The devs should feel bad.
All that matters are the ornaments.
Spend an hour winning every single fight, then lose the very last and be rewarded with nothing. ZERO. What a foolish design choice. Its a videogame, not real life.
You should always have a percentage chance to get thr ornament if you don't quit out. Hell, it would encourage people to actually play the mode.
At least there are ornaments to win. I pretty much suck at pure duels, so I gave up on the mode after a short while. Now imagine my joy when we got Ranked 4x4 without any kind of reward like that. Haven't played a single Ranked 4x4 game since they implemented it, see no reason to start anytime soon.
Wait, seriously? I thought the ornaments were available to win in that mode too? They're not?!Originally Posted by RealJayDee1984 Go to original post
Come on, Devs! That borders on pathetic.
Just 10% more steel and xp than the standard mode I believe.Originally Posted by JadeBosson. Go to original post
I'm gonna complain about this some more...
The golden rule for Duel Tournament: If you lose any fight, quit out and take the hour penalty.
A loss means you can't get an ornament, and spending the next hour playing other modes for worthwhile steel and xp gain is a far better use of time.
This design is insane. THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHANCE TO ALWAYS GET THE ORNAMENT.
The day I reported a lagswitcher, I had met him in Ranked Duel and lost to him in a Qualifier and in the finals (of course it had to be him in the finals, no one could beat him). Lagswitching Valk with ultrasonic light attacks during Qualifiers, then lagswitching Shaman with interdimensional WCR and dodge attack speeds in the finals. I had won every other fight and had poured around 45mins on that tournament, only to lose like that, and bam, no ornament, and got a reward I wasn't even coveting.
I still re-attempted tournament much later, and got lucky strikes through, and finally got the ornament I coveted. But for the pain I endured for a single ornament, it sure isn't worth it. Not to mention, the ornaments can switch priorities, you might not get one for the hero you are playing.
Add to that, no real reward incentive to play Ranked Duel, and your rank still means nothing outside of a lame display badge that's only visible to you outside the ranked mode.
Yeah, Ranked Modes need an overhaul.
Oh my god. Well, you win for having a worse experience. All I did was jump and fight a PK first match. It was 2-3, but I lost and knew it was pointless.Originally Posted by Fady117 Go to original post
The only real benefit of playing Ranked Duel is during special events (like Frost Wind Festival and Apollyon's Legacy) because Ranked Duel yields guaranteed loot after each match, I don't ever recall seeing a "no loot found" screen in Ranked Duel. So it's good to hop on there and farm for event gear like once a day; but you gotta put up with the long lobby waiting time, and you shouldn't be there with the intent of unlocking an ornament. And you should expect to fight against the worst toxic playstyles. And expect lagswitchers too.