u/Probably_MR

I actually don't know the original artist, if I did I would link it

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I typically die to ship whenever I’m under a lot of stress

First of all, I'd like to make a sincere apology to my team SS2NDPHASE, as I will not be getting anything past 8000 stars, I love getting rare badges on my profile, but I have a life outside of bloons. My team is actually really good, and I am thankful that they let me in and were hard working, I don't plan to leave, and will still try to pull my weight.

But to my main point, social season is just so... awful...

Genuinely I want to know the thought process behind NK's decisions, because they clearly didn't test this in the slighest.

The goals are mundane and long, It took me around 15 hours to just complete the first phase. They are the same thing, over, and over, and over, and over, it's genuinely one of the most boring things I have done in a video game, and I have played Ark before.

Having cool unlocks behind the social seasons, such as temporary perks, or limited edition badges is the biggest reason why so many people want to do the social season, it is not fun, it is because we want rewards. Which is objectively bad game design.

They essentially made social seasons into a fucking dead end job, nobody WANTS to do that without an award. And you know what's even sadder?

The fact that they chose possibly THE WORST TIME FOR THIS. They chose, the 2 worst possible weeks in the entire god damn year. You want to know why?

FINALS & AP EXAMS ARE THIS MONTH NK, THE MAJORITY OF YOUR PLAYERBASE ARE NOT WORKING ADULTS, THEY ARE STILL IN SCHOOL. YOU KNOW THIS.

I physically cannot spend more time on bloons, not only because it's boring, but because I have to, y'know, take some of the most important tests of my life.

And although I do have more free time than most, I'm not going to spend it playing 8 games of impoppable of literally the same thing, I would rather do ANYTHING else.

I'm just so god damn tired of NK treating us like this, they don't test anything, they just release stuff, hope it's balanced, and when it's inevitably not, they try to add bandage fixes even though the damage is already done.

And it's even worse considering that this isn't HALF OF THE PROBLEM, there is still so much garbage that Social Seasons have that I haven't even talked about like freeloaders, Perks, and impossibly high expectations.

Shout outs to Mrdkobijec69, u/DBreazzy, and u/keikunsama, you 3 are hella dedicated to get those awful objectives, and I have respect for all 3 of you. Special thanks for Keikunsama for being cool on sub and inviting me.