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Boss Breaker "Swap"?

Reiver8675309
Reiver8675309 Member ✭✭✭
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All credit to @EvolutionX for the original idea - I have expanded on this in ways that should not be seen as being endorsed by them, however.

One year on, Faction Boss continues to have a balance issue with regard to making boss breakers matter.

Too often, faction boss comes down to which faction member or members have the key character to take advantage of the player buffs, and more crucially, involves burning down the boss before the boss has a chance to take a turn that would require the usage of boss breakers.

In addition, the breakers are prohibitively expensive to level when progress does not carry over between cards.

While this restriction should entice players to purchase more and more boss breaker currency, it has often been a pain point for players who see other factions brute force the boss with damage, allowing no middle ground for the nuanced play of which the mode is capable.

A proposal that could be a new revenue stream while easing this pain for players:

  • Boss Breaker Swap Currency
  • Similar to Skill Plate Swap Chips, where a player can either swap their existing spent currency between cards of the same style (Focused to Focused, Chaotic to Chaotic) or receive a refund on their currency spent on that character to redistribute the currency on other characters.
  • Introduce a "Break The Boss" pass, similar to the "Strap Up" subscription pass - $10/month for three swaps/currency refunds per month, with one free swap available at League 16

How can this help?

  • Create a faction boss mode that requires the intelligent play that was seen sparingly in early iterations before it went to a damage gauge.
  • Encourage players to think more about the boss breakers and use them to achieve victory in factions where the damage-dealer "solution" is not as abundant as top factions.
  • Allow developers to create faction bosses that are meant to be broken and not merely defeated before turn 1 - a boss that starts with a shield active may seem like a heinous move by developers, but if players have the ability to shift their neutralize/crack in the shield currency to the cards that are effective against the boss, that difficulty tuning is more sensical.

Again, credit to @EvolutionX for their initial brainstorm on this.

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  • Drthunder345
    Drthunder345 Member ✭
    https://community.wwechampions.com/discussion/8233/boss-breaker-swap

    What a great idea all around for players and scopely to still make it a fair play game for everyone

  • Beneswa
    Beneswa Member ✭

    Yes love it

  • Krishna0071988
    Krishna0071988 Member ✭

    +1 to this. Scopely please make this happen

  • kingbazmalti
    kingbazmalti Member ✭

    These ideas make a tonne of sense. Especially the chance to swap boss breakers. That'd be a wonderful thing to do

  • D11
    D11 Member ✭

    I love the idea wholeheartedly. Would be a huge fan of strategizing more and being able to swap currency between cards. Much like the Strap Up Pass, I would pay for a monthly boss breaker currency.

    Thank you for the work on this both of you.

  • Yessir415253
    Yessir415253 Member ✭

    This is a fantastic idea hope it comes to fruition!!!!

  • Knivesz20
    Knivesz20 Member ✭

    I hope this will be implemented soon! Thanks for the idea!

  • Shaun16
    Shaun16 Member ✭✭✭

    I like this idea. The currency as currently distributed is too prohibitive to effectively manage it across the categories needed. The faction boss is different each time it is presented and each time different characters are needed. The breaker currency as it is now basically requires you to decide if you want to level 1 characters breaker to a high level, which is needed to play the mode effectively, but may be entirely useless the next time boss battle rolls around. This would help the community tremendously and allow more players to engage in the mode and feel like they are actually a part of their team instead of feeling handcuffed and useless.

  • Oss2525
    Oss2525 Member ✭

    Great idea! One of many that should be implemented. Faction Boss is becoming increasingly difficult

  • Soupster196244
    Soupster196244 Member ✭✭

    I would love to see scope make this happen, better yet come on scope make this happen, it would help out many factions including mine. Great idea guys

  • EvolutionX
    EvolutionX Member ✭✭✭

    Well put, and since he made the effort, I’ll add my two cents as well:

    Boss breaker currency isn’t in a ideal spot right now. Typically, each mlc we have a midweek and weekend Faction Boss event. Given that each boss is unique, there isn’t a one card(poster) answer for every event. In each blog, there are suggested boss breakers that we can/should use, but the cost of leveling them to be effective versus the amount that we can farm isn’t severely unbalanced.

    Now, as a high spender, I have noticed the currency packs during each event. They range in size and price. I can’t imagine many are purchasing the higher packs at frequent rates, because that player group typically have the cards that make using boss breakers pointless. The players that don’t have the “best” cards for the boss also typically aren’t huge spenders and aren’t buying those packs either. I think a monthly pass that allows you to reset currency spent on a card/poster will sell at a much more frequent rate and net higher returns, and honestly, might even encourage more sales of the event packs mentioned, as a player may be close enough to make that pack seem sensible.

    Along with the 2–3 “unbroken” tokens that return a cards boss breaker currency, I can also see 50-100 tokens of each class daily that have the chance to be increased by the daily spin. I truly think it’s a win for both the player base and the company. Let’s make it happen

  • DumbSandwich
    DumbSandwich Member ✭

    This would be a really good way to encourage Boss Battle. Faction Boss is the best thing in the game right now and any thing which can be done to make it better is great. People in my faction spent tons of boss coins on their Jimmy and it would be awesome to not have that investment in breaker be "lost" when the next boss requires Yellow and Immobile gems for a bonus.

  • Kelvin77_
    Kelvin77_ Member ✭

    Damn I never thought about a boss breaker swap but I love it! This would show the game is still evolving and keeping the community involved.

  • Stagger Lee
    Stagger Lee Moderator Moderator

    Great ideas here. I'll forward to the team and encourage as much support and feedback as possible to help.

  • Thebucket33
    Thebucket33 Member ✭

    Great idea . This would be so practical and helpful. Would give more teams a better shot at bossbreaker so more can contribute. I love this idea almost as much as Flecks loves the McRib.

  • JRSone
    JRSone Member ✭

    I enjoy boss battles - but the breakers are a broken system. Currently brute force works so the breakers are mostly an afterthought.

    chaotic for example - I gave my tokens to mutant Seth. The NWO plate stopped working so I switched to KO. But then KO is devalued with the boss abilities then they make neutralizer not work at all to break the shield. At this point I am out of chaotic tokens

    this last battle zDom seemed to be the guy to use. Do I spend my 100k boss breaker tokens on zDom and make his breaker average (but not great) then I’m at 0 for the next event if I need a different person in this ability class?

    it just doesn’t work. Boss tokens cost too much compared to the restrictions of being character specific.

  • LoneStrider1987
    LoneStrider1987 Member ✭

    Love the idea. Definitely think it would be helpful at large

  • Smgordo13
    Smgordo13 Member ✭✭✭

    This is a phenomenal idea! I fully support all of the ideas in the original post.

  • RaiderMystique
    RaiderMystique Member ✭

    Love this idea and very reasonable as far as being able to implement

  • Hudsybear
    Hudsybear Member ✭

    Sounds like a great idea.

  • XanDeR13
    XanDeR13 Member ✭✭✭

    Great idea and would like to see this being implemented.

  • wmtejedar23
    wmtejedar23 Member ✭

    This should be very positive for the game experience.

  • Rob85
    Rob85 Member ✭✭

    fully behind this idea, anything to make a very fun game mode better is only a good thing

  • HECK876
    HECK876 Member ✭

    Awesome idea ,well put together , and 100% acurate , good work

  • Doe83
    Doe83 Member ✭✭

    The best argument I can think of for this is, one day, there’s gonna be a female boss breaker, and there will be outrage when we have to level a breaker for a female card for a once in a while occurrence. Implementing this idea will avoid this pending disaster.

  • Blackbeart89
    Blackbeart89 Member ✭ 
    That’s a great idea. A players idea. I hope it will be implemented
  • CMPunk510_
    CMPunk510_ Member ✭✭

    Love the idea, great thinking and we need this asap

  • Nirvana16
    Nirvana16 Member ✭

    Great idea that benefits everyone..

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