#This whole general thing

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astral dove
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Ok chat, this is kinda off-topic since it's not just an idea but rather my thoughts on this whole situation. There will be a lot of text

So from what I've heard devs are short on money so they added this system where you can buy generals for real money. And from what I also heard I got the impression that Devs are taking FOREVER to develop the game, so ig that's kind of their fault there too that they didn't think about monetisation earlier and now added such a paywall.

What can they do now? They will probably do something due to community backlash (or at least I believe so, I'm relatively new here so I don't know how devs handled such problems before) but now they definitely won't just remove the paywall.

The idea that's been suggested a lot already is make generals unlockable through gems. Each general being 2-10k gems will fix the issue of players complaining about the game being p2w but now a lot less will buy generals with real money. So what do we do now?

Ads, cosmetics for real money and maybe like a subscription thing. So ads are pretty obvious, but please don't just slap ads in players face when they won the match, make them optional for bonuses, this simple system has been working forever in a lot of games. Cosmetics, just a premium tower skin or a whole premium skin pack, maybe customisable main menu? Seriously, this is so obvious why the Devs chose what we have now. Subscription? Kinda like battle pass bonuses (yk when you buy a battle pass in some games you also get like xp boosters). 2x multiplier on gems from everything for example so you can grind gems to buy the generals faster.
There are just so many ways to monetize the game yet they chose to lock already existing content and the whole focus of last updates was primarily new generals, but now people can't even play those so the update will pretty much add nothing for players who don't get the new general, it limits deck building which is pretty much the main focus of the game

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Also the rotation system is a good thing, but Devs shouldn't treat generals like they're playable characters or something. Who played Brawlhala, that game also has the rotation system I think, but you play as the character you don't put them in a deck.

These are just some obvious ideas correct me if I'm wrong, tell your opinion if you agree or disagree, I don't play the game much I just like to write big posts when there's something controversial going on

random rover
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Have people really had to pay real money for generals? I've seen it 3 times in the fan ideas section already but I myself haven't gotten an update regarding that. Is it true?

astral dove
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And each general is 5$ so it's like 25$ for all of them

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For that amount you could buy a good game on steam

random rover
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Can I see a screenshot or something?

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Because I can pick all my Generals for free right now.

astral dove
random rover
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I checked the play store and it said no update available.

astral dove
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Maybe you'll receive it later

random rover
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That's the first thing I did when I saw people had to pay for generals.

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That's stupid.

astral dove
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Yes I know it goes against the core mechanics of the game

random rover
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It literally says "No Pay For Power!" On it too

astral dove
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Guess they should remove "no" now

random rover
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Well

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Idk, I think I'd rather have ads after every match than this

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Why did they get rid of them in the first place anyways?

astral dove
random rover
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I don't think there was ever ads on pvp matches unless it was a long time ago

astral dove
random rover
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Maybe a year ago or something, I don't remember

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Or at least a couple months ago, like 7 or 8?

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I honestly forgot when I started playing

astral dove
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I don't remember ads at all 😔

random rover
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Well, there should be, if it means avoiding P2W

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Can you send a screenshot of like, trying to buy the Generals?

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How do you buy them anyways?

astral dove
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You go to skin selection, click for example on Wrathnar and there's a button above suggesting you to buy him

astral dove
random rover
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Oh

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Refresh the app?

astral dove
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I live in Russia so it's in rubs for me

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Also they fixed the android menu always being on top

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One small W for devs

random rover
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Holy

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5?

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Per?

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5 dollars

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Dude Sonic mania costs less than all generals

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Breath of the wild costs only 10 more

astral dove
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F2p games tend to have micro transactions more expensive than other actual games but sws isn't even finished yet

random rover
astral dove
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Like how long ago sicklebear revamp was announced

warped lynx
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Otherwise in isolation the update isn't that bad, possibly a 4–5

astral dove
# astral dove
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How would you rate the latest update, be honest, don't just slap 1 because paywall

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7

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16

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10

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1

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Well that was expectable

grim rose
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I don’t talk much and play much but i agree the new system basically js forcing a purchase for generals and this is coming from the dude who has the old generals (what i mean is the ones unlocked back when progression win cards were a thing and i’m assuming since i got them i get to keep em unless i’m wrong and it locks later). i feel like cj rn is just doing stuff without communication and is seriously doing stuff that benefits him more then the game