2026 Letter to the Community

[J7DR]

Suggestion: Bring Back Old / Inactive IGN’s to the Platinum Store

I think it would be a great idea to bring back old or inactive IGN’s and sell them in the Platinum Store.

For example:
•Random 3-letter names (like jof) could be sold for around 800 platinum.
•More desirable 3-letter combinations (like jjf) could be priced higher, around 1750 platinum etc.

•More desirable 3-letter combinations (like JJJ) could be priced higher, around 4000 platinum etc.

This could also include IGN’s from banned accounts. Players would clearly know the name was purchased from the store, so there would be no confusion about the original owner.

Another idea is to release IGN’s from accounts that have been inactive for 3–5 years (or whatever time limit the developers think is fair). Many good names are currently locked on accounts that may never return to the game.

Additional suggestion:
Each account could be limited to purchasing up to 3 names only, so players can use them on their main characters such as Mage, Warrior, and Rogue. This would also prevent people from buying too many names and reselling them.

Benefits:
•Generates more platinum sales for the game.
•Gives active players a chance to obtain rare or clean IGN’s.
•Revives many good names that are currently unused.
•Prevents name hoarding by limiting purchases per account.

Thank you for considering this idea.

[Sokratees]

Look i normally dont try and say anything or involve myself with this area lol! But I have some ideas and things I believe would make this game n1 on mobile again

1) u need to make all gears farmable whatever difficulty whether u do different events or portals that are here for weekends only like the daily drops of 2x teeth or 2x cryo coins, making gears only purchased is a bad quality for most player base bc they wanna farm your game extensively but cant bc no point when u dont have good gears. If u want money which in this case u do bc u are making gears something u buy with irl money then if u were to make it farm only and events then spend money on advertisement I bet this game would rise

2) u need to do more events with anime style stuff and go ahead and just drop into that hole bc 1 lots of gamers love anime and will pay for it , most great vanities u buy in other games like fortnite for instance skins are a big deal and ppl will bust there wallets for themselves or there kids bc of skins, u should throw in some auras and stuff that we can farm more in events not just buy all auras but the ones we buy are also good too so dont just get rid of that

The point I'm making is yes u lose crates for gears but to make them farm able is important bc u will regain a ton of player base and add to it which means more players more people willing to spend money, if u add more anime style and maybe bring back some great events like marvel and stuff u will do really well! U will make more money then u do now and have a happy community , u might have 40 active players in n1 guild thats insane , out of 3000 players, u need to rebuild this , u literally have the opportunity to be making tons more money this way bc this game as a mobile is great , the best tbh just consider pls look at it this way
100 active players daily = maybe 2k in a month
Thousands of active players = 20k+ a month

[Stein]

Agree, they made this game highly depends on recent gear, while at the same time they trying to reduce its availability. Other games that i know and played will at least make it farmable even with extreme low chances. Thats really preventing this game to grow more population. Things are even more worse now with this BoE, i wonder what damage it could made after duneveil elite and arcane 91 items are release and other possible content related to the expansion. Because if it follows the same pattern, im sure blood gear will not be enough later, forcing all players to proceed to full BoE items. This alone is enough to make new player decide to just find another game to enjoy. We are not talking about another quality of life that got nerf yet

It feels like they dont need new population anymore. Just trying to maximize profit with current player base, until it eventually shutdown

[Sokratees]

Look i normally dont try and say anything or involve myself with this area lol! But I have some ideas and things I believe would make this game n1 on mobile again

1) u need to make all gears farmable whatever difficulty whether u do different events or portals that are here for weekends only like the daily drops of 2x teeth or 2x cryo coins, making gears only purchased is a bad quality for most player base bc they wanna farm your game extensively but cant bc no point when u dont have good gears. If u want money which in this case u do bc u are making gears something u buy with irl money then if u were to make it farm only and events then spend money on advertisement I bet this game would rise

2) u need to do more events with anime style stuff and go ahead and just drop into that hole bc 1 lots of gamers love anime and will pay for it , most great vanities u buy in other games like fortnite for instance skins are a big deal and ppl will bust there wallets for themselves or there kids bc of skins, u should throw in some auras and stuff that we can farm more in events not just buy all auras but the ones we buy are also good too so dont just get rid of that

The point I'm making is yes u lose crates for gears but to make them farm able is important bc u will regain a ton of player base and add to it which means more players more people willing to spend money, if u add more anime style and maybe bring back some great events like marvel and stuff u will do really well! U will make more money then u do now and have a happy community , u might have 40 active players in n1 guild thats insane , out of 3000 players, u need to rebuild this , u literally have the opportunity to be making tons more money this way bc this game as a mobile is great , the best tbh just consider pls look at it this way
100 active players daily = maybe 2k in a month
Thousands of active players = 20k+ a month

This was previous thread and it was deleted i posted around 5pm

[Ratbows]

The seasonal character LB overhaul is probably the thing I’m most curious about. If it really ends up having its own economy and progression, that could help with some of the repetition the game has fallen into over the years. Right now a lot of gameplay tends to revolve around farming events → selling → repeating, so a fresh seasonal system could give players a reason to start over and compete again.

Gold buffs and making standard Duneveil easier also sound good for accessibility, especially for newer or more casual players. At the same time, I hope elite content ends up being mechanically interesting and not just harder in terms of numbers.

One thing I still notice though is that a lot of updates revolve around events or economy tweaks rather than new gameplay systems. After more than a decade, I think a lot of players are looking for things that change how we play, not just what we farm.

[GajahDuduk]

The Play Store rating is quite poor, which may make potential new players hesitant to download the game. You might also want to update the page with posters for ongoing events and use a themed app icon. It would make the game look more active and alive.

[Smasherxy]

As a returning player, are the slots easier to get now? This thread has been out for a while

[Tekila]

The Play Store rating is quite poor, which may make potential new players hesitant to download the game. You might also want to update the page with posters for ongoing events and use a themed app icon. It would make the game look more active and alive.

It's higher than what it deserves right now.

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[Deadscrpn]

whoever is in charge of game development and balance i want you to answer me in 1 question.
what is there to do in this game?

-pve is non existent

-pvp is dead and even if it wasnt, whats the point of it? who has the better set? not even 1 spell is a skill shot and classes are so inbalanced so there is legit almost 0 skill for pvp

-selling/trading.merching is dead. nowadays you sit in camp and if you are lucky you are doing 1 deal per 3 days. and dont get me started on the gold loot. it seems like there is no more gold left in the game for most players.

-events are repetitive. over and over and over again the same events. low rewards. need to have op set (so you need to be alrady rich) to fight for top10 even top25

first of all the game is IMPOSSIBLE to play if you are new player/not rich in-game cause you were playing from old times/not putting in thousands of dollars in plat
do you think this is normal and ok? if you think that way let us know so we quit by our own will and not because you are trying ti kill the game we like.


the ONLY thing players are allowed BY THE NATURE OF THE GAME to do, is to hustle/merch their way into being richer and richer. the game is just a FEED YOUR EGO game and try to look better than the rest, be richer than the rest. NOTHING ELSE TO DO. What the hell is the point of this game? Do you want majority of the players to sit in camp afk? Do you want the majority of the players to quit once every 6 months?

I can list 1000 problematic things about this game and i have so much to say that i feel lost. I dont know if im getting my point across but im here to listen to what have to say and give feedback.
Expecting your answer and thank you in advance!


P.S. i dont understand whats the process between some decision you make. for example mentis visual change. how the hell can anyone who has the slightest experience with games believe that its a good idea. i knew many ppl who put money to buy 4 mentis with plat just for the visual effect. basically what happened is that the game SCAMMED them of (3x*mentis value in vendor*) plat cause an ss with 4 mentis is the same with ss with 1 mentis right now. IF for some reason we dont understand it is of SUCH IMPORTANCE to make that change AT LEAST make them removeable so the player doesnt lose the value and get ****ed by the developers of the game (excuse my language, english is not first language and i legit couldnt think of any other way to phrase this) .

[Deadscrpn]

+ as we can see everything done up until now hasnt been enough to keep players in the game. At least, are there any plans to try and bring new players in? can u share any player count with us? cause if we dont count alt toons/alt accounts i wonder if we are even 500 playing this game

[Deadscrpn]

I want whoever is in charge of this game to answer to 1 simple question.
what is there to do in this game?

-pve is non-existent (whatever pve we have at endgame needs good sets to be killed and those sets are very expensive so IT COMES DOWN TO THE MONEY)

-pvp is dead and even if it wasnt, there is no point in pvp, not even a single spell thats a skillshot, too little skill required in general, absolutely ZERO mechanics, 0 balance between classes. it comes down to the set so IT COMES DOWN TO WHO HAS THE MOST MONEY)

-events are boring and repetitive. over and over again the same events that feel so unrewarding. the tier rewards are nothing to bother and to fight for lb rewards you need insanely op gear (maybe even energy kits) so one more time IT COMES DOWN TO MONEY

-selling/merching guess what? dead as well. nowadays you sit in camp and if you are luck maybe u strike 1 deal per 3 days. dont get me started on the gold which seems that is something that most players havent seen in their accounts for months now.

THE WHOLE GAME COMES DOWN TO THE MONEY (someone would even say the irl money)

THE NATURE OF THE GAME allows the player to do only one thing and thats hustling (mostly by merching) to MAKE MONEY. there is NO other ASPECT of this game if you really think about it. This game works as a FEED YOUR EGO game with only objective to get richer and have more expensive vanities than the others.

The way I see this game is an ego battle between working men and women that have the agency to put money into the game and the only reason they havent quit already is that its become a comfort place.

Day by day more and more players are quitting the game and we are bystanders while you arent doing anything about it. And on the other hand there is the new player issue. We can all agree that whatever youve been trying to do to keep the players in the game has failed miserably. But if i remember correctly youve said that there was a plan moving forwards to bring new players into the game. Nobody feels that thats whats happening. Do you have a player count? If we dont count alt toons and alt account I wonder if there are even 500 of us playing this game.

Dont let me get started on how UNPLAYABLE and IMPOSSIBLE the game feels if you are a) new player b) free 2 play player . I dont even think you guys need an explanation for this... lets be honest.

There are 1000 problematic things about the game like a vanity costing 40b or 150b which is money that a f2p player CANT REACH. It would take a player with good gl set and good pt 1 year of running dune 16 hrs per day to make that kind of money. 16 hours per day!!!!!! for 1 year!! And if ur first thought is yea of course, someone should be playing for years to have that kind of money, then think about it being 4 hours per day for 4 YEARS. Not just being in game. RUNNING DUNE for 4 hours per day for 4 years with good gl set and good pt to reach 50b.

Things like that, things like the pricing are not always devs and games fault because we players make them happen but we players should get limited by the game so we cant destroy something that hard. Thats what i dont get. How did u let all of this happen. I almost believe that even expressing these things is pointless because the only thing that can save the game is just to clear everyones inventory and go from the beginning with no gold bars and no trading just auction until 1b price listing so all items are have a sane price.

Is this really the state you want the game to be? Please we need answers and we need to know whag going to happen. If things keep going the way they are we need to know so maybe we can quit by our own will and not because u let the game we like die. I cant comprehend how it seems like we care way way more than the people who are responsible for this game and make a living of this game.

PS1 I also demand an eplanation on why my post was taken down earlier?? Not letting the players have a voice and give feedback is something UNACCEPTABLE. This is a space for players to state their opinions. To strip us off the freedom of speech is TERRIFYING.

PS2 I really dont understand the process behind some of the decision being taken. Like, in my mind, if you have ever PLAYED a game in your life you can understand how INSANE some of the things happening are. A crazy example is the new mentis visual change. How can u justify that a player has bought 4x mentis with plat (or even with gold it doesnt matter) with the SOLE reason to have the visual effect and suddenly his 4 mentis speed set is worth the same as a 1 mentis ss because u woke up with a bummer and said lets change this. EVEN IF there is a REASON that is SO IMPORTANT to change this AT LEAST make the mentis REMOVEABLE (maybe forever maybe for 1 week idk) so the players dont STRAIGHT UP LOSE 900 plat (if it cost 300 per piece) that they paid to get that. Like if that was me i would legit quit the game right there and then because I understand all that I need to understand. THAT YOU DONT CARE ABOUT THE PLAYERS AND YOU U DONT THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES ON EVERY PLAYER THAT YOUR DECISIONS HAVE. You cant just wake up tommorow and make mentis not stack. What is it gonna be next? Is para not going to have a visual effect? Are you going to remove all evil artis from our inventory? WE DONT KNOW IF WERE GONNA WAKE UP TOMMOROW LOGIN AND U WILL HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT WILL COST US AND RUIN THE GAME FOR US INDIVIDUALLY.

[Deadscrpn]

I want whoever is in charge of this game to answer to 1 simple question.
what is there to do in this game?

-pve is non-existent (whatever pve we have at endgame needs good sets to be killed and those sets are very expensive so IT COMES DOWN TO THE MONEY)

-pvp is dead and even if it wasnt, there is no point in pvp, not even a single spell thats a skillshot, too little skill required in general, absolutely ZERO mechanics, 0 balance between classes. it comes down to the set so IT COMES DOWN TO WHO HAS THE MOST MONEY)

-events are boring and repetitive. over and over again the same events that feel so unrewarding. the tier rewards are nothing to bother and to fight for lb rewards you need insanely op gear (maybe even energy kits) so one more time IT COMES DOWN TO MONEY

-selling/merching guess what? dead as well. nowadays you sit in camp and if you are luck maybe u strike 1 deal per 3 days. dont get me started on the gold which seems that is something that most players havent seen in their accounts for months now.

THE WHOLE GAME COMES DOWN TO THE MONEY (someone would even say the irl money)

THE NATURE OF THE GAME allows the player to do only one thing and thats hustling (mostly by merching) to MAKE MONEY. there is NO other ASPECT of this game if you really think about it. This game works as a FEED YOUR EGO game with only objective to get richer and have more expensive vanities than the others.

The way I see this game is an ego battle between working men and women that have the agency to put money into the game and the only reason they havent quit already is that its become a comfort place.

Day by day more and more players are quitting the game and we are bystanders while you arent doing anything about it. And on the other hand there is the new player issue. We can all agree that whatever youve been trying to do to keep the players in the game has failed miserably. But if i remember correctly youve said that there was a plan moving forwards to bring new players into the game. Nobody feels that thats whats happening. Do you have a player count? If we dont count alt toons and alt account I wonder if there are even 500 of us playing this game.

Dont let me get started on how UNPLAYABLE and IMPOSSIBLE the game feels if you are a) new player b) free 2 play player . I dont even think you guys need an explanation for this... lets be honest.

There are 1000 problematic things about the game like a vanity costing 40b or 150b which is money that a f2p player CANT REACH. It would take a player with good gl set and good pt 1 year of running dune 16 hrs per day to make that kind of money. 16 hours per day!!!!!! for 1 year!! And if ur first thought is yea of course, someone should be playing for years to have that kind of money, then think about it being 4 hours per day for 4 YEARS. Not just being in game. RUNNING DUNE for 4 hours per day for 4 years with good gl set and good pt to reach 50b.

Things like that, things like the pricing are not always devs and games fault because we players make them happen but we players should get limited by the game so we cant destroy something that hard. Thats what i dont get. How did u let all of this happen. I almost believe that even expressing these things is pointless because the only thing that can save the game is just to clear everyones inventory and go from the beginning with no gold bars and no trading just auction until 1b price listing so all items are have a sane price.

Is this really the state you want the game to be? Please we need answers and we need to know whag going to happen. If things keep going the way they are we need to know so maybe we can quit by our own will and not because u let the game we like die. I cant comprehend how it seems like we care way way more than the people who are responsible for this game and make a living of this game.

PS1 I also demand an eplanation on why my post was taken down TWICE earlier?? Not letting the players have a voice and give feedback is something UNACCEPTABLE. This is a space for players to state their opinions. To strip us off the freedom of speech is TERRIFYING.

PS2 I really dont understand the process behind some of the decision being taken. Like, in my mind, if you have ever PLAYED a game in your life you can understand how INSANE some of the things happening are. A crazy example is the new mentis visual change. How can u justify that a player has bought 4x mentis with plat (or even with gold it doesnt matter) with the SOLE reason to have the visual effect and suddenly his 4 mentis speed set is worth the same as a 1 mentis ss because u woke up with a bummer and said lets change this. EVEN IF there is a REASON that is SO IMPORTANT to change this AT LEAST make the mentis REMOVEABLE (maybe forever maybe for 1 week idk) so the players dont STRAIGHT UP LOSE 900 plat (if it cost 300 per piece) that they paid to get that. Like if that was me i would legit quit the game right there and then because I understand all that I need to understand. THAT YOU DONT CARE ABOUT THE PLAYERS AND YOU U DONT THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES ON EVERY PLAYER THAT YOUR DECISIONS HAVE. You cant just wake up tommorow and make mentis not stack. What is it gonna be next? Is para not going to have a visual effect? Are you going to remove all evil artis from our inventory? WE DONT KNOW IF WERE GONNA WAKE UP TOMMOROW LOGIN AND U WILL HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT WILL COST US AND RUIN THE GAME FOR US INDIVIDUALLY.

[jeabahty]

I want whoever is in charge of this game to answer to 1 simple question.
what is there to do in this game?

-pve is non-existent (whatever pve we have at endgame needs good sets to be killed and those sets are very expensive so IT COMES DOWN TO THE MONEY)

-pvp is dead and even if it wasnt, there is no point in pvp, not even a single spell thats a skillshot, too little skill required in general, absolutely ZERO mechanics, 0 balance between classes. it comes down to the set so IT COMES DOWN TO WHO HAS THE MOST MONEY)

-events are boring and repetitive. over and over again the same events that feel so unrewarding. the tier rewards are nothing to bother and to fight for lb rewards you need insanely op gear (maybe even energy kits) so one more time IT COMES DOWN TO MONEY

-selling/merching guess what? dead as well. nowadays you sit in camp and if you are luck maybe u strike 1 deal per 3 days. dont get me started on the gold which seems that is something that most players havent seen in their accounts for months now.

THE WHOLE GAME COMES DOWN TO THE MONEY (someone would even say the irl money)

THE NATURE OF THE GAME allows the player to do only one thing and thats hustling (mostly by merching) to MAKE MONEY. there is NO other ASPECT of this game if you really think about it. This game works as a FEED YOUR EGO game with only objective to get richer and have more expensive vanities than the others.

The way I see this game is an ego battle between working men and women that have the agency to put money into the game and the only reason they havent quit already is that its become a comfort place.

Day by day more and more players are quitting the game and we are bystanders while you arent doing anything about it. And on the other hand there is the new player issue. We can all agree that whatever youve been trying to do to keep the players in the game has failed miserably. But if i remember correctly youve said that there was a plan moving forwards to bring new players into the game. Nobody feels that thats whats happening. Do you have a player count? If we dont count alt toons and alt account I wonder if there are even 500 of us playing this game.

Dont let me get started on how UNPLAYABLE and IMPOSSIBLE the game feels if you are a) new player b) free 2 play player . I dont even think you guys need an explanation for this... lets be honest.

There are 1000 problematic things about the game like a vanity costing 40b or 150b which is money that a f2p player CANT REACH. It would take a player with good gl set and good pt 1 year of running dune 16 hrs per day to make that kind of money. 16 hours per day!!!!!! for 1 year!! And if ur first thought is yea of course, someone should be playing for years to have that kind of money, then think about it being 4 hours per day for 4 YEARS. Not just being in game. RUNNING DUNE for 4 hours per day for 4 years with good gl set and good pt to reach 50b.

Things like that, things like the pricing are not always devs and games fault because we players make them happen but we players should get limited by the game so we cant destroy something that hard. Thats what i dont get. How did u let all of this happen. I almost believe that even expressing these things is pointless because the only thing that can save the game is just to clear everyones inventory and go from the beginning with no gold bars and no trading just auction until 1b price listing so all items are have a sane price.

Is this really the state you want the game to be? Please we need answers and we need to know whag going to happen. If things keep going the way they are we need to know so maybe we can quit by our own will and not because u let the game we like die. I cant comprehend how it seems like we care way way more than the people who are responsible for this game and make a living of this game.

PS1 I also demand an eplanation on why my post was taken down TWICE earlier?? Not letting the players have a voice and give feedback is something UNACCEPTABLE. This is a space for players to state their opinions. To strip us off the freedom of speech is TERRIFYING.

PS2 I really dont understand the process behind some of the decision being taken. Like, in my mind, if you have ever PLAYED a game in your life you can understand how INSANE some of the things happening are. A crazy example is the new mentis visual change. How can u justify that a player has bought 4x mentis with plat (or even with gold it doesnt matter) with the SOLE reason to have the visual effect and suddenly his 4 mentis speed set is worth the same as a 1 mentis ss because u woke up with a bummer and said lets change this. EVEN IF there is a REASON that is SO IMPORTANT to change this AT LEAST make the mentis REMOVEABLE (maybe forever maybe for 1 week idk) so the players dont STRAIGHT UP LOSE 900 plat (if it cost 300 per piece) that they paid to get that. Like if that was me i would legit quit the game right there and then because I understand all that I need to understand. THAT YOU DONT CARE ABOUT THE PLAYERS AND YOU U DONT THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES ON EVERY PLAYER THAT YOUR DECISIONS HAVE. You cant just wake up tommorow and make mentis not stack. What is it gonna be next? Is para not going to have a visual effect? Are you going to remove all evil artis from our inventory? WE DONT KNOW IF WERE GONNA WAKE UP TOMMOROW LOGIN AND U WILL HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT WILL COST US AND RUIN THE GAME FOR US INDIVIDUALLY.

this comment highlights some very very critical aspects of the game that players have been quite vocal about for a long time. there are few considerations to be made in this though, from where i stand. for context, im a senior business analyst and product manager in tech (i manage a multi-million dollar portfolio of ai, analytics and cybersecurity products) so my job revolves around customers, markets, strategy and product decisions with the ultimate goal of generating revenue YoY. my points hereon out will be from that perspective since AL is also ultimately a product with the same goal as mine - generate upward trending revenue.

a few things you've nailed: theres not much to do end-game; the ultimate goal is to steadily keep making money; game is in a state of very high entropy vis-a-vis gear, economy, players; game is absolutely inhospitable towards new and f2p players; everything good is paywalled.

here's my two cents on this:
1. these conditions aren't new or unexpected. many of us predicted long back that game would be in this state at some point, and lo and behold, here we are. now if we as players could predict this and voice our opinions to warn the devs, don't you think sts would also have been able to predict this? answer is yes. However, due to the nature of the way things run in the game, a good chunk of sts's decisions often tend to factor in the opinions of the whales and hoarders - the primary customer base, the bread and butter - and often the decisions that require curtailing certain benefits/mechanics end up hurting these whales. so sts will usually try to mitigate the damage as much as possible by doing things in a way that benefits them, doesnt hurt the whales all that much and still does something that they wanted to do. sadly, it just ends up hurting everyone else except those its meant to curb. stuff like this makes the game inhospitable for a good portion of the players.... but maybe that doesn't matter... ?
2. the game has for a very long time been anti-f2p. all the bis gear is paywalled, crates became worse, gear became op beyond measure, awakes (worst decision of all time) essentially shared the same market as crates, crate economy tanked due to worse odds which eventually hurted f2p and new players, and lastly no good gear dropped anywhere in the maps. but what if i told you f2p isn't sts's icp (ideal customer profile) since the last 4-5 years? its very logical that sts panders to the whales the most since they are the ones bringing in the money. its what i do with my products as well - premium, high paying customers' opinions always carry the most weight when making product decisions. now one might say that making the game f2p friendly means getting new players to stick and eventually they also start sinking irl money into the game, which is a bonus for sts, and you're right... partially. sts will have decades long data which suggests cac (customer acquisition cost) vs. cltv (customer lifetime value) doesn't pan out for majority of the players, of which a large chunk - if not all - is just f2p players. which means, f2p players don't convert when things are going good in the game. so sts stopped thinking long term about them since in their eyes new players didn't convert anyway. does this mean i defend sts? not at all. but i understand their perspectives very closely.

having said that, i also want to point out that the whales and hoarders have exploited some of the game's inherent mechanics to absolutely busted levels. you have some who hoard massive amounts of bis premium gear per class and control macro-market scopes; theres some who create multi-class alts and complain the leveling to cap takes too long with the expectation of a 12-14hour session to do so; while there are others who make 10-15 alt accounts just so they can hog all top10 leaderboard spots in events. im telling you this behaviour is not normal by any means at all. sts sees this, knows this and tries very hard to curb this but it somehow just ends up hurting the players more.

they made it so new accounts get fewer slots and cant trade immediately; slots removed from token vendors; lb rewards untradable; introduced gold sinks like pet evo; curbed gl in most maps; introduced boe gear - literally nothing helped solve the core problems in the game because they cant implement the super harsh decisions to solve these problems without drastically hurting either themselves or the whales. just the other day someone posted a thread to "solve" the economy with valid suggestions and i said the same points over there as well.

people give examples of games such as albion online as to how they implement certain mechanics, but those games are wildly differnt from AL. the core tenet of AL has always been paywalled bis gear and pets. awakes - the system imo that completely ruined any chances the game had of revival - became paywalled as well, which meant that p2w held absolute power over all aspects in the game possible. so concepts like limited slots, boe (a concept that has existed in games since the 90s btw!) dont work in a p2w game where all of bis gear is paywalled.

every game has an endgame that players need to work slowly toward, be it farming gear, bettering equipment, buying spells/enchantments/whatever. every game has slow levelling. but since AL allows you to bypass all aspects depending on just how much money you sink in, it starts to feel stale real quick because you skipped all the hardwork (spoiler alert - that hardwork has no way of paying off so it doesnt matter anyway). so all thats left is to peddle wares like a hawker with the aim of making money so you dont fall behind.

i firmly belive f2p players should stop holding the notion that the game should implement features that are more f2p friendly because frankly youre not sts' icp. the game consistently pushes players to sink money right from the get go - thats how its designed, thats how its meant to be, thats what they want you to do. so expecting otherwise is really foolish, and i say this as a f2p player myself btw who hasn't spent more than a dime in the game (sts can confirm that). onlyreason for that being this game is very limiting in certain aspects that i enjoy - lore, towns, maps, quests; itd just be an investment with diminishing returns, which is why ive been on and off as player although i created my account here 11 years back.

the only way to regulate everything all at once is to scrap the awakes system (or remove gl awakes from the pool or make ways to craft/loot blue, red and green awakes directly from the game without relying on plat), make set switching null and void, and make all boe equipment lootable in maps. this will massively hurt sts and will bankrupt the whales but this is that one master reset button everyone except the whales is talking about.

BUT having said all that, for what its worth, imho, AL is by far the best digital product ive seen in my life. i mean, the game rewards you with every possble op busted af perk the more money you spend. assuming infinite wtp (willingness to pay) in your icp and related customer segments, theres not one thing you cant get in the game if you dont spend enough - thats the highest value addition, roi aspect ive seen in any product whatsoever - in a mobile game at that! other live service games like dustborn, concord, highguard (all the ones notorious for being *** and got rightly shutdown soon after launch) they would absolutely kill and go to war just to get a small segment of this game's customer base. so in those aspects i truly belive sts and AL are immensely lucky, probably more than they realize.

not a lot of players will agree and i dont expect anyone to, but i guarantee you sts has more or less similar thoughts as me. with all this, sts has the same challenges that you mentioned - acquiring new players, balancing the game, straightening out the economy, making it more player friendly without hurting themselves or the whales, generating more revenue without aggressive methods (like we see today). these are VERY hard problems to solve which will require a drastic change or maybe even a complete overhaul of their business model, so im not sure what cinco and his cofounders have in mind for turning the ship around. for their sake and this game which i keep coming back to for nostalgia purposes, i hope they find a way very soon.

[Deadscrpn]

top 10 worst ideas ever

[Titanium]

@Cinco<br />
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How did the gold loot nerf in Elder Woods actually help the game? From what I’ve seen, before the nerf I had about four times more friends online than I do now.<br />
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Another concern is the timing. If players invested billions into their gear, why reduce the gold loot income six months before the next elite content release? That decision makes it harder for farmers to stay motivated,especially if some of them already lost a significant amount of gold/plat to purchase the gear that they required to farm the amounts they are used to farm. Wouldn’t it have made more sense to adjust the gold in Elder Woods when the new elite content was ready to launch?<br />
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From a player’s perspective, this feels overwhelming. Losing gold while knowing that current gear will eventually be replaced can really hurt motivation, especially if farming becomes less rewarding. Maybe it would help to re-establish some balance, because decisions like this can cause players to lose interest in the game.https://www.spacetimestudios.com/sho...d.php?t=797725


I have left this comment 2 weeks ago in a thread. Hoping i will get an answer. @Cinco @asommers

[Ratbows]

It’s strange to see PvP dismissed like this. PvP is one of the few systems that naturally keeps players playing after they finish farming PvE content. Ignoring that part of the playerbase doesn’t seem like a healthy long-term strategy.

[Account]

It's time to take an break from AL again...

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[Deadscrpn]

impossible to have good pvp when:
-lowest skill ceiling out of all games xd
-0 skillshots
-super dependant on set (not even se swaps during combat)
in general 0 skill in pvp

[dreoelak]

and i say this as a f2p player myself btw who hasn't spent more than a dime in the game (sts can confirm that). onlyreason for that being this game is very limiting in certain aspects that i enjoy - lore, towns, maps, quests; itd just be an investment with diminishing returns, which is why ive been on and off as player although i created my account here 11 years back.

For a senior business analyst managing multi-million dollar portfolios you sure are very proud of being f2p and not giving STS any of your hard-earned-ai-bubble money. Not a dime. In 11 torturous years. Cinco should probably run Guantanamo instead of a game development studio.

[Smasherxy]

Looking at the statement of events, NEVER in my 10 years of playing have i seen people hit top 25-10 and do nothing for nearly 24-72 hours and still keep the spot. 2-4 hours in you'll be at #48 lol. There's literally no competition in the game, lb use to be a fight with actual time (no lifers) vs the rich. The main people who u would see on every lb for 10 years straight no longer exist. Imagine that