Has Sagas been a letdown?

aleksdayum · April 24

I was really excited when they first announced it. But seems to be a let down so far barely anything has been done with it, was this intentional? I can’t find the initial forum post about it

Chobbly · April 24

I think it's early days yet. I wouldn't say it's failed at all, but a new addition so let's give it time to settle in. Caution should always be baked into any major change like this, so let's see where it goes.

Shadow_Shooter · April 24

The boost they are giving to saga is kind of negligible to make it worthy of choice.

Josh2507 · April 24

Outside of war (which is a mess right now)

And battlegrounds (which no one seems to be playing anymore)

The whole saga thing is irrelevant to most areas of the game

PT_99 · April 24

Idek what saga even is other than that 10% boost and collecting 120 runes for 7* Nightcrawler, the chase to that 120 is somehow more grindy than deathless champs.

Ercarret · April 24

I think it's a balancing act between boosting certain champions enough to make the difference noticeable but not too much so as to make them overpowered, and also having content that requires Saga champions to complete but also not locking people out of too much content if they don't have the required champions. I have also not been terribly impressed with the execution so far, but it's early days and I would assume that it gets better once Kabam has figured out how to balance it all properly. I'm hopeful that it'll get better with time.

Pickle_tickle · April 24

Bit of a letdown to be honest. The vision was there but the Mysterium gimmick has been terrible. Having the exact same store for 2, probably 3, months is lazy and boring to say the least. I monthly Side Quests have been incredibly flat and to be honest seem to have nerfed rewards as the rewards are supplemented by the mysterium store. The problem is the store is incredibly lack luster.

The runestones are ok as we can trade for 7 star shards at the end but waiting 3 months for a single 7 star at the current pace of the game was never a good idea.

The boost is pathetic and negligible to be honest, needs looking at.

I get and like the idea of an over-arching theme for multiple months but lets be real, Kabam have used the idea of the saga to be lazy with content for a few months.

Hopefully the next saga is better as a bad start will mean another 3 months of locked into lackluster content.

This is a shame as Kabam have been killing it in other areas recently. Winter of Woe and deathless champs have been fantastic...

Vegeta9001 · April 24

Rank up gems were solid, some of the quests have been great. But the Magic thief war and the like deflated the whole event for me. Nothing like introducing the most powerful defenders to date bullseye and serpent and

Sundance_2099 · April 24

Seems pointless to me. I mean, I know I'm a mere Uncollected scrub, but honestly, it's just been mysterium for a few extra crystal shards and a free 5* Nightcrawler...

Ashacekar · April 24

A saga of 3 months, seasonal store, themed objectives, specific champ boosts and bonus champ to unlock seems good on paper. Perhaps it can be made more intresting.

N8buckeye08 · April 24

It’s not bad… I’d like the boost if it was actually similar to a low-key incursion hack rather than flat attack bonus. It would make it fun to see it interact in different ways with different champions and maybe make some weak champs OP for a few months.

Gamer · April 24

N8buckeye08 said:
It’s not bad… I’d like the boost if it was actually similar to a low-key incursion hack rather than flat attack bonus. It would make it fun to see it interact in different ways with different champions and maybe make some weak champs OP for a few months.

Considering the boost work for AW so if that’s hack things also need to work for AW it be danm difficult.

Chuck_Finley · April 24

Besides the gem, iI haven’t paid attention to it. Wouldn’t even notice it was still happening except for the paragon gauntlet objective and the emblems by champs

EdisonLaw · April 24

It’s ok so far, but I wished Sagas temporarily boosted old champs like Cyclops and made them usable

Priyabrata · April 24

The impact of saga has been extremely negligible literally anywhere outside of war.
That boost is doing close to nothing if I'm being honest and I'm not really after 7* Nightcrawler, I dropped out the moment they said we have to hit GC 3 times to get him , I'm happy with my high sig 6* since there's no hope for duping the 7* anyway.
I'm just going to exchange those runes for 7* Shard and skedaddle away

Emilia90 · April 24

Josh2507 said:
Outside of war (which is a mess right now)

And battlegrounds (which no one seems to be playing anymore)

The whole saga thing is irrelevant to most areas of the game

A lot of people still play battlegrounds. The rewards were just buffed and they’re worth it now imo, plus we still get another buff to the ally rewards next month

Nacho98 · April 24

I would say yes but I literally don’t even know what sagas is. Is it a boost to certain champs for 3 months? Is it a little icon next to their border? Like, what even is it supposed to be?

Kabam Jax · April 24

I think we laid out our intentions with Sagas pretty clearly, and I'm seeing a lot of y'all with expectations that don't align.

Sagas is meant to be a narrative and artistic wrapper that connects content across numerous areas of the game to create a more cohesive experience and spotlight specific champions. I think the execution has been right in line with all of this.

It's meant to provide additional content and additional rewards, which it has and will continue to do.

Sagas aren't meant to be disruptive, they're meant to add value for things that most Summoners are doing already and slightly adjust approaches to certain content.

Doctor_Doom94 · April 24

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Kabam Jax said:
I think we laid out our intentions with Sagas pretty clearly, and I'm seeing a lot of y'all with expectations that don't align. My

Sagas is meant to be a narrative and artistic wrapper that connects content across numerous areas of the game to create a more cohesive experience and spotlight specific champions. I think the execution has been right in line with all of this.

It's meant to provide additional content and additional rewards, which it has and will continue to do.

Sagas aren't meant to be disruptive, they're meant to add value for things that most Summoners are doing already and slightly adjust approaches to certain content.

Curious to know will there be "saga's alliance event" to connect it even more among alliance content

Wicket329 · April 24

Kabam Jax said:
I think we laid out our intentions with Sagas pretty clearly, and I'm seeing a lot of y'all with expectations that don't align.

Sagas is meant to be a narrative and artistic wrapper that connects content across numerous areas of the game to create a more cohesive experience and spotlight specific champions. I think the execution has been right in line with all of this.

It's meant to provide additional content and additional rewards, which it has and will continue to do.

Sagas aren't meant to be disruptive, they're meant to add value for things that most Summoners are doing already and slightly adjust approaches to certain content.

I was actually coming here for the narrative comment. I’d love to see more of this, like dialogue in the SQ that provides more context to it and how it ties into the overall Saga. It feels like story of the Saga so far lives in in game mails and forum posts and not in the content itself.

One of my favorite SQs in recent memory was the one where Steve had a sweet tooth and Mr. Fantastic brain blasted him because the narrative was so good. I couldn’t tell you what the rewards were, only remember the story. I’d love to get something that impactful again.

JollyHawk · April 24

Kabam Jax said:
I think we laid out our intentions with Sagas pretty clearly, and I'm seeing a lot of y'all with expectations that don't align.

Sagas is meant to be a narrative and artistic wrapper that connects content across numerous areas of the game to create a more cohesive experience and spotlight specific champions. I think the execution has been right in line with all of this.

It's meant to provide additional content and additional rewards, which it has and will continue to do.

Sagas aren't meant to be disruptive, they're meant to add value for things that most Summoners are doing already and slightly adjust approaches to certain content.

I'd like to say that I love the limited champ rank up materials. That was one of my favorite things about the Variants. I usually have a set idea of who I want my next rank ups to be, and those usually make me think outside the box.

ahmynuts · April 24

Wicket329 said:

Kabam Jax said:
I think we laid out our intentions with Sagas pretty clearly, and I'm seeing a lot of y'all with expectations that don't align.

Sagas is meant to be a narrative and artistic wrapper that connects content across numerous areas of the game to create a more cohesive experience and spotlight specific champions. I think the execution has been right in line with all of this.

It's meant to provide additional content and additional rewards, which it has and will continue to do.

Sagas aren't meant to be disruptive, they're meant to add value for things that most Summoners are doing already and slightly adjust approaches to certain content.
Mr. Fantastic

How dare you speak his name

BringPopcorn · April 24

I just don't like this Saga thing in relation to war...

Opandemonio · April 24

Kabam Jax said:
I think we laid out our intentions with Sagas pretty clearly, and I'm seeing a lot of y'all with expectations that don't align.

Sagas is meant to be a narrative and artistic wrapper that connects content across numerous areas of the game to create a more cohesive experience and spotlight specific champions. I think the execution has been right in line with all of this.

It's meant to provide additional content and additional rewards, which it has and will continue to do.

Sagas aren't meant to be disruptive, they're meant to add value for things that most Summoners are doing already and slightly adjust approaches to certain content.

Well I don't think it's working

ahmynuts · April 24

Opandemonio said:

Kabam Jax said:
I think we laid out our intentions with Sagas pretty clearly, and I'm seeing a lot of y'all with expectations that don't align.

Sagas is meant to be a narrative and artistic wrapper that connects content across numerous areas of the game to create a more cohesive experience and spotlight specific champions. I think the execution has been right in line with all of this.

It's meant to provide additional content and additional rewards, which it has and will continue to do.

Sagas aren't meant to be disruptive, they're meant to add value for things that most Summoners are doing already and slightly adjust approaches to certain content.
Well I don't think it's working

Why is this funny even though it isn't

ahmynuts · April 24

Kabam Jax said:
I think we laid out our intentions with Sagas pretty clearly, and I'm seeing a lot of y'all with expectations that don't align.

Sagas is meant to be a narrative and artistic wrapper that connects content across numerous areas of the game to create a more cohesive experience and spotlight specific champions. I think the execution has been right in line with all of this.

It's meant to provide additional content and additional rewards, which it has and will continue to do.

Sagas aren't meant to be disruptive, they're meant to add value for things that most Summoners are doing already and slightly adjust approaches to certain content.

I like what's going on so far but think it would be cool if the theme of the current saga had more of an impact on the game as a whole visually/artistically and narratively. I'm not sure how that would look exactly (maybe have some menus take on the saga design like the sig stones and stuff idk) but it could help to enhance the wrapper

5ra · April 24

I think it's a messaging issue. The live streams tend to really hype content. This is fine, but if sagas are gonna hyped as "changing the contest forever" it has to deliver. I feel that sagas are a good idea but it's really hard to see how they're changing the contest forever in it's current state. I'd have to imagine that balancing is a big issue with this content. I think if there was less hyperbole during the teasers and reveal it would've gone much smoother and people would have a more realistic expectations.

RiderofHell · April 24

My only concern is that when it will come to SIM aquisition we might have to do 3 seasons of BG again not to mention incursions which i am not a fan of both. I really wanna obtain 7* SIM but not at the expense of doing 3 seasons of BG.

Guest120193746239 · April 24

I just want it to be over so I can trade in all my nc token for 7* shards. I don't want a 7* or 6* one id rather have the shards.

Slig · April 24

Kabam Jax said:
I think we laid out our intentions with Sagas pretty clearly, and I'm seeing a lot of y'all with expectations that don't align.

Sagas is meant to be a narrative and artistic wrapper that connects content across numerous areas of the game to create a more cohesive experience and spotlight specific champions. I think the execution has been right in line with all of this.

It's meant to provide additional content and additional rewards, which it has and will continue to do.

Sagas aren't meant to be disruptive, they're meant to add value for things that most Summoners are doing already and slightly adjust approaches to certain content.

Wasn’t it teased as “game changing” on the Twitch stream?

GroundedWisdom · April 24

Slig said:

Kabam Jax said:
I think we laid out our intentions with Sagas pretty clearly, and I'm seeing a lot of y'all with expectations that don't align.

Sagas is meant to be a narrative and artistic wrapper that connects content across numerous areas of the game to create a more cohesive experience and spotlight specific champions. I think the execution has been right in line with all of this.

It's meant to provide additional content and additional rewards, which it has and will continue to do.

Sagas aren't meant to be disruptive, they're meant to add value for things that most Summoners are doing already and slightly adjust approaches to certain content.
Wasn’t it teased as “game changing” on the Twitch stream?

That's colorful language. Of course you're going to present your product in an attractive way. For that matter, we've never seen a crossover meta before. That changes the game.
People have gotten carried away with expectations as long as I've been here.

Has Sagas been a letdown?

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