How has your VIP experience been so far?

FindingHeart8

So VIP has been out for a little while, what's your opinion on it?  Please explain your reasoning.

Azerack

Neutral. But I plan on renewing or get membership.

The rollout was less than stellar,  as was the initial communication,  no reflection on Brigby as I blame the product team,  but I did get a **** ton of non dupes, so I'm going to give it another month and see what I think. 

SaberEmiya

Positive! I plan on getting or renewing my VIP membership

I will renew Pro or Master membership as long as I can still receive non-dupe from the VIP boosters.

Machine

I don't have membership and I don't plan on getting it.

I only got the 7 day basic trial. Even that was implemented badly. Some of my team mates got a boatload of non dupe rares, mythics and MPs with the same basic subscription while I only got dupe commons, uncommons and a single dupe rare. No way I'm gambling my money on that kind of nonsense.

Narcoticsagent

Positive! I plan on getting or renewing my VIP membership

As long as I keep getting non dupes I will keep my plan.

BigSwifty

Undecided

Not happy about the price point but still picked up the pro level memership for a month to try it out. Mixed feelings overall. Really not happy with the price though. Should be more like 1.99/9.99/19.99 imho. But, it is what it is. 50/50 on renewal.

wickedwitch74

Positive! I plan on getting or renewing my VIP membership

If my monthly support of the game means more bug fixes, improved player experience, better and more varied content, then I'll be very happy. 

This has been the only game I play for almost three years, so I'm happy to support it.

I was initially skeptical but receiving a bunch of non-dupes was very nice, and I look forward to finishing my collection.

After that, a subscription plan might not make sense for me.

mrixl2520

Negative. But I will renew or get membership.

I’d say I’m slightly in the negative. I think the price point is a little high, and not having Rising Tensions for 2 weeks meant I barely played the game at all. The bunch of new card packs were great, as are the couple new PWs (TAMIYO!). Overall I’m left feeling like I didn’t get my money’s worth. I tentatively plan to keep paying in at least until War of the Spark comes out, but if that doesn’t come with a bunch of new events then I might downgrade to super-casual free-to-play.

I sincerely hope we soon see the impact of all these new funds coming to D3 and that the game suddenly experiences a much needed revitalization. 

FindingHeart8

Negative. But I will renew or get membership.

My VIP package was almost all dupe uncommons, and it took me persistent (polite) requests with tickets and escelating things with the d3 mods before they took me seriously enough to actually give me the compensation package.  But they finally did and it was nice.

I'm stubbornly loyal to Magic the Gathering (been playing consistently since 1998), and if I hadn't already sunk 3 years of my life into this game I would have left a while ago when things first started to go downhill.

I'll give them a second try to see if it's worth it, but I do not feel like a VIP, and the price was not worth all these problems.

wereotter

I don't have membership and I don't plan on getting it.

Machine said:

I only got the 7 day basic trial. Even that was implemented badly. Some of my team mates got a boatload of non dupe rares, mythics and MPs with the same basic subscription while I only got dupe commons, uncommons and a single dupe rare. No way I'm gambling my money on that kind of nonsense.

.... how? I didn't get the free trial VIP and everything I read said you had to sign up for a membership to auto renew after the 7 days to get the free trial.

Machine

I don't have membership and I don't plan on getting it.

wereotter said:

.... how? I didn't get the free trial VIP and everything I read said you had to sign up for a membership to auto renew after the 7 days to get the free trial.

I subscribed to the basic plan and unsubscribed immediately after that. It got me the free 7 day trial. It was also described in the release notes.

Edit: another reason for not getting a subscription is that when I get a new card now (rare, mythic or MP, doesn't really matter) it really feels awesome and it also feels I'm progressing. If I get 20 nondupe high rarity cards at once without doing anything for it except pulling out my wallet, it doesn't feel that rewarding.

andrewvanmarle

Neutral. But I plan on renewing or get membership.

I went for the middle plan, i find it a bit meh, but I'll renew to get to vip 6.

Elektrophorus

Machine said:

wereotter said:

.... how? I didn't get the free trial VIP and everything I read said you had to sign up for a membership to auto renew after the 7 days to get the free trial.

I subscribed to the basic plan and unsubscribed immediately after that. It got me the free 7 day trial. It was also described in the release notes.

Edit: another reason for not getting a subscription is that when I get a new card now (rare, mythic or MP, doesn't really matter) it really feels awesome and it also feels I'm progressing. If I get 20 nondupe high rarity cards at once without doing anything for it except pulling out my wallet, it doesn't feel that rewarding.

Sadly, the reason why VIP even exists like this is because some people feel reward from pulling out their wallet.

UweTellkampf

Other

I quit.

ElfNeedsFood

Positive! But I will not renew or get VIP membership.

I'd much prefer something that gives a good value per $$ but at the "cost" of logging in each day, like VIP in Marvel PuzzleQuest...  Also, the price point is too high.

Froggy

Other

I quit. Cold turkey.

Thésée

Froggy said:

I quit. Cold turkey.

Come back. Going cold turkey is too painful :-)

bk1234

Positive! I plan on getting or renewing my VIP membership

I’m happy with it. The benefits are worth $30 a month and I believe strongly in supporting the game.