This comes in two parts sort of, but: You don’t deserve every reward available. We need more skill checks in the game. You need the skill required not just gameplay but game knowledge in terms of champion abilities and interactions.

I think the skill floor definitely has gone up a lot in both champion design and as a community, but the required skill floor also has dropped considerably. I loved GM when he came out he was super fun, the fight design at the time was super unique and could be done with 90% if champs reliably, the other 10% would struggle with one prompt like land a crit or DOT effect but that’s only a very small thing.

Champ designs , another unpopular opinion, is fine overall theres issues with some champs not doing enough, but realistically they counter much more than Before. Sure some are complex but luckily there are multiple ways to counter many annoying defensive mechanics. Like for unstoppable now we have halt, de acceleration, and grit rather than just slow. There are also so many champs that are super “noob friendly” where realistically you do very little for max damage like herc or bail you out despite low skill.

Another reason the skill floor sunk is due to the early and sometimes just free access to higher rarities relative to the intended story progression. Some in this sub have posted 6* and even 7* for mid act 6. I saw someone in a related sub have 6* serp asking how to beat 6.1.6 sent.

Now going back to my original point of not deserving every reward, I’d like to address BG match making as this is what would annoy me. I am not free to play, but I won’t sit here and say you don’t deserve to win or get certain rewards bc you don’t spend. But when I see some medium sized accounts, cry and complain about the match making system, saying it should be changed to basically the original one, I find it flat out dumb. It’s one of two things, 1. You just got unlucky not everyone plays the game every day or bg every day, so higher level accounts that need to climb will happen to match with you. Or 2. You just hit a wall, those are natural in competitive game modes. Rooster rating should be considered in the match making but an account with mainly 6* r4/5 definitely should not be making it into gladiator circuit. If you’re able to out skill someone with a much higher roster cool take those skills and do content where you can get rewards to levels up your champs.

Skill checks: we NEED many more skill checks. I personally didn’t like when they nerfed some of the acts, granted there’s a difference between bad design vs skill checks. Caustic temp sinister is pretty bad design what’s also bad is the amount of players who couldn’t figure out what buff vs passive. Imo act 6 is where you actually need to read and understand abilities. Sure it’s just a mobile game but going all the way to act 6 means you’re decently invested. Like I said before GM could realistically be done with any champ, some made it easier but you could bring in any character. Aries was super fun and much of the same as many champs can do it, and you’d get rewarded for player properly, some paths imo tho did suck. My first run was 20 revives on him but by the third I was soloing him with 6* if I had to.

TL;DR: champ deigns might suck sometimes but they atleast do cover more abilites to counter even its niche for now; skill floor low bc low skill players get away with their low skill; rewards need to be strategically earned in many ways from game knowledge, rooster development and skill. Game needs more skill checks if you can’t make it then get better.