STAR countdown to lvl 18

[Dawnseeker]

Why is there a range? I thought it was the same for everyone?

Upgrades have a chance to fail, but you no longer lose a Star when failing.

[explorertynon103_3174937]

Took me about 80-100 purple medals to get adam to 16 stars, about 30 fails so far trying for 17.

At 6 star a try... 30 fails = 180 purple stars.... so to go from 16 to 17 so far you spent 180 purples and still not there yet? I don't want to know what it takes to go to 18 stars...

Need to coin some more ExecDude.. buy some of those $999 packages!!! On Fridays

Besides Adamanti, are you working on any other heros?

What about your main or King Theus?

[Deucalion]

Yes, I am sure some people already have 18 stars. I bet Execdude has a few at 18 or close to it.

Also as far as the range is concerned, how is it determined who gets the 300 purple vs. 800? How does one find out about this? Is it posted some where?

Think of stars the way you see saints. They work on the same principal.
Every hero in the game has a different layout of passes and fails.

Pass (1 Star) Pass (2 stars) fail fail pass (3 stars) fail fail fail fail fail fail fail Pass (4 stars) fail fail fail fail fail fail fail fail fail fail Pass (5 stars) *all the way up to 18 stars

That pretty much sums it up. as you get more stars, the amount of fails is multiplied greatly. The layouts seem to change when a hero has stars and saints transferred to them or from them.

Your saints work exactly the same way except with saints you can change the layout by using more than one card, which will give you a new layout from that saint forward.

This is the best I can explain it, and as I understand it.

[Herby]

Herby, are these post patch numbers? They look high to me.

Those are for gold heroes and leaders.

They are high because the number of medals to go from 7-9 and 14-18 increase exponentially.

[Riot]

The stars at the end... all hero's will cost about the same. Most likely over 500+ purple... for 18 stars from 9.

[Riot]

At the current new star system, it is pretty easy to get to 18 stars using tickets in CWF.

In fact, I would say we will see a lot of heros at 18 stars in a few months. 18 stars will become the norm soon. Nothing to differentiate.

What they need to do is change the amount of card for lvl 16, 17 and 18 by raising the required cards or lower the percentages after 15 stars to make starring more of a unique thing.

Just my 2 cents.

[Herby]

The stars at the end... all hero's will cost about the same. Most likely over 500+ purple... for 18 stars from 9.

At the current new star system, it is pretty easy to get to 18 stars using tickets in CWF.

In fact, I would say we will see a lot of heros at 18 stars in a few months. 18 stars will become the norm soon. Nothing to differentiate.

What they need to do is change the amount of card for lvl 16, 17 and 18 by raising the required cards or lower the percentages after 15 stars to make starring more of a unique thing.

Just my 2 cents.

I agree with you that the fail rates for 16 stars onwards should be higher, not stuck at 10%.
BUT are you willing to have all your 18 star heroes rolled back to 16 stars if the new % calculations get implemented?
It would be grossly unfair if you sit with all your 18 star heroes from the old rates, while everyone else struggles with the new rates.

You underestimate the number of free tickets players can buy from CWF.
Assuming it takes 500 purple to get one gold from 9 to 18:

That's 500 x 2000 tickets = 1,000,000 tickets
On a very good CWF run, a player who spends moderately can earn up to 70,000 - 100,000 tickets.
This means that it would take 10 - 14 CWF tournaments to earn enough tickets to get one hero to 18 stars.
10 - 14 CWF tournaments would be 5-7 months of doing nothing else but buying purple medals with their CWF tickets.

We will definitely be seeing more 18 star heroes as the months roll by, but not as many as you'd expect.

[Riot]

I agree with you that the fail rates for 16 stars onwards should be higher, not stuck at 10%.
BUT are you willing to have all your 18 star heroes rolled back to 16 stars if the new % calculations get implemented?
It would be grossly unfair if you sit with all your 18 star heroes from the old rates, while everyone else struggles with the new rates.

You underestimate the number of free tickets players can buy from CWF.
Assuming it takes 500 purple to get one gold from 9 to 18:

That's 500 x 2000 tickets = 1,000,000 tickets
On a very good CWF run, a player who spends moderately can earn up to 70,000 - 100,000 tickets.
This means that it would take 10 - 14 CWF tournaments to earn enough tickets to get one hero to 18 stars.
10 - 14 CWF tournaments would be 5-7 months of doing nothing else but buying purple medals with their CWF tickets.

We will definitely be seeing more 18 star heroes as the months roll by, but not as many as you'd expect.

I would take a roll back on my heros to see the % changed yes as long as it is done fairly.

Also the reason why I state that stars have gotten too easy, is because I have taken the time and the investments to find out how the high star mechanics work. I won't disclose that here, but I will say that the star system has gotten way too easy. 18 stars should be a rarity or unless someone is willing to spend the $$$$'s to get it there.

Also keep in mind if you play LAB and through the fair, you can get stars pretty cheap.

Just my 2 cents.

[Andy]

I would take a roll back on my heros to see the % changed yes as long as it is done fairly.

Also the reason why I state that stars have gotten too easy, is because I have taken the time and the investments to find out how the high star mechanics work. I won't disclose that here, but I will say that the star system has gotten way too easy. 18 stars should be a rarity or unless someone is willing to spend the $$$$'s to get it there.

Also keep in mind if you play LAB and through the fair, you can get stars pretty cheap.

Just my 2 cents.

And do not forget Guild chests. I get more blue medals there that I do anywhere else. I agree that the top level stars should be rare, but I can not support a change that would make it harder without a change to be able to use multiples of the require number of medals to better your odds. Top sainting levels should be rare too and that process has it. Lets be consistent.

[Riot]

Regardless, the star fails and successes are fixed which is not a bad thing. You get it at certain star spend period.

Either pay $'s to get it ahead of time or wait until you accumulate enough through various means.

Also I do not agree stars are trivial. Every star increases larger in terms of points and escalates as you gain certain saints and stats