What would you pay for?
So I know our community is particularly adept at expressing outcry or complaint at the game’s issues or shortcomings. I’m not wagging a finger; I’ve been guilty of it myself.
But it got me thinking this morning about the current business model — coaxing a few bucks here out of players who are impatient or caught with their pants down for an event. And I wondered what I’d pay for if the game ever offered a sort of premium subscription. Not anything exuberant price-wise. Maybe $3-5 a month so I could dismiss it as something no more than an overpriced cup of coffee.
Two features I’d love and pay for — the guild practice arena that’s been asked for numerous times here AND...a replay function where I could view the fights from opponents both in Territory War and Grand Arena.
It’d be wildly entertaining to see exactly how my teams fared defensively — especially in close fights or even blowouts. And backend-wise, it should only require a bit of server space to capture the moves of each turn (and their effects) for our enjoyment.
Like I said, charge me a few bucks a month and I’m a customer. Seems like it’d add a lot of enjoyment for those of us that dedicate a lot of bandwidth to the game without robbing the die hard F2P players of any GOH functionality.
Thoughts? What would YOU pay for?
But it got me thinking this morning about the current business model — coaxing a few bucks here out of players who are impatient or caught with their pants down for an event. And I wondered what I’d pay for if the game ever offered a sort of premium subscription. Not anything exuberant price-wise. Maybe $3-5 a month so I could dismiss it as something no more than an overpriced cup of coffee.
Two features I’d love and pay for — the guild practice arena that’s been asked for numerous times here AND...a replay function where I could view the fights from opponents both in Territory War and Grand Arena.
It’d be wildly entertaining to see exactly how my teams fared defensively — especially in close fights or even blowouts. And backend-wise, it should only require a bit of server space to capture the moves of each turn (and their effects) for our enjoyment.
Like I said, charge me a few bucks a month and I’m a customer. Seems like it’d add a lot of enjoyment for those of us that dedicate a lot of bandwidth to the game without robbing the die hard F2P players of any GOH functionality.
Thoughts? What would YOU pay for?
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However, I am happy to spend money intermittently on crystals and such, but I absolutely can't and never would drop hundreds to finish a character. I'll sometimes buy the 10 dollar shard packs, and sometimes buy crystals. I don't think I'd be willing to pay for feature unlocks.
However, making us pay for the replays would be foolish.
That's it.
I wouldn't do it again.
Id like Beckett and Ki-Adi-Mundi, personally.
So in short, nothing
Nice try CG.
I would also second the person who says they don't want to pay for the gamble, I want to know what I am getting so give me a $200 character rather than make me open packs with terrible odds hoping for a winning ticket.
As for other possibilities, a few that I might pay for are:
-ability to trade in old gear. If I could pay money to get access to a shop that converts unneeded stuff into useful stuff, I'd be all over that.
-I might occasionally pay for a "redo" in grand arena. Say I feel like my team got horrible RNG and I really want to give it another shot. I'd totally pay $2 for that. Would have to cap it at 1 redo per event though. Kind of like a mulligan.
I will say I would consider a pack containing nothing but Mk5 Stun Gun salvage, Mk8 Biotech salvage (gold eyeballs, the piece you don't get from the STR challenge), and Mk3 Carbanti salvage, depending on the price point. Half my roster needs that junk.
And swgoh need f2f or who would p2p be better than... Eachother? How boring is that.
That being said, I would sign up for a 3 to 5 dollar a month subscription if it meant having unlimited energy and unlimited (or up to like 30) hard node attempts.
Other than that, I'll continue being a f2p player. Yeah I don't get special people 1st release. But I still get them. So what I said is the ONLY way I'd sign up for a subscription service to this game.
Uh, I'd pay 3 bucks a month to get everything in the game too.
But a recurring subscription? Even a small one? Nope. I’d stop. Not out of any profiund moral outrage or anything, but because if you give me a spending option that makes sense and I can opt out, sure, I’ll spend. But if you force me to, I won’t. Even if it’s just a couple bucks a month, I still would rather voluntarily pay more once or twice a year.
^ this.
I would imagine it would make CG more money to offer a cheap slingshot mechanic. This would allow people to invest in the high dollar buys- just imagine if all the new people could have seen benefits from investing 7 star Revan because they had a cheap, decent jedi team.
And for me, I'll buy stun gun salvage. I've bought a bunch of other things but there's no value. I'm not spending 300 to be meta for 2 months.
Yes maybe a pack of gear that isn't a gamble. Just what you really need.
I would expect I can collect all energy and do all daily challenges at once. If I’m paying to play each day, you don’t need me to log in 5 times for a chance at something or having to wake up, leave work to collect energy at odd times. My energy times are at something like 3 PM (work), 8 PM (ok), 11 PM (asleep). My arena is at 8 and fleet is at 9 PM. I leave for work at 0545 and get home around 7 PM. Life of government employment.
I would not want the pop ups to spend more money on a crystal or pack sale that has picked up since the bronze packs moved to the front of the line up. I don’t know what is beyond it anymore, don’t care, I’m paying a subscription.
No it's not. You presumably paid to get into Disney. The appropriate analogy is breaking into Disney world.