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Unpopular opinion: Banquet Event - Discussion
Deathsworker
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I personally wanna hear your thoughts on how the event could have been better, but also give a counter argument for your own thoughts. I.e. Awakening gems would have been nice in the GBC, but it would have gave whales the opportunity to awaken all their champions or we would have gotten a lot of 7* awakened spots, etc in the BG and AW.
TL/DR Overall, I think it was a good event because it doesn't destroy the economy. It helped other players progress who aren't at the top, but you could still partially benefit from rank up material given & top players got new content and a progression. People didn't think about the repercussions of a boosted event in terms of economy down the line and gave a lot of hate.
I, personally, would say that the event was good.
I understand that the rewards weren't too valuable for people who grind everyday and are in the top, but you could still receive 7*'s and rank up material for 7*'s and 6*'s which was RNG based; however, Necropolis was released along with a new progression title with boosted daily crystal rewards giving players new progress to go for. The issue with being at top of the game is everything prior is now useless. Once you start getting maxed sig, all the champs, etc. then most content isn't worthwhile until new updates are released with new champs, new level ups, etc.
Overall, there was 2 ways to go with this event. Think about it honestly, which would you rather have preferred.
1. Release 7* sig stones, awakening stones, 7* shards, titan shards, etc in the GBC to appeal to the top players, but this would greatly devalue the 7* champs since they were released less than a year ago. Having maxed sig 7*'s prior to even being able to max rank it. This means that lower players, uncollected, cavalier, etc having access to these rewards would throw off the economy especially for any new players that join in 2024.
2. The banquet event we got which doesn't destroy the economy. (A lot of people in global already complained about 7*'s being easily accessible for lower players as is, imagine if the event was greatly boosted. The community uproar would have been significant and then a few months down the line people would complain on forums about how the event ruined the economy)
I feel bad for Kabam because I think they got a lot more hate for the event without people looking at what the overall effects of what their ideal perfect event can have down the line.
TL/DR Overall, I think it was a good event because it doesn't destroy the economy. It helped other players progress who aren't at the top, but you could still partially benefit from rank up material given & top players got new content and a progression. People didn't think about the repercussions of a boosted event in terms of economy down the line and gave a lot of hate.
I, personally, would say that the event was good.
I understand that the rewards weren't too valuable for people who grind everyday and are in the top, but you could still receive 7*'s and rank up material for 7*'s and 6*'s which was RNG based; however, Necropolis was released along with a new progression title with boosted daily crystal rewards giving players new progress to go for. The issue with being at top of the game is everything prior is now useless. Once you start getting maxed sig, all the champs, etc. then most content isn't worthwhile until new updates are released with new champs, new level ups, etc.
Overall, there was 2 ways to go with this event. Think about it honestly, which would you rather have preferred.
1. Release 7* sig stones, awakening stones, 7* shards, titan shards, etc in the GBC to appeal to the top players, but this would greatly devalue the 7* champs since they were released less than a year ago. Having maxed sig 7*'s prior to even being able to max rank it. This means that lower players, uncollected, cavalier, etc having access to these rewards would throw off the economy especially for any new players that join in 2024.
2. The banquet event we got which doesn't destroy the economy. (A lot of people in global already complained about 7*'s being easily accessible for lower players as is, imagine if the event was greatly boosted. The community uproar would have been significant and then a few months down the line people would complain on forums about how the event ruined the economy)
I feel bad for Kabam because I think they got a lot more hate for the event without people looking at what the overall effects of what their ideal perfect event can have down the line.
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Most of us gave genuinely great feedback and ideas to Kabam and by their (Crashed) admission it was a bit undertuned for endgame players, some players made charts and recalculated reward totals and the impact it would have on the game. Also not a single person ever mentioned an awakening gem. The narrative of endgame players wanting the banquet to give them bigger and better rewards was a false one pushed from the start. R3 chamos and awakening gems and sigs weren't even on our minds
I don’t understand the swinging to the extreme here. I didn’t want 7* gems, sig stones, and insanely game breaking items. Higher drop rates for some reasonable items would’ve been nice without disrupting the economy. Especially with the price being 300 units for some 6* sig stones/t2a 99% of the time
Then you come here saying "Tell me how it could have been made better without destroying the economy" When both endgame players AND Kabam did that already
I'm hopeful we will see progression gates put in for at minimum the objectives, and hopefully the crystal too.
https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/356618/are-kabam-devs-happy-with-the-banquet-results/p2
Look at January. The side quest is utterly underwhelming AGAIN. That’s it… that’s our content for the month. To go along with the last two months of side quests being underwhelming (putting it mildly) and a banquet that was also underwhelming
So now you have valiants wondering what to do in game. You have paragons like me who got one run in… but 1) don’t want to aegon everything and don’t have the other needed options… and/or 2) don’t particularly care for Everest content.
Those are just two groups that when the “but necropolis was released” comments start …. Eyes start to glaze over. Banquet wasn’t for us. Side quests aren’t for us… should we just take a few months off? That’s how it looks to me…. Because…. necropolis.