What motivates you to play the game?

I need a bit of an encouragement, so I ask what is it that keeps you playing?

Today I have turned on the game, I wanted to play a bit. I am pretty casual and not very active (except for daily logins etc), so when I get in mood, I play an hour or two here and there.

However today has been one huge disappointment. I decided to do one path in 7.1.6, idc about items, just wanted to progress a bit bcs Act 7 is fun and I think the exploration rewards could be nice eventually.

First fight my champ threw heavy and got smacked into KO, even tho I didn't press anything. This happens sometimes, so I reset, no big deal. I got plenty of refills.

On second try I got through. Was unusually laggy, but I lost hp bcs of my mistakes, there's no running from that. My fault only

Next fight the game crashed, so I had to re-do it.

Then the game decided that I am not blocking even when I clearly was holding block. That's where I ran out of patience and shut it down.

I don't blame anyone, I believe devs are doing their best to fix this (it surely hurts their business), however I am pretty discouraged. It has been like this for months and getting worse and worse, so what keeps you hooked to the game? I play too long and am too addicted to uninstall, but except for daily login I don't have any motivation to spend time in-game. That's why I ask this (title). Thanks for your inputs

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The_Sentry06

Champion buffs and hanging around and chatting with friends.

Knullvoid235

The effort I've put in so far. Also it's kinda fun getting crystals....dear god I'm a gambling addict. Jokes aside I'm just here to collect champs and progress through the game

Sinister_Ratcoon

I loved alliance war but kinda worried it’s about to get cancelled again

Hoodie25

Out of curiosity, what device are you playing on? I’m on an iPhone 12, and while I do have parry/dex issues, the game doesn’t lag much for me other than an occasional hiccup here and there.

Also, the issues that I experience rarely involve inputs completely failing to register, or registering without me initiating them. Instead, they all just register late, so if I adapt and do my inputs much earlier, I can generally just play around the problem. Granted, it’s still annoying, and sometimes dashing back too early leads to getting chased down and smacked in the face, but it’s doable.

If I had to deal with your case, I’d be incredibly frustrated and I’d grow increasingly weary with how long this has dragged on. But there are still some great things that the game has to offer, despite the bugs. For me, I continue to look forward to new champion acquisition the most. I still don’t have apocalypse yet, and every new 5 or 6 star crystal that I pop comes with the hope of seeing the big bad mutant jump out to join my roster. Sometimes I might back in and out of the menu a few times, or drag the crystal in different patterns across the screen before letting it spin. Sure it‘s superstitious, but it prolongs the surge of excitement that I always feel and helps me think that there’s something special about this crystal in particular. The point is, I have a lot of fun opening crystals.

The tough thing is, of course, that champion acquisition and content completion go hand in hand. But the monthly event quest and side quest are a great place to start. If the bugs cause you to take too much of a beating on a certain difficulty, dropping down a level should help your roster power through. It may not be as entertaining or engaging, but there are still some decent rewards to be had - enough to let you pop a crystal every now and then. It’s not ideal, but hopefully it helps stir up enough interest to keep the frustration in check. And with any luck, it won’t be too long before the game engine difficulties are resolved.

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ItsDamien

Ranking up fun champs. I play very casually these days, even if I’m not having all the issues with bugs that everyone else has.

Colinwhitworth69

I have left this dumb predatory game, hope all others do too.

Yet here you are.

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13579rebel_

Waiting for Zemo

Colinwhitworth69

I play the game to have fun, and I am not concerned with completing everything. I am TB and am exploring 7.3, but I feel no rush to finish. Same with Variant 8.

I also like ranking up champs that I like, so that's motivation.

Wozzle007

Pretty much just AW and AQ. Neither are fun but have the boosts and health pots spare so taking part whilst I have them. Other than that, I’m not really motivated to play anymore. Maybe if/when 7.4 drops I’ll be more excited about actually playing the game. We don’t have a dev diary or a roadmap for the next year so I honestly having nothing to look forward too to get excited about.

Reverend_Ruckus

I love Marvel and I like seeing certain champions fighting each other. I also like seeing the flashy animations and choosing certain champions for certain fights

SpideyFunko

gotta get tb before I quit

Salve_maker05

I’m about 12% of a science t5 cc from quitting properly

Skiddy212

Something to do, collecting champs. I have fun when i do story content.

Also, the time i've put it. Don't want it to just go away. And i love marvel and this is the best theyve got out there right now

SHIELD4AGENT

Love for Marvel.

NastyPhish

I used to play this game because it was skill based. It hasn’t been that way since week 3 of summer of pain. And with every patch they’ve either sped up the Ai or gave them more abilities. Making it more of an RNG game as time goes on.

I have zero interest in that.

My days playing are numbered.

That being said, if the game gets fixed. I’ll eat my words right here on the forums.

JustinU21

Addiction keeps me coming lol

daveyj_196_

I work shifts. It kills a lot of time.

mostlyharmlessn

I decided to take part in this season's AW... the first time in over a year to see if it could spark/rekindle an interest... so far hasn't really done so....

The main reason I even bother logging in right now is because I enjoy the fun chats with the alliance mates.

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Lpoo

This post actually made me realize I don’t have the inspiration to keep on going.I’m out of my alliance after the season, hopefully I get motivated sometime again

DragonMCOC

I struggle with being motivated daily. I'm looking for that spark as well; hope you find it.

Crusaderjr

addiction and time invested in the game keeps me here... not as fun as it used to be yet im still here

ThatGuyYouSaw235

I have left this dumb predatory game, hope all others do too.

my guy why are you still here then

Ted_n00bgent

gotta get tb before I quit

Did not know you weren’t thronebreaker.

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odishika123

I need 15% more tech t5cc for Guardian...

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