Here we go again. The one thing that is overwhelming to players right now is feeling like there are too many things going on in one week.
TOD and Guild Wars are both exhausting! I when you play in higher brackets, you spend a vast amount of time on guild wars each day. Even for those of us who enjoy it, it is massively time, consuming and very draining.
I thought this was the point of an updated schedule, having weekly events, so as to avoid this ridiculous overwhelming, feeling that I need to try and convince people that they need to spend more time on the game every evening than they probably spend with their families.
I never thought Iād consider walking away from this game, but itās in my mind every week. I donāt want to. I love the game, but we canāt actually play it anymore for the bugs and piled on events.
Please fix this. This game is supposed to be a relaxing experienceā¦ for the most part. Iām not going to pretend Iām a marketing/PR genius. But I do know what doesnāt work.
Itās a problem because Guild Wars isnāt part of one of the ātraditionalā calendars, perhaps a throwback to the era when Guild Wars was an every-week sort of thing.
I believe it would be beneficial to have Guild Wars on some sort of set schedule that doesnāt conflict with all this other stuff, but I also donāt see a reasonable way to do so that the developers are likely to implement. Because it would likely have to end up replacing something else thatās currently in place. And because the developers probably see a huge number of guilds that effectively donāt see this as an issue either because they donāt participate in Guild Wars or because they do it so quickly and routinely that it doesnāt even register on their collective consciousness.
(I suspect there are a ton of casual guilds that fit these and cover a much larger number of players than those of us in hardcore guilds where Wars takes time and effort. My previous guild was like that.)
Well, instead of replacing, it could just be added into the rotation. They are on 5 week rotation now and it could be 6. But then they would probably need to run it with a kingdom pass, legends reborn or holiday event so there is some revenue generator during that week.
Curious, not accusatory: what part of GW is so time consuming? If youāre in a high level guild, most members likely have most, if not all, of the most meta troops, so teams and counter teams should pretty much be figured out and itās just a matter hoping the board lines up in your favor (both initial board and subsequent drops, as I have absolutely lost battles with a superior team because of unfavorable boards).
Up until about a year ago, I was in a guild that was āvery casualā. No requirements at all, including playing Guild Wars or using teams with the color-of-the-day on offense if one did ā literally the only āaskā was that our members set 24 unique troops on defense if they participated at all. And that guild was far enough down the standings (Bracket 13 when I departed) that 27-30 wins per week with minimal effort was possible, if not probable.
Then I jumped to a guild thatās been in Bracket 1 (PS4) for my entire length of membership. Yes, thereās a fair amount of uniformity, both on offense and defense, but not nearly so much as youād think. Thereās still a fair amount of room for creativity on offense. Iāve found that defenses are something of a crapshoot, leaning more towards ācrapā and ājust shoot meā if my results are anything to go by. But itās something that Iāve found cannot be rushed or āplayed on instinctā if you want to be successful ā you do need to take the appropriate moment to consider your move and what the other team can do; you will see a ton of similar-ish defenses, and most of them can wreck you if youāre careless and give them the least little opening.
I probably still do my Guild Wars battles in 15-20 minutes per day, but itās a more difficult and thoughtful 15-20 minutes than almost everything else the game can throw at me. Which isnāt so much for me and the time I can usually put into the game on a daily basis, but players in top guilds who donāt have all those extra hours can spend a disproportionate amount of their time in this one mode and not doing the other stuff that either helps their guild (weekly events) or furthers their own individual in-game ambitions.
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But I also suspect itās low on the priority list for the developers if itās even there. Because their defense would be āitās a small percentage of the player base, even if it tends to be the more active and higher-spending percentageā as opposed to the casuals and the casuals of the casuals.
Our guild is pretty casual about it, but weāve been moving up brackets the past 6 GW or so. Weāre now bracket 20 or 21. Guildmates who have the lowest stats actually have a harder time getting 4-5 wins and spend a lot of time trying to counter the opponents. So it can be done quickly, of course but our guild spends a good amount of time on it.
Very thankful my guild has GW as 100% optional, definitely makes the overload a bit less intense.
But I still find myself skipping some events to avoid burnout. I buy the Bounty troop, but havenāt played the event in months. I donāt do Arena. I tend to skip Underspire, I donāt do Dungeon battles unless I have a perfect run. I skip Vaults sometimes.
Iāve finally reached an endgame point where I feel okay just not doing some things.
When guild wars was introduced and happened weekly, since then for years I played only b1 and b2 and also (not really dis)liked guild wars but it was way less crowded due to less troops/ābossesā/weapons/finished classes etc. It was a ābetter timeā. I managed to never put up more than 5-10 minutes per match because ādumbluckā against you also back then was a factor.
Play and invest (time/workload/gems) your fair share towards the final goal (all rewards during guild events) and be happy in your guild.
Otherwise, same for all gamemodes you mentioned but for things like bounty I still play the around 30-40 quick x24 diamantina matches to reach reward 17 or 18 whatever it is. exchange gems for the troop and blue bubble it to mythic and done.
ā¦and I try to play vault at least semi-active because obviously thereās always something better and more rewarding you can do in āthe real worldā but it is the only weekend/gamemode that ultimately hands out reasonable rewards if you farm enough (what even is enough?!) keys throughout the weekend. the more you play - the more possible rewards you get.
simple and fair concept.
Most high levels donāt bother doing Bounty at all. Something about how much time it takes. These same people stream GW for 8hrs a day though so im not sure what that means. Of the ones that do they use their hero or non bounty troops. Im confused on this logic too. Ive even talked to someone who doesnāt bother even buying the Bounty troop because itāll be in chests later anyway, still does Bounty though. World Event takes all week and Bounty might have better rewards but thats probably just my opinion.
I stopped doing Dungeons without a perfect run, as diamonds are not a necessity for me anymore and i earn diamonds from montly vault event/keys. I will also not be doing dungeons for the daily xp boost 15m means nothing
ā¦1/100th of the way ti my next level? Cool
I know most people donāt do daily underworld runs. Some dont even bother obtaining troops other than the āimportantā ones (Beetrix/Bile/Truffle/etc.)
I also stopped doing any adventure board tiles like souls, i have 7M on my screen and like 4M more waiting to disenchant. Minor traitstones are a waste of my time. I still do gold keys because gold chests have gems.
I never skip a vault weekend. Its the only way I can get Dragonite and as said above, diamonds.
Ultimately you just decide whatās worth your time and skip the rest. Theyāre turning it into a chore. Just take a step back and remember its a game, youāre here to have fun, not punch the clock.
Dungeon is 3 mins run, bounty about 30s max per battle unless you got really unlucky, canāt see it being anyhow hard to play out. Factions are another story tho, but itās resources can be found in dozen other places
The only thing except pvp and explore I do now is things that requries guild effort, like just doing my part.
Apart from that, adventure board if there are deeds, and one or two GaPs in a vault weekend on the WC.
So honestly itās not too much for me, espcially now there are only one guild event per week, except GW and ToD together case. Previously the weekend guild event like invasion and raid can add on WE.
GW doesnāt take that long, the only thing is I want to keep the ābestā medal combination on for defense rather than using 3 Nyshas.
TOD and Guild Wars are both exhausting! I when you play in higher brackets, you spend a vast amount of time on guild wars each day. Even for those of us who enjoy it, it is massively time, consuming and very draining.