Why does the Legendary Token still exist?

Meander

We all know the history of the legendary token, but now that its been removed from the 1300 reward and the PVE progression, isn't it time to fully put this to bed? It seems like it would be an easy change to replace remaining instances of it (Championing rewards, DDQ Super Taco, Vault Pulls, alliance season reward) with 25 CP. I know I'm happier with the CP, but how about the rest of you? Would you prefer to still get the LT, or do you like the flexibility that 25 CP gives?

mpqr7

I prefer 25 cp. I will never open a "new" legendary token until I've max champed my oml. I don't like being forced to have a chance to win some new 5* character who will never be useful for me. Save it for the whales.

Orion

Meander wrote:

Would you prefer to still get the LT, or do you like the flexibility that 25 CP gives?

Why would anyone prefer a legendary token to 25 CP?

Quebbster

I don't mind a few Latest Legends here and there, but my CP goes where I get the most bang for the buck. If all tokens were replaced with CP, I don't Think many Latest Legends would be purchased...

simonsez

Conspiracy theorist answer: to slow down people looking to buy covers outright with CP

GrumpySmurf1002

I like having both personally. Not sure I have a rational reason, really. Just seems right to have a split. Not flooding CP would in theory allow for more uses of CP, if features ever got implemented more than once every 6-9 months.

Conspiracy theorist answer: to slow down people looking to buy covers outright with CP

Don't think this is a conspiracy answer as much as the correct answer.

Meander

simonsez wrote:

Conspiracy theorist answer: to slow down people looking to buy covers outright with CP

I certainly agree this could be a possibility, but the cost of outright buying should curtail this. To buy a 4* cover, it costs somewhere in the neighborhood of 4 & 4/5 to 6 LT's worth of CP. To buy a 5* it's 28 & 4/5 to 36 LT worth of CP. I would think if they wanted to prevent this feature, they wouldn't have changed the most frequent generators of LT to CP.

JVReal

When I get up to 20 CP, I buy the 20 CP because its cheaper and I already have 1 SS and 2 OML covers. If it weren't for the LT, I'd never pull from the latest and greatest 25CP pool unless I already max covered those 2.

Personally, its nice being forced to pull from the newest pool exactly because I don't normally do it on my own. It's the reason I have a cover for GG, that I wouldn't have until 3 more 5* get released if I wasn't forced into it.

Kind of like I never go to Outback Steakhouse unless someone gives me a gift card to go there. If they gave me the cash, I would go somewhere else, but it's nice being forced to treat myself to something nice.

Buret0

The LT forces people who buy 40 packs and win the vault to get the latest, so it makes whaling OML harder.

Eventually there will be 4+ 5 heroes in the classic pack, so pulling from latest won't be so bad.

mohio

Good points all - one other I think is that from a psychological standpoint, that flashy purple 5* reward banner is way more stimulating than a 25 CP reward. Sure we would rather have the flexibility of the 25 CP but that's purely utilitarian. Winning that token just feels so good.

simonsez

GrumpySmurf1002 wrote:

Don't think this is a conspiracy answer as much as the correct answer.

Well, it's like they say, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get you...

Unknown

Meander wrote:

We all know the history of the legendary token, but now that its been removed from the 1300 reward and the PVE progression, isn't it time to fully put this to bed? It seems like it would be an easy change to replace remaining instances of it (Championing rewards, DDQ Super Taco, Vault Pulls, alliance season reward) with 25 CP. I know I'm happier with the CP, but how about the rest of you? Would you prefer to still get the LT, or do you like the flexibility that 25 CP gives?

25 CP is obviously better then 1 LT, but I do honestly think that the changes to the PVE and 1300 rewards are more "Upgrading" those rewards instead of downgrading LTs. LTs are still pretty useful, but having a great reward exist that's even better, especially in these two situations, is nice.

Especially the PVE progression one: Before 2* players could only get one random 4* or scaling destroying 5* way before they're ready for that part of the transistion. But, 25 CP instead says "One free cover on whatever 3* you're working on." which would probably be way more useful then any specific token.

But I still like having them as rewards for things in general, I guess? Just cause they exist and junk.

rawfsu

I didn't pay much attention to this post the first time I saw it, but now I totally get it. I recently championed SW, and when I saw the one next to Green Goblin, I was kind of bummed out. I have no interest at this point going after the new 5*'s when I have a 2 cover Dark Phoenix ( ), 1 cover OML ( ), and 1 cover SS ( ). Not that I would be bummed out by getting a BSSM or GG, but it's just adding another one cover character to my roster. I'd rather have better odds at building upon the 5*'s I already have in a smaller pool. 5*'s are hard enough to get as is.

Bossblack

I prefer CPs as I will always use 20 CPs and will never pay 25 CPs to pull the latest. Once I have the 5*s in the classic fully covered then I will champion them, so continue to pull from the Classic gives me chances to level up my championed 5*s and as time goes by those who are in the latest will be moved down to classic anyway.. then I can start building them. I see no point spending 25CPs or LT to go for the latest should LT changed to 25 CPs.

Unknown

MPQ should make the legendary token or 20/25 CP card reward more fair. It is hard to get the right total, and very frustrating when you draw a card which you already have... it makes it impossible to level up 4* or 5* charachters... even when you spent money