The Whale is Facing Extinction
This game is built on a 3 tier system of whales, dolphins and FTP. It has historically been a balanced ecosystem, where one cannot survive without the other. The whale is becoming an endangered specie...
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Oh quit worrying. 6° mods and new game mode are right around the corner.
Here's a whaley type of idea: make 6° mods the reward for completing a new GW-esque table, where each node requires a given faction to compete, 10 battles perhaps. Each node rewards some credits, maybe a few purple salvage. At the end, you get a loot chest with one 6° mod, you can choose the shape and type, but primaries and rarities are RNG-dependent.
Now for the whaley part. This table requires special tokens to play, say 10 of them. Earn tokens by finishing in the top 5 of Arena, one token for 2nd-5th, two tokens for 1st. One daily token also available for purchase in the Fleet shop for 1000 fleet currency, one in the Shard shop for 500, one in the Guild shop for 1000. Buy a pack of 5 in the Resource store for 1000 crystals, up to 3x daily. Refresh the table for 250 crystals, and replay the table for 20 tokens.
Whales will be able to complete this table twice daily, for two 6° mods. FTP will be able to complete this table occasionally, if they have a roster wide enough for it. It won't be long until the whales are locking down the arena with 6° sets while the FTP long for the glory days when they could compete with the whales.
Table token prices would probably need to be tweaked so FTP could attempt the 6° run a few times a week, enough to maintain interest and provide some semblance of keeping up.
And then of course, a new raid where you will need g12 characters with 6° mods to complete the Heroic mode.
Here's a whaley type of idea: make 6° mods the reward for completing a new GW-esque table, where each node requires a given faction to compete, 10 battles perhaps. Each node rewards some credits, maybe a few purple salvage. At the end, you get a loot chest with one 6° mod, you can choose the shape and type, but primaries and rarities are RNG-dependent.
Now for the whaley part. This table requires special tokens to play, say 10 of them. Earn tokens by finishing in the top 5 of Arena, one token for 2nd-5th, two tokens for 1st. One daily token also available for purchase in the Fleet shop for 1000 fleet currency, one in the Shard shop for 500, one in the Guild shop for 1000. Buy a pack of 5 in the Resource store for 1000 crystals, up to 3x daily. Refresh the table for 250 crystals, and replay the table for 20 tokens.
Whales will be able to complete this table twice daily, for two 6° mods. FTP will be able to complete this table occasionally, if they have a roster wide enough for it. It won't be long until the whales are locking down the arena with 6° sets while the FTP long for the glory days when they could compete with the whales.
Table token prices would probably need to be tweaked so FTP could attempt the 6° run a few times a week, enough to maintain interest and provide some semblance of keeping up.
And then of course, a new raid where you will need g12 characters with 6° mods to complete the Heroic mode.
