I really dislike aggressive and invasive marketing like this. I have been playing the game for many years. I am perfectly aware of what packs exist and what is in them. If I have not bought a pack yet, there is a reason. Either I do not want it, or I am waiting for bugs to be fixed, or I am waiting for mods to turn off some feature I don't want, or I can't afford it at the moment. It is never because I don't know it exists. And I suspect the same is true for anyone else who plays this game. Marketing in-game is utterly pointless.
I also cannot handle having flashing or pulsating things in my field of view. They distract and irritate me to the point where I am unable to concentrate on what I am doing. I already could barely tolerate the flashing calendar icon. Two icons doing this is too much. Since I only play offline, luckily I have not updated yet. And I will not be updating until this button at least does not flash or pulsate, because it doing that will make me unable to play the game.
That means I can't buy any new packs either (and I actually was planning to, but now I can't). So the marketing tactic has had the opposite effect on me as the one desired.
