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Legend91x's avatar
2 years ago

Relic Downgrading Option

Ever upgraded a character by error (being drunk, half asleep, ..)?
Ever upgraded a character and regretted it because of the underwhelming performance?
Ever upgraded a character because at that time it was maybe good but became obsolete or even counterproductive over time?
Ever upgraded a character just because of DCs and now he's barely used, if at all?

I guess most of us will answer 'yes' to at least one of those questions.

Did CG ever give out a statement about the possibility of a relic downgrading/refunding option?

A "-" icon next to the relic icon (or a button in the screen that pops up when pressing on the relic icon) that lets players downgrade the relic of a character by 1 each time and refunding a percentage (tbd, could be anywhere between 25-75%, rounded up/down) of the materials.

I think this could be an interesting option not only to revert mistakes or reallocate resources to different characters but also a minor encouragement to relic up the newest DC factions/chars - maybe more ppl would be willing to relic them up if they know that they can at least downgrade them afterwards and get a % of the materials back.
  • NotRealUltra's avatar
    NotRealUltra
    Seasoned Newcomer
    Relic toons to get GL reqs

    Downgrade

    Relic the next set of GL reqs

    Downgrade

    Relic for KAM mission

    Downgrade

    Relic for Reva mission

    Downgrade

    and so on

    I don’t think there should be any regrets on relic-ing a toon and the meta shifts constantly so what was good for 3 months may not be good anymore and players shouldn’t be able to “keep up with the meta” by rotating toons
  • devs aren't going to introduce a way to backtrack the roster- they want you to keep growing the roster overall. its why they fix things that reward not investing in characters, like the undergeared nightsister team that was prevalent during HSTR years ago. its one of the big reasons they went to a skill rating system for GAC instead of just GP. downgrading can hurt TB's guild rewards for you and 49 other people.
    if they changed their mind about this and did release a system, it would also make finding and reporting cheaters much harder since looking for journey guide character requirements is the only way some cheaters can be identified. there'd be a lot more false reports if something like this was added, diverting the dev's time and attention away from dealing with real cheaters.

    as ultra said- there shouldn't be any regrets for relicing a toon.
    upgrading by error? unfortunate yes, but that should be rare, if at all for the average player.
    upgrading to find it not as strong as you'd like? this could be a mod/team issue or specific based on the teams it is being used against, but also solved by waiting to see what the whales and streamers have to say about it prior to upgrading.
    an upgrading toon being good for a while and then becoming obselete? upgraded specifically for use with a DC or to be used in a particular raid team? you still benefited from it being upgraded during that time, so there should be no regrets there.

    all in all, a system like this would be bad for the game as a whole.
  • "Ultra;c-2439369" wrote:
    Relic toons to get GL reqs

    Downgrade

    Relic the next set of GL reqs

    Downgrade

    Relic for KAM mission

    Downgrade

    Relic for Reva mission

    Downgrade

    and so on

    I don’t think there should be any regrets on relic-ing a toon and the meta shifts constantly so what was good for 3 months may not be good anymore and players shouldn’t be able to “keep up with the meta” by rotating toons


    they (CG) rotates DCs, we should be able to rotate parts of our roster.