Observation:
I began playing this game in 2019-ish in State 187. I had to quit for REASONS I am not going to explain. I recently came back and now play in both States 187 and 459.
This is my take on how the rapid changes to the game, (both since I left and since my return to the game a little over a month ago), are affecting my gameplay as a NEW PLAYER, once again.
Lots of changes have happened in the 3-4 years that I was gone. But that was to be expected.
And lots of changes have happened in the month since my return to the game.
When I left the game all we had in the way of Heroes were ... Rusty, Ghost, Sarge, Chef, Eva, Mike, Jane, Travis, Maddie, Nickola,and Lucky. And Ray was just being introduced into the fold.
And since I wasn't able to play for very long, the first time around, NOT A ONE of my Heroes were max Level or Rank. I returned to the Game and State 187 to find that it's been made even harder to get frags for what used to be some of the best Heroes in the game. Then I have Gen 10-12 Heroes thrown into the mix. Okay, no problem!
I start working on getting frags for my Epic, Rare, Gen 1 (a few Maddie and Nickola frags were all I was able to get. And no Lucky frags were to be found.), and Gen 10-12 Hereos.
But I still had tons of questions concerning some of the changes that were made during my absence. I joined the SoS discord, and was greeted by a very nice person whom took me under her wing in hopes to help me. And so I moved to state 459 and started all over.
Now mind you, on State 459 the Heroes I have on there are somewhat different than I have on State 187.
On State 459, I have Gen 1 and Gen 9-11 and was just starting to get frags for Gen 8 and 12. And of course none of them are MAX LEVEL OR RANK, being that I have only been back for a MONTH.
Then you suddenly and totally unexpectedly come out with Limitless gen 7-12!???
Which cover my Gen 10-12 Heroes I have on State 187 and my Gen 9-11 Heroes I have on State 459.
I had NO TIME to get any of my Heroes to General yet. Wasn't even close!
Consequences:
What frags I had managed to get (some I paid money for) for Gen 9-12 are totally useless because they can't be used to upgrade heroes anymore. And I can no longer use Skill books on them to Level them up :/
My Gen 9-12 heroes are now forced to stay weak and YOU just made a vast majority of my Heroes ... shall we say PRETTY MUCH USELESS.
And in my eyes...this is very UNFAIR to me and possibly for many other players.
Why, for me?
Because I can't afford to BUY the horrendous amount of Completion Potions that are needed to finish Leveling and Ranking them up!
AND,I must add, I live in the USA and the timing for EVENTS for us is ATROCIOUS.
Strike One!
I feel frustrated and unsure as to whether I want to continue playing any more!
Suggested Solution:
Choice 1: Allow us to be able to upgrade heroes with fragments as before, until the hero reaches General rank.
OR
Choice 2: Add an Exchange so we can change frags into Completion Potions with a fair exchange ratio that is equivalent to the old hero upgrade system.
And slow down on the Updates unless they are for bug fixes or stuff like that.
My States: 187 and 459
And All States.