A very thorough, detailed and well thought out response from you Dolloway. I wouldn't expect any less knowing your passion and love for PL.
I like your suggestions of new types of games incorporated into the game to promote streaming.
Enchantments have always been a very strong point for those who Pvp. Similar to opening up chests in AL and whilst farming for loot.
Its all about just random luck. There is no rhyme or reason as to why some get the best loot or enchantments after a few attempts and why others get nothing no matter how much real life money they spend on platinum (they get very discouraged and upset).
Ideally in a Utopian world we could get some sort of guarantee from STS that we will get what we desire with the use of Plat. But with that, what occurs when we all get what we desire? Will we spend more money on Platinum to try to sell these items we achieve to increase your gold wealth value on game. Or will you stop spending on Platinum once you get the sets you desire with the most overpowered enchantments?
Daily Deals list does need a revamp, to encourage us to spend Platinum.
And regarding account bans, I do understand this sensitive issue. Some get banned for valid reasons, others innocent get caught up in it all as well. But there are numerous amount of players who do get banned, they just continue to play buying new accounts and making new clean accounts to black market or be toxic again. But this toxicity or black market is not just alone on game, it flows down to social media.
As my discussion with many others on discord. Our beloved game, from a users point of view, we can see many improvements that are necessary to make it grow, and become active again. There is a long list of what we feel needs to change.
However, thinking from STS point of view. Will the amount of time and money invested into PL, increase its player base in the long run? Will it make players spend more money on Platinum? Will the risks pay off for STS?
From a business point of view. Invest funds into my best product and let that shine.
An old product not selling might even get taken off distribution, and its just what STS have done the past 2 years, sun-setting some of their games that are not financially sound.
That within itself is food for thought.
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