RE: Riftwatchers: Success, debrief, request, proposal, and future sale plans

over 1 year ago

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I think points 1 and 2 are perfect but point 3 should be taken out. Those that missed the cutoff for whatever reason should not be allowed to inflate the print of promo cards. This will negatively affect the value of the promo cards that those who did make the cutoff will get. It is perfectly fair to offer a refund, but to offer to inflate the supply of the promo card, no no no please no. FOMO is a thing because MISSING OUT is a thing. There was ample warning and if you couldn't buy in the first 2 seconds because you didn't care enough to: ensure stable internet connection, sufficient funds, literally everything that I've been prepping DAYS for, sorry, you don't just "deserve" to be included. That's my 2 cents. YES to 1 and 2, NO to point 3.

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@cryptkeeper17 65

over 1 year ago

I see your points and on your third there's a bit of nuance. Those of us that did not get in spent a great deal of time, myself included. I watched the ticker tick down. I had issues with manually typing in the bonus packs and yes that is my fault. But at the same time at the "risk" of printing slightly more of the perks involved in the presale versus telling people that spent that amount of resources and miss by a few seconds that is infuriating. We as a game are always talking about RETENTION and RECRUITMENT of players. This is a giant mistake and sends people into some real resentment they don't get over towards the game--it's happened many times before whether justified or not. Also there are some structural issues in game that can be improved and if there is a bit of a systemic problem the game can make it much better and prevent such a thing happen going forward. Perhaps vouchers can be used to "reserve or guarantee resources or positions in such things going forward." There are a lot of great answers and we can improve or sit on our hands and really piss off a lot of people that had the resources and every good faith intention to buy a lot of these packs when SPS is at a very low relative price, even with the pump up over a little over 8 cents just before the sale started. This is meant to build hype and goodwill, not gotcha moments and a tournament of the lucky and most online efficient.

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@beasteele98 39

over 1 year ago (Edited)

I agree and sympathize with your situation, but I feel like that's on the game dev's not accounting for literally the same scenario that occurred for Chaos Legion presale not 10 months ago. If they didn't account for this contingency I don't think its fair to alter the print rate of a card. If people get upset and leave that sucks and hurts me and my assets as well, but on principle, I feel like that game needs to suffer the consequences for what happened, not the people who did successfully purchase. So if the game wants to say that instead of printing more, they will allow people to buy general sale packs and give up the promo cards that they, the team, received, I would be ok with that.

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