Talk:The Gauntlet (Season 5)/@comment-27667286-20160426033941/@comment-26607640-20160426161253

I'm not sure. If most people are like me, they hate the Gauntlet not because of it's difficulty, but because it feels like grinding and, therefore, has no entertainment value. That's why I like the regular Special Events. Yeah, the script is cheesy, but at least offers some context for the bull$#!t the game throws at us.

The Gauntlet is also a time sink. No matter if people are taking the hard path, trying over and over to beat the harder challenges to cash in more points, or the long path, by going to the edge of their comfort zone and restarting, it takes a lot of gameplay time. Another good aspect of the usual Special Events is that, well, they usually don't. I don't know about you guys, but I can't forget that, despite the nice graphics, this is still a mobile game, a pretty heavy mobile game that can evaporate my device's battery.

Granted, I haven't taken part in the last two seasons, but of none of three I did, I found excessively difficult (some challenges and bosses were, but overall it wasn't hard to obtain the reward). But I did think I was treadmilling. Give it enough time and patience, and I believe anyone can succeed, but not everybody have that. So, to me, the solution to The Gauntlet isn't reducing its difficulty and rewards, but to remove it altogether. But I don't want that to happen, because some people enjoy it and the game wasn't made for me. And that's why I won't compete in another one unless I feel the reward is worth the hassle.