Kabam Miike wrote: » General_Vis wrote: » Is there any logic to who the 18 other champs will be? Such as will they follow a pattern of previously released champs or will they simply be chosen by Kabam? There is no Pattern. They will be chosen by the team, but we're taking extra care to make the Crystals more interesting for you all.
General_Vis wrote: » Is there any logic to who the 18 other champs will be? Such as will they follow a pattern of previously released champs or will they simply be chosen by Kabam?
Kabam Miike wrote: » Dub wrote: » GroundedWisdom wrote: » Dub wrote: » I want to see where storm or ant man are effective on any levels. The lower you to the worse they get. Storm used to hit hard before bleeders were crazy good. Now she’s mediocre at best. As far as Jane goes. If you want a good stun champ put hulk. Or put iceman or aa as chances so people’s odds of getting a decent champ are higher than like 8 percent I can't agree with that. Storm is a killer. You can’t tell me you’d be ok with pulling one of the oldest champs in the game out of a 15k shard deal over the champ your going for. I’ve had her r4 before and there’s a reason she’s not any more. She’s behind on the curb of champs. You can pull Storm from a Featured 5-Star Hero Crystal right now. You can also pull Ant Man, or Agent Venom, or any of the others listed here. You can also pull a lot more Champions, from Colossus, to Star Lord, to Kamala Khan. This is a smaller pool, where you know what you can get, and makes it easier to dupe any of the Champions involved.
Dub wrote: » GroundedWisdom wrote: » Dub wrote: » I want to see where storm or ant man are effective on any levels. The lower you to the worse they get. Storm used to hit hard before bleeders were crazy good. Now she’s mediocre at best. As far as Jane goes. If you want a good stun champ put hulk. Or put iceman or aa as chances so people’s odds of getting a decent champ are higher than like 8 percent I can't agree with that. Storm is a killer. You can’t tell me you’d be ok with pulling one of the oldest champs in the game out of a 15k shard deal over the champ your going for. I’ve had her r4 before and there’s a reason she’s not any more. She’s behind on the curb of champs.
GroundedWisdom wrote: » Dub wrote: » I want to see where storm or ant man are effective on any levels. The lower you to the worse they get. Storm used to hit hard before bleeders were crazy good. Now she’s mediocre at best. As far as Jane goes. If you want a good stun champ put hulk. Or put iceman or aa as chances so people’s odds of getting a decent champ are higher than like 8 percent I can't agree with that. Storm is a killer.
Dub wrote: » I want to see where storm or ant man are effective on any levels. The lower you to the worse they get. Storm used to hit hard before bleeders were crazy good. Now she’s mediocre at best. As far as Jane goes. If you want a good stun champ put hulk. Or put iceman or aa as chances so people’s odds of getting a decent champ are higher than like 8 percent
TheGodfather wrote: » Kabam Miike wrote: » Dub wrote: » GroundedWisdom wrote: » Dub wrote: » I want to see where storm or ant man are effective on any levels. The lower you to the worse they get. Storm used to hit hard before bleeders were crazy good. Now she’s mediocre at best. As far as Jane goes. If you want a good stun champ put hulk. Or put iceman or aa as chances so people’s odds of getting a decent champ are higher than like 8 percent I can't agree with that. Storm is a killer. You can’t tell me you’d be ok with pulling one of the oldest champs in the game out of a 15k shard deal over the champ your going for. I’ve had her r4 before and there’s a reason she’s not any more. She’s behind on the curb of champs. You can pull Storm from a Featured 5-Star Hero Crystal right now. You can also pull Ant Man, or Agent Venom, or any of the others listed here. You can also pull a lot more Champions, from Colossus, to Star Lord, to Kamala Khan. This is a smaller pool, where you know what you can get, and makes it easier to dupe any of the Champions involved. This dude for real? My guy, The community doesn't go for a featured crystal to get any of the champs you listed. They pay the extra 5K for an INCREASED CHANCE at getting the desired featured 5-Star champ. Now they will pay the extra 5K for a DECREASED CHANCE at getting the desired featured 5-Star champ. That's a fact. Are you sure Kabam employees play the game? and they thought this idea was an improvement to the state of the game? or perhaps, their bottom line.
DNA3000 wrote: » Thatweirdguy wrote: » LocoMotives wrote: » Oh Miike, I don’t envy you man. They stick you out here taking bullets, this should’ve been a Friday announcement so you could hide over the weekend. Mike is a big boy who is on the clock getting paid. He knows what his job is every morning. I'll bet he loves this job. Being a forum mod for a mobile gaming sounds pretty easy and laid back. He gets his script from the game team and eats it. Maybe he cringed when he saw the in game message from the Grandmaster stating that this was an improvement but his job is to sell the stuff that the game team gives him no matter how nonsensical. Easy job. IMO I don't know about easy, but community manager/coordinator jobs have some of the highest turn over in the games industry, at least last time I checked.
Thatweirdguy wrote: » LocoMotives wrote: » Oh Miike, I don’t envy you man. They stick you out here taking bullets, this should’ve been a Friday announcement so you could hide over the weekend. Mike is a big boy who is on the clock getting paid. He knows what his job is every morning. I'll bet he loves this job. Being a forum mod for a mobile gaming sounds pretty easy and laid back. He gets his script from the game team and eats it. Maybe he cringed when he saw the in game message from the Grandmaster stating that this was an improvement but his job is to sell the stuff that the game team gives him no matter how nonsensical. Easy job. IMO
LocoMotives wrote: » Oh Miike, I don’t envy you man. They stick you out here taking bullets, this should’ve been a Friday announcement so you could hide over the weekend.
TheGodfather wrote: » Kabam Miike wrote: » Darth_Kaladinn wrote: » 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! Out of curiosity, why is having to wait crazy? There is no other Crystal in the game that lets you use shards for a Champion at its release, and unless you choose to purchase the Featured Hero Crystal, you have to wait until they are released in the Basic Hero Crystal to have a chance at the 3-Star or 4-Star Champion. The 5-Star Featured Hero crystal was an anomaly in the game that made sense with the state of the game when they were introduced, but that was a very long time ago, when you may never have a chance at that Champion again. Please Miike, kindly share with us what the state of the game is now, because we must be confused. I thought this was equal parts free to play and pay to win. Now, The people with the fattest wallets will be the ones with the most advantage at getting the newest 5-star champs. Meanwhile free-to-play users must wait 3 months for a chance to catch up to them. And a **** chance to boot. This only further exposes how important the FGMC is to Kabam's bottom line, getting the top tier alliances to shell out more cash. it all seems filthy.
Kabam Miike wrote: » Darth_Kaladinn wrote: » 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! Out of curiosity, why is having to wait crazy? There is no other Crystal in the game that lets you use shards for a Champion at its release, and unless you choose to purchase the Featured Hero Crystal, you have to wait until they are released in the Basic Hero Crystal to have a chance at the 3-Star or 4-Star Champion. The 5-Star Featured Hero crystal was an anomaly in the game that made sense with the state of the game when they were introduced, but that was a very long time ago, when you may never have a chance at that Champion again.
Darth_Kaladinn wrote: » 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!
MikeHock wrote: » DNA3000 wrote: » Thatweirdguy wrote: » DNA3000 wrote: » khehmist wrote: » beyonder8421 wrote: » khehmist wrote: » Too bad Apple didn't start requiring transparency in communications, maybe the announcement would have looked more something more like...Due to Apple's new transparency mandate we're changing the feature crystal drop rate (for the champ you were hoping to get) to the worst of our old manipulated drop rates, for everyone, no matter how much you spend. Let it be known to all app stores that we will respond to any attempt to influence our business to the benefit of their customers in a way that will continue to make our revenue a priority far above all others. Forget about apple already, you cannot buy 5 star crystals with money. You can buy units and use them for crystals, but I can see the legal loophole. Nope. Apple mandated transparency, then Kabam changed the system and confirmed feature crystal drop rates for the first time in history. No chance that's a coincidence. Kabam has said nothing in this thread they haven't said before many times. They have never given a drop rate. Here for the first time ever we have been provided a drop rate. Unprecedented and not a coincidence. This is absolutely and unambiguously objectively false. They've always said that the odds of pulling any particular champion from the basic crystal were identical, that the odds of pulling any particular champion from the basic pool from the featured crystal is identical, and that in general the odds of pulling any particular champion of the same type from a crystal is identical. They are saying the exact same thing here: the odds of pulling any particular champion from the new featured crystal is identical. Because the number of champions in the new crystal is fixed at 24, that means the odds are approximately 4.2%. They can't quote a number like that in most other crystals because the number of champions is different at different times, but that number is zero additional information for anyone capable of doing basic elementary school math. How can the odds or drop rate for any hero in the basic crystal remain the same when, over time, new heroes are added to the crystal ?
DNA3000 wrote: » Thatweirdguy wrote: » DNA3000 wrote: » khehmist wrote: » beyonder8421 wrote: » khehmist wrote: » Too bad Apple didn't start requiring transparency in communications, maybe the announcement would have looked more something more like...Due to Apple's new transparency mandate we're changing the feature crystal drop rate (for the champ you were hoping to get) to the worst of our old manipulated drop rates, for everyone, no matter how much you spend. Let it be known to all app stores that we will respond to any attempt to influence our business to the benefit of their customers in a way that will continue to make our revenue a priority far above all others. Forget about apple already, you cannot buy 5 star crystals with money. You can buy units and use them for crystals, but I can see the legal loophole. Nope. Apple mandated transparency, then Kabam changed the system and confirmed feature crystal drop rates for the first time in history. No chance that's a coincidence. Kabam has said nothing in this thread they haven't said before many times. They have never given a drop rate. Here for the first time ever we have been provided a drop rate. Unprecedented and not a coincidence. This is absolutely and unambiguously objectively false. They've always said that the odds of pulling any particular champion from the basic crystal were identical, that the odds of pulling any particular champion from the basic pool from the featured crystal is identical, and that in general the odds of pulling any particular champion of the same type from a crystal is identical. They are saying the exact same thing here: the odds of pulling any particular champion from the new featured crystal is identical. Because the number of champions in the new crystal is fixed at 24, that means the odds are approximately 4.2%. They can't quote a number like that in most other crystals because the number of champions is different at different times, but that number is zero additional information for anyone capable of doing basic elementary school math.
Thatweirdguy wrote: » DNA3000 wrote: » khehmist wrote: » beyonder8421 wrote: » khehmist wrote: » Too bad Apple didn't start requiring transparency in communications, maybe the announcement would have looked more something more like...Due to Apple's new transparency mandate we're changing the feature crystal drop rate (for the champ you were hoping to get) to the worst of our old manipulated drop rates, for everyone, no matter how much you spend. Let it be known to all app stores that we will respond to any attempt to influence our business to the benefit of their customers in a way that will continue to make our revenue a priority far above all others. Forget about apple already, you cannot buy 5 star crystals with money. You can buy units and use them for crystals, but I can see the legal loophole. Nope. Apple mandated transparency, then Kabam changed the system and confirmed feature crystal drop rates for the first time in history. No chance that's a coincidence. Kabam has said nothing in this thread they haven't said before many times. They have never given a drop rate. Here for the first time ever we have been provided a drop rate. Unprecedented and not a coincidence.
DNA3000 wrote: » khehmist wrote: » beyonder8421 wrote: » khehmist wrote: » Too bad Apple didn't start requiring transparency in communications, maybe the announcement would have looked more something more like...Due to Apple's new transparency mandate we're changing the feature crystal drop rate (for the champ you were hoping to get) to the worst of our old manipulated drop rates, for everyone, no matter how much you spend. Let it be known to all app stores that we will respond to any attempt to influence our business to the benefit of their customers in a way that will continue to make our revenue a priority far above all others. Forget about apple already, you cannot buy 5 star crystals with money. You can buy units and use them for crystals, but I can see the legal loophole. Nope. Apple mandated transparency, then Kabam changed the system and confirmed feature crystal drop rates for the first time in history. No chance that's a coincidence. Kabam has said nothing in this thread they haven't said before many times.
khehmist wrote: » beyonder8421 wrote: » khehmist wrote: » Too bad Apple didn't start requiring transparency in communications, maybe the announcement would have looked more something more like...Due to Apple's new transparency mandate we're changing the feature crystal drop rate (for the champ you were hoping to get) to the worst of our old manipulated drop rates, for everyone, no matter how much you spend. Let it be known to all app stores that we will respond to any attempt to influence our business to the benefit of their customers in a way that will continue to make our revenue a priority far above all others. Forget about apple already, you cannot buy 5 star crystals with money. You can buy units and use them for crystals, but I can see the legal loophole. Nope. Apple mandated transparency, then Kabam changed the system and confirmed feature crystal drop rates for the first time in history. No chance that's a coincidence.
beyonder8421 wrote: » khehmist wrote: » Too bad Apple didn't start requiring transparency in communications, maybe the announcement would have looked more something more like...Due to Apple's new transparency mandate we're changing the feature crystal drop rate (for the champ you were hoping to get) to the worst of our old manipulated drop rates, for everyone, no matter how much you spend. Let it be known to all app stores that we will respond to any attempt to influence our business to the benefit of their customers in a way that will continue to make our revenue a priority far above all others. Forget about apple already, you cannot buy 5 star crystals with money. You can buy units and use them for crystals, but I can see the legal loophole.
khehmist wrote: » Too bad Apple didn't start requiring transparency in communications, maybe the announcement would have looked more something more like...Due to Apple's new transparency mandate we're changing the feature crystal drop rate (for the champ you were hoping to get) to the worst of our old manipulated drop rates, for everyone, no matter how much you spend. Let it be known to all app stores that we will respond to any attempt to influence our business to the benefit of their customers in a way that will continue to make our revenue a priority far above all others.
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 HawkeyeModok Sentry Void Ant-Man Mordo Thor (Jane Foster) Loki JuggernautHela Phoenix Ronan Venompool Nebula Punisher (2099) Civil Warrior Doctor Octopus Bold Text denotes Featured Champions.
Kabam Miike wrote: » TheGodfather wrote: » Kabam Miike wrote: » Dub wrote: » GroundedWisdom wrote: » Dub wrote: » I want to see where storm or ant man are effective on any levels. The lower you to the worse they get. Storm used to hit hard before bleeders were crazy good. Now she’s mediocre at best. As far as Jane goes. If you want a good stun champ put hulk. Or put iceman or aa as chances so people’s odds of getting a decent champ are higher than like 8 percent I can't agree with that. Storm is a killer. You can’t tell me you’d be ok with pulling one of the oldest champs in the game out of a 15k shard deal over the champ your going for. I’ve had her r4 before and there’s a reason she’s not any more. She’s behind on the curb of champs. You can pull Storm from a Featured 5-Star Hero Crystal right now. You can also pull Ant Man, or Agent Venom, or any of the others listed here. You can also pull a lot more Champions, from Colossus, to Star Lord, to Kamala Khan. This is a smaller pool, where you know what you can get, and makes it easier to dupe any of the Champions involved. This dude for real? My guy, The community doesn't go for a featured crystal to get any of the champs you listed. They pay the extra 5K for an INCREASED CHANCE at getting the desired featured 5-Star champ. Now they will pay the extra 5K for a DECREASED CHANCE at getting the desired featured 5-Star champ. That's a fact. Are you sure Kabam employees play the game? and they thought this idea was an improvement to the state of the game? or perhaps, their bottom line. I think you totally misunderstood my post. What this is in regards to is somebody saying that they would not like to pull a Storm from that Crystal, and I was saying that this is still possible even right now, as well as other Champions that they might now want, so this doesn't change that.
Kabam Miike wrote: » Apache wrote: » 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.
Apache wrote: » can you buy the 5 star featured crystal with units or only shards?
GroundedWisdom wrote: » BitterSteel wrote: » GroundedWisdom wrote: » Dagonelle wrote: » Kabam Miike wrote: » BitterSteel wrote: » So the new featured crystal is just a new version of the basic crystal that costs 5000 shards more? What’s the point? The only way that the new featured crystal is better than the old one is if the old featured crystal had odds worse than 1 in 18 which is what the new one is. I’ve got to say I’m disappointed The original Featured Hero Crystal had one purpose, and that was because it was originally the only chance you had at a 5-Star Champion, and potentially meant that the Champion would never come around again. This has changed, and that means that this Crystal has run its course. 5-Star Champions are coming to a place where they are now added to the regular Champion pool at the same consistency as other rarities. Riiiiiiiggghhhtttt..... And it has zero to do with Apple's new rule on disclosing rates in drop boxes... Not really. The rate of the Featured has always been in favor of the Players. Estimated around 20%. Now it's about a 4% chance. There is no logic that supports the connection. What’s your opinion on this? To be honest, I'm still having coffee, digesting. I think it's a varied range of Champs in the pool. Better chances to Dup, which means more 6* Shards. If there are 6 Featured Champs in the Crystal, that's actually a 33.333...% chance at a Featured. That may lessen the chance of one specific Champ, which is why people may be upset, but I think it's time to even the chance. The Featured has had a higher probability for a long time. Personally I don't see anything objectionable. I don't agree that it's connected to Apple.
BitterSteel wrote: » GroundedWisdom wrote: » Dagonelle wrote: » Kabam Miike wrote: » BitterSteel wrote: » So the new featured crystal is just a new version of the basic crystal that costs 5000 shards more? What’s the point? The only way that the new featured crystal is better than the old one is if the old featured crystal had odds worse than 1 in 18 which is what the new one is. I’ve got to say I’m disappointed The original Featured Hero Crystal had one purpose, and that was because it was originally the only chance you had at a 5-Star Champion, and potentially meant that the Champion would never come around again. This has changed, and that means that this Crystal has run its course. 5-Star Champions are coming to a place where they are now added to the regular Champion pool at the same consistency as other rarities. Riiiiiiiggghhhtttt..... And it has zero to do with Apple's new rule on disclosing rates in drop boxes... Not really. The rate of the Featured has always been in favor of the Players. Estimated around 20%. Now it's about a 4% chance. There is no logic that supports the connection. What’s your opinion on this?
GroundedWisdom wrote: » Dagonelle wrote: » Kabam Miike wrote: » BitterSteel wrote: » So the new featured crystal is just a new version of the basic crystal that costs 5000 shards more? What’s the point? The only way that the new featured crystal is better than the old one is if the old featured crystal had odds worse than 1 in 18 which is what the new one is. I’ve got to say I’m disappointed The original Featured Hero Crystal had one purpose, and that was because it was originally the only chance you had at a 5-Star Champion, and potentially meant that the Champion would never come around again. This has changed, and that means that this Crystal has run its course. 5-Star Champions are coming to a place where they are now added to the regular Champion pool at the same consistency as other rarities. Riiiiiiiggghhhtttt..... And it has zero to do with Apple's new rule on disclosing rates in drop boxes... Not really. The rate of the Featured has always been in favor of the Players. Estimated around 20%. Now it's about a 4% chance. There is no logic that supports the connection.
Dagonelle wrote: » Kabam Miike wrote: » BitterSteel wrote: » So the new featured crystal is just a new version of the basic crystal that costs 5000 shards more? What’s the point? The only way that the new featured crystal is better than the old one is if the old featured crystal had odds worse than 1 in 18 which is what the new one is. I’ve got to say I’m disappointed The original Featured Hero Crystal had one purpose, and that was because it was originally the only chance you had at a 5-Star Champion, and potentially meant that the Champion would never come around again. This has changed, and that means that this Crystal has run its course. 5-Star Champions are coming to a place where they are now added to the regular Champion pool at the same consistency as other rarities. Riiiiiiiggghhhtttt..... And it has zero to do with Apple's new rule on disclosing rates in drop boxes...
Kabam Miike wrote: » BitterSteel wrote: » So the new featured crystal is just a new version of the basic crystal that costs 5000 shards more? What’s the point? The only way that the new featured crystal is better than the old one is if the old featured crystal had odds worse than 1 in 18 which is what the new one is. I’ve got to say I’m disappointed The original Featured Hero Crystal had one purpose, and that was because it was originally the only chance you had at a 5-Star Champion, and potentially meant that the Champion would never come around again. This has changed, and that means that this Crystal has run its course. 5-Star Champions are coming to a place where they are now added to the regular Champion pool at the same consistency as other rarities.
BitterSteel wrote: » So the new featured crystal is just a new version of the basic crystal that costs 5000 shards more? What’s the point? The only way that the new featured crystal is better than the old one is if the old featured crystal had odds worse than 1 in 18 which is what the new one is. I’ve got to say I’m disappointed
TheGodfather wrote: » My guy, The community doesn't go for a featured crystal to get any of the champs you listed. They pay the extra 5K for an INCREASED CHANCE at getting the desired featured 5-Star champ. Now they will pay the extra 5K for a DECREASED CHANCE at getting the desired featured 5-Star champ. That's a fact.
Collector6789 wrote: » Kabam Miike wrote: » LiquidButt wrote: » @Kabam Miike Maybe i missed it but how often does this crystal get "refreshed" ? like how often do the 18 champs get changed? There will be a New Crystal every 3 Months. This Crystal will feature the 6 newest Champions, and another pool of 18 Champions as the Base Pool. So another pool. This means none of the 18 in the first pool will be in the 2nd pool?
Kabam Miike wrote: » LiquidButt wrote: » @Kabam Miike Maybe i missed it but how often does this crystal get "refreshed" ? like how often do the 18 champs get changed? There will be a New Crystal every 3 Months. This Crystal will feature the 6 newest Champions, and another pool of 18 Champions as the Base Pool.
LiquidButt wrote: » @Kabam Miike Maybe i missed it but how often does this crystal get "refreshed" ? like how often do the 18 champs get changed?
Tom_Cruise1 wrote: » I would suggest.. best option would be to get the voting done to choose the 18 from base pool.
Kabam Miike wrote: » Loremaster101 wrote: » Confused about Blade: Blade will be added to the regular pool on the 16, then the Blade FEATURED Crystal at 15k Shards will be available on the 23 or 28 (I forget which date)?? Yes i've been saving Big time! He will not be added to the regular pool on the 16th. We have caught up the regular release schedule, and Blade will be added to the 5-Star Basic Crystal at the same time his 3-Star and 4-Star version are added to the Premium Hero Crystal.
Loremaster101 wrote: » Confused about Blade: Blade will be added to the regular pool on the 16, then the Blade FEATURED Crystal at 15k Shards will be available on the 23 or 28 (I forget which date)?? Yes i've been saving Big time!
Trask21 wrote: » Kabam Miike wrote: » Loremaster101 wrote: » Confused about Blade: Blade will be added to the regular pool on the 16, then the Blade FEATURED Crystal at 15k Shards will be available on the 23 or 28 (I forget which date)?? Yes i've been saving Big time! He will not be added to the regular pool on the 16th. We have caught up the regular release schedule, and Blade will be added to the 5-Star Basic Crystal at the same time his 3-Star and 4-Star version are added to the Premium Hero Crystal. When will he be added? I was excited to open 100k in Feb to try for him in basic and put the rest in his featured. This is really cramping my plans man. I'm not even sure what to do now with 180k saved.. Just throw it all at blade? Ugh I give you props for replying to so many comments on here and I do see a few good things about this new crystal like being able to dupe more to farm 6 star shards or how we can still pull garbage in current featured crystal but 15k may be steep for the chances. Maybe if yall just put all decent champs in one of them I will spin a few but I can tell you right now I am not wasting my time on GM crystals.. all of your crystals we can buy are a deal shoot almost a scam. I hope y'all consider increasing the odds especially since most pay real money for these and $100 for a bunch of three stars may have someone one suicide watch or at least rage quit watch. Again thank you like for your time please relay to the team that we can pick better champs that have real use in AQ and AW. Ps. I'm with you on Cyclops if he wasn't so easy to evade. Sp bias 1 with 1 bar of power he could mark noobs.