Patch Notes - 11/27 - DISCUSSION

ElectroBlast

Providing a place to discuss the latest patch notes announced here.

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300 coins for Heroic packs? You guys are pricing out the causal, can't-afford-to-drop-cash on coin packs players. Every so often I can earn 150 points and buy one, but this is getting ridiculous.

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invisble's yellow seems great for defence cept...you do realize the ai npc will never get up to that many yellows haha

edit: deleted my thread for unity

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Really it is. When every other hero cover from those packs is hawk eye, it's not worth it. If I got to choose my cover, maybe 150 hps would be worth it.

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Also, where is the unstable tournament. I don't see it. I've downloaded the update and restarted.

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spinch wrote:

300 coins for Heroic packs? You guys are pricing out the causal, can't-afford-to-drop-cash on coin packs players. Every so often I can earn 150 points and buy one, but this is getting ridiculous.

They've jacked up the prices just about everywhere now. Makes you wonder if they're hurting for money. That makes me pretty unlikely to spend cash on a game that may not be around for very long.

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A Bronze/Silver/Gold pack option would be great.. Maybe 400HP for Bronze, which is 2-Star and above. 1400HP for Silver, 3-star and above. or something like that.

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14 bucks for a cover in a puzzle quest game? Come on now. People barely pay $15 for dlc in a AAA game.

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Will this event work the same way as the previous unstable ISO event? Missions reset every two days or so. Also, will there be rubber banding like the Heroics Tournament? How many people per bracket? Need more information please!

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The increased costs of heroic packs don't bother me, they've always been a bad deal.

Cool to see the ISO-8 event. More freebie rewards.

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Has anyone seen this on the Play store yet?

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I wish I'd know this game's economy was going to be like this, I never would have started playing.

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i do have to wonder why it was raised to 300 hp. is it because with tokens, there's just an abundance of covers going out? there has to be some arbitrary reason, even if its to make more money (more hp as prizes, from random things?)

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forgrim wrote:

i do have to wonder why it was raised to 300 hp. is it because with tokens, there's just an abundance of covers going out? there has to be some arbitrary reason, even if its to make more money (more hp as prizes, from random things?)

More money. They raised the cover slot prices by 50% even when we all said it was too expensive and have taken out all of the 500HP rewards from the tournaments. Now the packs are doubled in price. Getting kinda dumb.

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junshengkeh wrote:

Will this event work the same way as the previous unstable ISO event? Missions reset every two days or so. Also, will there be rubber banding like the Heroics Tournament? How many people per bracket? Need more information please!

I also want to know about this. IT may be better to wait so the points go up a ton per mission.

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forgrim wrote:

i do have to wonder why it was raised to 300 hp. is it because with tokens, there's just an abundance of covers going out? there has to be some arbitrary reason, even if its to make more money (more hp as prizes, from random things?)

Currently waiting to board a large metal tube and hurtle through the sky. Until then, I'll field that one. Similar to cover slot pricing, we're testing price ceilings. We think we know what the game will bear without losing sales over it and go from there. For example with the Cover Slots, we monitored transactions post patch for a while. After the initial dip from users that were (rightfully) annoyed at the change, they went right back up to what they were before compared to our number of users. Retention of users didn't dip. No other alarm bells. To put it basically in the Middle School econ lesson I had way back in the mists of time, we were selling our pens at too low a price. Sure, people were fine with that price, but they were, as a whole, just as fine with the same product at a higher one.

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I almost spent money on your game, was gonna buy some hp to upgrade rag note that I just pulled a green. With this update in the wings I've decided I'm never spending money on your game. Good job.

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IceIX wrote:

forgrim wrote:

i do have to wonder why it was raised to 300 hp. is it because with tokens, there's just an abundance of covers going out? there has to be some arbitrary reason, even if its to make more money (more hp as prizes, from random things?)

Currently waiting to board a large metal tube and hurtle through the sky. Until then, I'll field that one. Similar to cover slot pricing, we're testing price ceilings. We think we know what the game will bear without losing sales over it and go from there. For example with the Cover Slots, we monitored transactions post patch for a while. After the initial dip from users that were (rightfully) annoyed at the change, they went right back up to what they were before compared to our number of users. Retention of users didn't dip. No other alarm bells. To put it basically in the Middle School econ lesson I had way back in the mists of time, we were selling our pens at too low a price. Sure, people were fine with that price, but they were, as a whole, just as fine with the same product at a higher one.

its also a somewhat dangerous game to play. if retention of users does dip after one of these changes, regaining them (and their trust) is incredibly hard. See the battle cable companies have to do after losing so many users to increasing prices. Lowering the prices back again will regain some, but not the majority of those who left.

but we're all in the business of making money (i work in oil for chrissensakes), and money is needed to operate. i might not like the 300 hp change but i accept it.

edit: and for the users such as ranzera who are bitter, just continue to f2p and nothing really changes. if they start losing money, they'll revert the change and you'd have lost nothing.

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sms4002 wrote:

More money. They raised the cover slot prices by 50% even when we all said it was too expensive and have taken out all of the 500HP rewards from the tournaments. Now the packs are doubled in price. Getting kinda dumb.

It is worth noting that the top 50 slots in the new iso-8 bracket get 500 HP. There are also two heroic tokens and 100 additional hp as progression awards. I'm not saying you don't have a right to voice any dissatisfaction you might feel, but let's not overstate the case.

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Ranzera wrote:

I almost spent money on your game, was gonna buy some hp to upgrade rag note that I just pulled a green. With this update in the wings I've decided I'm never spending money on your game. Good job.

WIth the amount of time you've already put into this game, you should have already put some money into it anyways.

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Don't forget that the licensor of this game is, ultimately, Disney. They have a gift for maximizing the tradeoff between a cost too high and customers willing to pay it.