**Mastery Loadouts**
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Comments
Your response is much appreciated.
Stop tempting me with these offers!!
And to make matters worse, u can only pick 1!!
U mind as well as me to choose between my liver and kidneys!!
I...can't...decide...
But I must and I will.
😫
I don't care that some are able to get it twice now but I think the only fair way to equalise it for everyone is to allow it to be purchased twice at the end of 7.4 for those who didnt purchase today.
Was it just a simple error? Maybe.
Was it too difficult/time-consuming to do what they promised within the timeframe? Also maybe.
Was it easier for them to just enable it for everyone Thronebreaker+ rather than do what they promised? Most definitely.
People who did not complete act 7 till now got it once and will again get a chance when they complete it. So they will be also getting 2 chances of getting the bundle
The only way to make it fair for everyone is to re- offer this bundle to people who did not pick up after their initial clear.
This is the only way all players will get 2 opportunities to get this offer after they had the knowledge about paragon requirements and will keep everyone on a level playing field.
Personally I think that the solution chosen was probably the only workable solution.
Like @DNA3000 says, a mistake was made by someone human in Kabam.
It offered a potential benefit to the players, whether they were spenders or hoarders.
And yes, it was fundamentally unfair.
But given the complexity of rectifying the situation, almost any solution was going to be unfair, too. Leaving the accidental offer open for 24 hrs isn't a great solution. But it was probably the least worst solution, since it's even-handedly unfair to all players.
Sure Kabam could have just taken down the offer and not brought it back. But news like this travels very fast, and there will clearly be r4 champions tonight that weren't around this morning. But those r4 champions wouldn't have been evenly spread around the world, since it was the middle of the night in some places when this offer accidentally ran.
And the the real unfairness of this offer wasn't because of spenders Vs FTP, or because of who happened to have 10,000 units on tap. That's just luck, and it'll even out amongst the players, worldwide.
The real unfairness is the this is an international game, and Alliances in some time zones were asleep when this happened.
A short-lived offer for half an hour or so potentially gave Alliances that caught wind of the mistake a completely unfair advantage in the latter half of the War Season. We're in a placement phase right now; and you'd have to be a fool not to expect more r4 defenders and attackers when it kicks off.
And whilst Kabam could have spent time - a lot of time, that could be better spent elsewhere - combing through their records and steadily removing the resources, ranking down champions... that would take time. Probably several days at the least, during which those champions are active in Alliance Wars. Maybe longer. Winning wars, unbalancing the season.
So what do they do then? Shut down War early? Insta-ban people who purchased the accidental offer? Either of those will just create a whole new wave of unfairness, and demands for compensation. At least the 24-hr-offer solution grants everyone (worldwide) the same opportunity to buy; and dramatically reduces the unbalancing impact on War.
So for me this seems like the closest thing to an equitable solution. It's unfair, and I feel bad for those who can't take advantage, but at least it's dispassionately unfair to everyone, all round the world.
Thank you for all of your feedback and patience as we worked to determine what our future course of action will be.
The team has decided that based on player feedback, we will be surfacing this offer for a third time ONLY to the summoners that originally did not purchase the Act 7.4 Exploration bundle when completing Act 7 Chapter 4. This gives all currently Thronebreaker Summoners 2 chances to obtain this package, post announcement of the Paragon Progression Level requirements.
This third chance will only be for those that did not purchase the Package when they first completed Act 7 Chapter 4 before April 22nd, regardless of if they purchased the offer today. This means that no Summoner should be able to purchase this offer three times.
If you have not completed Act 7 Chapter 4, you will have your second chance to purchase this bundle when you complete that content.
This offer will be re-enabled on May 18th, 2022.
Edit: as a side note, I think this seems a fair solution. Thanks for trying to make it right!
I better get grinding.