What's the reasoning for this?
Better to spend rep now or wait? I was just holding on to everything.
Cards, Cards Packs, and Card materials are going away (the older version)
All Card Packs be it the 5 Cards, Card Pack or 1 Card, Card Pack will get added up. Along side all the cards you earned by opening. Then Card materials will get converted from their amounts back into cards.
We don't know what values Epic is using, but they said they're being very generous
So when all things are added together, you will be given a Card Value Score. That score will translate to how many Veteran Chest you will earn.
So if you have 50 Card Packs of 5, 10 Card Packs of 1, the whole set (293, just rounding it up to 300 to make it look nicer) and say 10,000 Card material (where every 500 material = 1 Card), that your card value total. So 580 Card Value for this assessment.
Then if it's 10 Cards per Veteran Chest (not true value, just using as example), that's 58 Veteran Chests to open up and earn the new cards and Gems.
Me I'm roughly 1250 Cards and 225,000 Card Materials, so yeah I think I'll have a stockpile to open up!
I bought 100 packs so I could increase my Card Value Score. I still have a fuckton of Rep left.
I took the gamble that Rep Value will be more fast, quicker to earn in the new system, pay the higher value Rep right now, convert into assets to hoard, then let the rest devalue a bit.
So in new system those assets pay dividends cause now Reps value isn't as much as it was prior. It's really trying to be ahead of the "economy" switch.
Don't forget all Heroes you've unlocked and whatever Rank and Level they get placed into, all those levels earned will be backpay also. So we're getting rewarded double.
Working on getting to rank 3 for as many heroes as possible before the update as you suggested(i play countess like 90% of the time so it will take a while lol) . Is it better to leave chests unopened or should I open every silver chest i get before the update?
Leave them closed.
All Chests not opened before v42 drops switch to new system
So if you want the old reward possibilities like rep, card Packs, coins, a small slim chance at Chest within a Chest and maybe a skin/Emote (like 5% in Diamond, so lower tiers would be worse) open now
If you wait till the new system, Chests Switch a little
Before all Chests were locked to giving you 4 rewards, only difference was the amount, rarity bump, and better odds (not by much) to earn something from the store
Now each rarity of Chest has changed;
Bronze gives 2 Rewards
Silver, 3 Rewards
Gold, 4 Rewards
Diamond, 5 Rewards
This was due to people believing that Gold had better loot in it than Diamond cause the reward amount were the same for both chests at 4 and you can get a Diamond Chest within it to double up your rewards. If you hit Diamond cause it was a capped Chest, you got the possibility of more amounts yet odds looked worse in your favor from Gold.
In new system Chest within a Chest carries over.
Now it's intuitive to get the Star Chest to max (120 stars) every 3 days possible for 5 Rewards, still can do gold and hope you get lucky with Chest within a Chest mechanic, but lose 1 reward in process, so there's a give and take.