Suggestion - Excess shards from Chromium and Bronzium turned into a different hero
January 16, 2016 4:06PM
edited January 2016
EDIT - Well, I'm sorry this was posted before:
https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/6686/trade-in-system-for-maxed-character-extra-shards
I can see myself playing this game for a while, as it's pretty fun, game modes are varied, the grind is diluted into various areas (light and darkside shards, cantina, cantina shipments, arena shipments, galactic war shipments) and various aspects (droids/ exp, gear, stars, characters) which helps the sense of progression and accomplishment.
Being a collectionist, I have a major concern: once i get most characters, the chance to get the remaining chromium pack exclusives becomes very very slim.
Are there any plans to add a way to pool excess shards from NRG into different heroes?
Something of the type:
"All shards obtained in choromium and bronzium packs that you cannot use (already have a 7x character) become shards of another random character".
As your collection increases, you know the chances to get anything out of a chromium pack decreases, making you less likely to want to spend money (or spending and then be frustrated/ mad when you get nothing useful). This would help keep people interested and motivated with getting card packs.
Obviously this would only apply to random shards (packs), you wouldn't be able to use shipments or farm nodes of heroes you already maxed to cheat the system.
https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/6686/trade-in-system-for-maxed-character-extra-shards
I can see myself playing this game for a while, as it's pretty fun, game modes are varied, the grind is diluted into various areas (light and darkside shards, cantina, cantina shipments, arena shipments, galactic war shipments) and various aspects (droids/ exp, gear, stars, characters) which helps the sense of progression and accomplishment.
Being a collectionist, I have a major concern: once i get most characters, the chance to get the remaining chromium pack exclusives becomes very very slim.
Are there any plans to add a way to pool excess shards from NRG into different heroes?
Something of the type:
"All shards obtained in choromium and bronzium packs that you cannot use (already have a 7x character) become shards of another random character".
As your collection increases, you know the chances to get anything out of a chromium pack decreases, making you less likely to want to spend money (or spending and then be frustrated/ mad when you get nothing useful). This would help keep people interested and motivated with getting card packs.
Obviously this would only apply to random shards (packs), you wouldn't be able to use shipments or farm nodes of heroes you already maxed to cheat the system.
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This completely removes any motivation for me to buy any further crystals.
Maybe yes, maybe no. How likely are people to spend money on crystals to buy that next Chrom pack if they have every toon but 3 or 4? If you know the chances of getting the couple characters you need is ludicrously low you won't want to drop the money either.
There's definitely arguments for and against from EA's perspective.
Actually, it would probably mean more profit. I'm not a business expert, but I assume even P2P whales, most sane people that are not billionaires will stop injecting money into the game once they get to a point where they do not see improvement.
It's already frustrating to open a 8 chromium pack and not get shards for heroes that you care about, imagine how much more frustrating it would be to not get any upgrade - period.
They could even get a lower ratio (for example every 10 shards converted into 5, or something else) after they figure out which ratio gives them the most money in the long run.
Obviously the game "is all about making money". Most games are. I'm not 5 years old, i'm well aware of that. But when you charge too much for too little, you lose money in the end.
It's also in the interest of any freemium game of not alienating the occasional spenders or even the free players. Because the fact people are playing it means free publicity and attracting more new customers. A game that has it's playerbase reduced to the P2P whales will stagnate and die. This isn't the case with my suggestion though, merely an observation - the occasional spenders will not reach the situation i described for many months to come. Maybe even never, if they add new characters once in a while. My suggestion would affect mostly the P2P players.
The most successful freemium games have the perfect balance of spending and reward.
Per @CG_JohnSalera in this post.
https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/6686/trade-in-system-for-maxed-character-extra-shards
This will be in the next update. @EA_Jesse is to provide details in the coming weeks.
Fixed in OP, thanks. Actually i did search with "max" "promote" "7 stars" and some combination of that, but didnt find it.