balance: Shadow Mere 5M CP quest requirement is unreachable with current adventurer tiers #164

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2026-03-31T09:49:56-07:00

hikari commented

2026-03-31 09:49:56 -07:00

Balance Report

Reported by: ilenia_4709, deusmortis (Discord)

Description

The Shadow Mere zone has a quest with a 5,000,000 Combat Power requirement. The highest available adventurer in that progression bracket now has ~13,000 CP (previously 45,000 CP after a recent rebalance). To reach 5M CP requires approximately 270 of the 13K adventurers, compared to ~78 of the old 45K adventurers — a dramatic increase in grind.

Both reporters are stuck on this wall for multiple prestige cycles (one for 4+ days) and are prestiging repeatedly without ever reaching the CP threshold, making the quest and all content gated behind it effectively inaccessible.

Impact

Shadow Mere zone progression blocked
All content beyond Shadow Mere is inaccessible
Players are forced to prestige repeatedly with no meaningful progress
Daily challenges that require quest completions or boss kills are also blocked (see related issue)

Suggested Direction

Review the CP requirement for Shadow Mere quests relative to the CP achievable with the current adventurer roster at that point in progression. Either lower the CP threshold or restore higher-CP adventurers earlier in the tier progression.

✨ This issue was created with help from Hikari~ 🌸

## Balance Report **Reported by:** ilenia_4709, deusmortis (Discord) ## Description The Shadow Mere zone has a quest with a 5,000,000 Combat Power requirement. The highest available adventurer in that progression bracket now has ~13,000 CP (previously 45,000 CP after a recent rebalance). To reach 5M CP requires approximately 270 of the 13K adventurers, compared to ~78 of the old 45K adventurers — a dramatic increase in grind. Both reporters are stuck on this wall for multiple prestige cycles (one for 4+ days) and are prestiging repeatedly without ever reaching the CP threshold, making the quest and all content gated behind it effectively inaccessible. ## Impact - Shadow Mere zone progression blocked - All content beyond Shadow Mere is inaccessible - Players are forced to prestige repeatedly with no meaningful progress - Daily challenges that require quest completions or boss kills are also blocked (see related issue) ## Suggested Direction Review the CP requirement for Shadow Mere quests relative to the CP achievable with the current adventurer roster at that point in progression. Either lower the CP threshold or restore higher-CP adventurers earlier in the tier progression. --- ✨ This issue was created with help from Hikari~ 🌸

hikari referenced this issue from a commit

2026-03-31 12:48:41 -07:00

balance: reduce shadow_mere CP requirement 5M -> 2M (#164)

hikari referenced a pull request that will close this issue

2026-03-31 13:25:09 -07:00

fix: runestone formula, prestige/transcendence rebalance, exploration fixes, and comprehensive balance audit #135

naomi closed this issue

2026-03-31 19:57:53 -07:00

naomi referenced this issue from a commit

2026-03-31 19:57:54 -07:00

fix: runestone formula, prestige/transcendence rebalance, exploration fixes, and comprehensive balance audit (#135)

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