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I really appreciate Heroes Brawl switching from 1000 gold reward to a loot box!

I don't feel obligated to play 3 games a week that I never seemed to enjoy!

Thanks Blizz.

  • BlizzTravis
    Posted 7 years, 3 months ago (Source)

    Just to note: if the brawls use "did not take a small hit" after 2.0 (which brought in a huge increase in playerbase), that means that it stagnated when the rest of the game grew. So yes, if you are seeing a 0 change in brawls use after 2.0. that means you've made it less attractive. Just so you don't draw a wrong conclusion :) .

    Contrary to popular belief, I'm quite aware of the difference between absolute numbers and percentages. ;)

  • BlizzTravis
    Posted 7 years, 3 months ago (Source)

    I'm afraid that removing the 1k gold makes most players not even look at what the brawl is. So this thing you all spent a long time on doesn't even exist to me anymore. Probably true for a lot of players. At least the 1k made me look at the brawls. Now I never do.

    It's kinda funny...I expected brawls to take a small hit in use from the change as well and they didn't. What I have seen, though, is that players in brawls are generally more upbeat and engaged. That's just anecdotal from my own play experience, but I take it as a good sign when combined with the actual engagement numbers.

    It's a good reminder that the community here isn't always representative of the majority of players.

  • BlizzTravis
    Posted 7 years, 3 months ago (Source)

    You're welcome. :)

    It's an intentional part of the change. It's not healthy for people to be grinding out things they aren't enjoying just to get rewards. We felt that between the inclusion of hero XP and the loot chest reward, there's enough there to reward people for playing without making people who aren't enjoying the brawls feel compelled to play them, which was happening with the gold reward.

    Part of that goes to the philosophy of brawl as a whole: it's intended as a place where we can try out interesting, new concepts and it's ok if they don't appeal to everyone. Hopefully they appeal to a large percentage of players, but there are times where one is going to fall flat. It's the cost of doing something different and new. They're only around for a week and if one doesn't fly, we'll pull it from circulation and either ditch it or rework it.

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