PVP just isn't interesting
I have to agree, the week I went eternal was an not a great experience with the Beast.
The time spent climbing just to watch points disappear as you tried to sleep or work or spend time with family or just relax... then you come back and claw your way back up... bad thoughts are coming back.
That Saturday I think I had to play non-stop till reset to finish 1st. At least that was only the second or third week of the beta so a lot of the Common teams you see now weren't all you saw, people were still trying new combinations out.
I have no idea how you consistently achieve a top 5 place each week Nicko. Much respect for your dedication.
I'm just not finding this system rewarding both PVP and PVE are grind grind grind.
In PVP it's taunt fest and luck fest to get the better tailisman procs and the first attack. Seems like every team has a Mummy or SSD and then prisoner or siege. I'm no exception because the game punishes you for trying to use other characters that maybe don't have enough AI programmed to not go full retard.
In PVE its auto game of death or LoL till the sand is gone...
As addicted as I am (played since July and maybe missed using troopers less than 5 times) I feel like it's only a matter of time for me.
Souls cost too much for the odds of actually getting anything good,
Trooper points are a slog and time sink to be rewarded with more souls that don't reward anything of value more than one in 50? 70?
Even skill shards are forced to be used on the current OP character if you want to compete in PVP, and then watch as that character is nerfed (wasting all those shards). You can't really use them on characters that would be fun, or interesting to add variety.
Iron coins... anyone whose made a push for top 25 will know that you end up sitting on a large stockpile that you can't spend even if you wanted to. I'm up to 16k and at what's available weekly I don't need to PVP for a very long time. There should be more offered in the shop or less restrictions since soon most players will easily be earning more that can be spent.
Maybe Brave New Workd will help? Maybe some more mini events like the Halloween one where souls actually felt like you saw one more than every few days. Maybe sacrifice to help players get the characters they want instead of their 5th duplicate of the character that seems locked to your account (Visions I'n looking at you).
Anyway enough ranting by a tired player. See you in the arena for now! There's been lots of improvemts so I will stay hopeful.