breakdown of doom cycle and why this type of gameplay needs to go away forever.

the game mode isn’t fun to me, some people may think it is because everyone is different but the fact is doom cycle has no place in mcoc. it needs to go entirely.

zero champion knowledge required – mcoc is about mastering kits, counters, and synergies. doom cycle throws all that out the window. you're just tapping to pump numbers.

no actual combat – it’s a completely different game genre slapped onto mcoc for quick monetization. you could replace doom with a cookie clicker skin and it would function the same.

progression is fake – the “build-up” mechanic is just a grind loop padded with timers, delays, and paywalled tickets. there’s no strategy. it’s manufactured difficulty.

ticket system is predatory – limited runs + paid tickets = straight monetization of frustration. kabam knows it’s bad, but as long as people spend to skip it, they’ll keep doing it.

low-effort event, high-profit bait – the entire thing screams "how cheap can we go and still make money?” it’s recycled design, low dev cost, and a fast cash-in.

people paying for it are the problem – as cheap as it is, if you’re dropping cash to speed through this, you’re sending kabam the exact message they want: "make more of this garbage." stop enabling it.

this isn't just “trash” it's actively bad design, and the only thing worse than the mode is pretending it's okay just because it has decent rewards. i care about gameplay not just watching rng auto fights and paying to skip content.

i've loved this game for nearly a decade, please don’t ruin it.

Comments

Roth

calling it a “test mode” like that somehow makes it immune to criticism is completely missing the point. kabam doesn’t test things for fun; they test them to gather data, to measure how far they can push monetization tactics without losing engagement. and guess what? if enough people pay to skip — even in a mode they admit sucks — kabam will absolutely bring it back in some fashion, or worse, expand on it. that’s what testing is for.

this “it’s just a test” excuse is naive at best and complicit at worst.

Joker1976

Okay buddy sure.
It’s not a flex,..so sorry if i am more than content not playing a game mode i don’t enjoy and not complaining about the rewards i’m missing out on (cause i haven’t complained about that once),.,.and i’m quite content with that.
My original response was that no one is forced to play any game mode (which the OP insinuated).
You do you,.i however will continue to laugh at the mindless sheep that are grinding this yet whining and complaining about it.
I at least have respect for the people that are enjoying it (or don’t mind it).
At the very least they aren’t little dogs barking and whining and crying over it.
…seems pretty pathetic to me.

TotemCorruption

TL:DR:

(1) OP has some concerning issues it seems on a personal level, all of which he has imputed to this trivial dimensional arcade game. I hope he gets help actually.

(2) Clearly no mods are reading this thread (can you blame them? 90% of the posts are from the OP and 2 others just ranting at each other like maniacs).
So basically, if you ever wanted to write anything without censorship, this is your chance.

Baba Booey! Baba Booey! Baba Booey!!

filledwithlove

But what you did was literally a failed attempt at flexing over us "little barking dogs". It served no purpose other than shaming on the OP yet you failed to realise how miserable you are when you claim to be enjoying life like the king of the world but still checking forums and arguing with random internet people at the same time. Reminded me of that one guy a few days ago who was flexing with his money and lifestyle while complaining about Kabam support over a $30 purchase. You're not the person you want people to think you are and it's really not that hard to see. Show your superiority in your studies, work, hobbies and stuff but doing so here will just indicate the opposite of your claim. Take it as a friendly advice and feel free to ignore it altogether. Just wanted to share the point of view of someone from the outside.

Have a nice day!

ItsClobberinTime

You're arguing with internet people and checking forums too and you don't even play the game anymore lmfao the lack of self-awareness, absolutely hilarious. How miserable does one have to be to be arguing malding and complaining on a forum about stuff they're clearly not even interested in anymore. Really just trying to be a Karen like op except at least he still plays the game.

filledwithlove

I won't construct a detailed response since I'm not sure if you're deliberately acting this dense or just can't apply basic logic no matter how hard you try. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, didn't expect you to get so emotional over simple criticism but here we are

Now please let this thread die in peace, it had already lost its purpose when you showed up anyways.

ItsClobberinTime

The only thing with no purpose here is your life, that's why you're crying on a forum about a mobile game you don't even play anymore when you could very well be doing something more productive outside lol. We're all here because we're still actively playing the game what about you? Do you normally hang around forums on a daily basis for video games you no longer play while you snack on hot cheetos and pepsi in your mom's basement or you're just that mad at the world for who knows what reason that you feel the need to send personal attacks to random people on the internet you had never even interacted with previously? Either way, miserable 😀

Roth

acting like i’m crazy for pointing out obvious flaws just proves you have nothing real to say. when people can't refute the point, they resort to mocking the person or being condescending. it's lazy, deflective, and exactly why the game keeps getting worse — because no one wants to hold anything accountable.

Roth

nah it was a flex — you acted like you were posting from some paradise island to look above it all, when clearly you’re still here arguing like the rest of us. nobody believes you’re sipping cocktails on a beach while typing essays about side quests. you’re not detached, you’re just pretending to be while trying to talk down to people with the same superiority complex you accuse others of. all bark, no island. corny.

seems pretty pathetic to me.

Syndicated

Bro, i literally can't get it, there's more problems in the Game to make a tsunami about a webpage Game, honestly.

They need to make money, also, You can play it for free, i can assure You that You Will get the same as a player that spent the Insane amount of... 4 dollars.

A man Discover what a Game developer does with new Game modes, gather data, congrats?

Is not like Battlegrounds or any mode that depends on prestige, or spent 1000 dollars to get the Best prizes, so, i can't get why do all this problem for a 10 minutes minigame when You take 2 hours to do Arena milestones, or that 10 minutes to play one BG round, but, okay, we are free to argue and get mad.

Greetings.

Roth

the issue isn’t the price or the time it takes to do it — it's the precedent. if players shrug this off, kabam sees it as a greenlight to make more of this 2d arcade mode with a time gated currency, half-baked content monetized through paid shortcuts. so yeah, some of us care if this mode returns, it’s cool now but i genuinely don’t want to see it again, i want to play MCOC, i don’t want this in the game.

don’t act like people raising that concern are overreacting just because it's “only a few bucks.” the cost isn't the problem — the model is.

then, if you do decide to pay for tickets, cool, now you have to sit and watch auto fights on your screen, 60+ times… you’ve turned your screen into a slideshow of the same fight over and over. how are you justifying this?

Syndicated

Seriously, You Need to chill, feedback is really Bad, this mode Will not come Back lol

Yeah, You are overreacting, because is not mandatory

Yeah, that's the point of Roguelike games, just grind and grind, and grind, some people love it, some people hate it, that's the videogame diversity.

The mode will be gone in few weeks, Will dissapear, no Need to waste money or time playing it, prizes are not Game breaking, that's it, just keep playing MCOC, we are actually in Summoner fest, Raid Month, the poker mode, BG Season, AW Season, trust me, that mode is the smallest problem with the Game actually.

Roth

what’s frustrating isn’t just the mode itself — it’s the wave of smug, dismissive replies from people who:

– completely miss the point,
– parrot the same shallow “don’t like it, don’t play it” nonsense,
– or act like being willfully oblivious somehow makes them more logical or enlightened.

i gave genuine feedback — and instead of actually engaging with any of it, you and others just hand-wave it all away with “it’s not mandatory” like that magically fixes everything. it’s why this year the game has been so disappointing to begin with after we got that awesome content we call epoch of pain.

so yeah, the mode sucks — but the part that really tilts me is the way people defend it (or mock anyone who criticizes it) while pretending they’re the reasonable ones. i’m not upset over one feature — i’m upset about what it represents, and how too many people in this community are perfectly fine just letting it happen. because then, it’ll keep happening.

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Roth

you were right too, it’s not even about whether my point is valid anymore. the people who already decided to disagree with me are just orbiting the post, waiting to downvote or reply with the same tired takes, while the people who actually get it either aren’t around, don’t feel like jumping into the mess, or just get drowned out.

its like i’m shouting into a void that’s been preloaded with contrarians. but that doesn’t mean my point’s are wrong — it just means the thread’s been hijacked by people more interested in feeling superior than actually thinking critically. 😂

SirGamesBond

Please don't enable it by spending. Play, don't play, whatevers your choice.

Kabam with thier numbers: We are generating revenue out of a Side Quest? Omg, let's go harder and bring more of these grind intensive mind numbing modes. Let's go, monetized SQ ftw!!

That's what will be the end result.

Demonzfyre

Are you for or against revive farming like what used to exist?

Because if you are, you have zero ground to stand on when saying you're turning your phone into a slideshow because that's what revive farming is. Auto fighting your way through low level story content. So if you're ok with that then you need to drop.that excuse.

I'm not a super fan of this mode. It's slow, it needs tweeks to how the masteries are done and a few other QOL things. If this mode never returns, I'm fine with it. If it does, cool. The rewards are good enough to want to do it.

But you don't get to decide for the community. You can say you don't like this game mode and everything but there are people who do actually enjoy this. Especially if you have a job where you can't do actual content, this great to do an earn rewards.

Everything in this game can be done if real money is used. That's the whole point of micro transactions. Whether you're buying energy, revives or units etc... it's no different than spending $5 for tickets to knock something out. Having a way to do content faster and easier won't ever stop. Sorry to burst your bubble but everyone typically wants a way to knock things out quickly. I just don't understand why you're taking such a hard line on this but have no other problem with other purchases in the game. Or you're saying they should remove any and all "shortcut purchases"? No more energy refills, revives, health pots, etc.. for real money or units?

altavista

Your argument is specious.

Revive farming = Autofight + Rewards = Doom cycle yes. But in every other aspect, it is not.

Revive farming uses your Account. You can only autofight if (1) You've played MCOC long enough to unlock the ability, (2) You've earned rewards from MCOC to obtain and level up champions, (3) Your account progression level qualifies you for special events (or story content) where revive farming is helpful, and (4) You have a specific time goal of when you want to attempt this content since overflow resources can expire.

Doom cycle doesn't use your Account - in fact, unlike Arcade Poker, it doesn't even use any energy resource. Additionally, you are playing this random other game on Kabam's timeline (daily; and you have to do it for 4 weeks if you want the top reward). Plus, while Doom Cycle is happening, there is the opportunity cost of not having a special event that utilizes your account for standard MCOC gameplay. So overflow resources are just expiring since the SOS/WOW type event that would normally happen, is now replaced by this Non-MCOC event.

A lot of the players here supporting (or saying it is not a bad precedent) the event think "easy rewards for no effort" is perfectly acceptable. And that is not what people complaining about the event are even arguing about.

Demonzfyre

Actually there is, the Dark Phoenix showcase is also running currently. It's not as hard as WoW or Soap or whatever but still has the level of difficulty where resources could be used. Same with the valiant gauntlet.

The argument isn't about using your account. OP specifically stated "auto fights" as their example. Not account specific auto fights. So many people want revive farming back. So if you can't stand auto fighting in this mode, why would you want it back for revive farming? You have to do all that work for some revives but this other mode gives you units and shards for 7* crystals and a titan crystal.

My biggest gripe with us mode is that there's no button or option to speed the game play up. Like having a 2x speed button.