little furnace
Hello everyone,
I'm afraid that the current changes to rewards will have a negative impact on Gauntlet ranked. Until now, the motivating factors for many players were probably as follows:
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Leaderboard rewards -
Fuel rewards -
Battlepass progress -
(Training for IPL) -
(Level up Illuvials)
However, after the changes, not much of this will remain:
- Leaderboard rewards --> Significantly reduced + long vesting (see https://discord.com/channels/760344898200666112/1427340449701691432
- Fuel rewards --> Removed in favor of “better battle pass rewards” I cannot understand this point at all. There is hardly any fuel in the battle pass, and for many, this was a great feeling at the end of a match, which, in my opinion, doesn't hurt anyone. This should definitely be kept.
- Battle pass progress --> Remains unchanged
- (Training for IPL) --> This was already very difficult to do anyway, as we still don't have matchmaking. Almost no normal ranked match is suitable as a training game for the IPL, as the skill differences are too massive. Many people have already switched to playing almost exclusively scrims in order to really practice. After these changes, all top players will probably hardly play leaderboard anymore, but rely entirely on scrims. I had hoped that the current system would remain in place until we had gained a reasonable player base for ranked and real matchmaking could be implemented. Currently, it's just a grind to get to a top position and not a real challenge like in other games.
- (Level up Illuvials) --> I think it's really good that this has been possible since the battle pass, and I was really motivated to level up some of my Illuvials (even if it takes some time). However, Leviathan was once again not included in the new reward system, which of course makes this point obsolete. Unless we ever use our own Illuvials, this naturally creates no incentive.