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Game sentiment from a spender and what's next....
Buzerk1969
Member Posts: 90 ★★
Recently we got an outrage from BG top tier players and RAIDs players.
I'm not a content creator; I'm not the best player in the game but I get through most content and there are aspects of the game I refuse to do as they were not made for casual players or low participation alliance. So I don't do AW and I don't RAIDs, these two game modes only make sense in organized Alliance and sidetrack casual players (Kabam Crash actually made me cringe when he talked about casual players, it would be interesting he explains what casual players are).
I have been playing for 10 years now, I do spend on the game, more then I should, more on that later. My main account is Valiant and I have 2 other account that are both Paragon. 162 7*, 2xR4, 50xR3
Anyhow, here's my take. When I pay for something, I expect something in return, for a game, I expect fun, fun challenge and a stable, consistent game play. See, I am quite reasonable. For those that doesn't want to read, I'm done sending money to Kabam, call it boycott or what even you want, I'm not getting what I pay for.
Toxic, the game has become more and more frustrating and toxic (and I don't do RAIDs).
Bugs, bugs and more important the priority Kabam puts on them:
We have seen it time and time again, if a bug impacts Kabam bottom line, it gets fix fast they push out fixes. If it impacts game play, we get the typical answer, well, you know, it's a complicated game, it will take time, we are working it. And then silence. And that's when they admit there's a problem.
Intercepting
For months, intercepting has been hazardous, just happen the recent end game boss need to be intercepted in the final phase. But everywhere in the game, In BG, to get parry on a dash in typically means you lost. And Kabam internal posture is probably, well both get the same bug, so it even out at the end. NO IT DOESN'T it is TOXIC. It's in Incursion where revive and healing cost is atrocious.
5 revives for Ares, 5!! And the bug they were compensating for isn't fix either... TOXIC
Today it's intercepting, yesterday something else, there is always something, the game play is not stable. Bugs are not a feature, they are TOXIC
Game crash
The game crashes all the time, nothing like getting the game crash as you load a fight in Incursion, and because Kabam in their infinite wisdom decided to punish exiting with 50% health drop when you quit a fight in Incursion, well 50% health down because of a crash... TOXIC... where is the compensation!!! When are you going to fix this!!! I can see one of the moderators asking video or bug report, well I'm not one of your testers, I actually give you money for a stable game, remember. Asking me for this = TOXIC.
Monthly update rigged with bugs
Every month, I mean literally in the last year or so, every monthly update have been adding more issues then it fixed, content creators are joking about it, but it's not funny. It is frustrating, it is... yes you guess it is TOXIC.
I could go on and on, but you all get it, Kabam tell us they care, I'm more interested in a real demonstration, actions, results that they actually care about us, no words, actions.
Game Meta & Nodes
Nodes
It came up in the recent RAIDs, nodes are pages long, I mean who though this was ok as a user experience, I don't play on a PC, I don't play on an iPad, I play on a freaking iPhone14... By the time you get to the last node effect you forgot the first one. I get it, from a developpement point of view, they just stack them, seems easier (even though we have seen conflicting effect from doing this) but from a user point of view it is TOXIC, I don't read them anymore, I go in and just find out playing my may through.
BG ecosystem
The current rewards structure encourage point farming and from what I have seen with my 2 smaller accounts, it is rampant at the moment. I don't blame the players, they are probably stuck in alliance asking for a minimum and if they want to stay and get the big rewards, then farming it is. I don't have the answer for this one, I try to do my part and get my main account out of VT as fast as possible, but I don't get rewarded for doing so, it would actually be easier, smarter to wait on the last few days to climb VT and again that's what I see happening with my smaller account. TOXIC, very TOXIC. While Kabam is listening to top tier BG players, they don't seem to understand, BG as a decease and rewards is not the only think killing this game mode.
The Farming, the exploits, the node selection, the rewards... not just the rewards for the top tier.
In conclusion
I'm Canadian (hence CrazyCanuck) and I could use less toxicity in my life right now, so I'm done sending money to Kabam. As fellow Canadians, I would like to say elbow up to Kabam, but right now it's a big thumbs down. Don't know if I will continu to play the game... next few months will be decisive.
I'm not a content creator; I'm not the best player in the game but I get through most content and there are aspects of the game I refuse to do as they were not made for casual players or low participation alliance. So I don't do AW and I don't RAIDs, these two game modes only make sense in organized Alliance and sidetrack casual players (Kabam Crash actually made me cringe when he talked about casual players, it would be interesting he explains what casual players are).
I have been playing for 10 years now, I do spend on the game, more then I should, more on that later. My main account is Valiant and I have 2 other account that are both Paragon. 162 7*, 2xR4, 50xR3
Anyhow, here's my take. When I pay for something, I expect something in return, for a game, I expect fun, fun challenge and a stable, consistent game play. See, I am quite reasonable. For those that doesn't want to read, I'm done sending money to Kabam, call it boycott or what even you want, I'm not getting what I pay for.
Toxic, the game has become more and more frustrating and toxic (and I don't do RAIDs).
Bugs, bugs and more important the priority Kabam puts on them:
We have seen it time and time again, if a bug impacts Kabam bottom line, it gets fix fast they push out fixes. If it impacts game play, we get the typical answer, well, you know, it's a complicated game, it will take time, we are working it. And then silence. And that's when they admit there's a problem.
Intercepting
For months, intercepting has been hazardous, just happen the recent end game boss need to be intercepted in the final phase. But everywhere in the game, In BG, to get parry on a dash in typically means you lost. And Kabam internal posture is probably, well both get the same bug, so it even out at the end. NO IT DOESN'T it is TOXIC. It's in Incursion where revive and healing cost is atrocious.
5 revives for Ares, 5!! And the bug they were compensating for isn't fix either... TOXIC
Today it's intercepting, yesterday something else, there is always something, the game play is not stable. Bugs are not a feature, they are TOXIC
Game crash
The game crashes all the time, nothing like getting the game crash as you load a fight in Incursion, and because Kabam in their infinite wisdom decided to punish exiting with 50% health drop when you quit a fight in Incursion, well 50% health down because of a crash... TOXIC... where is the compensation!!! When are you going to fix this!!! I can see one of the moderators asking video or bug report, well I'm not one of your testers, I actually give you money for a stable game, remember. Asking me for this = TOXIC.
Monthly update rigged with bugs
Every month, I mean literally in the last year or so, every monthly update have been adding more issues then it fixed, content creators are joking about it, but it's not funny. It is frustrating, it is... yes you guess it is TOXIC.
I could go on and on, but you all get it, Kabam tell us they care, I'm more interested in a real demonstration, actions, results that they actually care about us, no words, actions.
Game Meta & Nodes
Nodes
It came up in the recent RAIDs, nodes are pages long, I mean who though this was ok as a user experience, I don't play on a PC, I don't play on an iPad, I play on a freaking iPhone14... By the time you get to the last node effect you forgot the first one. I get it, from a developpement point of view, they just stack them, seems easier (even though we have seen conflicting effect from doing this) but from a user point of view it is TOXIC, I don't read them anymore, I go in and just find out playing my may through.
BG ecosystem
The current rewards structure encourage point farming and from what I have seen with my 2 smaller accounts, it is rampant at the moment. I don't blame the players, they are probably stuck in alliance asking for a minimum and if they want to stay and get the big rewards, then farming it is. I don't have the answer for this one, I try to do my part and get my main account out of VT as fast as possible, but I don't get rewarded for doing so, it would actually be easier, smarter to wait on the last few days to climb VT and again that's what I see happening with my smaller account. TOXIC, very TOXIC. While Kabam is listening to top tier BG players, they don't seem to understand, BG as a decease and rewards is not the only think killing this game mode.
The Farming, the exploits, the node selection, the rewards... not just the rewards for the top tier.
In conclusion
I'm Canadian (hence CrazyCanuck) and I could use less toxicity in my life right now, so I'm done sending money to Kabam. As fellow Canadians, I would like to say elbow up to Kabam, but right now it's a big thumbs down. Don't know if I will continu to play the game... next few months will be decisive.
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toxic (adjective)
harmful or dangerous to health or life when taken into the body; poisonous:
"the dumping of toxic waste" · "toxic chemicals" · "alcohol is toxic to the ovaries"
relating to or caused by poison:
"toxic hazards" · "toxic liver injury"
very harmful or unpleasant in a pervasive or insidious way:
"a toxic relationship" · "staff created a toxic work environment" · "in the last couple of years the atmosphere has turned toxic"
Are you happy with the current state of the game? Instead of arguing on semantic, answer that question.
So you want to talk semantic, or you want to talk about the state of the game.
And you also seem to enjoy all the issues and bugs I listed, again, good for you.
And while I agree, there was some points that op brought up, I thought this random trivia was far more important.
Remember when life gives you lemons don't make lemonade, ask why tf lemons instead
Portal's lemon quote might be a bit extreme though.