How to fix Combinators

[Kushiel]

I think this can't be fixed before next year's version if they even want to. A small group of players spend most of the money, so they get the most love, but why all of the love?

My Grandfather, who actually farmed with a mule told me about it. He said the stories of the cane pole with the carrot were absolutely true. But you had to stop a few times a day and let the mule have a bite of carrot. Otherwise after a while, she would balk. A day or so of no bites and the carrot would never work for you again, he said.

At some point, the boot on the neck of the FTP, will choke him out.

[Hwilensky]

I agree that this can't be fixed. They absolutely ruined the game by adding this "feature". The combinator kings will voice their mighty opinions(and wallets) and this will go away. They chased away all the casual players who would normally enter these tournaments with the hope's of winning something. Now every tournament is made up of these players, who beat up on each other. It is tiring to see the same winners and their rosters filled with level 5 combinators in every tournament. I am so happy that they created a game for 40-60 players and forgot about the thousands of others who play. Good job guys!!

[Magus978]

As a combinator-heavy tournament player, I absolutely agree with a lot of the things said in this thread. However, I have not been blessed with a big bank account, so I've had to sacrifice league performance to go all in on this concept, thus my slide from diamond to bronze because I blew up my league team to focus on tournaments. While I think combinators are here to stay whether you like it or not (I personally think they're interesting as long as you have the income to boost'em. If you don't then it's not something you should throw everything away to go after), I think there should be a lot more tournaments that combinators are either limited or not allowed entirely. It's hard enough for a team like mine to stand up to the combinator whales as I don't have the resources to really boost my players a ton, but it's nigh-on impossible for the non-combi teams to do it. Thus I feel they need an environment where they can have a reasonable chance at success as well.

Nobody should be priced out of what's supposed to be a lower cost format. Adding limited/no combinator tournaments would give these players a better chance to stay in the format. Those of whom I call "elitists" will say "oh just play live tournaments lol". That's not a solution. The answer is not to take a dump on that section of the playerbase. The answer is to find a way to include that section of the playerbase and give them places to play as well.

[xserp3nt]

Originally Posted by Magus978

As a combinator-heavy tournament player, I absolutely agree with a lot of the things said in this thread. However, I have not been blessed with a big bank account, so I've had to sacrifice league performance to go all in on this concept, thus my slide from diamond to bronze because I blew up my league team to focus on tournaments. While I think combinators are here to stay whether we like it or not, I think there should be a lot more tournaments that combinators are either limited or not allowed entirely. It's hard enough for a team like mine to stand up to the combinator whales as I don't have the resources to really boost my players a ton, but it's nigh-on impossible for the non-combi teams to do it. Thus I feel they need an environment where they can have a reasonable chance at success as well.

Nobody should be priced out of what's supposed to be a lower cost format. Adding limited/no combinator tournaments would give these players a better chance to stay in the format. Those of whom I call "elitists" will say "oh just play live tournaments lol". That's not a solution. The answer is not to take a dump on that section of the playerbase. The answer is to find a way to include that section of the playerbase and give them places to play as well.

Exactly this. As someone who paid $50 for the game and refuse to give in to the p2w concept, it’s pretty disheartening to see the same 3-5 teams in bronze quicks routinely be the one to win and thus get packs.

There just needs to be a non combi version of tournaments. It’s the easiest, most fair addition tbh. I did buy a combi though cuz if you can’t beat them, join them I guess. But it’ll take months to get the meta level 5’s like the whales have.


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[bailey]

Originally Posted by xserp3nt

Exactly this. As someone who paid $50 for the game and refuse to give in to the p2w concept, it’s pretty disheartening to see the same 3-5 teams in bronze quicks routinely be the one to win and thus get packs.

There just needs to be a non combi version of tournaments. It’s the easiest, most fair addition tbh. I did buy a combi though cuz if you can’t beat them, join them I guess. But it’ll take months to get the meta level 5’s like the whales have.


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Try silver quicks. I won 40 packs last week by just copying a good team that had no combinators and I copied it wrong plus I didn't have some players and looked at other good teams to fill in the blanks. Took less time than a perfect draft. Of course, I had to enter 20+ times a day which makes me feel like a fmonkey pressing a lever.

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[xserp3nt]

Originally Posted by bailey

Try silver quicks. I won 40 packs last week by just copying a good team that had no combinators and I copied it wrong plus I didn't have some players and looked at other good teams to fill in the blanks. Took less time than a perfect draft. Of course, I had to enter 20+ times a day which makes me feel like a fmonkey pressing a lever.

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Are combis not allowed in silver?

[Hwilensky]

Originally Posted by Magus978

As a combinator-heavy tournament player, I absolutely agree with a lot of the things said in this thread. However, I have not been blessed with a big bank account, so I've had to sacrifice league performance to go all in on this concept, thus my slide from diamond to bronze because I blew up my league team to focus on tournaments. While I think combinators are here to stay whether you like it or not (I personally think they're interesting as long as you have the income to boost'em. If you don't then it's not something you should throw everything away to go after), I think there should be a lot more tournaments that combinators are either limited or not allowed entirely. It's hard enough for a team like mine to stand up to the combinator whales as I don't have the resources to really boost my players a ton, but it's nigh-on impossible for the non-combi teams to do it. Thus I feel they need an environment where they can have a reasonable chance at success as well.

Nobody should be priced out of what's supposed to be a lower cost format. Adding limited/no combinator tournaments would give these players a better chance to stay in the format. Those of whom I call "elitists" will say "oh just play live tournaments lol". That's not a solution. The answer is not to take a dump on that section of the playerbase. The answer is to find a way to include that section of the playerbase and give them places to play as well.

Well said Magnus, but they could give a rats ass about the rest of the playerbase. People are leaving in huge droves, and the only way to stop their bleeding is to cater a game to the whales. Good for them.