Reduced number of troops on lower difficulty DI is problematic

[magic cloak]

My guild is running all the events on Medium difficulty and today when Dragon Invasion started I noticed that we can now equip only six troops instead of the ten we could do before (on what is now Hard difficulty). I think this should be reverted to ten troops for all difficulties, for three main reasons: (1) limiting the number of troops that can be equipped limits the maximum scores a guild can achieve, thus making it harder for guildmasters and officers to determine when the guild is ready to move up to the next difficulty; (2) limiting the number of troops makes it harder for higher level players to carry lower level players through events; and (3) players have never been forced to equip all troops, so they could still equip only six per day if that's all they can come up with.

[feral verge]

[peak jetty]

Yall can only send 6 gear per cat?

[feral verge]

I'm on extreme so it doesn't affect me, but seeing that the lower difficulties are not able to gear 10 troops just doesn't feel right and doesn't sit well with me.

[keen dust]

Do you have a screenshot of that?

[narrow patio]

Same here, we are at medium and can only equip 6. This also cuts into your ability to sell equipment. I expected that medium would just have an overall lower score / lower rewards to get pass the various dragons, not a change in how you equip.

[left saffron]

Thank you for opening this! Feel the same way. Super disappointed in only 6. Also affects how much cash the guild can make off the invasion. I went back to the release notes and don’t feel that was spelled out very well. And since we can’t change it back mid-event, guess this month’s run is kinda thrown.

[finite kettle]

that's crazy. medium is supposed to be easier

[sacred elbow]

~~I am heartbroken on behalf of Medium difficulty playing guilds, & thus, would also like compensation. ~~
But seriously, ouch, & think maybe compensation should come your way.

[sacred elbow]

However - no difficulty is intended to be solo-able; maybe that is why Supply is severely limited for Medium, as minimum Individual contribution is drastically reduced too.

[magic cloak]

That's fair, but it can only go so far. I am so far ahead of most of my guildies that I was able to solo Medium KC, for example, and everyone else just had to do what they could to get personal contributions up. And, for that matter, the personal contribution requirements make it so that one person soloing the content can only do so much anyway, everyone else still has to meet a threshhold to get the rewards.

[keen dust]

Dang that is stupid indeed

[magic cloak]

Looking at things now, my guild will easily max out the Medium rewards after day 2 even with the 6 troopers, and by myself I'll have earned enough points to max out Medium after day 3. (A lot of guildies will work all five days and still not get all the rewards, but that's expected for us and isn't a concern.)

So for us, at least, the restriction to 6 troopers isn't making it more challenging for us to complete the event, but it will make it harder for some members to get the personal scores they would need, and as I mentioned in the original post, it definitely makes it impossible for us to judge how we might do going back to Hard.

[random solstice]

this update is 🤦‍♂️

[nimble cove]

I don’t really see a benefit to this for lower level guilds, it wouldn’t mess up anything to have the point requirements balanced around 10 items for every difficulty

[flint sapphire]

Would 10 troops make it easier for them?

[nimble cove]

I’m sure 10 of each item would help, only being able to put 6 accessories and 6 weapons etc is a weird restriction

[flint sapphire]

Sure.
But you also need the space for 200 items, enchantments & such…

NOW you ONLY need 6

Since I can only speculate but I guess there will be a strategy to get where you want.

Spend gold on 40 rather mediocre items (because you cannot afford the bis) OR you get 24 better ones?

[sacred elbow]

Only 6 also affects Market during event for lower level crafters.

[nimble cove]

Yeah I don’t know if players doing that difficulty will be stocking the 200 items beforehand or enchanting but if they frequently do then it does make more sense to have less items when you probably have less storage

[random solstice]

You can still just fill 6 set troop gears, the additional 4 set would be additional pts
Additional pts = easier
200 was normal before, why suddenly change it with 0 announcement

"Spend gold on 40 rather mediocre items (because you cannot afford the bis) OR you get 24 better ones?"

if that's the case, it's 24 of the same "better ones" AND 16 of whatever = more pts

[flint sapphire]

I know that though it’s been some time since I was a new and small player.

If I remember right alpha and maybe even beta tower only provide 3 slots for heroes not 4 like later.

Do you consider that also as „not okay“ since with 4 heroes its easier to climb up, isn’t it?

Let’s wait until Friday if lower difficulties show a different party sizes as well.

[random solstice]

So you're comparing DI's number of troop gears to ToT's number of heroes?
I think I'd rather give up explaining