Elite Classes

I personally feel these Elite versions are nothing more but just the last drop of monetisation to get players more involved with their events especially the players who have already maxed out.

My iPad actually has a new loading screen art display, showing just Red, Chuck and Matilda in their movie drawing style promoting their feature film this May.

I can’t tell whether or not this is their marketing ploy to increase the longevity of ABE or make newcomers want to explore Rovio’s games when the movie does come out.

First, what is the point of being able to switch between “Regular” and Elite? I honestly cannot fathom any real reason, unless the “trophy” is the only point.

I think you somewhat answered this question on your own. I do not think that the main reason you can switch from the Elite version to what you had before is for those that had the regular Knight class but more for those that have the Ronin upgrade and want to switch back to that one since it is more exclusive. The stats between Ronin and the Elite upgrade are, as others have already stated, exactly the same.

@mighty-red-1 OK, then I am sorry for the wrong info. I did not get the Ronin upgrade (or Moon Priestess upgrade for Mathilda) but I got the other base class upgrades for Chuck and Bomb and they both gives a 10% increase in stat from their regular classes so I assumed that Ronin was the same.

@mighty-red-1 Thanks. I guess I just assumed that for Red as Chuck got a boost from Mage to Archmage.

@sailus True I wanted all those other exclusive classes as well. So glad that Rovio has started upgrading classes which are not exclusive anymore…oh wait, they are.

An Elite class increases that class’ BASE stats by 10%. The class’ skills remain the same.

A limited edition class increases the attack modifier by +10%. This is a flat addition to the multiplier, not x1.1 like the elite class.

In the case of Elite Knight, the attack is actually 126.5% of a non-elite Red’s base attack. For example, a level 50 rank 12 non-elite Red holding a Vigor offhand would have 1235 base attack. Non-elite Knight would deal 1420 damage with Attack (1235*1.15). After the Elite upgrade, Red’s base attack increases to 1359. However, the Knight keeps its x1.15 Attack modifier, so Elite Knight deals 1563 damage with Attack (1359*1.15). Compared to Red’s original base attack, this is 126.59% more (rounding errors).

An elite class will always be better than the limited edition classes because it’s another multiplier on top of the attack. It also increases that bird’s base health. Depending on the class, it can increase other effects as well. For example, Paladin and Cleric would heal more with their elite attack.

@pointless
At the end of the day, Rovio is a business with the ultimate aim of making more money. Players who missed out on getting the “Elite” classes through events may be able to purchase them using LCs (or other mechanics using LCs eg- golden pig rolls?) in the future. If this happens, there will be players who will shell out real money to buy LCs to purchase these gears.

Everyone just need to remember that Rovio is a business who just happens to make great games.

@pointless
sorry, I’m not sure what you mean by circular redundancy

if we are to take the business aspect of this out of consideration, I guess the “Elite Class” events can be considered a stop-gap solution to keep the veteran players interested in the game if they have completed everything else. If Rovio is to really release an elite version of every class for every bird, it means that they already have a roadmap of 30 (6 classes for each of the 5 birds) events on hand with minimum effort.

IMHO, I still believe that this is still a business driven decision on Rovio’s part. If there really are to be elite versions of every classes for every bird, even if it is only an incremental buff of 10%-15%, it would create an advantage gap between the haves and have-nots. This would certainly drive a percentage of the have-nots to try to obtain them anyway they can, either by shelling out RW$ or watching ads everyday to accumulate resources. How many of us watch ads everyday just for the golden pig roll? Either way, Rovio still generates revenue from it.

@pointless
agreed, I tried the elite knight twice then went back to paladin. Hence, my theory that this is a business driven decision. Players will collect for the sake of collecting or there will be an entire new tier of elite classes to get the have-nots to buy/obtain them.

@datguygamer Same for me. I’ve always liked collecting trophy’s in games and Elite Knight will be a nice addition :).

Just like with the useless event items in Fight. Most of the SS prizes I’ll never use but I keep them just because I like exclusives. :D

@roviobeni, @roviohuzz:

I do not understand the point of Elite Knight, why it was even created. The Elite Knight is still completely unplayable compared to Samurai, which continues to strictly outclass EK in both damage dealt and damage prevented. Why did you expend the resources for this “collector’s item” that nobody will use?

If EK were redeveloped into something competitive with Samurai, then this would make sense as a rebalance / Arena diversity benefit. But to make an unplayable class marginally less weak is not really helping.

@bubbley

Marksmen is just a mediocre stand alone class and quite possibly the worst in Blues arsenal. It’s reliant on teammates abusing its triggered mark and its base damage is just poor at taking on birds by itself. Even though it would make sense for Tricksters, there are plenty of others that deserve a face lift.