Spiral Knights - Bonus boxes

Bonus boxes

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Tue, 09/08/2015 - 16:23

Fangel

I've been saying this for a while now, but I figure I'll say it now before we get our next promo and it already has the frameworks set up.

It would be wonderful if we could have a large difference between purchasable prize boxes, and bundled bonus prize boxes. Standard recolors for promotions are great as standalone boxes. However, boxes that have a high chance to not give you your money's worth ($5 =/= 20k crowns) are a bad practice.

Thus, I suggest that the two promos that follow this pattern (Equinox and Solstice promotions) should use the "old" method of promotions, bundling a box with every $10 of energy purchased. This means that you are buying energy, and getting a small bonus. You don't lose anything from the boxes.

All recolor boxes are worth the $5 simply because no individual accessory or costume has a price tag already put onto it. UV tickets do. Players might not value a sapphire headband at $5, but Three Rings values everything in a box promo at $5. Similarly, Three Rings values a 20k crown UV ticket at 20K crowns, and when a UV ticket fluctuates in price between 200-400 energy, the $5 (1,600 energy) price tag on that is going against their own values. As a bonus box alongside energy purchases, the boxes are no longer binded by pre-determined prices.

Short version : Make boxes with high chances at UV tickets (or anything with a pre-determined price set by Three Rings) be bundled with energy. Have boxes with new cosmetic-only items inside remain as standalone boxes.

Tue, 09/08/2015 - 17:36

Dibsville

As someone who hasn't payed money on the game since they got rid of Box+Energy promos, I'm just gonna say +infinity. It would be nice to actually be able to support the game I love but with no incentive why even bother. I'd just like to know I'm getting my money's worth, but of course, I'm just one person.

Wed, 09/09/2015 - 10:34

Fangel

Feel you there

Personally I think it would be great if we could have every other promo be an energy-bonus box promo... Either that or recycle old boxes but make them energy bundled boxes. We have monthly rotating lockboxes, why not have end-of-month-weekend rotating legacy boxes as energy bonuses? Have 'em be around for 7 days or less, at a reliable time of month. Reusing boxes also means no additional art cost, and allows old costumes and accessories to recycle into the market along with a drop in energy prices.

At this point I would like more options to support the game rather than new items but the same options. Our current options are good, but they aren't healthy for the game's longevity (energy prices rise, people don't want to buy energy, repeat. New players are off put by the energy prices, try to farm for orbs, get appalled by the grind, quit, repeat), but instead are good for who are currently here.

But as of right now, the biggest concern I have is for equinox and solstice prize boxes. Those boxes were never designed to be standalone boxes, and really are only disappointing with their current odds.

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