We have the details of the new VIP program available and already the torches are burning. I’m curious to see what the reactions are as a nice statistical figure. Simple question, simple answers. And they’re not even loaded! Please feel free to opine/expand on your vote, especially you “yes” people out there. Based on the response threads thus far, I’m fairly confident I know how this will play out. Even so, I’m eager to see where it goes.
Personally, I’m unimpressed by the offering and will not be buying in at all. It’s almost exactly what was proposed during the poll they ran in-game and I voted “no way” on that, too. I’d need a hell of a lot more Iso and free roster slot(s) on top to even consider shelling out 10 bucks a month. I’d consider paying 5 for the current model.
I can afford it, I love the game most of the time, and I feel like it’s decent value.
I will buy in for the first month, and see how enjoyable it is from then on.
I will give it a try for a few months for the LT and to support the devs.
At the same time I clearly expect that the devs use the additional income to develop the game (this has not happened for a long time)… If this is not the case, I might stop again…
I have $14 saved up in Google survey credits, so I’ll use it to support the game. But I won’t buy again until I get more Google survey credits. So only once every few months (I earn about $3/month). I find the prizes themselves to be pretty non-existant. It’s basically the same prizes I’m already getting through regular play, given at a tiny trickle. I don’t think it will make much of a difference.
I’m sure a ton of people will pay for it though. Millions of players * $10/month * %X of VIPs should come out to millions of additional revenue for the game per month… not bad for the relatively small amount of work required to create this program, and the fact that the prizes won’t do all that much to enhance actual progress.
There should be an option for maybe or undecided. I was planning on giving it a shot for a month, but in 5 LTs in the past 2 days, I have pulled red Elektra, yellow Venom, purple Fury, black Pun, and green IW. I could only use the Punisher cover. I’ve only pulled one 5* with the “improved” rates, and the latest reminder of the luck needed for progress in the game made me less likely to put additional money into it.
I am personally on the fence about whether to buy in or not. I want to give the development team my support but I am unimpressed with what VIP offers and the other avenues for spending money in this game I find unreasonable and argue are cost prohibitive for the general player.
Also they haven’t generated any new content that appeals to me.
PvP is the same ol’ one, two, step.
LRs have been on cruise control since almost forever. Almost.
PvE is mostly Dark Avengers pt. MMXVIII
DDQ is still the best designed game mode. (The 4* one-on-one battles are a personal fave)
New 4* characters are usually rendered obsolete by the 5* tier
Gaining 5* covers is almost entirely luck based.
I would love to see:
*More puzzle-like challenges.
*More NCPs (Sentinels, Dark Elves, Hydra agents, Skrulls, Moloids, etc)
*A greater variety of PvP events
*An Alliance tab that had season alliance events that go beyond the current 8 hour refresh formula
*A single player Story mode that had an on going story with new chapters being added once a quarter. Character Skins (start with 5 characters: Silver Surfer----> Silver Surfer with underpants (Jack Kirby style) and Norrin Radd, OML → Weapon X and Weapon Omega, Phoenix—> Dark Phoenix and Marvel Girl, etc)
Guerrilla events
and more…
And of course, I would love that 3* Spidey buff <3
But as far as I know, none of that is on the agenda.
Honestly, I think this “VIP” reward is actually targeted toward newer players. The increased health regeneration and the ISO seems like nonsense to us in the “godly” 5* tier and those in the “demigod” 4* tier but I wouldn’t be surprised if it appealed to someone just starting out and would actually offer a meaningful way to accelerate progress. We complain that 700HP isn’t enough for a roster slot but newer players aren’t facing the 1000HP slot price just yet. Instead of “VIP” they should probably call it “Rookie’s Riches” or something more reflective of their target market because these certainly don’t feel like “VIP” perks.
I will probably end up playing the wait and see game. I will wait in the hopes that they offer something more substantial either in terms of VIP perks or in terms of game content. At least now if they do add something I really like this will be a cool way to say “thank you” and show my support.
not me. I’m still at the point where I just drew a Drax, and i have to decide if i even want to waste a roster slot on him. I’m not paying $10 for what seems to be a marginal improvement over the daily bonuses.
I doubt it. For half the price in Future Fight, I can get a monthly subscription that generates about 10x the subscription cost in crystals over its 30 days. For about the same price in FF, I can get a daily biometrics package that over the 30 days is enough to take one character from nothing all the way to 6*.
2 LTs and less than one LT worth of CP isn’t nearly enough value at that price point. 25% faster health regen? Puh-leeze. So if my 10,000+ HP 3* Thor eats 8K of damage in a match he’ll only take 4 hours instead of 5 to heal? Oh be still my beating heart.
I will say this game reeks of stinginess. Even for $10, you barely get any additional prizes. Certainly not worth paying my own money for that, when $10 could buy you a fantastic new game for your cellphone (or even a few good, less expensive games).
As many people have stated, they need 4,000,000 iso just to level up a portion of their roster, and they only make around 10,000 to 30,000 per day, so even doubling the iso still won’t be too much iso.
I have a feeling that a few months later, they’re going to majorly improve the VIP package, and then all of the early adopters will feel upset that they payed the same price for worse benefits… but such is life.
Lets look at it as someone with 1100 hours on account:
HPs are useless - not enough to buy a slot, pointless to waste them on RNG based covers
LTs useless - more and more 4s are being sold by me because i have many covers that are 5/0-3/0-3, also i m barely able to champ my 3, seriously dont have millions of ISO to upgade 4*s
ISO - Too low, i can get 10 000 by common playing… 10 000 for 28 days is ridiculous.
Verdict? Compared to other offers, price is fair. Compared to my gains and efforts, VIP is nothing i could call “useful”.
IF VIP contained 50% or double ISO boost for given time (28 days), i would not hesitate.
It would really seem like a no-brainer to make it give you double-iso. Then people would go nutz for it.
This 25% health regen is complete and utter
though… they say it like it’s something to get excited about. My powerful characters take 6-7 hours to heal when they die, so that’s umm changing it to 5-6 hours instead? And my fast-healing characters heal in 1 hour, so 45 minutes instead? Really makes no difference either way. When enough of my characters have died, that’s time for me to take a break.
