RIP Minion Collectors :(

[Aillith]

Yup. This has removed my desire to spend money on any more physical SE products.

Collecting minions was fun - but as a collector, knowing you can never achieve a 100% full collection ruins the whole collecting thing. Its removed a collectors end goal.

A lot of collectors are not the type to be so into pvp that they can attain top 10 on their server. I also have to wonder if those die hard pvp fans are all that interested in minions? It feels like giving a gladiator a plush toy prize after winning a battle?

I am not sure the reward matches the intended group while at the same time ruining things for collectors.

But atleast SE have convinced me not to buy their products as readily anymore.

[aesteval]

It's a reward being used to coax players into the game mode that needs the most new participation. You know what, I'm ok with this.

[Aillith]

Except that concept wont work because its restricted to the top 10 of a server. So it is actually counter intuitive as a reward.

As someone who does not pvp, i am not enticed by this as I know it will be impossible to achieve. So i'm not going to bother putting time into something that is impossible.

Its NOT an incentive at all in regards to luring new people to pvp.

[jameseoakes]

To be fair it would be nice to see them put as much effort in to the other dead game modes, but this does seem an odd incentive as hardly any of the new blood stands a chance of getting the mount or minion

[LineageRazor]

SE really shouldn't underestimate the impact this will have on folks who devotedly collect minions. Remember that these are the same people who'll pretty much pay any price SE asks, as long as a minion is included in the deal, just to keep their collection complete. The moment that it becomes impossible to keep the collection complete - even by just a single minion, is the moment those collectors just stop caring - and stop purchasing merchandise and live streams and such for the minion, rather than for the product. I'd imagine it's a not-inconsiderable amount of revenue.

It's possible, though, that SE may go the route that they did with Triple Triad cards. While there are several Triple Triad cards that are awarded by placing in the top three brackets of the tournament (something which is predominantly achieved by flagrant win-trading), those same cards can also be acquired from Platinum card packs, which are awarded just for participating in the tournaments. Perhaps SE will add something similar; a grab bag that is awarded for tournament participation which MAY contain the minion, giving collectors hope that they can fill out their collection even if they know they'll never place in the PvP top ten.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

It's a reward being used to coax players into the game mode that needs the most new participation. You know what, I'm ok with this.

Actually, it isn't. The carrot needs to be within reasonable reach to coax people into doing things they otherwise wouldn't. When you make the rewards next to impossible, people lose interest because they don't think they'll be able to obtain it. Think of it like tough love. Sometime a gentle kick in the butt helps but if you kick too hard, they just end up feeling worse.

[Canadane]

Guess you should hit up the Wolves Den and get in there!

[jameseoakes]

Guess you should hit up the Wolves Den and get in there!

Given the minion is a top 10 reward pretty much anyone starting with the hopes of getting it will be very disappointed when the season ends.

[Moomba33]

Not going to lie, this bugs me more than the exclusive mounts since I'd already accepted that there were a bunch of PVP related mounts in game that I'd never have.

SE is free to reward players however they see fit for each piece of content in the game.
It's still disappointing to see something you care about seem unachievable and in limited availability on top of that.

[Magic-Mal]

Lol it's not a reward for anyone but the original top 10 because most likely they'll do whatever they can to stay there.