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[@squirlz333]

Bro is 50 levels ahead of light spenders and wants to say he's a light spender, smh.

[@alexanderkorolkov6103]

Hero essence is not an issue because uve spent a lot $ before the season and have high VIP level. VIP +% essence bonus from AFK applies to seasonal essence too. So it does not matter how u optimize, what you do as low spender/FTP , u wont be able to catch up with an active whale or even a former whale, who decided to stop spending. It`s kinda sad.

[@justifiably_stupid4998]

I believe the costs for upgrading everything balloons towards the top end. I kinda feel sorry for whales who are getting a smaller percentage of dust/gold than they require for upgrades. Remember, the game makes more money starving whales than it does starving f2p.

[@lofty9999]

For the record, I basically got Brutus S+ for free and he is ruthless in a full Mauler team (Koko+Smokey+Antandra+Odie). I blast through all content with that team comp

[@justifiably_stupid4998]

Brutus will likely be my first paragon. I use him in everything except dream realm

[@Ryarat]

So far the devs have been really bad about balancing basic resources. A lot of players would not have hit 240 without the boost before the season, gold traps are plentiful, not to mention how hard it is to get temporal essence. Hope they rethink their structure for upgrade materials because it's not working. I honestly don't upgrade gear unless it's 60 levels behind me and an important piece for key classes. The only place it really hurts you is Supreme Arena and Dream Realm. But I don't care that much about Supreme Arena, and while I've slipped a little bit in Dream Realm it's not like I fell out of the braket I was already in.

[@BarryGamingAFK]

I will say it feels MUCH better than the "pre-season" month we had where you upgraded 1 hero a day

[@TonyJohn-rd6wm]

@@BarryGamingAFK Not really because even with that 1 hero a day you could advance in afk stages, this season feels a bit like a grind

[@jeremyquan9201]

I have 3000 season forging stones and 0 gold to upgrade equipment. I have 300k season manuals and 0 season essence. Why make the proportions so screwed?

[@abelnightroad5162]

Love your definition of light spending with 211 summons for next cel/hypo unit :D

[@BarryGamingAFK]

Lol, for me anything under $300-500 a month in a gacha is light spending, not to be confused with a REAL "light spender" that gets monthly cards and passes

[@abelnightroad5162]

@@BarryGamingAFK ahaha love your versions of light spending :D

[@justifiably_stupid4998]

I'm actually surprised that despite noticeable shortages of resources, it doesn't feel like my AFK stage progress is going too slowly.

[@jameskessel7756]

Yeah if you have the right setup or understand how the game works you can push for sure

[@superdave000]

The gold crunch is real. Dude, 211 Stellar crystals just sitting there, meanwhile I still need copies to get my Reiner to M+ 😭

[@renegeeder]

I'm hoping they'll rethink this seasonal reset, feels like a lot of effort (and money spend) is being lost and that feels very bad.

[@BarryGamingAFK]

I missed those 2 weeks of log in for 5 minutes a day tbh haha. Re-powering up my account is nice sometimes, and feels bad at others

[@renegeeder]

@@BarryGamingAFK On the plus side, I can have most activities run in the background with the PC client.

[@Apexsweatlord]

I am having the same issue as the pre season I haven’t bought any packs and I am sitting on 2 million books. Essence is my bottleneck. I’m level 320 right now.

[@xan-s6s]

400 is the max gear level.

[@BarryGamingAFK]

Figured it was, just was afraid since we can get to like 631+ resonance level this season lol

[@Goofballery]

"light spender" yeah uh huh. whatever you say dude

[@Windsofambience]

temporal essence is a problem for ftp rn, its critical and needs to be addressed

[@lazyon2482]

yeah, you can barely upgrade any unit at all if you choose to raise them only to +10. Let alone getting +15 and +20 lol, and they decide to raise the cap to +25 instead.

[@linkszxx]

lvl350 lite spender

[@KrakenCrunchTime]

Not an issue if your a f2p or low spender lol

[@wiskeeamazingdancer4964]

Manuals have been my bottleneck all the time this season. I'm f2p apart from the $1 buy.

[@KevinWiggsmuralist]

It’s getting too repetitive and I am concerned we are heading down the netmarble future revolution path. It’s getting boring and frustrating even as a spender to one not advance anymore and two watch others catching up. If this what each season will be like walking away is feeling like a likely choice now. Holding off on Soren pulling as he’s meh and I’m just not sure what they are even doing anymore. This was a game I was happy supporting but where’s the roadmap and communication from the devs?