That's my question. Hundreds of alliances are spending huge amounts to earn rewards that many of them are saying isn't worth it, and have been saying that for multiple seasons. I would like to know what motivates anyone to spend more on the game than the rewards are worth, and do so over and over and over again, because that motivation is what makes alliance war so expensive and stressful for many players. What motivates people to do that?
You seem to be implying that Kabam should be *providing* that motivation and they aren't. I would like to know why Kabam should be doing that in the first place, because I would rather they not.
That's my question. Hundreds of alliances are spending huge amounts to earn rewards that many of them are saying isn't worth it, and have been saying that for multiple seasons. I would like to know what motivates anyone to spend more on the game than the rewards are worth, and do so over and over and over again, because that motivation is what makes alliance war so expensive and stressful for many players. What motivates people to do that?
Extended amounts of variable-ratio reinforcement overriding executive functioning
I was pretty disappointed with the t5 basics. This is supposed to be the "go to" place for t5 basics. We finished Plat 3 and almost everyone got 5k T5 basic frags lol. I know it's 1/2 the rewards but season 2 was like 40k
Threads like this make me appreciate my low tier alliance. We just play to enjoy. Sure, we don't get the T2A shards, but I also don't feel like I need to spend tons of resources on the AW scene. We usually just run 1 BG in AW. Great for those of us that actually enjoy our lives away from the game. I'm by far the most advanced player in my alliance, but I l stay because the core group of it are folks I've been with for years and we have an easy, low-stress rhythm to our game.
Yes, it's a wide range, a big discrepancy between the "haves" and "have nots" in OP's alliance (and it sounds like others as well). That is the nature of odds-based crystals. Unless it is replaced by clear-cut allocations of resources replacing the crystals, as others have suggested, then the best thing for your stress level is to accept the resources you got and try to find some way to still enjoy this game.
My alliance finished Plat3 and received 5 AW crystals in the season rewards. Some members pulled as many as 56K T2A shards while others only pulled 10K-11K. I find this to be a complete slap in the face.
I can understand champion crystals having random outcomes but crystals contaning very valuable resources should produce rewards in a more level manner. AWs are very demanding and require intense item use to be successful. EVERY member must use boosts, pots, etc... to win wars. When the dust settles on the season and some players get enough shards to form 1.5 t2as while others don’t even get enough for 1/3 of a t2a is ****. Where’s the motivation to continue? Crazy...
I'd love if they removed another layer of RNG and instead of those crystals just gave us guaranteed amounts of T2A & T5B. Each alliance earns the rewards together, why should different alliance members get vastly different rewards?
I understand that different alliance members may contribute more to their team's success than others, but this RNG doesn't take performance into account.
We already deal with enough RNG with Champion crystals in my opinion.
Rewards in terms of shards should be equal and fix , hero crystals and awakening gems makes more sense to be random. I don’t think Kabam realize how wrong is actually setting rewards as random especially when so much effort it takes to get them
Watched Prof Hoff talk about AW Season 3 rewards on YouTube and saw that he pulled 20K t2a shards from the 3 crystals his alliance got for finishing in Gold 1.
So I guess we just accept that G1 players can get more rewards than P3 players while playing at an easier level. Makes perfect sense! 🙄
Watched Prof Hoff talk about AW Season 3 rewards on YouTube and saw that he pulled 20K t2a shards from the 3 crystals his alliance got for finishing in Gold 1.
So I guess we just accept that G1 players can get more rewards than P3 players while playing at an easier level. Makes perfect sense! 🙄
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That's my question. Hundreds of alliances are spending huge amounts to earn rewards that many of them are saying isn't worth it, and have been saying that for multiple seasons. I would like to know what motivates anyone to spend more on the game than the rewards are worth, and do so over and over and over again, because that motivation is what makes alliance war so expensive and stressful for many players. What motivates people to do that?
You seem to be implying that Kabam should be *providing* that motivation and they aren't. I would like to know why Kabam should be doing that in the first place, because I would rather they not.
Extended amounts of variable-ratio reinforcement overriding executive functioning
Yes, it's a wide range, a big discrepancy between the "haves" and "have nots" in OP's alliance (and it sounds like others as well). That is the nature of odds-based crystals. Unless it is replaced by clear-cut allocations of resources replacing the crystals, as others have suggested, then the best thing for your stress level is to accept the resources you got and try to find some way to still enjoy this game.
rng dude... such is life
Nailed it.
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So I guess we just accept that G1 players can get more rewards than P3 players while playing at an easier level. Makes perfect sense! 🙄