. Even the blocking seems to be failing. That combined with insane lagging turns this into a nightmare.

Now I am fully aware that this is just a side effect of the new engine and that the devs are working on a fix, which I appreciate. I have to say here, that the new engine greatly improved srability of the game during graphically demanding animations. That is awesome change for me subjectively, because it has enabled me to play my Prof X without fear of the game crashing.

And then there is this two months long event. We have already discussed the 6* objective chain a lot and I am very satisgied with the dev team's communication. However the timing is very unfortunate. I know that this is by no means an intention from Kabam and that they are suffering from these issues as well, but having to win a 100 fights in a specific way ideally over one week, in order to not lose 2(!) months of rewards is a very bad timed thing, because of the issues I mentioned above.

Now I am a f2p player and I am fully aware that my opinion doesn't matter. I don't matter, because technically speaking I am a leech on this game. I play for free on servers that Kabam pays for, a game Kabam paid devs to make and the game is kept alive by paid people. And I get this all for free. That's why I realise that I have 0 right to critisize or complain. So please take this as a mere sigh, a vent of thoughts from a long time player.

It fenuinely makes me sad what hardship this game has encountered. There is so much work put into it, and this just drains my will to play. I have seen this game rise, so this (hopefully temporary) decline makes me sad.

Thank you for reading, please tollerate my grammar mistakes and typos, I trued my best but I can't avoid it all. Feel free to hit that disagree button, I am sure 99% of you will do so. Just don't forget that you can also express your disagreement in the discussion below.

Comments

  • AATTAATT Member Posts: 525 ★★★
    Yes
  • Tx_Quack_Attack6589Tx_Quack_Attack6589 Member Posts: 694 ★★★★
    You don’t have to do the objectives in one week….
  • BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★
    I mean, correct me if I’m wrong, but you say the game is pure randomness now, and imply it’s no longer skill based because of the bugs.

    But you know those bugs will be fixed right? And it’ll go back to how it was before, skill based?

    I agree with your overall point, bugs are bad and this objective event isn’t fun. But I just don’t see the link between pre-bug = skill, post bug = randomness
  • Tx_Quack_Attack6589Tx_Quack_Attack6589 Member Posts: 694 ★★★★
    BitterSteel said:

    Tx_Quack_Attack6589 said:

    You don’t have to do the objectives in one week….

    No, but the next week there are more objectives. You could take 7 weeks to do any one week of objectives, but then would have to do the other weeks in 1.

    On average, you have to do the objectives in one week
    Who says the next week won’t be two kills per objective? Just saying people see a large number and complain. CGR can UC eq you can kill with a special in seconds.
  • BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★
    Tx_Quack_Attack6589 said:

    BitterSteel said:

    Tx_Quack_Attack6589 said:

    You don’t have to do the objectives in one week….

    No, but the next week there are more objectives. You could take 7 weeks to do any one week of objectives, but then would have to do the other weeks in 1.

    On average, you have to do the objectives in one week
    Who says the next week won’t be two kills per objective? Just saying people see a large number and complain. CGR can UC eq you can kill with a special in seconds.
    People complain because it’s boring. Kabam have since changed subsequent objectives, so we won’t know what their original intention was.

    What if someone completed UC before the objective landed?
  • Tx_Quack_Attack6589Tx_Quack_Attack6589 Member Posts: 694 ★★★★
    BitterSteel said:

    Tx_Quack_Attack6589 said:

    BitterSteel said:

    Tx_Quack_Attack6589 said:

    You don’t have to do the objectives in one week….

    No, but the next week there are more objectives. You could take 7 weeks to do any one week of objectives, but then would have to do the other weeks in 1.

    On average, you have to do the objectives in one week
    Who says the next week won’t be two kills per objective? Just saying people see a large number and complain. CGR can UC eq you can kill with a special in seconds.
    People complain because it’s boring. Kabam have since changed subsequent objectives, so we won’t know what their original intention was.

    What if someone completed UC before the objective landed?
    And people complain when it’s a quest. Trend seems to be more so they complain to complain but month after month do the side events anyways.
  • Tx_Quack_Attack6589Tx_Quack_Attack6589 Member Posts: 694 ★★★★
    You complete UC then you can still enter and use the quest for the fights if you don’t do arena or incursions.
  • HolrosHolros Member Posts: 371 ★★★
    Made a similar post to this, under review though, I agree with you though
  • BitterSteelBitterSteel Member Posts: 9,264 ★★★★★
    Tx_Quack_Attack6589 said:

    BitterSteel said:

    Tx_Quack_Attack6589 said:

    BitterSteel said:

    Tx_Quack_Attack6589 said:

    You don’t have to do the objectives in one week….

    No, but the next week there are more objectives. You could take 7 weeks to do any one week of objectives, but then would have to do the other weeks in 1.

    On average, you have to do the objectives in one week
    Who says the next week won’t be two kills per objective? Just saying people see a large number and complain. CGR can UC eq you can kill with a special in seconds.
    People complain because it’s boring. Kabam have since changed subsequent objectives, so we won’t know what their original intention was.

    What if someone completed UC before the objective landed?
    And people complain when it’s a quest. Trend seems to be more so they complain to complain but month after month do the side events anyways.
    There would be a few complaints no matter the event. “People complain about everything” is the worst argument for not changing something that a lot more are complaining about.

    Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good
  • KerneasKerneas Member Posts: 3,846 ★★★★★
    BitterSteel said:

    I mean, correct me if I’m wrong, but you say the game is pure randomness now, and imply it’s no longer skill based because of the bugs.

    But you know those bugs will be fixed right? And it’ll go back to how it was before, skill based?

    I agree with your overall point, bugs are bad and this objective event isn’t fun. But I just don’t see the link between pre-bug = skill, post bug = randomness

    With the bugs present, champs don't act predictably. If I wanna dash in let's say, I have no guarantee the champ won't do heavy. For this reason I cannot utilize my skills (like intercepting). The issues described in my post pretty much nullify all that I learnt. And if parry works half the time, well then I see it as random.

    I am aware that the bugs will be fixed. And usually I would have np with playing less, but this time the constellation is unfortunate, as I would lose 2 months worth of rewards, instead if the usual one.

    Lemme repeat tho, I dont blame anyone for this situation. It is merely a bad coincidence, I just needed to vent my frustration.
  • BeastDadBeastDad Member Posts: 2,039 ★★★★★
    Kerneas said:



    However, I feel like this has changed recently. The game has become a pure randomness for me. Parry works half the time, the game crashes in random moments mid fight, champions don't react to my inputs and even throw attacks on their own. Even the blocking seems to be failing. That combined with insane lagging turns this into a nightmare.

    This right here ^^^
  • LeStMn92LeStMn92 Member Posts: 119 ★
    edited September 2021
    Kerneas said:

    the game crashes in random moments mid fight, champions don't react to my inputs and even throw attacks on their own. Even the blocking seems to be failing..

    I thought these were just me and my new device, I'm doing a normal combo and for some reason he throws an extra light or a random double medium or delayed inputs entirely like holding block too long or dropping it before the parry/punch connects. Sometimes there is a minor delay when launching a special so it's blocked, Game crashing every 7 or 8 fights. I'd like to say it's my device but I couldn't be playing on a much better device with the 12 pro max.

    I think the issue is a lot of people are content lumping these under parry and dexterity issues instead of listing them as new complaints, so they're not being adequately looked into. I don't have too many people complaining about general block or input issues. Game crashes have been an issue for months, that ships sailed at this point.
  • MagrailothosMagrailothos Member Posts: 6,057 ★★★★★
    Kerneas said:


    Now I am a f2p player and I am fully aware that my opinion doesn't matter. I don't matter, because technically speaking I am a leech on this game. I play for free on servers that Kabam pays for, a game Kabam paid devs to make and the game is kept alive by paid people. And I get this all for free. That's why I realise that I have 0 right to criticize or complain.

    Well, not really. You're not a leech, and nor am I (also F2P).

    You have value, and so do I:
    This is a competitive game. You and I provide competition for the 'paying customers' whom I am well aware keep the game alive.

    Alliance Wars are the main place this is evident; which would be basically just another event quest if you weren't competing against another alliance making sneaky (or stupid) placements on good (or bad) nodes. Competing against other human beings makes the game vastly more fun.

    Also: you should complain, because your opinions do matter, because Kabam want a successful game. They want to develop, innovate and sustain. Feedback is crucial to games like this being sustained. And feedback is of value from people who play the game; not just those who 'pay'. In fact the feedback from F2P/low-spending/moderate-spending/high-spending players will be qualitatively different, and all of value. Maybe not of equal value; but of value, nonetheless.

    Finally, you can 'give back' to the game by supporting it here and being a part of the community that helps newer players, and helps with feedback and suggestions.

    That's what I try to do. Try to be constructive, helpful or funny; and you've not only got a right to complain, in fact it's an important way of supporting the game.

    As long as it's done in a way that Kabam can make use of...
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