"I can only imagine how far behind a player that started in the last 6 months is. They need more than they are getting."

I'll answer that.  Brutality, Flawless Fatality, Juggle.  Those Mortal Kombat terms apply.  And that's my entire team being blasted by just Ninja alone.  And my team has Lazarius, Adelyn, Deacon, and Elhain, all 60, all of them mastered, three of them booked and awakened, etc.  Yeah, I'm still tuning and gearing (and Laz is gonna be impossible to book and awaken without $$$), but without significantly different toons that bring more to the table, it's not even competitive.

The same thing happened vs Scyl of the Drakes.  Or Corvin...or...pick one.  Rae rolled me yesterday.  I've probably been rolled by other top-tier toons as well in just the last week alone.

Getting Ninja will help.  Eventually getting Scyl will help.  That's why I was only half-joking when I said I wouldn't argue if they released Ronda again since she can't be sharded.

counterpoint to you and others with this stance: 

you've gotten to use Ninja over this entire time period (three years now) - and got the free loot that came along with him. This does not affect you negatively in the slightest and is a net positive for those who missed him, just missed him and for new players. 

it's not that deep.

Yep, very excited.  I'm a bit puzzled why older, settled accounts are bitter.  They've been around longer, sure, but folks here are acting entitled that they should always be given stuff to keep them fat, happy, and unassailable in their OP end game accounts.  How dare those noobs be given something that might give them a chance in some matchups, as if they approve Plarium's decision.

I'm excited because this will simply be my (only) 5th leggo, and yet accounts at similar level as mine have uber OP leggos, in great quantities, all tuned perfectly.  So, from someone who isn't five years in (let alone three months), and isn't an obvious kraken, thank you.

Yes, and I would say it seems quite equitable with everyone ending up with the same exact Ninja that was time limited once. Though, the advances those with Ninja were able to make with their accounts over the past 1000+ days can't instantly be duplicated, unlike those who were once without being able to nab Ninja now.

Bah... 100% gaslighting. No thanks.

And that's fair.  I probably am reading that wrong.  At the base of Olympus looks far different than the top I'd imagine. 😁

I'm working on the gear, but cracking 1 single leggo from a sacred wouldn't hurt either.  Still haven't done that. 😏

Arena will sort itself out with more time.  It's the other content I'm most excited about.

We need a down vote button for the crybabies. 

They should be giving 10x this to new players who stick around fighting an uphill battle. 

A long-term f2p ahole like me should get nothing 

Most are mad because we're getting a middle finger from Plarium and a giant goose egg. I'm happy that people are getting a chance to get Ninja, he has such value, but for thosebthat have him we get nothing. 

Imagine it was Christmas and your brother got a brand new bike and you got nothing because "you already have one". Still think it's fair?

People can hide it however they want, but it's obvious to me that some are just mad other people are getting the opportunity to have a tiny fraction of what they do. Sad really.

Giving everyone a ninja skin, I could obviously care less would in theory remove the plarium middle finger according to the crybabies. 

In reality the whining would be the same if not louder.

Normally I'd feel bad for you but since you've got Lazarius you get no sympathy from me.  😛.  But Trips is right, gear is the true benchmark in this game.  Of course top tier champs help but a day 30 player with 4 Mythics would get rolled by a day 300 player using epics.  Just the nature of the beast.

+1 that.  Stupid dumb luck, only second red shard, too.  I figure it sucked up all the luck for time going forward for a while.  And you know what I've realized.  Getting that dream toon is far different than actually developing it.  He farms great in base mode, but getting him to the OP damage stated in Hell Hades is...daunting.  I appreciate the value of even decent epics and rares.

Deacon and Elhain far outstrip him in damage at this point in CB, and he serves as the resurrection/booster toon for now

Oh yeah he'll definitely be a long term project for you.  The amount of ascension pots mythicals take is a ton and I'd have to imagine mythical books are nonexistent in the early game.  On the plus side you'll always have him to carry you, he's just so ridiculously good.

I still go back to that Finnish saying that "People would pay 100 bucks to ensure their neighbor doesn't get 50"

Saw that saying for the first time today when about 100 people showed up in the Discord all caps raging how it wasn't fair that newer players were getting Ninja, screaming how Plarium had PROMISED he was exclusive and they were going back on their word, and screaming how they were gonna quit the game cause they didn't have an edge in this competitive game!! (emphasis theirs)

It's obvious to me, based on hundreds of messages like this today, that many people that are angry are so only because others are also getting to have what they do.

Normally I'd feel bad for you but since you've got Lazarius you get no sympathy from me.  😛.  But Trips is right, gear is the true benchmark in this game.  Of course top tier champs help but a day 30 player with 4 Mythics would get rolled by a day 300 player using epics.  Just the nature of the beast.

I still go back to that Finnish saying that "People would pay 100 bucks to ensure their neighbor doesn't get 50"

Saw that saying for the first time today when about 100 people showed up in the Discord all caps raging how it wasn't fair that newer players were getting Ninja, screaming how Plarium had PROMISED he was exclusive and they were going back on their word, and screaming how they were gonna quit the game cause they didn't have an edge in this competitive game!! (emphasis theirs)

It's obvious to me, based on hundreds of messages like this today, that many people that are angry are so only because others are also getting to have what they do.

I regularly use Fenax and Alika in gold 3 live arena

..tbf they both have 6* crushing rend

I regularly use Fenax and Alika in gold 3 live arena

..tbf they both have 6* crushing rend