HERO STAR 🌟 (Bonus Stars Concept)

ATLAS-Z

New Idea - Hero Stars

Concept: at the beginning of the challenge every hero starts with a set number of hero Stars that can contribute to the bonus star in a challenge mission.

For the sake of specificity let's say that every hero starts with (2) hero Stars.

If the hero is used in the leader position, and the player finishes the mission with perfect three stars, they will be awarded a 4th bonus star as if they had used star hero in the past. However each hero has a limit of only 2 bonus Stars they can contribute in this way. After that, using that hero in the leader position will not gain any further bonus Stars.

Exception: Star Hero
- the star Hero has infinite bonus Stars and will always Grant a bonus 4th star if the player finishes a mission with perfect 3 stars.


Indicator at the bottom of the hero card could show how many bonus challenge stars remain for each hero. (see above) 



Why is this better than what we have now?

Star hero Integrity is maintained. Most hardcore  players will probably still use the star hero for most of the missions. 

The strategy element that this injects will be that players will try to save the very best heroes for when they get stuck on a certain mission or to release their strategic creativity and individuality when completing the entire challenge.

Why would you use Guardian Carol when you have Sasha? Well because Guardian Carol is good and you might need Sasha later for an even more difficult mission. This is just an example.

It also encourages the further development of your entire hero lineup, since you will be able to use them for more than one week in 6 months, which is good for players and for next games Revenue.

What's best is it does not require an entire overhaul of the star hero system. It just gives it a little help and a little variety for flavor and to relieve the stale odor of SHPY rinse and repeat.

LT7702

This is a good idea. I support it. 

ghost_pepper

I love it. But your idea is too simple to implement, too fun to experience, and leads to too much diverse game play. Never gonna happen.

But it makes for a fun read! 

T_SLASH8

This is awesome! This is would encourage me to utilize more of my heroes and the star hero. I generally just stick with my 3 go-to heroes. Great job Atlas! 

Firekid

Yep, love the idea! This could be phase 1 of a challenge rework as feel the whole challenge does need some changes but it’s an amazing start! 

IronUncle

Atlas, you should be paid a monthly stipend from Nextgames, but they can't afford you!  

ATLAS-Z

@Lexia @Fluxxx

As much time as I put into this ☝️☝️ idea (not as much as you might think lol) i would also be satisfied with a MUCH simpler solution... 👇



STAR HEROES
Choose from 3

If you rotate three Heroes per week then we will much more frequently be able to play the heroes that we have invested so much resources and time developing.

(It would be okay if top tier Heroes like Sasha and princess were not in the rotation very often but very rarely.) 

Le_Mat

I love this! It's super elaborate, it will indeed force everyone to be creative, unlimited ☆ for the star hero sounds great because the ones that haven't unlocked all of them can still get all the stars... why aren't we funding this @Lexia @Fluxxx ? 😂

Same thing I wrote in the other post, I think we all got the idea behind the ☆hero, cool, now time to do something different.

Muirna

This idea kind of reminds me of a fun game we played within the Eh Family guilds. We had teams competing against each other where they earned points based on using every hero in the game as leader on MMs while playing the Challenge. This was before SPY and there weren't star heroes during this time. Similar to what you mention, it involved another layer of strategy to decide what order to use them up in and on which Master Missions. It made the Challenge fresher and more fun.

ATLAS-Z

Thanks for support guys. 

What we like about Star Hero;
- forces (some) outside the box thinking
- increases difficulty for the challenge

What we don't like about Star Hero:
- We rarely get to use some heroes we've invested a lot of time and resources into
- it's BORING, BORING, BOOOOORING!!!!!!!!!! 

What I'm trying to do here is find a middle ground. @Lexia @fluxxx