Dang, I can't stand the whiners. Oh no, you payed $5 for a game that now people can play for free. How about you look at it like paying $5 to be apart of the elite group that got to play the game before everyone else. The real release was today and you got to play it for a year before people joining now who get it free, for ONLY $5!
Actually, I want STS to make more money because then they will have more manpower to develop more content and make the game better. If that costs me, god forbid, another $5, then I'd be happy to pay and I hope they get as many others who love the game to pay as well.
That being said, making the entire chain all the way to BS free is a bit confusing to me, at least from a business perspective. The entire idea of offering a "free" game is to get them to see how great it is and then put in money later. If someone plays 30+ levels, I'm pretty sure you are going to get a good conversion rate of people who only wanted to try it cuz it was free, to people who realize how great the game is, have made friends and want to keep going. They could have made a few of the lower campaigns free and kept Alien Oasis and BS paid, or even just BS paid if they want people to get more "addicted" before making the pay vs. quit decision.
The other reason for keeping some of the later campaigns paid would be that it would take the revenue earning pressure off of the elixirs. Obviously, if you make one portion of the game that used to generate revenue free, you must make it up in another way. I don't think making all elixirs cost plat is really the best way to go in this version of the game, but I am 100% confident that STS will adjust the game appropriately. I am sure they will introduce a cost-effective XP Pot (persistent through death and zoning) which will make sense for people to use. Also, they will either change the tank/damage elixir purchase method/cost or adjust bosses to not require them.
After my initial dislike of the GCD, I stopped playing for a few days. When I resumed, the GCD "fix" was implemented and I resumed my usual 3-4 hour a night consumption of PL. I am a happy customer and believe they will adjust everything appropriately. Right now, actually I'm just excited to go try those new combos!
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