The idea that people won't buy packs is ridiculous. Of course they will. They're people's best shot to farm characters they actively want covers for. The fact is that they're the best available source for vaulted characters, and that's going to make them a significant source of profit. That fact that it's an unfair and condescending source doesn't change that. The fact that it harms gameplay doesn't change that. People will still buy them because there isn't a better deal available.
MissChinch wrote: Agree with GurlBYE... I'd also be fine with them putting the 4* tier to rest, open the flood gates and have all new characters be in the 5* tier. IMO the don't need to vault, but they're also creating more of a vaulting case because they're staying on 4*s and putting more new ones out there... If I went crazy with speculation I'd say its because the 5* transition sucks so bad that its would be hard to pitch "stop 4*s and move onto new 5*s" as an option... if they fix the transition they can just focus on 5*s, stop diluting 4*s, stop vaulting them just give people more opportunity to get tokens that pull 4*s (doesn't need to pull 5*s as well, even a 50/50 3*/4* token would work) Oh well, 100s of way to do it that makes more sense than what they're going to test.
Fenfire wrote: I guess you did not closely follow the spirit of the development despite doing very well. I took some time to rearrange certain parts of your post if you don't mind.
SuperRecoome wrote: While I play daily, I'm more of a casual player, I have almost all 3 stars champed but my highest level on those champed threes are in the 180s I currently have no 4 stars max covered and when I started playing this game Invisible Woman and Xforce wolverine were the only 2 4 stars there were. Before this change I was a VIP, I found the legendary tokens to be valuable and worth the money for VIP. With those, and an increase in CP I was starting to actually get some progress in my 4 star roster, I was starting to get covers. Before when I pulled a newer 4 star it was slightly annoying as it was another 1000 hero points to roster the new guy that wouldn't even be close to playable with this change, that annoyance is all I will experience with legendary tokens. I don't earn rewards fast enough to max any of the 4s before they are out of the rotation, so Legendary tokens are now worthless to me. CP is pretty much next to worthless, unless I want to spend it on 4 star covers, but the cost is quite high and not really worth it, I let my VIP lapse since it's no longer a good value to me and my play style. The Heroic Vintage pack doesn't address my main concern, which is that Legendary tokens and CP no longer matter to me. So as it stands right now, My main option is horde tokens and CP until I have enough saved up to potentially max cover a character all at once. and hope for the best. I was hoping whatever solution you came up with would help with these issues. but a different type of heroic token, available temporarily does nothing for me, and won't help you get my 10$ a month back that I spend on VIP. Ah well, not sure what else to say now. Hope there is something else planned in the near future, because focusing on my three stars is keeping me busy for now, but it won't keep my interest forever.
killerkoala wrote: someone is gonna get yelled at, bag man has bags to riches tokens not vintage heroic
Alsmir wrote: Terribly sorry for posting here, but I'm not sure where could I ask: What is considered profanity in these forums? I understand that swear words will qualify as such, but I had numerous posts edited where I felt that I censored myself well enough by leaving just one letter of the word and adding few # or * to replace the rest. It seems that if a mod has even the slightest clue what I really meant, the post gets censored (or removed), at the same time "tinykitty" seems to be just fine, even though in many cases it's quite obvious what it means. So what's the deal with that? Am I allowed to use tinykitty freely, or am I getting banned if I use it in a sentence, where I'm supposably offending someone? Moreover, are there any safe words or is it just dependant on the mod's mood? "I thing devs are a massive elephants with fluffy ideas, so hike them." - is that allowed or not?
Khanwulf wrote: Because I'm nice, and Brigby's been handed a dumpster fire on Friday so by Sunday people will be tracing his IP and showing up with pitchforks, I'll provide a draft developer response letter:Hello everyone! We became aware immediately on release of the Bonus Heroes feature that the decision to "vault" older 4 heroes was problematic to large sections of the player community, effectively hampering collection rates for players invested in heroes no longer included in tokens.
killercool wrote: This is a problem for D3, because it is that little dopermine hit before opening a pack that keeps players coming back. If they can't get that hit they will just drift away from the game.