Should Resources be adjusted to reflect nearly 100 character

Banacek555
Banacek555 Posts: 36 Just Dropped In
edited March 2016 in MPQ Suggestions and Feedback
With MPQ not stopping rolling out of character after character and increasing total ISO requirement exponentially - should it be time to adjust the resources numbers to reflect this (especially if not changing extortiate costs for last two tiers)

I think following

Dead Drop - 50,000 ISO
Treasure Box - 125,000 ISO
Hidden Stash - 250,000 ISO (+25 CP)
Rich Deposit - 500,000 ISO (+50 CP)
Mother Lode - 1,000,000 ISO (+125 CP)

Still wouldn't even get close to maxing one 3* and 4* but it's a start!

HP points mean nothing nowadays except to buy Slots but should be

Bugle - 2,500 HP
Agency - 5,000 HP
Logan - 12,500 HP (+25 CP)
Asgard - 25,000 HP (+50 CP)
Stark - 50,000 HP (+125 CP)

Remembering this is advertised as a free to play game - therefore IF a new player does want to invest - it should be a one off purchase only not continuous.

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  • CNash
    CNash Posts: 954 Critical Contributor
    "Pointless HP" again. I'd like to know how you're rostering new characters if HP is so "pointless".
  • Twysta
    Twysta Posts: 1,597 Chairperson of the Boards
    Actually now that costs are being mentioned, does anyone know if the Steam DLC packs come with CP now?
  • fmftint
    fmftint Posts: 3,653 Chairperson of the Boards
    You honestly think they would ever increase a mother load from 78,000 to 1,000,000 AND 125 command points? Just short of 13x? Well never happen, keep dreaming
  • wirius
    wirius Posts: 667
    The reason resources haven't increased is because they are making good money. If people stop buying at those prices, they'll lower the cost.
  • carrion_pigeons
    carrion_pigeons Posts: 942 Critical Contributor
    Thing is, I wouldn't pay 100 bucks for a million Iso, either. The issue is not the rate of dollars to Iso, the issue is the simple fact that I'm not going to spend 100 bucks on a match 3 game.
  • simonsez
    simonsez Posts: 4,663 Chairperson of the Boards
    CNash wrote:
    "Pointless HP" again. I'd like to know how you're rostering new characters if HP is so "pointless".
    I get more than I need in events, dailies and championing awards.
  • Razer51
    Razer51 Posts: 4
    Banacek555 wrote:
    With MPQ not stopping rolling out of character after character and increasing total ISO requirement exponentially - should it be time to adjust the resources numbers to reflect this (especially if not changing extortiate costs for last two tiers)

    I think following

    Dead Drop - 50,000 ISO
    Treasure Box - 125,000 ISO
    Hidden Stash - 250,000 ISO (+25 CP)
    Rich Deposit - 500,000 ISO (+50 CP)
    Mother Lode - 1,000,000 ISO (+125 CP)

    Still wouldn't even get close to maxing one 3* and 4* but it's a start!

    HP points mean nothing nowadays except to buy Slots but should be

    Bugle - 2,500 HP
    Agency - 5,000 HP
    Logan - 12,500 HP (+25 CP)
    Asgard - 25,000 HP (+50 CP)
    Stark - 50,000 HP (+125 CP)

    Remembering this is advertised as a free to play game - therefore IF a new player does want to invest - it should be a one off purchase only not continuous.
    I agree that what you get is not worth what you pay these days, but I don't think raising the rewards THAT drastically is realistic. Paying $100 and getting to level a 3* from 120 to 166 is insulting and ISO payouts should definitely be raised. Will they? Doubtful if people keep buying at a rate they are happy with.
  • Linkster79
    Linkster79 Posts: 1,037 Chairperson of the Boards
    People seriously debating the costs of purchasable iso? It hasn't changed since launch and now it is even more a scarce resouresou the price will never drop or amount offered be altered. What really needs to happen is the amount of iso needed near the top end to be reduced.
  • elwhiteninja
    elwhiteninja Posts: 209 Tile Toppler
    I agree wholeheartedly with the cost of iso8.png being way too high. 78000 for $100 is nuts. It is not that hard to earn 78000 in about a week of play whereas the hp cost has always been much more reasonable because it takes so much longer to earn. IMO iso should be priced so that the top one gives at MINIMUM a full four star from level 70 to 270 it still would be too pricey but it would not be quite so bad
  • SnowcaTT
    SnowcaTT Posts: 3,504 Chairperson of the Boards
    I started saying as they greatly ramped up the 3* character releases that with each new release, all resources in the game (HP/ISO/Roster slot costs/now CP) should be scaled up as well.

    By now, that should mean everything is about +300% of what it currently is.
  • Crowl
    Crowl Posts: 1,583 Chairperson of the Boards
    elwhiteninja wrote:
    IMO iso should be priced so that the top one gives at MINIMUM a full four star from level 70 to 270 it still would be too pricey but it would not be quite so bad

    That seems a sensible minimum, it is crazy that a single purchase of the largest iso bundle isn't even enough to fully level a 3* let alone a 4* or 5* which would be a far more reasonable level for it.
  • Marty17
    Marty17 Posts: 503 Critical Contributor
    simonsez wrote:
    CNash wrote:
    "Pointless HP" again. I'd like to know how you're rostering new characters if HP is so "pointless".
    I get more than I need in events, dailies and championing awards.

    I admit, ever since commandpoints.png was introduced, I began to accumulate imcoin.png easily. Sure, roster slots are 1,000 spideycoin.png per slot (for me), but I always manage to get enough from the previous PvE to replenish the amount that I will spend.
  • elwhiteninja
    elwhiteninja Posts: 209 Tile Toppler
    Crowl wrote:
    elwhiteninja wrote:
    IMO iso should be priced so that the top one gives at MINIMUM a full four star from level 70 to 270 it still would be too pricey but it would not be quite so bad

    That seems a sensible minimum, it is crazy that a single purchase of the largest iso bundle isn't even enough to fully level a 3* let alone a 4* or 5* which would be a far more reasonable level for it.

    Yep back in the day a $100 imcoin.png bundle would give you enough to buy all the covers for a four star so it only makes sense that a $100 iso8.png pack would give enough to fully level a four star
  • rbdragon
    rbdragon Posts: 479 Mover and Shaker
    Should resources be adjusted to reflect nearly 100 characters? Definitely.

    Other things that should be adjusted to reflect nearly 100 characters:
    • Lightening rounds (How often they run and the required characters we get to use)
    • Every PVE event that only uses Dark Avengers
    • PVP - intermingle 3* and 4* events (not just for special occasions)
    • Prologue - add more stories to it if you're going to make it a one-time only play
    • Daily Resupply - I wrote up how I think it should be distributed in another post but I'm too lazy to find it...

    There's probably more...but again - I'm too lazy to think of more...
  • TxMoose
    TxMoose Posts: 4,319 Chairperson of the Boards
    simonsez wrote:
    CNash wrote:
    "Pointless HP" again. I'd like to know how you're rostering new characters if HP is so "pointless".
    I get more than I need in events, dailies and championing awards.
    however long the old pve system will be in place, I can sustainably earn just about the right amount of hp to stay hp neutral for slots and shields. I cannot keep up with the iso demands. i have 19 fully covered 4*s and have worked my rear off over the last few months and now have 6 maxed. takes 365K to max, and that is not sustainable when we get new ones every 14 days. unless you have a FB pipeline, you can't make 365K in 14 days, so you just fall further and further behind. I'm about to have to hit pause on maxing my characters to get the new crew up to 145 for ddq (another 200K for x23, GR, nova, chulk, miles, venom, gwen), and in the meantime another new character will come out and i won't have made any progress at the top. i'll waste the xpool cover I'm about to get in the patch pvp. hp isn't 'pointless', but purchasing hp seems pointless to me.

    i actually wish they had a combo pack with half a stark and half a mother-lode. i might spring for that during this sale, but neither as a stand-alone make sense to me.

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