Boring

As the title suggests that’s all I can honestly say about 8.1

I’m deeply saddened that it’s just act 7 all over again, after act 6 concluded we’ve gone from having new exciting things to the map designs all being almost unrecognisable from each other. All of the quests are exactly the same 6 paths of 6 fights where all enemies have the same nodes and we end on a selection of 3 bosses.

I miss the days of act 5 and 6, excitingly waiting for the new content to drop because they always had something interesting in store for us with cool map designs.

Act 5: in 5.1 we got thrown into the deep end with a huge step up in difficulty, 5.2 we again got some new hard content with really well designed nodes and it concluding in the collector fight, 5.3 we got the key system and even though some people weren’t fans of it I liked it because it was something new and fresh, 5.4 we got the locked maps that made the first few weeks a challenge

Act 6: in 6.1 just like 5.1 we were thrown in the deep end with difficulty and it was a good step up, 6.2 we got all of the gates and just like the key system not everyone likes it but it’s still something new and along with it we got some of the most memorable bosses we still talk about today, 6.3 they gave us boosts on paths that could help us take on other tricky paths, 6.4 we got a boss fight that completely changed what we define as a boss fight with the grandmaster.

If I were to be shown an image of some map anywhere in act 5 or 6 I’d instantly be able to recognise it and tell you where it is and what boss is there but I’m afraid I can’t say the same for all of act 7 and now act 8.

I really hope that we get some innovation soon because this isn’t working

Comments

Greekhit

Wait till June 8th, maybe the Act6 new version has a similar map to Act7 with paths reduced to six 😂

Noobda

I agree. Act8 should have it own originality like every act instead of just copy pasting act7 and renaming it as Act8.

Squirrelguy

I mean, it's definitely not leagues different, but I did appreciate the change from the Paradox system to the weapon system that they added.

Do you have any suggestions on how they should improve it or make it different? That might make this into usable feedback instead of just pointing out contentions.

Personally, I think they could have added something different with the boss islands. Don't get me wrong, I love the single champion choice part, but maybe changing the number of bosses available, or having three bosses in a row that you could travel to and either fight the final one, the final two, or all three. This could give an increased difficulty, but also allow for a bad run to just take the final boss, while on a run that you finish with mostly full health, you could choose to fight all of them. Would take some serious champion choice and strategy decisions, but that is one of the fun aspects of the SOP/EOP fights.

Also, there has been a trend for a while of allowing players to switch between paths/nodes at least halfway through, allowing for interesting interaction and team planning. It could be fun/challenging to have mandatory switches halfway through paths so your team has to account for two different nodes and their associated defenders.

Just some thoughts. Don't sue me.

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Demonzfyre

I mean, it's definitely not leagues different, but I did appreciate the change from the Paradox system to the weapon system that they added.

Do you have any suggestions on how they should improve it or make it different? That might make this into usable feedback instead of just pointing out contentions.

Personally, I think they could have added something different with the boss islands. Don't get me wrong, I love the single champion choice part, but maybe changing the number of bosses available, or having three bosses in a row that you could travel to and either fight the final one, the final two, or all three. This could give an increased difficulty, but also allow for a bad run to just take the final boss, while on a run that you finish with mostly full health, you could choose to fight all of them. Would take some serious champion choice and strategy decisions, but that is one of the fun aspects of the SOP/EOP fights.

Also, there has been a trend for a while of allowing players to switch between paths/nodes at least halfway through, allowing for interesting interaction and team planning. It could be fun/challenging to have mandatory switches halfway through paths so your team has to account for two different nodes and their associated defenders.

Just some thoughts. Don't sue me.
If I were to boil down my feedback into one sentence it would be “let the quest designers off the chain!”

Unfortunately, most of the community doesn't want challenging. Most will be very happy with how boring Act 8 is because it's low effort high reward.

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Zeraphan

I hated everything about Act 6. I did one run for completion in all of it and haven't looked back. Act 7 was a refreshing change to me (although I do not really care for Paradox). I am not in the Act 8 Beta so I do not know anything about it first hand, however, if it is more like Act 7 than Act 6 for me that is what I would want it to be.

GroundedWisdom

I mean, it's definitely not leagues different, but I did appreciate the change from the Paradox system to the weapon system that they added.

Do you have any suggestions on how they should improve it or make it different? That might make this into usable feedback instead of just pointing out contentions.

Personally, I think they could have added something different with the boss islands. Don't get me wrong, I love the single champion choice part, but maybe changing the number of bosses available, or having three bosses in a row that you could travel to and either fight the final one, the final two, or all three. This could give an increased difficulty, but also allow for a bad run to just take the final boss, while on a run that you finish with mostly full health, you could choose to fight all of them. Would take some serious champion choice and strategy decisions, but that is one of the fun aspects of the SOP/EOP fights.

Also, there has been a trend for a while of allowing players to switch between paths/nodes at least halfway through, allowing for interesting interaction and team planning. It could be fun/challenging to have mandatory switches halfway through paths so your team has to account for two different nodes and their associated defenders.

Just some thoughts. Don't sue me.
If I were to boil down my feedback into one sentence it would be “let the quest designers off the chain!”
Unfortunately, most of the community doesn't want challenging. Most will be very happy with how boring Act 8 is because it's low effort high reward.

There's no question that it should be a step up from Act 7, but it's also a matter of keeping progression consistent. As we've seen with the change in direction and the adjustments in Act 6, too far out of alignment is not something they have as a goal. Also, the first Chapter will be easier than the following ones, as always.

Demonzfyre

I mean, it's definitely not leagues different, but I did appreciate the change from the Paradox system to the weapon system that they added.

Do you have any suggestions on how they should improve it or make it different? That might make this into usable feedback instead of just pointing out contentions.

Personally, I think they could have added something different with the boss islands. Don't get me wrong, I love the single champion choice part, but maybe changing the number of bosses available, or having three bosses in a row that you could travel to and either fight the final one, the final two, or all three. This could give an increased difficulty, but also allow for a bad run to just take the final boss, while on a run that you finish with mostly full health, you could choose to fight all of them. Would take some serious champion choice and strategy decisions, but that is one of the fun aspects of the SOP/EOP fights.

Also, there has been a trend for a while of allowing players to switch between paths/nodes at least halfway through, allowing for interesting interaction and team planning. It could be fun/challenging to have mandatory switches halfway through paths so your team has to account for two different nodes and their associated defenders.

Just some thoughts. Don't sue me.
If I were to boil down my feedback into one sentence it would be “let the quest designers off the chain!”
Unfortunately, most of the community doesn't want challenging. Most will be very happy with how boring Act 8 is because it's low effort high reward.
There's no question that it should be a step up from Act 7, but it's also a matter of keeping progression consistent. As we've seen with the change in direction and the adjustments in Act 6, too far out of alignment is not something they have as a goal. Also, the first Chapter will be easier than the following ones, as always.

If Act 8 goes live as it is in the beta, I'd have much more fun time talking to TheTalents about his top 20 AQ alliance.

There's no fun in it. Nothing exciting to really grab your attention. It's vanilla flavored ice cream. They could at least try for French vanilla.

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GroundedWisdom

I don't think it's THAT easy. I took part in all Act 7 Betas. It was challenging, but not overly. There's also the fact that Champs have become stronger now, so for someone who has done everything, it's really not going to challenge them as much.
The overtuned nature of Act 6 was primarily because it was designed to be an obstacle for the top Players. Unfortunately, when you follow that path, it becomes an arc that is increasingly harder for other Players to grow into. Story is progressional content. It's meant to be a progression. When you bump it up too much, it becomes a stifling roadblock.

Savage123456789

I think Kabam already mentioned changing directions when it comes to story content difficulty. Like some have pointed out, Act 6 was meant to be a roadblock/challenge for endgamers, but now we have things like gauntlent, SOP, carinas etc. And champions are getting stronger too. Speaking from my personal experience, I HATED Act 6 when I did initial clear. But when I came back to explore with a built up roster, it was a mixture of fun and hate (mostly from BS fights like havok and capiw to name a few). Act 6 had a lot of restrictions when it comes to best counters for fights that's why people with stacked rosters enjoyed it more because act 6 needed both skill and roster. Majority of players did not have diverse rosters so it felt punishing a lot. Plus, now Kabam are releasing more champs with utility that would have been helpful back then. Imagine telling someone you either need ghost+hood or units to beat a boss. The grandmaster fight, even though its annoying, you did not a specific champ to beat him. It's more skilled based. But we have good old CapIW. Anyways, the only way Kabam would crank up the difficulty is if we go back to story content being roadblocks and the rewards should also justify it

Monk1

Act 6 was hard.. but was some of the best content they ever produced. Much like variant 1.

Story content should be a challenge and development for people.. grow your skill and roster and the. Compete it when you can. honestly where is the fun in completing it within a day or two - making content this easy (such as Act 7) juts causes the drive for more content as people get it done so fast.

TheTalents

For the record I just wanted to state that I'm good with the direction the acts have gone in. An easy act 8 is cool with me but I'm looking forward to more end game content like Eternity of Pain in the future.

TheBair123

I suggest everyone go and take the survey they sent out, they hopefully look at the feedback there. But here's my opinion about this. You look at the difference between Act 6 and Act 7. It is completely different. We see new nodes, a new layout for paths, switch-out nodes, more continuity in paths, rewards, etc. None of that was in Act 6. Literally the ONLY thing that is different between Act 7 and 8 is the weapon nodes. It feels like I just did Act 7.5. Nothing other than some of the nodes on some paths feels different. There was no "big thing" that changed, and that made it a bit less exciting.

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Masterpuff

I made a similar post earlier. It has just been a monotonous slog.

Monk1

Bring back the gates would be a start.. makes you think, use different champs and overall creates more enjoyment.

I get some people see walking over content as enjoyment. But that is what variants were designed for - after v1 (when they again decided it was too hard for average players)

Pseudouber

I enjoyed it for the most part. It seems to have the right difficulty as its just Chapter 1 and is a notch above Act 7. I enjoyed the weapon system which is a change from previous acts. I mean what would you expect them to change more? Typically it's just adding a new system of nodes. Any ideas or just complaining? They still have 3 more acts to work on. My major complaint about act 6 was just all the paths and the length. The fights were fun its just the amount of fights wore the team down too much to get to the boss on many paths.

GinjabredMonsta

This is upsetting news

AverageDesi

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If I were to be shown an image of some map anywhere in act 5 or 6 I’d instantly be able to recognise it and tell you where it is and what boss is there but I’m afraid I can’t say the same for all of act 7 and now act 8

Yup. There's no character to any of the act 7)8 quests. Unlike act 6 where some unique fights existed throughout

naikavon

Act 6 was hard.. but was some of the best content they ever produced. Much like variant 1.

Story content should be a challenge and development for people.. grow your skill and roster and the. Compete it when you can. honestly where is the fun in completing it within a day or two - making content this easy (such as Act 7) juts causes the drive for more content as people get it done so fast.
Yep, this is what I don’t get about roadblocks being bad. The whole point of content is to challenge and make you grow as a player and grow your roster. Act 7 and 8 doesn’t do that well enough.

Act 6 made people better, and it made everyone who did it better. Unfortunately, people who couldn’t do act 6 complained that they didn’t like it. Which is fair, not everyone has to like it. But I think there’s a fundamental issue with this attitude, because there wasn’t enough drive to get better and beat the content.

I think on the back of that feedback, Kabam should have listened to *some* of it, and maybe dial back some of the crazier node combinations. But instead, they went wayyy overboard and gave us act 5 and a half, instead of a proper act 7.

Yes, act 6 had issues, it wasn’t perfect. But Kabam heard the feedback and gutted story content. It used to be my favourite part of the game, now it feels like what Thronebreaker EQ should feel like, and we’re stuck with Cav EQ. Then we get a bi-annual end game content piece like gauntlet or EoP that lasts a few weeks. I miss act 6 or abyss dropping and you knowing that you have to get better, and plan this out for months.

Agree to disagree. Did all of act 6 pre nerf and I didn't get "better" becuase of it. My skills did not somehow magically improve.

What did happen, is I waited and waited and waited until I finally pulled the champ to do specific fights. Real fun.

ZEDMAN33

Act8 was so boring. I loved the old version of Act 6 with specific class gates and star requirements.
Absolute snooze fest is Act 8 😴
Not one bit of creativity from Kabam in Act 8. Very ordinary

Joker1976

Story content is not the main focus of the game anymore..imo. The game has expanded a great deal from a few years back. Both act 5 and 6 were lacking in a very fundamental aspect of what a video game should be,..and that aspect is FUN. Act 7 was refreshing that you could use a multitude of different champs and it wasn’t as restricting as act 6. End of the day this is a mobile game for a whole lot of people,…not just a few. And for that matter a whole lot of people at different skill levels. Im glad to see they are again Nerfing act 6,..hopefully it helps some of the summoners who have bin stuck there. I know a few of them,..some good friends who love the game just as much as any of us.

Mr.0-8-4

Possible solution to make Act 8 more interesting:

1. Create more cuts scenes and change the layout. Maybe add new colors.

2. Bring in new organizations like A.I.M. or Roxxan corporation with NPC that will eventually make their way into the game (Jessica Jones comes to mind). Even if you make her super basic (with the promise that one day you'll bring her into the game with a completely overhauled kit), it would pique the community's interests.

3. Create new stages (this one might be a little bit more complicated)

MCOCHazza

I mean, it's definitely not leagues different, but I did appreciate the change from the Paradox system to the weapon system that they added.

Do you have any suggestions on how they should improve it or make it different? That might make this into usable feedback instead of just pointing out contentions.

Personally, I think they could have added something different with the boss islands. Don't get me wrong, I love the single champion choice part, but maybe changing the number of bosses available, or having three bosses in a row that you could travel to and either fight the final one, the final two, or all three. This could give an increased difficulty, but also allow for a bad run to just take the final boss, while on a run that you finish with mostly full health, you could choose to fight all of them. Would take some serious champion choice and strategy decisions, but that is one of the fun aspects of the SOP/EOP fights.

Also, there has been a trend for a while of allowing players to switch between paths/nodes at least halfway through, allowing for interesting interaction and team planning. It could be fun/challenging to have mandatory switches halfway through paths so your team has to account for two different nodes and their associated defenders.

Just some thoughts. Don't sue me.
If I were to boil down my feedback into one sentence it would be “let the quest designers off the chain!”
Unfortunately, most of the community doesn't want challenging. Most will be very happy with how boring Act 8 is because it's low effort high reward.
There's no question that it should be a step up from Act 7, but it's also a matter of keeping progression consistent. As we've seen with the change in direction and the adjustments in Act 6, too far out of alignment is not something they have as a goal. Also, the first Chapter will be easier than the following ones, as always.
If Act 8 goes live as it is in the beta, I'd have much more fun time talking to TheTalents about his top 20 AQ alliance.

There's no fun in it. Nothing exciting to really grab your attention. It's vanilla flavored ice cream. They could at least try for French vanilla.

Hey man don’t knock vanilla ice cream, it’s good

🤪

Mysterio

Needed more fishbowls

GinjabredMonsta

Needed more fishbowls

And trees

Graves_3

I mean, it's definitely not leagues different, but I did appreciate the change from the Paradox system to the weapon system that they added.

Do you have any suggestions on how they should improve it or make it different? That might make this into usable feedback instead of just pointing out contentions.

Personally, I think they could have added something different with the boss islands. Don't get me wrong, I love the single champion choice part, but maybe changing the number of bosses available, or having three bosses in a row that you could travel to and either fight the final one, the final two, or all three. This could give an increased difficulty, but also allow for a bad run to just take the final boss, while on a run that you finish with mostly full health, you could choose to fight all of them. Would take some serious champion choice and strategy decisions, but that is one of the fun aspects of the SOP/EOP fights.

Also, there has been a trend for a while of allowing players to switch between paths/nodes at least halfway through, allowing for interesting interaction and team planning. It could be fun/challenging to have mandatory switches halfway through paths so your team has to account for two different nodes and their associated defenders.

Just some thoughts. Don't sue me.
If I were to boil down my feedback into one sentence it would be “let the quest designers off the chain!”
Unfortunately, most of the community doesn't want challenging. Most will be very happy with how boring Act 8 is because it's low effort high reward.
There's no question that it should be a step up from Act 7, but it's also a matter of keeping progression consistent. As we've seen with the change in direction and the adjustments in Act 6, too far out of alignment is not something they have as a goal. Also, the first Chapter will be easier than the following ones, as always.
If Act 8 goes live as it is in the beta, I'd have much more fun time talking to TheTalents about his top 20 AQ alliance.

There's no fun in it. Nothing exciting to really grab your attention. It's vanilla flavored ice cream. They could at least try for French vanilla.

For all your talk about boring act 7 and act 8, it seems hypocritical that you are yet to fully explore act 6.

Wozzle007

I don’t think that innovation in map design means difficulty needs to exponential increase. I miss the days of act 4 where some maps could snake round the whole quest in one go, or split it up to multiple paths if you want to. Think act 6 had one of these in 6.1.2 I think. I don’t know, I think having a copy and paste of act 7 may make development time quicker so we’re sacrificing innovative design for a speedy turnaround between content drops.