You guys should add hourglass cosmetics for going on insanely high streaks. So for like going on a 50 streak for Servants you unlock the shadow skeleton or for Guardians you unlock the rest of the Fallen Sea Dog as a clothing set thats a recolored arena set that would be cool.
New Hourglass Cosmetics for Streaks
HG definitely needs more cosmetic rewards... but for a 50 streak?
As populated as HG is right now (it isn't) I'd be surprised if you could even have 50 consecutive matches (let alone a streak) without needing to re-log with a VPN to another region.
I remember when doing dives over last spring & summer, we'd eventually get stuck in the tunnel for lengths of time that put Arena pre-game lobbies to shame. And this was roughly around a 10(+/- 2) streak. HG is even less populated now, so I can't imagine how many days I'd need to call off work to schedule a 50 streak with my gally crew.
The way an Elo system is designed, and with a healthy population, even achieving a 10 streak should be difficult. Now, there are comp. players (and a few sweaty streamers) who have reached insanely high streaks in the past. But this is when Elo numbers were still being established, or if they ended up (or VPNed) to regions where Elo was lopsided enough that the game just gave them any opponents. But, as mentioned before, this is also when HG was more popular than it currently is.
If Rare were to add this to HG in its current state, the only folks who would obtain it are comp/sweaty players on vacation, or alliance cheesers.
HG needs re-working to fix its low population issue. Making it appealing to more casual players should be Rare's primary focus. And that's after they figure out how to make it work consistently - with all these recent diving-bugs.
Some sort of battle pass (with cosmetics and other rewards); daily deeds; a win-of-the-day (granting 1 level); re-working loss-rep to scale to effort; re-working rep gained for treasure-defense... all the stuff we've seen suggested umpteen times in the forums, to no avail... all that stuff would make HG more appealing to the general playerbase.
Definite no to that idea. Not only is that a form of gatekeeping, since by far the majority will never reach such a streak (not only because of skill, but also because of the insane amount of time you need for that). On top of that it would make encountering a cheater even worse, because you then not only lose out of your streak, but also of your chance to get that cosmetic.
Last: it also creates an unfairness, because someone on EU-servers might not be able to get it, while someone on ANZ-servers with the same skill level is able to get that, simply because the average skill level differs between servers. (for instance my winrate in HG on EU-servers is about 40%, on east-US servers about 60% and on ANZ servers 90%, the difference is just that noticable)I think a title or something that shows your highest streak but there's no point making cosmetics for people way outside the 1%
I like that a lot. Something that continuously updates to what your highest streak was.
"Vanquisher of XX Servants"
"Menace to XX Guardians"
(Or something like that)Unlocks at a streak of 10 and counts up from there.
@theblackbellamy said in New Hourglass Cosmetics for Streaks:
I think a title or something that shows your highest streak but there's no point making cosmetics for people way outside the 1%
I like that a lot. Something that continuously updates to what your highest streak was.
"Vanquisher of XX Servants"
"Menace to XX Guardians"
(Or something like that)Unlocks at a streak of 10 and counts up from there.
Then it's still the 1%, since almost nobody will get that streak... Most people will probably never even get the 4-streak, since they often face higher skilled players. Just make it unlock with your first HG match, so everybody who won a battle can 'show it off' (even if a 1-streak wouldn't be much to show off). It's probably also easier to script, since you don't need a script how big your streak has to be before it counts and if you need to have lowered your HG yourself or not.
@lows-back said in New Hourglass Cosmetics for Streaks:
You guys should add hourglass cosmetics for going on insanely high streaks. So for like going on a 50 streak for Servants you unlock the shadow skeleton or for Guardians you unlock the rest of the Fallen Sea Dog as a clothing set thats a recolored arena set that would be cool.
Most people probably can't even get one win in Hourglass Battles due to the extremely high skill ceiling. To be honest, I think Hourglass Battles already put too much importance on getting streaks as is and it is a reason why cheating and using exploits has been so rampant.
It's also not just issues with skill. Hourglass Battles, especially solo sloop battles, tend to just stalemate badly and it becomes either an attrition battle until someone runs out of supplies, someone throws the match out of boredom, or both. Improving the Hourglass Battles experience should be a higher priority than adding some rewards for getting some absurdly big winning streak.
@dark-master-jmk cheating and exploits have always been bad before hourglass, hourglass is just now making it more noticable. The battles are already pretty decent besides bugs, maybe adding a time limit could work. For solo sloop battles aswell if you're a good player you can go on high streaks. High streak cosmetics would be a great way to actually have a cosmetic that means skill that loss farmers and such cant just get.
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