Queens of the Ring

Just at a quick glance, the CSS are a bit ridiculous.

We'll see how it plays out for a total score, though.

prizewall need a slider to purchase more then one of a item when there's 10 or more.

there need to be more ways to grind points if you don't have all the required posters for events.

showdown shop dx vault and gold league need to add more exclusive posters and items to the shops.

there need to be more grind able weekend event where you can get the new poster at least at three star.

Weekend events should have the shards or chance of getting the poster in bags on milestones.

There wasn't enough solo points in milestones to get gold chest.

there need to be less rare poster needed for contest and tours.

the amount of prizewall tokens in regular milestones wasn't enough to get anything good on the prizewall.

Recently there has been a lot days with no content to do because tours and milestones are locked behind having a certain poster. So you miss out on points, items and shards.

the dx pass posters and king of king poster and passes need a update.

not making it to gold chest is an issue still alot players dont have the ss in the css which fine but let us all have gold chest

I don't think I've been two milestones off the gold chests by doing everything mostly "F2P" like I have been this MLC.

Showdown weekend contests need an overhaul as you're constantly not hitting that gold chest milestone unless you spend.

The Queens of the Ring SD event was very disappointing. The only good thing about the weekend was the inclusion of the 99 mp perk if you got McDonaugh. It helped make zBayley a turn 1 monster again at least for a weekend.

The CSS for the SD event was really difficult. I only had Tiffany, but where was Queen Zelina for a CSS since this weekend celebrated different queens of the ring? Could ease up putting all extreme rare ladies like Trish and Naomi. This is the first SD weekend that I felt if you didn’t have Nia, you basically are screwed out of almost everything.

The points for the faction event and medallions given seem a bit light than previous SD events. I know finally the 24 hour medallion bonus is now only 24 hours and that is needed so it doesn’t turn into which faction can spend the most. Speaking of medallions, outside of the faction event, the prizewall did not have the items that made it worthwhile to even try the ruby market or spend to get. The items felt overpriced and overvalued and does not make me want to spend. Maybe putting some posters or even a 3ss Nia like previous prizewall before would have the weekend character would be a welcome addition.

I did not enjoy the SD weekend that typically have enjoyed. The prizewall lately have been priced out for the average player and makes it impossible to get the shards needed to get the previous month’s characters. I would suggest a tier bonus system for CSS, like easy (everybody should have), medium (about half should have), hard or hell (extremely rare) and the weekend character.

What i liked about the event- I thought the milestones were accessible and the css for tours were reasonable. Very standard for a typical showdown showcase event. By this standard keep up the good work on this! Faction contest was also accessible and obtainable by griding to max as well. Prize wall items were reasonably priced.

What I didn't like- While still trying to get my showdown promoters the css for the showdown itself were very rare which made it very difficult to get the milestone that had the 700,000 solo contest points without spending another $20+ for energy. On top of that I had tried to do a mega pull and like 4-7 pulls to help me progress in the showdown event for css but no luck. Once again because of this it was a very costly event. I also did not like that the 99 MP perk was hidden behind the JD tour nor i did hear it being advertised that there would be said perk in the blog reveal. I have done so much spending and have had pretty good luck with obtaining the premium characters yet this month I have struggled hard. I was finally able to recruit JD Sunday at reset so i was only able to take advantage of that perk for only 4 hours. Once more i am asking for a loot change. Again i don't expect to pull the latest and greatest every time but at least give me a pull that's relevant and not a free tier card. The energy given at reset on Sunday made it hard for me to use due to having to work until 5 PM. Prize wall choices weren't to my favored variety.

What I would change- Make it obtainable for people to get to the milestone in the showdown contest to get to the final solo contest points especially ones trying to recruit promoters and that lack rare premium css. Making a change like the feud contest has changed by class would be a nice implement so everyone could participate and hit. Even A significant spender myself struggled just trying to get the solo contest points, typically a successful event having css should result in bonus milestones (Premium showdown is a great example). Changes in tours would be any energy given should be behind the first day not the last day. Advertise and put the 99 MP perk behind someone accessible. While playing i wondered even after having a mp reduction on a coach why my opponent was still loaded. 98% of the rest of limited time tours css was done right. While the prize wall prices was reasonable nothing that i could afford i necessarily needed. I see for the last few months Jacobs shards has been on there. Why can't we get a repeat of anything else premium like people like me that fell short of 200 indi shards be available one last time? I'd like to see more of the recent skill plates repeated on the prize wall like the buzzards beak for example.

Overall- Very standard fun filled showdown event even despite my woes at times during the event i thoroughly enjoyed without stressing hard on the results. One way or the other keep up the good work and look forward to the positive changes because of these great reviews you take in consideration from these contests!

This was an absolute grindfest of an event with disproportionate rewards and was a big departure from the amazing prizewall rewards that we have had in recent memory. 

OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE FACTION CONTESTS:

Lately, the faction contest portion of a typical SD weekend was getting quite easy to max out because of huge points for medallions earned and the gem breaking tasks being easy enough for most players. This was a complete departure from what we been getting served because this time, it was not like your typical Showdown contest. 
Points per medallion earned (including a big decrease in the points for earning them in the first 24 hours) dropped significantly and the points for breaking a specific type of gem also seemed lower. Not to mention, the huge amount of gems that we had to break to max the SD contest. 

I don’t mind things becoming a challenge as long as the rewards make up for it but that’s another issue as well! The medallions yielded by the contest as well as tours seemed to have been tightened severely to the detriment of the players. 
In the past few months, SD contests went through a few positive changes but it seems like the team decided to go back to how things were in the past that most of the players didn’t like. 

The gem breaking tasks felt too much this time around and felt like a chore that you had to do. There are not any reliable column breaking female posters that could do well in the SD outside of the 2 female chase posters in this month and Raquel Rodriguez, who is also paywalled. Atleast keep one reliable option ftp so that the faction contest could be maxed out. I am aware that there are more options for breaking column break gems, but none of the other posters make a large amount as this type of gem has been neglected, not to mention that female category as far fewer options that their male counterparts. This is not a big ask considering that you advertise the gold chest as being FREE and in order to get to that level, we need to max out the faction contest which no FTP faction has been able to do so. At the time of posting this, only 47 factions have maxed out the faction contest, i.e, only 4700 players. For a game that boasts so many downloads, only 4700 people so far have a shot at the “free” gold chest. 

 I usually make a run for the leaderboards and spend a little on medallions but this time i am so far away from my target that I probably won’t be spending anything unless my faction finishes in top 20 and I get close to where I wanna be. 

PRIZEWALL: 

9300 medallions for Queen’s Tiara, a plate that was once in the free gold chest of a weeklong contest and have been offered plenty of times in the past at a cheap price is a bad call. There is a huge disparity in medallions that we are getting and the amount required to claim items that have been previously available in the game for free and this is unjustified. Again, I don’t mind a challenge and increased difficulty in earning medallions but keep the things balanced and not overtly titled towards everything being spend heavy. The big spenders are not going after things like Queen’s Tiara and the average player who would like to, is demotivated to spend when they think that they are not even close to earning that amount of medallions. 

That being said, some of the items on the wall are reasonably priced, such as Jacob Fatu or Iyo Sky’s shards, but the plates are priced at unjustified levels, bearing in mind the medallions that one will likely end up with. Last SD prizewall was miles better than this one. It seems like the costs were not properly adjusted keeping in mind the sharp decline in medallions that we could earn this time around. 

TOURS: 

The tours were okay but could have been better. For the last tour that had Powerhouse Nia Jax as a CSS option, we could have had a tag team match instead so people can actually win with the old Nia Jax, if the need arises to use her. The medallion drop in the tour was noticeable. Instead of 300 or so medallions from a match that we had received in the past, this time the tours yielded around 75 which is disappointing.

SHOP OFFERS:

Usually, you can spend $20 and get 1000-1500 medallions along with the additional goodies(resources, loot coins etc) but this time, $20 yields only 750 medallions plus extras. Again, a sharp decline in the medallions without prior communication and reasons given for it. If my money is going to yield less, that essentially means that purchasing power is going down in the game and that discourages me from spending more. If I could get 1000 medallions in $20 just like in the past, i would spend $20 now and get what i want from the prizewall. 

SUGGESTIONS:

Please carefully calibrate the costs of items on the prizewall if the contest is going to be paying out less medallions. Make the grinding element fair for everyone, especially for free to play players so that the rewards that are being advertised as FREE are actually FREE in a practical sense of the word and not just free on paper. As noticed above, SD faction contest needs to be maxed out to hit the gold chest in the main solo contest as it contains solo points, so either remove the solo points from the faction contest and offer them somewhere else through other means, or make the tasks fairly doable by the average player. Only a few have new Nia, Lyra or Raquel and the other poster options for the column break task are not viable as 25k gems need to be broken for the task. The extra energy on last day is appreciated but it does not adequately compensate for the absolute grindfest that the faction competition was which is evident from the fact that not even 50 factions so far have maxed the faction contest. 


FINAL COMMENTS:

A disappointing event that was frustrating as well in equal measure with rewards that do not justify the efforts needed. The team has done better in the past so I hope that the ship is steered in the right direction and things are enjoyable again. Better rewards could have alleviated the pain but it seems like a decision was made to reduce the medallions offered. 

I'd also add that missing out on the gold chest now means you pretty much can't get the 6sg Acro Truth. Not a roster changer by any means but a 6sg fuse gives the same points in a TU regardless of quality. It's also a nice little side event along with the main competitions.

The whole weekend has just been boring. Apart from Austin which was a great change.

As a community we want something that we feel we can get a fair reward from using either our time or money.

The payout from the milestones were reduced from previous events, the price of the items on the prizewall were too high due to the limited amount of medallions on offer and the CSS needed for both SD and the Tours were on the premium end of the spectrum.

The loot wasn't great and to be honest I don't think Nia is someone that most fans would want to drop 100s of dollars/pounds to aquire.

When it was seen that the 1.8m showdown milestone was impossible to get without CSS it wasn't worth playing.

Same with the faction event as of now 47 factions have maxed it. Due again to locking tasks behind premium CSS due to crazy stipulations. Had it been a male or m/f showdown then that would have made it a bit easier. A change from the type of gem or increasing score per black or multi would also have helped.

That means that a great deal of of players are going to miss out on the gold chest (before this has always been claimed to be free to play friendly) and are also going to miss out on 6SG R Truth from the collection contest.

Adding more energy only a few hours before the Sd ends also isn't great for people who are not in USA.

Positives are that Nia is a very well drawn and ok animated poster with a decent moveset and coaching ability.

"hello, who is this??? Scopely... Boy you guys really phoned it in this week"

The no shards for a weekend poster is always a downer. The other complaint i have is the css were very premium this time. I have an 11.5 mil roster and was still missing 3.

The showdown events are usually pretty good. This one just felt very premium

This is the worst showdown I can remember for a long time. The required characters for the bonus points were largely not obtainable for your average player. So even after maxing all the contest points from the tours I’m still way off getting the snow globe achievement. Very poor I’m afraid Scopely.

First off, I will say, Scopely have provided some really good content lately, but this event is a "miss".

• 70.000 black gems
  25.000 Multi gems
  25.000 Row Break gems ?!?

There are only 5 female characters in the game, that creates rowbreaks. 2 of which is brand new.
Best option for FTP, would be PH Chyna, that creates 5 pr turn.
In an event with limited attempts (due to SD energy), this is a hard ask to complete.
In the past, the SD faction contest, have only provided points to reach the Bonus milestones, so it wasn't a big deal, if it wasn't maxed.

But the need to max the faction contest, to even hit the individual Gold Chest, is not fun.

I Fully understand, that the team is on holiday break right now, and we won't get any resolution to the lack of points in the contest.
Like the Scopely team, many factions are also on a less competitive status, during the holidays.
Only the top 47 factions hit the 12.000.000.

Personally I can shrug it off, and move forward with my game.
And I wont let a single botched event, ruin the impression of the good content, you have provided the last months. But going forward, I believe you should be made aware.

Regards
Sheisserick