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  • Tony_Foot
    Tony_Foot Posts: 1,812 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Daredevil217 said:

    That’s a great point. I buy VIP to support the game. I don’t really need the rewards. But the unlimited health packs would provide me way more value than the resources this version gives. I wish they had two separate packages you could purchase.

    For me it would/could also change the way some people play, they would play more and take more risks with other teams. They may use sim to actually experiment a bit more the way people with sandboxed accounts can. When you have only 30 minutes or a an hour window to play and do PVP and PVE I could see why you would stick to a reliable same old team with 10 health packs.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,820 Chairperson of the Boards

    I don't think they'll ever sell unlimited health packs. Health packs serve a really important purpose in the game, in that they limit playtime. I know "health packs=profits" is a meme, but very few players actually buy packs, even among the most competitive. For those who spend, who want to grind...well, even the spendiest, grindiest players today can't afford to play forever.

    If they sold unlimited packs, you'd have some players playing 24/7 (or near enough to it) and then others would need to do that to keep up with them. It turns into the whole tapping thing again. It's a bad look for game developers to have players die playing your game.

  • Alfje17
    Alfje17 Posts: 3,813 Chairperson of the Boards

    Haven't been a VIP since 2019, so snapped this up as soon as Steam updated the price to GBP 0.79 (GBP 0.99 on Android)!

  • Dogface
    Dogface Posts: 998 Critical Contributor

    After a few restarts, the price dropped to €0,79. That's a steal.

  • shardwick
    shardwick Posts: 2,121 Chairperson of the Boards

    I restarted again and still no love for Kindle Fire. Oh well.

  • Punisher5784
    Punisher5784 Posts: 3,845 Chairperson of the Boards

    I wish VIP did more, like auto-complete DDQ

  • Tony_Foot
    Tony_Foot Posts: 1,812 Chairperson of the Boards

    @entrailbucket said:

    If they sold unlimited packs, you'd have some players playing 24/7 (or near enough to it) and then others would need to do that to keep up with them. It turns into the whole tapping thing again. It's a bad look for game developers to have players die playing your game.

    What would they play 24/7 that they couldn't do already with their roster depth? What would you repeatedly tap?

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Tony_Foot said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    If they sold unlimited packs, you'd have some players playing 24/7 (or near enough to it) and then others would need to do that to keep up with them. It turns into the whole tapping thing again. It's a bad look for game developers to have players die playing your game.

    What would they play 24/7 that they couldn't do already with their roster depth? What would you repeatedly tap?

    PVP.
    Instead of hitting someone 200 times, they'd hit 2000 times with unlimited packs.

  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards

    5 healthpacks cost 200 HP.
    1 Stark = 500 healthpacks.

    What's the probability of unlimited healthpacks going for 9.99?

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards

    @HoundofShadow said:
    5 healthpacks cost 200 HP.
    1 Stark = 500 healthpacks.

    What's the probability of unlimited healthpacks going for 9.99?

    Look, according to you the new VIP package should probably be priced at 300 bucks.
    Let it go.

  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited April 2023

    That's a one time special deal. It's not permanent. Let's talk again when it's permanent. It will be back the normal package once this $1 VIP is used up.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,275 Chairperson of the Boards

    It isn't ever going to be permanent so no more talking needed! Yay!

  • Scofie
    Scofie GLOBAL_MODERATORS Posts: 1,365 Chairperson of the Boards

    @DAZ0273 said:
    It isn't ever going to be permanent so no more talking needed! Yay!

    If I've read Ice's post correctly:
    The ~$€£1 VIP is this month only.
    The new VIP rewards are permanent.

    Let the "more talking" commence!

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,275 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Scofie said:

    @DAZ0273 said:
    It isn't ever going to be permanent so no more talking needed! Yay!

    If I've read Ice's post correctly:
    The ~$€£1 VIP is this month only.
    The new VIP rewards are permanent.

    Let the "more talking" commence!

    Fiddlesticks! You've done it now! With Hound Inflation (TM) this thing is going to end up costing 500 quid before he is done!

  • Scofie
    Scofie GLOBAL_MODERATORS Posts: 1,365 Chairperson of the Boards

    @DAZ0273 said:

    @Scofie said:

    @DAZ0273 said:
    It isn't ever going to be permanent so no more talking needed! Yay!

    If I've read Ice's post correctly:
    The ~$€£1 VIP is this month only.
    The new VIP rewards are permanent.

    Let the "more talking" commence!

    Fiddlesticks! You've done it now! With Hound Inflation (TM) this thing is going to end up costing 500 quid before he is done!

    Mod mode off

    That may end up being cheaper than actual inflation if things keep going the way they have... 😄

    Mod mode on

    Please keep on topic @scofie, which is not the global economy.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,275 Chairperson of the Boards

    A fair point...

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards

    @DAZ0273 said:

    @Scofie said:

    @DAZ0273 said:
    It isn't ever going to be permanent so no more talking needed! Yay!

    If I've read Ice's post correctly:
    The ~$€£1 VIP is this month only.
    The new VIP rewards are permanent.

    Let the "more talking" commence!

    Fiddlesticks! You've done it now! With Hound Inflation (TM) this thing is going to end up costing 500 quid before he is done!

    He's been calculating for the last 90 minutes.

  • Tony_Foot
    Tony_Foot Posts: 1,812 Chairperson of the Boards

    But if you bought this straight away you should get a second 28 days, shouldn’t you? If it runs a month and vip is 28 days?