5-Star Featured Crystal Change Discussion Thread

Summoners!

We've just released some more information on the future of the 5-Star Featured Crystal here: https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/43300/upcoming-changes-to-5-star-featured-crystal

We know you've got questions, and this is the place to ask and discuss!

FAQ

Will you announce the pool of 18 each time it changes?
We do plan on sharing the list every time the crystal is updated.

Can you buy the 5 star featured crystal with units or only shards?
This crystal is replacing the currently available 15,000 Shard Featured Hero Crystals.

So does it means that if a new champ comes to the Battle Realm we won't be able to get them as a 5* right away?
You will still be able to get them in the Grandmaster Featured Crystal, but they will not be available in a featured 5-Star Hero Shard Crystal until they are added to this new Crystal. So, this might mean having to wait a little while to get some Champions, but it also gives you a shot at 6 New Champions at a time, as well as a smaller Basic pool.

Comments

Bendy

Why can't we just get new 5s with the featured since there so many not added that will most likely not be used but better to add as a 5 star collection

Darth_Kaladinn

So next month (February) Gladiator Hulk and Killmonger come out.

If I want them as a 5*, the only way to get them next month is from 300 unit crystals?! Otherwise I have to wait until May?!?! That’s crazy!

Juggerneyks

Wow i was waiting to see the champion pool before coming to my judgement, but looking at that pool, all i can say is ouch. Im counting 6 maybe 7 champs people want out of those 24, 4 being featured.

This is a real kick in the nuts by kabam, ill stick to my 10k crystals. Id rather get Luke cage for 10k shards then about 16 of those champs for 15k

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vd016

Also @Kabam Miike , will the 18 champions be unique for every 3 months? i.e if antman is in the pool for the first batch, he wont be returning into the basic pool of crystal again for the next batch?

Gamer

bradshaw84 wrote: »

Beast, Jane foster, Cyclops, Ronan, Loki, Phoenix, Venompool, civil warrior, ant man amongst the 18 best and most used in aq and aw? GTFOH! LMAO!

Kabam Miike wrote: »

Just talked to the team, and they are comfortable with sharing the list of Champions we plan to include in the first Featured Champion Crystal. It's important to note that this list could still potentially change a little before the release, but the selected Champions are based on empirical data showing their effectiveness as 5-Star Champions in both Alliance Quests and Alliance Wars.

Beast
Storm
Cable
Cyclops (New Xavier School)
Thor (Ragnarok)
Taskmaster
Agent Venom
Hawkeye
Modok
Sentry
Void
Ant-Man
Mordo
Thor (Jane Foster)
Loki
Juggernaut
Hela
Phoenix
Ronan
Venompool
Nebula
Punisher (2099)
Civil Warrior
Doctor Octopus

Bold Text denotes Featured Champions.

Thah a trash list to this to the team. And make Magik one the list with. Ice man. And AA. If u lissing take it to the team

cab55

I've never seen somebody using ant-man in AW or AQ

SpiritOfVengeance

No one likes the list please here our suggestions instead.

We won't see any god tiers will we such as stark or iceman otherwise they would have been here first.

Apache

honestly all those champs are useful in one way or the other so the list isn't that bad

DuMonU

Just to throw my two cents in here....if we are paying an extra 5,000 crystals for a chance at a specific champion should not the odds of pulling one be a bit higher?
A pool of 18 basic and 6 featured gives us a 4.17% chance to pull one of the 24 champions. Further it gives us a 75% chance to pull a basic champ and only a 25% chance to pull a featured!
What if you doubled the odds of pulling a featured champ? This would change the odds of pulling a basic champ to 60% and a featured to 40%.....just a thought.

SCZ

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I didn't say most used, but they are among the most effective. Cyclops actually scores very high on this list. There is a smaller group of players that use him, but they use him VERY effectively. [/quote]

I’m embarrassed for you to have to post this stuff to the community.

TheGodfather

My suggestion:

Keep the core concepts but keep the odds of our current featured crystal.
- 2 Featured Champs, 6 Basic - total of 8 Champs in Crystal
- Rotated every month instead of 3 months
- Can make the basic champs total meme champs (KK, IP, SG, etc)

Hit "Agree" if you Agree, hit "Insightful" if you don't.

Please comment regardless so Kabam hears the community.

Mhykke

This change is unbelievably tone deaf.

As though the chances for featured champs one wanted wasn't poor enough before....now Kabam decides to reduce this chance to below 5%.

And that pool of champs listed in the first crystal? Horrifyingly bad. Venompool? Don't sit there with a straight face and tell us Venompool is one of the "most effective" champs.

Sometimes I wonder how you all sleep at night.....

Palanthrax

Kabam Miike wrote: »

Hulksmasshh wrote: »

Just to clarify, will the new 5* featured crystal will have an equal chance at all champions in the pool or have an 'increased' chance at certain champions as the current 15k 5* crystal does? Also, does this mean the sub-feature pool is going away?

There will be an equal chance for every Champion in this Crystal. No increased chance for any particular Champion.

Nobody will pay an extra 5K shards for an equal chance at one of a whopping 24 champs in a 5 star crystal. It’s a horrible deal for the players.

Let’s be very honest, you did this for two reasons. To stop players saving up for months and getting the OP champs like Stark Spidey and Blade that save them (and cost you) units, and to force players who want OP champs NOW to buy the featured GMC - with units.

I see you, so does everyone else. Not cool.

Grimmbear

I mean this in the worst of ways. Your team is deluded. In what universe are those champs even semi useful? Tier 20? There is NOBODY in any decent ally using 90% of those champs anywhere but defense (and only a couple for that) let alone **** attack or aq. They are NOT top options. Not a single one is god tier. Pathetic. Open your eyes.

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DrZola

I wouldn’t be surprised if the initial pool of 6* champs includes some of those “most used and most effective” champs as well.

Dr. Zola

Superhyperionsybiotr

Can we still get the regular 5 star crystal

Kabam Miike

Grimmbear wrote: »

I mean this in the worst of ways. Your team is deluded. In what universe are those champs even semi useful? Tier 20? There is NOBODY in any decent ally using 90% of those champs anywhere but defense (and only a couple for that) let alone **** attack or aq. They are NOT top options. Not a single one is god tier. Pathetic. Open your eyes.

If you are not a fan of the Champions in the Crystal, you can always wait until the Featured Champion you like is added to the Basic Pool, like the 3-Star and 4-Star Champions.

Also, nobody said they are the top Champions, and while player perception of these Champions may differ, these Champions are ones that people use to great success.

MSpawn

It’s basically the same crystal. What’s really different? Because there are now 6 featured champions? That’s redundant kind of, because if I only wanted a specific one, chances are still higher that I get 1 of the other undesired 23. Is this Kabam’s attempt at a disclosure of odds or another marketing spin? Lol

clamch0wder

Curious to see this so called, "empirical" data.
Or is someone been partaking in too much of the happy grass?

Kabam Miike

Superhyperionsybiotr wrote: »

Can we still get the regular 5 star crystal

The Regular 5-Star Hero Crystal is not going anywhere! It will still be available for 10,000 5-Star Shards.

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Gamer

Kabam Miike wrote: »

Grimmbear wrote: »

I mean this in the worst of ways. Your team is deluded. In what universe are those champs even semi useful? Tier 20? There is NOBODY in any decent ally using 90% of those champs anywhere but defense (and only a couple for that) let alone **** attack or aq. They are NOT top options. Not a single one is god tier. Pathetic. Open your eyes.

If you are not a fan of the Champions in the Crystal, you can always wait until the Featured Champion you like is added to the Basic Pool, like the 3-Star and 4-Star Champions.

Also, nobody said they are the top Champions, and while player perception of these Champions may differ, these Champions are ones that people use to great success.

U pusih. When we hav tier2 aplah But dont hav the good champ to take op. Thah just a pusihe so either get. Better champ in this list. Or get cap to tier2 aplah to 20.

NOOOOOOOOPEEEEE

Well there goes my hopes on saving for a 5* TM featured guess ill just hope i get enough for blade now.

vd016

This is what you can do

Rotate 1 featured champ every time a new champ is added or atleast reduce the 3month roatation time.

Keep the chance of acquiring the champ from featured pool higher than champ from the basic pool. Else there is no point in calling it a "featured" crystal.

Tru_E

Good luck to the people with 3+ of the same class awakening gems.

Darth_Kaladinn

MSpawn

Get rid of the other 18 and leave it at 6 then you have yourselves a crystal worth spending for!

SpiritOfVengeance

Great success? Great success? My success comes from progressing through act 5 then act 6 and lol not from aq and aw which is a bonus for resources!
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