**Mastery Loadouts**
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
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That's what I said. Lol. We don't know the details of what it means for them.
That's what I said. Lol. We don't know the details of what I just reposted for others to see, but since you brought it up. It doesn't say anything about not knowing what it means for them. Only that they don't have more details about it yet
I just reposted for others to see, but since you brought it up. It doesn't say anything about not knowing what it means for them. Only that they don't have more details about it yet.[/quote]
I was referring to the comment made by Adora.
http://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/39949/apple-now-requires-game-developers-to-disclose-odds-on-loot-boxes-merged-threads/p1
They're working with Apple to understand what affect the new guidelines have on them. We don't have any further information than that, in both comments. The point I'm making is we don't know what affect the guidelines have on this game.
You might be a bit too optimistic about the whole situation... I mean, I would very much like you to be right... but:
1st of all: People will still buy them... Even at this point, most people know quite well how bad the odds are... But yet they keep buying them. Just like the lottery... It is officially announced that will bing the jackpot has a chance of 1 in a hundred million... But yet people buy lottery tickets, because, you know, “IT COULD BE ME!!!”
2nd: To be honest, we still don’t know what the new regulations mean for Kabam... It says “mechanics that provide randomized virtual items for purchase”... What does “for purchase” mean? You can get them for units that can be gathered in-game by just playing the game normally... And if you can get crystals for unit, what does that mean for the cash offers like this one?
Don’t want to sound too much like a lawyer, but terms and conditions (like the AppStore regulations) are often open for interpretation, so I am not holding my breath...
I hope this doesn't derail the thread, but I can't help myself.
@GroundedWisdom, I'd like to ask what ideology encompasses your previous support of Kabams TOS is their right to amend and enforce as they will and in criticizing Apple Inc. of amending and enforcing theirs?
I'm not getting into my views on Apple. I've already expressed I do not support them. Further to that, if it were Android, I would still have the same view on the subject.
It makes me wonder if the they found a loophole by not releasing a game update that they are not required to share the info?
Bottom line is, people want to know what a "rare" chance means.
We already know and have known the odds. Its 1 trillion to 1, or once in a blue moon, or he who spends the most.
I disagree. The big spender minority might still purchase them, but many others will not. Once we see the actual odds, many of us wont be willing to throw our money away on certain things anymore, including 5* crystals. Once that starts hurting the pockets of kabam, the odds will change.
Really? Are you that naive? Many people will stop spending money on certain things if the odds are just so ridiculous it actually isnt worth it. How can you not see this, or is it that you are one of the people with stupid amounts of disposable income and have no idea how the majority of the people have to live?
It is puzzling that we have not seen any movement by Kabam. Mike posted today, 1/15/18, that they are still working with Apple to understand the guidelines. Thus, they are not done with compliance based on that statement. I suspect the next update will tell us a lot. The delay of the last update surely has something to do with it.
We just have a chance and pulling that feature champ. There is not an INCREASED chance of pulling that champion.
I thought it used to say "INCREASED" chance.
I am guessing we will see a lot more of these 5 packs for a chance (only chance) of getting new 5* champs at release time.
There have been a few games that have updated since the guidelines were updated, and those games chose to interpret the Apple guidelines in the way that is consistent with the guidelines requiring odds for any loot box that is either purchasable with cash directly as an in-game purchase or purchaseable with intermediate currency that is also directly purchasable with cash as an in-app purchase.
The rules lawyers that think they can "loophole" Apple by using intermediate currency seem to be completely unaware of what the app store developer guidelines are. They are not a law that Apple made up and must now administer. The history of that document is that it is intended to be used by developers that want to reduce the chance of their app being rejected. Apple can reject apps for any reason whatsoever and they have unrestricted ability to reject apps for any reason. Apple was *asked* by developers to give them guidance that would allow them to steer clear of things Apple does not want them to do. The guidelines doc is that guidance. Any developer trying to play word games with the guidelines is just asking for trouble, because there exists no appeals process where a developer can argue the wording of the guidelines document. It is called a "guidelines" document and not a "Rules and Requirements" document for app store approval for a reason.
You as an app store developer have the sole obligation to interpret the guidelines in a way that will maximize your chances to get your app approved. Apple has no obligation to approve an app that claims to follow "the letter of the law." Because the guidelines are not laws. I suspect most of the people making claims about intermediate currency "not counting" don't have their livelihood dependent on app store approval of an app with a lootbox.
To be frank, if Kabam or any other company that makes a game I happen to play attempts to play the intermediate currency card and releases an update that happens to pass by the approval process without releasing odds, I'll almost certainly send an objection directly to Apple asking them to clarify if their guidelines were intended to be so trivially bypassed so as to be meaningless, and if their intent is for the gaming community at large to believe that they are deliberately making meaningless gestures. I'm sure I won't be the only one doing so. I think Apple will have to ultimately enforce on intermediate currency or retract the requirement altogether. Allowing trivial bypass of the guideline is the thing that produces the most egg on their face, and Apple won't let that situation persist.