Update to Progression Rewards in Story Events (5/18/17)

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  • KingDon
    KingDon Posts: 173 Tile Toppler

    I wanted to wait until the event was up and I had played some rounds before commenting.

    For the record, I am on day 1263 (SCL 8) I am in the 4* transition, with 9 champed 4*s, 2 more on the chopping block (4hor and Teen Jean) and 0 of the 'latest' 12 fully covered or champed, with 555 CP and 1.6million of iso in the bank

    My play style at the moment is to play pve up to the 4* cover (if I want it) or the very minimum the 2nd set of 5 CP's and to get up to 575 on pve (which I tend to do 1 in every 2 pvp's and split over 2 days (1st day to 300, 2nd day to 575)) and the DDP

    I am happy with this level of play as it generates me all of the resources that I need to progress my roster, with the most valuable to me (at present) being the CP's which I need to open LT's to get 4*'s to cover the current 12 and luck out and get bonus 4*'s for the older ones that I have yet to champ ( through BH I have champed iceman, rulk and cyk since it was introduced so I am convinced that this is a viable way of champing the older 4*'s) without having to spend too long each day playing (I would say that I play about 1 - 1.5hrs each day with most of this on my ciggie breaks at work)

    However now, we get some changes to the rewards and while at 1st glance they look great...more iso, more 3*'s, more HP's and more CP's...who would not want that, they have moved these to further down the rewards, meaning that you will need to complete more rounds to get these rewards.

    However i feel that this is not a good change, sure for some players they will not see only benefits as they complete full clears of every sub every day and therefore will hit full progression and deservingly receive all rewards.

    But for those players whom do not fit into this group, the most essential resource (CP) has been moved and now requires much more game-play to received. i know that i am in the minority with the CP need and that iso is the resource in demand but for me its CP (i have 1.6mill of iso and mange the flow nicely so i never go below 1 mill)

    What this says to me (rather cynically) is that the developers do not want the casual player to progress further than the 3* land, By moving the CP, the flow of it will slow to a trickle and thusly my ability to cover the 4*'s and progress further in the game will slow.

    I cannot say that i like this change and it is making me want to play PVE less instead or more (which i am sure is what the developers want)  but don't have the time or desire to do 4/5 clears each day of the same events time and time again....

  • Magic
    Magic Posts: 1,199 Chairperson of the Boards
    The question is this:

    Can I do 4 clears of all and then hit the trivial nodes 2 times and essentials once (or twice) to get full progression? I mean to do it in the last hour of the even, when points get back up a bit. 

    If the change allows me to skip 3 hard, non essential nodes then I might be fine with it overall. Otherwise I will not be.


    One thing it does for sure - on non-new releases the SCL8 will be more full of players. And hopefully this will speed up the SCL9 and 10. 
  • DrDevilDinosaur
    DrDevilDinosaur Posts: 436 Mover and Shaker
    sh81 said:
    DrDevilDinosaur said:
    So I got to 4/6 clears and points are degraded, can I do my 5th clear immediately and still hit final progression? I don't want to have to set an alarm just to play the game. I used to just do the 4 clears at my leisure and I was happy with getting progression rewards. Now I don't know what to do. Why was this even changed anyway? Just go back to the old system of 4 clears. If you want to give us extra rewards, thank you - it's appreciated bit don't make us work harder.
    <snip>

    Personally, in your shoes, Id opt for the second.  Its a more efficient way of playing, requires minimal extra effort, and nets you a lot more in return.

    Thanks for your response. My problem is I don't do those first 4 clears at the same time each day. Sometimes I might be able to play as soon as a sub opens. Sometimes I might be rushing to complete them before it expires. Sometimes I complete a few clears every hour, and use the full day to clear through a sub. I can't plan in advance to play in any one particular style.

    Sure, we may very well be talking about a matter of 10-15 minutes, but that's time that I already don't know if I'll have available. I think this is a big enough change for me to quit - but that's exactly what it's designed to do, so I don't expect a backflip on this decision.
  • cooperbigdaddy
    cooperbigdaddy Posts: 405 Mover and Shaker
    So if one doesn't have the 4* essential character, how many clears do we need to do to get
    A) the 4* progression reward?
    B) full progression?
    C) full progression once we get the 4* progression reward?
  • zodiac339
    zodiac339 Posts: 1,948 Chairperson of the Boards
    vinsensual said:
    This is dumb, why not just make the timers start at 5 clears instead of 4?  Coming up with recalculations for 4 full clears plus xx% of a 5th is so convoluted. 
    Because if the timer started at 5, competitors would be forced to do 8 clears total every time.
  • abominatrix
    abominatrix Posts: 221 Tile Toppler
    I didn't see an announcement on this, although I may have missed something.

    This thread seems pretty confident that max progression is 4 clears plus a 2/3 point 5th clear. However, the initial announcement was different than this, and pretty much implied that you'd have to do almost 6 clears to get progression.

    Is this actually explained anywhere? I had been playing 4 clears plus whatever I had time for at the end of the sub (checkbox all of the easy nodes, and extras if time allowed); Does anybody actually know how much more is required?

    Thanks.
  • A_McB
    A_McB Posts: 20 Just Dropped In
    Agree with the common comments. It was already too long per day to get 4 completions for top prog. Now, unless you have the required character (which may be extremely difficult after a new cover is released) you are practically exclude from full rewards. Also, there were 10cp available for 2 completions per mission, and 15 at top, which was 25 total. It was attainable for most and keep flow of roster maturation flowing. Now there are more total, but only 8 for 3 mission completes (less for more playing). I would've liked to see the full point battle drop from 4 to 3, lower the top tiers completion requirements of prog, and possibly add leg cover token or other reward for the die-hards that want to green check all the battles. 

    That being said, the devs are doing a great job, the game is great, and overall this is a very responsive community. Thanks.
  • cooperbigdaddy
    cooperbigdaddy Posts: 405 Mover and Shaker
    I don't know if this is the correct place, but I want to say thank you for making it 3 3 stars and they are 1 or each color! 2 or 3 of the same color would suck, but this is a great addition!
  • Storm of fire
    Storm of fire Posts: 37 Just Dropped In
    edited May 2017
    Coming up on finishing my first sub of the Hunt and not enjoying the change to 5 clears to ensure full progression. Yes, I probably do between 4.5 and 5 clears on average, but I do not enjoy the way I'm aware I have to do that number now in order to reach progression.
    I do enjoy the prospect of more rewards, especially for the 7 day events, which were in dire need of better incentives to play the entire event. And I do appreciate that the devs have listened to players who clear/checkmark nodes who desired more rewards than the meagre node rewards and the potential rewards offered by placing well.

    I was ok with the previous PvE change from 3 optimal clears to 4 clears done at any point in their subs, since that obviously made things easier if you couldn't handle the 8 hourly scheduling needed for optimal points. Yes, the 5 clears can still be done at any time, and a lot of competitive players will still be doing 6+ clears in order to place, but it still seems like a lot of extra effort for rewards that aren't really worth it, especially in 3/4 day events. (I know the math is 25% more effort for ~40% more rewards, but given node scaling it feels like more.)

    That perceived extra effort means I would've appreciated that rewards such as the 25 CP total remained at the 4 clear mark, whilst the extra rewards were placed along the line to the 5 clear mark, especially if these rewards were aimed at those desiring placement and were doing 5+ clears.
    If however they were meant to appease the userbase by making resources more available, I'm not sure why the goalposts were moved. Moving them does nothing except encourage overgrinding in order to place since more people are likely to be doing more clears.

    Personally, I'd like to see node rewards change based on CL rather than adding more to progression as the PvE reward structure stands and I hope that is a possibility for the future.
    If placement rewards are ever to be removed, then I'd be happy to see better and extra rewards placed at 5, 6 and even 7 clear point marks. And then never try to get them because 7 optimal clears is too much
  • broll
    broll Posts: 4,732 Chairperson of the Boards
    zodiac339 said:
    vinsensual said:
    This is dumb, why not just make the timers start at 5 clears instead of 4?  Coming up with recalculations for 4 full clears plus xx% of a 5th is so convoluted. 
    Because if the timer started at 5, competitors would be forced to do 8 clears total every time.
    Not really.  If they keep the hard cap after 7 where the nodes drop to 0-3 doing an 8th wouldn't matter all that much.  At most it would have people grinding the hardest for 3 over and over and I can't see that being a thing for a long time.
  • Zobaken
    Zobaken Posts: 26 Just Dropped In
    There is only one thing I'd like to know: why Demi and D3 hates us so much and forces such struggle upon our heads? I guess being paid and making the game community grow feels too bad for them. :|
  • A_McB
    A_McB Posts: 20 Just Dropped In
    sh81 said:
    If you read my posts fully you would realise I was talking about four or five nodes in 15 minutes (once points had sufficiently built up), rather than a full clear early in the sub.

    And I maintain, it is 15 minutes.  Its really not that big a deal.  BUT, if it is a big deal to you, then stop playing.

    It is a game, you arent forced into anything.

    I think when the dust settles most will accept an extra 15 minutes for the extra rewards is worth it.
    It may only be an extra 15 minutes with a roster your size, but that is not the case for everyone. I agree that the largest players in the game can be excited about these changes, but it was at the cost of ostracizing the larger mid-level rosters. It is now a lot harder to make the jump to the top tier.
  • favabear
    favabear Posts: 50 Match Maker
    sh81 said:
    If you read my posts fully you would realise I was talking about four or five nodes in 15 minutes (once points had sufficiently built up), rather than a full clear early in the sub.

    And I maintain, it is 15 minutes.  Its really not that big a deal.  BUT, if it is a big deal to you, then stop playing.

    It is a game, you arent forced into anything.

    I think when the dust settles most will accept an extra 15 minutes for the extra rewards is worth it.
    I read your whole post just fine. I just don't think your math checks out, and I don't think you can extrapolate your experiences for the whole community.

    And play vs quit is another false dichotomy. Demiurge would go under pretty quickly if they adopted the mentality of "If you don't like it, get out." They encourage feedback to shape the game, and that's exactly why we're all here.
  • Tee
    Tee Posts: 231 Tile Toppler
    For the sake of complaining about something other than max progression, it feels like an odd slap in the face to have less rewards in the bottom tiers of the events and pushing larger bulks of rewards at the end. Just don't get that same feeling of, well, progression going through them.
  • Alsmir
    Alsmir Posts: 508 Critical Contributor
    Either everyone moved to CL8 or this just managed to kill the game a little bit. 

    Slightly over 12 hrs into the first sub of The Hunt, CL7, last time slice, a total of 7 people have completed 4 clears or more. I know that there is Gamora required, but this is unbelieveable. I have just 3 guys that are doing optimal clears. What the ***?

    Seriously, is everyone and their dog in CL8 or what?

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