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Feedback: Curious Carnival of Horror

Sat Nov 26, 2016 7:43 pm

First of all, I want to say thanks for not making RNG part of any quests.

In any case, let's start with the negatives:
  • I don't like how the event can just be easily completed just by having seraphina. This gives a p2w aspect to it because if new players cant pull a seraphina, they won't be able to clear it reliably (I pulled 5 times before I even have one seraphina). And the fact that seraphina will be useless when events end doesn't help either. 
  • The drop rate on heroic is just terrible. I understand dev want to reward people for doing legendary but the drop rate overall is just terrible. I've played for almost a month now with a 32 Hera Cybella and some decent heroes (not newbie just don't have good champion hero). However, I can't kill all the legendary chest, so I have to farm heroic. With the drop rate of 3 to 8 unrefined gem for 7 energy, it's just terrible. To put it into perspective, to exchange for 100 gems, I need to do from 63 to 167 runs (each run costs 7 energy) which is extremely costly. At least the previous event, I can trade for a guarantee fodder every 10 keys but this event is just so not worth it. The alternative is doing legendary and since I can't kill all the chest, I can get 0 unrefined gem for every 10 energy spent. Anyway there's 4 days left and I think I'm done with this event as it simply not rewarding to farm for these items in the bazaar.
Positive:
  • I enjoy the trials challenge as opposed to the previous horde mode since that is just grinding. This you can think through with some sort of strategy. However, the challenge becomes non-existent once I realized Seraphina can just solo the stage herself. 
  • The bazaar has some good items as opposed to the previous one but I dont think I can get anything since energy to unrefined gem ratio is just too low for me.
To further clarity, I'm not a big fan of collecting an event hero just to clear the event because it can be costly (RNG in pulling) and then the hero will be pretty much useless (hopefully dev recycle them in later event). I suggest a 200% boost to some normal heroes too so people with bad luck can still do the events. The next thing I want to address is the drop rate of event items. It's just really unrewarding to farm heroic in this event (around 800~ energy is needed to trade for the 100 gem). Hopefully, dev rethinks the numbers in future events. Last thing is the event itself, I like the challenge and I think not everyone should be able to clear it if they're not strong enough. However, at the same time, I think everyone should be able to clear all the event quests (trial is not quest). I suggest making future quest not include a 21/21 trial clear like this one.

In conclusion, legendary mode is good on its own. Heroic drop rate is terrible. Event quest should not include 21/21 trials since the extra gem/extra drop in itself is reward for clearing those harder stage but event quest should be open for everyone to clear.
 
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Re: Feedback: Curious Carnival of Horror

Sat Nov 26, 2016 8:36 pm

4* heroes are not useless. Winry is a BEAST in arena when maxed out. 

Players should open their eyes and see how powerful 4* heroes are, and if I am not wrong, a full limit break 4* is more powerful than a 5* at +2 without limit break.

4* heroes are cheaper to max out as well.

Learn to play the game, not whining all the time that 5* heroes are the best.
 
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Re: Feedback: Curious Carnival of Horror

Sat Nov 26, 2016 9:14 pm

Learn to play the game
It's depressing to see "what is the best job for *insert character here*" lmao

As for the event, the rewards are good for just a filler event.
This is also the first time they gave out a 5* capable Hero(Maleos and Jailer aren't heroes) as an event reward, which is nice by itself.
VF being an MMOSRPG is a blessing, where you can try to get help from friend units (if ever you weren't lucky enough to get the event-boosted hero) and clear the trials.
 
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Re: Feedback: Curious Carnival of Horror

Sat Nov 26, 2016 9:49 pm

4* heroes are not useless. Winry is a BEAST in arena when maxed out. 

Players should open their eyes and see how powerful 4* heroes are, and if I am not wrong, a full limit break 4* is more powerful than a 5* at +2 without limit break.

4* heroes are cheaper to max out as well.

Learn to play the game, not whining all the time that 5* heroes are the best.
yeahh, 4* heroes has their niche. a 4* hero that is fully trained is already more powerful than a non trained 5*. 
 
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Re: Feedback: Curious Carnival of Horror

Sat Nov 26, 2016 11:00 pm

4* heroes are not useless. Winry is a BEAST in arena when maxed out. 

Players should open their eyes and see how powerful 4* heroes are, and if I am not wrong, a full limit break 4* is more powerful than a 5* at +2 without limit break.

4* heroes are cheaper to max out as well.

Learn to play the game, not whining all the time that 5* heroes are the best.
yeahh, 4* heroes has their niche. a 4* hero that is fully trained is already more powerful than a non trained 5*. 
My full 5* team just got wrecked by 2 Winry. In a foul mood now =___='''
 
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Re: Feedback: Curious Carnival of Horror

Sat Nov 26, 2016 11:38 pm

The keyword here is a maxed LB 4* is stronger than a 5* +2. However, a 5* with LB easily outclass 4*. When you get to higher rank arena, you can't rely on your winry to deal reliable damage. I'm not going to waste resource on a 4* that won't be useful in higher arena. 

The only thing that would "open my mind" is when someone within the top 200 use a 4* heroes in their arena team.
 
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Re: Feedback: Curious Carnival of Horror

Sat Nov 26, 2016 11:58 pm

The only thing that would "open my mind" is when someone within the top 200 use a 4* heroes in their arena team.
There are tons of top 200 teams with 4* heroes in their teams =___=
 
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Re: Feedback: Curious Carnival of Horror

Sun Nov 27, 2016 2:32 am

The keyword here is a maxed LB 4* is stronger than a 5* +2. However, a 5* with LB easily outclass 4*. When you get to higher rank arena, you can't rely on your winry to deal reliable damage. I'm not going to waste resource on a 4* that won't be useful in higher arena. 

The only thing that would "open my mind" is when someone within the top 200 use a 4* heroes in their arena team.

I'm using a aaria 35 in my team. I'm currently on top 25
 
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Re: Feedback: Curious Carnival of Horror

Sun Nov 27, 2016 2:35 am

The keyword here is a maxed LB 4* is stronger than a 5* +2. However, a 5* with LB easily outclass 4*. When you get to higher rank arena, you can't rely on your winry to deal reliable damage. I'm not going to waste resource on a 4* that won't be useful in higher arena. 

The only thing that would "open my mind" is when someone within the top 200 use a 4* heroes in their arena team.
Sure, right now I'm Top 68 in the Arena, F2P (CBT) and I use 2 4* Max Limit Broken Heroes (the second was lv 33 till a week ago) always used the same team since the arena restart at the Lauch. You can find my team easily as my IGN is the same as my profile -> ScherBR
Who are the 4*? Lulu and Isabella... just for information, and yeah, some 4 Heroes are not good for almost identical as some 5* potentials were in their 4* jobs. BUT there are some heroes that have theirs uses, Isabella for me still is (even post nerf) one of the bests 4* in the game. 
 
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Re: Feedback: Curious Carnival of Horror

Sun Nov 27, 2016 4:04 am

The keyword here is a maxed LB 4* is stronger than a 5* +2. However, a 5* with LB easily outclass 4*. When you get to higher rank arena, you can't rely on your winry to deal reliable damage. I'm not going to waste resource on a 4* that won't be useful in higher arena. 

The only thing that would "open my mind" is when someone within the top 200 use a 4* heroes in their arena team.
Sure, right now I'm Top 68 in the Arena, F2P (CBT) and I use 2 4* Max Limit Broken Heroes (the second was lv 33 till a week ago) always used the same team since the arena restart at the Lauch. You can find my team easily as my IGN is the same as my profile -> ScherBR
Who are the 4*? Lulu and Isabella... just for information, and yeah, some 4 Heroes are not good for almost identical as some 5* potentials were in their 4* jobs. BUT there are some heroes that have theirs uses, Isabella for me still is (even post nerf) one of the bests 4* in the game. 
Even i use isabella 35 (not for pvp)... Sadly my kiera still can't top her :O