**UPDATES TO ENLISTMENT GIFTING EVENT:**
To prevent exploitation, we will prevent new Accounts from being able to Gift enlistment crystals. We will also be taking action on those who are using 3rd Party Sellers, Bots and other farms to gift themselves mass amounts of Enlistment Crystals. Lastly, we will be adding an expiration timer to Enlistment Crystals. All unopened Enlistment Crystals will expire on Oct 18 @ 17:00 UTC. For more information, please see this post: https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/346104/updates-to-enlistment-gifting-event
To prevent exploitation, we will prevent new Accounts from being able to Gift enlistment crystals. We will also be taking action on those who are using 3rd Party Sellers, Bots and other farms to gift themselves mass amounts of Enlistment Crystals. Lastly, we will be adding an expiration timer to Enlistment Crystals. All unopened Enlistment Crystals will expire on Oct 18 @ 17:00 UTC. For more information, please see this post: https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/346104/updates-to-enlistment-gifting-event
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you are right,partly.they are gamechanging,true.lots of people saved crystals for them.probable lots of them are going to get them.what about the rest of the players?are they going to have a chance like this in the future?if they spend on gmc,maybe.is kabam going to give a good hero pool for the featured 5*?i do not think so.
I can't say that that's accurate either. We don't know the rates of those Crystals, but I suspect that landing a Featured 5* would be less than 4%.
It might just be that the list of 18 provided is lacking in any champs capable of completing LOL which is the main aim for a lot of us. Hopefully the next lot of 18 has a better selection and at least a few who are end game capable.
If Kabam occassionally offers a five star champ for sale (like The Vision), I think that would be a fair compromise.
@Kabam Miike,
This is what you are feeding us. It looks pretty but it sure as hell stinks. Give the Marvel Contest of Champions Gaming Community what we want to see.
Is it ONLY containing 6 individual champions? or just 6 featured champions in addition to all the basics. That part was not clear to me.
Pretty safe to say the new system is sh*t
plus,just imagine that,if they do not do the medusa and blade 5* featured.there is an "elite" in this game,which spends crazy amounts of money,they had the chance to save hundreds of thousands of 5* crystal fragments and most of them saved that for blade,or for medusa.if kabam cancelled those featured crystals,that can have a same result,like a blade nerf could have.big boycott,they might loose a lots of big spenders.
1) now its easier to get latest champs, 1/24 chance vs 1/~100
2) now its easier to awaken desired champs, 1/24 chance vs 1/~100
3) now we can 100% evade low tier champs like lcage/shulk/whoever we dont want
Btw, any compensation for players who now has less chance at god tier champs ? 1/24 vs 1/5 (people say)
This is just CRAZY UGLY STUFF!
it might be a terrible deal, but its 20% for a featured champ, instead of spending your shards on a potentially bad character there is an equal chance within that 20% to pull a decent 5* champ, so like if theres a terrible featured champ in the crystal, hes only gonna have a 4% chance, however, say, stark spidey would also be a 4% chance. i think you guys might be over reacting and it might turn out better than expected.
Your once again missing the point. They don't care what your chances are. If you buy the FGMC there is a 100% chance of 1 thing....increasing their profits.
actually we might see a rise in bad featured 5* crystal sales because if there is a bad 5* thats more of a reason to buy it, it lowers the chance of a potential bad character and raises the chance of a potentialy good character
They may be a business, but that doesn't mean every change is for the sole purpose of extracting money.
Have you ever gone for a feature 5*? I have over 20 times, they’re a lot of fun and the part of the game I look forward to most. The spin is exciting, I even occasionally watch the spins of others. I like having a small amount of (earned) control over my roster, I’m definitely going to miss it.
Spinning any Crystal has that excitement. You always hope for what you want. Let's face it. What's going to be missed is the fast-track to a new Champ.
So let’s do some real maths that shows the value.
So let’s assume that
The basic crystal has 84 champs in it (Not sure of exact number) & that each champ has the same % chance to be pulled.
The featured Crystal has 24 champs (18 basic & 6 featured) & that each champ has the same % chance to be pulled.
Basic Breakdown
Chance to pull each Unique champ – 1.19%
Number of Champs I want – 6 (7.14%)
Number of Champs im happy to pull – 17 (20.23%)
Number of Champs that would be acceptable to pull – 17 (20.23%)
Number of Champs I don’t want to pull – 44 (52.36%)
Featured Breakdown
Chance to pull each Unique champ – 4.16%
Number of Featured Champs I want – 1 (4.16%)
Number of Featured Champs im happy to pull - 1 (4.16%)
Number of Featured Champs that would be acceptable to pull - 1 (4.16%)
Number of Featured Champs I don’t want to pull – 3 (12.48%)
Number of Basic Champs I want – 2 (8.32%)
Number of Basic Champs im happy to pull – 2 (8.32%)
Number of Basic Champs that would be acceptable to pull – 4 (16.64%)
Number of Basic Champs I don’t want to pull – 10 (41.6%)
Total Number of Champs I want –3 (12.48%)
Total Number of Champs im happy to pull – 3 (12.48%)
Total Number of Champs that would be acceptable to pull – 5 (20.8%)
Total Number of Champs I don’t want to pull – 13 (54.08%)
In the above example there would be a greater chance at pulling a champ you don’t want in the featured, but you would have a slightly increased chance at getting one that you really wanted. Personally you can then make a more informed decision if you believe that it is worth it personally to spend the extra 5k shards.
The whole point of a featured crystal is to pull the featured champ not spend 5k extra shards to pull another jugg or antman. This idea could have been good if the "basic" champs werent the same ones i have at sig 200....
You didn’t answer me. And spinning any other crystal doesn’t have that excitement. Maybe the 6* crystal will, we will have to see when that’s finally released. Feature 5* crystal is trying for one specific champ and the happiness when you actually get him or her. Opening a basic 5* does not have the same level of anticipation, at least for me. I get 5 more feature openings, so I guess I’ll enjoy them while I can.
Edit: you are right about the new champ thing though. I was really excited to pull each of my feature champs, it was a trophy for me and I bragged to my friends. Even Falcon and Carnage, lol. It’s not about only getting the best, it’s about getting who we want and having fun playing this game. These were fun for me.
Maybe thats the idea everybody get him and bam update 12.0 happens all over again and blade gets nerfed
Getting what we want is always fun. That's the point I'm making. It doesn't matter what Crystal you're opening, whether a Featured 5* or a Featured 4*. The point is the same. You're rolling for the Champ you want. That won't change with the new Crystal. People open them for their own reasons, but for the most part, the point of a Featured is to go for the Champ you want. What's changing is the rate they drop. Not the actual point of opening them, or the experience of doing so. The result perhaps.
To be honest, I see it as more in tandem with the Featured 4*. 100 Units for a Premium, 150 for a Featured. 10,000 Shards for a 5*, 15,000 for a Featured. What the new system does is make it more manageable to gauge what you want, but the drops will be less. The Resources are more valuable than a 4* Featured, but so are the Rewards. From what I suspect, 4% is higher than the 4* Featured as well.
I'm sorry, but I agree that the Featured was too high in terms of rates compared to other Crystals. You see this among Allies the higher you go. At an estimated 20%, it was literally a matter of rolling every Champ as soon as it came out for the Dup. Since those Allies have the most Shards, we end up with a Leaderboard that looks like a Blade Kaleidoscope. Which is why I don't support the theory that it will cater to those at the top. An equal chance at any one Champ in the Crystal is a fair system, and from what I've seen, it's more than what we can say for the Featured 4.
The pool will also change. Meaning it will have varying desirables as Champs are added to the game, and rotated in the Basic pool. Those Champs are selected by their own internal datamining, and have are fair chance of being more desirable. Which means less "I bought a Featured and rolled Kamala".
I think the real issue is the decreased drop for the actual Featured Champ, but I can definitely support it, it was too high to begin with.
This is an excellent idea. Not sure if it would make me like the crystal but it would be way better than the current plan.
90% of grandmaster crystals give 3* champs which are for the most part just filler on an account. I don't get any happier pulling a 3* than I do a 2*. Even my sons account at level 17 makes little use of 3* champs.