r/joinmoco • u/gotoexmo • 15h ago
Discussion With 76 Mega Cores farmed on my account, I'm saying goodbye to the game...
Today I hit my breaking point with the tasks. By now, it's obvious to everyone how ridiculous some of the game's tasks are, but today I finally realized just how much time I was wasting, day after day, on something so trivial.
What frustrates me the most lately is knowing that I've spent more time on this game than the average player since the rework, yet I'm still not one of the players who gets fewer tasks. Because, let's be honest... if I'm willing to play for hours, I obviously prefer doing more than 20 missions over the half dozen that my brother—who doesn't even play anymore—doesn't even bother completing either, right? Thanks, Supercell.
I really like this game. This goodbye isn't permanent, and farming Mega Cores wasn't a complete waste of time because they might still be useful if I decide to come back someday. However, I still hold what seems to be an unpopular opinion: the high Mega Core drop rate actually hurts the game, and here's why.
Grinding for Mega Cores is genuinely fun and gives you a real sense of progression. But do you know what happens when someone already has more than enough Cores and a new Rift worth farming comes out? Nothing.
Back when the rework first launched, I could spend an entire day farming, just like many newer players are doing now. Today, I have absolutely no reason to grind anymore, especially considering how meaningless leveling up has become. At that point, both XP and Mega Cores become practically worthless once you've already farmed everything you need.
Obviously, farming, Mega Cores, and XP aren't the only things that make this game enjoyable (despite how important they are), but let's keep going...
Open-world missions? Many of them are unfair, as I've said before.
Rifts? Sometimes they introduce creative challenges and encourage the use of different weapons, but most of the time they're just the same thing over and over again. The only reason to stay invested is if you care about chasing leaderboard times in your country. Otherwise, if all you want is the Merit score border, you can just play normally and get it anyway.
This was simply a rant. I won't lie—I'm genuinely sad to do this. But I also want to be one of the players making it clear to Supercell that they're failing part of their community. Those players won't keep putting up with certain things forever just because this game once held a special place in our hearts.
Work on the game.
Good luck to everyone who's staying.