I’m able to play on two separate accounts and my small 1 star roster account is able to get more 3 star rewards in pvp than my 2 and 3 star account. This makes zero sense. There’s probably some ridiculous explanation why this is, but this shouldn’t happen and my pvp experience is being punished for advancing. This is broken. I’ve basically had no chance for any top 50 or even 100 rewards.
Easy explanation: They want to make the game fun and appealing for beginners to try to get them hooked. Giving new players lots of individual 3* covers gently nudges them to buy slots, which is their bread and butter for getting people to make that first purchase. Once you pass this stage, they are banking on your video game and/or gambling addiction to keep hold of you.
Also, level of difficulty increasing as you progress is not unusual. What this game is missing is a sensible risk-reward system, but they are doing their best to avoid “rich getting richer” so that’s why it’s all a huge mess.
I see but if I only collect my 3s and don’t rank them on my small account I will be far better off long term.
As far as my other account, this should only be logical that I get better rewards with a better roster. It should be a flat experience in pvp and not this hook and reel approach, certainly something demiurge should be ashamed of.
OP, the game is easier for beginners because they are sharded off into beginner’s brackets and only play amongst themselves. But those brackets have the same rewards, so the end result is that it is easier to place well as a beginner. But there is also something else going on here: it is particularly hard to succeed with a 2*->3* transition roster.
I disagree with gobstopper that this game has done anything to avoid the “rich get richer” problem. to the contrary, many of the changes implemented in the past several months have only exacerbated this problem (most notably vaulting, the new character problem, and the upcoming shield changes). the best way to succeed in this game is to have been playing a year ago when it was much, MUCH easier to acquire and quickly cover-max new characters.
I’m looking at this also for my alliance I’m in, it’s getting embarrassing not being able to contribute anymore.