New player hitting the wall. Is this for real?
Hey everyone!
I don't want this to be just another person complaining about the game, but I want to makes sure I'm not missing something. The way forward just seems crazy.
I'm 42 days and roughly $100 into the game. Not much, relative to many, but I've put enough time in that I don't want to just quit. At level 54, the only legendary I've pulled is Queen Eva, but outside of farming and low-mid spiders, she doesn't seem to help. I've pulled two epics that are very good, in Skullcrown and Sepulcher Sentinel, but I have 11 in the vault that aren't useful. Arena is awful, and missions tied to it are a real chore.
I'm just about to hit the "Upgrade 2 Great Hall Bonuses to Level 4" mission, as I'm stuck in Silver II and surrounded by teams that far outclass mine. I'm running Skullcrown (L), Kael, Warmaiden, and Diabolist. Damn near all the teams around me are sporting multiple legendaries and epics, and it takes multiple free refreshes to find a team I'm sure to beat. Upgrading a single bonus from 3 to 4 was a slog, and upgrading my two other level two 2's to 4 will be terrible. Roughly 1085 silver medals, earning about 20 per day? Nearly two months of consistent gameplay to accomplish that? Really? I'm aware that there are much harder missions later on, too.
In any of the dungeons, level 12 or 13 is the farthest I can make it, so farming is a real grind. I put insane amounts of time into Diablo II, running tens of thousands of Mephisto, Diablo, and Baal runs, so the grind isn't unwelcome or unexpected. But, I'm at a place where the good drops are so infrequent I can usually only count on 1 or 2 gear improvements per day. But, if I grind for gear, I'm not farming to boost champs.
Long story short, I really enjoyed the game until now, but I'm stuck with a relatively barren champion collection, can't move forward in the missions for a couple months, can't effectively farm valuable/worthwhile dungeons for gear, and don't have much to offer any clan that would get me access to better CB drops.
If I can't gain additional shards or gear, what do I do? Just sit around waiting for daily login shards to come around? Is pouring significant $$$ into the game the only real option? That's not going to happen, because I'd probably just pull more junk with any shards I bought.
I'd love some advice!
I'll just be over here trying to boost Frozen Banshee, Armiger, and Coffin Smasher, because they're basically the only champions I have left that aren't food quality.