Changes To Grind Events (eg: Midwinter Preparations)

[Mochi348]

*WARNING - LONG POST AHEAD*

Not going to lie, but events like the Midwinter Preparations are really disappointing. The rewards and reward placement are fine, but the tasks required to complete them are too much. Most of tasks are ok in difficulty. However, some tasks are just outrageous.

Example: spend 42.3 million of current money.

I only had a 3.7 million of current money before the event started. Granted, there were events in-conjunction with this event that awarded current money (after getting a certain number of shards), but you would have to do some considerable grinding in order to get them. So I had to grind the other events before I could even grind the Midwinter Preparations event. I spent an entire week collecting, and I calculated that I would have enough money to get past this hump just hours before the event ended.

So I got all the money I needed just 9 hours before the event ends. The next task: Do Champion Performances (no matter win/lose) - 30 times

At the moment, I only had 2 champions unlocked, so I got up to 20. And then I tried doing the club's boss, and wouldn't you know - it didn't count.

I had over a hundred champion tickets to use (because this challenge required 30, and the first character award requires 70), but I couldn't use them because I had reached the max for club champions and needed to wait 24 hours before it would reopen. In addition to grinding the current money, i was also grinding the champion tickets.

"Well why don't you just spend kobans?"

I only have around 2000, and if I reset all the champions, It would be impossible to get the event girl, unless I started pouring in a lot of IRL cash into the game. I was fuming. After spending a whole week grinding, it was worth nothing because I couldn't get the first event girl. The reason why this is disappointing is because I invested a lot of time into this game and event, and all of it was for naught because fighting a club boss champion "doesn't count." 

So, I propose a recommendation: change the way you do the current money and champion challenges. For example: let the club's champion boss count as a "champion challenge" during events such as this. Why? Because (1) I feel like I got cheated (2) for people not in a club, this would encourage more people to join clubs, which means that new clubs will be created and already existing clubs will grow. As a result, the community will become more united and will keep people more involved in the game.

Also, please decrease the amount of current money for such challenges or move it further into the event (don't keep it near the beginning) - it was one heck of a grind.

This is my input on it - what are your thoughts on this?

[Liliat]

Everyone agrees that Midwinter Preparations PoA was too difficult (Even the devs aknowledged this. Kind of.)

However, as a new player, don't expect the classic PoA to be better for you. While it is much simpler (and gives better rewards, too), you probably don't have enough resources at low-level to complete it either. The objectives are similar in both events. So, if you only have 2 Champions unlocked, you'll have a really hard time completing all the champions goals. Same for cash. The current PoA costs 270M for me in total. The classic PoA costs 85M. Not nearly as much, but still a huge amount for a low-level player. Since this amount scales based on the level, I would expect classic PoA to cost ~40-45M for you.

So my advice: don't spend too much effort on this event for now. When you unlock all champions and reach lvl 200-250, it should be a lot easier. This event has never been beginner-friendly.

Il y a 5 heures, Mochi348 a dit :

And then I tried doing the club's boss, and wouldn't you know - it didn't count.

That's weird. Club Champions should work. They definitely work for me.

[jelom]

Club champion battles count for PoA tasks as the other champion battles do.

[Kaitana]

Il y a 7 heures, Liliat a dit :

That's weird. Club Champions should work. They definitely work for me.

I think he wanted to say that he tried to fight the club champion. It was impossible because his club was victorious less than 24h before, but he did not know, or did not notice.

Bad luck/timing indeed.

Edited December 19, 2021 by Kaitana