DLC Maps/Map Packs
While I dislike buying a game only to spend more money to fully unlock it, I would be happy to buy DLC maps/map packs occasionally. I think maps should be obtainable in-game and we could use Rainbow...
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@spIash_damage That's okay lol I know you're not used to it being this way. At least it was an idea, and those always help.
@shurikeninja wrote:
@spIash_damageThat's okay lol I know you're not used to it being this way. At least it was an idea, and those always help.
I'm on the PC or I'd have the crying laughing icon here. My favorite reply of the decade (see what I did there)..!
My thing is, nobody has even asked about implementation of this idea and only assumed it wouldn't work. If you let people know in advance that the beginning of the next quarter would have a map pack for sell (I give this to @Iron_Guard8 maybe breaking up packs to buy them in increments isn't a good idea; need to keep them in packs of 3) for X amount of Rainbow Stars, we could have THREE FULL months to save! I just pulled a rabbit out of the hat at the pricing of stars but we could tweak that total (to something obtainable in-game) that would reward people who play loyally with the chance to earn these maps for free (given we play often enough). To me, this suggestion would give more content to the community, reward loyal players, and keep the community playing when we finish our prize maps. Inevitably, we're going to get tired of playing the same 3-4 maps in each mode, even when the mechanics and balancing are fixed and that's what prompted this post.
My idea would look like this if it was implemented today:
Q2 (April 1st Map Pack release date) - Map Pack 1 featuring 2 TT and 1 TV map from GW1.
Q3 (August) - Map Pack 2 featuring 1 TT and 2 TV maps from GW2.
Q4 (November) - Map Pack 3 featuring 1 TT and 2 TV maps from GW1
Q1 (January) Map Pack 4 featuring all 2 TT and 1 TV map from GW2
These map packs would need to cost the maximum number of obtainable stars (per quarter) and those of us able to REALLY play the game could earn extra bulbs (to help with cosmetics), etc.
Again.... I think I worded the initial post wrong and got a little overzealous with the assumption we could expand on ideas with an open mind or suggest alternate ideas. Thinking I put the horse before the carriage? LoL... whatever, I tried. (need facepalm smiley [at me] here).....
I also think everyone who's replied would buy a map pack, if it was released today (not saying they wouldn't complain - but still)....
I work in Quality Control so being negative is my natural state, in fact in that board game pitch session I went to last week for my own game? One of the comments from the industry folks there was; 'You're too focused on the negatives' and this was for my own game that I'm trying to get published!
If they made a map pack, especially if it had GW1/GW2 maps or at least maps similar to them, you bet I'd pick that puppy up right away. I don't dislike any of the maps in BfN but my favorites are from the two GW games, at least so far.
