The problem, as I see it, is that the game for the most part is not actually catering to any level of player.
New players - you have two options: either open up your wallets, or grind your ■■■ off for months.
“Mid level” players (those who have either spent some money, not a ton, and/or have been grinding for several months) - congratulations! You can finally complete much of the game’s basic content. Top leaderboards are still mostly out of reach though, because you’re either not spending enough or not playing enough.
Top level players - everything in game is too easy. Yeah, yeah, got 1st place on that event, got my 100th royal tabard that I don’t need… boring!!!
Ninja Tower I’m guessing was designed with top level players in mind, and it seems like many of them enjoyed the challenge, in spite of the mostly junk rewards. But once you reach that level, you probably don’t need rewards anymore anyway.
I always found it a bit ironic that only the top scorers in certain events got the good items… and those top scorers are coming on here and posting “yeah yeah I got a free sturdy shield… who cares, I already have 500 of those…”
Meanwhile… I have 0 sturdy shields…
“3 * AMs are easy, nobody cares about those…”
“Nobody?” Okay, then call me Mr. Nobody. And send me your extras, since you guys obviously don’t need them. Because I could use some.
Classic E&P conundrum, for those of us who have been playing for a while and yet still don’t have all the stuff we want or need…
You need XYZ materials in order to summon and level up your ABC heroes.
[Event] offers XYZ materials as top rewards.
You need leveled ABC heroes in order to get top scores in [event].
Top scorers already have dozens of ABC heroes and hundreds of XYZ mats.
"Y’all are just playing for 10,001st place at this point…
we don’t even need the loot, we just like the challenge.
I put in work and money to get to this level!
Why should you get anything for free?"
Uhhh… I’m not asking for a trophy to hang on my wall… I don’t need to be top leaderboard whatever. But you guys are saying “I haz so many compasses I don’t even know what to do with them anymore, now I just level up heroes and feed them to Aife for fun becuz I iz bored!”
Believe it or not… some of us could actually use those compasses…
Even those of us who aren’t “new” players.