Is BG still the grind worth ?

The GC circuit rewards haven't been upgraded for 16 months, if you guys at kabam want battleground to become a dead piece of content, you should keep ruining your game like this. You guys are really far removed from your player base

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willrun4adonut

It's not worth the grind, and yet, here I am, still doing it.

BigBlueOx

No. Get your alliance minimums, maybe make a small push, call it a day.

CandyCane2

No. Save your time.

BigBlueMadness11

Nope. I wait a few weeks into the season so I get matched with guys that will mostly quit and I can make it to gladiator circuit quick. At that point I call it quits.

TotemCorruption

BG is fun for me because I enjoy the game mode and the competition.
It's something you can't revive through or even boost up for.
I'm not a top player but I believe it is the mode where the top players in the game are determined.

Additionally, I know everyone is different, but for me it's like, what's the point of constantly improving your roster if you’re not playing the mode where skill and competition are tested most immediately?
If BG didn't exist, I'd still play the game, but a lot of the incentive I have to chase rewards would be diminished.

Chuck_Finley

Arena milestones is the best and only grind value in the game. Has been for months - it’s not even close.

Draw your own conclusions…

DocWest

It’s not worth playing at all. They are completely killing the game mode.

Usagicassidy

They keep not updating the rewards but then throwing in required materials for chase champions every few BGs to make it a requirement - all still while not touching a single other thing about the rewards per season.

Case in point - season 26 feels pretty worthless to grind right now. Seasons 27 and 28 should feel just a worthless, except I actually have to try and put in time and effort with both seasons just to get the dark plumes for Phoenix.

It's a really crappy tactic to keep you invested without changing a single thing about the rewards for 1.5 whole years.

TotemCorruption

They keep not updating the rewards but then throwing in required materials for chase champions every few BGs to make it a requirement - all still while not touching a single other thing about the rewards per season.

Case in point - season 26 feels pretty worthless to grind right now. Seasons 27 and 28 should feel just a worthless, except I actually have to try and put in time and effort with both seasons just to get the dark plumes for Phoenix.

It's a really crappy tactic to keep you invested without changing a single thing about the rewards for 1.5 whole years.

Those are valid points about the rewards, and rewards do factor into the dopamine-fueled progression that this game is designed around.
But how do you avoid the biggest adrenaline rush of all—beating another player in a direct competitive setting? If it wasn't about competition, then what was it all about in the first place?

SirGamesBond

Little bit yes.
Unhealthy levels no
Stress on 'Unhealthy'

JESUSCHRIST

Nothing in mcoc is worth the grind

If you grind to get the resources to build a strong battlegrounds deck and you get Celestial 1 rewards which doesn't give you anything significant to improve your deck further so what's the point of grinding in the first place if the rewards are not good

The only players rewarded for grinding are the youtubers who have something to livestream that is entertaining and repeatable

JESUSCHRIST

Many mcoc players are saying they are playing Marvel rivals as well bcos it's more fun

Monubean

It’s not worth playing at all. They are completely killing the game mode.

This, and everyone other game mode!

Monubean

Many mcoc players are saying they are playing Marvel rivals as well bcos it's more fun

Heard about this as well isn't it on the PS5 platform?

BeastDad

Is it worth completing? Sure. Is it worth a long grind? Nope.

Bare minimum and call it a day.

JESUSCHRIST

Many mcoc players are saying they are playing Marvel rivals as well bcos it's more fun
Heard about this as well isn't it on the PS5 platform?

PS 5, Windows, X box

Kabam is lucky they never release it on mobile

Meanwhile mcoc is going to windows to get more players

JESUSCHRIST

If anyone wants to grind, do arena and save your units for Banquet 2025

TotemCorruption

Is it worth completing? Sure. Is it worth a long grind? Nope.

Bare minimum and call it a day.

We all know these BG complaints aren't about the rewards. It's about something else.
It's not like anyone in this thread (me included) would be a Celestial player if the Celestial rewards were made better.
And the lower tier BG rewards are still better than 90% of the other stuff in the game, including Arena.
And it takes way less time.

But modes like Arena are safe: zero competition, zero stakes, and no risk of losing your pride.
So Arena becomes "the best value" and BG becomes "not worth it."

JESUSCHRIST

The moment you reach GC, there's only the objectives every 2 days to play for

Every smart player camps in Uru 3 bcos GC rewards are not worth grinding for

ItsClobberinTime

It's sad cause arena grind does so much more for me than BGs these days, I heard a suggestion somewhere can't remember where about adding battle chips to BGs aside from buffing rewards and adding monthly new champs to Celestial tiers or something basically combining BGs and arena, simple changes that could easily be implemented and make BGs worth it again but at this point it does seem like they're hellbent on killing the game mode. A shame cause the day BGs die is probably the day I leave the game permanently

JESUSCHRIST

If Kabam removes the energy cost, I don't mind playing more battlegrounds bcos I don't like wasting energy on battlegrounds

You don't get anything when you lose which is far more likely than doing arenas which is almost free (a small gold cost)

Using energy also doesn't give much points for the solo and alliance battlegrounds events

ItsClobberinTime

Is it worth completing? Sure. Is it worth a long grind? Nope.

Bare minimum and call it a day.
We all know these BG complaints aren't about the rewards. It's about something else.
It's not like anyone in this thread (me included) would be a Celestial player if the Celestial rewards were made better.
And the lower tier BG rewards are still better than 90% of the other stuff in the game, including Arena.
And it takes way less time.

But modes like Arena are safe: zero competition, zero stakes, and no risk of losing your pride.
So Arena becomes "the best value" and BG becomes "not worth it."

Lol no, I can easily get more value out of grinding arena and 100% endgame content with the units than grinding BGs

JESUSCHRIST

Even youtuber like Lagacy made a video recently about battlegrounds dying bcos it's not worth doing, the rewards aren't updated for 2025

JESUSCHRIST

If you are a top player in other games especially on Windows, you get famous and get poached by E sports teams

It's a real job for young gamers that pays you a salary and there are generous sponsors like Nvidia who wants to sell more graphics cards to gamers

It's an organic and self sustaining growth for these games

Mcoc is considered dying relative to these E Sports games

TotemCorruption

Is it worth completing? Sure. Is it worth a long grind? Nope.

Bare minimum and call it a day.
We all know these BG complaints aren't about the rewards. It's about something else.
It's not like anyone in this thread (me included) would be a Celestial player if the Celestial rewards were made better.
And the lower tier BG rewards are still better than 90% of the other stuff in the game, including Arena.
And it takes way less time.

But modes like Arena are safe: zero competition, zero stakes, and no risk of losing your pride.
So Arena becomes "the best value" and BG becomes "not worth it."
Lol no, I can easily get more value out of grinding arena and 100% endgame content with the units than grinding BGs

Ok, I guess we're talking about different things.
I do Arena and BG and everything else.
Some people in this thread were saying BG is completely useless to do, which is different I guess than saying whether it is worth the grind.
What does grinding BG even mean though?
At a certain point in GC we all hit our skill and roster ceiling and grinding won't really produce any results anyway.
So it's playing it while we're mostly winning matches and then stopping after it becomes counterproductive.
For some people that point is Vibranium, for others it's Uru, for others Mysterium, etc.

JESUSCHRIST

It took me 6 months after becoming valiant to build a full deck of 7* rank 3 and 6* rank 5 ascended

I'm questioning myself if it's worth it to build a full deck of 7* rank 3 and 4 for the near future

What's there to play for in battlegrounds?

Bragging rights?

TotemCorruption

It took me 6 months after becoming valiant to build a full deck of 7* rank 3 and 6* rank 5 ascended

I'm questioning myself if it's worth it to build a full deck of 7* rank 3 and 4 for the near future

What's there to play for in battlegrounds?

Bragging rights?

The adrenaline rush of live competition and beating another player head to head.
Bragging rights probably not a thing as no one really knows or cares who anyone is, other than like the familiar top names who always end up in Celestial.

JESUSCHRIST

It took me 6 months after becoming valiant to build a full deck of 7* rank 3 and 6* rank 5 ascended

I'm questioning myself if it's worth it to build a full deck of 7* rank 3 and 4 for the near future

What's there to play for in battlegrounds?

Bragging rights?
The adrenaline rush of live competition and beating another player head to head.
Bragging rights probably not a thing as no one really knows or cares who anyone is, other than like the familiar top names who always end up in Celestial.

At least give me some XP when I win so I can get to level 70

dr2ws

It's not worth the grind, and yet, here I am, still doing it.

This sums up what I was gonna say.

GroundedWisdom

For the little amount of effort I put in, it's worth it. I do the Solo Milestones and get Trophies up to the GC. I don't go crazy, just a few Matches here and there over the month.