Suggestion to entice paying

[Demongod]

So this idea sort of hit me because I saw that InigoMontoya still didn't have all of set 6 after dropping some unholy amount of cash for it.

It's simple:

Every X gran you spend, you get a free point card. I know that the current exchange rates are pretty much bupkus because there is no way in hell that a one-star should be one-sixth as expensive as a five-star. However, I was thinking that if someone drops some crazy amount of money on new gold boxes or whatnot, that they be given enough point cards to fill in the gaps just so that there's no "I spent $XYZ amount on this game and still got ABC instance of bad luck!". With the point cards, people would be able to get a few extra cards to fill in the spaces.

Right now, I'm thinking that maybe X should be between 20-40 gran spent equals a free point card, but I can realistically see this value also set as high as 100.

For free players, this would also be beneficial over time as they accumulate point cards to get perhaps that third copy of Dalos or Kurina, or maybe spend it on some staple one-stars such as ball of lame, sea serpent (you can be sure it'll become a staple), and so on.

Now while I don't know exactly how the math works out since I have no data, I'm pretty sure that this would really be helpful to people like Inigo, Xovian, Luckysvn777, and other such kinds. In the meantime, for freebies, we'd still be able to at least organically grow our files a little quicker by simply remaining active.

What's everyone think?

[neviscus]

do you mean at once, or over time, like do you need to pay the 20 at once? (use 20 for lack of a sure number)

[Romdeau]

This has been brought up before, back when there was much rage as to how to get paying players more bang for their buck. I'm not sure about the GM response, but I know it is widely supported amongst paying players in general.

[DanTheTimid]

This has been brought up before, back when there was much rage as to how to get paying players more bang for their buck. I'm not sure about the GM response, but I know it is widely supported amongst paying players in general.

You make it sound like the rage went away perhaps I need to throw more "RAWR DAN SMASH... if cost per content rate isn't improved..." into my posts?

But seriously though, QFT, never heard any sort of GM response to the suggestion but its an old one that was pretty widely supported, just never commented or acted on by anyone able to do anything about it.

[Demongod]

do you mean at once, or over time, like do you need to pay the 20 at once? (use 20 for lack of a sure number)

Over time...

EG let's call our number 30.

I spend 15 two days in a row. I get a point card.

Essentially:

granCounter=0;
granCounter+=player.spent();
if(granCounter>=30)
{
award(pointCard);
granCounter-=30;
}

Something like that...

[neviscus]

ok, I was hoping it was like that. Anyway at least the gm's know we still want something like this

[luckysvn777]

Hm, i'd rather just see the point card system reworked first, but any Cost per Content improvement would be good on our end... its just about finding the balance on the business end as well.

[crimsonshade]

This would've been good at the Lotto event T_T

I think it's a great idea as well, just finding the right balance as Lucky said. With the tradeoff being 20-40 though, people like Inigo who spent something like 36000 gran would get 900-1800 Point Cards, that's ignoring recycles, enough to get a large chunk of rares of previous sets. This amounts to a choice of 5* being less than 1200-2400 gran, much less than its cost on Gold Boxes (and even then it's random). It should certainly be at least 100 gran to a Point Card. It would be good to see this system implemented along with the reworking of Point Card system.

[Demongod]

Hm, i'd rather just see the point card system reworked first, but any Cost per Content improvement would be good on our end... its just about finding the balance on the business end as well.

So would I, actually. I happen to like your idea much more than this. Also I would like a point card FM price decrease. 2500 FM?! Seriously?

[neviscus]

I do too, Its kind of a matter of making small solutions till the big problem is solved