6 years ago

Community Portal/Weekly Challenge Rework Idea

MY PROPOSAL:

I wish devs would change the reward system on Weekly Challenges and Communtiy Portals so that ANY mode could be played to obtain rewards. The current reward system doesn’t encourage gamers to spend much time gaming and this would be a step in direction of resolving that issue.

WEEKLY CHALLENGE REWARDS: These should be obtainable in all modes and encourage team play:

Win 5 PvP games = 10 Stars
Win 10 PvP games = 20 Stars
Win 20 PvP games = 40 Stars

COMMUNITY PORTALS’ REWARDS: These should be handled entirely different in that EVERYONE playing should win stars EVERY round (hear me out):

Winning team = 2 Stars
Losing team = 1 Star
Team swappers = -1 Star (Team Swap should be removed altogether.)

OFFLINE/PvE Crowd: In order to ensure nobody is left out, we would need Private Play enabled and to count as PvP and/or Ops games to count as PvP. Basically the PvE zones should be the only non-rewarded modes and anything that requires MULTIPLE gamers should count for multiplayer rewards. Not saying Battle Chests and Giddy Park quests don’t deserve optimal currency rewards, too, because they do but that’s another thread altogether. For this thread/topic, I’m only discussing Weekly Challenges and Community Portals and have long-thought difficult Battle Chests need better rewards...

PRIZE EXPLANATION: If prizes were handled as illustrated above, a gamer would have to win FIVE HUNDRED games in ONE MONTH just to obtain Rux’s top prize. I do think Stars should be obtainable through additional outlets but believe the current setup solicits selfish gameplay as well as the need to obtain weekly awards and then return to modes we love (which, in turn, makes us resent the Weekly Challenges/modes).

In summary, we should be able to play Community Portals to obtain enough currency to win Rux’s prizes. Challenges should encourage team play and the PvE crowd should have one/two options to NOT be left out of awards.

Almost forgot: ALL currencies should be interchangeable with one another and these changes would really shine.

As we’ve said 1,000,000x, make the game fun enough and we’ll be happy to pay for goodies when we don’t have time to play for them.

14 Replies

ToastedSarnie
6 years ago
@spIash_damageI like all this!
Another possibility I'll throw into the hat is to consider making some of the weekly events like the GW2 community challenges . . . .
For X stars each week, AS A COMMUNITY get Y vanquishes / collect orbs / plant bombs etc., etc. ????
(Edited spelling)
ippig
6 years ago
@spIash_damage Yes! Yes! Yes! Agreed! And I'd like to play more character keys. It should be reworked altogether to have the possibility to complete challenges for any class anytime. I imagine it like some kind of character progression rewarded with Rainbow Stars.
spIash_damage
6 years ago
@ToastedSarnie Community Challenges here could be miracle workers! Can’t believe I forgot them but couldn’t agree more.

@ippig agreed!
ToastedSarnie
6 years ago
@spIash_damage As long as they're sensibly set for the size of the playing community at each time . . . 😬
spIash_damage
6 years ago
@ToastedSarnie wrote:
@spIash_damageAs long as they're sensibly set for the size of the playing community at each time . . . 😬
I already thought the same thing; we could reach 20,000,000 frags (PS4) weekly in GW2 but I’m thinking that’d be impossible with this player base.
Even though they refuse cross-play, cross-rewards would be nice (if they made all platforms kills count in said scenario).
ToastedSarnie
6 years ago
@spIash_damage That's an interesting idea!
TLEsquire
6 years ago
Yes to all of this. I have been wondering when/if they will bring community events into the game. I love them in GW2. But I also recognize that as the player base shrinks it will be harder and harder to get any sort of impressive numbers for such challenges. There should be some new players with Christmas coming but the game still needs work to keep them.
PineapplePiano
6 years ago
More new players? Uh oh- get ready everyone, for a whole new wave of nightcap mains.
shurikeninja
6 years ago
@spIash_damage Yeah! Really good idea! However, people might complain because "it encourages too much grind" or something like that. Because there's no cap. So I think that there should be a limit to how many you can earn, so that it doesn't break Popcap's Star Economy, and so that players don't feel like they have to play 24/7 because their friend did and they managed to get something cool. Yes I know it sounds dumb.
spIash_damage
6 years ago
@shurikeninja wrote:
@spIash_damageYeah! Really good idea! However, people might complain because "it encourages too much grind" or something like that. Because there's no cap. So I think that there should be a limit to how many you can earn, so that it doesn't break Popcap's Star Economy, and so that players don't feel like they have to play 24/7 because their friend did and they managed to get something cool. Yes I know it sounds dumb.
So having the ability to earn as many Stars as possible is more of a grind than not having a way to earn them and nothing else to do in the game?

To me, grinding is playing a game nonstop with nothing or very little to gain.
If I gain a Star every game (regardless of win or loss), I actually have incentive to play the game. If I have no reward for playing and have to PAY for Rux items or miss out on them, I’ll find another game or not play a game.
.... and LoL at the thought of my idea breaking the Star economy. Not laughing at you in a mean way but more of an evil laugh at the thought of crashing a predatory sales tactic.... in either case, your fear hosts little merit as I don’t foresee many gamers, even the hardest or core, playing 800-1000 games per month (that’s what it would take to buy all of the Rux items and that IF YOU WIN THEM ALL)....
I mean you less than zero offense but don’t agree with your assessment of this proposal creating a PVZ economic crisis. 😂💚