[Discussion, Rant?] The lack of Quality of life improvements in 3 years shows Devs do not care about F2P / C2P or multiple Classic heroes or trade but they care only about the latest shiny hero

[Gryphonknight]

@Zteev

Magic:the Gathering was a almost entirely new sort of thing, and now we have lots of games with “packs” of stuff, whether it be cards, heroes, gear, or something else. Many of them have a collectible element, and even for those that don’t, there is often a desire to have “one of everything”.

This has been brought up repeatedly ( see notes )

The biggest difference with collectible card games

you can buy desirable cards

you can trade desirable cards for more desirable cards

you can sell unwanted cards

Notes

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@Gryphonknight

The closest I have experienced to this was Magic The Gathering Collectible Card Game

Example:

Collectible card games let you buy unopened packs ( a Gacha )

Purchase a card from a store ( I used to buy a lot of dual lands when they were introduced ),

Sell some of your cards to a store to get money to buy the card you want ( Sold a version 2 Black Lotus for $300 USD ),

Trade some of your cards to another player, for cards you want ( Dual lands were my weakens like my weakens for healers in Empires. I got taken a few times with fake cards ),

Trade some of your cards to another player for cards you can sell to a store to get money to buy the cards you want ( once dual lands were phased out, you could get a nice price by trading for dual lands then selling to a store ).

@Gryphonknight

Trade

Pokémon GO also has trade.

If I have extra Rigard, I can level Rigard to 4* 4.70 and trade to a teammate to help out.

1* to 4* heroes can only be traded once before becoming locked and non eligible for trade.

If I get a 5* 3.01 ( private spawn ) or 5* 3.35 ( alliance spawn ), I can trade it to a teammate.

5* heroes can only be traded once before becoming locked and non eligible for trade. Only a single 5* hero can be traded per day.

@Gryphonknight

The beauty is, even if they are solely buying card packs, that’s not the only option. MTG players can also buy cards individually from retail online or local stores. Although this method is more expensive, it means picking and choosing individual cards for their deck, hence, the player is deciding what they get. Loot boxes do not have this option, which is where the balloon completely deflates.

FIN