Prize Bulbs On Sale For Rainbow Stars
So it’s come to my attention that you now can buy prize bulbs with rainbow stars how does everyone feel about this? personally I probably will never be in the position to need to buy them as I ...
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@kapkarrot GW2 allows coin purchases. Want a new ability (an ability for Pete's sake! The entire prize map is free and I only play for 25 minutes every day and I've nearly completed it already!) but it's too expensive?
Nobody should be fine with this. This is predatory behavior. Casuals shouldn't be punished for their playstyle. They buy the base game the same as everyone else. But they could miss out on characters because they don't have as much time, or unable/unwilling to spend more money than a hardcore player?
Popcap, who are you? You microtransactions are increasingly aggressive, yet there are still fundamental balance and gameplay issues.
If so many people can come close to quitting because of this change, talking about the changing gaming industry (EA sucks but they don't with Popcap. Even Battle For Neighborville is acceptable and not disgusting.) Dave forbid if these players saw a game called Plants Vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2. Full of RNG Packs and overpowered legendary characters and whatnot.
My opinion, Popcap are dumb for adding this, because only 1 or 2 people are going to spend money on it. Why? Because getting bulbs is too easy. Do you know what's tragic though? Even though they're easy, people still say this change sucks because it forces people to pay if they don't have enough time. Not only is that pretty much most games, but it shows that if the Bulb earn-rate was 50,000 XP or 1000XP, it wouldn't matter to us loyal gamers. But yeah it's a dumb idea that doesn't hurt or make the game worse.
Nobody should be fine with this. This is predatory behavior. Casuals shouldn't be punished for their playstyle. They buy the base game the same as everyone else. But they could miss out on characters because they don't have as much time, or unable/unwilling to spend more money than a hardcore player?
Popcap, who are you? You microtransactions are increasingly aggressive, yet there are still fundamental balance and gameplay issues.
If so many people can come close to quitting because of this change, talking about the changing gaming industry (EA sucks but they don't with Popcap. Even Battle For Neighborville is acceptable and not disgusting.) Dave forbid if these players saw a game called Plants Vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2. Full of RNG Packs and overpowered legendary characters and whatnot.
My opinion, Popcap are dumb for adding this, because only 1 or 2 people are going to spend money on it. Why? Because getting bulbs is too easy. Do you know what's tragic though? Even though they're easy, people still say this change sucks because it forces people to pay if they don't have enough time. Not only is that pretty much most games, but it shows that if the Bulb earn-rate was 50,000 XP or 1000XP, it wouldn't matter to us loyal gamers. But yeah it's a dumb idea that doesn't hurt or make the game worse.
@shurikeninja wrote:
@kapkarrotGW2 allows coin purchases. Want a new ability (an ability for Pete's sake! The entire prize map is free and I only play for 25 minutes every day and I've nearly completed it already!) but it's too expensive?
While I am not usually a fan of microtransactions, I will admit to picking up a few in GW2. There are two significant differences between GW2 and BfN purchases. First, I was never concerned about missing out on anything in GW2. But once a map has expired in BfN, we have no idea if or when that content will be back.
Secondly, the prices stink. I spent $9.99 on the Frontline Fighters upgrade in GW2. I received 2 legendary characters, 400 thousand coins, and a cosmetic pack. But I could've earned all that in the game if I wanted to put the time in.
The Feastivus Pack is $9.99, and you only get cosmetics. No characters, no currency, and no way to earn them in game. It's just an awful value.
I gave you some XP because I think it's good to have friendly debates on the forum.
Interesting.... they have taken out the "new characters" and "legendary upgrades" from the description.
Were they just testing the waters? Or was it a whoopsie? Or a leak?- @asabaida Hmmm!! I wondered about the wording on that - they describe the Feastivus & Chickpea customisation packs as "upgrades" which I've always thought was misleading!
I wish someone would just EXPLAIN what's going on!!!@ToastedSarnie
Yep, me too.... the transparency @Shaun_Popcap and co. talk about isn't quite so transparent its seems.
I really don't get whats going on either... but what I do know is that the longer this goes on the more the Founders/original player base will deplete and the more folk will feel that the game just isn't worth it anymore, and new players will be put off investing in the game in the first place.
Please devs... just let us know more of what is going on and be fully transparent with what is going to be in the updates, these "surprises" aren't doing the community any favours and are actually damaging the game further.
@asabaida wrote:Interesting.... they have taken out the "new characters" and "legendary upgrades" from the description.
Were they just testing the waters? Or was it a whoopsie? Or a leak?I’m guessing they maybe heard the community’s refusal to pay for characters and abilities.
To instead of two or too as a typo (or autocorrect in the case of my devilish phone)... Characters and Legendary upgrades.... not so much by way of typos? 🤷🏼♂️
EDIT: autocorrect revenge
People complained about the upgrade packs in GW2, the ones that gave Torchwood, Toxic Brainz, etc. for cash as opposed to doing the trials and getting them in packs and called it pay to win. I honestly didn't mind as by the time they added those upgrade kits, everyone I knew already had them anyway, so it felt more like catch up packs to me.
With the problems BfN already has, if they sold actual new characters or upgrades or other such things in the map, the optics for that would be atrocious. I'd be far happier if Rux sold stuff like that Everlasting Crown from GW2 or extra character slots (instead of 3 per character like we have now). Even Zero's latest video on this mentions he thinks new characters should be open to all players and not purchased for cash and he's more open to microtransactions than average.
- @kapkarrot The value of costumes changes in BFN. Why should I care about 2 legendary characters, 400k coins and a cosmetic pack if I can get that by just playing the game? (I agree though it is a better deal I'm just saying). I think a skin for $5 is fair. Not overly generous, but fair. Your choice if you want to buy it, you can live without it after all.
And for the record, I haven't spent any money on microtransactions, in any game. At all! I feel kinda bad tbh for not supporting Popcap unlike you guys. I just think that costumes don't have *any* value! Much better things to spend money on.
