Why Not?
Rank down tickets,
Before everyone trolls me, please finish reading. I know that Kabam has stated that they will not be issuing Generic Rank Down Tickets again. Also, that they only way they would be issuing Rank Down Tickets would be if there were a significant change to a hero that warranted. However, we all know that buffs and nerfs come without tickets.
I don’t see what is the big deal. Kabam has stated that they want players to “try new/different” champs. They changed the Mastery system to allow for easier changes. Encouraging players to try different sets and set-ups. You still have to earn/acquire the materials to unlock the Masteries however.
What I don’t understand is how Rank Down Tickets are different. You’re encouraging people to try new heroes.
First off, we are all subject the the “Crystal System”. You have no choice in what specific hero, class, or anything that you get. The system seems to reward spenders and be a complete luck draw for everyone else (I apparently have terrible luck).
Secondly, are we supposed to hold all of our resources until we receive a champ “worthy” of being ranked? We still, again, have to earn all of the materials to rank them in the first place.
Maybe you ranked Ant-man, Superior Iron Man, or Miles because that was who you had at the time. Then you pulled Luke Cage. He was on sub-par with the other heroes at the time. Then all of the sudden Luke gets buffed. Now you have Miles sitting ranked higher than he should be and can not get more tier 2 alphas to rank Luke.
I know that they used Different Class ISO and tier 4 Class Catalysts to Rank, but they used the same tier 4 Basics and tier 2 Alphas. Why does Kabam act like there is a finite amount of resources. These aren’t bitcoins. The value of an in game item is not based on there being a set number of the items. The value is based on its effective use on higher ranked heroes.
Every time there is an outage, people start screaming Rank Down Tickets. Rather than make them a unicorn, why not put them in the item store. What’s the worst thing that can happen?