End game content format getting worse?!

I’ve recently finished my planning for the act 8 crucible, and only when I finished did I realise…
This won’t be difficult at all.

Now you read that and think “oh cool I can just breeze through it” but please think to yourself why people hate the wheel of fate. Here’s 3 reasons.

1: silly roster dependency. And I don’t mean having a LOT of champions. I mean having those niche champions that almost no one has ranked up especially the new titan champs that are hard to get.

2: reward payout. We don’t even need to talk about how horrible of a decision they made to make the rewards only ‘kinda’ good on the LAST quest.

3: the effort/ time to reward ratio. This quest is somewhat hard, yes. But you’d think they would give you back what you spend right? No. You sat there for 4 hours doing that first quest for some titan shards and 1/3 of a 7 star crystal. Appalling.

Now look at what they did here, and compare it to the crucible…

Roster dependency… CHECK

Reward payout… CHECK

effort/time to reward ratio…. CHECK.

It’s garunteed that most players won’t like this event just because of how stressful the planning and playing is. We can’t enjoy a challenge if the challenge isn’t FUN.

Necropolis and epoch of pain are by far the most loved content in the community. And that’s because your effort is rewarded even to this day.
The format is in paths and you don’t do 64 fights back to back.
And your roster isn’t depended on meaning it is FTP friendly.

We don’t want hard content that is hard for the sake of it. The community wants a challenge because humans find challenges fun. This new crucible won’t be a ‘challenge’ in a fun sense. It will be a nuisance to plan and play. Risk a ton of resources and more importantly TIME. All for the sake of a single rank 4.

Have a good day y’all, see you once I’ve explored it

Comments

NoahSansman

First off, The Crucible's rewards are very good. You get 2 exclusive 7* crystals with a pool of amazing champs, a titan nexus, and a generic 3-4 gem.

Secondly, the crucible is not a resource dump and is ftp friendly.

Thirdly, the crucible is really fun. Its nice to revisit those bosses and get rewards for doing so.

I think you're projecting your personal bias onto this and assuming others share your view.

Darthbane3141

I actually really liked crucible planning, I didn't find it stressful at all. It's not ridiculously hard, or too easy, and it's not even too roster dependent. I'm a relatively low level valiant, and had no trouble planning for the crucible. It has really good rewards for the challenge, and it isn't even close to the level of bad design as wheel of fate is.

CheeseMaster482

You can get hit all the way to 1 hp and Regen all your health on the next swap. Super easy content, all the bosses are fodder unless they give them 2 mil hp

Will3808

The difference is crucible content is fun. If you don’t think that, then don’t play it

WhisperDARK

We're fine if there's no 7 star lock. If else, there's no hope for small valiants. Even mid level valiants with 100+ 7 stars would struggle in that case. Its not a negligible change to go from 2 runs of 32 fights to a single one of 64. I'm not even sure if I have the mental fortitude and physical stamina to finish it up in a day. All good if no rarity lock though considering how Lagacy literally used a 4 star Serpent to solo a fight in the previous crucible.

I got the feeling of going on a Serpent rant while typing but I'll hold myself. Just like the way he holds his specials while in death immunity till he reaches 3 bars.

Zacharias10719

Considering the act 7 crucible was one of the most well received peices of content this is quite the take.

spiderknight616

We're fine if there's no 7 star lock. If else, there's no hope for small valiants. Even mid level valiants with 100+ 7 stars would struggle in that case. Its not a negligible change to go from 2 runs of 32 fights to a single one of 64. I'm not even sure if I have the mental fortitude and physical stamina to finish it up in a day. All good if no rarity lock though considering how Lagacy literally used a 4 star Serpent to solo a fight in the previous crucible.

I got the feeling of going on a Serpent rant while typing but I'll hold myself. Just like the way he holds his specials while in death immunity till he reaches 3 bars.

You don't have to finish it in a day. You can stay in crucible while doing other quests, and finish it in maybe stretches of 10 bosses each time.

ahmynuts

Bro is speed running the most disagreed post on the forums

GroundedWisdom

Literally not even out yet and he's got a review up.

EdisonLaw

This is definitely one of the takes of all time

M_A_D_D_Y

Idk why you didn’t like Crucible or found it stressing tbh.... For the majority of players it’s the fun part, since we get to go through all the boss fights that’s kinda the thrill for me. Maybe it’s cause your roster is a bit limited, but if it’s mainly the planning that’s the issue, then maybe try games like Candy Crush or Subway Surfers -fast-paced, quick thinking, no plans needed

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Also, I’ve never seen this before -literally all players agree to disagree

Chopper153

I’ve recently finished my planning for the act 8 crucible, and only when I finished did I realise…
This won’t be difficult at all.

Now you read that and think “oh cool I can just breeze through it” but please think to yourself why people hate the wheel of fate. Here’s 3 reasons.

1: silly roster dependency. And I don’t mean having a LOT of champions. I mean having those niche champions that almost no one has ranked up especially the new titan champs that are hard to get.

2: reward payout. We don’t even need to talk about how horrible of a decision they made to make the rewards only ‘kinda’ good on the LAST quest.

3: the effort/ time to reward ratio. This quest is somewhat hard, yes. But you’d think they would give you back what you spend right? No. You sat there for 4 hours doing that first quest for some titan shards and 1/3 of a 7 star crystal. Appalling.

Now look at what they did here, and compare it to the crucible…

Roster dependency… CHECK

Reward payout… CHECK

effort/time to reward ratio…. CHECK.

It’s garunteed that most players won’t like this event just because of how stressful the planning and playing is. We can’t enjoy a challenge if the challenge isn’t FUN.

Necropolis and epoch of pain are by far the most loved content in the community. And that’s because your effort is rewarded even to this day.
The format is in paths and you don’t do 64 fights back to back.
And your roster isn’t depended on meaning it is FTP friendly.

We don’t want hard content that is hard for the sake of it. The community wants a challenge because humans find challenges fun. This new crucible won’t be a ‘challenge’ in a fun sense. It will be a nuisance to plan and play. Risk a ton of resources and more importantly TIME. All for the sake of a single rank 4.

Have a good day y’all, see you once I’ve explored it

28 disagrees lmao,if ur not enjoying crucible like content which a large amount of community loves, because it aint some unnecessary nodes, its just old act 8 bosses, that too, without roster limitations, then u prolly aren't the targeted group + no one is forcing you to play it today man just get through it later and you'll be fine

Rayven5220

I stopped reading after you said "you need super specific champs, especially the new titan champs" that weren't even a thing when act 8 was new content.
You sure as hell don't need the titan champs for act 8 crucible. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Finalfuryk

As long as I can play other content while in the Act 8 Crucible then there's no issue. I will absolutely do the content right around when it comes out simply because I won't be locked into a quest.