2021-Nov Guardians
2017-Oct Guardians v1.0 was the first Challenge event ( see notes )
2021-Nov Guardians v2.0 will probably be my last challenge event
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Solo play
As a solo player I no longer have to keep up with my friends, and alliance teammates
Getting zero ( 0 ) Tier completion rewards will not cause me to lang behind friends, or drag down teammates
Guardian Falcon
I have 3x free summons which will be my best chance to get Guardian Falcon
The red 4* hero I always wanted
The star of Falcon, Wilbur/ Gormek, and Boldtusk, red 4* hero team
After all the money, injuries, sweat, and tears
Would summoning Falcon be worth it?
No
1x Red Falcon 4* 4.70 has been replaced by 2x to 7x red c.Marjana Lv85 5*+20
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Fun, exciting, quirky and experimental
Even the Devs had some unexpected excitement with Guardians v1.0 ( see notes )
Challenge events v3.0 do not have the fun and excitement of the first appearance of Guardians
Small team
Empires is less, and less, what cool thing can the Devs add to the game and
More, and more, how can the Devs increase the grind so a small team can remain a small team
Empires is less, and less, about play, fun, excitement, discovery, and experimentation
More, and more, about work, grinding for years, repeating the same tasks, optimizing scant resources, managing inventory
Filler and merchandising
Like an insanely profitable, kid friendly, anime adaption that has passed the available books of the adult, ground breaking, fun, exciting, quirky and experimental manga/ light novel it is based on
new content is clip shows, filler arcs, and new arcs for boring, adaption only, merchandise based, kid friendly, new characters that take hours to sit through for very little pay off
SGG / Zynga will still make huge profits for years and years
Employees, and customers, will still have fun
But unlike a classic that stuck to being pure entertainment, with fond memories for years to come ( Looking at you Bill Watterson ^1 ), it will slowly dilute its original, long ago joy
From a childhood memory of a sparkling spring of life giving possibles, is shall spread out into a adult reality of a huge, slightly toxic, morass of muddy, cloudy silt and international, commercial traffic like the mouth of the Mississippi river ( looking at you Star Wars )
Sad
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But it is sort of sad
The creativity
The drive
The sheer intelligence required to build spend depth into a freemium game and add more, and more, over the years
But the global economy is what it is
Money to fund entertainment does not come from nothing
It comes from people with money, who want more money
Okay
Now it is time for me to admit, Challenge events v3.0 will never be as exciting as the first Guardian event
Now it is time for me to admit, that letting go of Challenge events is …
…okay
Notes
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Elemental Defense Debuff
First Guardian
(New Challenge Event, Guardians of Teltoc, starts today!)
Last Guardian
FIN