Neglecting Brand Content Ecosystems

[Gryphonknight]

Spend depth

@Mr.Spock

creators reduce spend depth

I fixed it for you

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Seasonal event duration

@Gryphonknight

So I do not see SGG capping when they doubled the yearly spend depth numbers

spend depth ( grind, speed ups, loot boxes, etc. )

@Gryphonknight

Spend depth

@Gryphonknight

Spend depth is not just about money but TIME and money ( grind, speed ups and loot boxes )

costume 5* HotM

Loot box

@Gryphonknight

One of the best choke point, business decisions SGG made was to force players to equip a specific base hero, or a costume.

If you want base Gravemaker ( great for attack ) AND costume Gravemaker ( appears better for defense ) you need 1x costume AND 2x base hero ( Spend depth 16.148 years for HA10 retraining and $ 2,244 USD ( 179,988 gems ) for featured hero in Tavern )

Grind

Additional you need Food, Hero XP, emblems, aethers, etc. for both heroes

@Gryphonknight

Choke points

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Inventory

@Gryphonknight

Costume 5* Meta

Theoretically, for optimal costumes, you want 2x to 7x of each good 5* hero with costume

In reality,

5* heroes are too expensive ( Food, Hero XP, ascension items, emblems, aethers, etc. )

How do you decide what to keep?

No rights

@Gryphonknight

Content creators would only point out the house always wins, digital prizes are leased to the players, and micro transactions are not purchasing any goods only unlocking additional pieces of the already leased software

With a software lease - transfers are not allowed, refunds are not allowed, and continuing service is not guaranteed

Roll backs

@Gryphonknight

But the current state of freemium games is very anti customer

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