Spinning Solo

** SPINNING SOLO EVENT**

I feel like we're forever getting further and further away from what the intent of Boss Battle was supposed to be, which was a game mode that requires cooperation from the members of your Faction, but doesn't require you to have a bunch of fringe spend-only characters to achieve the milestones. Further, it was somewhat designed as one mode that didn't require you to spend your entire weekend grinding to hit milestones. This most recent event not only featured milestones that were impossible to hit without access to multiple hard-to-get superstars, it also featured a lot of "grindy" ones that could only be hit if you had teammates who were willing to carry you to victory.

I get it. You guys want to promote the newest spend-to-achieve paradigm. I guess I'm just sleepy from another weekend spent desperately trying to achieve enough "weekend currency" to get something that makes the effort worthwhile. The term "the juice isn't worth the squeeze" comes readily to mind. I spend a moderate amount each month and had no chance of getting any of the top shard rewards. That meant I needed to take the coins in order to feel like I'd achieved something, but it gets me no closer to the milestones required to acquire those characters for future use.

It doesn't feel like Spinning Solo -- it feels like spinning my wheels.

First thing to say is that Solo is a really well designed superstar, with great moves and nice animation.

The event was good but the points for winning battles and progressing seemed tougher to get than previous boss battles but I guess that could just be a roster/faction issue for me.

The cost of the shards was way too high compared to previous events but that is the main negative for me so overall I would say it was one of the better recent events.

I enjoy the character he feels very powerful and the model is good too. It did feel intentionally more difficult to recruit him than most other characters. The tours were well balanced but I just don't see how an average player could afford anything other than coins on the prize wall. Very hard to get above milestone 10/15.

The boss battle star reqs were increased which I didn't love, having to make my dom 5sg from 5ss to complete Level 15. I would have preferred to do that during a TU or Coin Event which wasn't active on Day 1 of the boss battle. Being able to get all boss currency shards without spending IGC was nice. The bleed bonus damage was very satisfying.

Loot is getting worse and worse, to the point that aliveness whale style spending isn't worth jack towards getting anything usefull, spending at this point is less worth it than throwing money into a garbage disposal

Negatives:

1) Reduction of points per boss currency...would rather not have to spend half my weekend on a game (which I didn't).

2) Prize wall was meh.

3) Still had a few connection issues in the boss battle itself.

Positives:

1) Love to see Solo in the game now.

2) Shard bags are always good.

3) Boss battle itself was challenging enough (probably on the easier side) but not too frustrating.

The tours were pretty fair and the PW was fine I guess.

The characters is amazing and that might be the reason why it was really hard to even get shards for the guy but nothing new with the new guys in boss battle mode.

The thing that really put me off this weekend was the abilities of the bos battle. At level 23 you needed an exhaust, a hfo and and at least two guys that make a lot of purple.

So, if you didn't have a good guy that have any of the abilities mentioned in all four styles you were f***ed, because it became really difficult to carry one guy even with 3 ideal guys.

I can take almost everything this boss had but that it will hit you turn 2 like 15 million and if you had characters 6sb you were instakillled.

I always enjoy Faction boss and this was just as fun. I had to grind a little this time due to missing a couple rare cards but that is expected. I do hope that you continue doing chest that also have CSS shards in it to get closer to cards I’m missing.

overall decent event

Terrible loot.... mega pulls and not even guaranteed a feature card should never be a thing. There are people that spent at least $1000 and still didn't get solo.... also making the shards pulls portal exclusive was not good either. Many don't have access to portal. Faction boss grind was horrible... I had all but 3 needed cards and grinding 175 level 20s is not the answer. We play this game to enjoy it not as a job. That literally took people the entire weekend to complete.

This time reward is not good

It was a great contest & very well put together.

This was a well named event for Solo as the contest was all solo based with no faction portion (other than the actual battle itself). I think weekend events are more incentivised when attached to a faction event / milestones.

Solo as a character has now given me another trickster to strive for especially after unlocking a 50% gem defence belt!

The requirement to have more css for boss battle would limit some players if they haven’t previously spent however that’s the purpose of p2p content to gain an advantage.

Tours had a good variety of css with decent rewards.

Hello all:

I have to say the Faction Boss Battle had a decrease in the experience compared to previous versions.

The overall character is awesome. He is already a top trickster in the game.

Very versatile and tramp gems are really powerful.

Also great having a new moment. This is really a great upgrade for those characters.

The tours were good or similar to previous but the Cc were rough to a lot of people. It is sometimes good to grind.

The faction boss was good. Was stable but in my opinion was the reduce amount of bonus for FB coins. From 200 to 100 made a huge difference. Specially with the shards allocated in the final milestones

I based this comment in my personal experience. This Fb I got 1200 shards of Solo. Last FB I got 1500 of Drew, so the Cc were more exclusive and were less than previous Faction Boss

In general there is consistency but the decrease in coins and the rarity of the Cc made me stop playing with lot of hours remaining. Also beating the boss at level 23 should have a reward. This will allow players to continue playing instead of having this only at level 20

Thank you for your attention

So to start I will say having the character as a trial is always a great way to build hype and give players a real life chance to see how the character runs for their own style of play.

Solo seems like a great addition to the game & really like the look of the new moment, both are positives.

The weekend contest itself was fun as faction boss always is. I will note that you need to pay attention to your timers when the event goes live as it went unnoticed for a long time that the solo boss competition timer initially ended before the faction boss itself so had to be corrected after I had it reported.

Cost of the prizewall did seem quite steep but given the error with the portal ruby market needing no webcoins I’m not surprised by this.

Overall this event was good for a boss weekend but more attention needs to be paid to detail still at times before launching events.

Positives:

-Solo is a very good card and definitely packs a punch. In the current meta he is going to be quite dominating.

-Milestone rewards this time throughout the weekend seemed worth it. I was able to earn more coins, tokens etc than what I normally get so that’s a plus.

Negatives:

-Boss battle this time seemed a lot more grindy than what’s usually the case. The milestones were too spread apart and except a few bonus guys, all the others were quite hard to get to.

-Not specifically related to this particular event but there are a few characters that are repeatedly always in some shape or form included in the CSS category like the judgement day characters. I get the intent behind this but I would like to see a rotation of superstars when it comes to who’s in the bonus category.

-Most of the limited time tours only offered solo points for the events and no other complementary rewards like coins, TP or tokens. I would like the inclusion of atleast a few resources here and there for non heavy spenders. If everyone gets something from an event, then even F2P folks might get motivated to spend a few here and there.

The trial was fun, and his tour was pretty easy. The Solo superstar himself is a pet good character to have. Faction boss was a bit challenging, but doable. The prize wall rewards weren’t all that great especially for the amount of medallions needed, and it was difficult to get them in the first place. And 100 points per faction boss coin made it a more painful grind than it needed to be. All in all though it was a decent event.