Hello everyone!
I decided to hop back into this discussion board to see how the game was going after a friend showed me the myriad of systems changes that are currently occurring. I hopped into my time machine, and went back to almost a year ago to see my posts previously and noticed that I was nearly spot on with all of my suggestions/guesses.
Previous post: https://forums.marvelheroes.com/discussion/comment/3143947/#Comment_3143947
In here, I offered the suggestion of extending the game to near infinite levels, even going so far as to throw out an equation for how said infinite progression would persist. I saw today that they are converting everything to a new, infinite progression system, pushing the end game goal post all the way out beyond the player's view, which is nothing but a positive change. I highly doubt I nailed the progression requirements, as that was off the top of my head and had 0 testing or checks behind it, but you get the idea.
I also suggested a "sense of progression". I was fairly lost while playing, not understanding how I was supposed to know where to go to get what item upgrades, most notably the ilvl bonuses. I was eventually pointed in the right direction, but I still felt more like I was bothering people than being a part of a community. I have been told that various narrations & systemic features have been subtly changed to point players in a more productive way. I cannot confirm this at this time, but if this has been done, it is (again) a positive change that should help new blood join and acclimate quickly to the game.
Finally, there hasn't been a response on the "Community Competition" part, where I stated that ladders and competitions should be put in place, measuring a wide array of ranking types: omega points gained in a certain amount of time, terminal clear time, raid clear time, etc. Though this has not been announced, I suspect it will be within the next week or two, possibly in the next dev blog.
I am excited to see these changes in action, and even more excited to dig into the numbers behind the UI and UX.
P.S. - whomever at Gaz that made that Infinity System UI? I <3 it way more than I probably should. It is absolutely amazing looking, and I hope it comes animated!