Showdown at Star Forge [MEGA]

"Snowlock2017;c-1829465" wrote:

"Nihion;c-1829430" wrote:
You should do a survey to see how many people play this game to win in arena. Hint: Everyone outside of the top 200 doesn’t care that much. Most people play the game because it’s fun, not because they need the honor and glory of first in arena. And the whales will keep paying for their game as long as OP characters (such as Malak) continue to be added.

I think most people participate in the arena to gain rewards to advance their characters. Those that don't play it much, probably don't buy a lot of packs if any. So I think you missed the point of the post. If you lock the "middle class" out of the arena with this crazy scheme, then I don't believe they're going to buy the occasional things they do. My point being that if the Capital games/EA is fine with losing that chunk of revenue, then it seems reasonable that's because it's not going to be around that much longer. Because otherwise, in my experience companies try to keep multiple revenue streams open.

I don’t think they are. First of all, shard chats still exist to regulate transfer of placements, and I highly doubt that enough whales exist in every shard to push the middle class out of quality rewards. And if you’re not always getting quality rewards, you don’t just quit the game, stop paying, etc. You still keep pushing, reaching for the next piece of content.