Debate--bring back limited time items

I'm an Android user who only started playing in March.

I do often get that feeling, wanting old limited-time items and wish I had started playing earlier, or I had an Apple device. but I also think that it's unfair if I could get limited time items after the promo period.

but since I really want them, I think it would be fair for EA to repeat the promotions every year. for example in December 2013 they should do the Christmas promotion again and allow "new players" to get the limited items that were sold in December 2012 during the Christmas promotion. same for Valentine, Whacking Day, etc... but they should still add new items each year so people who have played for more than a year don't get bored.

what do you guys think?

I have a small problem because I started playing in September and yet due to a RL crisis I took two weeks forced vacation from tapped out and I missed the halloween event... No matter how much I tried before the 31st the update wnt available anymore :cry: so I really hope that those items will come back this year :twisted:

DiNavarro89 wrote:
Limited time items are, wait for it ........ LIMITED TIME ITEMS. Sorry if you're new and missed it, that sucks, but that doesn't mean they should bring items back. That would defeat the purpose of those items.

The purpose of those items is to make EA money. They will bring them back if there is money to be made. Just look at Disney, they do it all the time with all of their classic movies. Laser discs, VHS/Betamax, DVD, Blu-Ray...all 'limited time' and released multiple times even in the same format. It's a marketing ploy and a good one at that. :)

Understood that Limited Time Items are, wait for it, Limited Time Only.

My argument here is that even though I was introduced to the game later, right around Thanksgiving, I didn't get Fat Tony for free, which I have him now because of the quest line. I just want the Cool Brown House and Cool Homer to go with it cause it's the only thing major I've missed out on since starting the game. The house was available as a quest when I started playing but I didn't level up fast enough to get it in time, thus, I missed it by literally a day or two. Seeing it in all of my neighbors towns except ONE because they started after me, it's the one item I wish I had, and would be willing to pay donuts or an absurd amount of STO cash for it (skin included of course).

I would never expect to get any Halloween items that I was not around for, Kang included.
That's my fight on it. I was there, could have got it, and barely missed it.

dcadamb wrote:
There are a lot of threads with opinions on if EA should re-add limited time items. I think all of the opinions should be in one place.

What you do: list what side of the argument you are on and then you write your argument.

I'll go first:

I Don't want EA to re-add the items because I have been playing since the day of the rerelease of the app in August (I was waiting all summer) and have all of the limited time items that are free (the holidays and the episode/game tie ins) and I think because we have been playing longer we should get some bonus items.

+1 :thumbup:

Same here! I really don't want ea to re-add old limited stuff!!!

I think if limited items was once offer for free, I don't have a problem if EA charged donuts for it.

chrisp530 wrote:
I have everything in the game, so makes no difference to me, but it's a bit unfair to Android users. They didnt miss out on the items, they were never given a chance to get them. Why should they miss out on things because EA was late in releasing the game on their platform?

This!

excruciator69 wrote:
I think that re-releasing the content is fine and I have all the premium items.

If someone can explain how a new player gaining access to limited content ruins the game experience for a player that already has that content I'd love to hear it.

Honestly, what difference does it make if people you probably don't know can get Kang or the Mapple Store in late 2013? Is your game experience based that much on feeling superior to other players that just got on board?

Couldn't agree more. Given I am a new player, so I would "benefit" (probably pay donuts for everything, so really loosing money) on it. But still, what is wrong with letting new players have the chance to get limited items? Android users didn't even get the chance of getting half of it so far...

I think many of you commenting in this thread is just being egoistic... You long time players ARE rewarded for playing alot. You have gotten alot of items for free, and you already have all the items (atleast the ones you want). If EA bring back items now, I reckon probably all of them would cost donuts, and if not, I guess those who already have the items in question receive a donut bonus instead. I wonder how that will ruin your gameexperience.

Are you, as Excruciator69 is saying, really in the need of feeling "better" than other players, based on having items we currently can't get, or never had the chance of getting in the first place?

I think if there was a refund to customers that bought original item, maybe it would solve the earning credits aspect. Regardless of when you started, even if your time only amounted to a few months there would have been time to accumulate at least one or two. Even if you got a few credits per item it would alleviate frustrations on both sides.

Personally I like idea of applying some imagination to it, what about if you could 'loan' out the odd item. Means you might not be able to do a specific task for a week so what there's dozens of other ones.

Am thinking that they could, ok how about this?

Instead of the mono rail being a series of graphics on a screen, how about if it was ways in which groups of friends could transport game stuff to one another in. So you could have half a dozen barts ramp aging etc

There loads of stuff I cannot get like putalot and evil nedbut do not mind as there is loads of good stuff coming out any way.

Reward loyalty, keep old items as limited, premium, or bring then back during holidays for a sale on donuts.

The seasonal stuff should come back in the equilvent of whack boxes. So players would complete this years edition of the the event and could choose to complete last years. Additional for cash decorations last years and this years.

Again the Android issue. Particularly as since last year the market share of Android has beaten Apple in Australia at least (as an economy that is still still strong, with people that have disposable income money can be made from).

Too big a number that missed out on items that if were released people would spend money. If they bought back the cool brown house for donuts I would go and buy a boatload instantly.