Concerning Epic and rare missions since last update...
Marbo417
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Hi everyone. I am creating this post to discuss of a problem some friends have brought to my attention since the new update and the changes made to the level of the rare and epic missions we see on the map now. I want to know if some of you have met the same issues. We know now that the level of these missions are bases on your player level. They are not fixed level for everyone like they were before the update. So no more level 5 rare infestations !!! yeah!!! But wait.....🤔 these missions had their utility. Let me explain.
Epic missions are now too hard to complete for some players
It is not all players who have all their epic weapons maxed out. Even I, at level 34, have none. My epic weapons are indeed my most powerfull ones but they are mostly 331/348 power. We all know that an Epic mission of a certain level is harder to complete than a common one of the same level. I can do easily a level 36 common infestation but an epic one of the same level is quite challenging. But fun!! the rewards are worth it! So, no complains here for me. But this is were some of my friends encountered a wall. Sometimes in the weekly missions, you have to beat one epic infestation, only ONE!. For players who are not as powerfull as top players, it was easy before the update; they only had to find a low level one and it was done. Now some of them say that they can't pass the fourth or fifth round of the epic infestations they find on the map and so can't complete their weekly missions. Even with a lot of grenades. The reason for that is that many "less active" players are still relatively high level (30, 31, 32....) because they always did their daylie and weeklies.... so they got the xp to level up but they are lacking the firepower to do those missions now. And I am pretty sure it must be the case with a lot of players.
During the last Shotgun mini-season
During that mini-season, we did get some difficult missions to complete individually. The one I disliked the most was the one with many headshots with the Sledgehammer. At my level, even maxed out, the Sledgehammer can't kill anything. The only way I could complete that mission was by finding a low level rare infestation and map it a couple of times untill it was completed. Now with the update, I am wondering how I could complete such a mission. Those low level rare and epic missions were sometimes very usefull even for board completion.
Epic Raiders bases way too hard now.
The situation is even worst with the epic Raiders bases. Like I said, I am level 34..... And since the update I see mostly level 30 to 36 epic raiders bases on my map and can't do any of them. It is very frustrating. It makes me wondering if those changes were made only to satisfy the top players who have maxed epic weapons and probably very powerfull legendary ones. I understand that these players invested a lot of money in the game to have such powerfull weapons and that they should be listenned to but not if it penalyzed others..... Of all my team I'm the one with the most powerfull guns. My team is always ranked amounf the top 50 on the leadeboard so how is it possible now that I find myself in such a situation not being able to do the most rewarding missions on the map ???
You know me, I am not the kind of person to only criticize negatively. I always try to analyze and see the ups and downs of a situation. I think the last update brought a lot of amazing changes to the game. You asked for our feeback concerning it.... here it is. 🙂 I am not saying that I want to go back to how it was before the update, but maybe finding a kind of "in-between" compromise , at least for epic missions.
Epic missions are now too hard to complete for some players
It is not all players who have all their epic weapons maxed out. Even I, at level 34, have none. My epic weapons are indeed my most powerfull ones but they are mostly 331/348 power. We all know that an Epic mission of a certain level is harder to complete than a common one of the same level. I can do easily a level 36 common infestation but an epic one of the same level is quite challenging. But fun!! the rewards are worth it! So, no complains here for me. But this is were some of my friends encountered a wall. Sometimes in the weekly missions, you have to beat one epic infestation, only ONE!. For players who are not as powerfull as top players, it was easy before the update; they only had to find a low level one and it was done. Now some of them say that they can't pass the fourth or fifth round of the epic infestations they find on the map and so can't complete their weekly missions. Even with a lot of grenades. The reason for that is that many "less active" players are still relatively high level (30, 31, 32....) because they always did their daylie and weeklies.... so they got the xp to level up but they are lacking the firepower to do those missions now. And I am pretty sure it must be the case with a lot of players.
During the last Shotgun mini-season
During that mini-season, we did get some difficult missions to complete individually. The one I disliked the most was the one with many headshots with the Sledgehammer. At my level, even maxed out, the Sledgehammer can't kill anything. The only way I could complete that mission was by finding a low level rare infestation and map it a couple of times untill it was completed. Now with the update, I am wondering how I could complete such a mission. Those low level rare and epic missions were sometimes very usefull even for board completion.
Epic Raiders bases way too hard now.
The situation is even worst with the epic Raiders bases. Like I said, I am level 34..... And since the update I see mostly level 30 to 36 epic raiders bases on my map and can't do any of them. It is very frustrating. It makes me wondering if those changes were made only to satisfy the top players who have maxed epic weapons and probably very powerfull legendary ones. I understand that these players invested a lot of money in the game to have such powerfull weapons and that they should be listenned to but not if it penalyzed others..... Of all my team I'm the one with the most powerfull guns. My team is always ranked amounf the top 50 on the leadeboard so how is it possible now that I find myself in such a situation not being able to do the most rewarding missions on the map ???
You know me, I am not the kind of person to only criticize negatively. I always try to analyze and see the ups and downs of a situation. I think the last update brought a lot of amazing changes to the game. You asked for our feeback concerning it.... here it is. 🙂 I am not saying that I want to go back to how it was before the update, but maybe finding a kind of "in-between" compromise , at least for epic missions.
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concerning Sledgehammer and other common weapons, with the update you can finally raise the power of them. So play more and you will solve your problem.
Those who are saying that it's difficult to play now the epic fests - use more grenades.
I know you play like a Tank but I agree that I will miss the low level in Mini Season.
I always upgraded my weapons in balance and I have problems too to complete highlevel raiders, so I just try to avoid them.
But the lowlevel infest was always good for playing a Mini with a shitty weapon against specific Walkers.
The intent was good but needed to be implemented in phases and testing this with experienced players would have shown this and
Yes to sledgehammer as well
As for myself, I did what has been suggested by my friend. Not doing any raiders bases of any type above level 30. And it helped. I am not seing level 36-37 epic raiders bases anymore on my map. The highest I have seen recently is 33. So, the ratio of the ones I can do has increased (24 to 29). So just after the update, I was seing level 24 a 37 and could do about 43% of them. Now without doing above level 30, I see level 24 to 33 and my ratio is now 60% doable. Many will say that the overall payback of these raiders bases is way better now than before since we dont do very low level epic raiders bases anymore that gave around 5-6 epic cards. So for me, the situation has stabilyzed. But I know for sure that it is not the case with everybody.
Having the levels of these epic and rare missions being calculated with your own PPL is a good thing. But maybe a little compromise would satisfy everyone. What if the level of these missions was calculated this way: Lets say your PPL makes you see epic raiders base from level 20 to 30.... and your max is based on the highest one you have done.. lets says 32.... but that your min would be NOW your actual min - 3.... you would then be seing level 17 to 32.... It's just an idea but I think it would help a lot of players to be able to do their weekly epic infestation mission and helps them participating more in some board missions requiring epic missions.