Summoner Resort - What is the intent behind this years changes?

ronmon

I know part of the advertised reason for having three separate summer camp events is to help players more easily avoid missing out on milestone rewards. I dunno... I feel like that could have been achieved by keeping the same format and granting more grace days. I get the sense that the real reason, or at least the most influential reason, was to double the resort price from $15 to $30 without asking for the $30 upfront. Microtransactioning last years microtransaction if you will lol. I'll admit, my first thought when I saw the $10 offer was "Wow, I'm surprised to see this was discounted from last year"... until I realized it's actually double. What are your thoughts summoners; are the changes this year primarily a ploy to quietly raise prices? Or is it really for the benefit of the players, and my tin foil hat is just on too tight?

corporal_ackbar

Agree, and the scope of transactions in the game has (with increasing velocity) gone from “helpful boosts and bonuses” to all-out pay-to-win. I’m not normally one to gripe about a company I like making money but this whole game has an EA vibe now.

Chatterofforums

The real reason it's in 3 parts is 100% to charge people 3 times for it. There is no reason at all to believe that kabam cares if people miss out on a day and if they did, there are many other ways they could have dealt with this.

I had originally planned on getting this as I did last year (despite hating the event) but there is absolutely no way I can financially contribute to such a shaddy business practice.

altavista

The most annoying thing that they haven't changed is there is still no notification to claim the sunglasses after you've completed the objective.

iFilipowicz

I'm not sure … do you really have to do the objectives daily or do they stack.
For example don’t do the objective today but two tomorrow.
Because there is no expiring date and below it says "next objective in" exactly like the normal daily objectives.