This morning, 35 Steam gamers, myself included, began up Harmony and determined to play a number of video games of Rivalry, a aggressive mode in Harmony that dishes out probably the most XP obtainable. After ready for 5 minutes (I am queuing with PS gamers, too), I lastly received right into a match, in the event you can name it that.
Inside a few seconds, the primary spherical was over because the enemy group flung themselves into the ocean slightly below the spawn level, killing them immediately. No, this is not some bizarre glitch, or only a group of significantly unhappy gamers. Earlier than Sony takes Harmony offline in a few days, gamers are attempting to get as a lot XP as doable, and the easiest way to do that is by killing themselves in Rivalry.
The enemy group continued to off themselves for every of the 4 rounds, which means my group received with no elims, no harm, and no therapeutic executed in any respect. By the tip of it, I received 15,000 XP for profitable and managed to degree up after only one recreation. It is truly a fairly good thought. You get tons of XP and need to spend not more than a few minutes in-game—the queue occasions are literally longer than the matches.
That is actually each match of Rivalry in Harmony rn as a result of that is the quickest solution to earn XP for the Platinum 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/BZ12OV7lc1September 3, 2024
However not all my matches have been as clean-cut as my first one. As a substitute of leaping off a close-by cliff, the enemy group within the second Rivalry match I performed selected dying by firing squad. At first, I assumed we have been going to play an precise recreation, so we secured the target, however after ready for a few minutes, everybody in my group realised that nobody was coming for us. So we went to search for the enemy, and certain sufficient, they have been standing nonetheless of their spawn level, the place we shortly completed them off. Within the subsequent rounds, my teammates and I ran straight to the enemy spawn to kill all of them as an alternative of messing round with the target.
Not everybody has given up, although. I did have a few video games by which no less than a number of individuals truly tried to take issues critically. Whereas some stayed nonetheless and others ran to the closest map edge, one or two rivals put up a great combat, however even nonetheless, matches have been over simply as shortly as they started.
In a single Rivalry match by which my whole group went AFK, I did attempt to combat again, however I solely managed to take out a most of two individuals per spherical, which clearly wasn’t sufficient to safe the win. I additionally received the vibe from my fellow teammates that I used to be drawing issues out too lengthy and obstructing their get-rich-quick hack. Even nonetheless, a loss granted me one other 15,000 XP, and inside 5 video games, I managed to climb three ranges.
However not everybody has been profitable with this new technique. “I have been doing this shit for an hour and solely went from Degree 44 to 45, I’m NOT getting this Platinum, bro,” one participant says on Twitter. Other than simply attempting to take advantage of Harmony in its previous few days, some gamers are attempting to quickly degree up in an try to platinum the sport.
Leveling your account to 100 means you have basically accomplished the sport, and PS gamers will get a platinum trophy for all their exhausting work. Proper now, it is an ultra-rare trophy, which simply 0.1% of gamers have managed to earn. The trophy title can also be “Dwelling Legend,” which some have identified as being fairly becoming: “Ironic how that is probably the most becoming trophy title for the one individual on this planet who Platinum’d Harmony,” one participant says on Twitter.
However it’s not all in regards to the platinum trophy. One other good purpose to degree up your account is to get all of the free cosmetics and gadgets that include it. Harmony is stuffed with actually cool customisable choices. Among the hero skins, just like the Freegunner outfits, look nice. There are weapon charms and skins, however my favorite customisable merchandise might be the enterprise card.
That is like your run-of-the-mill title card, however as an alternative of getting to choose totally different backgrounds, you possibly can fully change it up. There are totally different icons, backgrounds, and facet bars, which implies you may make a card that appears distinctive. You then additionally get to choose a motto like “Unhealthy for you, good for enterprise” or “Tighten these buns, let’s get it executed” in addition to deciding what two stats you need to show alongside it on the cardboard. I presently have my elims and harm dealt, however you possibly can put what number of 6+ kill streaks you have had, headshots, and way more.
Proper now, you will get all of those customized gadgets at no cost—all of them simply unlock with playtime. But when Harmony does handle to make a comeback, there is a first rate likelihood it’s going to accomplish that by changing into a free-to-play recreation, which additionally means these customisable gadgets might be locked behind a paywall.
So, in case you have a number of hours free and need to be a part of within the last-ditch effort to climb to degree 100, seize some cool skins, or simply have a enjoyable time watching gamers hurl themselves off the facet of the map, then you’ve a pair extra days to take action.