# Sirrian's Design Thoughts (Last 4.7 Epic Task Update)

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/sirrians-design-thoughts-last-4-7-epic-task-update/59858>\
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**Created:** [December 9, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/sirrians-design-thoughts-last-4-7-epic-task-update/59858 "2019-12-09T03:04:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jonathan/32/66724_2.png) [@Jonathan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jonathan)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/sirrians-design-thoughts-last-4-7-epic-task-update/59858/69 "2019-12-09T23:01:29Z")

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I had/have more to say, but most importantly –

- I just spent a solid hour grinding D12 Explore following the Mythstone markers with 30-60 second teams (not including loading).

- I received **0** Tokens of Anu and **0** Tokens of Nysha.

While I did receive some Gold, and other Tokens for upgrading lower- to mid-rarity troops, this session resulted in **zero progress** towards my goal of obtaining my first of either of these Medals.

Re-iterating the sentiments expressed in this other thread:

> [@Collecting Medals is daunting](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/collecting-medals-is-daunting/59307/5):
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> it feels so unlikely that I’ll make any progress in a session that I lose interest in even starting.

And this other thread:

> [@Progress Bar for Elite Levels instead of RNG](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/progress-bar-for-elite-levels-instead-of-rng/58856/1):
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> very disheartening when you play an entire hour long session at top speed and can’t measure your progress in any meaningful way

## Take-away note:

Please include some system, **as was done with Arcane Traitstones in Explore** \*, that guarantees these high-rarity Tokens after a period of play – whether that’s Epic Tasks, [Grunduluum’s Soulforge suggestion](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/sirrians-design-thoughts-last-4-7-epic-task-update/59858/36), or _**even something else(!)**_.

\*_Bonus Mithran quote:_

> [@Recipes in Soul Forge to upgrade medals](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/recipes-in-soul-forge-to-upgrade-medals/59647/3):
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> Funny that this system was apparently designed to combat obnoxious randomness of earning arcane traitstones […] and then created a system ten times worse with tokens.

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On a more general note, thank you for having another look at all of this and sharing your thoughts on the matter –

Sirrian’s design thoughts are my favourite design thoughts 😝.

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