tonyflai normally am not a big spender in games, but i like to support the ones i play with
some microtransactions buying something useful, and giving them some 10-20$ in return.
luckily i'm very patient, so the upgrade times never lured me into spending, actually
i think they got a very low gold payout, kinda outrageous proportion for my tastes.
This game lacks a real premium feature for the large playerbase.
The only one you get, is a + % silver, for just two weeks, not even a month.
The larger playerbase is lower level, and there you gets way too much silver
for whatever you would ever need at that step.
i made 320 millions silver before i started really spending it,
and sitting now on 180 mils steadily bringing the very first stuff at 10 (light weaps mostly).
this means that this premium is only useful for players that have reached a place into the game
which is kinda forward, let's call it mid-end game.
personally i would have made another kind of premium,
like daily gold + silver boost, with many more options like 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year.
just this would have gathered MUCH more player base, for a steady income.
Another thing, i would have worked on a system that would have let players accelerate
the upgrade time differently, like cutting off % time (when starting an upgrade) by
various percentages. a cheap 15-20% time cut feature, a 50% expensive feature, a 70% very expensive feature.
so increasingly costs the more you want to cut the time. maybe even leaving alongside the full price buyout like it is now.
right now i'm sitting on 7k gold, and got no idea on what to spend it as i am not really "needing" anything at the moment.
experimenting with lots of stuff has made me more lazy toward upgrading my main weaps.
I would really like to FIND something to spend on, but right now i have really no incentive.
a 6th slot? dunnow, maybe it would hurt balance too much.
a 2nd upgrade slot? dunnow, maybe it would be a too much big feature.
a QUEUE for upgrades? maybe perma unlock, or only active during premium? well that maybe i would have payed,
just to not have to open the game while i'm at work.
I still want to throw those 10-20 bucks, but really i have no need on what they are offering.
i do believe that most of the offers are a ripoff, mostly the wsp one.
the gold discounts are the only thing really worth, but i'm doing enough gold for what i need,
so i don't need gold and wouldn't buy it.