SK please stop with the promos an ACTUALLY give us something.
Give us new missions already or a new expansion or a new type of LD/blast network game.
I don't know about u guys but I am tired of the promos I understand that they use promos to get money and stuff but players are gonna quit the game if it continues to constantly 2-3 months worth of promos CHANGE IT UP SK!
SK you got to be kidding me
Wed, 09/16/2015 - 13:22
Wed, 09/16/2015 - 13:47
#2
It's decreasing returns every time. What's lacking is the content updates in between promos to stabilize the game more. OOO would probably earn more if they somehow released considerable new content on a regular basis in between promos to keep more of the paying people around. They CAN promo, just not 100% of the time. We're at record low player counts, yet content updates do bring people back. I remember for a month or two after the pets update the player-base doubled in count.
Wed, 09/16/2015 - 13:55
#3
@ petater
ikr, last week we didn't get a single one.....
Not even a bug fix or anything
Wed, 09/16/2015 - 14:06
#4
Eh
I'm fine with promos. I'm fine with bi-weekly or even weekly promos.
But I'm still of the opinion equinox and solstice boxes should be energy bundled. Actual content takes time, and this game is designed to give a lot of gameplay through the arcade - it's just that people prioritize profits over anything.
Arcade redux would give a lot of life back where it belongs. More missions will give short spurts of life unless it's better at X than Y (i.e., Dreams and Nightmares brought something we needed to the table - a better/faster way to get radiant fire crystals for veterans), but it doesn't keep the game "alive", so to speak.
Far too often I see people mixing up the abundance of promos with the lack of content. You can have an abundance of promos with an abundance of content, and you can have a lack of promos and a lack of content. Cutting down the promos will not make content happen any faster, and the lack of updates is unrelated to the promos.
We don't have a single person working on this game. We have a small team, each working on their own part of the company. There might be resources being poured into other projects that are not Spiral Knights.
Wed, 09/16/2015 - 14:17
#5
Pretty much what Fangel
Pretty much what Fangel says.
Some people haven't forgotten yet about the arcade redux. Small reminder:
- A sandbox-type experience where unexpected things can happen
- A place where players can farm materials and items in between missions
- A feature that gives players some degree of control over the experience
Full details at http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/89218
Important to note some elements of the arcade redux such as new pickups are already out.
Also yeah, make these boxes come with energy purchases; ESPECIALLY when they're > 50% chance UV ticket. Some players are gonna rage over spending top $ for variant tickets.
Wed, 09/16/2015 - 15:17
#6
Major Dejavu... I think I need to start keeping a list.
Wed, 09/16/2015 - 15:19
#7
You'll only ever see me in
You'll only ever see me in general discussion to remind players of the Arcade Redux prophecy.
Wed, 09/16/2015 - 15:38
#8
Only one problem with the boxes
Only problem I have with the boxes is that Three Rings is selling you an item that is defined, by them, to be potentially worth less than $5. A sapphire headband and a sapphire crown are both the same price as they have no in-game currency alternative. All UV tickets do - and 20k crowns has been worth less than $5 (1,600 energy) for years now. No other prize box can be defined as a "rip off box" if you just get bad items, however Equinox and Solstice can because they have items in them that have a large percent chance of being unboxed, and are worth less than the box itself was.
Equinox and Solstice are boxes that are designed to be "bonus boxes", however they are trapped in a "content box" cycle. If I pay $10 for 3,500 energy, I got my money's worth from the energy, plus an extra limited-time bonus for buying at that time. This bonus can be as little as 20k crowns (200-400 energy), or as high as millions of crowns (thousands of energy). However, if I pay $20 for 5 blooming prize boxes, I've also gotten my money's worth, as all the items inside only have player value, not game-value.
At this point I sort of feel like equinox and solstice promos are being purposefully gimped since they appear 4 times a year - solstice I understand the UV tickets part, equinox no longer has a reason to do this as well.
Edited out the last part. I agree the promos are a bit excessive these days, but this is a recurring one (just like Kats, Tortodrone, etc). Creating content with a small team is a difficult task, they not only have to create the content but also cater to a large population instead of a small niche (for example, the LD community).