I have started Hero Academy-10, Have you?

[Gryphonknight]

Academy Lv10

@Gryphonknight

So Legendary recruit training ( RT20 ) is not great for 5* heroes, but one of the few ways to get them without micro transactions

HA10 retraining is not great for good 5* heroes, but 8x better than Legendary recruit training ( RT20 )

I built Academy Lv10 for access to HA10 retraining

I have little use for HA01 to HA09 ( rumor says a lot of Beta testers expressed this opinion )

3x, including duplicate, 5* 1.1 heroes each color

If your roster does not have, 3x, including duplicate, 5* 1.1 heroes of each color ( total of 15 heroes ) then running 2x to 3x RT20 is better than running HA10

3x unique, decent 5* heroes

Once you have, 3x, including duplicate, 5* 1.1 heroes of each color ( total of 15 heroes ) then

If your roster does not have, 3x unique, decent 5* heroes of each color ( total of 15 heroes ) then running HA10 is better than running 3x RT20

Food ( see notes )

HA10 costs

6.44 m food, and 1,500 recruits, per 40 days

If you do not need HA10, especially Classic base 5* heroes without costumes, that is a lot of food, and recruits, you could be using elsewhere just for a chance at a new hero

Click for math, and advice, discussion

Continuously

I plan to continuously run both HA10 retraining Legendary heroes, and RT12 Guaranteed rare recruit training ( see notes ), since they are a better deal than running 3x Legendary recruit training for my roster

RT20 is an extremely low bar to clear when trying to compliment a game mechanic

RT12 ( see notes )

RT12 for near unlimited food hoarding ( thanks Atlantis Rising, and Advanced House Lv10, for recruits )

while

consuming 1x 1* ascension item, 22.5 recruits, and 82 k food per day

bonus Hero XP from duplicate 3* heroes

HA10 ( see notes )

HA10 for being cheaper than 1x RT20 when just getting duplicates ( see notes )

See also

([Play style, Guide] No regrets Lab v2.0 and Academy)

Notes

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Food

@Gryphonknight

HA10 per 40 days ( approximately 5x training)

Recruits 1,500

Food 6.44 m

Days 40

Academy Lv01

([Implemented - V35] Alternate Raid and War defense formations - Please add your ideas and comments here!)

I built Academy Lv01 for access to Raid formations

HA10 versus RT20

@Gryphonknight

If both produce duplicate 5* heroes then HA10 is

Food 21.68 %

Recruits 15 %

Days 17.5 %

of RT20

HA10 & RT12 versus RT20

@Gryphonknight

If both produce duplicate 5* heroes then HA10 & RT12 are

Food +63.63 %

Recruits +20 %

Duplicate 5* heroes x5

of RT20

Beta opinions

(🧪 The Beta Beat (v30) – Hero Balance Updates; Updated Alchemy Lab; Hero Academy; Updated Sand Empire Seasonal Event; Updated Path of Valor; New Season 3 Heroes; Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep HOTM – Sharing the Big Picture on What's Going on in Beta - #330)

I wanted to share this post here after initially posting on in our Beta Lounge:

This is the final version of Hero Academy for V30. I want to be transparent about our thinking behind the feature.

We have read all of your feedback and recognize that we need to figure out a way to improve the quality of life for players regarding duplicate Heroes. At the moment, there is no truly rewarding way for retiring Heroes and Hero Academy is not solving the issue. It is our opinion that the solution should not be the last tier of an Advanced building, something that a very small group of players would be able to benefit from. Instead, we would like to, at some point down the line find a better way to solve the problem so that it would be accessible to a wider range of players.

The reason we are releasing the Hero Academy now is that we sincerely believe it does provide real value to the players, despite not addressing this specific issue.

@Gryphonknight

Design specs

Both Lab v2.0, and Academy, are designed to get rid of access recruits, iron, food and 1* to 4* ascension items / ingredients / Battle items

FIN