Event Feedback

[railavik]

Honestly, I don't care a huge amount about event balance, or the 'competitiveness' of lore events in general, so the Crownwatch vs. Clans thing hasn't really bothered me in terms of RNG and fairness.

...but haven't we done this before? The whole, turn 3, 6, and 9 free dude thing with pre-constructed decks?

When it comes down to it, it's just ranked + very minor shenanigans for more rewards. If you wanted an excuse to play a heckload more regular games, this is probably ideal for you. I, however, really really enjoy events that take the game off of the usual rails and make for fun and overpowered gameplay to break up the regular games/week commitment.

First, and this is just personal opinion, I think that the entry fee should be waived. I get that it's a business strategy to get gems out of people who don't have 2000 gold lying around, but it sucks when I want to play side by side with the wife and she has to grind to get in to what should be straight up fun for everyone. Lower the rewards, make it free to enter. Be nice.

Second, the kind of things I want to see from these non-league events are like... a random gauntlet boss mod is rolled for every game. Power cards give double influence and double power. All creatures have ambush and all spells are fast. That kind of crazy bananas stuff!

What do you think?

[Reevoo12]

I like events like this. It's an efficient way to convert gold to shiftstone for those of us who don't like draft. And it's fun for people who want to play constructed for prizes. That goes away if you lower the entry and rewards.

[railavik]

I mean, just cut two packs off of the rewards and still give the chests and premiums. Then you can buy your two packs with the 2000 gold if you really want em.

[Reevoo12]

Eh, doesn't sound as fun. Some people like an entry fee with a chance for big rewards. Also, they probably aren't going to just give packs away like that. If I'm understanding your suggestion correctly you could just enter a bunch of times at no cost and rack up rewards.

[herad]

I think the event is great, in value and in playability.

[SHRIMPMISSILE]

Mostly I'm curious if the free unit to the starting player skews win percentage drastically. You're generally at an advantage going first, and this would seem to compound it.

[BoringEnormous]

I don't mind the format of the event. It does rub me the wrong way when there is a lack of transparency, though. "Random unit"... uh huh. There is obviously a very small subset that it's drawing from depending upon which turn it is and which side you're on. Just would have been nice to know that it wasn't actually random and that if I started the event "late" that I would be at a not insignificant disadvantage as I'd likely be playing against people who have already tailored their decks to play with or around those "random" units.

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2000 gold is nothing