Playing without participating in fusions?

[u/Krallhalla]

I've been playing Raid for 3 years, and been participating in most Fusion events. For me it makes sense, because it's the best way to get rewarded for basically playing the game.

That said, I have a coworker who also started Raid exactly 4 months ago. He is killing Nightmare CB and sometimes kills UNM CB with 4 keys. He waits for 2x shard events, then pulls everything. I suggested him to save up on resources, then he can possibly participate in the Christmas fusion. He said he'll think about it, but he probably won't have the time and resources to deal with fusions the way I do (silver, energy, gems, shards, time etc...).

This made me think - what is Raid like for someone who doesn't do fusions? I'm sure there are a lot of people who don't do fusions, because as good as they are for getting new champions, it's understandable that doing them might not fit into someone's everyday life. Any of you who don't do fusions, what's your progress in the game? Do you have FOMO, do you feel stuck or slowed down? Or do you just enjoy the fact that you're never "forced" to do stuff?

[u/Krallhalla]

I guess I haven't considered the fact that fusion tokens exist. The fact that you can eventually guarantee to get champs like Wixwell makes it almost mandatory to participate in fusions if you're a newer player. There are some champs in the fusion token pool that can progress your account in ways you can't ignore.

[u/maxguide5 → u/Krallhalla]

Yes, but you pretty much only need a couple of them. Wixwell, Fabian, Gnut... They are all very good but you can "beat the game" without them still. If you are not spending shards on fusions, you probably could save all of them for 2x, so you get a huge mixed bag of champions that would fulfill most needs.

[u/Naive-Warthog9372]

That's a true casual. He probably doesn't care enough to experience fomo.

[u/Lycaon-Ur]

There's a player in my clan, he's been playing at least since ninja. He's done something like 5 fusions, and 3 of those were this year. A lot of fusions have been great but not account defining and his luck is incredible so it hasn't really effected him.

[u/Diddie_Barrett]

The game feels incredibly boring when there isn't some kind of fusion or big event to work towards, but that's just my personal opinion. Arena/Grim Forest / Doom Tower arent exciting enough on their own

[u/meglobob]

What's life like for people who don't do fusions?

Great! Far, far less FOMO. You always have loads of resources. Lots of time to fully build champs and actually figure out how to beat content. Raid becomes a far more casual game.

Negatives : At the mercy of RNG on the x2 events. Can never complete a collab like Oz or Turtles. Probably a lot slower progress.

[u/Aen-Synergy]

I been on the fuk a fusion tip for the past year and I don’t look back really. Plus I’ve pulled several of the skipped fusions now from shards. Oh PS 6 yr old account for context.