A F2P player's point of view of Trionfi of Fate event

Hi everyone, the following article presents a F2P point of view on the value of triofni since the changes.

1. Changes.

Some of the exclusive artifacts from pinball have been moved to this event. Among them we have: hannibal's, leonidas, ramesses, william, harald . . .

Trionfi was mainly used a an expensive f2p alternative to get shards of king of the hill immortals. Another change that was made on conquest servers (don't know if season 2 still have it) is the elimination of the supreme seal event which used to give also EA's and sun crystal for empowering artifacts. Now those crystals are available in rebels and trionfi and lucky spin.

2. Analysis

Information on how to play and what sum of gems you need for the trionfi you can find here. Its done very well, no use reinventing the wheel.

Lets revisit the cost of trionfi from another angle: as a f2p where you don't intend to spend but you need sun crystal and maybe some artifacts and KoTH immortals. We will use the market value of items in terms of gems as close as possible. A summary is below for reference (taken from Phill, market, packs of interest):

To win anything on the first try you need 600 gems (2 flips), assuming best case. In that case you can get as prizes: 2 x 3h speedup, 1 x 10k exp scroll, 50 x dragon shards, 1 x stellar, 12 x immortal shard, 2 x EA chests / 3 x normal artifact schematic chest.

Speedups and 10k exp scroll can be bought anytime with gems from the market icon top-right an their cost is, surprisingly, 600 gems. ( 0 point )

The 50 dragon shards can be estimated at the market: 5 for 50 gems => 50 for 500 gems. For wind you get them 10 for 500 insignia points. On the assumption that you can beat only the righ-side opponents(easiest) you need to spend 100 gems alongside the 5 free chances you have at the arena for 500 points (up to 3rd chest). => 100 gems for 10 dragon shard => 500 gems for 50 dragon shards. So on some deals the market saves you 100 gems. ( -1 point )

The 12 immortal shards goes on the market (for gem-only immortals) 1000 gems x 10 shard => 12 shards would mean 1200 gems. Trionfi is obviously cheaper because besides the gem cost you don't need to consume refreshes unlike the market situation ( +1 point )

Artifact shards are tricky. We're going to take a different approach. Take the Wonderful treasures pack: 3340 gems packed as 4 x epic schematics | 4 x common forging material selection (400 gems) | 1 x 3h speedup (300 gems) | 5 x 100 vip points (100 gems ) | 1 x chests with small rss (50 gems by summing rss to 10k equivalent and gold taking half of 2k).Thus the 4 x schematics would cost = 3340 - 4 x 400 - 300 - 5 x 100 - 50 = 890 gems. 3 such chests => 667 gems. In case of exclusive artifacts i will value them as 3 regular ones since it replaces that item (though that is not the case for person's aiming a certain artifact). ( +1 point )

Last one is the stellar We need this as a reference (don't know if its still selling).

We try to find a similar pack in the form of seasonal sales: 1100 gems = 8 x sun crystal chests + 5 x 100k gold (800) + 1 x rare alliance chest (100 gems) + 11 x 100 (100 gems). But we cannot deduce the cost of it since by market value the items outweigh the gifts worth. Plan B: scale off another pack(hint to spenders: buy it 🙂). We take wonderful treasures pack (worst case because of low gem worth). By math if 520 + 3340 gems is worth 4.86 euro then 7.96 euro should be worth 6322 gems. So lets use that (an remember its a low gem pack worth according to IK). Trying again: 8 x sun crystals = 6322 - 4000 -1100 - 100 = 1120. 1 Chest is 140 gems. Surprisingly bad . . . but thats a pay variant. From lucky spin it takes 300 gems if you're lucky, if you spin 2 times you're tied with trionfi. Anything else is worse than trionfi. This is still a -1 point for trionfi, mostly because the wheel analysis hasn't been made.

3.Conclusion

Adding in points for each prize available and the result is even. Some may not like it but the way the items they offer are now available makes trionfi of fate an event that allows you to access the items at market value using gems. What you save from immortal shards you lose at sun crystal. Even though you get things that you don't need you're not getting cheated off (according to the games market prices which were there before the changes). What makes it worthwhile is when it overlaps with the dice event. I would argue it's the only time to play but your exclusive artifact needs might overweight this. So if you're a F2P, chances are you might need everything apart from xp scrolls so consider doing a little of trionfi during spending reward to maximize value of gems.

F2P-er signing off . . .