IronLad said: That is weird & disappointing - hope that Superior Octopus is more obtainable.
Nick441234 said: 75cp, that can be earned in 3 PVE events.
Dormammu said: I keep remembering the comment in the costumes announcement that they would be available for reaching certain acheivements.
broll said: Smart80 said: Am i the only one that prefers his original look?Also, an offer like this is not even tempting me, so Im good with this. People who like it, buy it, others dont. With cheap costume only offer, many will just buy without even thinking, thats much more deceptive marketing to me... I don't see it as deceptive. People are paying the advertised price. It's on them to track their spending. I find forced/artificial scarcity far more deceptive. That is literally attempting to artificially jack up the price of something by effecting the well established rules of supply and demand.
Smart80 said: Am i the only one that prefers his original look?Also, an offer like this is not even tempting me, so Im good with this. People who like it, buy it, others dont. With cheap costume only offer, many will just buy without even thinking, thats much more deceptive marketing to me...
broll said: .Instead of this horrid roll-out out, make them available all the time in a store. Each one costs $0.99 to $5 based on quality (the first release being the $0.99, this Thor one being closer to the $5). Wouldn't you guys make more money by encouraging every player to buy one to many small purchase rather than trying to get the already over-spending whales to drop stupid amounts of money. Also if the forced rarity really going to help sell them? I would think once they start getting out there and people see them on PvP opponents that would be free advertising, instead by the time that happens the offer will be gone and you as a company shot yourself in the foot by denying that person the purchase.
bbigler said: Based off of the reaction I've seen in a buy club chat room, whales are not interested in the Thor costume deal. The reason is the CP amount. This deal is 3/4 the cost of a Stark and you get 3/4 the HP of a Stark. But 3/4 of the CP you get in a buy club (140) is 105 CP, which is more than the 75 CP in this deal. So, it would cost you 30 CP to get the costume and you don't have to hassle with the coordination of a buy club. I think the people that would buy this are the holiday spenders that don't do buy clubs. Everyone else will probably pass. Plus, there's the expected Digital Day deals, which trumps this deal too. I agree with everyone else that costumes should not be treated as rare commodities. They should be treated as fun but pointless window dressing. Give them away for free in events that feature that character (like hitting max progression in PVE or hitting the 800, 900, 1200 thresholds in PVP. If you play long enough (which is their goal) you can collect them all.
helix72 said: bbigler said: Based off of the reaction I've seen in a buy club chat room, whales are not interested in the Thor costume deal. The reason is the CP amount. This deal is 3/4 the cost of a Stark and you get 3/4 the HP of a Stark. But 3/4 of the CP you get in a buy club (140) is 105 CP, which is more than the 75 CP in this deal. So, it would cost you 30 CP to get the costume and you don't have to hassle with the coordination of a buy club. I think the people that would buy this are the holiday spenders that don't do buy clubs. Everyone else will probably pass. Plus, there's the expected Digital Day deals, which trumps this deal too. I agree with everyone else that costumes should not be treated as rare commodities. They should be treated as fun but pointless window dressing. Give them away for free in events that feature that character (like hitting max progression in PVE or hitting the 800, 900, 1200 thresholds in PVP. If you play long enough (which is their goal) you can collect them all. I'd love it if someone could tell me where to find a buy club. I do spend on the game and would love to get some additional return for my investment. After reading about them, I tried looking for months but either I don't know how to find them or they don't exist anymore.
Smart80 said: broll said: Smart80 said: Am i the only one that prefers his original look?Also, an offer like this is not even tempting me, so Im good with this. People who like it, buy it, others dont. With cheap costume only offer, many will just buy without even thinking, thats much more deceptive marketing to me... I don't see it as deceptive. People are paying the advertised price. It's on them to track their spending. I find forced/artificial scarcity far more deceptive. That is literally attempting to artificially jack up the price of something by effecting the well established rules of supply and demand. If you need more than a couple of days to figure out if you should take this offer, im pretty sure you shouldnt do it..Its a fair deal on hp/$, and if you keep in mind plenty dont buy in buyclubs, its even better for those players.Letting people drip money a couple bucks a time to re-wardrobe their roster (how many toons we got now to do this on?), is much more likely to create impulse buys people shouldnt do or in longterm perhaps even could afford. Therefor, much more deceptive imo.Saying, its on them to track their spending, is the whole problem. People cant or dont do that with small purchases... Anyway, you see it in different way. Valid point, I just disagree.
Moon Roach said: I renewed my VIP again today, still inertia. My Day 1 reward was another Lady Deadpool costume. As it was a duplicate, I got 500 HP instead. Interesting..
OJSP said: Moon Roach said: I renewed my VIP again today, still inertia. My Day 1 reward was another Lady Deadpool costume. As it was a duplicate, I got 500 HP instead. Interesting.. It’s there on the announcement (first page near the bottom)