I genuinely think the developers themselves do, but the company itself not really. I really wish I could win the lottery and actually pump some life into the game instead of it being on life support for the last ten years...If people still think that SSG actually cares about VIP after the announcement the other day, you've gotta get out from under the rock you're living under.
/Not signed25% Heroic and Epic xp bonus for VIP's. It's that simple. You like making money, right? You enjoy being able to fund stuff for future projects, yes? With this one simple trick, you too can entice players to subscribe for VIP. Just give VIP 25% bonus xp for Heroics and Epic leveling.
not really...I am confident the one thing SSG completely understands is monetization. If there was a way to extract more money from players, it would be implemented
You are not the target of a campaign to get new subscriptions. They already have you well tied./Not signed
I'm VIP and will cvontinue to be. I don't need or want a 25% XP bonus.
I don't think so, the pots stack with the VIP bonus, and many people would be tempted to buy them to further accelerate their progress.They will get more people Paying $12 per month for sure! Then lose on people buying pots in the store.
Will we finally get to play Orc and Marilith?But that would lead to the creation of even more PLs. Because, you know, the hundreds there are currently are few.
The free to play model is supported by whales spending money ro win. That keeps the game going.not really...
SSG fails utterly at gaining money from anyone except biggest spenders, who instantly buy anything new, no questions asked.
rest of playerbase is ignored by their monetization tactics.
they can't comprehend any of the common monetization tactics used by other games that are designed to squeeze money out of low spenders.
Example: genshin impact has cheap pack that's considered to good to pass up even by staunch F2p players, but the catch is that you need to log in daily to get your moneys worth.
that tactic WOOOSHES over SSG's head.
and these "loyalty rewards" are only good to those who care about cosmetics, since there is barely any long term loyalty reward from it (too much stuff in it is one time only)
there have been TONS of good ideas made by community but SSg ignored them for this... JOKE..
I could literally assemble better loyalty rewads in 15 minutes that would be cheap from SSG's point of view and seen as great deal by most of playerbase.
3000 people playing DDO made them 54 mil? Are you sure you aren't throwing LOTRO earnings in there too? Is it 54 mil revenue or 54 mil EBIDTA?But someone said they reached 54 million in revenue in 2023!
54M SEK maybe (~5M USD) considering the whole of Daybreak was around 70M USD which is down from 2022.But someone said they reached 54 million in revenue in 2023!
Then don't be VIP if the changes come out. That's one of the primary reasons for being VIP for most players is the increased VIP experience bonus. You can use the adventure pack codes and be premium./Not signed
I'm VIP and will cvontinue to be. I don't need or want a 25% XP bonus.
That's what was mentioned in the downtime page(s).3000 people playing DDO made them 54 mil? Are you sure you aren't throwing LOTRO earnings in there too? Is it 54 mil revenue or 54 mil EBIDTA?
There's a big difference.
I won't touch LOTRO, so no clue what it makes. I hear it had a much bigger player base. I know it has lag too l. so I stay away. I have enough lag with DDO.
Also, for clarity, pretty sure the poster Kyrr was being sarcastic.Also, SSG had 54 million in quarterly income last quarter.
My company had about 1/5th that and we mantain 9 nines of uptime. Its not money...
I was being sarcastic, yes.Then don't be VIP if the changes come out. That's one of the primary reasons for being VIP for most players is the increased VIP experience bonus. You can use the adventure pack codes and be premium.
That's what was mentioned in the downtime page(s).
Also, for clarity, pretty sure the poster Kyrr was being sarcastic.
10% Bonus | 25% bonus | |
Heroic XP | 3,800,000 | 3,800,000 |
VIP Bonus | 10% | 25% |
Total XP saved | 380,000 | 950,000 |
XP/Min | 5,000 | 5,000 |
Mins saved | 76 | 190 |
Hours saved | 1.3 | 3.2 |
No they are one of the worst at extracting money out of their players but they know everytime they miss a target they can release a coffer and make up the difference.
I have spent 20K hours with DDO and every penny they got out of me was given begrudgingly. Contrast to a mobile game I picked up during Covid I happily spent more in a year on that game than 17 on DDO.
The trick is to make the players feel like they are getting value out of their purchases which is super easy with digital assets and yet SSG can not seem to manage it even with such a loyal fanbase.