Add 1/25 7*s as an optional substitute for the 6* r4 paragon requirements!l?
whotfareyoutho
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Same requirement of three but it should be three of 6* r4s and/or max r1 7*s
Add 1/25 7*s as an optional substitute for the 6* r4 paragon requirements!l? 161 votes
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a rank 1 7* is just ISO and gold, come on.
With that said, they set the price of entry. To alter it would be unfair to those who paid it.
On the one hand, if you allow 7* R1s to count for Paragon 6* R4 requirements, then a player could conceivably achieve the Paragon requirements without having to rank anything up at all. 7* R1 by definition doesn't require catalysts, just gold and ISO. A player could just buy a bunch enough crystals and level up three champs to hit this mark instantly. And while at the moment this would be very expensive, it won't be in two years, or three, or four, when this requirement will still be around.
On the other hand, if you don't count them, then in that same future where 7* shards are more common, players could arrive at a situation similar to the situation some players are in now: they are earning 5* shards and 6* shards, and deciding to skip ranking up 5* champs to jump straight to 6* rank ups. One day, players will be doing that and choosing to rank up 7* champs over comparable 6* champs. Such players could conceivable never reach the Paragon requirements, and actually hit the requirements for whatever comes after Paragon *before* completing the Paragon requirements.
My guess is that Kabam will have to use some game design spackle here to try to accommodate the rank overlap between 6* and 7*. They could decide that for now, 6* R4 is still the requirement, and anyone who can snag a bunch of 7* champs can also easily achieve (or have already achieved) the R4 Paragon requirements. And then down the road, they could decide that players who skip past 6* R4 will have to get at least, say, two 7* R2s to force at least some catalyst usage. By then 7* R2s might require comparable effort that 6* R4s required a year ago.
Its hard to say, because you don't want it to be too easy, but you also do not want to require players to backtrack, and whatever solution you implement has to not just address today, but a future where the game economy will be much different than it is now.
But naw to 7r1s.
There are enough materials in permanent content to get you paragon, go and do it. BG's has made obtaining a useful 6* to rank up far easier than it has ever been.
I'm pretty sure Kabam mentioned the end goal is for summoners to have well-developed rosters as they progress through the various tiers. They put in gate requirements to reinforce that idea. That argument is moot with the removal of those gates and with all the unit deals for resources at a much faster pace. We can assume the next tier will be exploration of Act 8 with a certain number of 7* rank 2's. With those just coming out, I think the focus will be on 7*r2's and we won't see anything related to r3's for quite awhile.
If you've been around long enough (for me it was December of 2014), progression was painfully slow. I don't think I got my first 4* until 4 months into playing (I see you OG CM). Today's game looks much, much different than it used to be. We all love progress, new shiny champs, and satisfyingly our obsession of completing everything that comes out (minus some of the Everest content). This is the way.