Necropolis initial thoughts?

SpideyFunko · October 2023

Didn’t expect challenger rating to be a thing of importance today but it could be fun?

Excited for the shot at unlocking maestro however!

Opandemonio · October 2023

What?

Darkraw346 · October 2023

That Grandmaster looks different from nameless champs no? As a little thing as it is I hope it's Nameless Grandmaster and not Deathless Grandmaster

ahmynuts · October 2023

Awfully designed. They need to do away with damage caps and die now mechanics. I'm all for it being really hard as long as it is fun like the original act 6 but this isn't fun it's just going to be an annoying revive Fiesta like LoL and AoL were

SpideyFunko · October 2023

Opandemonio said:
What?

they revealed a new piece of content during the livestream- it’s called necropolis
basically massive health pools with trap nodes and another node that is reliant on the attackers challenger rating

ahmynuts · October 2023

SpideyFunko said:

Opandemonio said:
What?
they revealed a new piece of content during the livestream- it’s called necropolis
basically massive health pools with trap nodes and another node that is reliant on the attackers challenger rating

Dont forget the relics

Dirty_Dozz · October 2023

I just hope it's content I'm able to complete without having to dump hundreds of revives. I know it's supposed to be a revive dump but still. I hate being behind the newest content, and I feel my roster might finally be in a place where I can stay current.

SpideyFunko · October 2023

ahmynuts said:

SpideyFunko said:

Opandemonio said:
What?
they revealed a new piece of content during the livestream- it’s called necropolis
basically massive health pools with trap nodes and another node that is reliant on the attackers challenger rating
Dont forget the relics

it’s so pitiful too- they said they get six charges back? so that’s only six seconds of time back? aiyiyi

Unio77 · October 2023

Tf is challenger rating again and what does it show 😭

Emilia90 · October 2023

I’m wondering why they can’t make content like this that doesn’t kill you regardless of how well you play. If this was like a boss rush facing 14 champs that are designed like the GM (but harder) that would be so cool.

ahmynuts · October 2023

Unio77 said:
Tf is challenger rating again and what does it show 😭

An invisible stat that the champions have that kabam doesn't explain in the game that impacts their damage, crit rate, etc against champions of higher rarity

Viper198787 · October 2023

ahmynuts said:

Unio77 said:
Tf is challenger rating again and what does it show 😭
An invisible stat that the champions have that kabam doesn't explain in the game that impacts their damage, crit rate, etc against champions of higher rarity

Not really invisible. You can see it in their stat page. But yes, it governs whether or not you get a bonus or penalty to your stats if you’re punching down or up based on challenge rating.

Unio77 · October 2023

Viper198787 said:

ahmynuts said:

Unio77 said:
Tf is challenger rating again and what does it show 😭
An invisible stat that the champions have that kabam doesn't explain in the game that impacts their damage, crit rate, etc against champions of higher rarity
Not really invisible. You can see it in their stat page. But yes, it governs whether or not you get a bonus or penalty to your stats if you’re punching down or up based on challenge rating.

English pls 🙂

Viper198787 · October 2023

Unio77 said:

Viper198787 said:

ahmynuts said:

Unio77 said:
Tf is challenger rating again and what does it show 😭
An invisible stat that the champions have that kabam doesn't explain in the game that impacts their damage, crit rate, etc against champions of higher rarity
Not really invisible. You can see it in their stat page. But yes, it governs whether or not you get a bonus or penalty to your stats if you’re punching down or up based on challenge rating.

English pls 🙂

If your challenge rating is higher than your opponent, you do more damage and take less damage. If your challenge rating is lower, you do less damage and take more damage.

ahmynuts · October 2023

Viper198787 said:

ahmynuts said:

Unio77 said:
Tf is challenger rating again and what does it show 😭
An invisible stat that the champions have that kabam doesn't explain in the game that impacts their damage, crit rate, etc against champions of higher rarity
Not really invisible. You can see it in their stat page. But yes, it governs whether or not you get a bonus or penalty to your stats if you’re punching down or up based on challenge rating.

Invisible in the sense they dont explain what it is

Viper198787 · October 2023

ahmynuts said:

Viper198787 said:

ahmynuts said:

Unio77 said:
Tf is challenger rating again and what does it show 😭
An invisible stat that the champions have that kabam doesn't explain in the game that impacts their damage, crit rate, etc against champions of higher rarity
Not really invisible. You can see it in their stat page. But yes, it governs whether or not you get a bonus or penalty to your stats if you’re punching down or up based on challenge rating.

Invisible in the sense they dont explain what it is

They explained it very vaguely like 7 years ago when it was first implemented. That wasn’t good enough?

GrandOldKai · October 2023

As much as I'd love to have a Maestro, I don’t see myself attempting content like this

I haven't even looked at Labyrinth, and I'm content with that.

Colinwhitworth69 · October 2023

ahmynuts said:

Unio77 said:
Tf is challenger rating again and what does it show 😭
An invisible stat that the champions have that kabam doesn't explain in the game that impacts their damage, crit rate, etc against champions of higher rarity

They did a terrible job of hiding it.

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/2317/challenger-rating-explained

Pikolu · October 2023

One of the biggest things CR affects is crit rating. That is why your 6 stars crit less against 7 stars and why 7 stars crit a lot more than 6 stars.

ahmynuts · October 2023

Viper198787 said:

ahmynuts said:

Viper198787 said:

ahmynuts said:

Unio77 said:
Tf is challenger rating again and what does it show 😭
An invisible stat that the champions have that kabam doesn't explain in the game that impacts their damage, crit rate, etc against champions of higher rarity
Not really invisible. You can see it in their stat page. But yes, it governs whether or not you get a bonus or penalty to your stats if you’re punching down or up based on challenge rating.

Invisible in the sense they dont explain what it is
They explained it very vaguely like 7 years ago when it was first implemented. That wasn’t good enough?

No because every 2 weeks we have people asking what challenger rating is because they cant find the forum post from like 2015 when it was introduced

laserjohn26 · October 2023

Dirty_Dozz said:
I just hope it's content I'm able to complete without having to dump hundreds of revives. I know it's supposed to be a revive dump but still. I hate being behind the newest content, and I feel my roster might finally be in a place where I can stay current.

If you are the skill of kt1 or msd type player expect 40-50 revives per path. If you are the type of player who complains about act 6 plan on 5-8000 units per path. In the middle? Well figure it out... and that's assuming you have every champ needed ranked up. It's already been said this is a roster check.

ahmynuts · October 2023

laserjohn26 said:

Dirty_Dozz said:
I just hope it's content I'm able to complete without having to dump hundreds of revives. I know it's supposed to be a revive dump but still. I hate being behind the newest content, and I feel my roster might finally be in a place where I can stay current.
If you are the skill of kt1 or msd type player expect 40-50 revives per path. If you are the type of player who complains about act 6 plan on 5-8000 units per path. In the middle? Well figure it out... and that's assuming you have every champ needed ranked up. It's already been said this is a roster check.

I'm kind of excited to see how many 100s of free crystals I will have at the end of completion. I think I'm at 500-600 right now

Polygon · October 2023

Pikolu said:
One of the biggest things CR affects is crit rating. That is why your 6 stars crit less against 7 stars and why 7 stars crit a lot more than 6 stars.

Also the only reason why Domino is now a good attacker as 7 star, was only used for defense before

Darkness275 · October 2023

ahmynuts said:
as long as it is fun like the original act 6

You and I must be remembering a completely different experience with Act 6.

The original Act 6 was painstaking and draining and horrible. Didn't it take a couple of weeks or a month for the first 100 people to actually explore it? No one bothered to. Took too much energy and was just so tedious. Am I misremembering? Was that a different act?

ahmynuts · October 2023

Darkness275 said:

ahmynuts said:
as long as it is fun like the original act 6
You and I must be remembering a completely different experience with Act 6.

The original Act 6 was painstaking and draining and horrible. Didn't it take a couple of weeks or a month for the first 100 people to actually explore it? No one bothered to. Took too much energy and was just so tedious. Am I misremembering? Was that a different act?

It was extremely hard and frustrating but in the best way possible. Then Kabam tried to jump the gun with the original Act 7 and took it way too far into the realm of pure BS and made it actually horrible. Look up videos of how act 7 was supposed to be and that's exactly how you are describing the original act 6

ReignkingTW · October 2023

ahmynuts said:

Darkness275 said:

ahmynuts said:
as long as it is fun like the original act 6
You and I must be remembering a completely different experience with Act 6.

The original Act 6 was painstaking and draining and horrible. Didn't it take a couple of weeks or a month for the first 100 people to actually explore it? No one bothered to. Took too much energy and was just so tedious. Am I misremembering? Was that a different act?
It was extremely hard and frustrating but in the best way possible. Then Kabam tried to jump the gun with the original Act 7 and took it way too far into the realm of pure BS and made it actually horrible. Look up videos of how act 7 was supposed to be and that's exactly how you are describing the original act 6

Good recall. The community pushed back and Kabam listened. The beta act 7 was just awful.

ThePredator1001 · October 2023

I’m super excited for this, people were complaining 8.3 was too easy, well here’s your answer. I was too low progression in the past to attempt any of the other everest content, and by the time I was strong enough, the rewards were so out dated it wasn’t worth the effort and resources. So I’m very excited for some challenging content that has some juicy rewards.

Pikolu · October 2023

Honestly, even if it is a revive spam at this point, I'm excited that we have content where it is going to be meaningful to have r2 7 stars or ascended 6 stars. It is going to be cool to see what people come up with and to eventually see solos from various people. The rewards also look very nice.

ReignkingTW · October 2023

ThePredator1001 said:
I’m super excited for this, people were complaining 8.3 was too easy, well here’s your answer. I was too low progression in the past to attempt any of the other everest content, and by the time I was strong enough, the rewards were so out dated it wasn’t worth the effort and resources. So I’m very excited for some challenging content that has some juicy rewards.

That's the ironic thing. They future-proofed Abyss by capping damage, yet didn't realize that the rewards are what really future-proofed it. I have zero desire to burn through resources to get outdated rewards.

flapjax · October 2023

ReignkingTW said:

ThePredator1001 said:
I’m super excited for this, people were complaining 8.3 was too easy, well here’s your answer. I was too low progression in the past to attempt any of the other everest content, and by the time I was strong enough, the rewards were so out dated it wasn’t worth the effort and resources. So I’m very excited for some challenging content that has some juicy rewards.
That's the ironic thing. They future-proofed Abyss by capping damage, yet didn't realize that the rewards are what really future-proofed it. I have zero desire to burn through resources to get outdated rewards.

Honestly all everest content feels this way when they're a revive fiesta, despite them saying they don't want us just spamming revives on content.

I thought about doing EOP but the amount of revives and champs I'd have to rank to do all the Carinas was almost laughable when a few months later deals like July 4th happen.

Rather than spend thousands of units for these rewards, I'll just farm arena and wait for Banquet/July 4th or next Cyber Monday, and probably get even better rewards.

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