what are the future of relics?
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relics clearly didn't make the splash kabam wanted and it was probably tough to create and balance them, among other things, but what do you think they will look like when they come back? to me, the big pause implies they're making a big pivot, but to what?
my feedback on relics:
-very fun to play with, very useful, changed the game forever. keep them in the game, they're good.
-hate the monetization because it introduced another ecosystem of spending that is layered on top of what we already have. shards, catalysts, awakening gems, sigs...
-very expensive for what they offer, which is basically combo extension, and the offers that popped up were really off-putting. a lot of spending for minimal gain...and i hope they're kept that way and not made more necessary.
creating relics is probably very costly so as with anything they need to make money off of them, but how? relics already come out of gate with most of their value intact, so spending on them is a tough ask.
my feedback on relics:
-very fun to play with, very useful, changed the game forever. keep them in the game, they're good.
-hate the monetization because it introduced another ecosystem of spending that is layered on top of what we already have. shards, catalysts, awakening gems, sigs...
-very expensive for what they offer, which is basically combo extension, and the offers that popped up were really off-putting. a lot of spending for minimal gain...and i hope they're kept that way and not made more necessary.
creating relics is probably very costly so as with anything they need to make money off of them, but how? relics already come out of gate with most of their value intact, so spending on them is a tough ask.
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We really didn't need another set of Cats/ISO, just added too much complexity.
They look dead in the water thou.
At present plenty of champs donot have anything going for them when you put a relic on except for the obvious combo extender.
I think a release schedule of 3-5 months should be fine to keep them relevant with the champs and metas
There are only 4 champs in each class 😂😂😂
Science: Ant-Man, Spidey 2099, Capt. America, Hulk
Skill: Black Panther, Black Widow, Valk, Winter Soldier.
Mutant: Storm, Gambit, Sinister, Wolvie
Tech: HB, Viz, Sentinel, G.Goblin
Cosmic: Thor, Gamora, Venom, Ms. Marvel
Mystic: Scarlet Witch, Iron Fist, Juggs, Ghost Rider.
And some of them don't partner well with a lot of champs, especially the new ones. The ones they are designed for, are trash champs, champs you don't have, or champs you don't want to rank, so you don't get the full benefit of the relic other than it being a combo extender. You have no choice but to bind them to one they don't partner well with, because the quest node requires a relic.
Not sure how they'll get out of this
Skill: No bleed punish relic
Science: no energy vulnerability relic
Mystic: no neutralize enhancement relic
Cosmic: no armor break-punish relic
Tech: no relic to power armor up buffs.
I'm sure they're trying to find a way forward
a relic that would counter purify for mutants would affect kits and the champ design process so they'd stay away from something like that so i think we're stuck with minor improvements overall and nothing groundbreaking.
not sure where they can take relics without forcing it and risking backlash. kabam if you're reading, relics are great but i don't see any room for heavy monetization like you were doing.
But at this point i couldn't imagine the game without them. Sure the biggest impact is the striker with combo extension, it opens some new ways of playing and saved me countless times.
But the impact of the relics itself with the rune stones and also awakening benefits seems a bit underwhelming in some cases and could definitely use a closer look. For example it seems a bit odd that cosmic class has the relic improving bleeds with only a couple of benefiting champs and the skill class doesn't.
I think a good way to tweak the relics is by changing some of the rune stones so you can adjust better to th champ. If winter soldier relic could use different runes to improve either incinerate, bleed, shock, rupture or whatever you could benefit way more champs in the skill class for example