[iN] Why it's OK to Spend Money on Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes
January 15, 2016 4:52AM
edited February 2016
Some friendly reading on comparing game prices and a possible new perspective on spending money on this growing game 
-> Why it's OK to Spend Money on Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes <-
Thank you,
Stormy
Team Instinct
-> Why it's OK to Spend Money on Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes <-
Thank you,
Stormy
Team Instinct
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@Stormy if you are looking to earn some cash through referrals, you're going to be looking for a new job. You need to get a StayAlive77 to make an app work. Game of War being a prime example.
Free or moderate spending players will get their initial gratification, then as the app matures, the top 1% of paying players will get distinct advantages for the money they have spent, as they should. For non 1% players, it's on to the next app and the next instant gratification. There's only a shelf life of two years or so anyway. Unless the devs can hold the 1% playing. They are going to play something, and once an app reaches a certain time since inception, all updates by necessity will cater to them.
Be happy though. This app is just getting started.
You always have a return on your investment in magic and it's not going away anytime soon.
Also, swgoh is a mobile game. Don't compare it to real AAA games.
The whole "article" is a joke, just like having a guild for a mobile game with no in game team content.
Your profile pic is funny.
Not really true. Whales are gonna whale no matter what. Mobile games continue on the average spender. This is why games like Puzzles and Dragons, Clash of the Clans, Candy Crush, and Final Fantasy Record Keeper did/are doing so well.
I played WoW back in the day and for $15 a month I got a lot more use and entertainment than GoH can offer at this point in its development.
When making an IAP I just evaluate it against how much entertainment I get out of it. I can justify spending 20 bucks here and there but I don't expect everyone to agree.
It is better than a lot of mobile games and will do well. I agree with the above that the whales drive the monetization of the app.
obviously u cant own anyone lol all u do is get mad and jealous over instinct cuz u can never get in. Baddd noob
I appreciate the guides some of your clan mates put up here.
What you think of what other people do with their money, is your own business.
Is it important for others to know what you think of other people do with their money?... unless it's your wife/husband/child or parent... it's none of your business!
Game used to be fun when it wasn't a grind... if I wanted a grind I would have went and played old school Everquest or some Korean MMO!
Some people care too much about "PvP" which is PvAI to start with and says nothing about "skill" or being competetive. PvAI is the least thing I'm interested in, concerning this game.
It says alot about Dedication. Especially if you are F2P and are high in Arena Rankings. It says you spend alot of time during a long period of time managing your resources. Doing this multiple times/day for weeks is Dedication to this game.
Means you have to sacrifice alot of other stuff of your daily life for it, but people haven chosen to do it and the majority gains enjoyment from it. I don't judge, because i also have a competitive side in me, so trying to advance in some race is just a competitive mindset.
If I spend $100 on yet another LEGO SW ship, I'll have more lego parts for playing and a ship to infinitely show off.
If I spend $100 on Netflix, I'll get about 10 months of unlimited entertainment.
If I spend $100 in this game, it will be gone without trace in an hour and I'll be left with a bunch of diverse shards I can't chose, toons I can't upgrade without pouring more money in and some useful toons I'll need upgrade for more money. Of course, it is totally ok to do so, but comparisons don't really work so well. We spend money where we want to spend them, nothing wrong with it. But any justification of why other people should spend money as someone else wants - that is wrong.
It really is a matter of perspective, I agree. But to call your perspective an "article" and force people go on your site instead of just posting it here? Come on now! You're just making ad money to spend on this growing game. )
Bingo. Which is exactly the main strangth of femium model. You get a broad community with f2p players, and you support the game financially with p2p players
Why do people feel like they need to justify to others if you spend or not?
If you spend money on something you enjoy, good on you.
If you don't spend money on it, for whatever reason, perhaps you don't see the value it in for example, then also good on you, it's entirely your choice.
I'd say that easily the majority of us here are adults and earn the money that we choose to spend or not spend. They can be no greater justification to how you spend your own well earned money than what you deem it worth.
I've played many mobile games, both as p2p and f2p. But not as many mobile games as AAA games, and yet 90% of AAA games don't hook me for a fraction of the time mobile games do.
The game needs both kinds of players. P2P help fund the game and new content. While F2P heavily populate the game, making stats/statistics look good, no one wants to play a dead game, not even most P2P.
Imo that is not true. You don't have to be a no lifer to complete the stuff you can do in this game. On an avg day I spend maybe 1-2 hours (there are times I don't sim). Dedication in my book is like world of warcraft raiding where you have to show up at SET times. If you don't you are kicked out.
In SW: GoH I can do this at server reset and the next 24h. For me personally this isn't dedication.
The only dedication here is sniping to top *fill in your number* in Arena divided over only 5 battles a day.
trust me they dont need site plugging, its the last thing. arent u suppose to be banned anyway?
In the harsh world that we live in, it really is not OK not to spend money on something ppl have worked very hard on. I don't suppose the devs were born rich enough to work for free, I mean born rich and work
Sentiments like these have sprouted the atrocious rates charged for IAP business models where the privileged and dedicated few are charged for the multitude of "free" players.
It works great but I still would prefer the older way where everyone would pay a lot more reasonable amount and get access to equal opportunities in game. That would really show who's the strategic player and who's not.
But I digress, waiting for energy to refill, already used up my 300 crystals a day. Free is fine as the mobile gaming market stands today. So is spending money to make it free for ones who won't pay. For those who can't, get your head out of the mobile. Work or study so you can, eventually.
Did that sound like your parents a bit
Battlefront is a game with no content. Unlock some weapons and other stuff that needs about 15-20 hours playtime. But you can play hour after hour after you bought the Game and you have real Multiplayer/coop/pvp
WoW... Dont know how you can compare this with a thin mobilegame but ok...
WoW has so much Content not like goh and you can buy cosmetic stuff. No weapons etc. and you know what you get for your Money. Its not a gamble like goh. If you spend 100 Bucks on wow you can Play for month without a restriction. You have real Multiplayer/coop/pvp
Magic
If you spend Money you get something in your hands. Its not Bytes and Bits its real Hardware.
And you have real pvp at reallife tournaments against People you can see and can shake hands with them.
You realy cant compare goh with something amazing like this.
Goh
Its a gamble if you spend Money on packs. You dont know if you get something that you want and to improve the chars you only can get trough the packs you need to spend thousands.
You have no real Multiplayer/coop/pvp
Its the worst Gametype to spend Money.
If you want to compare goh with other Games then stick to games like goh. There is a walking dead Game with the same model. Many People left this Game because no content and the high price gamble for chars. There is no real pvp or coop or Multiplayer. Its nice for f2p and nothing more... like goh.
Your Collection in goh is pure luck for the pay chars. Your Collection should be something you can decide on and not gamble for random chars. In all other games you listet you know what you get and that makes your List useless.
If i spend 2000 bucks on goh i dont know what i get and if i get what i want. In all other Games on your list i cant spend 2000 Bucks or i can say that i want this and that and i know what i get... unlike goh.
Paying for a f2p mobilegame you cant play unlimited time without spending more is something nobody should do.
Give goh a subscription for 5-10 bucks a month for unlimited energy (no sim Tickets included) make every char buyable for 5-15 bucks and bring more content and real turnbased pvp and iam ready to pay. But i never would spend Money on such a thin Game like goh where my only option is to gamble for new chars or buy overprived charpacks for chars i only can use if i have energy or spend more Money for that Energy.
If i buy a Char in LoL or something simular i can Play with the Char 24/7 if i want. In goh i need to burn more Money to let the Game going and this after i bought a Char for a lot of Money. And this is the reason i would never spend Money on this kind of mobilegames. Nothing have a singleprice. Its a all double or tripple priced and you need to spend more than the regular 10-60 bucks like a normal Game costs and this for a game that has no real content and is literaly singleplayer where you feel realy lonly.