Like the co-host of KT1 live said, you can do nothing in the game, spend for this event, and have double or triple the number of R5’s of player grinding in the most competitive fields of the game.
Ironically kabam has killed the middle/low tier spenders by doing this for years now. I used to spend just a little and play top tier. Now there’s no point so not worth even spending $1.
I think the most diabolical part of this is that it's the most competitive month ever for the highest level of players in battlegrounds. The top players will be going to Vancouver and if you're trying to compete in that buying all of these is mandatory.
Next month. July 30th marks my 8th Year Anniversary of playing this game. So what I am tryna get at is "8" years of playing going down the drain by a single 1 WEEK EVENT. This is really beyond imagination. Like my little tiny brain can't comprehend it, it really can't. Being a F2P sure getting 36k units for at least the unit offers is possible but does Kabam have any idea how long it takes to get 36k units just by grinding arena... Not to mention we also need units for Cyber Weekend, and Gifting event. Getting enough units by grinding arena as a F2P to max out on all these unit offers really is impossible unless you have no life and grind 16hrs a day ( Or you're an arena bot) Anyway let's say you do manage to max out in all of these big even offers... but what's the point? Grinding and grinding for an entire year just to get 10% of what spenders are able to get? This is hilarious. Then again, not blaming the spenders, that's totally cool. The ones to blame obviously are Kabam. There is just no point at playing this game anymore, there really isnt. Im a very competitive BGs player and thats the main reason i continue to playing this game. But there is not anymore, i cant keep up, simple. How am i supposed to keep up as a F2P with only 3 r5 when i go against players with almost a full deck of r5s&7* r2s? You cant. Anyway that was a long tangent but this event really pissed the hell out of me. Thanks to anyone who sat through all this and read it.
I hear you. Kabam is really trying to separate the top players by who spends the most, and encourage new player spending to catch up, all for their corporate greed. The players who suffer the most are those who don’t whale.
Your premise is that you’re supposed to be able to keep up with the whales as F2P. That’s impossible, it was never intended… I think if you are able to understand and accept this truly founding principle of mcoc, you will feel better. Have fun, play better than the other guy. Time matters a bit less in BGs now. That’s the best you can do, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. ❤
@@wholybatmanprior to this event, Qlirim and I were both top 200ish players in BGs, and I have even fewer r5 6* than he does. With my single r5 6*, I’ve been able to maintain top 200. This event might tip the scales though. I’m assuming he’s also FTP according to his comment, so it was entirely possible for FTP players to keep up with the whales if you’re skilled enough. Now though, idk if it is possible after this event.
Harnessing competitive natures: I dropped out 5 years ago. But I still love the game. Those hooked deeper will last longer. I’m surprised it’s still going. Back in the 3 star top champion days I thought 100$ for a 4 star was 100x too much. And look how far we’ve come since then...
@@dkownsu2010 it’s not going anywhere until their servers can’t handle it anymore. They are laying people off game bags and inputs steadily. Get worse never getting better and it’s been known for years that their servers are pushing pass their capability.
@@skydad2391 ur actually mistaken a bit here my friend yes there is bugs always have & always will be that won’t ever changed but the severs believe it or not have already been changed back around the time Quicksilver was released & lay offs are part of running there company it’s definitely not a good look but hasn’t effecting the game so far in a major way so we take it how it is
Great video Brian. I was thinking about this too. It's weird to think that years back I stuggled for days agaist that Jugs in one of the early quests and now its a 1 to 3 punch, over and out for a roster you start today. When a 4 star was you best champ in the day the world was different. More interesting for sure......
I'd love to see Kabam drop more content (e.g. variants/back issues) they require different star levels for different chapters. I think they've only done it once. That would make the game fun again for me. But they won't because all the whales won't be happy.
The irony is the limit wasn't for "balencing" but stopping those who often spend money on the game just loading up on units during these events with extra value. Now, you load up on units, but you won't be needing them as much as you usually do as these offers push you so far ahead that you may need as much as you usually would do so. TLDR: kabam is Cannibalizing themselves for massive short-term gains but a Stagnant future
They harnasss man’s competitive nature. I had thought 100$ for a 4 star was 100x too much. I quit playing a year into 6 stars. It surprises me the game is still going... but I do note that most youtube spenders are gone. Yet the game chugs on.
In the first five years of this game I missed logging in once! And now I’m paragon and done most content, everything else seems just like a novel of nodes and a slog to fight. I came to the conclusion like you BG, that I can just wait til July 4th or cyber weekend deals and boost the account thru offers. There isn’t a real insentive to play much cos the rewards just become outdated so much quicker than they used to. Keep up the great content BG👍
well spoken BG, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I am likely finishing act 7 to become paragon in the next few days... I realized I could go from --> 3 r4, and a bunch of r3, to --> 3 r5, and no r4 in an instant...decided that would not feel right.
Let me start by saying I agree with most of your points. The only question I have is, who are these imaginary people that you think just pick up the game and become paragon in a week?? Am I wrong? I thought progression is how you get higher offers. I understand the issue but I think the feeling of your hard work being undervalued isn't the correct focal point. The game might be easy to some but there are still many people that struggle regardless of the champs they acquire. If some one is willing to drop hundreds and then a thousand or so dollars on revives, energy, and other in game items to blast through the content to reach the same point THEN but all these deals, so be it loll. I hate that it takes away balance amongst people of the same levels but its a company that needs money and they will get it. Overall I like this point of view and don't want to come off confrontational. I wish everyone the happiest of holidays and enjoy the game however you deem fit :)
I can understand your position on this, I can see how it can make people feel after playing and time invested whilst choosing not to spend. I don't have any R5 6*s, only 3 R4s and I'm ok with that. I use to spend, not to keep up but I was enticed and could afford it at the time. Now I can't afford to do that anymore and I'm fine with that. I enjoy playing the game in a non competitive manner and enjoy it much more not spending.
The other issue is that Kabam has to keep a certain level of challenge in the game to keep people interested and they end up balancing new content toward the whales, making the experience for the rest of us worse. Those who don't spend on these deals also have to spend more in revives because they don't have as developed a roster or as high a rank for the champions. I'm almost dreading what Abyss 2.0 is going to look like. To be honest, this particular sales event with the double dipping on unit deals, the ability to buy thronebreaker deals if you max out the paragon ones, it just kinda feels like the last gasp of a dying company looking to juice as much as they can from players before they put this game on a skeleton crew and just "maintenance mode" this thing until everyone drops off.
"he could have started a new account and had a higher top-end power level, uh, within a week's time, compared to everything that he's done in the years past" Every coin has a second side. To paraphrase something from Kabam Jax: "In terms of the players 'hearing Kabam' - the players are astutely aware of Kabam's statements on aspects of their game. However, external actions will always speak louder than words in the forum; the players are constantly monitoring response in this way." New Rule: ALL* game content is now optional for End Game. * - except for Completion of Story Milestones... at least for now.
I stopped playing over a year ago and I miss it but I was getting hit with every bug plus the money grab without fixing those issues. I had almost 6 years invested but people with new accounts have better accounts is what keeps me from coming back to my original account
Easy fix for that. Just enjoy the game and stop racing other people. The top 10% have always been way ahead of you why didn't that bother you? If you're always looking at other peoples accounts comparing you'll always feel like this.
Kabam's game is a genius way to reach enlightenment by experiencing a deep personal Hell and learning from it or to become it's permanent denizen if continuing to compete at the "highest" 😈 level.
I was just commenting something like this with my alliance mates. Left the game for over a year, came back two months ago, during that time I became Parangon and grinded 12k units in arena. So today I managed to get three offers for just 12k, I never could do something like that in previous years, and what's more: In a day I pretty much got the progress of, at least, a whole year 💀 I mean I'm happy to take it, but I also see your point, so I feel like they are rushing to squeeze the profit left off 6* and rush to 7* offers and stuff. You know, the fact that their stats alter the power balance so much and there's still 4 more ranks to see, it's crazy.
I feel ascension is going to level the playing field for those with experience and time invested I've been a moderate spender just waiting for the economy to shift, it shifted
@@man-pd2gr spending a lot of money on the in-game offers, I spent like £700 personally, that’s small in context to the people at the top, this was when weapon x was introduced with the event
It’s ʎzɐɹɔ. The rewards for completing the (arguably) HARDEST challenges in the game, the Carina’s challenges, do not even compare to what you can get by just whaling out on these deals. And I did whale out, but I’m self aware at least 😂
as a cav, I had exactly 3750 units. spend 750 units just to get 15k 6* shards and the nexus cav crystals. Because im f2p imma keep the rest units for christmass event which is worth more for me but, at least 1st tier for f2p is so good
What if we get to teir 4 and dont get it? Will i still get the offers renewed again after it gone in a day or can you only run the teirs back if you buy tier 4?
100% with you BG. This will likely be the last time I spend this way on a day like this. May retire come Cyber weekend. In saying that, I didn't exactly whale like a lot did/do at a high level. 3 Odins and a black panther was more than I wanted to spend. Looking at the steam summer sales and games I want buy, you can get so much and it's basically once a year for your gaming. MCOC wants you to spend more than this 3 times a year.. (spring cleaning, July 4th and Cyber) and then the Christmas event to top it all off. It's ridiculous amounts on a game to stay where you want to be lol. The game survived for over 8 years, perhaps half of that time not having to throw out deals like this. Does Kabam need to do this to survive? Seems like they are more than milking it now- seeing what they can get away with.
Good example of it is seatin. Dude was not in game for like years and yesterday he whaled out and got 3 times bigger account than mine which I grinded for years (while he was not active in game) in barely seconds.
After today I’ve gone from 0 rank 5’s to 3 and will go from 6 rank 4’s to 11. I’ve spent no money, I’ve just saved units. It’s been so fulfilling and I almost feel like I’ve cheated the system. Love this game
I've been grinding my butt off to get Paragon, but since I don't have time for AW or AQ, I'm limited to story and event quests to try for my three rank 4s. Seeing stuff like this is so discouraging. This isn't stuff like Abyss where I'll probably never clear it but presumably could; this is an entire event I literally can't participate in because I don't grind arena or spend ludicrous sums of money. And I just get to watch everyone else's numbers go up.
It dose suck for FTP players. But this is a business it’s all about maximising profits. 1 whale or even 1 player buying a Odin is more important to kabam then the entire FTP player base. Remember it’s just a game do not spend unless you can afford it peeps. It’s gambling at its finest
This was a predictable response, we get it, you have issues with people being able to buy what you worked for…if you get bummed out because others buy what you’ve played thru the game for, then I’d say you’re motivation for playing is off.
It’s more about how it destroys the game economy. You can do a simple google search for case studies about how short of lifespans games have when they decide to sell everything.
In their precursor title Underworld Empires, they had events 3 times a year. Or was it 4? Anyway, they took that concept and made it weekly for MCoC. Then twice a week. Then 3 times a week. Harnessing competition. Raking in money at a much higher rate. And look how many millions it has made them! I got off the roller coaster before I earned collected. Things cost 100x too much. Yet. So many other players stayed on. It is miraculous to me that players fail to realize... less than 1% of players stick with the game. I found out by starting new alliances with new accounts. Within 2 weeks, I was the only active player remaining. So. Either leave, or quit. I chose to restart. Over and over. I recommend players start over and play till you hit the paywall. Which is deeper in the game every year. Because Kabam wants to harvest the rare and elusive fresh whales. Thar she blows!
What I dont get is this massive price they put on 7* shards, yet 6*s are coming in like crazy from everywhere. I was in Abeedo’s stream when the event went live and just massively disappointed to see so little of the 7* shards offered. It was very late/early morning for me in Australia, and I do believe that I have, in my weary semi-delusional state used the words “Time to pull a Brian Grant on this shit” 😂
Yeah and they should be hard to get otherwise whats the point of adding them into the game? If they give put a bunch of 7 star shards it ruins the economy of the game and then people will expect them to just keep raising the amount they offer in deals. That just snowballs until they have to release 8 stars because 7 star economy is going too fast.
@@cosmicabyss7358the thing is they raised the cost to 15k and then said the proportions of shards would go up as well. Yet some of these offers have 500, only 3% of a crystal. Pretty crummy. That’d be like offering with 275 6* shards. No july 4th offer has ever had that low.
@@matthewmorgan5194 That's it.. and more. They are matching 1T6B+1T3A with 1500 7* shards, which is crazy to me. That's 6x6*s. I pop that pretty much every week, but I certainly do NOT get the catalysts that easy. Nah, they are just strong-arming us into keeping with the 6*s. I just hope the ascension does something meaningful, otherwise this will feel like daytime robbery in a year's time
Tbh it is not about putting a r5 gem in Odin which is an issue. R5 gem in Odin is surely warranted at this point of time in game if you are paying money. The bigger issue is they made 4+1 odins available twice. So 2 kinds of odins that you can buy 5 times. That's 10 odins that you can buy. That's the major problem
You know, Ive been thinking about stopping playing for years, but this video really makes me want to. Picking up catalysts or 6* generic AGs just isn’t exciting. Even if I quit, I wont miss anything that I cant regain very quickly
I started a new account in late February. I’m currently lvl 53 and paragon and I have 1 rank 5 6 star champ (herc), 2 7 star champs and once I have enough gold and iso I could have 10 rank 4 6* with minimum spending. I also only run map 5 and no AW and I’ve only done the initial clear of act 1-7 with only 100% act 4 and no other content except monthly SQ and some monthly EQ, So yeah it’s crazy to think how you have been playing MCOC for several years now and I have been only playing for about 5 months and basically have comparable roster as yours. This game has ruined it for anyone that is FTP.
Was really hoping for some sig stones for my fav 5* so within 24 hours of the deal I pushed myself to complete act 6 Ch.1 for the first time to make myself cavalier, and it looks like the sig stones would have been available if I stayed uncollected 😞
I’m at a similar progression roster wise to you bg, fully ftp. Today I went up against a guy in battle grounds with a bunch of 5 stars in his deck but at the top of his deck he had 4 r5’s. I knew instantly that he bought them all. I still won but just barely. Crazy how you can just buy your way to the top.
It is not that crazy, that is the entire model for mobile games. They are designed to milk your wallet and you literally gain nothing from the transaction
Bro forgot his initial purpose of playing the game. The efforts, the plan, and the time spent on your own account were blessing and its own growth. It also has helped to grow your channel. Truly a marvelous thing. Even if without the channel, you should take proud of your time spent on the game to win those rewards. It should feel satisfying. It should make you feel special. Others will not have the same experience as you. They might get to where you are via monetary means (buy) but they will never get your joy from doing the contents and pushing yourself to clear out the content. So, NO! Your account is precious to you as my account is precious to me. My main aim is champion collection THEN clearing content THEN enjoying AQ/AW Cheer up man
As someone who already has 4 rk 2 7*. Hes kind of right. I basically saved all my resources and only had 2 rk 5 6*. And now i just jumped to 4 rk 2 7* like nothing. Im alreadt ahead of those who rk up so many 6* to rk 5. It is kind of stupid. Since i had so much saved up in resources. I just completely skipped over what everyone elses grind for 600$. Lol
Ofc not just him but everyone who can't spend because we have been grinding for years wasting sooo much time and then some new dude spend on these offers and get a bigger account in merely seconds which makes all our hard works we did for years useless. This game is just disappointing. At this point I just play it for fun and not gonna be trying to be competitive
@@thelwulf3367 I can relate to BG here. I'm F2P as well, currently have an account better than him, because he stopped playing seriously. But I'm really struggling to keep motivated ... Is just so disgusting to see Kabam doing these
I always struggle with gold so i love to see you get 5mil in the last milestone for spending those 36k units on offers lmao. Like who gets every offer in that event that needs 5mil gold??
What I don’t understand sometimes, why do you even care? Let whales be whales and so your own stuff. In my Gold1 world, my normal almost F2P roster is quite okay, and I couldn’t care less about what the spenders are doing, I don’t meet them anyway. Especially for a hardcore arena grinder like BG, these deals could be seen as a reward for the effort you put in to get the unit deals. The money people can do what they like, I don’t compare myself to those endgamers
He cares because he has worked his ass off in this game in previous years he literally grinded soo freaking hard and now seeing these one week offers basically making all that years of hard work wasted is what he's disappointed of. He is not caring about other whales he's just disappointed for the time he wasted for nothing.
@@thelwulf3367 hm. I remember videos of him freaking out about 2*, out of a collector’s perspective and him talking about MCOC basically being a game of collecting champs. This discussion is repeating itself, 4* became worthless, 5* not so long ago, now it’s shifting towards 6* losing their value. The way to high progression rosters has to be shorter than some years ago, for new players being able to catch up in a certain way. I understand his frustration, though. I grinded F2P for some unit deals and I will have my first R5 soon…which is almost irrelevant, as there are many R2 7* in the realm already. I am too late! So what.
I can see your point that any new account can have much higher account progression. But the years of experience you have in this game, will trump any new person with a crazy roster.
This young man doubles down on “Free to Play” as a badge of honor!! I guess I have to “wake up” and take financial advice from some 30 something year old!! NOT.
You summed up exactly how I feel about the game. They have honestly killed it - the raTe at which they devalue your progress is stupid. Regardless of whether you are free to play or spend. Love the game but hate the commercial approach.
Love your content except when deals come out. It's always the same rhetoric. You are "given" more than enough money to buy some deals like other content creators. You choose to use it for other things. Life, the game, isn't fair. We get it.
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Hi I'm Kam. Ily.
Hi Kam, I'm Kaleb. Ily
Holy shit it's Kam big fan
(I was joking but this guy actually has a big channel)
Magus spent about 140k USD to get ONE 6 * R5 during Greater Banquet event. Let that set in.
What a smart guy
damnnn
I'm sorry, but that's just dumb
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Not quite a brilliant individual.
Kabam: The Gifting Event is too much. We're removing it.
Also Kabam:
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Like the co-host of KT1 live said, you can do nothing in the game, spend for this event, and have double or triple the number of R5’s of player grinding in the most competitive fields of the game.
And that is exactly why I lost any "love" I had for this game about a year or so ago. It's just a game, pay your bills people.🤣
Seatin just stared using his whale account again and my account got bigger than his. Now he’ll beat me to a r5 6* cuz he spends money. Pretty crazy
Doesn’t matter if you’re not having fun, or just not good at the game in general
Ironically kabam has killed the middle/low tier spenders by doing this for years now.
I used to spend just a little and play top tier. Now there’s no point so not worth even spending $1.
yes because you spend your time to get money, than you can buy anything
I think the most diabolical part of this is that it's the most competitive month ever for the highest level of players in battlegrounds. The top players will be going to Vancouver and if you're trying to compete in that buying all of these is mandatory.
That's s10 top 8 but this event will pretty much help set them up for next season for sure
Yo! haven't played the game in a year. Today I logged in for 5 min, spent 4k units I had saved, and got Paragon! EZPZ Great Event!
Imagine actually playing for progress XD
Jeez 💀💀
Next month. July 30th marks my 8th Year Anniversary of playing this game. So what I am tryna get at is "8" years of playing going down the drain by a single 1 WEEK EVENT. This is really beyond imagination. Like my little tiny brain can't comprehend it, it really can't. Being a F2P sure getting 36k units for at least the unit offers is possible but does Kabam have any idea how long it takes to get 36k units just by grinding arena... Not to mention we also need units for Cyber Weekend, and Gifting event. Getting enough units by grinding arena as a F2P to max out on all these unit offers really is impossible unless you have no life and grind 16hrs a day ( Or you're an arena bot) Anyway let's say you do manage to max out in all of these big even offers... but what's the point? Grinding and grinding for an entire year just to get 10% of what spenders are able to get? This is hilarious. Then again, not blaming the spenders, that's totally cool. The ones to blame obviously are Kabam. There is just no point at playing this game anymore, there really isnt. Im a very competitive BGs player and thats the main reason i continue to playing this game. But there is not anymore, i cant keep up, simple. How am i supposed to keep up as a F2P with only 3 r5 when i go against players with almost a full deck of r5s&7* r2s? You cant. Anyway that was a long tangent but this event really pissed the hell out of me. Thanks to anyone who sat through all this and read it.
Yep
I hear you. Kabam is really trying to separate the top players by who spends the most, and encourage new player spending to catch up, all for their corporate greed. The players who suffer the most are those who don’t whale.
Your premise is that you’re supposed to be able to keep up with the whales as F2P. That’s impossible, it was never intended… I think if you are able to understand and accept this truly founding principle of mcoc, you will feel better.
Have fun, play better than the other guy. Time matters a bit less in BGs now. That’s the best you can do, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. ❤
@@wholybatmanprior to this event, Qlirim and I were both top 200ish players in BGs, and I have even fewer r5 6* than he does. With my single r5 6*, I’ve been able to maintain top 200. This event might tip the scales though. I’m assuming he’s also FTP according to his comment, so it was entirely possible for FTP players to keep up with the whales if you’re skilled enough. Now though, idk if it is possible after this event.
You’re right
The only balance Kabam cares about is their own bank balance; summoners be damned.
This has been the case since day one.
Best thing to do is focus on yourself and your own account and stop comparing just enjoy the game.
This really is a sign of a game in the twilight years. Trying to get what they can from it with what is left.
Ppl say that every year , the game is going no where anytime soon
Harnessing competitive natures: I dropped out 5 years ago. But I still love the game. Those hooked deeper will last longer. I’m surprised it’s still going.
Back in the 3 star top champion days I thought 100$ for a 4 star was 100x too much.
And look how far we’ve come since then...
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@@dkownsu2010 it’s not going anywhere until their servers can’t handle it anymore. They are laying people off game bags and inputs steadily. Get worse never getting better and it’s been known for years that their servers are pushing pass their capability.
@@skydad2391 ur actually mistaken a bit here my friend yes there is bugs always have & always will be that won’t ever changed but the severs believe it or not have already been changed back around the time Quicksilver was released & lay offs are part of running there company it’s definitely not a good look but hasn’t effecting the game so far in a major way so we take it how it is
Great video Brian. I was thinking about this too. It's weird to think that years back I stuggled for days agaist that Jugs in one of the early quests and now its a 1 to 3 punch, over and out for a roster you start today.
When a 4 star was you best champ in the day the world was different. More interesting for sure......
I'd love to see Kabam drop more content (e.g. variants/back issues) they require different star levels for different chapters. I think they've only done it once. That would make the game fun again for me. But they won't because all the whales won't be happy.
The irony is the limit wasn't for "balencing" but stopping those who often spend money on the game just loading up on units during these events with extra value. Now, you load up on units, but you won't be needing them as much as you usually do as these offers push you so far ahead that you may need as much as you usually would do so.
TLDR: kabam is Cannibalizing themselves for massive short-term gains but a Stagnant future
They harnasss man’s competitive nature. I had thought 100$ for a 4 star was 100x too much. I quit playing a year into 6 stars. It surprises me the game is still going... but I do note that most youtube spenders are gone.
Yet the game chugs on.
I’m watching this while I buy every offer. 😂
In the first five years of this game I missed logging in once! And now I’m paragon and done most content, everything else seems just like a novel of nodes and a slog to fight. I came to the conclusion like you BG, that I can just wait til July 4th or cyber weekend deals and boost the account thru offers. There isn’t a real insentive to play much cos the rewards just become outdated so much quicker than they used to. Keep up the great content BG👍
well spoken BG, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I am likely finishing act 7 to become paragon in the next few days... I realized I could go from --> 3 r4, and a bunch of r3, to --> 3 r5, and no r4 in an instant...decided that would not feel right.
It is always good to listen to this channel whenever we have this kind of event by kabam 😊
Let me start by saying I agree with most of your points. The only question I have is, who are these imaginary people that you think just pick up the game and become paragon in a week?? Am I wrong? I thought progression is how you get higher offers. I understand the issue but I think the feeling of your hard work being undervalued isn't the correct focal point. The game might be easy to some but there are still many people that struggle regardless of the champs they acquire. If some one is willing to drop hundreds and then a thousand or so dollars on revives, energy, and other in game items to blast through the content to reach the same point THEN but all these deals, so be it loll. I hate that it takes away balance amongst people of the same levels but its a company that needs money and they will get it. Overall I like this point of view and don't want to come off confrontational. I wish everyone the happiest of holidays and enjoy the game however you deem fit :)
Brian remember when people had at max a r4 the july 4 deals had around 30 t5cc selectors+some crystals, its kinda similar with this event
In economics terms, MCoC has become a hyperinflationary environment. Not unlike the real world.
Lol! Kabam just like our own government, destroying the economy to benefit themselves 😂
I can understand your position on this, I can see how it can make people feel after playing and time invested whilst choosing not to spend. I don't have any R5 6*s, only 3 R4s and I'm ok with that. I use to spend, not to keep up but I was enticed and could afford it at the time. Now I can't afford to do that anymore and I'm fine with that. I enjoy playing the game in a non competitive manner and enjoy it much more not spending.
The other issue is that Kabam has to keep a certain level of challenge in the game to keep people interested and they end up balancing new content toward the whales, making the experience for the rest of us worse. Those who don't spend on these deals also have to spend more in revives because they don't have as developed a roster or as high a rank for the champions. I'm almost dreading what Abyss 2.0 is going to look like.
To be honest, this particular sales event with the double dipping on unit deals, the ability to buy thronebreaker deals if you max out the paragon ones, it just kinda feels like the last gasp of a dying company looking to juice as much as they can from players before they put this game on a skeleton crew and just "maintenance mode" this thing until everyone drops off.
"he could have started a new account and had a higher top-end power level, uh, within a week's time, compared to everything that he's done in the years past"
Every coin has a second side.
To paraphrase something from Kabam Jax:
"In terms of the players 'hearing Kabam' - the players are astutely aware of Kabam's statements on aspects of their game. However, external actions will always speak louder than words in the forum; the players are constantly monitoring response in this way."
New Rule:
ALL* game content is now optional for End Game.
* - except for Completion of Story Milestones... at least for now.
4 months ago, everyone around 1 mil and above account rating, ftp or not, had maximum 1 r5, now ftp has maximum 2 r5s and spenders have 20
I stopped playing over a year ago and I miss it but I was getting hit with every bug plus the money grab without fixing those issues. I had almost 6 years invested but people with new accounts have better accounts is what keeps me from coming back to my original account
Easy fix for that.
Just enjoy the game and stop racing other people.
The top 10% have always been way ahead of you why didn't that bother you?
If you're always looking at other peoples accounts comparing you'll always feel like this.
@@cosmicabyss7358 I knew one of you types were going to chime in 😂😂😂 take your own advice and stop worrying about other people's comments!
Kabam's game is a genius way to reach enlightenment by experiencing a deep personal Hell and learning from it or to become it's permanent denizen if continuing to compete at the "highest" 😈 level.
@@cosmicabyss7358because it used to be that while spending greatly accelerated progression, it didn’t replace playing the game entirely.
Been waiting for this post
making my day as always brain
I'd have to see it done to believe you can get from 0 to Paragon in 1 week.
I was just commenting something like this with my alliance mates.
Left the game for over a year, came back two months ago, during that time I became Parangon and grinded 12k units in arena. So today I managed to get three offers for just 12k, I never could do something like that in previous years, and what's more: In a day I pretty much got the progress of, at least, a whole year 💀
I mean I'm happy to take it, but I also see your point, so I feel like they are rushing to squeeze the profit left off 6* and rush to 7* offers and stuff. You know, the fact that their stats alter the power balance so much and there's still 4 more ranks to see, it's crazy.
I feel ascension is going to level the playing field for those with experience and time invested I've been a moderate spender just waiting for the economy to shift, it shifted
Work 8 hrs at a mcdonalds and get a rank 5 gem. Or do 8 weeks arena non stop to get the units and get the offers. These offers are awesome!
The egg is what makes your account special. U are probably the only person in the world with one
I remember whaling for the first time on cyber weekend, made my account crazy in context to the players that played this game since inception.
whats whaling?
@@man-pd2gr spending a lot of money on the in-game offers, I spent like £700 personally, that’s small in context to the people at the top, this was when weapon x was introduced with the event
@@man-pd2grspending a large amount of money
The old and new units packs both equaled out to be 18k units. New one is better, tho. Bc the first 3 are still affordable if you can't get the 4th.
It’s ʎzɐɹɔ. The rewards for completing the (arguably) HARDEST challenges in the game, the Carina’s challenges, do not even compare to what you can get by just whaling out on these deals.
And I did whale out, but I’m self aware at least 😂
How much did you whale out?
BG you are not even scratching the surface. They also stated you will be able to buy the progression below you when you max out the odins.
Yeah but most people won't because the offers are far inferior.
Chase rank up material for character , then chase shards for character, and repeat.
Thats MCOC in a nutshell.
as a cav, I had exactly 3750 units. spend 750 units just to get 15k 6* shards and the nexus cav crystals. Because im f2p imma keep the rest units for christmass event which is worth more for me but, at least 1st tier for f2p is so good
For the love of god spend your glory please it’s maxed out and stressing me out
Brian is allergic to spending anything😂
We’re in the endgame now
You should def do an account challenge would be super fun to watch
What if we get to teir 4 and dont get it? Will i still get the offers renewed again after it gone in a day or can you only run the teirs back if you buy tier 4?
I feel ya brother. I suppose it’s about the journey and the people not the # of r5 or trophy champs.
100% with you BG.
This will likely be the last time I spend this way on a day like this.
May retire come Cyber weekend.
In saying that, I didn't exactly whale like a lot did/do at a high level.
3 Odins and a black panther was more than I wanted to spend.
Looking at the steam summer sales and games I want buy, you can get so much and it's basically once a year for your gaming.
MCOC wants you to spend more than this 3 times a year.. (spring cleaning, July 4th and Cyber) and then the Christmas event to top it all off.
It's ridiculous amounts on a game to stay where you want to be lol.
The game survived for over 8 years, perhaps half of that time not having to throw out deals like this.
Does Kabam need to do this to survive? Seems like they are more than milking it now- seeing what they can get away with.
I grinded so much to just get to paragon last year. Now are these deals broken. I had 2 rank 5s prior to this.
Good example of it is seatin. Dude was not in game for like years and yesterday he whaled out and got 3 times bigger account than mine which I grinded for years (while he was not active in game) in barely seconds.
Brian i’ve got your 7* raccoon hostage, give me your hulk or you will never get him.
kabam knew that with an upcoming in person tourney more and more people would want to be playing at the higher echelon, and would pay to get there.
100% facts BG! Great video btw👊🏾
The game has become something I play while on the toilet.
It's not about the account it's about the friends we made along the way 😅🤔😂
After today I’ve gone from 0 rank 5’s to 3 and will go from 6 rank 4’s to 11. I’ve spent no money, I’ve just saved units. It’s been so fulfilling and I almost feel like I’ve cheated the system. Love this game
Didn't really cheat anything thats how they designed it.
Cheat? Naw...you spent valuable time grinding for units...time is money...
@@hades947 It’s a hobby bro
@@brobs0463 GG bro
Wish they didn't lock a great feature to grind arena behind a pay wall 😭👎🏾
I've been grinding my butt off to get Paragon, but since I don't have time for AW or AQ, I'm limited to story and event quests to try for my three rank 4s. Seeing stuff like this is so discouraging. This isn't stuff like Abyss where I'll probably never clear it but presumably could; this is an entire event I literally can't participate in because I don't grind arena or spend ludicrous sums of money. And I just get to watch everyone else's numbers go up.
cant wait for the new account challenge
Money over everything !!
Dang, you make a compelling point... I should buy some Odins.
Your perspective is always enlightening, great video!
I went from 0 R5s to 4 today and R2 an OG 7 star Hulk lmao
Grinded to make thronebreaker before this event only to be lumped together with cavalier player offers.
If it's worth anything....act 7 is such easier than act 6...and superior kang for paragon title is super way easier than grandmaster...keep going
It dose suck for FTP players. But this is a business it’s all about maximising profits. 1 whale or even 1 player buying a Odin is more important to kabam then the entire FTP player base. Remember it’s just a game do not spend unless you can afford it peeps. It’s gambling at its finest
Hated to see all this but did pick up 3 of the $29.99 deals vs any Odens. Felt it was better to have multiple new rank 4 6*’s for my account.
This was a predictable response, we get it, you have issues with people being able to buy what you worked for…if you get bummed out because others buy what you’ve played thru the game for, then I’d say you’re motivation for playing is off.
It’s more about how it destroys the game economy. You can do a simple google search for case studies about how short of lifespans games have when they decide to sell everything.
In their precursor title Underworld Empires, they had events 3 times a year. Or was it 4?
Anyway, they took that concept and made it weekly for MCoC. Then twice a week. Then 3 times a week.
Harnessing competition. Raking in money at a much higher rate. And look how many millions it has made them!
I got off the roller coaster before I earned collected. Things cost 100x too much. Yet. So many other players stayed on.
It is miraculous to me that players fail to realize... less than 1% of players stick with the game. I found out by starting new alliances with new accounts. Within 2 weeks, I was the only active player remaining. So. Either leave, or quit. I chose to restart. Over and over.
I recommend players start over and play till you hit the paywall. Which is deeper in the game every year. Because Kabam wants to harvest the rare and elusive fresh whales.
Thar she blows!
The games life cycle is coming to an end. Kabam just wants to get as much money as they can out of it
What I dont get is this massive price they put on 7* shards, yet 6*s are coming in like crazy from everywhere. I was in Abeedo’s stream when the event went live and just massively disappointed to see so little of the 7* shards offered. It was very late/early morning for me in Australia, and I do believe that I have, in my weary semi-delusional state used the words “Time to pull a Brian Grant on this shit” 😂
Yeah and they should be hard to get otherwise whats the point of adding them into the game?
If they give put a bunch of 7 star shards it ruins the economy of the game and then people will expect them to just keep raising the amount they offer in deals.
That just snowballs until they have to release 8 stars because 7 star economy is going too fast.
@@cosmicabyss7358the thing is they raised the cost to 15k and then said the proportions of shards would go up as well. Yet some of these offers have 500, only 3% of a crystal. Pretty crummy. That’d be like offering with 275 6* shards. No july 4th offer has ever had that low.
@@matthewmorgan5194 7 stars a still brand new.
@@matthewmorgan5194 That's it.. and more. They are matching 1T6B+1T3A with 1500 7* shards, which is crazy to me. That's 6x6*s. I pop that pretty much every week, but I certainly do NOT get the catalysts that easy. Nah, they are just strong-arming us into keeping with the 6*s. I just hope the ascension does something meaningful, otherwise this will feel like daytime robbery in a year's time
@@cosmicabyss7358 So are my dollar bills ;) :P
Sound likes kabam wants to milk everyone and shut down the shop 😂
The one time I actually have units saved up to spend on july 4th as well lol
Let me help. The is just a game. It is for WASTING time. There is no such thing as using your time productively here.
can i get the daily offers even if you are not uncollected
Didn't r5 5* resources explode when 6* came out and ppl could r2 6* kinda feel like this is the same thing but x10 😅😊
Tbh it is not about putting a r5 gem in Odin which is an issue. R5 gem in Odin is surely warranted at this point of time in game if you are paying money. The bigger issue is they made 4+1 odins available twice. So 2 kinds of odins that you can buy 5 times. That's 10 odins that you can buy. That's the major problem
You know, Ive been thinking about stopping playing for years, but this video really makes me want to. Picking up catalysts or 6* generic AGs just isn’t exciting. Even if I quit, I wont miss anything that I cant regain very quickly
As a cav player £300 a few hours and skill and I become paragon unfortunately I haven’t got any of these things
Did I hear a "NEW ACCOUNT CHALLENGE"????
i think its a sign how heavy the shit to 7*s will be.
It's a for profit game, so spending money will always advance more. Pay to Win.
you would miss out on the most powerful 1 star symbiote in the game, ps i need the rank up resources for him from way back when
I started a new account in late February. I’m currently lvl 53 and paragon and I have 1 rank 5 6 star champ (herc), 2 7 star champs and once I have enough gold and iso I could have 10 rank 4 6* with minimum spending. I also only run map 5 and no AW and I’ve only done the initial clear of act 1-7 with only 100% act 4 and no other content except monthly SQ and some monthly EQ, So yeah it’s crazy to think how you have been playing MCOC for several years now and I have been only playing for about 5 months and basically have comparable roster as yours. This game has ruined it for anyone that is FTP.
Was really hoping for some sig stones for my fav 5* so within 24 hours of the deal I pushed myself to complete act 6 Ch.1 for the first time to make myself cavalier, and it looks like the sig stones would have been available if I stayed uncollected 😞
Battlegrounds store has 5* sigs
I’m at a similar progression roster wise to you bg, fully ftp. Today I went up against a guy in battle grounds with a bunch of 5 stars in his deck but at the top of his deck he had 4 r5’s. I knew instantly that he bought them all. I still won but just barely. Crazy how you can just buy your way to the top.
It is not that crazy, that is the entire model for mobile games. They are designed to milk your wallet and you literally gain nothing from the transaction
A Mircotransaction game using Microtransactions to generate short term wealth oh the shock and horror.
Damn that's crazy, the odin boxes in canada cost 140
Great video
used to buy all of them evreyyear . Nothing this year I struggle to log in to play aq and that's all I need to say no to spend
I liked this event!
to get money you need to spend time, and than you can buy time with you money 🐺
Bro forgot his initial purpose of playing the game.
The efforts, the plan, and the time spent on your own account were blessing and its own growth.
It also has helped to grow your channel.
Truly a marvelous thing.
Even if without the channel, you should take proud of your time spent on the game to win those rewards.
It should feel satisfying.
It should make you feel special.
Others will not have the same experience as you.
They might get to where you are via monetary means (buy) but they will never get your joy from doing the contents and pushing yourself to clear out the content.
So, NO! Your account is precious to you as my account is precious to me.
My main aim is champion collection THEN clearing content THEN enjoying AQ/AW
Cheer up man
As someone who already has 4 rk 2 7*. Hes kind of right. I basically saved all my resources and only had 2 rk 5 6*. And now i just jumped to 4 rk 2 7* like nothing. Im alreadt ahead of those who rk up so many 6* to rk 5. It is kind of stupid. Since i had so much saved up in resources. I just completely skipped over what everyone elses grind for 600$. Lol
You can really feel the pain in his reactions here ...
Ofc not just him but everyone who can't spend because we have been grinding for years wasting sooo much time and then some new dude spend on these offers and get a bigger account in merely seconds which makes all our hard works we did for years useless. This game is just disappointing. At this point I just play it for fun and not gonna be trying to be competitive
@@thelwulf3367 I can relate to BG here. I'm F2P as well, currently have an account better than him, because he stopped playing seriously. But I'm really struggling to keep motivated ... Is just so disgusting to see Kabam doing these
same , 6months- 1 year old account have more r5 and here i am almost 8 years f2p no r5 6* getting beat by those new accounts in BGs
The problem would be getting all the iso to rank up all of the champs imo
This is the final milking of the whales.
Until the next milking….😂
I always struggle with gold so i love to see you get 5mil in the last milestone for spending those 36k units on offers lmao. Like who gets every offer in that event that needs 5mil gold??
“What has this game become?” Just a worse version of itself. Squeezing the last bit of juice out of the whales
What I don’t understand sometimes, why do you even care? Let whales be whales and so your own stuff.
In my Gold1 world, my normal almost F2P roster is quite okay, and I couldn’t care less about what the spenders are doing, I don’t meet them anyway.
Especially for a hardcore arena grinder like BG, these deals could be seen as a reward for the effort you put in to get the unit deals. The money people can do what they like, I don’t compare myself to those endgamers
He cares because he has worked his ass off in this game in previous years he literally grinded soo freaking hard and now seeing these one week offers basically making all that years of hard work wasted is what he's disappointed of. He is not caring about other whales he's just disappointed for the time he wasted for nothing.
@@thelwulf3367 hm. I remember videos of him freaking out about 2*, out of a collector’s perspective and him talking about MCOC basically being a game of collecting champs.
This discussion is repeating itself, 4* became worthless, 5* not so long ago, now it’s shifting towards 6* losing their value.
The way to high progression rosters has to be shorter than some years ago, for new players being able to catch up in a certain way.
I understand his frustration, though. I grinded F2P for some unit deals and I will have my first R5 soon…which is almost irrelevant, as there are many R2 7* in the realm already. I am too late!
So what.
Can't ignore deals and play BG when all you will see is more Rank 5 and rank 2 six stars remind you of deals have fun in BG
Where the hell are the abyssal 6* nexus? They had it last year...
I can see your point that any new account can have much higher account progression. But the years of experience you have in this game, will trump any new person with a crazy roster.
This young man doubles down on “Free to Play” as a badge of honor!! I guess I have to “wake up” and take financial advice from some 30 something year old!! NOT.
You summed up exactly how I feel about the game.
They have honestly killed it - the raTe at which they devalue your progress is stupid. Regardless of whether you are free to play or spend.
Love the game but hate the commercial approach.
i think we would all agreee to see you on steroids and go in to the the next seasons with a spending account
Love your content except when deals come out. It's always the same rhetoric. You are "given" more than enough money to buy some deals like other content creators. You choose to use it for other things. Life, the game, isn't fair. We get it.
Im with you brian seems like all the other youtubers are praising these offers but i think its by far the worst 4th of july event weve ever had