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Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
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Regarding Brian Grant’s Most Recent Video
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anyone below uncollected can only gift revives and potiins
uncollected unlocks lesser gifting crystals
cav unlocks great gifting crystals
and throne breaker gets a new crystal with rewards geared towards rank 4ing 6 stars, awakening them geting them and sig them up
it would easily kill the bot farming and the ones cheating the system
We don't need the gifting event to be the same
Everyone loves this event, grinders, spenders and Kabam. You just killed it for all 3.
The gifting event has never been a complete "money event", like you are making it out to be. That's where the unit grinding part comes into play. Mass unit grinding on alt accounts may or may not be ok, but grinding on your own main account is perfectly. You're just viewing it through narrow, close-minded glasses where you want to hate the event.
No suggestion you have given here is viable or realistic and based on your furthur comments, you know that very well. Maybe next time trying being constructive for once?
It absolutely sucks that some people on the top cheat and scam, but it doesn't take away positive experiences too
Lastly it create a great divide in alliances with multiple areas of players. From conquerors to TB. everyone in your alliance above you is getting great stuff while you’re opening your lump of coal. It sows disharmony
Kabam Miike said this on the matter: "When we made these changes to the early game, we knew that there could be some potential for this kind of behaviour. We were already looking into ways to make sure that this can't be exploited, but don't have the details right now."
I've highlighted the relevant part for you. Kabam already knew about it, get angry all you want at Brian but your anger is misplaced.
Someone behaving like they will gift others without expecting something back
Stating that after the fact of the video being public isn't exactly proving anything, except to confirm they do know about it now.
If they had included a warning about measures to be taken to prevent exploits or whatever people want to call this in their original post about the earlier act revision (, before the video) then one could say that.
The fact mike's post implied they are still thinking of how to handle it well after the changes have been made public (and well after they should've predicted and explored ways to deter any unwanted behaviour in the concept stage o these changes) don't fill me with confidence.
Step 1) Determine the savings in time the changes to act 1-3 gives a new account. Kabam already knows this.
Step 2) Determine how long it took a new act to be eligible for gifting with last years parameters (level 15 and act 2). Kabam already knows this.
Add amount from Step 1 to Step 2 but not in a way that heavily penalizes accounts that had already completed some or most of the content prior to the change. Kabam has the data on which level thresh hold or story progression that is. We’d all be guessing. Problem solved.
But wait! There’s more…
Secret Step 1) Flag accounts lower than uncollected for bot activity.
Secret Step 2) Flag main accounts that received gifts from flagged account in Step 1. Arbitrarily create a cut off for worse offending main accounts. Ban those accounts. The cut off covers false positives.
“We were already looking into ways” means just that, they were already looking into ways.
You can direct any lack of confidence comments at Kabam based on this, but I was simply replying to someone getting angry at Brian as if it’s his fault, and as if he alone brought this on. It’s not true.
BG's role in this isn't too important wrt Kabam's actions prior to implementing the changes - he simply highlighted it to those of the player base who hadn't considered it.
More important to me is whether kabam fully explored the potential repercussions before they released the changes, and how far along to moderating/handling it they actually are, as there is a finite period between now and gifting (ie PR is cheap, show me action).
“The video is like me a non-grinder, saying arena grinders are gaining advantage because they are farming units and BC, which again will give some x amount of units. Non issue.”
How is this not putting an end to this non issue?
It makes complete sense. It takes TIME to grind the arena and most don’t want to and don’t do it. Same goes with the new accounts. It takes loads of TIME to get to even 2k units on one New account. Most won’t do it, some obviously will.
I can imagine players who grinded/botted on more alts than a typical ~2-3 accounts will feel frustrated.
Or somehow has 20-30k plus units on an "alt" without spending 🙄. (Bot, or bought someone else's account).
But the "spirit" of giving, and people receiving "free" stuff, will be over?!
As if anyone can't give outside the game.