matt
45 posts
I'm going to be so sad if another Trophy System is ruined by bad matchmaking and pity system. 😔 I love Brawl Stars, but not having a stable trophy system since 2018, that constantly has to be reworked is worrisome. And I fear the main reason for that is that long-term success is often overlooked. We want a system that lasts for years, not one that's going to be fun for a couple weeks or months, and then we're back to square one again. Here are some other major long-term concerns for the new Prestige system: No trophy reset. The thought of "no trophy reset" is amazing, but the idea of it is not. Once you hit Prestige 2/3 on a brawler, you're locked in. Now the game can only go on two directions: 1) Make it easier for you to continue pushing trophies, which will result in the same problem from the previous trophy system, which is the lack of competition and satisfaction from winning, ultimately leading to burn out. Or 2) Make it competitive and harder to progress (stronger opponents and slower matchmaking time), which means that many players will lose that satisfaction from consistently winning with and progressing with their favorite brawler. With no trophy reset, the top players on the leaderboards will never drop, meaning any player who wants to strive to get to the top will no longer be able to anymore. No trophy reset, no drop from Prestige, and a pity system with bot lobbies = Trophy inflation. With trophies becoming inflated, Prestige 2 will ultimately feel like the same as Prestige 1 in terms of difficulty. Prestige 3 will become the new Prestige 2. The major problem with this is, now you're going to hurt your own business model when releasing new brawlers. Prestige 1 has lost its value, Prestige 2 and then eventually Prestige 3 may become the benchmark of where players may feel like they have to push a new brawler to in order to achieve the highest reward. In time, due to trophy inflation, the game will ultimately feel grindier and grindier. Gameplay turns into "chore" rather than fun. Few people will want to push newly released brawlers because there won't be much of a challenge anymore, especially when trophies will lose their meaning. It will also result in the death of strategy content, fewer players will be interested in learning and improving in the game. #BrawlStars
