To me the game is realy fun and getting better but i wanna ask for an improvement about the battle pass.
The new 2* gems is a realy good addition to the game but heres the problem.As a F2P most of us is having a hard time upgrading the gems becouse of the duplicate requirment,the time that it took to get enough duplicate to reach rank 10 as a F2P is 3 years and 6 months.Now im actly ok with it before since i know il be playing for a long time but now with the addition of that new 2* gems, if i want to upgrade both to rank 10 its gna take me 7 years just to reach it, now that one felt a little to much so all im asking is to pleass make it so that you can get 2 of the chest from the battle pass,mybe like 1 chess at rank 1 battle pass and another at rank 40 battle pass.Im a DH main so both is needed for my DH build and since im also only running 2/1 star gems it is even more important to me since 5 star gems is just out of my leaque as a F2P. Pleass do someting couse 7 years is just to much for a 2* gems. And also ThankYou for for the buff on DH
my character already (and slowly) moved to 5* gems for most gear slots.
I don’t even use Fervant Fang already.
That’s not a very good move if you are not a whale as in pvp it almost doesn’t matter if you have 2k or 4k reso against whales and in pve the best gem setup is a mix of 1-2-5 star gems.
FF is actually stronger then most 5* gems for pve, even the 1* berserker is better then half of the 5* gems.
It is not though because you need to build the stack up where most monsters in Overworld die very quickly before you can utilize the FF bonus to the max.
Viperbite is a better PVE gem and easier to upgrade.
I suggest a slow transition to 5* gem because there is a limit on how 2* vs 5* at a certain point especially in BG. High reso provided a decent survivability boost, and 2* gem gave a low reso boost.
As the OP said they are F2P having a mix of 1-star and 2-star gems is going to be way more obtainable. Getting 5-star gems to Rank 5 needs a lot of spares and a whole lote more gem power. Getting one to Rank 10 would need literally years as F2P. Also, if they ever decide to spend a small amount on the game to awaken gear slots, they need Rank 10 gems in them to give the awakening bonus, which is more easily reached with 1-star or 2-star gems.
For F2P the concerns about resonance and battlegrounds is pretty much moot - you’re mostly going to be fodder for the whales to smash as they run past.
The reason why i didnt go with 5* gems is exatly becouse the amount of power and duplicate needed to upgrade it is to much for me.To me, its realy important to be able to upgrade your gems to rank 5 for that magic find becouse frming for scrap to upgrade your gear is also important for the CR and extra stat (all my gear is at rank 24).Heres the list of the gems im using now, Fervent F /Grym Rytm /Mother Lament /Pain Clasp /Bloody Reach /Igneous Scorn /Power&Command and Berserker eye.All at rank 6 exept GRytm at rank 4 and Berserk Eye at rank 10.As for Viperbite,i dont use it since DH have permanant bleed effect from his skill so that will activate Pain Clasp.Honestly, i did make a plan of going with BSJ/GloomC and Bottle H but, i change my mind simply becouse after making a research, i cannot see myself ever reaching even 1, rank 10 5* gems even if i play for 3 years.For comparson,Rank 10 2* gems require 685 Power & 41 Duplicate.Rank 10 5* gems require 4450 Power & 74 Duplicate (duplicate i include the original gems). It took me around 6 month (and all of my plat) to get all my 2* gems to rank 5 and Bersrker Eye to rank 10 = 648 power, 28 dup(2*) 6 dup(1*).To keep it short, it is a choice between 7 rank10 2* gems VS 1 rank10 5* gems (not exact calculation) after playing for around 3 years.And still its not grnty for 5* gems to reach rank 10 becouse the duplicate is probly 50 times more harder to get then a 2* gems.I mean, BSJ/BHope and Gloom C is just always out of stock.Other 5* gems, as a F2P is just not worth the effort since i love my build to be heavy focus on damage only.As for BG, Honestly after playing a lot of it with my Resonance at 1.3k, i still fell that i am able to compete.The one im fighting is aroun 1k-4k Res most of the time with sometimes 5k,and that is rarely.Actly, i dont want my Resonance to ever reach 4K becouse i notice that in BG, the system always calculate resonance not from a specific person but from the whole group and match us up with another group that have around the same amount of resonance.So what that means is that,the chance that i will meet against those who have 5K reso and higher is less, and if i just stay at less then 3K resonance, then the max reso that i could meet is probly 6 or 7K (not sure since i havent reach it yet) even then it will be rarely and it will only be 1 or 2 person in that match.Becouse the calculation for resonance is just not gna add up unless if i got a realy bad luck,which it did happen ,rarely but it did .My rank usely stuck around Gold 4or5,but that becouse i usely play only once the BG season left with only 2 weeks, since theres more important things to do rather then BG.And as for PVE,i honestly have no problem with it at all so its all good,my dps for now is at 1.2M per sec and that is decent considering the amount of health the mobs and bosses have.So for now i will stick to my Gems,But i am consideration of going with 1 or 2 5* star gems only once i save enough Dup to reach rank 5 instantly couse i still need the magic find.Altho i still need to think carefully becouse i do plan on awakening my gear one day and that require a rank 10 gems.So i am planing to spend one day but only to awaken my gear and battle pass,but thats depends on where the game is heading to first,either going to the better future for the game or not (but yes i do see the game is getting better).Until then, im gna stay as a F2P. I hope thats a good enough reason and Thnk You for the advice, i will deffntly still keep it in mind:slight_smile:
Sory for the reeeealy long paragrap lol
The thing is 5* gem (with rank 5) already offered higher reso than 2* gem (with rank 10).
Sure that Rank 10 for 5* is unobtainable for F2P players, but getting to Rank 5 for 5* is actually doable.
But yeah, if you are going for awakening, clearly 1* and 2* are better.
Not to mention that I feel that picking FF over Pearl from the Battle Pass feels like a waste to me. So yeah, even if we excluded 5*, I still rather aim for other 2* than FF considering how accessible is other 2* gems compared to FF.
I have a couple of 5* gems at rank 5. While I agree it is doable, the reality is it is more doable to rank 4. To get a rank 4 on a 5* gem to rank 5, you need 5 of that gem. So the OP has a valid point if the OP is truly f2p and never spends one single cent.
I am not a dolphin. I may not even be a minnow… a guppy perhaps?
I agree the telluluric pearls in the battle pass facilitates the acquisition of 5* gems faster than ever before for people who only spend a little. So if the OP spent money every battle pass once per month, reaching rank 5 on a 5* gem is exactly what you said it is - totally doable. If the OP only bought a full battle pass once a month and nothing else it works out to be a little above the outright cost of a high end game for a whole year.
