New update to tweak XP and booty mechanisms
Developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix have announced a new update to their comic book epic The Marvel Avengers. By falling on March 18, the new patch will slow down the amount of XP delivered to the player, slowing the progression of each character and making it longer to ride Avengers.
In a statement on its official blog, Crystal Dynamics stated that the reason for this move was to prevent players from being invaded by skill points and attributes at the beginning of a character’s build. By slowing down the leveling process, players will have the opportunity to explore a hero’s skills and abilities at a more relaxed pace, rather than rushing them with, hypothetically, a selection of six new moves after ‘a single fight against the head.
“In most role-playing games, the amount of XP you need to level up as you gain levels in a curve, but our system is a straight line. This has caused rhythm issues, such as that points of skill are rewarded too quickly, which can be confusing and overwhelming for newer players. We want every decision to invest in a skill or a heroic one to be more meaningful. “
This line of thinking does make some sense: slowing down the flood of skills and abilities will foster new experimentation with character creation. But the problem here is that people who have time spent playing The Marvel Avengers it will, by now, be in the “flow” slot of the title. The implementation of a major change of pace, at the end of the day, runs the risk of irritating the dedicated player base, of which The Marvel Avengers‘is already smaller than Square Enix would like. Any positive aspect of this update is likely to be more appropriate for anyone starting the game again (perhaps with their PS5 and Xbox Series X version), but if there is a new community of players even in another theme.
In a strange double-spoken word, the statement also suggests that players who want to quickly get their heroes to level 50 hurry up and do so before the upgrade drops, implying that the current XP rate is the goal adopted for the game and only serves to make the incoming alteration seem even more intrusive to the gaming community.
In addition, the new update will also involve changes to The Marvel Avengers booty system. As Crystal Dynamics explains, players will no longer receive random cosmetic drops using methods such as leveling up, completing missions, and opening safes. Instead, some rare items will be available for purchase with units directly from the game’s supplier, Chastity McBryde. The Chastity store will be reworked to allow for it. Crystal Dynamics hopes this will provide players with more agency in the rewards they earn.
