[Essay] Please remove 1* and 2* Tourneys, I have already said good bye
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Beginner tier
Beginners raged against the Challenge beginner tier.
(Search results for 'challenge beginner not fair ' - Empires & Puzzles Community Forum)
So the Devs renamed it
Beginners could never compete.
RNG squashing
But Rare heroes taught so much about how to play the game.
Not relying on Gravemaker, or Rigard.
Not relying on Guinevere, or Boldtusk.
Powerful rosters hate RNG.
Powerful heroes are all about squashing RNG.
If you have bad boards with your 3x strong color stack, Rigard and Melendor, with there powerful heals, will keep your attackers alive.
If your defense team faces an opponent with good boards, Guinevere can delay them and heal, Boldtusk can revive and heal.
Bane
Bane, our first 3* hero could really shine in rare tier challenge events.
Show us why yellow 3* hero was often synonymous with Bane.
Bane’s biggest advantage is an enemy accuracy debuff.
A debuff that increases RNG.
Layla
Layla is my favorite 2* hero.
I was super excited when Layla become a Rogue.
Rogues are often considered a powerful class due to Evade.
And all talents are heavily RNG.
Without resists, and elemental links, buffs, and debuffs, talents like Evade become strong influences on a battle.
Without all the clutter, the core of the game is more apparent.
And 2* class nodes are much cheaper in iron, food, and emblems.
2*+7 waiting
I kept waiting for Layla 2*+7 to shine
2* Tourney
Then 2* Tourneys were announced
I was not thrilled.
But 2* tourneys were better than nothing.
Sigrunn
Sigrunn is my favorite 1* hero.
Sigrunn 1*+20 was my first fully emblemed hero.
With 5/5 Revive Sigrunn could protect a corner rogue 1* hero from normal/ matching/ tile damage.
Without resists, and elemental links, buffs, and debuffs, talents like Revive, and Evade, become strong influences on a battle.
Without all the clutter, the core of the game is more apparent.
And 1* class nodes are much cheaper in iron, food, and emblems.
I kept waiting for something for 1*+20 heroes to do.
1* Tourneys
Then 1* Tourneys were announced
I was not thrilled.
But 1* tourneys were better than nothing.
1* 2.20 hero
A single Common recruit training ( RT01 ) camp.
6,132 Hero XP per 1* 2.20 hero. 40x 1* 1.1 rainbow color heroes.
1*+19 hero
Nineteen emblems per 1*+19 hero.
419,088 iron. 419,088 food per 1*+19 hero.
1* Heroes
1* heroes are the quintessential hero in Empires.
No fancy resists.
No fancy elemental links.
No fancy buffs.
No fancy debuffs.
Just the core mechanics.
Waiting
Waiting.
Waiting.
Waiting.
Waiting.
Where are my 2* Tourneys?
Where are my 1* Tourneys?
32 Weeks
They were always there
Time locked
32 weeks between 1* Tourneys.
32 weeks between 2* Tourneys.
So much of Empires the game is locked behind RNG paywalls.
So much of Empires the game is locked behind IAP paywalls.
So much of Empires the game core mechanics are smothered by more complex 5* HotM.
2* Tourneys were a way to strip the game down.
2* Tourneys are locked behind a time lock.
1* Tourneys were a way to strip the game play to its very essence. Though something with 1* battle items would have been preferred.
1* Tourneys are locked behind a time lock.
Gameplay
I have always been fascinated by game play.
I wrote two walk throughs for UltracOre mode ( permadeath mode ) for Space Miner: Space ORE bust.
I wrote forum posts analyzing damage formula for Book of Heroes, and a few others.
I wrote forum posts analyzing skill rolls for a Empires, and a few others.
I want to share my love of the artistry that went into core Empires mechanics.
But how can the core mechanics shine, when smothered by rules.
Go
Go can be just as deep as Chess.
More rules do not make a game better, it just means it has more rules
1* Tournaments …
… goodbye.