ISO-8 Sale, but no HP Sale?

DrStrange-616
DrStrange-616 Posts: 993 Critical Contributor
edited February 2015 in MPQ General Discussion
Boo, I say, boo!

Buying ISO is nutso, even with the bonus.

Please put HP on sale as well. I just spent 700 on Starlord who will play a few nodes and then ride the pine for a year. I needs me some more HP.
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  • Marty17
    Marty17 Posts: 503 Critical Contributor
    I was slightly disappointed with that, much prefer imcoin.png sale than iso8.png
  • mjh
    mjh Posts: 708 Critical Contributor
    Not only that but they don't seem to realize that for $100 + 30% iso8.png gets you 101,400 iso8.png which cannot level a 3 star.png from base to max. Not even from L100 to max! That means for $100 you get the biggest ripoff. C'mon D3, you can do better than this
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I have been sitting on $100 since right before Christmas, and this is what they offer?? I thought for sure a Hp sale with Starlord packs up for sale. I WANT to spend money, but not on ISO...that's what LR's are for.
  • tanis3303
    tanis3303 Posts: 855 Critical Contributor
    Yep, I saw the banner and was all set to buy an Asgard treasure, then I realized the "sale" was really not a sale at all...do people actually buy ISO? It seems like a terrible purchase...oh well, I guess I'll continue to not spend my money...maybe a HP sale will come along next?
  • TLCstormz
    TLCstormz Posts: 1,668
    They are doing this, because ALL OF YA'LL complain all the time about the shortage of Iso as the bottleneck in the game's community.

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  • Vinmarc43
    Vinmarc43 Posts: 266
    D3, you are very very very CHEAP, 30% extra for iso is ****, do a 50 or 75 % extra and people might buy some, you guys are not very strong in marketing or in sales, your main job here is to get money out of peoples pocket before they stop playing with this nonsense.... VERY WEIRD in did...and no one buys iso...they buy coins, LOWER YOUR PRICES ACROSS THE BOARD, ON EVERYTHING.....i AM NOT BASHING YOU HERE, I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU MAKE MONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
  • Puertorico
    Puertorico Posts: 50
    If they wanted to make money they wouldn't have made us use cooldowns.
  • babinro
    babinro Posts: 771 Critical Contributor
    $5.00 should be 100,000 ISO.

    This would make it cost $5.00 to max level a ** character, $10.00 to max level a *** character, and $20.00 to max out a ****. Nice, simple round numbers that are a whole lot more reasonable (and tempting) for what you're actually getting.

    The current pricing structure just doesn't reflect the amount of characters available as part of the game. Nor does it reflect the fact that players receive ISO about twice as fast as they did when the game launched. When it comes down to it, current ISO pricing and amounts are just a beginner's trap.
  • RWTDBurn
    RWTDBurn Posts: 291
    Agreed with others. I don't buy ISO, never have and never will. Put HP for sale and I'd be on it like white on rice. icon_e_biggrin.gif
  • Hulk11
    Hulk11 Posts: 435
    Hey, it helps the noobs, eh? Or the veterans, no?
  • Dragon_Nexus
    Dragon_Nexus Posts: 3,701 Chairperson of the Boards
    babinro wrote:
    $5.00 should be 100,000 ISO.

    This would make it cost $5.00 to max level a ** character, $10.00 to max level a *** character, and $20.00 to max out a ****. Nice, simple round numbers that are a whole lot more reasonable (and tempting) for what you're actually getting.

    The current pricing structure just doesn't reflect the amount of characters available as part of the game. Nor does it reflect the fact that players receive ISO about twice as fast as they did when the game launched. When it comes down to it, current ISO pricing and amounts are just a beginner's trap.

    While I agree with the idea of a set price to buy enough ISO to max out starred characters, I think your pricing is way too cheap. Little insentive to work for ISO if you can just chuck $20 at your X-force and get him maxed out.
  • theshadeofopal
    theshadeofopal Posts: 93 Match Maker
    Maybe someday we'll see reasonably priced boosters instead or sporadic sales based on numbers unanimously viewed as too expensive.

    Until then, when is the next hp sale? Valentine's sale last year was just iso, hope that's not the case again.
  • Mikaveus
    Mikaveus Posts: 202
    mjh wrote:
    Not only that but they don't seem to realize that for $100 + 30% iso8.png gets you 101,400 iso8.png which cannot level a 3 star.png from base to max. Not even from L100 to max! That means for $100 you get the biggest ripoff. C'mon D3, you can do better than this

    I'll admit, if $100 bought you enough ISO to max a 3-star even a frugal guy like me would be tempted.

    As things stand, I don't mind leveling my characters a little at a time. I've only ever spent real money on HP when they were on sale or if I got caught needing a roster space.
  • IlDuderino
    IlDuderino Posts: 427 Mover and Shaker
    To iso I say no,
    No HP then no money from me,
    D3
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I'd love to know how much D3 actually makes on ISO sales. Personally, if the $100 iso gave enough iso to level a 3* from scratch, it would make it roughly equivalent to the $100 HP sale, which will allow you to cover a 3* from scratch.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I played couple other online games, and in evey one was promotion to buy supply like Gold Coins... but MPQ is forst game wher I can see 30% promotion icon_rolleyes.gif

    Normal promotion in other game work like that:

    1. when you buy bigger packs of Gold Coins you will get extra Gold Coints for that like +10%, +20%, +30% etc... depenst how big packet you want to buy.

    2. every month you have +50% prpomotion for every Gold Coin Pack.

    3. couple times in a year you have "happy hours" when you have x2 promotion... like on x-mass, or game aniversary, etc.

    Trust me all of my friends buy Gold Coints when they banner with "happy hours x2" we even call each other by a cell to say "hey log in in to game, we have happy hours!!!"

    D3 please consider that, because your +30% ISO promotion its like marketing joke
  • TLCstormz
    TLCstormz Posts: 1,668
    Can anyone tell me how often last year they had HP sales?

    I know that both Iso and HP were on sale for Black Friday, but.....what other times last year?

    Thanks. icon_e_smile.gif
  • Pinko_McFly
    Pinko_McFly Posts: 282 Mover and Shaker
    They actually had the hp on sale right before the iso sale, but did not advertise it. It was 30% for the 20 dollar one and I think the same bump for the higher priced ones.
    I only saw this because my wife is new to the game and happened to click on the icon to check the prices. Unfortunately we were onvacation in another country and did not want to set up a google wallet account for her on a hotel wifi so we missed out.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I think they offer sales individually sometimes. An alliance member mentioned he had a 4* expire and had a sale right after.

    I've also heard it could be on a timer, where they offer you a sale if you haven't purchased HP in a while.
  • rubix_qube
    rubix_qube Posts: 69 Match Maker
    Pinko McFly wrote:
    They actually had the hp on sale right before the iso sale, but did not advertise it. It was 30% for the 20 dollar one and I think the same bump for the higher priced ones.
    I only saw this because my wife is new to the game and happened to click on the icon to check the prices. Unfortunately we were onvacation in another country and did not want to set up a google wallet account for her on a hotel wifi so we missed out.

    A new player will get an option to buy some HP with a bonus that is not part of any other sale. It's for the individual only and it only lasts a couple of days. I downloaded MPQ for my son a month ago and the same thing happened after a few days of playing.

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