Bring back the crystal subscription pack

It's been nearly 6 months since they took it out for rework. Seems like they have completely ignored it since. As much stuff as they put in that's a blatant cash bait, you'd think they want to bring back the one thing that many free players actually paid money for.

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  • You would think, and it would get a lot of players spending again if they would bring it back in a decent and similar fashion. One can dream . . .. .
  • I made a post about this a few days ago and now I can't find it. Yes they said they were going to bring something better so where is it EA?
  • OrpheusRobot
    238 posts Member
    edited February 2018
    I doubt they will bring it back and why they took it away is beyond me other than greed. They want to frustrate you into buying the 19.99 USD / 2800 Crystal Pack repeatedly instead I guess.

  • I doubt they will bring it back and why they took it away is beyond me other than greed. They want to frustrate you into buying the 19.99 USD / 2800 Crystal Pack repeatedly instead I guess.

    Possibly, but I think that is not working too well for them if that's the case.
  • I used to buy it all the time but since they added crystals to fleet arena, I find I don’t need it anymore. 400 crystals every day for free is a nice substitute. But it doesn’t make sense to me. I might still buy it now, but instead I’m buying nothing and CG is losing money. Go figure.
  • I think someone should ask this to ea.answer site
  • RacerDejak wrote: »
    I think someone should ask this to ea.answer site

    So it doesn’t get answered? I love it XD
  • Ravens1113 wrote: »
    RacerDejak wrote: »
    I think someone should ask this to ea.answer site

    So it doesn’t get answered? I love it XD

    Player to forum : When crystal subscription pack back?
    Forum (dev or someone in charge) : We are currently considering it and will inform about that a.s.a.p

    - Soon (after 6 months?)

    Player to forum : When crystal subscription pack back?
    Forum : ............................
    Player to EA.answer : Is there a chance the crystal subscription in SWGOH game will back? We need it
    EA.answer (dev or someone in charge) : Thank you, but we don't know about this. Can u kindly go to the official forum and ask them?

    Player : :dizzy::dizzy::dizzy:
  • I doubt they will bring it back and why they took it away is beyond me other than greed. They want to frustrate you into buying the 19.99 USD / 2800 Crystal Pack repeatedly instead I guess.

    Possibly, but I think that is not working too well for them if that's the case.
    We don’t know about that actually. The fact it’s been missing for so long probably means it’s the opposite.
  • Globuhl wrote: »
    I doubt they will bring it back and why they took it away is beyond me other than greed. They want to frustrate you into buying the 19.99 USD / 2800 Crystal Pack repeatedly instead I guess.

    Possibly, but I think that is not working too well for them if that's the case.
    We don’t know about that actually. The fact it’s been missing for so long probably means it’s the opposite.

    Hard to say, my suspicion is not, and there is some behind the scenes reason they pulled it. As for doing better, . . . I dunno there, I know a pile of folks that have stopped spending completely, now there are always more folks starting playing and folks that spend of course, but it does seem that the average player has turned the taps off.
  • Globuhl wrote: »
    I doubt they will bring it back and why they took it away is beyond me other than greed. They want to frustrate you into buying the 19.99 USD / 2800 Crystal Pack repeatedly instead I guess.

    Possibly, but I think that is not working too well for them if that's the case.
    We don’t know about that actually. The fact it’s been missing for so long probably means it’s the opposite.

    Hard to say, my suspicion is not, and there is some behind the scenes reason they pulled it. As for doing better, . . . I dunno there, I know a pile of folks that have stopped spending completely, now there are always more folks starting playing and folks that spend of course, but it does seem that the average player has turned the taps off.

    I don't spend anymore and I used to buy those packs all the time. They should bring them back.
  • Globuhl wrote: »
    I doubt they will bring it back and why they took it away is beyond me other than greed. They want to frustrate you into buying the 19.99 USD / 2800 Crystal Pack repeatedly instead I guess.

    Possibly, but I think that is not working too well for them if that's the case.
    We don’t know about that actually. The fact it’s been missing for so long probably means it’s the opposite.

    Hard to say, my suspicion is not, and there is some behind the scenes reason they pulled it. As for doing better, . . . I dunno there, I know a pile of folks that have stopped spending completely, now there are always more folks starting playing and folks that spend of course, but it does seem that the average player has turned the taps off.

    I don't spend anymore and I used to buy those packs all the time. They should bring them back.

    They are probably grooming new players to spend recklessly and don't care about the longtime light spenders like myself.
  • Globuhl wrote: »
    I doubt they will bring it back and why they took it away is beyond me other than greed. They want to frustrate you into buying the 19.99 USD / 2800 Crystal Pack repeatedly instead I guess.

    Possibly, but I think that is not working too well for them if that's the case.
    We don’t know about that actually. The fact it’s been missing for so long probably means it’s the opposite.

    Hard to say, my suspicion is not, and there is some behind the scenes reason they pulled it. As for doing better, . . . I dunno there, I know a pile of folks that have stopped spending completely, now there are always more folks starting playing and folks that spend of course, but it does seem that the average player has turned the taps off.

    I don't spend anymore and I used to buy those packs all the time. They should bring them back.

    They are probably grooming new players to spend recklessly and triumphantly.
  • nB_
    34 posts Member
    +1 I have also stopped spending, used to spend 100-200$ a month, but not anymore since they pulled the booster pack out
  • Smithie
    1427 posts Member
    edited February 2018
    nB_ wrote: »
    +1 I have also stopped spending, used to spend 100-200$ a month, but not anymore since they pulled the booster pack out

    You stopped spending 100-200$ a month because a booster pack was pulled lol?
  • Kyno
    32087 posts Moderator
    I made a post about this a few days ago and now I can't find it. Yes they said they were going to bring something better so where is it EA?

    https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/156756/daily-crystal-packs#latest

    Here.

    Link or it didn't happen, when did they say they would bring it back??

    As far as I have seen this is the only quote about it

    DAILY CRYSTAL BOOSTER SIGNS OFF
    We are removing the Daily Crystal Booster from the Store effective 8/29/2017 for Android and iPhone users. ... We are reviewing alternative formulations of the booster pack and hope to bring it back in the future.
  • nB_
    34 posts Member
    edited February 2018
    Smithie wrote: »
    nB_ wrote: »
    +1 I have also stopped spending, used to spend 100-200$ a month, but not anymore since they pulled the booster pack out

    You stopped spending 100-200$ a month because a booster pack was pulled lol?

    Yeah Smithie, I have done that, not only for me, but for the community as well.... And i know most dont care, but enough is enough, the only reason they removed it, from my point of view is, to get ppl to buy more cyrstal packs, that they cant manage very well, and end up spending more then they wanted in the first place

    Glad to have you back btw :) And sorry for my bad english :)
    Post edited by Kyno on
  • Ehh, it saves me what, $12 a month (I forget how much it was). Probably better for me they don’t have it.
  • They obviously saw an increase in profits by removing it, or else it would've come back already. If one uber-whale spends more money, they are willing to screw everyone else, get used to it.
  • imoo
    8 posts Member
    I'm all for paying for content and supporting development but I find the current pricing model in SWGOH unresonable.

    Simple math:
    Looking in the shipments we see a character shard is about 80 crystals.
    A character needs 330 crystals for 7 star right ? => 26400 crystals
    Let's say we buy the Most popular crystal pack 2800 crystals => we need 9.42 crystal packs.
    In norway that crystal pack is 219 NOK.. so aproximately 28$ using today's google conversion rate.
    The price for a character is then around 263 $. this may vary with country.

    I'm not sayin she's a gold digger...

    But then you look at the lottery bundles for 1299.
    A bit of a online casino move here, I wonder if CG has a gambling license.
    At least in a casino you have a chance og winning some money back.

    I've spent some money on the game, not whale levels but still.

    I understand that behind all this content is a lot of development cost and licensing fees. And that the developer and publisher need to make a profit.

    But when you look at the cost of a AAA game (50-60$, a bit more for a delux edition or smth) and see that they cost under a quarter from what a character costs in SWGOH...
    you feel hustled.

    The amount of development of a AAA game i think far surpases the amount of development used for a SWGOH character.
    Let's not discuss the crystal cost of gear.. cause then it's just painfull.

    Now EA got a lot of flack for the loot box system in Battlefront 2, a AAA mass market game, a lot of negative press and I assume lost a lot of sales because of this.
    We on the SWGOH side do not get the same publicity from the gaming media so we keep getting screwed.

    I want to play the game, I want more content but I would also like to not feel hustled.






  • GunsAtFour
    364 posts Member
    edited March 2018
    Kyno wrote: »

    DAILY CRYSTAL BOOSTER SIGNS OFF
    We are removing the Daily Crystal Booster from the Store effective 8/29/2017 for Android and iPhone users. ... We are reviewing alternative formulations of the booster pack and hope to bring it back in the future.

    Right. so it was not possible to review an alternative formulation to the booster pack BEFORE ripping it away and simply replacing old with new? (we are not ****. stop treating us so)

    Its about time you started looking after your customers instead of your shareholders.

    Im sure the shareholders dont go without their lattees and smashed avacados.

    Stop being kittens and give the people who fund this game what they want.


  • Well said imoo! I couldn't agree more with all that you said thumbs-up
  • Kronen
    306 posts Member
    So according to the Q&A the subscription pack is not coming back anytime soon. They say they are trying to work out the best way to reform it. I think some of you hit it on the head. Many players only ever spent money on the subscription pack. But when that got yanked they got a boost in $10-20 crystal packs, so they have no incentive right now to bring it back.
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