Daily Crystal Booster Packs returning

"Skye;15443" wrote:
I seen a number of people complain about the 7 day pack not being as good a deal as the 21 day pack (or was it monthly? can't remember)...

Anyhow having seen their complaints, I never saw either subscription plans til today, now I see the 7 day pack but not the other one... I'm like are they doing what they did to those others that have complained, getting the 7 day one because its the only one there and once bought they roll out the other better value one?!

The other thing that gets me is if for whatever reason you fail to log into collect your crystals each day, that's it! poof they are gone for that day! So as tempting as it is to get that rather than the same bundle of crystals in one go for the same price... that's way too risky for my taste. lose your phone, get it stolen, it breaks or other bad things happen to your phone to prevent you from logging in then that's it there is no way for you to gain the crystals you failed to log in for.

Still if I was to get crystals I would rather by the instant bundles rather the sub because the is just too much that could potentially go wrong.

The daily log in to collect your crystals does make me wonder about what is going on behind the scenes though.. but I'm paranoid like that.

I got the 21-day pack for $4.99 and it has much better value. 300 upfront and 100 per day = 2400 total. Which is 1790 more crystals than the $4.99 pack of 610 crystals upfront

The 7-day pack costs the same, but you only get 300 upfront and 165 per day=1455. Which is still 810 more crystals than the $4.99 pack of 610 crystals upfront.

Like you said, there is a lot that can happen in (7) 21 days, although most is unlikely to occur, it is still a possibility. For me, I look at it with the same reasoning behind taking an 8-week college course, versus a 16-week. With a predictable working schedule it's easier to go for a longer duration, but with an unpredictable schedule, it might be better to get it done in as short of time as possible, as a lot can happen in 4-months.

As far as the behind the scenes part, I think the same way. I figure it can be a few things:

1. They get you to come back at least once per day for the duration of the plan. The more you are around, the more likely your are to spend (versus not being in the game and forgetting about it).

2. They create an enticing offer to pull you in, with the idea that you will probably forget to login a few or more days anyway. The less crystals you obtain through the subscription, the more you have to grind for, or purchase again later.

3. Maybe having stuff sitting in that many inboxes creates some unnecessary server load, requiring an inbox dump every night.