05-09-2016, 05:59 PM
Most people saw the BH event as a game balance breaking, obnoxious event. Ray said he would never bring it back but I saw something in discord that made me think it might be almost a necessity to bring it back. A guy was talking about spending on the game and he said something along the lines of "I could spend 20k on this game but their is no point. I wasn't around for BH so it's pointless to spend 20k and get 20k worth of benefits while someone during BH could spend only a few thousand and come out with even more than 20k in benefits."
The point being that the people that spent big on BH have a permanent advantage that will never be available for any future players to take advantage of. If it were brought back, it wouldn't matter much for the people who went big on the first time around because they would have to spend even more than they did originally to go up in support levels for only a minimal increase since they all have the essential dps boosters capped at this point. I feel the same way as the guy in chat; I don't mind buying event packs here and there but I will never sink a big amount of cash in because of how grossly unbalanced the progression is in the game when it comes to the paid aspects. Why should I be punished as a new player who is potentially willing to spend 1k, when the players around for BH could spend 1k and get 5k+ worth of benefits? Was it a joke of an event? Absolutely, but the gap it caused is irreversible. Anyone who started playing after BH will never catch up to the highest ranks because it's just not possible without another BH event unless someone is willing to drop 30-50k, just to come out below the top few who were around during BH.
The only way to lower the gap is to give all the new players a chance at those ridiculous rewards that were given out during BH. It's only a once a year thing. So it gives everyone an equal chance to put some money back for when it comes around again. Recall that no details about BH were given before it was launched for an extremely short period, causing a lot of potential paying players to miss out because the event came at a point in the week where it started and ended before some people got their paychecks. Sure it would need to be revised a little bit, rearrange the rewards a bit to adhere to the current state of the game and definitely put a cap on it. Perhaps add some type of passive currency that you can collect throughout the year, to then cash in during each BH event to get up a few reward levels to give everyone currency, even the non spending players. Either way, I think bringing BH back in some form is needed.
I take it this thread will be received with mostly hatred and negativity, but you can't refute the points I made. It's not just about screaming "no it was p2w it should never be brought back it's not fair". It's not just about the event, it's about what it did to the game as a whole. The progression it instilled those who participated versus those who did not.
The point being that the people that spent big on BH have a permanent advantage that will never be available for any future players to take advantage of. If it were brought back, it wouldn't matter much for the people who went big on the first time around because they would have to spend even more than they did originally to go up in support levels for only a minimal increase since they all have the essential dps boosters capped at this point. I feel the same way as the guy in chat; I don't mind buying event packs here and there but I will never sink a big amount of cash in because of how grossly unbalanced the progression is in the game when it comes to the paid aspects. Why should I be punished as a new player who is potentially willing to spend 1k, when the players around for BH could spend 1k and get 5k+ worth of benefits? Was it a joke of an event? Absolutely, but the gap it caused is irreversible. Anyone who started playing after BH will never catch up to the highest ranks because it's just not possible without another BH event unless someone is willing to drop 30-50k, just to come out below the top few who were around during BH.
The only way to lower the gap is to give all the new players a chance at those ridiculous rewards that were given out during BH. It's only a once a year thing. So it gives everyone an equal chance to put some money back for when it comes around again. Recall that no details about BH were given before it was launched for an extremely short period, causing a lot of potential paying players to miss out because the event came at a point in the week where it started and ended before some people got their paychecks. Sure it would need to be revised a little bit, rearrange the rewards a bit to adhere to the current state of the game and definitely put a cap on it. Perhaps add some type of passive currency that you can collect throughout the year, to then cash in during each BH event to get up a few reward levels to give everyone currency, even the non spending players. Either way, I think bringing BH back in some form is needed.
I take it this thread will be received with mostly hatred and negativity, but you can't refute the points I made. It's not just about screaming "no it was p2w it should never be brought back it's not fair". It's not just about the event, it's about what it did to the game as a whole. The progression it instilled those who participated versus those who did not.