BG store update? Why 6* shards cost the same for TB?

Yo_the_dewil

6* shards costing same 680 battle chips is awful. IMPO it would have been better to provide 1500 for the same cost.

ahmynuts

6 star shards remain unchanged for all progression levels not just TB players

Yo_the_dewil

Agreed but it should have been changed right?
There is no harm in changing, which is important and valuable for players.

[Deleted User]

I thought the same thing for a bit, but in just the past 2 days I've gotten 3 6* crystals that have changed my account. And that's just from Cav EQ exploration, Thronebreaker completion, BG's and the SQ. With Incursions, AW and Act content I think we're fine on 6* shards for now. Cheaper prices will come with Paragon.

DNA3000

Yo_the_dewil said:

Agreed but it should have been changed right?

Why should it have been changed? Because you want more shards? The game is currently being flooded with 6* shards. They altered the cost of 7* crystals to counterbalance the flood of 6* shards. If people expect even more 6* shards, even more drastic economic changes will have to happen to account for that.

There's no automatic everything must get cheaper so everyone can get even more everything rule. Nothing comes for free. Every time we get more of something, there are consequences.

Yo_the_dewil

Excuse me? When did i mentioned "FREE"? I'm talking about cost reduction FYI. Read that again. I'm just expressing my own opinion and not for the people who want more 6* shards...I speak for myself.

Yo_the_dewil

@kabammike A kind request:
This thread shall close now.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to express my opinion on the forum's discussion thread.
Have a great day:)

altavista

You may expect a discount on last year's phone when this year's model comes out, but that is because Stores want to get rid of their stock. It is not out of the goodness of their heart.

MCOC does not have to discount prices because it is not trying to get rid of inventory. It is trying to balance a digital economy. Essentially, Kabam is trying to battle inflation, and inflation doesn't decrease if you decrease the interest rate.

Furrymoosen

One of the issues that hasn’t been pointed out yet is the cost of 7* shards. Yes, I know TB players can’t get the 7* shards (nor should they be able to), but that has to be considered here. They can’t reduce the cost of 6* shards for lower progressions because if they do that they would need to do the same for higher progressions. Lowering the cost of 6* shards for higher progressions would throw off the balance of the cost of 7* shards.
It currently costs 4,500 tokens for a full 6* for Paragon players. It is highly likely for most Paragon players that they will get a dupe from a basic crystal, so it’s 4,500 tokens for 275 7* shards, assuming there isn’t a max sig crystal to go with it. 7* crystals will come at a cost of 3,700 tokens for every 300 shards. So the margin of effective cost is way too close for 6* to be adjusted and not impact the value of the 7* shards purchase.
So what would be a viable cost reduction? 10% and players would laugh, 20% and they would have to immediately reduce the cost of 7* shards because there would be more value in purchasing 6* shards.
The next update might have a reduction for 6* shard costs, but it’s a bit unrealistic to think that would happen now without flooding 7* shards. At that point there would be even more complaints from TB players about having to face so many 7* in battlegrounds and war.

Midnightfox

What I want to know is who thought charging 1850 tokens for 1% of a 7 star was a good idea

Ayden_noah1

Midnightfox said:

What I want to know is who thought charging 1850 tokens for 1% of a 7 star was a good idea

I think they want to slow the progression of 7 stars for everyone but the whales. Whales keep this game running and ad free which is a big deal. I like to thank all the whales out there since I love playing this game without ads.

noclutch

Midnightfox said:

What I want to know is who thought charging 1850 tokens for 1% of a 7 star was a good idea

Thats 1,85,000 tokens for x1 7star crystal.

For the same amount you can get,x41 6star crystals,
Plus 0 to 10,000* 7star shards via duplicates.(Excluding max sig crystals in calculation)

Not much incentive to go for 150 7 stars shards unless one is very close to form a crystal already.
Maybe its time to hoard as much as a paragon can, till next progression title is released.