[Praise,SGG] Favorite event, quest, game mechanic, war rule, tournament rule, etc

[Gryphonknight]

[Praise,SGG] Favorite event, quest, game mechanic, war rule, tournament rule, etc.

For least favorite event see:

(What's your least favorite event in the game?)

Merge if duplicate, searching Favorite brings up a gazillion favorite hero topics

Class quests

Regular schedule ( no Merciless RNG )

Only 3x stages

Guaranteed loot ( no Merciless RNG except for Reset emblem/ Reset Token but resetting emblems is a very long rant )

Rewards can be use for 1* heroes to 5* heroes

Can use 5* Harpoons

Santa’s Challenge

Regular schedule ( no Merciless RNG )

Whole month long

Guaranteed loot ( no Merciless RNG )

Free Avatars for F2P, VC2P and C2P ( please add backgrounds and pins for pin codes )

2x 4* ascension items

Rewards can be use for 1* heroes to 5* heroes

Can use Epic Hero Token for Santa’s Challenge summons

Includes 4* Buddy and 3* Frosty

Can use 5* Harpoons

Mystic Vision

Gems, costume keys, non farmable ascension items, tomes, emblems

Really, F2P, VC2P, C2P accounts can never have too many gems, or too many costume keys

Only 30 seconds

Undead Horde

War Rule Undead Horde gives minions to both sides

I really REALLY wish this was a tournament rule

Only way to make it better is give Undead minions a poison Damage Over Time to help out teeny accounts attacking Biggy accounts ( defense stat is not linear and teeny account minions are very low attack stat )

Costume keys

Not thrilled with Costume chamber event

But never too many costume keys

HA08 Epic Heroes

More 4* heroes for F2P, VC2P, C2P ( see notes )

Challenge festival summons

No Classic heroes in a gem summons

Notes

Click for notes

Avatar code, pin code

@Gryphonknight

I use pins to remind me

Example

On one of my family’s accounts, when they clear all important quests/ events, they equip the sunglasses pin

When they are waiting on WE, for an important quest/ event, they unequip the pin

Similar to Avatar reminders

([Photos, Tip] Keeping track of Seasonal event / Challenge event progress using my avatar )

Harpoons

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Iron sink

Undead horde

([History, Theory crafting ] Mistimed Fleeing in Undead Horde versus Mistimed Fleeing in Field Aid OR why automatic minions are less annoying than automatic healing OR losing war points as you watch)

Costume keys

(Krampus not getting full costume bonus - #3 by Gryphonknight)

Classic costumes give a higher bonus to help catch up with new hero power creep

HA08 Epic heroes

@Gryphonknight

Pseudo 5*

Falcon is one of the most useful Pseudo 5* heroes in Empires

Pseudo 4.5*

Jackal, Hansel, and Merlin ( Merlin is most useful, if you do not have Proteus ) are some of the most useful Pseudo 4.5* heroes in Empires

Minion meta

Captain of Diamonds is rumored to be useful at the end of Map Season 4, and Mythic Titans, if you do not have costume Gormek ( base version Ramming Pulverizer ( a Pseudo 5.5* special skill ) the costume version anti minions/ anti watchers )

Challenge Festival

@PlayForFun

Using the heroes related to the event in the event gives a +20% stat boosts to your heroes, and they can also bypass Elemental Barriers.

Any of the Challenge festival heroes used in the Challenge festival

Ignore Elemental Barriers ( okay, Proteus cannot do that, so Merlin useful in that situation )

Get Stat Bonus +20%

So Gretel, and Cheshire Cat

Rest

Peters, Boomer, could seriously use a buff

Sir Lancelot is a red 4*, the competition ( Boldtusk, Wilbur, Falcon, Scarlett, costume Scarlett, Kelile, costume Kelile, etc. ) is almost as bad a Merlin and purple 4* heroes ( looking at you Rigard, Protreus, costume Rigard, Tiburtus, costume Tiburtus, Sabina, etc. )

Peters

Expand Silence ( Peters, Miki, Stage Bosses ) so it effects Special skills, Class Talents, and innate abilities, rename Confusion

Emblems

@Gryphonknight

New code should transform the game experience for players just starting out, to Elders playing 3+ years.

SGG did try it once . And while I strongly disagree with the decisions they made (I even offered a fix) , it was the one time SGG exceeded my expectation for Empires. I still have a momento of that time . I still think there are ways it could be added to the game ( see squires in notes ).

Like TSR adding level 0 cantrips to a level 1-9 spell casting system, new code should make most players say “Thanks SGG, that really made Empires better.”

Show loot

([Suggestion] ¿Can freemium games be less predatory? OR Spend Depth versus Loot Boxes OR Stop the Hide)

FIN

[RAZGRIZ]

Class quests I’ll agree are one of the most enjoyable things nowadays, fixed, fast to play, decent time for completion, nice rewards…

Very fast wars. I know you guys hate it but I personally love them.

Raid tournaments, all of them. I love raiding and enjoy it a lot.

Costume chamber and tavern of legends: both fast and enjoyable to play, last a few days so no rush or extreme pressure, plus the rewards in CC are decent, sure a couple summons which will turn out to be as legendary as valen can be, but at least you get the thrill of some summons and the very ocasional decent outcome from an event you can easily play without items.

All the 4 seasonals, they were created in the early days of the game and user experience can be seen to be way above cash grabbing, unlike today, they are long but last a lot of time, they give you nice rewards and they are rewarding for players of all levels, plus you can summon with normal epic tokens and there is always a nice tweak to the game mechanics with the bombs, frozen blocks or changed mechanics for the power shields.

The normal map stages from the different seasons also are fun, although at a lower level, you can play them at your own pace, simply for that reason they are good.

[RosyMidnight]

Wars are my favorite, especially Undead Horde and Rush Attack, the former even more so because they all become minion summoners so anti-minion heroes get their chance to shine!