Since the expansion it seems that fractals in the higher tiers have lost some of their replay value due to the new single map system. After the initial play through, player will simply run the 3 shortest maps for their dailies, which at the moment are levels 56 (bloomhunger)/ 60 (jade maw)/ 70(jade maw – again), and many of my friends have resorted to this. I’d argue this decreases map diversity and less popular maps such as aquatic or cliffside receive even less replay value than before (Aquatic was almost never run prior to HoT since players could opt for swampland). One of the great things about fractals which I enjoyed since its conception was its diversity of encounters and the new system seems to eliminate that somewhat.
Suggestion: Choose specific levels that players must complete similar to the current system for levels below 50, and it would be randomized each day. A possible daily could be “complete fractal level 65, 76 and 81”. These can be split into separate tabs so that maybe players who can’t complete 81 yet will still be able to run 65, as an example. The reward could be an extra fractal page perhaps or something else.
Although this does cater more to veterans it would bring more replay value to high level maps that aren’t visited as often such as cliffside, which is an extremely well designed map/encounter, but since it takes longer to run than other maps it’s not terribly popular.
Thanks devs for reading,
From an avid Fractaler since 2012
