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Rising Rookie

12 months ago

The Return of Lightspeed Bundles

Hello there! I am a new player who acquired the Hyperdrive Bundle and I would really like to have the previous lightspeed bundles available for purchase. I know that nobody knows if, when or which LS...

Kornby

Rising Traveler

11 months ago

Wasn't the stated purpose for the lightspeed bundles to catch up new players?

What they actually did was catch up new players that were playing over a specific time period. And I would be upset if ASDA said they wanted new asparagus lovers to have access to asparagus then gated access to the asparagus to those who knew the ASDA existed during a small timeframe.

DUNCAN1919

New Ace

11 months ago

No, it was for any player to catch up.

The actual purpose of such packs are to earn money for CG/EA. This is why they are not on sale permanently so as to create FOMO, and that the next time packs come around players who didn't buy the previous one will consider that they only have a limited window to get such offers and buy them. Whereas if they were permanent they would wait until they really needed the content.

Also your ASDA comparison is poor as supermarkets (and other retailers) have used limited time offers for decades for precisely the same reason.

Kornby
Rising Traveler
10 months ago
It was not me that said the LSB was a catch-up mechanic for new players. CG stated that. Of course their motivation is money, but the stated motivation was as a catch-up mechanic.
Your original ASDA analogy has unlimited flaws, humorous you would call out mine. (1) Asparagus does not give you a permanent advantage over those who did not get the asparagus. (2) Asparagus is not of infinitely more value than all the other vegetables. (3) Asparagus does not improve your experience at the grocery store. (4) Asparagus does not give you access to other parts of the grocery store that everyone else cannot enter. I could keep going but I think you get the point. You are standing naked in a rainstorm criticizing my raincoat.
Are you a 8mil+ GP player salty about LSBs? Or are you a new player that was around for the LSBs that does not want other people to have the same opportunity?