Another reason they may be removing the current daily pack could be to implement an automatic recurring monthly purchase pack. It makes better sense to have the purchase happen automatically rather than requiring the player to sign in and initiate the transaction every renewal period. It is a more consistent revenue stream that can be used for forecasting and budgeting over the long term.
Totally agree with this, but it makes no sense to alienate their customers and drive away those interested in such a subscription in the meantime by removing the current pack.
I'm betting the September toon is HRSo, but they aren't telling people because they don't want to devalue the packs that many will buy over the next 3 days.
The daily crystal pack is $10 for 21 days of crystals (or 220 crystals with the free bonus), or 45.45 cents per 100 crystals.
The 'most popular' pack they offer is 2800 crystals for $20. That is 71.43 cents per 100 crystals.
71.43/45.45 = 157%. From an accounting standpoint, you are leaving 57% of your potential profit on the table by selling the daily pack vs the 'most popular' pack.
My assumption is the accountants are going to come in with a 30 day pack (still 100 crystals a day) for $20, with a free 200 crystals to start. The brings the price per crystal to 62.5 cents per 100 crystals.
IMO.
Not if you dont sell them because people wont buy them. Its virtual currency that costs nothing to create.
This is the part where i urge someone with photoshop skillz to post a picture of hoth rebel solider posing smexily as Mr. September... with the caption... "would you like to see my Ion Cannon"
The devs has really done a good job with the memory management, at least on iPad, my 4th gen is running as smoothly as in 2015 now and on my Air2 the game runs faster than ever
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The Accountants in charge did a terrible job, I usually buys a couple of Vaults a month and the Crystal Booster, but the removal of the Booster is so below the waist that I won't be buying any crystals until it's back or replaced with something similar, so that's 200-300$ + Booster lost from me per month.
And I probably isn't the only one
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We are removing the Daily Crystal Booster from the Store effective 8/29/2017 for Android and iPhone users. Any Daily Crystal Boosters purchased before 8/29 will yield their full 21 days of crystals. We are reviewing alternative formulations of the booster pack and hope to bring it back in the future.
What... what was the reasoning behind this? This was simply the best deal for crystal that there was.
Correct! It was a good deal, can't have those lingering around ;-)
It's really sad that the biggest update to the game to date is overshadowed (10 pages worth and counting) by the most horrible decision to take away a way for us to give money to them.
We are removing the Daily Crystal Booster from the Store effective 8/29/2017 for Android and iPhone users. Any Daily Crystal Boosters purchased before 8/29 will yield their full 21 days of crystals. We are reviewing alternative formulations of the booster pack and hope to bring it back in the future.
What... what was the reasoning behind this? This was simply the best deal for crystal that there was.
Correct! It was a good deal, can't have those lingering around ;-)
"I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it further."
I bought the booster pack every time it was available. Just want to echo everyone else here in my disappointment in how this was handled.
I've been a CG apologist for most of their decisions - I get that they need to make money. This one hurts though. It makes me angry. I realize that we'll get the booster back, but it will almost certainly cost more money. In a game that has horrible value for spending cash (effective $10 for ONE piece of raid gear), we had one decent deal, and now it's gone because they realized they could probably gauge us for more and get away with it.
It's extremely off-putting. I'll wait and see how it's handled, but I'm extremely discouraged. Enough of these "events" and I will probably have to stop playing.
We are removing the Daily Crystal Booster from the Store effective 8/29/2017 for Android and iPhone users. Any Daily Crystal Boosters purchased before 8/29 will yield their full 21 days of crystals. We are reviewing alternative formulations of the booster pack and hope to bring it back in the future.
What... what was the reasoning behind this? This was simply the best deal for crystal that there was.
Correct! It was a good deal, can't have those lingering around ;-)
"I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it further."
Yeah, big difference though is in this deal if we dont like it we dont get force choked, we just dont take any deals.
@Devs...Removing the crystal booster pack is a terrible idea. With all of the good things happening in the game right now, why do this?
You can't blame this on the Devs. This has nothing to do with game development. This is a marketing decision. Devs have nothing to do with it.
*sigh* You clearly know what was meant and you have to argue semantics? No wonder the majority of the users went to Reddit...too many wannabe interwebz police around here.
Way to go CG. You tainted an otherwise excitingly awesome update. You (CG) thought you could squeeze in this booster pack news with the cover of Territory Battles. And now guess what... Nobody is talking about TB's.
I don't even buy the booster pack, I buy the crystal packs. But I understand the desire and need of the booster. Do the right thing and bring back the pack so we can get back to talking about Territory Battles.
So why remove the booster now, instead of waiting for these "alternate forms" to arrive and switch it at that time? Or at very least, mention what the new form(s) of the booster will be if for some reason overlapping boosters is the issue. Or, just be upfront that it's gone without a replacement. It's like someone slept through customer relations class.
The only thing I have EVER purchased in this game is the booster, and I do it with regularity... Roughly once a month. I suppose this makes me a minnow or goldfish or whatever, but it has now made me fully FTP and I doubt I am the only one. The other packages simply do not have enough value. This move will prove to remove what I expect is a significant revenue stream from a large minnow player base. Do you not realize that whales do not make up your entire income?
So why remove the booster now, instead of waiting for these "alternate forms" to arrive and switch it at that time? Or at very least, mention what the new form(s) of the booster will be if for some reason overlapping boosters is the issue. Or, just be upfront that it's gone without a replacement. It's like someone slept through customer relations class.
Feel like we're only getting half the story. There was probably an exploit with it that someone took advantage of and ruined it for the whole community.
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And they added CLS... So maybe TB tomorrow...
Sorry for my English :]
Totally agree with this, but it makes no sense to alienate their customers and drive away those interested in such a subscription in the meantime by removing the current pack.
Yes, that would be awesome
Sorry for my English :]
Not if you dont sell them because people wont buy them. Its virtual currency that costs nothing to create.
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The Accountants in charge did a terrible job, I usually buys a couple of Vaults a month and the Crystal Booster, but the removal of the Booster is so below the waist that I won't be buying any crystals until it's back or replaced with something similar, so that's 200-300$ + Booster lost from me per month.
And I probably isn't the only one
That user will be jailed or banned xD
Sorry for my English :]
Correct! It was a good deal, can't have those lingering around ;-)
You can't blame this on the Devs. This has nothing to do with game development. This is a marketing decision. Devs have nothing to do with it.
"I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it further."
I would guess nightsister acolyte but thats in a cantina node, the biggest gem-eater of the game next to shipments, so i'll go with mob enforcer.
I've been a CG apologist for most of their decisions - I get that they need to make money. This one hurts though. It makes me angry. I realize that we'll get the booster back, but it will almost certainly cost more money. In a game that has horrible value for spending cash (effective $10 for ONE piece of raid gear), we had one decent deal, and now it's gone because they realized they could probably gauge us for more and get away with it.
It's extremely off-putting. I'll wait and see how it's handled, but I'm extremely discouraged. Enough of these "events" and I will probably have to stop playing.
Yeah, big difference though is in this deal if we dont like it we dont get force choked, we just dont take any deals.
Re: invisible damage indicators -- oops
Re: daily booster -- bad move
It takes a special kind of strategy to shoot yourselves in the foot like this. You could have at least waited a week.
*sigh* You clearly know what was meant and you have to argue semantics? No wonder the majority of the users went to Reddit...too many wannabe interwebz police around here.
Maybe cause it was the best deal is the reasoning behind.
I am altering the deal pray i don't alter it any further.
Absolutely, and here I thought SONY had patented this way of shooting yourself in the foot (MiniDisc, Betamax, etc.)
Guess I was wrong
I don't even buy the booster pack, I buy the crystal packs. But I understand the desire and need of the booster. Do the right thing and bring back the pack so we can get back to talking about Territory Battles.
Feel like we're only getting half the story. There was probably an exploit with it that someone took advantage of and ruined it for the whole community.