I was thinking about this last night, as I was finally able to play a little thanks to the updated R 77.1 patch on iOS. First, I think many people would have thought perhaps no-one was working on it over the weekend, so to get that patch yesterday, shows they were trying to fix it, even if not everyone’s issues are resolved. I know at least one friend who is still having crashing issues on Android for example.
Is there any way that the majority, maybe even 80 % of the MPQ population could be appeased? The traditional route for compensation as far as I can see has always been tokens, plus the DDQ covers people have missed for those days they missed from the outages in the past. Of course, for me, losing 3 days of a 7 day PVE means I’m completely stuffed for getting Carnage (I joined on Day 1, not realising there were issues, so am down in around 800th position currently, seems 200 people also had issues…). So with a less than 1% chance of puling Carnage from a pack, given I hit top 50 pretty much every PVE and have gotten every new character in his or her PVE introduction since I can’t even remember when (maybe Doctor Octopus, as it was pre-time shards? Or even before him), that would be somewhat upsetting. Then again, I appreciate giving everyone who couldn’t even finish a single match a Carnage cover would upset anyone who has been able to play, as no doubt the majority of players who were unable to play were casual players anyway, who would finish pretty low down anyway, plus the fact for this one, we wouldn’t have to go through multiple clears of 8 hours over 7 days to get it, a much, much easier task. Discussions on losing out on PVP for Bullseye and RnG are also valid, and play out in a similar fashion to PVE, albeit without the introduction of a new 4* character, and the inclusion of season points, crucial for end of season rewards and progression.
So what is good compensation? Can the majority be appeased? I think a good compromise would be to give out tokens, iso, Hp and DDQ covers that people have missed to those people that could not play, then simply make the next PVE better in two ways - i) no essential Carnage missions, but he can be massively buffed for anyone who earnt him, so they get some bonus/advantage in that respect and ii) progression Carnage, set high. I know this almost certainly won’t happen, but maybe it could be a middle course, to not upset too many people, if that is at all possible.
