Er....

jimilinho_

I'm not sure what to say...

Thank you...??

glggwp

for 1000 runes??? lol feels like a joke...

yunnnn

Thanks for the

GrizzoMtGPQ

I know I feel, compensated. Is that the right word? No, I could think of another word for how I feel but I don't think compensated is the right one.

Stormbringer0

Better a compensation than no compensation.

Ciotog

I'll just add it to the pile I've saved up waiting for Sarkhan to come back...

jackvett

Those who missed out on a tier of completion rewards aren't the ones complaining; it's the people who tried to hit competition rewards and invested time in building/playing as perfectly as possible.

Showing your serious/invested playerbase that you will only treat them like casual players doesn't seem to be a good strategy, oh MTGPQ staff. I'd wager that more than half the playerbase in platinum has literally no use for runes, so they functionally didn't receive compensation. If you were legitimately in the running for a guaranteed mythic/rare and were forced to take an L on your record because of maintenance, you got screwed hard.

Calling it right now, below me will be a post saying something along the lines of "stop looking a gift horse in the mouth, say thank you for the runes and bend back over."

Edit: it actually got posted while I typed this up! what an eclectic group we have here

bk1234

I've been taught to always find the bright side.

For 1000 Runes, Arlinn will go from Level 1 to Level 1.25.

Thanks?

octal9

bken1234 wrote:

For 1000 Runes, Arlinn will go from Level 1 to Level 4.75

killwind

http://imgur.com/a/v1xA3

mmraie

think about all the things you can do with 1000 runes! oh wait we actually get more from daily login.

thanks i guess?

majincob

killwind wrote:

^^Like that?

bk1234

killwind wrote:

http://imgur.com/a/v1xA3

Do you sleep??

mmraie

bken1234 wrote:

killwind wrote:

http://imgur.com/a/v1xA3

Do you sleep??

No, he's the boogeyman

Rootbreaker

bken1234 wrote:

killwind wrote:

http://imgur.com/a/v1xA3

Do you sleep??

Other potentially relevant questions:

Do you buy runes with cash?
Do you have all the planeswalkers at 60?
Do you continually quick battle?
Do you use the sell duplicates button?

Answers to any of these questions could result in more runes!

Gerard

I don't understand why they didn't just give us 250 mana crystals like every other time they gave out compensation..

glggwp

Gerard wrote:

I don't understand why they didn't just give us 250 mana crystals like every other time they gave out compensation..

1000 runes cost them nothing while 250 mana crystals are worth $8.33

Gerard

glggwp wrote:

Gerard wrote:

I don't understand why they didn't just give us 250 mana crystals like every other time they gave out compensation..

1000 runes cost them nothing while 250 mana crystals are worth $8.33

Surely losing their customers will cost them more in the long run though?

shteev

Gerard wrote:

glggwp wrote:

Gerard wrote:

I don't understand why they didn't just give us 250 mana crystals like every other time they gave out compensation..

1000 runes cost them nothing while 250 mana crystals are worth $8.33

Surely losing their customers will cost them more in the long run though?

We're a captive audience. They can treat us any way they like

yunnnn

Gerard wrote:

Surely losing their customers will cost them more in the long run though?

The game's owners need to realize that whales don't just spend money because they have some abject addition to the game. Unless the game experience feels rewarding and the game's operators come across as generous, there is no reason why I should spend 100$ on big boxes when I could go have a couple of steaks and a lobster. There is no reason why I shouldn't go find something else to play. BF1 anyone?

Remember, IAP has 2 components: Getting some loot, and supporting a company that we believe in and trust. The game's operators would be wise to consider this.


Did they even go through any sort of logic when deciding the compensation?
1. Giving out 1000 runes is admitting that they did nothing wrong. Tons of bugs, tons of crashes, every event locks up at the beginning or end. Just because they don't admit it doesn't mean its not there. Good job devs: You've created an atmosphere where, despite all your hard work releasing new events and cards, you're labelled as incapable of maintaining your own servers and fixing bugs.

2. There is no incentive for the devs to fix their bugs. Why fix bugs when you can give out worthless magical currency?

3. Giving out a small amount of crystals has NO EFFECT on their bottom line. 250 crystals is nothing to a whale, and whales will whale in spite of it. On the flip side, boosting a starting player's crystals is only going to make them want to get into the game more, not less.

4. 1000 runes is 3.33 quick battles. Come on. It took me longer to write this post than to do 4 qbs.

5. The compensation is disrespectful and insulting. You guys took down the server with no real warning and made people lose their games! (And yes, I didn't lose anything, I saw the forum post...) There is no argument here. Besides the completely discouraging drop rates that Big Boxes have, the way that this compensation was handled is pretty good reason to stop whaling out of principle.

6. To those who say that 1000 runes is better than nothing... is it really? Let's get hypothetical and say they gave out 1 rune as compensation. Would you be insulted by receiving 1 rune? It's better than nothing... right? Believe it or not, it is completely possible to bungle a compensation, and they've done it here. They've brought up expectations and then completely deflated them, losing our trust in the process. I argue that this is worse than doing nothing at all.

Deknas

Im not mad, MTG:PQ staff, im just dissapointed.