mega ghost said: New characters are also honestly less exciting now that there is no increased pull percentage on the Latest 12. With so much dilution I won't have the newest characters covered any time soon, so there's no point in putting energy into thinking about them unless they seem meta-changing.
HoundofShadow said: In 2014, players were already talking about dilution and the game dying. Fast forward to 2018, these statements still exist. The game is still healthy and players are still spending money on the game. The game should have ceased to exist within 3 years if the devs are doing a terrible job. Marvel/Disney would have pulled out of MPQ if it's not generating ROIs. It doesn't mean that the devs are always doing a good job. They make mistakes here and there. But you can't deny that they are trying to balance things and make things better.If we were talking about trend, they might be adjusting 4* acquisition rate again in the middle of next year.
HoundofShadow said: Next, based on what I observed, if you are a competitive player (top 10 or higher), you can easily get 8-10 covers of a new 4*. As a 3* player, I can get about 6 covers if I play competitively.
DAZ0273 said:Hound also said:I think the next problem is 5* players jumping down to lower SCL whenever there's new 4* release. It affects the rest of the players who have no chance of getting top 5 or top 10.See now this brings up an interesting question. If this is really happening, why is it happening? We have seen testimony in this thread and others that a range of 5* players don't really care about 4* characters. (Note: I am not saying this is a fact across the 5* tier, just noting that some players identifying themselves as 5* players have said this). If this is in fact true then the players earning these rewards don't care about them so why are they pursuing them by dropping down to lower levels?
broll said: DAZ0273 said:Hound also said:I think the next problem is 5* players jumping down to lower SCL whenever there's new 4* release. It affects the rest of the players who have no chance of getting top 5 or top 10.See now this brings up an interesting question. If this is really happening, why is it happening? We have seen testimony in this thread and others that a range of 5* players don't really care about 4* characters. (Note: I am not saying this is a fact across the 5* tier, just noting that some players identifying themselves as 5* players have said this). If this is in fact true then the players earning these rewards don't care about them so why are they pursuing them by dropping down to lower levels? That's easy. Vets don't care about the character stats and details is what is being talked about in this thread. That's not the same as not wanting to roster them and get champ rewards from them. Every new character is a piggy bank. The quicker you get it to 13 covers the quicker it starts paying out and you have less wasted pulls from LTs (cause a pull for a 4* you'll never use that isn't champ feels like a waste, you get no rewards for it and no tangible benefit, just closer to the day where you get some benefit from it)
ThaRoadWarrior said: Even as solid 4* player, I've stopped dropping down to 7 to try for t100 and stayed in SCL8 to get the same reward for t200 placement on releases.
DAZ0273 said: broll said: DAZ0273 said:Hound also said:I think the next problem is 5* players jumping down to lower SCL whenever there's new 4* release. It affects the rest of the players who have no chance of getting top 5 or top 10.See now this brings up an interesting question. If this is really happening, why is it happening? We have seen testimony in this thread and others that a range of 5* players don't really care about 4* characters. (Note: I am not saying this is a fact across the 5* tier, just noting that some players identifying themselves as 5* players have said this). If this is in fact true then the players earning these rewards don't care about them so why are they pursuing them by dropping down to lower levels? That's easy. Vets don't care about the character stats and details is what is being talked about in this thread. That's not the same as not wanting to roster them and get champ rewards from them. Every new character is a piggy bank. The quicker you get it to 13 covers the quicker it starts paying out and you have less wasted pulls from LTs (cause a pull for a 4* you'll never use that isn't champ feels like a waste, you get no rewards for it and no tangible benefit, just closer to the day where you get some benefit from it) That's fair enough but it doesn't really change the crux of the problem being suggested. If the 4* are only being recruited as a "piggy bank" by players who care nothing more about them and could reasonably achieve those rewards by playing higher levels, they are being removed from players who might actually care and want to use them by players going down SCL. If this is a widespread practice there is still an underlying problem going on here with the SCL system. If players in the 3* tier are already discouraged by dilution, they are going to be even further discouraged by being displaced for rewards they thought they might have a shot at obtaining in the appropriate SCL.Now I don't know if this really is happening or not, it was just suggested by Houndof Shadow that it is and as they are a 3* player I'm bowing to their perspective.
Moon Roach said: Obviously it's because we now have Dazzler so there is nothing more that needs to be said.
This.