When entering SWS, be granted 1 general of your choosing AFTER you beat LunarClops.

[dusk ember]

This idea is pretty Self-Explanatory, and the community has had quite the backlash against generals being $5 each. This would at least give some people an opportunity to use continuously over many long periods of time. The general that they wish for the most, such as mine is atrios, it's currently in rotation but when he comes out I'm probably just going to not play the game for a while. This also engage people so much more so that they can continue learning the skills with their generals better and better. Instead of you know. You can also customize them actually, without the rotation which is good.

[fringe cliff]

are all the generals paywalled?
from my game there are only 6 that are always free
then there are the few generals that get cycled into the free category

[carmine grove]

Those who unlocked generals from the long-gone progression system kept the generals unlocked even with the paywall. That's why the only generals that you can only have permanently unlocked through paying are the 3 newest ones, Magis, Wrathnar, Sicklebear.

[dusk ember]

I just want my hands on atryos so he doesn't rotate out ;-;

[simple lagoon]

Magis will never be picked then

[dusk ember]

people don't like him it lmao

[dusk ember]

It's more about what people enjoy and allowing them to have at least some way to play with their favorite things without needing money

[simple lagoon]

Hear me out: Watching an ad everytime u want to use a general

Or watch ads in a total of 5-10 times to unlock one generals forever

[carmine grove]

I exist

[carmine grove]

5-10 is way too short, you get the general in less than a week

[simple lagoon]

10 ads would equal to $5 in revenue for the devs right?

Or does it needs more

[verbal elk]

To this logic,you can get upto 3 generals because of campaign slots

[broken silo]

welp if talking from a players perspective this would be a big W

but from the devs pov its a big no

devs have to life out of something too

[fringe cliff]

Some would say: screw them

[summer veldt]

or make the game paid access 🤑

that way the devs don’t have to work around micro transactions

[dusk ember]

you get ONE free GENERAL
the rest are paid

[brazen leaf]

i wanna get my hand on Kai cuz my Zombie deck need him lol

[carmine grove]

Hear me out, having 1 free general sounds like a catastrophe among other options

[fringe cliff]

i got six free generals

in early days when Daily Challenges were a thing i unlocked the entire unlocking tree
after the paywall update which removed Daily Challenges and the unlocking tree i managed to keep my 6 generals but lost Xiphos and Kytchu since they weren't in the unlocking tree

[carmine grove]

1. It further breaks the general rotation if each player can ignore it with their chosen general(I'm not saying the rotation is good, but implementing it then adding ways to ignore it is incredibly chaotic)

2. SWS is a deck building game, meaning variety is encouraged, yet we are given this choice to have 1 thing for free while the rest becomes locked (it restricts you from the feeling of variety)

3. It is a competitive ground where your favourite cards may change overtime, there would be plenty of cases where you will regret the general you picked.

4. The offer is given at the start, where you have no idea yet who is worthy to be free(this could easily be solved by making the offer optional until you make your decision, but then some players wont understand that before picking a random general)

[fringe cliff]

having only one general for free does sound not okiedokie

[carmine grove]

It's like going out of everything's way to give you a taste of freedom in the worst way

[fringe cliff]

hmmmmmmmm
an alternate way is unlocking the unlocking tree after completing the campaign and then you can grind your way into unlocking the generals

[carmine grove]

Like a low quality band-aid on a laceration that has adhesive that hurts

[fringe cliff]

in other words: bringing back the unlocking tree

[carmine grove]

Wouldn't do much considering there would be multiple campaigns and each campaign is biased about generals

[fringe cliff]

nono beating a campaign unlocks the unlocking tree which unlocks everything
the generals are just in the top branches while the spells and enchantments that weren't in the campaign get placed there too

still have to grind or spend like 2000 gems to get from the bottom to unlock the lowest general

and some other cards along the way

[carmine grove]

Then devs cant profit from generals

[fringe cliff]

read

[carmine grove]

Screw them and we're screwed

The watch ads to unlock generals (at best temporarily) is probably the best middle ground I can think of.

Devs get ad revenue, players can play their favourite general more freely(the reward would have to be generous and maybe even have an incentive), but buying generals is still the superior option.

[fringe cliff]

hmm the hate for the paywall update does have coolded down

but watching ads is a thing in legacy

but i do remember this other game which contains ads but aren't thrown into your face.

those ads are domesticated and placed neatly in "watch ads" buttons
yeah something like that works

i have a feeling CJ and the other stick war devs don't have access to the black magic that Grumpyface had to make ads work like that

[carmine grove]

At least this ad feature is not for extra resources or some tedious sht like in other games, watching a few ads give you a reward you really want and you don't feel the need to watch all ads for maximum benefit

[fringe cliff]

the nature of ads is that they are tedious and i think that unlocking the generals should be temporary (like 3 days)

the money way is permament

can't be like: watch an ad and never again
the revenues won't like that

[verbal elk]

OH HELL NAW

[summer veldt]

why not

[verbal elk]

Bro 😭

[dusk ember]

I said this is done AFTER you beat a campaign, and I think being redeemable at any time would eork

[carmine grove]

Unlocking after campaign doesn't change anything in multiplayer

[desert void]

Wait, so if I unlocked Marrowkai, I can still do my funny Marrowkill strategy, even if he isn’t in cycle?

[flint surge]

I don't think there is any plans for something like this.

[desert void]

There aren’t. Thats why we’re suggesting it

[flint surge]

There was many suggestions like this but we do not have any plans like this.

[desert void]

That’s

Fair honestly

You guys need to get payed somehow

[carmine grove]

This one in particular is kinda just crappy

[simple lagoon]

Hear me out: limited time skin offers

its just skins

but its exclusive for 1 week