TheEyeDoctorsWife said: I don’t have that problem because I DON’T WASTE HP with useless farming that everyone thinks is necessary to play the game effectively. If you choose to be a collectionist and do so because you believe he who dies with the most toys wins is the object of the game, then you deserve the higher roster costs. I never tracked it but it seems I get at least 200 HP on average every day so 5 days buys me a slot for a character release that only occurs every 14 days . Even at 2K cost I could still tread water and remain in the black .
acescracked said: jsmjsmjsm00 said: They can't make that change because people will literally only complain that they paid 2k HP pre-change. They will want to be reimbursed because "it isn't fair". D3 isn't going to go out of their way to make a change that 1) causes backlash and 2) can lead to them paying out millions of HP, hurting their bottom line far more than the reduced slot cost. You must not be anywhere near 300 slots. That's just a silly statement. Anyone currently above 300 slots would gladly have slot prices reduced.You would complain if gas prices lowered because you were paying more in the past?
jsmjsmjsm00 said: They can't make that change because people will literally only complain that they paid 2k HP pre-change. They will want to be reimbursed because "it isn't fair". D3 isn't going to go out of their way to make a change that 1) causes backlash and 2) can lead to them paying out millions of HP, hurting their bottom line far more than the reduced slot cost.
jsmjsmjsm00 said:It really should not be such a surprise to you that these forums primarily represent the interests of veteran players who generally aren't interested in changes that assist new players in developing their rosters. Every new release is only considered valuable if they are one of the best in champed 4* or 5* meta, to the point where the community actively berates the devs with comments calling characters trash.
acescracked said: TheEyeDoctorsWife said: I don’t have that problem because I DON’T WASTE HP with useless farming that everyone thinks is necessary to play the game effectively. If you choose to be a collectionist and do so because you believe he who dies with the most toys wins is the object of the game, then you deserve the higher roster costs. I never tracked it but it seems I get at least 200 HP on average every day so 5 days buys me a slot for a character release that only occurs every 14 days . Even at 2K cost I could still tread water and remain in the black . Can you train me in the way of MPQ? I always learn a little more of zen MPQ play when you post. Wax on, wax off.
TheEyeDoctorsWife said: As others stated , how you play is a personal choice . But if you choose to play a certain way you should not come here and complain because the style you chose has a negative effect on your view of the game . I choose to win and progress . I don’t farm , or hoard, or look at a clock for when I must play , and still enjoy animations. I still finish top 20 usually without all the mechanics players say you must do to win or gather rewards. I’m not #1, but apparently my way works better than 98% of the other players and I’m satisfied with that .
As others stated , how you play is a personal choice . But if you choose to play a certain way you should not come here and complain because the style you chose has a negative effect on your view of the game . I choose to win and progress . I don’t farm , or hoard, or look at a clock for when I must play , and still enjoy animations. I still finish top 20 usually without all the mechanics players say you must do to win or gather rewards. I’m not #1, but apparently my way works better than 98% of the other players and I’m satisfied with that .
TheEyeDoctorsWife said: acescracked said: TheEyeDoctorsWife said: I don’t have that problem because I DON’T WASTE HP with useless farming that everyone thinks is necessary to play the game effectively. If you choose to be a collectionist and do so because you believe he who dies with the most toys wins is the object of the game, then you deserve the higher roster costs. I never tracked it but it seems I get at least 200 HP on average every day so 5 days buys me a slot for a character release that only occurs every 14 days . Even at 2K cost I could still tread water and remain in the black . Can you train me in the way of MPQ? I always learn a little more of zen MPQ play when you post. Wax on, wax off. As others stated , how you play is a personal choice . But if you choose to play a certain way you should not come here and complain because the style you chose has a negative effect on your view of the game . I choose to win and progress . I don’t farm , or hoard, or look at a clock for when I must play , and still enjoy animations. I still finish top 20 usually without all the mechanics players say you must do to win or gather rewards. I’m not #1, but apparently my way works better than 98% of the other players and I’m satisfied with that .
HoundofShadow said: I think T20 playtime is around 30-35 minutes. If not, I think you joined the second bracket onwards.
shardwick said: TheEyeDoctorsWife said: I don’t have that problem because I DON’T WASTE HP with useless farming that everyone thinks is necessary to play the game effectively. If you choose to be a collectionist and do so because you believe he who dies with the most toys wins is the object of the game, then you deserve the higher roster costs. I never tracked it but it seems I get at least 200 HP on average every day so 5 days buys me a slot for a character release that only occurs every 14 days . Even at 2K cost I could still tread water and remain in the black . Who says people are wasting HP? And how would you know if it's useless or not if you don't even farm? My 2s and 3s have already paid for themselves with farming them over and over again and I've recently started rostering my 4* dupes so they will slowly pay for themselves as well. Not to mention that with shards in the game, as well as milestones, it would be pretty foolish to not want to farm.
TheEyeDoctorsWife said: We’re all free to believe what we choose to and play accordingly to our beliefs.
We’re all free to believe what we choose to and play accordingly to our beliefs.
HoundofShadow said: Back to roster slot cost, there's a huge gap in goals between the dev and players.Generally speaking:Players who hit more than 300 slots1) want to use as little resources as possible or want to conserve resources as much as possible. 2) highly unlikely to spend on Logan's Loonies or higher tier purchase.3) more likely to spend $2 to trigger rewards. VIP is not worth the money.4) has deep rosters, so all other purchases aren't attractive.5) don't care if reduction of roster slots from 2000 to 1000 cause the dev's revenues to drop. It's the dev's problem, not their problem.Developer1) Anything to do with HP requires approval from finance.2) reducing roster slot costs from 2000 to 1000 is as good as reducing their revenues. 3) players who benefits from such reduction are largely small or non-spender. ConclusionTherefore, looking at the above statements, it doesn' make sense to reduce the roster slot cost because those who benefits from it are either small spenders, rare spenders or non-spenders. Since doing this doesn't increase revenue, and as a matter of fact, are likely to reduce revenue; therefore, the finance will not approve this deal, unless something major happens. The besy solution that can balance between a pseudo/temporary reduction of roster slot costs and increase/maintaun revenue is to give bonus for Logan's Loonies and above slightly more frequently, or give HP deals with top favourite characters more frequently.
BlackBoltRocks said: So...what about those slot prices, eh?To use a Pokemon comparison (because I love Pokemon): imagine if, after you caught 100 Pokemon, the prices of all Poke Balls went up. And then went up again after you'd caught 200.
TheEyeDoctorsWife said: shardwick said: TheEyeDoctorsWife said: I don’t have that problem because I DON’T WASTE HP with useless farming that everyone thinks is necessary to play the game effectively. If you choose to be a collectionist and do so because you believe he who dies with the most toys wins is the object of the game, then you deserve the higher roster costs. I never tracked it but it seems I get at least 200 HP on average every day so 5 days buys me a slot for a character release that only occurs every 14 days . Even at 2K cost I could still tread water and remain in the black . Who says people are wasting HP? And how would you know if it's useless or not if you don't even farm? My 2s and 3s have already paid for themselves with farming them over and over again and I've recently started rostering my 4* dupes so they will slowly pay for themselves as well. Not to mention that with shards in the game, as well as milestones, it would be pretty foolish to not want to farm. So all that for a reward of an extra 25 5* shards per PvE usually on a character I won’t even use 90% of the time . That’s analogous to searching the internet for an hour to find a 10 cent off coupon . This is The Emporer’s New Clothes of collective denial . We’re all free to believe what we choose to and play accordingly to our beliefs.
jsmjsmjsm00 said: acescracked said: jsmjsmjsm00 said: They can't make that change because people will literally only complain that they paid 2k HP pre-change. They will want to be reimbursed because "it isn't fair". D3 isn't going to go out of their way to make a change that 1) causes backlash and 2) can lead to them paying out millions of HP, hurting their bottom line far more than the reduced slot cost. You must not be anywhere near 300 slots. That's just a silly statement. Anyone currently above 300 slots would gladly have slot prices reduced.You would complain if gas prices lowered because you were paying more in the past? It is naive and blatantly ignores past community reactions to think that slot cost reduction would not be met by people complaining that they should be reimbursed. The community literally does this for every positive change. They reworked champ rewards and despite it being a positive change that added numerous feeders, it was met with backlash. Yall on the forums complain about everything, especially when changes are aimed at benefitting new players, not the veterans. And yes, there are numerous non-MPQ examples of this which you cherry-picked around. A more apt example would be the large representation of people against reducing predatory student debt because they already paid theirs off. It really should not be such a surprise to you that these forums primarily represent the interests of veteran players who generally aren't interested in changes that assist new players in developing their rosters. Every new release is only considered valuable if they are one of the best in champed 4* or 5* meta, to the point where the community actively berates the devs with comments calling characters trash.
Bad said: If right now there are 263 characters, that means people exceding 300 slots are farming (I don't understand why some badly wrong player who is not farming comments on this thread, by the way).If farming and playing consistently, there is a HP excedent which can easily handle the 2000 HP cost, so there shouldn't be any problem.Perhaps when MPQ released the 300th character they'd raise the 2000 HP capped line, but there are still 2 years left for that number.