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Hello Crema and redditors.
I had a thought the other day and realized how close we are to 1 year anniversary of 1.0. (Time sure flies, doesn't it?)
Along with this, I remembered Crema's statement about returning BP items:
"We are going to be including the content of the Tamer Pass in the rotation of the Premium Store a year after it has run its original course." So this means 1.5 we see "Launch Party" items in the store.. hmm.
And of course after this I remembered my suggestions in the old forums about returning BP items. So I wanted to revisit that and I now have different idea so I hope you can hear me out.
Let's get something out of the way first, I know there are strongs opinion on how the store and BP operate but I have no intentions of using this post to throw the words FOMO and greedy around. I know Crema can make good changes, just like the reduction in emote prices and removing the luma dyes from the shop instead to be placed in a play to adquire shop. So here's hoping for more of those positives.
Here's how I will present this post: I will revisit thoughts I posted in the forums to build an argument before detailing my suggestion.
My first argument in the old post is that: "For items that originally were not gonna make more money outside of their planned timeframe of 3 months, it makes no sense to bring them back at a disproportionate price." Meaning: a lot of players would be incredibly upset if the Mouflank steed went into the shop at 1600-2000 novas when players could obtain it in a bundle with a lot of other cool items for half that price. This is a "between a rock and a hard place" kind of situation, because integrating them into the shop at a fraction of the other cosmetics would also cause uproar directed at the other cosmetics' prices. It would blur the line of "These items take time and resources to make" in a very bad way. Which is an already disliked argument by the community.
People already dislike the massive pool that feeds the daily rotation for several different reasons that have been repeated enough. And second, there are a LOT of misc things that unless they are priced at something like 16 novas, they will become more expensive than the original bundle of 750 novas and I don't see that being recieved well.
Also it is not clarified in the post if the items in the free section of the pass will be added to the shop. It goes without saying that if these items went from "Free to Play" to the Rotating shop there would be a lot of backslash so I really hope this was not part of your solution. But until there are signs of happening otherwise I must plead: Do not do that, please.
So while randomly thinking about these things, I had a thought. What if the BP were brought back in a separate part of the shop as tracks you can purchase and progress. Exactly as we purchase them right now. So picture this, 1.5 rolls out and we have a new tab in the Shop or BP window that lists previous BP premium track(s).
I have considered that the items in the free track of each BP should be added to the Trainer's Paradise instead. My reasoning behind this is that you're still making the cosmetics accesible at all times while still rewarding the active players during the original lifespan BP. I guess it would come down to personal preference if someone would like to complete the 60 levels of the free pass for an item rather than spending feathers for it. I personally would like another Donut bag, but I don't wanna do another 60 levels just for it...What are your thoughts on the free track items added to TP instead? Since I don't believe both options would be possible.
Other specifics to consider:
-The purchase of the Legacy Pass (I don't have another name for them) would be permanent.
-Only one could be purchaseable at a time after the current season's BP was completed. I don't know how Crema stores or processes this information. But I can see bugs happening if someone tries to complete the current season BP + 2 others. Would EXP count for all? Just for one? Would it be split between the ones active?
It might be an incovenience for players to have to finish one before purchasing another but I feel this would give the least amount of space possible for messy situations. Thoughts?
-They would cost the same amount of novas as normal BP.
The one concern I have with this idea is what would happen with folks who bought a Premium Track and couldn't finish it during the respective season. I don't think that information is stored? I have no idea. Would they have to repurchase it? In the perfect scenario they would have their progress saved and able to finish it when the Legacy Pass is added.
Bottom line is, Crema please rethink how you will bring back BP items because I think just adding them to the shop is putting more pressure in a lot of pain points with the community and creating new ones.
My suggestion is not perfect by any means, and I know people will whine and complain regardless of what you do, but the most important question to answer is: "Will the return of these items will feel fair to those who missed out on them?" If Crema is adding this items to combat FOMO but doesn't view it from the player perspective, it will be futile.
I am sorry for sounding like a doomer, but the last thing I want is for Crema to get more flak for doing something in good faith.
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