Recent Trends

Zappa

Over the past 3 months, we have had a few changes (or lack thereof) to the game, but unfortunately the majority of them have been relatively poor.
From the relatively lackluster Christmas celebration (3 4* covers and no double iso compared to 2016s greatness), followed by 2 months of no major character reworks, only 1 single 4 to 5* feeder update (kingpin/daredevil), some truly abysmal new characters (Kraven, Archangel), and a new PVE filled with old problems (dark avengers, ultron goons) and new ones ("neutral" tiles that aren't really neutral and 3 repeat nodes in the main event). Compounded with this is the gambit fest that is PVP and their lack of addressing over-tapping in PVE (that they themselves have denounced).

So many of these problems have simple solutions, but the general trend just seems to indicate that the devs have no perspective on what the actual players are experiencing.

The best thing of the past 3 months has easily been America Chavez and maybe the starter pack sale

The next patch (146) looks good for mobile users at least, though we shall see if the fix is effective/not broken. But those character changes are so minor, that the affected characters will see essentially no increase in play as a result.

It's about time for some major shakeups to gameplay. If all these months of light updates are leading to something big, then great. But as it stands, silence reigns. Here's to hoping patch 147 brings a rise in anticipation/excitement.

Quebbster

Last Three months? OK, I will bite. That puts us on November 12th. Let's see what Changes were announced in the New and Announcements forum!

November 17th: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/68832/updates-to-story-event-5-star-essential-missions-updated-11-17-17#latest - decreased Points for the fivestar node in SCL 7 and 8. Whether this was a good change can be debated, but it did mean the competitive crowd had to play SCL 9 if they wanted the very best rewards, which is probably good for the overall Health of the game.

November 18th: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/68963/updates-to-4-star-champion-rewards-11-17-17#latest - Oh look, the first batch of new fourstar champion rewards! That's good, right?

November 20th: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/68960/r140-release-notes-11-20-17#latest - the new UI is introduced, with the colored AP bars. Jarring at first, but also good for the general Health of the game.

December 13th: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/69418/soul-gem-season-updates-updated-12-13-17#latest - Gambit got reworked. Lots to be said about that, but at least there was an attempt to change him.

Also December 13th: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/69441/12-days-of-marvel-updated-12-13-17#latest 12 Days of Marvel. OK, it wasn't Crash of the Mad Titan or double ISO, but it was still pretty neat - extra content that could net you fourstar covers.

December 18th: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/69549/update-to-sandmans-champion-rewards-12-18-17#latest Second update to fourstar champion rewards, where Sandman got updated to give Goblin covers.

December 20th: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/69549/update-to-sandmans-champion-rewards-12-18-17#latest America Chavez. Nuff said. Though I do enjoy Nico Minoru a lot too...

January 2nd: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/69810/roster-slot-discount-updated-1-8-18#latest Roster slot discount. That was awesome, they really should have made it permanent. It was fun while it lasted though.

January 16th: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/70028/update-to-kingpins-champion-rewards-1-16-18#latest Kingpin's champion rewards got updated with Daredevil covers.

January 25th: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/70133/marvel-puzzle-quest-starter-pack-updated-1-25-18#latest The starter pack offer. Would be better if it wasn't for a limited time, but there was good value in that pack.

January 29th: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/70228/s-h-i-e-l-d-clearance-level-4-bundle-1-29-18#latest The level 4 bundle. Too high price for my taste, but those with more disposable income thought it was a good deal.

February 2nd: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/70359/black-panther-king-of-wakanda-new-story-event-updated-2-7-18#latest Wakanda event. When was the last time we got actual new content? I Believe it was almost a year ago with Honor Amongst Thieves in mini-event form.

So a lot has happened... but focus seems to have been on first UI Changes and then the Wakanda event. Fourstar champion rewards updates have been coming at a fairly steady pace, so the next one might hit us next week or so.

Nick441234

Those are all small changes though, lets be honest. The new event was just an old Dark Avengers PVE wrapped in a new cover. Why exactly do the 4* change of rewards need to be one at a time? Do them all in one go. 

shartattack

Doing the 4 rewards all at once could cause an iso crisis.  players could end up with multiple 5* waiting to be champed and millions of iso needed.  We should get a new one every 3 weeks to give players time to champ any 5s they fully cover.

Shintok17

This Black Panther event felt like a re skin of mostly all events. Like all of them they contained Dark Avengers and the same premise. If it was not for the Hazard Tiles this would be another copy and paste cookie cutter event like mostly all the rest. Even hazard tiles in PVE events are not new, since we have them in another event. The only difference is these are allegedly "Neutral" and have new effects the others did not. 

The 4* to 5* feeder thing is fine as it is, since getting them too fast would lead to a lot of 5* covers dying on the vine for some people due to the ISO needed to level them all. They should fix the 3* to 4* feeders as well, which seems to not be a priority for them. There are so many 4*'s that have no 3* feeders. Also there are many 3*'s that don't give their 4* counter part as a champ reward. Many 3*'s give the same 4* as a reward, so why not change some of those to the 4*'s that have no feeders. I know it might not be as exciting as 4*'s feeding 5*'s but many people are not in 5* land or transitioning from 4* to 5* land. 

Crnch73

I am in agreement that the recent trends aren’t great. I appreciate the attempt at new content, but it was a little bit farcical. I even like the new character, but that’s more of the same. The 4* feeders for 5* was a nice change, but still not something that has had a major impact on me. Turning off animations was very nice, but more because I was annoyed, not because every second counts for me in terms of placement. The new bundles? Meh. It seems like a good value but I’m not about to start spending more resources on something I don’t truly NEED. So what does that leave me with? The game got a little less annoying? It’s better than the alternative but certainly not a truly awesome stretch of time. Color me unenthused and unimpressed. 

Note: I know this is all based on my personal experience and may not reflect everyone’s opinions.

dragonreader

Am I the only one who thought 12 days of MPQ was great?  Of course I've only been playing for 275 days so I didn't experience crash of the mad titan, but still, free Iso and some good 4* covers...  Pterry good deal to me. I enjoyed it.

The other changes have all seemed good to me.  

And while I do think the exploding tech tiles were a little overpowered, overall I ended up enjoying the new event.  I think the purpose of the new hazard tiles was to try and mix things up somewhat and keep it from feeling stale.  It didn't work for some, but for my part I don't really mind the dark avengers.  At some point I need to collect my thoughts on the event, but as I say I think it is fine I probably just need to drop a SCL (I recently went up to 8, probably needed 7 for this one). 

killerkoala

Strange Sight door 1 on day 1 bug.

Quebbster

killerkoala said:

Strange Sight door 1 on day 1 bug.

They did get around to fixing it this time though and did give compensation to those affected by the bug. Better than the last runs where the bug was well known and ignored.

Crnch73

dragonreader said:

Am I the only one who thought 12 days of MPQ was great?  Of course I've only been playing for 275 days so I didn't experience crash of the mad titan, but still, free Iso and some good 4* covers...  Pterry good deal to me.

I can’t speak for anyone else, but I did not think it was great. I thought it was far from great. It was better than nothing, which is what we are left saying after most of the changes these days. But it was stingy, and a big let down for me

HoundofShadow

What kind of major shakeup do you have in mind? This is a match-3 game afterall. You can't deviate too much or make it too easy to get the things you want.

New minions? New storyline? Easier/faster way to get 4*/5*? More CP as rewards? Lesser clear needed for PvE to get full progression? Better rewards in PvP? More instant kill/quick kill characters? Live PvP? Being able to choose the colour of every cover of the character that you draw from tokens? 

Nick441234

Quebbster said:

killerkoala said:

Strange Sight door 1 on day 1 bug.

They did get around to fixing it this time though and did give compensation to those affected by the bug. Better than the last runs where the bug was well known and ignored.

Question now is, will it somehow be broken again next time they run the event? I'd have a cheeky flutter on yes were odds made available. 

Nick441234

dragonreader said:

Am I the only one who thought 12 days of MPQ was great?  Of course I've only been playing for 275 days so I didn't experience crash of the mad titan, but still, free Iso and some good 4* covers...  Pterry good deal to me. I enjoyed it.

I can totally understand that opinion from someone who hasn't been here for other Christmas celebrations. The 12 Days of Marvel, was good. No complaints with that. The problem is we are used to getting more than just that at Christmas. They've been pretty generous over the years so that made this year feel like we were in the bad books. It was just really, really poor compared to other Christmas'.