Months ago I was pretty vocal about how much I hated the direction the game was going. Vaulting, OML nerf (even though that didn't affect me), the A/B testing (and subsequently landing on the worse HfH deal), poor communication and customer service...
It was rough and I was beginning to feel the burnout. All of a sudden we got a slew of great decisions mostly based on increasing player engagement. CL-based scaling made life easier for 5* players (again, doesn't benefit me), the opening of CL9 made them less likely to drop down for rewards they don't need. We got a cool twist to the HFH store, increases to rewards, awesome character reworks, and last but not least, an end to vaulting while keeping bonus heroes!
(I'm not wild about adding an extra uber-hard node to grind in PVE, but I let that slide due to all the other great decisions).
Perhaps the BEST decision of all is the wins-based PVP progression. One thing that I've always sort of "accepted" about MPQ is that to play optimally it must be on a schedule. And speed is king. Play PVP between shields, play PVE 4 clears and wait 24 hours. It's weird that aside from Sim there's no "hop on and play" mode in a match 3 game. I find myself not playing the game when I have a small pocket of time to and it sucks. The wins-based progression is such a game-changer.
I get people who say "same rewards, more work" but that's a trade I'm willing to make for all of the above and to get more players playing.
TLDR: I was very vocal about all of the negative changes that were implemented in the game so it's only right I give credit where it is due as well. Thank you developers for all of the great changes you've made to this game lately!
PS. I've decided that after over 1100 days, I'm going to break my F2P streak as a way saying thank you further!
Spudgutter said: Agree with Vhailorx, praise is always good, even though i am also not 100% in agreement with OP. I didn't mind vaulting at all, and actually benefited from it. What is different about HfH store? Mine still only offers a 4* at 3600 hp, and comes with 8 elite tokens, 10k iso and 3cp. That's how it was from me from day one, and i never noticed it being different. When it first appeared with a different one each day, i anxiously waited for the blue cover for Kate, who was my only unicorn at the time. Then, a few days before that would have been the cover, it went to one character every 5 days. Since i have not needed it for anyone else(and got the much needed cover in daily resupply anyways), i never pay any attention to it as i scroll through the different stores.