RHODES TO REDEMPTION

So positives… there’s not a lot but some…

cody could be decent with his plate.

the showdown slots being open then the requirement slot is a lot better than previous showdowns.

showdowns make things grindable to get some milestones done.

The negatives…. As usual there’s more of those than postives.

the store fiasco…. That “compensation” to “preserve fairness” was horrible. When you let people buy 3 (and some even buy the 1 you were letting others buy as compensation too) and then only let others buy 1, that’s not being fair. That’s spitting in the face of your player base. You obviously don’t care about fairness or your player base. I still think that you need to allow other to buy those packs they couldn’t.

server connections were jank. Very first showdown match I played crashed.

Cody’s card could be better.

could’ve done something better than make a copy and paste with a few different colors… way this is going you’ll release a zombie of him this year too. Him and theory tbh. Same characters so soon together is getting old.

what to improve…..

have actual fairness… if you make a mistake, then that’s fine. But allow everyone to get the same. You could’ve just as easily left it open and when people bought those 3 then they were out of those and we could’ve moved on like nothing happened. But instead you acknowledged it and used the “to preserve fairness” like to equivocally F your player base that couldn’t get them right away and it’s really starting to make alot of players hate you. Do better for your players!

Just an awful event. The only thing that redeemed it was the loot screw up for those that jumped on it early.

Negatives-

The inaccuracy of the blog regarding shards.

The overall low number of shards available.

*subject to change shouldn't equal complete disregard for quality. Such a sloppy start.

Pros-

Tours weren't as overtuned as badly as other recent events.

The offense/defense requirements were a little better than some previous showdowns.

Showdown still isn't fun. Energy makes it worse.

This was not too bad of a contest. Superstar is pretty good as well. Plenty of content creator videos out there that show off his pros and cons, so I'll skip going into that here. When it comes to the contest specifically, though, I thought it was pretty decent all around. There were plenty of shards given if you were able to get through a good amount of milestones. I personally ended up only 200 shards away from unlocking Cody, which I can't complain about. I'll get those last shards whenever they're available in the store. The only thing I would've changed was the LTT with Shotzi as a CSS. Usually these aren't challenge tours with just the one fight, which makes it easier for everyone to have a shot at bonuses. You basically needed to have Shotzi at 5sb to have a shot at the bonuses for normal difficulty. Bottom line it was a good contest, but please stick to "regular" tours for free MLC superstars.

Hi Craigman this side.

According to me this was not too bad of a contest. Superstar is pretty good as well. Plenty of content creator videos out there that show off his pros and cons, so I'll skip going into that here.

When it comes to the contest specifically, though, I thought it was pretty decent all around. There were plenty of shards given if you were able to get through a good amount of milestones.

The only thing I would've changed was the LTT with Shotzi as a CSS. Usually these aren't challenge tours with just the one fight, which makes it easier for everyone to have a shot at bonuses. You basically needed to have Shotzi at 5sb to have a shot at the bonuses for normal difficulty. Bottom line it was a good contest, but please stick to "regular" tours for free MLC superstars.

Contest was good except that 95% of the community didn’t any of the contest stars to get the extra points for the contest milestones. Until you all figured that out where it is even par for all. The contest will always be no fun

Overall good event. Liked the 3 million coins for a shard loot coin. Only complaint would be the extra energy in the Friday tour, would of preferred that be in the Saturday tour so it’s not gotten by mistake a day early.

Liked the event but they need to make the required characters obtainable somehow

Good event

The revamp Cody was a positive swing in the right direction and meant a lot of people wanted to then chase the character.

The error with coding that led to the community being able to buy a 40 mega pull for £20 was also a win for most and would of meant a lot more milestones were achievable.

The open / modern slot was also great however as I’ve stayed before my only disappointment in showdown now since all the restrictions come in is you can’t use certain tag links that you’ve build up before for tag matches. This then makes the links redundant unless using on a road tour etc.

Who doesn’t want a Cody Rhodes…

Character looks decent, it looks like triple sun isn’t necessarily an ideal character trait when 6ss has come to enhance gem damage…

he looks cool thou….

Tours we’re rough with the bonus characaters…

Bonus characters for the SD itself seemed fair enough… Some people had some people didn’t have….

Prize wall seemed way far fetched again…

Recommend lowering the time regenerating… offering a wall that dictates the time spent putting in worth the value of wall Gaines

The ratio of spend to grind has been off for months, I understand it’s a business…. But the quality has gone down drastically here of late

The event seems to be the same as it has been would like to see you be able to use different variations of the same character instead of requiring the old ones that nobody in their right minds built up its crazy. For example when you require Bianca don't just do the striker version let us choose which one we want to use in all events for the bonus rewards. It wasn't a terrible event but there is always ways to improve it.

The showdown was ok. Just very hard to complete if you don’t have the right wrestlers.

Great Event loved everything about it.👍👍

NEGATIVES

• The blog, preview stream, preview videos, and event were all a mess because nothing was properly put together in time. When events are 90% copied and pasted from month to month, it's abysmal to have everything completely wrong so often. While it's good that the character and plate were modified after feedback, it does make you wonder if the character was even tested before sending it to the CCs. Yet again, the blog was wrong, leaving players 25 shards of the blog figures. Then there was the loot offer fiasco. As much as I try to be constructive, this was just a shambles to be honest.
• The Tech Brock/Priest CSS was rough. Lots of long-time hardcore players have neither of these and were locked out of the SD energy as a result. 'Any' version of one or both would have been a lot fairer.
• The shard packs for past SD characters are too limited and expensive. Over the last few months, these releases are becoming more and more paywalled. Because showdown characters were pushed as the most attainable release of the month, it's disappointing not to be able to recruit even months later without a significant amount of spending.
• No shards from the 5.9m to 9m (max) milestone is a lousy model IMO. I suggest adding an extra milestone between 7.9m and 9m with some medallions and shards to encourage people to progress further.
• I dislike the 24-hour recruit bonus and the 24-hour CSS reward bonus. Players who spent early in the event ended up spending far more than those who took advantage of the $20 offers. We were again shorted shards from the blog so those who chased a shard recruit were also short-changed. Remove the 24-hour bonuses and make all offers and bonuses last for the entire event.

POSITIVES

• Small detail but I liked the extra energy and loot coin from spending 3m coins. Maybe increase the limit available on the energy for players who are missing CSS but want to go further in the event?
• Showdown requirements meant that wins were quite easy. We could use our best character and the technician class doesn't have any opponents to worry about. SD had finished before I realized I didn't have any perks.

My preferred mode of play is the showdown so the was a bonus.

As usual I didn't have all the bonus characters or the ones I had weren't leveled up enough to really use.

I have been running into a lot of 6 star silver players and can't fathom how so many have gotten the rewards necessary to evolve their characters. I think matching players more evenly would help.