Game encourages hoarding too much

Jawsome

So am I the only one who feels like I may constantly be making a mistake when I do anything in this game? Today's CP change for classic packs affects a small handful of people who only need the latest 5 stars, but for everyone else whos spent CP on Legendary Tokens we've probably been screwed out of 5 CP per token we bought. If we had known this was coming, we should have actually been saving for the price reduction.

Before that the championing thing made me regret ever selling my 2 stars because while I thought I had moved past those covers, essential 2 stars and now championing means that I probably should have held onto them for more rewards at basically no cost.

Way before that there was the ISO cost reduction on 3 and 4 stars meaning that leveling characters prior to that, especially if it was just to 120, cost you more than if you had waited.

DP Taco Tokens should probably be saved for when something useful comes around, again championing means that it would have been more beneficial to save tokens. Again hoarding is reinforced.

I'm constantly asking things like, should I use these taco tokens? What if a release down the line adds more 4 stars into the pot so my odds are better if I wait.

These changes for championing, and ultimately reducing the cost of legendary tokens are all great and I absolutely love champions don't get me wrong, but I really want D3 to focus more on fixing things that don't also encourage hoarding. the ISO cost reduction on 3 stars could have been different by increasing hte amount of ISO you gain across the board from all sources for instance.
Other changes like champions and cost changes that do affect our stock piles could be communicated earlier, maybe a couple weeks instead of a couple days for instance, so we can at least prepare. I bought a legendary token yesterday for instance, that was a mistake I literally just lost 5 CP for no reason since that token didn't immediately benefit me, as most tokens don't.

TLDR: Please stop encouraging us to hoard everything we ever acquire

TheDrStrange

I've felt the sting on this too. Luckily, it's a temporary thing and in the long run it's not too horrible. But, it certainly creates a feel-bad for a few days.

Punisher5784

I feel the same way but at the same time if I didn't purchase those Legendaries at 25 CP then I would not have pulled the Red Hulks, Cyclops', and JG covered I needed to whale before HP was removed. The 25 CP wasn't around long enough to really annoy me. Overall I am happy it is reduced to 20 CP even if I think the whole two Legendary token for 5*'s is absolutely ridiculous.

I do agree with the title of your discussion.. everyone who hoarded all of their tokens now have tons of high level champions while the rest of had been selling unneeded covers the entire time.

Argon Flame

I soft capped my roster so that I could have a more level scaling and my game experience would have more variety. Currently of my 3-star roster, I have 6 champions, 17 at lvl150 and 15 at lvl 144 and then 2 at lvl 135. To level the rest to champions I need 47k, 61k and 79k iso per character (lvl dependent) my current iso income is maybe 10-25k per day. So 2-8 days to get enough iso for 1 character. If I get a cover every day through DDQ it means, until I get sufficient coverage, I should be holding all my tokens until they're all covered so I waste as few covers as possible.

Go go willpower.

Jam_Adams

If anyone believes the lesson to be learned is to hold on to resources and wait for better deals, then more power to them. But they are only missing out on the game experience. It's a valid strategy (one that I've employed at times), but there is a higher cost associated with having the latest and greatest, and there is an opportunity cost associated with waiting for that better deal.