New Iso-8 Multiplier & Iso-8-Canister items

S0kun

We’re introducing new ways to increase your ISO-8 Hunting endeavors with the all new ISO-8 Multipliers and ISO-8 Canisters! Learn more about these latest in-game items at https://mpq.social/ISO

Hammer3001

Well, that’s interesting.

And thanks for this addition.

WilliamK1983

I'm always in need of iso(red too) so this is great!

My one question regarding the multiplier is if it can be used during a double Iso-8 period like during the anniversary? Or is there fine print like on a coupon that says cannot be combined with other offers?

Domitronas

So instead of the devs taking a hard look at the iso-8 economy which the playerbase has been complaining for years, we get worst of the worst Gardenscapes like features with heavy FOMO, which, let's not kid ourselves here, is going to be even further focused on monetization of the game. Feeling super disappointed and betrayed.

Timemachinego

Worst way to handle the ISO drought. I can't believe ya'll spent dev time on this when there are dozens of ways in which you could be truly improving the game. I at least hope it was a team member that couldn't be assigned to something better.

GrimSkald

@Timemachinego said:
Worst way to handle the ISO drought. I can't believe ya'll spent dev time on this when there are dozens of ways in which you could be truly improving the game. I at least hope it was a team member that couldn't be assigned to something better.

A top-down redo of awarded resources is going to take months - they said they're looking into it but that is something that takes a long damn time.

As a stopgap measure this is much easier to put in. Never let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

ThisisClemFandango

My lord, operation moar money is about to begin.
Gooooooood......goooooooooooooood

I can't say I'm overly irritated by this move, all companies do this, if people are willing to part with their cash then that's who this is for.

MegaBee

This would be a real nice addition to the VIP rewards...

Timemachinego

@GrimSkald said:

As a stopgap measure this is much easier to put in. Never let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

I was a little too mean in my initial post (going through some **** personally, sorry to display that). I still think this is a waste of everyone's time. If they actually wanted to implement a stopgap measure they'd just set 2x iso until they address it, this is a blatant way to try and squeeze out even more sales.

A lot of these offers are getting greedier and greedier if you haven't noticed; they're even trying to sell 2*(?) supports and a meager 100 support shards for 30 bucks. It's ridiculous. From what I see in my own alliance, buys have remained relatively stable; even the game's almost whales (Orca?) seem to set a budget. If a new player were to buy offers like those (or the inevitable ones featuring this new item), they should quickly figure out that they wasted their money. That's a bad thing.

Back before offer spam (and wide value disparity between offers!) it was widely accepted that a new player (if planning to spend) should buy the Shield Level sales as they come and evaluate the rest with help. Now, if I visit Reddit or another place where newer players congregate, I see DAILY threads asking about nearly every single offer because they really don't know what's good or not with their limited experience in the game. I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd have felt burned and quit the game in my early days if I bought an offer like those and realized it did nothing for me.

hferg

Considering my extremely limited funds, I won't be able to afford any of these new implementations, so really, this is a worthless addition for me; unless there's going to be a lot of "giveaway" boosts.

Which begs the question: How exactly ARE they going to be given away? Are they going to randomly appear in the store? Do you have to be on Discord?

KGB

Time based multiplier will be a god send for hoarders.

Once you get one, you bust open a hoard of tokens, apply the champ levels and get bonus ISO.

KGB

DyingLegend

Ummm spending money on ISO is the last thing on my agenda.

Swing and a miss Devs

Godzillafan67

ISO is overcosted in the resources store. Back when 3-star characters were just entering the scene, the purchasable amount may have seemed reasonable, but 4-star, 5-star, and character dilution in today's MPQ world would require many and multiple purchases of the Mother Lode (repetition intended for emphasis). Intriguing to my eyes is that I can buy the x2 ISO-Multiplier for $9.99, netting me 150,000 ISO max within 30 days. That previously mentioned Mother Lode yields 156,000 ISO for $99.99. 1/10th the cost for an almost equal amount of ISO? Granted, the player would need to earn/buy 150,000 ISO over the course of a month, but that's easily doable for an engaged player.

WilliamK1983

@WilliamK1983 said:
I'm always in need of iso(red too) so this is great!

My one question regarding the multiplier is if it can be used during a double Iso-8 period like during the anniversary? Or is there fine print like on a coupon that says cannot be combined with other offers?

Just re-read the post and idk how I missed so much the first time. I'm not as high on this as before.

hferg

@KGB said:
Time based multiplier will be a god send for hoarders.

Once you get one, you bust open a hoard of tokens, apply the champ levels and get bonus ISO.

KGB

Hoarders? I need over 4 million iso to max out the characters I have as it is!!!! And it keeps going up!!!!!

Omegased

Interesting everyone is focusing on the canisters.

With this update I see two additions.

The iso multiplier - positive move, possiblity to earn more iso. Nothing negative here.

Iso canister - new way to buy iso. You could always buy iso but this is clearly designed as a better way to sell it.
When I say better, I mean more aggressive.

Considering I am post iso, I hope the canisters are either unobtrusive, or can be turned off.

Seph1roth5

@KGB said:
Time based multiplier will be a god send for hoarders.

Once you get one, you bust open a hoard of tokens, apply the champ levels and get bonus ISO.

KGB

Well it's still capped it seems. I guess you can just keep buying them.

I have a question about the multiplier though. It sounds like these can be obtained without $$? The cannister is $$ only? If so, then it reaaaaaaally depends on how often multipliers are given out and the cap. If it's just something that works it's way into pve/pvp/easily accessible vaults, for an extra 50k here or whatever, fine. If it's something super rare, like top 5 pvp and 1/stone season for the same amount of iso, then that's awful.

kuntilanak

I'm iso positive few weeks back when i finally champed all toons i recruited, sans few latest ones, so this update is meh to me. Right now i need more hp and cp, so back to daily grind...

meadowsweet

The capped amounts of Iso-8 in the example screenshots seem far too low to make this attractive for me:
Multiplier: 50,000 Iso / $2 = 25,000 Iso per dollar
Multiplier: 100,000 Iso / $5 = 20,000 Iso per dollar
Multiplier: 150,000 Iso / $10 = 15,000 Iso per dollar
Canister: 25,000 Iso / $5 = 5,000 Iso per dollar

So the Multipliers actually give you worse value the more money you spend?

Zarqa

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Carnifex

Counter offer!

Keep your cannisters and just add a flat rate of x1.5 to VIP, maybe a tad lower if that is too generous. This way VIP will become a lot more appealing to the players still humming and harring about it. Sales would definitely increase, especially before double ISO events too.