New Masterpiece Booster Packs
We have updated the schedule to include new Rare+ and Mythic+ Masterpiece Boosters from the Kaladesh, Aether Revolt, and Amonkhet card sets! These will alternate rotating in and out just like the previous sets.
Changes to The Return of the God-Pharaoh
This has been a hot-button topic for quite some time in the community, and there was a lot of feedback we took into consideration. Many players felt that the 4 hour recharge rates offered a lot more opportunities to play, however at the expense of a more pressured schedule.
We still want to increase the number of chances players have to complete those challenging matches, but we also want to prevent players from potentially feeling burnt out. That’s why we’ve decided to adjust not only the recharge rate, but the progression reward structure, and the Boss health.
Recharge Rate: 4 Hours → 6 Hours
Boss Health: 3,750,000 → 3,000,000
Personal Progression Rewards: 750 Ribbons → 600 Ribbons
I appreciate the new team’s willingness to compromise on this and at least attempt to forestall the burnout. Now all we need are those new events and cards…
Now to be Debbie Downer. Seems to me that if you reduce the number of battles by 50% and only reduce the boss health by 20% we might be in for another very long event, although with less stress to get games done. I am fine with it, I just expect the event to last until Wednesday.
It all depends on how people feel about it. Maybe people will be more willing to grind if we know that the grind is supposed to be a little less grueling
Maybe the top 10%, but what about the other 90%? Will they now stop at the 600 progression? It will be interesting to see what happens with these changes. Regardless, the developers will get useful data they can use to help tweak things for the next time.
But at least the people who are clamoring for more opportunities to try to beat 3.x will have the extra games even though they will get them a little less frequently.
I think it’s a good enough compromise for now.
Hopefully the new team will get rid of this style of event and will come up with something fresh and exciting instead for coalition PVE.
@Brigby were there any other back end updates included? I notice you listed the 2 (very welcome) things that we can see, but were there any bug fixes or stability improvements attempted this update?
There weren’t any bug fixes in this patch, and I’m not aware of the specifics regarding the back-end updates. My guess is that they’re probably updates to prepare for Oktagon’s first official build.
Good start! Would it be possible to move one of the events of the Monday to the weekend? Now there is nothing to play but RotPK, which is now improved, but it is the same 9 matches over and over again
I believe he’s referring to the fact that they went to 6-hour refreshes instead of reverting it back to the original 8 hours. In other words, it was a compromise.
And I’m not saying there wasn’t a compromise. I’m saying that the people he claims it benefits don’t actually do so. And it’s actually quite the opposite.
In fact he may have managed to pick the one category of players who definitely lost out in this change.
