animaniactoo said: MissChinch said: @animaniactoo The best possible interpretation then involves a critical lack of foresight regarding this store they spent substantial time piloting.If they were the least bit concerned about the reaction to this it would have come with a better explaination. Either that or perhaps they are so out of touch that they didn't think it would be poorly received.Clearly none of the tantrums the forumites have had made much of a difference to D3/Demi, so I don't see why they would care about taking a dump on em, it hasn't been a problem yet and they haven't exactly slow rolled the dumps If it were a matter of competing priorities and stakeholders being different from users it doesn't preclude decent PR and tact... We don't get it, either because we're not worth the time or because they're so out of touch as to not know if this is a positive or negative change for the users...(...there's a whole buttload of whitespace here in my reply on my phone... Formatting could be just plain stupid, apologies in advance) Agreed on PR/tact/lack of foresight, etc. - all part of the need for a really good big picture person imo. Including the fact that I think that people would respect "This feature has had an unintended effect [describe bad effect], and we're pulling back from it because of that." a lot more than they respect some of what I would guess are cover explanations being given, trying to keep messaging "positive" in an attempt to always be positive with users and counter negawave.I enjoy the game, but I see a lot of forum dissatisfaction, and I see crisis points upcoming based on some of the changes they're making, and that says to me that they're just not weighing risks and effects well for something that is a complex situation.
MissChinch said: @animaniactoo The best possible interpretation then involves a critical lack of foresight regarding this store they spent substantial time piloting.If they were the least bit concerned about the reaction to this it would have come with a better explaination. Either that or perhaps they are so out of touch that they didn't think it would be poorly received.Clearly none of the tantrums the forumites have had made much of a difference to D3/Demi, so I don't see why they would care about taking a dump on em, it hasn't been a problem yet and they haven't exactly slow rolled the dumps If it were a matter of competing priorities and stakeholders being different from users it doesn't preclude decent PR and tact... We don't get it, either because we're not worth the time or because they're so out of touch as to not know if this is a positive or negative change for the users...(...there's a whole buttload of whitespace here in my reply on my phone... Formatting could be just plain stupid, apologies in advance)
orbitalint said: @MissChinch I agree that it's not a viable solution but they seem to need new lines of current user revenue and apparently have declining buying folks above SCL6. Otherwise, why bother doing this? If they can convert one in 1000 of these SCL5- people to a whale by doing it, maybe it buys them a few more weeks. That's how I'm thinking now.It's the only major marvel game that isn't on the top 200 grossing of the play store and it's been like that for many months. I remember when it was rivaling Contest for top twenty status each month.This thread would have been nine pages deep by now six months ago with this kind of bombshell change but people have moved on. I'm still here because I want to see what happens when they close up shop. Haven't played in six weeks. Stopped supporting the game (never a whale) over four months ago.
TheWerebison said: tfcrazy1980 said: If you really wanna see where direction is going, check the other 2 forums....have yourself a good laugh Oh wow. Look at all the angry comments in the MtG forum. Why does anyone still give these guys money? They don't exactly seem to work for the customer, do they? I don't know if it's them or their parent company, but either way, the time has come to show them the game isn't worth their miserly attitude.
tfcrazy1980 said: If you really wanna see where direction is going, check the other 2 forums....have yourself a good laugh
orbitalint said: @MissChinch If consolidating code is the reason, then why offer HfH at all?
MissChinch said: orbitalint said: @MissChinch If consolidating code is the reason, then why offer HfH at all?I got no answers as to why they choose to do what they do.
orbitalint said: Also @purplemur, whales are playing their own game anyways in 5* land. It's not like they are feasting on new players on their climb. PVE maybe a better argument for it but same deal if they want the top rewards.
SpringSoldier said: I know this is very selfish of me, but since I couldn't afford HfH anyway, I'm sort of glad this change occurred. As soon as this store dies out the devs might have some incentive to give players more access to vaulted 4*.
ZootSax said: Is there any reason the new HfH store couldn't just have three separate entries for each of the character's three colors? Sure it would still be a longer rotation than currently, but I can't see how the option to spend between 3,600 to 10,800 for 1-3 covers of the same character would be anything but a neutral change from the dev's perspective while still being less bad from the player's perspective.