For some reason it feels like my lv10 companions of lower rarity consistently give me less pebbles than when they were lv1 or even companions of the same rarity tier that are lv1. I just played with my lv10 kapura and it gave me a whopping 27 pebbles. Lv 10! I am already quite iffy about the fact that the KS exclusive companions give so much more than those that can be obtained through gameplay, and that even the moonstone exclusive ones give a lot more than the pebble-bought ones. But while their payout does seem to increase as they level up (although I still get a low roll from time to time that ends up being lower than when they were lv1), it just feels plain unfair that the more common, readily available companions, when levelled to the current available maximum level, give 27 pebbles.

To start mending this huge disparity I feel like with levelling up, the lower limit of possible pebbles you can get should go up.

Say a lv1 kapura can give you beteen 50 and 150 pebbles, with the lower values having a higher chance. A lv2 kapura should have 60 - 160 as the lower and higher limit, lv 3 70 - 170, lv4 80 - 180 etc. etc. I'm just plucking random numbers out of thin air right now, purely to demonstrate what I mean. But I feel it is ridiculous that my lv10 kapura is giving me less pebbles than it did when it was lv1. It makes it punishing to actually level up (when levelling up is such a necessary thing for other parts of the game, like hunting, the campaign and the guantlet!).

I personally also think that the difference in payout between expensive companions, like the KS-exclusives and moonstone-only companions, and the cheaper more common companions should be lessened. It's too pay to win and rich get richer while the poor get poorer. If there must be a difference in payout, I think those companions should at least be more difficult to level up (more xp required per level)

I do support this one. I've been playing with my companions more trying to level them up, since Hunting really only uses specific ones.

KS exclusives shouldn't be so high up there benefits wise, since there might be a lot of people who missed out on them.

To be fair, KS companions can only be played with every 12 hours.

But yeah, support. Level 10's (that give out pebbles, since some don't) should not be giving out under 100 pebbles, and definitely not under 50p.

You have a fair point, Stellori, about the playing cooldown! I did not factor that into my consideration!

Edit; based on the comments after this one, I would like to add that given Nana and the cost for it, the fact that the cooldown is long and payout high still works in people's advantage. I can bond with a KS companion twice a day, costing me 200 pebbles, and netting me around 2000 to 2500 pebbles . Profit 1800 to 2300 per companion

Whereas a low rarity companion, in that same 24 hour span (let's ignore sleep for now) would cost me 2400 pebbles and net me 2000 if I am lucky. Loss 800 pebbles per companion.

Yes I could bond manually to save me the 2400 nana costs, but that means that apart from needing to spend more time to get there (both in being online every hour and going through all the clicks manually) I still only get just close to the lower end of the KS companion payout IF I am lucky. Cause 24 times 27 is nowhere near 2000. So yeah you can only bond twice, but the difference remains huge. Even more so with Nana

As someone who bought multiple of each of the KS companions I was amazed we can attach all of them. Nana spits out about 30kp+ twice a day for me. Very pay-to-win, for sure. I know we've gone round and round about FRs request for a “bond all” button.. this right here is why I've always said it was a terrible idea and shouldn't happen. The combination of Nana and the MS and KS companions that give so much pebbles.. it's too much.

30k pebbles twice a day is a LOT, and should absolutely be uh, lessened.

I get like 200-300 pebbles from some of my maxed out companions not even every two hours. That level of gap between KS Companions and available companions is VERY pay to win.

Agreed SCB! While I will admit I am happily using Nana and get 50k pebbles in my face twice a day, and around 10 to 20k at the 6 hour mark for the MS companions, it is so pay to win. Even more so because for the low rarity companions, nana is too expensive to use and often costs more than you get given their payout.

@Gaia That is exactly why I don't use Nana. The pebbles fee, doesn't get me anything at all.

Took a screenshot last night.

Some reduction in the KS and unobtainable companions should absolutely also be on the list, and some efforts to give more to those obtainable should be done.