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Too much sugar

Discussion in 'Bugs, Issues & Inquiries' started by Bepster10, 6 Aug 2018.

  1. Bepster10

    Bepster10 New Member

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    Goodmorning everyone. I was thinking that it is a very common problem of almost all players that they often have a lot of zuchero that you can not spend and little gold but that would serve! So I thought of putting on the "market" page a part where you can exchange sugar with gold and vice versa!
    This I say above all because to the daily missions, I tried to change them but instead of receiving gold, I had 6 missions in a row where they gave me only sugar !!!
    So either put this kind of scale or balance the missions by introducing more gold and less sugar!

    What do you think?
     
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  2. xArrogance

    xArrogance Well-Known Member

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    Long story, short - It's not happening so get used to playing with full sugar.


    Behavioral Psychology Explanation:
    There are a lot of games that use multiple forms of in-game currency. Why not just use "gold" for all in game purchases?

    Because, like you, most people feel like they're wasting sugar if they continue battling with it at capacity. So, most people will either stop playing until they can spend some of their sugar or they'll spend pearls (to finish crew training early or refresh the shop to buy parts to upgrade an item).

    In order for this to work, one currency has to fill up before the other. If you only have one form of currency, people will be more likely to take a break. But, if you have a second form of currency (gold) that's not at capacity, people feel the need to spend pearls to use up some sugar until they run out of time for playing or until they fill both banks.

    There are other little tricks in microtransaction games - like offering items at a price that seems ridiculously high to most people ($100) so that the $30 offers seem like a steal.

    For someone that doesn't spend money on games, these tricks won't work on you. But if you're willing to spend some money, there are games that are very good at getting you to spend a lot.

    To be clear, Battlebay is pretty good about balancing effort vs money players - which is the most important thing. And, all large companies have their marketing tricks, so the examples above aren't anything out of the ordinary. It's just an fyi about an interesting subject.
     
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  3. Bepster10

    Bepster10 New Member

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    Maybe as you say ... But I really broke the fact of:
    - have very little gold and too much sugar;
    - to have so little resources to spend on upgrading weapons;
    - my main ship has a score of 1000 points less than the others and for this I remain low (2700 instead of 4000);
    - many players with 2700 of fame, have almost all legendary weapons in the 1st or 2nd rank or epic weapons in the 5th rank!

    Without talking about the fact that there are many players who (I think) cheat! I saw that at the beginning of the tournament that lasts 2 weeks, we all start more or less with the same notoriety (for example at 2900) then after 3-4 days some are among the first because they have 3500-3700 !!! It can not be that one oscillates so much!
     
  4. Ash KOT

    Ash KOT MVP

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    Easiest way to earn a lot of gold is by playing events and using the coins to buy perks and selling all the ones you dont need.
    I tend to make 3 or 4 million gold this way.
     
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  5. xArrogance

    xArrogance Well-Known Member

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    It is not all that unusual for players to fluctuate 7-800 infamy - especially with a good fleetmate. They'll move up a league and you won't see them next season.

    As far as gear score differences of 1000 and players with better items goes, some people have been playing for a very long time. If they're at your infamy, then obviously they don't know how to use their items as well as you. That's normal.

    For this event, using a mk6 with my best items, I literally had opponents with a gear score 5,500 more than me. So, learn to appreciate these days where the difference is within a thousand or so - bc it'll only get worse as you move up.
     
  6. Peasant ignore me

    Peasant ignore me New Member

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    I always have lots of gold and no sugar so its opposite thinking for many players, i dont think we should have any update
     

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