[POLL] Would you pay to extend cover expiry?

MarkersMake

So, there have been many posts on colorless covers, cover exchanges, covers that never expire, etc. Obviously, those options might not be in d3's interests, since they would like to make money by selling hp, etc. But cover expiry is really at the root of many of the issues with the game.

So how about this? Covers expire in 14 days normally - what if you could buy extra time for them? An extra 14 days (checkbox to auto-renew naturally) for a price. Let's say something like:
3* - 10HP
4* - 25HP
5* - 50HP

We get more time to use covers, and maybe D3 makes more money selling HP.

Would you be willing to pay HP for that if D3 implemented it?

whycantwesyncpc

I don't get why by not there isn't a system for changing the color of a cover in exchange of hp. Seems like a good way to give people a way to deal with the cover issue without eating into their profits.

DFiPL

As a VIP feature? Sure. As a Steam-exclusive VIP feature? Sure!

On its own? No chance.

tgibbs40

I voted "No" simply because I believe if this were introduced it would be like buying ISO. And by that I mean: The pricing would be so out of line with what we would expect/hope for that only a small(?) pool of people would use it. So it seems not worthwhile to me.

Knaaks

I said maybe if the price was right, but it would have to be to make it not expire EVER. To be honest, I have never been in a situation where an extra 14 days would help me, except for on 2 star heroes, which I really don't feel bad about having to sell anyway. It is always when I have a character at like 5/1/0, and I will pull like 3 covers of the power that is already at 5 (Hi Wasp! Thanks for the 3000 ISO, sorry your blue power is still level 1!)

There is no way I am going to the 7 covers in colors I need in an extra 14 days, nor will I be able to get the CP to purchase them. No way in HECK am I going to spend HP every 14 days for, potentially, months, to not waste the cover.

Just make it so covers don't expire if you have your VIP active. Then, if your VIP expires, all the covers you have saved have 14 days from that point.

Mordee

I would pay some HP or ISO even to extend the expiration date.

cooperbigdaddy

We earned the covers, they shouldn't be taken away from us after 14 days. And we shouldn't have to pay any resource (especially HP which some people have trouble getting and need for extra slots) to pay to be able to do what shouldn't be done anyway.

Also, if there wasn't a timer on covers, we wouldn't even really need to worry about getting the 6th or 400th cover of the same color on a 4, or even 5 star character. We could just curse RNG but EVENTUALLY use it.

No pay!

STOPTHIS

I'd prefer we have some kind of storage. It wouldn't be unlimited, but it would allow you to store 5-10 covers that will never expire as long as they're in storage.

Paying to extend a cover doesn't make sense in a world where a good portion of characters are vaulted.

Taganov

No, I wouldn't pay for this.

There should be some free storage, with more for a fee; similar to roster slots. And by similar, I mean in principle, not in price.
As someone else mentioned, infinite storage could be a VIP perk.

jredd

no, for the following reasons:

1. it would allow the devs to side step and ignore the issue of being able to select our own cover colours, which should be absolutely implemented. like yesterday.

2. for a great number of the player base, resources are already stretched pretty thin.

3. forcing us to use covers in a set timeframe when the flow of iso needed to champ all 4 and 5* characters is woefully inadequate is akin to punishing the player base. (not that i think the iso flow should be increased, but forcing us to choose between several characters while losing our covers is mean).

NMANOZ

VIP should get the ability to have a set amount of covers they can make no expiry (I guess you can make them hearts like the bonus heroes, call them favourite covers).

Crowl

No and removing expiry should not be a perk of vip either, this is a flaw in the game that we can get rewards that are almost useless to us and covers should become colourless once you have maxed out that particular colour, particularly since there is no such a tiny pool of possible 4* outcomes from an LT now.

The only time when expiry is potentially valid would be when a character is max-covered as you can readily stop pulling tokens for a little while to build up enough iso to champ that character and if people are actively avoiding champing the character then it is fair enough to expect them to sell the cover or have it expire, however even then the idea that people should have to hoard rewards simply to avoid losing them isn't a great system and expiry should scale by tier level, so 2 weeks for 2*, 3 weeks for 3*, 4 weeks for 4* and no expiry on 5* since top end progression being at the mercy of rng is already harsh enough as it is.

JHawkInc

If you have the patience to wait to open tokens until you have the roster space or ISO to champ, the need to save covers goes down dramatically.

So no. This is a free-to-play game, one way to make money is to have an expiring resource (covers) or limited time offers (vaults), and a resource that can be purchased (HP) to acquire these things. It's not so overwhelming that you can't avoid or mitigate it with careful play, and I doubt the devs would entirely get rid of a system that encourages spending. It doesn't make sense for them OR us, because if the game stops making money, it dies.

Jabrony_Geoff

I voted for Maybe depends on the price.

If it's the price of a bugle pittance for an extra 21 days then that's reasonable.
If it's price of a Stark Salary which costs more than some peoples weekly shopping bill then they can Tinykitty Tinykitty.

Kevin61

I voted "Maybe". I have ended up selling several 4* covers but that is simply because those covers have been for characters that are near the bottom of my champing priority list. Example, I have two 4* Luke Cage covers waiting. The first expires in 8 days but I only need about 95,000 ISO to champ him. Plus, in the off chance that I can't get the ISO needed through regular play, I have other covers in queue to farm out a 2* or two.

Pants1000

Only if it were cheap (under 100 HP) and I knew I would champ that character in the extra time.

amusingfoo1

I said maybe, but it actually depends more on what is pending. I wouldn't for anything below 5* tier, for sure.

Punisher5784

Agreed. I am still surprised that we do not have a Comic Bin to store a specific number of covers. It could be setup similar to Pokemon Go, where if you need additional slots, it's a small amount of HP. VIP members could have a special "free" number of spots. If we had this type of system, the complaints about the 6th cover or not enough Iso would greatly reduce. It should be a priority for 2017.

Style55

No. After spending well over 160CP plus any Legendary tokens (VIP, earned from Clash) and not being able to get a single cover for my 4/5/3 that had a blue cover about to expire and ultimately had to be sold. And yes, he's been selected as a bonus hero.