Won't buy any more. After the post form the Devs on their (lack of) 'punishment' for cheaters, I suddenly have no more incentive to invest in this game.
Lol lack of punishment? Isn't a permanent ban one of the options? Seems pretty severe
I bought the previous 7 day and 21 day subscriptions. If the price this time round had stayed the same (or even similar) I'd have jumped on it, every 3 weeks, no question, but they've decided to fleece us. Yes, it's still a good deal in theory, but not compared to what it was.
If it was $4.99 again like it was a month ago I would have bought it in a heartbeat. At over twice the price I just can't justify it. Maybe if there was a better return on my investment I would - but I would most likely spend it on refreshing energy twice a day --- and out of all those missions I'd probably get 2-3 purple gear pieces I need, if I'm lucky. The other day I paid for an energy refresh and went 1 for 14 on pulling a purple gear. My other option would be to save up the crystals and after almost a month I could buy a Mega Chromium Pack and most likely get a bunch of 1* shards. Out of my last 8 pack 3 of them were "Coruscant Underworld Police" shards. So now I have a 2* CUP sitting there at level 1
If they want people to spend cash on this game make the return on the investment decent!
The GW was the only thing that was any fun after completing the PVE levels. Now, every single day, I get 2-3 bouts with five 7 star teams (made up of paid for characters with 7 stars to boot, yay!), most of which are 1-2 levels higher than I am, which makes it impossible to complete. The ONE thing you can play that doesn't require me to feed your greedy game, you have ruined. Bravo.
The game is simply is not fun anymore. At. All. You guys got too greedy too fast. You say the reason was to get the players to use different teams (total PR lies), and yet the only way--THE ONLY WAY--is pay inordinate amounts of money to make B & C teams. I couldn't care less about the retreat option, FIX THE MATCH MAKING. It's not hard. Here, pretend your audience had to pay 250 crystals each for you to fix this. I bet you'd fix the match making then. It is abundantly clear you care absolutely zero for your users and 100% about fleecing our wallets.
This was a good game. But your inability to care about the users and the all-consuming greed with which the game is based upon is disgusting. I understand you need to make money, I do not have a problem with pay-to-play, but jesus ****, allow the game to be fun. Now it is simply a grind to pay for the fee of prison sex with no vasoline, and no reach round. Thanks, dev team. We are so very lucky to have you.
The only thing you and your entire team care about is money. And the only way to even make you consider changing anything is simply stop paying, er I mean playing (although those terms are synonymous with you). And that is exactly what I'm doing. Now, dev team, shrug your shoulders, chuckle at this, and go back to finding new ways to make the users pay more money. How about charging 50 crystals to log on? Or better yet, how about charging crystals to post on the forums? That is exactly where this game is headed. I for one am stopping the madness. Your apathy and down right disregard for anything fair is revolting. Game deleted.
I am really disappointed, @CG_JohnSalera - I know you guys need to make a profit, but the game is not exactly hurting if Google Play charts have anything to say about this. Especially since this requires a previous purchase, it would not have killed you guys to be a little more generous with your paying players.
Some purchases you make and then feel "I got a good deal there". That's how I felt about the original 21-day package. I felt it sort of with the 7-day package that was 300 up front and 165 per day.
This one? I feel like a bunch of accountants in a back room sat around figuring out the bare minimum bonus they could give and people would still buy it. I bought it, but I will now delay my next crystal pack purchase longer than I would have.
Everyone accuses me of being a shill for CG, but I'm really not with you on this one. There's something to be said for not always trying to extract every last bit of profit. A bit of goodwill and generosity would have gone a long way here.
Pssh.... they had it right the first time when it was about three bucks and 120 crystals, similar to other daily packages in games of this genre. This is a surprising and obvious overgrab, & I will not be participating in it this time around.
It's like 50 cents a day.
Some people care way too much.
For me it's not about how much a day it is - it's that the ROI is awful in this game. The only game I've played where I could dump in $11 every 3 weeks and very likely have little to nothing actually usable to show for it.
If the cost were the same as when this was offered last month - or if drop rates of gear / shards were better - or if Chromium packs weren't bloated with 1* garbage, I could maybe justify "investing" like this on a continuing basis. As it is I'd have better luck buying $11 worth of lottery tickets every 3 weeks.
Took it away for so called technical reasons then brought it back for more than double the price with less crystals as well. Really not getting the logic behind that especially since almost every other game like this has a $3.99-4.99 price point for a much better deal across 30 days instead.
Took it away for so called technical reasons then brought it back for more than double the price with less crystals as well. Really not getting the logic behind that especially since almost every other game like this has a $3.99-4.99 price point for a much better deal across 30 days instead.
The logic is simple: they think they will make more money this way. That's all it ever is.
I personally think if they offered a better deal they'd get more in the long run through goodwill and people wanting to support the company over the long haul. They'd also convert more F2Pers. But this is corporate America these days, everything is about this quarter, this month, this week.
It will only change when people stop buying stuff.
I am really disappointed, @CG_JohnSalera - I know you guys need to make a profit, but the game is not exactly hurting if Google Play charts have anything to say about this. Especially since this requires a previous purchase, it would not have killed you guys to be a little more generous with your paying players.
Some purchases you make and then feel "I got a good deal there". That's how I felt about the original 21-day package. I felt it sort of with the 7-day package that was 300 up front and 165 per day.
This one? I feel like a bunch of accountants in a back room sat around figuring out the bare minimum bonus they could give and people would still buy it. I bought it, but I will now delay my next crystal pack purchase longer than I would have.
Everyone accuses me of being a shill for CG, but I'm really not with you on this one. There's something to be said for not always trying to extract every last bit of profit. A bit of goodwill and generosity would have gone a long way here.
You disagree with the pricing and the whole idea, yet still you bought it?
Next time they will add another $5. If you keep buying it they will never lower the price
Well, I bought it, I'll admit that. But I have a budget for this game and that was just part of it. They are making no extra $ off me regardless of what they offer.
They DID make LESS money off me by offering horrible bundles the last couple of times around.
I really hoped CG would take a longer view here rather than just trying to extract every nickel from us they can, but that seems to be the way it's going to be.
Don't expect any good deals on future bundles either, I bet they will be $99 and even higher.
$10.99? Did you really expect anything less from these guys? It's pretty obvious that this game is a huge cash grab for ea/cg (see google play top grossing list) and as they get more people who are willing to throw cash at this half baked game they figure they can pretty much do whatever they want and people will still line up to give them their money. They could probably make a whole lot more by keeping prices reasonable and getting a much larger number of moderate spenders instead of banking on the whales that make up 1% of the player base.
You disagree with the pricing and the whole idea, yet still you bought it?
Next time they will add another $5. If you keep buying it they will never lower the price
If it had been priced more attractively, I would have bought it and still bought my next big crystal pack at the same time, and used more crystals. Since they are instead barely providing any value here, I will delay my next big purchase rather than spending more. So while I bought it, they've actually lost money from me they could have earned.
If it were still 1400 crystals over 7 days for $5, I'd be giving them an extra $20 a month. So would a lot of people.
If they raise the price another $5, I won't buy it at all. Why would I?
This game is a casino. A casino where you can't win any money. "Give us money and we *might" give you, or you *might* get some digital goods." The odds are better in Vegas than they are in this game. Imagine an MMO with a quarter slot and no ability to socialize. That is what this game is. A modern day arcade, with only one game.
I bought it, but I feel dirty for doing so. It doesnt feel like a good value. I likely wont buy another one which is a shame since I keep trying to find ways to spend money on this game but they make it so hard to find things to buy.
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$11 every 3 weeks is probably doable. I won't be buying any more bundles though. If it were at $4.99 or even 7.99....maybe I would have.
Lol lack of punishment? Isn't a permanent ban one of the options? Seems pretty severe
Not fair, so Im not gonna buy anything else on this game. Good work EA
If they want people to spend cash on this game make the return on the investment decent!
The game is simply is not fun anymore. At. All. You guys got too greedy too fast. You say the reason was to get the players to use different teams (total PR lies), and yet the only way--THE ONLY WAY--is pay inordinate amounts of money to make B & C teams. I couldn't care less about the retreat option, FIX THE MATCH MAKING. It's not hard. Here, pretend your audience had to pay 250 crystals each for you to fix this. I bet you'd fix the match making then. It is abundantly clear you care absolutely zero for your users and 100% about fleecing our wallets.
This was a good game. But your inability to care about the users and the all-consuming greed with which the game is based upon is disgusting. I understand you need to make money, I do not have a problem with pay-to-play, but jesus ****, allow the game to be fun. Now it is simply a grind to pay for the fee of prison sex with no vasoline, and no reach round. Thanks, dev team. We are so very lucky to have you.
The only thing you and your entire team care about is money. And the only way to even make you consider changing anything is simply stop paying, er I mean playing (although those terms are synonymous with you). And that is exactly what I'm doing. Now, dev team, shrug your shoulders, chuckle at this, and go back to finding new ways to make the users pay more money. How about charging 50 crystals to log on? Or better yet, how about charging crystals to post on the forums? That is exactly where this game is headed. I for one am stopping the madness. Your apathy and down right disregard for anything fair is revolting. Game deleted.
+1
Some purchases you make and then feel "I got a good deal there". That's how I felt about the original 21-day package. I felt it sort of with the 7-day package that was 300 up front and 165 per day.
This one? I feel like a bunch of accountants in a back room sat around figuring out the bare minimum bonus they could give and people would still buy it. I bought it, but I will now delay my next crystal pack purchase longer than I would have.
Everyone accuses me of being a shill for CG, but I'm really not with you on this one. There's something to be said for not always trying to extract every last bit of profit. A bit of goodwill and generosity would have gone a long way here.
I bought it. No immediate gems. I'm having buyers remorse now. Ug
Some people care way too much.
I got the gems .... You know it rounds the number on the screen you have to click the + to see the actual amount
For me it's not about how much a day it is - it's that the ROI is awful in this game. The only game I've played where I could dump in $11 every 3 weeks and very likely have little to nothing actually usable to show for it.
If the cost were the same as when this was offered last month - or if drop rates of gear / shards were better - or if Chromium packs weren't bloated with 1* garbage, I could maybe justify "investing" like this on a continuing basis. As it is I'd have better luck buying $11 worth of lottery tickets every 3 weeks.
I personally think if they offered a better deal they'd get more in the long run through goodwill and people wanting to support the company over the long haul. They'd also convert more F2Pers. But this is corporate America these days, everything is about this quarter, this month, this week.
It will only change when people stop buying stuff.
Agreed.
You disagree with the pricing and the whole idea, yet still you bought it?
Next time they will add another $5. If you keep buying it they will never lower the price
They DID make LESS money off me by offering horrible bundles the last couple of times around.
I really hoped CG would take a longer view here rather than just trying to extract every nickel from us they can, but that seems to be the way it's going to be.
Don't expect any good deals on future bundles either, I bet they will be $99 and even higher.
If it had been priced more attractively, I would have bought it and still bought my next big crystal pack at the same time, and used more crystals. Since they are instead barely providing any value here, I will delay my next big purchase rather than spending more. So while I bought it, they've actually lost money from me they could have earned.
If it were still 1400 crystals over 7 days for $5, I'd be giving them an extra $20 a month. So would a lot of people.
If they raise the price another $5, I won't buy it at all. Why would I?
$20 crystal pack = 140 crystals per dollar
$100 crystal pack = 157.1 crystals per dollar
Actually very good pricing, on the fence about getting. Probably on pay day.