EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE CONCLUDED
The Team has identified a fix for the recent Catalyst Offer issue.
Summoners who purchased this offer have been temporarily locked out of the Contest to Clawback any Catalysts bought/used while active, and ensure previously owned resources remain intact.
They will be unlocked once this process is complete, and no further action will be taken on their Accounts - along with a compensation package to those affected for the inconvenience.
Doing this allows us to bring the Game back up for everyone else.
We've removed the affected offer so we can decide later whether or not to bring it back after it's been fixed.
Additionally, all summoners can expect a general compensation package due to this Emergency Maintenance interrupting their play session.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
The Team has identified a fix for the recent Catalyst Offer issue.
Summoners who purchased this offer have been temporarily locked out of the Contest to Clawback any Catalysts bought/used while active, and ensure previously owned resources remain intact.
They will be unlocked once this process is complete, and no further action will be taken on their Accounts - along with a compensation package to those affected for the inconvenience.
Doing this allows us to bring the Game back up for everyone else.
We've removed the affected offer so we can decide later whether or not to bring it back after it's been fixed.
Additionally, all summoners can expect a general compensation package due to this Emergency Maintenance interrupting their play session.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Comments
The gate to enter act 6 should only bg completion of act 5. No need to set up extra gates as this point! Especially not to spare us from frustration (like previous mentioned). That is something that should be a summoners own decision. Try act 6 with whatever roster is chosen!
Putting 4*s in the grave is like making a 12.0 nerf! Post 12.0 nerf you shared the idea of listening more to your customers. Has this been discussed with any customers segment?
Yes, it's going to be the most difficult Storymode content yet. That's the point. It's the equivalent of Act 5 being released and people not having 3*s to depend on. However, when Act 5 was released, we didn't have the powerful Champs and combinations to cut through content. It wasn't necessary to create such a roadblock at that time.
This is no different than any other piece of content that is released that people will have to work towards. It's almost seen as a personal offense if people don't have everything they need when something comes out, to slay it without investing too much effort. We won't always have what we need, and sometimes we might have what we need to do it, we just won't have the best option. It's not the responsibility of the game to make sure we have the best solution. Not when solutions are earned through game play.
It's the same even now for people who are still trying to find the best 4*s to get through content. They do the best they can with what they have. It's not like people get to a point where they shouldn't have to struggle. Not unless they're on the upper crust and literally have EVERYTHING. In which case, you wouldn't see them complaining much.
So, yes. I focused on your Roster to point out the fact that you'll have what you need to get through it. I didn't focus on what you won't be able to use because that is the whole point of the challenge level.
If people continue to spend money.. Kabam will continue to do whatever they want.. People STOP spending money.. kabam will be forced to change decisions.. that's how things changed in 12.0.. simple as that..
You can have 1000 pages of complaints.. but money being spent.. nothing changes.. 1 single comment in complaint.. but no more spending.. things will change.. once people understand this.. then they can make kabam change their mind on this.. or any other decision the community doesn't like.
Just for a reference.. people were pissed about Blizzard releasing the next version of Diablo on mobile only.. Activision/Blizzard stock has been tanking since.. Blizzard is now working on a PC version of Diablo..
If you really wanted the reason, the long and short of it is really quite simple. To make it harder to do.
Not to mention this was only mentioned 1 week prior to release. People have been preparing for act 6 for some time. It has been mentioned before 4* will still be viable. They were pushing a lot of offers around 4* champs in recent months, which people would of purchased with potentially act 6 in mind. A r5/50 SL at max sig is better then a r3/45 Unawakened SL.
no powerful champions for act 5 you say ?
- Medusa, Blade, Hyperion, AA, Dr Vodoo, Iceman, Morningstar, Angela, Magic, GP, GR, Sparky, Quake
yeah guess these champions that were release prior to or in the same year as act 5 suck.
No one is even saying they need to have all champions. Honestly you do not even read the comments properly you seem to just want to say this is acceptable for the sake of it without really providing a counter argument for why you think this restriction is acceptable.
People have built teams around their roster, what champions they have for synergies, who they have duped and not. Rank up decisions are based on what they have and don't have.
with the reference to Act 5 being released and 3* being banned. This actually would of been more acceptable. why you might wonder ?
well because:-
- PHC have been available from the time we started playing. These give a chance to get a 4*
- There was so many places to farm PHC shards so you could grind alot of these
- The arena had 4* basic and a 4* featured for some time so it was another way for players to grind for champions
- Resource acquisition meant as you progress you could easily take 4* past the level of 3* and because of this you naturally phased out 3*
When you become uncollected you get 2 GMC a month which give you 1* chance at a 5*
what is your roster like may i ask?
Are you f2p/Casual or do you spend money on crystals?
My Roster is fair. I wouldn't say I'm balling, but I have a number of Champs I can use. Some more than others. The amount I've spent is in the thousands as I've been around for over 3 years, but none of that really went to my 5* Roster, not much anyway.
4*s are not obsolete. You just can't use them in 6.1. Nor would it be reasonable to assume you would be able to tackle any and all new content with them. The whole business of saying that 4*s will still be viable is out of context. When they introduced 6*s, the fear was that 4*s would become useless. At that time, it was mentioned that they would still be viable. NOWHERE did they say they would work for every piece of new content released, and not once was it implied that they would be able to carry you through Act 6. The days of taking a 2* SW into ROL are over. For quite some time now.
As for whether I believe it's reasonable or not, it's pretty moot either way because the decision is not mine to make, and it's already been made. From a logical standpoint, I understand the purpose of roadblocks such as this, and I understand some reasons as to why blocking 4*s makes sense to their objectives. What really makes it reasonable for me is the level of progression that people are at by the time this is an issue for them. They have enough 5*s to do it. So, they don't have all the best utility ones, so what? Thousands of Players make their way through content all the time using the best they can, which isn't always the best option. They get through it. It's also not going anywhere, so if people want to wait for better options, that's entirely up to them. If they don't have patience, that might be a problem. It doesn't mean they have to run out and spend like mad, and it doesn't mean they can't try with what they have.
Overreaction is what it is. It hasn't even gone live yet, people haven't even seen what they need to get through it, and already it's somehow the end of their Rosters. Something that happens often here. People think in absolutes. God Tier/useless, 4*s for everything/nothing at all, have everything you need/will never get through it. It's not that black-and-white. All it means is, we will be taking 5 and 6*s into it. That's it. I see it reasonable because there are many other possibilities and options, and I see it a great deal less reasonable to expect a 4* to be the best option for the duration of the game, for any and all future content. There's no such thing as an indefinite option in this game.
That’s what all of Kabam Goggy’s “tightly constructed” gobbledygook was about.
What will be fun is seeing how much everyone likes it when Cavalier difficulty becomes the new UC with all the juicy treats. Playing (and spending) for years but being artificially gated from content may be just enough to turn the addicts back into discerning customers.
Dr. Zola