Let's Discuss Battle Pass/Challenges

[DeathIsImminent 153]

Couldn't find a topic like this, so I thought I would make one. For anyone who might not know, a new set of Challenges is introduced every month with rewards you can gain by playing in Matchmaking battles and gaining stars, based on the score you got by the end of each match. You can buy a Battle Pass, either with Tankoins or real money to gain more rewards while playing. Having Premium active can double the speed at which you gain stars. More information about them can be found here.

 

This is my opinion of them as of today: you had way better rewards before. You can still haul a lot of crystals, offset supply drain and get some containers, whether you have bought the Battle Pass or not. But you don't really get any cool new rewards other than some paints later on. You could get projectile color skins near the beginning before, but now you have only one in the gold tier and it is farther down the tier list. The final prize is just the low-graphic Legacy and XT (container) skins, while Ultra skins are sold for a hefty price of over $100 worth of Tankoins!

[Blasterball23 0]

I know man.

 

[Maf 32,300]

The reason you had better rewards before was because challenges were still being tested and devs didn't know how much they could afford to put into them in order to balance between getting enough people playing to complete them, and not giving away too much stuff. Also, remember how challenges were derived from Star Weeks, which only gave something like 20 containers and a single animated paint for getting 800 stars in 2 days (without double stars from Premium)? Yeah, that was pretty lame if you ask me.

Anyway, it's just a case of personal preference. If you play a lot either way, then challenges are a good reason to play a bit more to complete them. But being a casual player and suddenly going from 20 minutes a day to 3 hours a day for the sake of challenges is a questionable decision. For those players challenges should be treated simply as an opportunity to get a few extra supplies/crystals from the first few tiers.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

I absolutely hate challenges, at least as they are. And before anyone says anything, it's not because I'm a casual player.

 

The real reason is that they straight up ruin battles.

 

The last challenge for example was absolute Hell in the high ranks, exploiters were everywhere. 

 

Monday night's battles were some of the best high ranked battles I played in a long time, want to know why? It's because it was that gap between challenges.

[Okami 3,041]

I have mixed opinions on Challenges. While it's good to get paints, shot effects, and skins directly from the Challenge, it's not good how these items are super devalued because everyone has them. For example, Nanosuit Armor was in the September Challenge. At first everyone used it, but now it's gone down in use. Now it's back in the Challenge, but towards the end of January in the free tier. People will be back to using it constantly.

Edited January 2, 2020 by GrayWolf8733

[r_Given6 859]

The number of containers that can be obtained for free from the challenges has decreased so much, the weekly missions ought to give 6 containers again. 

Edited January 2, 2020 by Given

[Guest]

Challenges are just terrible, just like the Star Weeks before them. Crazy Weekends were fine, because they only lasted 2 days and were actually fun (I think it was 400 kills for 3 gold boxes?). With Challenges, everyone plays TDM so they can get the most stars. 

 

TL;DR They were the biggest reason why I stopped playing consistently, along with the current mission system.

Edited January 2, 2020 by Guest
tldr

[Copperhead91 11]

I dislike how many blanks I have on the challenges, its like they reused all of the same paints from last month. I have 28 blank spots out of 99! I only own 27 paints (not including premium and holiday) and 7 turrent color alterations..... Coincidentally not a single blank spot in the battle pass challenges though. I feel this could of been handled better.

[Potdindy 866]

Ive overdone them a few times...the november one and whatever the first one was...I played and played and played and got burnt out...took a long break. Now I just play what I like and dont focus on stars. Sure i dont hit top level but thats ok, its no loss for me.

i dont need legacy skins...theyre cool to be sure but not needed

[Ninja 10,468]

On 1/1/2020 at 4:55 PM, Maf said:

But being a casual player and suddenly going from 20 minutes a day to 3 hours a day for the sake of challenges is a questionable decision. 

 

[sensei_tanker 3,098]

Don't like it mainly because it forces me to play MMS battles when I just want to play Polygon CP.