Place your bets! Poll: Whaling a 5*

puppychow

xequalsy wrote:

MrGaunt25 wrote:

Day of release. Rationale: if someone is going to spend thousands of dollars trying to obtain maxed SS, why wait?

I would assume they might wait a week or so, just in case they pull one from a legendary token they earned in another way (e.g. the taco tokens - maybe people will crack their stockpiles). I figure pulling even one cover without having to buy it, might save quite a bit of money in the end. Though I guess for the people willing to spend $$ saving a couple thousand might not even factor into their decision.

I have been stock piling tacos from day 1. If my 70+ tacos doesn't net me the 5 , I might consider buying some more tokens & give it a shot.

nwman

raisinbman wrote:

A week. I know how this works.

And there's worse things to waste money on. Trust me.

People blow that money in one night at a gentlemans lounge. So no doubt there. Bottle service $2000 champagne etc etc.

Any Vegas trip, nightclubs in big cities. South beach, nyc, Vegas again.

First class flights, I mean business class.

alphabeta

What do you recon you get for selling the inevitable 5* covers someone whaling it and ending up with 6 or 7 in one colour gets before they get the 13 they need for a full build?

Heartburn

DayvBang wrote:

windfallstar wrote:

What makes me sad is that whaling for a 5* is more expensive than paying off my students loans.

But what's more satisfying: paying off one person's student loans, or beating a whole mess of people in PvP?

the loans.... won't have enough time to play while trying to recoup the loan money.

ClydeFrog76

I refuse to believe that there is anyone out there willing to spend 25K plus on a match 3 mobile game.

Come on, that's just not going to happen...is it?

Unknown

ClydeFrog76 wrote:

I refuse to believe that there is anyone out there willing to spend 25K plus on a match 3 mobile game.

Come on, that's just not going to happen...is it?

whales fund F2p games....can't find the story about the angry birds player who spend thousands/millions:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2 ... pay-report

http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RaminSho ... Tricks.php

Dter

If I heard correctly the odds of pulling 5* is 5%when they introduce Silver Surfer and when they introduce the next 5* the odds go to 10% (5%Surfer + 5% other) so a smart whale will wait and get two for the price of one.

Clintman

I think the first whale to get a maxed Silver Surfer should take a selfie which D3 would then take and paste over the Beluga whales face in Deadpools Super Whales Whales Whales

mindsuckr

Dter wrote:

If I heard correctly the odds of pulling 5* is 5%when they introduce Silver Surfer and when they introduce the next 5* the odds go to 10% (5%Surfer + 5% other) so a smart whale will wait and get two for the price of one.

While it seems like the smart thing to do is to wait, there is still that "first" quality people want. I think there will be a day one surge, and then another surge a month later when the odds go up more. I know I plan to hold on to any tokens I win until the odds go up to 10%.

Ludaa

Saw a picture of someone with 3 covers already...

slidecage

got 14k and could buy a 40 pack but wont why

One.. very good chance i will never get a SS
Two a SS will kill you in pve
three i dont need 40 2 stars

slidecage

Dter wrote:

If I heard correctly the odds of pulling 5* is 5%when they introduce Silver Surfer and when they introduce the next 5* the odds go to 10% (5%Surfer + 5% other) so a smart whale will wait and get two for the price of one.

pretty sure surfer is removed and the new one is put into its place

Unknown

slidecage wrote:

Dter wrote:

If I heard correctly the odds of pulling 5* is 5%when they introduce Silver Surfer and when they introduce the next 5* the odds go to 10% (5%Surfer + 5% other) so a smart whale will wait and get two for the price of one.

pretty sure surfer is removed and the new one is put into its place

Absolutely wrong.

Rates have been posted by devs for how the breakdown will occur when there are 1, 2, or 3 5* in the game:

1. - 5%
2. - 5% each (10% total for drawing a 5*)
3. - 10% total (3.3% each)

IceIX

Ludaa wrote:

Saw a picture of someone with 3 covers already...

Yep. Someone won the lottery on 40 pack pulls. Should go hit Atlantic City with that luck.

slidecage

j12601 wrote:

slidecage wrote:

Dter wrote:

If I heard correctly the odds of pulling 5* is 5%when they introduce Silver Surfer and when they introduce the next 5* the odds go to 10% (5%Surfer + 5% other) so a smart whale will wait and get two for the price of one.

pretty sure surfer is removed and the new one is put into its place

Absolutely wrong.

Rates have been posted by devs for how the breakdown will occur when there are 1, 2, or 3 5* in the game:

1. - 5%
2. - 5% each (10% total for drawing a 5*)
3. - 10% total (3.3% each)

hell i wait till next month then before buying the 40 pack.

GrumpySmurf1002

slidecage wrote:

got 14k and could buy a 40 pack but wont why

One.. very good chance i will never get a SS
Two a SS will kill you in pve
three i dont need 40 2 stars

Well, 2 out of 3 are true at least.

acescracked

Whoever voted longer than one day you are all wrong (my bad, if I could read I might vote a week for a max). Someone has a 3 cover Silver Surfer (lvl 300) in their roster now.

What a great crewsade!

Edit: didn't notice poll states a maxed Silver Surfer. That's a much harder task Anyway, someone is trying to do it!

SnowcaTT

Gratz to that player!

Sitting in my sim bracket (though a note: not at the top anymore!) - went to see if it was super lucky with exact pulls. 3/5/5 and I see no other SS on the roster.

Vhailorx

aesthetocyst wrote:

Well, the time has come! He-who-shall-not-be-named has maxed his Surfer!

25 days...close enough to 1 month. Therefore, I was right

Well, 25 days is more than 3 weeks, so I am going to declare myself (and I suppose everyone else who voted 1 month) the winner!

Yay for me!

xellessanova

Just in time for the next 5* release!