Pseudo 7* heroes
Note: From another discussion
5* Aethers are the new 7* ascension items since they effectively allow 7* heroes ( or at least 6.5* heroes ) when combined with emblems and Season 4 / 5 / current generation HotM
So 5* Aethers need to be more rare than 4* ascension items with SGG business model
Player friendly
Player friendly games would rebalance 4* ascension items to be as common as 3* non farmable ascension items and ALL 3* ascension items become farmable
Old School
Interesting SGG originally required 4* ascension items for 4* heroes and 2x types of 4* ascension items for 5* heroes ( see notes )
So adding emblems AND Aethers is going back to the original roadmap of deliberately making progress extra complex and confusing
Limit breakers were added after many Elder players started on a second rainbow team of 5*+20 heroes
SGG is slowly turning up the heat
8* heroes?
It will be interesting how long it takes SGG to unlock the next set of levels for pseudo 8* heroes
Will SGG add more class nodes?
Will SGG add more limit break levels?
Both?
We already know higher Stronghold levels will unlock additional numbers of Advanced Buildings ( I still would have preferred just raising the maximum level of normal buildings to Lv25 )
My prediction is adding more class nodes with innate abilities to make past 5* HotM more viable and drive Tavern of Legend micro transactions
3* Aethers
SGG added 3* / 4* Aethers, unlike emblems which have a single tier
AND
Aethers cannot be moved around like emblems
So Aethers are more player unfriendly than emblems ( and I have long pushed for no penalty class resets like many other MMO s )
All evidence points to Aethers being added as a way to make the game more grindy, increase micro transactions, and prevent new players from catching up to older players
Be Evil
But SGG could just as easily add a even worse mechanics like Battle XP that is earned by individual heroes every time a hero defeats an opponent
So pseudo 8* heroes would require emblems, Aethers and killing opponents ( more loot tickets, and flask, sales )
Notes
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