R192: Champion Rewards Updates
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Sorry in advance if I should already know this: I read the original post and comments as hard as I could.
Did you guys get an in-game notification about the new system or retroactive rewards? I can see the champ progression screen changed, but I didn't get a notification or retro rewards. I should have at least gotten a few.
Also - do characters that now have a "secondary" reward character receive shards for these retroactively - or is it just the primary?
Thanks.0 -
Wonko33 said:Vhailorx said:Wonko33 said:Got 10 5* covers and a bunch of shards for doing absolutely nothing more than opening the app - sorry, not going to complainCool. But lso kind of irrelevant without context. Under the established system for adding feeders, you would have gotten more covers and shards.Plus, not matter what you got today, in the long run, if you keep playing, you will have fewer CP/HP to deploy on other 5*a of your own choosing.Whether those factors change your opinion is, of course, up to you. But presenting only the facts in your post without considering the other information leaves everything more than a little incomplete.assuming you would get something because you got something a certain way before was only that, assuming.it lead to a bunch of people being disappointed. The fact that we use to get the retro feeder awards that way before might have been the reason that we were getting so few feeders now.you are commenting about the champ reward system changing, I did not say anything about the old reward system compared to the new one, my statement was towards people complaining about the retro rewards and I think it's petty to complain like that when they got a bunch of stuff but it wasn't as much as they had hoped.And what if I think it's petty for you to unilaterally appoint yourself as the arbiter for 'appropriate' levels of complaining?See why that isn't a very productive line of discussion. We aren't a tally exchanging arguments, we are just trying to undercut our respective opponent's ability to make any argument at all.As for expectations, it doesn't seem at all unreasonable to use past systems as a guide in the absence of more concrete information (which was not available until 9 hours before the update went live). And how is context of new system v. Old system not implicated when you judge the pettiness of player complaints?5
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With this update, I lost 34-5* covers that I will never see again. Here is the breakdown and this is based of the standard that DEMI set for almost 2 years of feeders. This wasn’t set by the player base, this was there Standard Operating Procedures.
Champ Rewards Update:Character- cover : shards (old system) { amount lost}
5*
Archangel-1 : 500 (6) {4}
Cable-2 : 500 (7) {4}
Doom-1 : 150 + 600 (5) {2.5}
Gambit-2 : 500 (7) { 4}
Hela-1 (1) {even}
Iceman-1 : 500 (6) {4}
Kitty-1 : 100 (2) {.80}
PX-1 : 500 (6) {4}
Rescue-2 : 500 (7) {4}
Storm-1 : 500 (6) {4}
Banner-1 : 500 (6) {4}
If you think this is acceptable to lose 34-5* covers then I really don’t know what to say.
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How can you lose something you never had?0
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LOADS of missing shards from 2/3* champ rewards...
Also super lousy that some characters got direct nerfs to their rewards. ex. 3* Captain Marvel now gives 1.5 Talos covers worth of shards, instead of literally any reward.
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bahamut685 said:LOADS of missing shards from 2/3* champ rewards...
Also super lousy that some characters got direct nerfs to their rewards. ex. 3* Captain Marvel now gives 1.5 Talos covers worth of shards, instead of literally any reward.0 -
Tony_Foot said:Now I’ve calmed down a bit I actually think they are to be congratulated. Not in a million years did I think they could surpass some of the other launch disasters they have added to the game to disgruntled feedback.
This one though, not only does it seem the fiercest but also the least diversive to the player base.
Thanks for bringing almost all of us together for this holiday celebration.0 -
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@IceIX
I have a legitimate question.Is this how future feeders are going to be rolled out? If say Eddie Brock is the feeder for Carnage, will we be getting less retroactive rewards leveling him now than if we were to wait for him to become a feeder?3 -
Well this is far from what I was expecting...
The apple has definitely fallen very far from the tree.1 -
The rockett said:With this update, I lost 34-5* covers that I will never see again. Here is the breakdown and this is based of the standard that DEMI set for almost 2 years of feeders. This wasn’t set by the player base, this was there Standard Operating Procedures.
Champ Rewards Update:Character- cover : shards (old system) { amount lost}
5*
Archangel-1 : 500 (6) {4}
Cable-2 : 500 (7) {4}
Doom-1 : 150 + 600 (5) {2.5}
Gambit-2 : 500 (7) { 4}
Hela-1 (1) {even}
Iceman-1 : 500 (6) {4}
Kitty-1 : 100 (2) {.80}
PX-1 : 500 (6) {4}
Rescue-2 : 500 (7) {4}
Storm-1 : 500 (6) {4}
Banner-1 : 500 (6) {4}
If you think this is acceptable to lose 34-5* covers then I really don’t know what to say.
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"In addition you will gain 100 shards, for each 250 shard milestone you passed."
Who ever thought that was a good idea, did not consider the ramifications.
1. It tells players it is punitive to champion a 4 star until it is a feeder.
2. It says you don't care about your loyal players, who are used to getting the rewards they missed out on.
3. It also fundamentally violated the promise given to us in November of 2017 https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/comment/749081#Comment_749081
This should have said,
"In addition you will gain all the shard milestones you missed out on"3 -
Never in my wildest dreams I could have imagined to be fooled like this, once again.
Beware D3, you created al lot of angry and disillusioned players1 -
bluewolf said:granne said:Momo988 said:What’s clear is that the new feeders were treated the same as existing feeders. If that’s as intended, then it’s not what was communicated. If it’s a mistake, it would be helpful to know if it’s being fixed. Whether it is a or b would be a helpful clarification from The team.
Everyone needs to fully understand this and not hope for some update or fix. This is it.
Clearly canceling VIP means nothing. What if the customers said "buy group boycott"?0 -
I looked over this list of changes, and maybe I'm just overly negative, but it looks a lot like all of these "improvements" add up to D3 giving Champions the same NUMBER of rewards, but actually giving players LESS actual rewards. Instead of replacing covers with an appropriate amount of shards, they've now removed Hero Points, Command Points and even ISO-8...just to give us the same number of covers that we're supposed to have.I was upset when they nerfed healing way back with that stupid "burst of health" mechanic. I felt like all the time and money I had invested into building my roster of characters was completely wasted...but I dealt with it. I played every now and again and, on rare occasions, I threw a couple dollars at them.I was really happy when they introduced Champion Rewards. I played more often, enjoyed the game more, and spent a lot more money buying Hero Points for Roster Slots and Cover Packs.I was pretty happy when they introduced the VIP program. I made sure to log in every day, I still spent money on Hero Points and D3 had a guaranteed $10 a month from me that I was happy to pay.I was extremely happy when they introduced the Bonus Cover system. Pulling a 4-Star Cover from a Heroic Token feels good, but pulling a 4-Star Cover and a 4-Star BONUS Cover from a Heroic Token (even though it's ridiculously rare), feels soooo much better.Then came the Shard system. D3 keeps saying, "It's the same thing, but better!"No, it REALLY isn't.I'm back to feeling like every minute and every dime I've spent on this game has been wasted and I've recently passed up several opportunities to spend money (that I would have jumped all over a month or two ago) because I just don't enjoy the game as much anymore. I'd rather spend my time and money on other things...like games I'll actually enjoy playing.I'm not saying that D3 has to revert these changes or cater to what I want. I'm just saying that if D3 wants my money, this isn't the way to get it.6
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Dogface said:How can you lose something you never had?
Ok @dogface I would like to address this directly with nothing but data, facts and looking at my account.
I have played this game everyday for 2016 days. I run 3 ally's with one of them being a top 10 PVE ally. I am also a top 5 SL 9 pve player ever since they killed tapping (which needed to die a horrible death). I have 394 roster slots with my highest character at 516.
Rogue example:
I would like to look at Rogue on my roster. I have one at level 370 and one at level 286. In the champ system that has been used since they started to update 5* feeders (more on this later), I would have received 7 covers for my 494 Gambit. In this update I received 2 covers and 500 shards, which is minus 4 covers under the system that we have only known. Now, Rogue was released into the game on September 2017 that means it took me 2 years+ to get to the levels I currently have. With today's token pulls and dilution it would take me almost 3 years to make the same type of progress.
5* Feeder system:
The feeder system for 5* was established in November 2017 by Demi/D3. This brought huge joy to the player base. This same feeder system was used 20 times and this is all we have ever known. They just didn't do this 1 time and say, oh well it is too much. They have made this their Standard Operating Procedure since the time it was released and did it 20 times in 2 years. In fact the last feeder was in July 2019 and it followed the same exact way all feeders have.
This is why a lot of people are very upset at this change. They did not lay this out clearly and if they were going to do a wholesale change, they needed to make sure and clearly say this. This did not happen and in fact they made a last minute change to the post less than 12 hours before the update when live. This is not right.
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IceIX said:
The Champion Reward updates will update rewards for 2-Stars, 3-Stars, and 4-Stars, update the characters that are rewarded for 3-Stars and 4-Stars, and will give you retroactive rewards if you have already earned the Champion Rewards. That’s a lot to chew through, so let’s dive in!
Where are my maxed Champion 2* and 3*rewards.2 -
The rockett said:Dogface said:How can you lose something you never had?
Ok @dogface I would like to address this directly with nothing but data, facts and looking at my account.
I have played this game everyday for 2016 days. I run 3 ally's with one of them being a top 10 PVE ally. I am also a top 5 SL 9 pve player ever since they killed tapping (which needed to die a horrible death). I have 394 roster slots with my highest character at 516.
Rogue example:
I would like to look at Rogue on my roster. I have one at level 370 and one at level 286. In the champ system that has been used since they started to update 5* feeders (more on this later), I would have received 7 covers for my 494 Gambit. In this update I received 2 covers and 500 shards, which is minus 4 covers under the system that we have only known. Now, Rogue was released into the game on September 2017 that means it took me 2 years+ to get to the levels I currently have. With today's token pulls and dilution it would take me almost 3 years to make the same type of progress.
5* Feeder system:
The feeder system for 5* was established in November 2017 by Demi/D3. This brought huge joy to the player base. This same feeder system was used 20 times and this is all we have ever known. They just didn't do this 1 time and say, oh well it is too much. They have made this their Standard Operating Procedure since the time it was released and did it 20 times in 2 years. In fact the last feeder was in July 2019 and it followed the same exact way all feeders have.
This is why a lot of people are very upset at this change. They did not lay this out clearly and if they were going to do a wholesale change, they needed to make sure and clearly say this. This did not happen and in fact they made a last minute change to the post less than 12 hours before the update when live. This is not right.
I haven't been playing as long as Rockett, my roster isn't as big, and I don't place quite as well or as consistently, but I tend to do well enough.
All weekend I told anyone in any of my alliance families: pull as many tokens as you can now. Get as many rewards as you can now, and then get the retroactive rewards on top when the update comes. That's what I'm doing.
Why?
Because that's the precedent that had been set in the past. Why should we expect much different otherwise?
Thousands (probably tens of thousands across all our alliances) of Standards, Elites, Heroic, and Latest tokens were pulled.
I think maybe sometime on Sunday I heard the first rumblings that no Mighty Tokens would be handed out (an update that came via Discord). Uh-oh.
Then there was speculation that only shards for new feeders would be handed out. Like a moron, I remained optimistic that we would also get a one-time bonus of retroactive shards for those who were already feeders.
Looks like that was bad advice now. We didn't even get any 3* or 4* shards, unless we had 2*s or 3*s at certain points in the rewards chain.
I haven't seen anyone overly complaining in any Line rooms yet, but I know if I was some of them, I'd feel rather ripped off.
If I knew how much they were planning on moving the goalposts more than 12 hours in advance of when the update went live, I would have said to do quite literally the exact opposite: hoard everything until the update goes live. Don't apply any levels to any characters in any tiers.
D3/Demi are free to move the goalposts if they want. It's their game. But don't be surprised that there's a backlash of this magnitude when it's handled this way.
Look, I don't think anyone would have been thrilled with the change, no matter when or how it was announced.
But had it been announced on, say Friday, and we had the weekend to decide how we wanted to handle our roster management, we at least could have been informed consumers.
Speaking of which, when did the Hero Points sale end? Oh, right around the time the update (kinda) explaining how rewards would work was posted? Gee, what a crazy coincidence. 😯
Can't speak for anyone else, but I bought an Asgard Treasure with less than 24 hours to go in the sale. I'd originally intended to do a Logan's Loonies, but between an Amazon gift card and a discount on their coins, more than 60 percent of the Asgard Treasure was covered. I felt reasonably good about the feeder update and the retroactive rewards I thought I'd be getting, so I bumped up to the Asgard Treasure.
If I knew fully how the rewards would have been handed out, I definitely would not have stepped up to the Asgard Treasure. I suspect the timing of the Hero Points sale is a big reason why we didn't get the update until we did.
(EDIT: Slight correction -- the sale ended Sunday night, and we got the update about 24 hours later, but the point still stands: I think the update was delayed on purpose until the HP sale ended.)
"A fool and his money are soon parted." I must admit, I do feel every bit a fool. Let's hope I'm not dumb enough to fall for it again.13 -
DarthDeVo said:
All weekend I told anyone in any of my alliance families: pull as many tokens as you can now. Get as many rewards as you can now, and then get the retroactive rewards on top when the update comes. That's what I'm doing.
Why?
Because that's the precedent that had been set in the past. Why should we expect much different otherwise?
Thousands (probably tens of thousands across all our alliances) of Standards, Elites, Heroic, and Latest tokens were pulled.I think this is the exact reason why they did what they did. An incredible number of players attempting to double dip rewards across all tiers (3, 4 and 5). On top of that it's at a lot more champion reward spots since shards replaced multiple rewards instead of just a single reward (ie 3 shard award slots in 4* champ rewards to get 1 cover instead of just a single award for a cover at 300, 320 etc).Clearly they should have given more than 12 hrs notice and a better breakdown but it's understandable they didn't want to shower vets with tons of extra resources that other newer players weren't going to be getting.KGB-1 -
Who cares what someone else receives? Does it change your enjoyment of the game?
If we want to start about what’s fair, let’s post up our hours played and monetary investments and we can see who deserves what. The socialist approach won’t keep businesses running unfortunately.2
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