Introducing the next Campaign Progression Level: Paragon!

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  • BigManOnCampusBigManOnCampus Member Posts: 376 ★★★

  • TheTalentsTheTalents Member Posts: 2,257 ★★★★★

  • DrZolaDrZola Member Posts: 9,539 ★★★★★
    edited April 2022

    I am totally ambivalent to the new title, and i wont have it day1. I like working towards it.

    I think the major sticking point with most players on the cusp is that Eternity of Pain/ July4 offers may be locked behind the new title, with very few/ no way to bridge that gap before that timeframe.
    That said, it is what it is and eventually we wil get there.

    One fix could be to make the offers + prizes objectives-based (like Carina’s) that are triggered when a player hits Paragon. Offers trigger on completion of specific content already. That kind of thing would be incentivizing. Of course, you could always follow the BF/CM approach that was so popular when TB was introduced. ;)

    Dr. Zola
  • RicoShayRicoShay Member Posts: 255 ★★★
    The issue here is the difference between 2 and 3 r4's. 2 is "too little" and 3 is "too much" but my main criticism towards this title is that you needed to complete content that isn't available anymore to get the title. So many players became TB through that event and after that many of those players have completed major milestones in content that contribute to r4 materials. But I'm no time traveller. I can't get the resources I need because I didn't do something a year ago. I can't go back and fully explore SOP. I can't go grind 10k units before act 7 so that when it came around I could buy the "exploration" package which is more or less a rank up package. I can't qualify for a top alliance for months because my prestige gate keeps me from doing that so I get bottlenecked for the resources. even still I'm sitting in a fairly competitive alliance and have little to no chance of getting another rank 4 any time soon.

    Another thing that boggles my brain is some people deny that it isn't heavily benefitting spending players and shafting FTP players. Yes, advantage should be paid out to those who contribute real money towards it but the advantage of the purchase is why people will buy what they do. If I want a 6* nexus and I have the will to spend my money I go buy it because I get a 6* nexus. The advantage is the nexus NOT a progression towards a title. If you're buying something you should only be buying what you get and not some add on BS that comes out later. Essentially you either shaft your players by making r4's too hard to earn and bottlenecking the title or you increase the chances of getting an r4 and shaft players who spent their hard earned money. The real solution here in my opinion is make EOP permanent. Make the prerequisites EOP completion and act 7 completion with 2r'4's for the title. That way if you 100% both act 7 and EOP you have access to the title and it is a display of skill. I know nothing will come about it but regardless of situation there will be disagreement. Going to reiterate it's pretty pathetic if you think fairness should be bought and not provided to players. I don't think everyone deserves the title from day 1 but I do think that if you put effort into this game and you use your precious time that you deserve some payout too. And that doesn't mean 100% of the entire game to get access
  • DemonzfyreDemonzfyre Member Posts: 22,873 ★★★★★
    RicoShay said:

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    Another thing that boggles my brain is some people deny that it isn't heavily benefitting spending players and shafting FTP players.

    I haven't seen a single person deny that spenders benefit from their spending and no, F2P is not being shafted.

    F2P mindset tends to lean to hard on your concept of "being shafted" because you don't have what spenders have. F2P and spenders are not the same. If you want to be equal to spenders, you have to a lot more work. The game needs revenue so someone will always benefit if they're willing to spend.
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  • WorknprogressWorknprogress Member Posts: 7,233 ★★★★★
    Gmonkey said:

    Before the nerf no way you could explore act 6 for 4K units. I would have put it up with abyss for spend.
    Original Act 6 was brutal. Especially when considering most rosters at the time. I'm still pissed those of us that explored it before any changes never got a separate title for that.
  • TyEdgeTyEdge Member Posts: 3,204 ★★★★★
    Gmonkey said:

    Before the nerf no way you could explore act 6 for 4K units. I would have put it up with abyss for spend.
    Loads of people did abyss for way less than 4k. It was a much easier path to TB than exploring act 6.
  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 37,125 ★★★★★

    Still no word about this issue.

    Tomorrow drops the money cleaning event deals, and some people will buy another rank 4 champion just for the sake of this title.

    Last thing you need now is to change the requirements after selling the product. So if we don't get any news about this till tomorrow, I can assume that nothing will change and that this issue will be going forward

    I have my doubts it will change. It didn't change last time, and the feedback was on par.
  • Qwerty12345Qwerty12345 Member Posts: 868 ★★★★
    maybe if next time Kabam makes it 10 R4s, so noone has it on day one... people will realize the goal is to set a bar, and judging where you are compared to that bar on day 1 isn't the poiint, but rather its a goal along the journy.
  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 37,125 ★★★★★

    This is a whole other issue, not comparable to the situation with the TB title.
    Literally the same. A new benchmark is introduced, people protest the requirements.
  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 37,125 ★★★★★

    The requirements that Kabam itself said aren't enough to obtain the title. Introducing the title like this would be against their own words
    I'm sorry, where did they say anything besides the requirement is what it is? If they never intended it to be 3 R4s and Act 7, they wouldn't have announced it. Bottom line is, some people will have it when it comes out, and some will have to wait. That's no different than anything else. It's not a travesty. It's how the game works when something is introduced.
  • Eb0ny-O-M4wEb0ny-O-M4w Member Posts: 14,159 ★★★★★

    I'm sorry, where did they say anything besides the requirement is what it is? If they never intended it to be 3 R4s and Act 7, they wouldn't have announced it. Bottom line is, some people will have it when it comes out, and some will have to wait. That's no different than anything else. It's not a travesty. It's how the game works when something is introduced.
    They very specifically said "if you did this, this and that, you will get enough. So that's why we are releasing the title". Very first post, the announcement itself. And no, it isn't enough, so therefore the title shouldn't be released yet
  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 37,125 ★★★★★

    They very specifically said "if you did this, this and that, you will get enough. So that's why we are releasing the title". Very first post, the announcement itself. And no, it isn't enough, so therefore the title shouldn't be released yet
    At the moment it's released? No. Hence the part about not everyone getting it right away. Keep doing those things and you will. Is everything a mission against spending?
  • SandeepSSandeepS Member Posts: 1,314 ★★★★
    Bit late to the party. I'm a thronebreaker with 0 6r4. I understand the title and what it's trying to achieve. My expectation would have been similar to thronebreaker where if you complete all the story content then you'll have the title. Extra exclusivity I also understand but would suggest making the requirement 2 x 6r4. Am motivated to achieve it, may take me a while, but putting the message after the 10k offer wasnt good. If I knew this was coming I would have postponed my completion of 7.4. Having r4 material coming soon sounds promising but in reality it's going to be judged on how much e.g. 1 t3a or 300 t3a fragments.
  • PseudouberPseudouber Member Posts: 896 ★★★
    Kabam, you want to make some real money. Put out a Thronebreaker daily and include T6B and T3A shards.
  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 37,125 ★★★★★
    TyEdge said:

    If you’re obtuse, there’s no difference at all. If you exercise an ounce of critical thinking, you realize that there’s an enormous difference. Thronebreaker required one champ, not three. The ability to get the resource was in-game from the moment it was announced. It was announced four months after new content and two months after July 4.

    This was announced two months prior to July 4 and before summer content with gated rewards. It was announced one month after the required content, and it was never disclosed how significant the act offer might be for the new title right around the corner.

    You can have a t6b and a t3a right now. If you’ve already cleared act 7, you have no way to do anything to use those two catalysts. They’re literally unavailable in any meaningful quantity.
    Saying it's prior to July 4th in the middle of April is a bit of a stretch.
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