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TL DR - Event reward tiers are becoming harder and harder to achieve (more spending needed) what are PA/Kabam going to do to encourage more low-mid level spending, keeping them engaged? And how does everyone else feel about it?
I've been playing Underworld for 3 years now and there's something that worries me a little (probably one of the main reasons I spend very little during events now).
The rewards for the events are generally worth getting from a gameplay perspective, however, we've all seen this game grow over the years and the last event I seem to remember participation being well over 30-40k. Going back a couple of years, participation was closer to the 10-15k mark. My figures might be a little off, I'm going from memory as opposed to a database so forgive me there. Point is, there are quite a few more people playing this game now. Also evidenced in the increased forum participants.
Now to the main point and what I'm trying to get at. Participation has increased so much over the past couple of years and yet the reward tiers to get an event Lt by being in the top XX number of people has stayed more or less the same. This means that the spending required to reach those tiers has also subsequently increased as competition for the limited number of places becomes fierce. This has the invariable effect of pricing out so many of the low to mid level spenders from even considering reaching those tiers.
Now I'm not too upset over missing out on event Lts, although I can't deny being a little miffed about it, as the choice not to spend the required amount to get there is mine after all. I do feel though that the value to my آ£ now of the event Lts is overpriced due to the effect described above. Although my question to PA/Kabam is this; do you feel that carrying on at the present rate is sustainable beyond your very high spenders i.e. top 50 empires, or do you have something on the cards to provide meaningful value to the rest of your player base?
To the rest of you, do you feel the same way or completely differently?
If you took the time to read that, I am honoured and thank you!
I've been playing Underworld for 3 years now and there's something that worries me a little (probably one of the main reasons I spend very little during events now).
The rewards for the events are generally worth getting from a gameplay perspective, however, we've all seen this game grow over the years and the last event I seem to remember participation being well over 30-40k. Going back a couple of years, participation was closer to the 10-15k mark. My figures might be a little off, I'm going from memory as opposed to a database so forgive me there. Point is, there are quite a few more people playing this game now. Also evidenced in the increased forum participants.
Now to the main point and what I'm trying to get at. Participation has increased so much over the past couple of years and yet the reward tiers to get an event Lt by being in the top XX number of people has stayed more or less the same. This means that the spending required to reach those tiers has also subsequently increased as competition for the limited number of places becomes fierce. This has the invariable effect of pricing out so many of the low to mid level spenders from even considering reaching those tiers.
Now I'm not too upset over missing out on event Lts, although I can't deny being a little miffed about it, as the choice not to spend the required amount to get there is mine after all. I do feel though that the value to my آ£ now of the event Lts is overpriced due to the effect described above. Although my question to PA/Kabam is this; do you feel that carrying on at the present rate is sustainable beyond your very high spenders i.e. top 50 empires, or do you have something on the cards to provide meaningful value to the rest of your player base?
To the rest of you, do you feel the same way or completely differently?
If you took the time to read that, I am honoured and thank you!
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