One of the more divisive topics about this game has been how to handle the seasons going forward. I will try to make a few suggestions.
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Allow players the option to choose which season they go into. After they finish the final boss of the season, they should get a prompt asking if they want to go into the next season or the newest season.
EDIT for Clarification - This most likely works best if players choose to stay in chronological order of seasons or jump to the newest seasons. Players would NOT be allowed to go backward. -
Give more damage tier rewards in the Final Boss Battle each season. The newer players won't be able to keep up with the older whales in ranking, but they could get more rewards from doing more damage to the boss.
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Cooridinate the events for every season at the same time so people are not as confused about what is going on, and they can find advice a little easier. This will help the game feel like 1 community insead of being so divided.
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The end of S3 shop will have Utior and S1 Pillar / Fey artifacts. Keep them in the shop every season, and just add the next event hero and season artifacts with each new season (S2 events will be in S4 shop, S3 events will be in S5 shop, ect). This will allow players access to older events so they don't feel completely left out, and they could jump up to the newest season while still having a path to earn older event items. It will take some time to save, but that is a necessary fact of a collection game.
What does everybody think about this? Feel free to constructively critique the ideas.