Originally Posted by Unregistered

Think about this logically. Do you really think that $10 for a little piece of digital information is a "good deal"? It isn't even that much of data, and certainly isn't giving you access to more game. I would consider $10 quite an expensive item in ANY game's cash shop.

Yet by deals like these ones, when a "cheap" one comes up, you guys start snatching them up desperately, because of how "good" the deal is.

Again, these kinds of transactions have been the norm for a while now, no matter where you look. It's been in MMOs for ages, it's creeping into mainstream games like COD and Overwatch, and it's what keeps mobage afloat. Some people value virtual waifus that come with cute attack animations with HCGs, some would prefer to marry their shipgirls, some want the hottest/most broken unit in the game, etc. Extend that to people who buy figures, dakis, and whatever else on your shelf and in your room that looks pretty but doesn't actually do anything, and it's not hard to see a connection.

Or like Rupturez says, take-out and beers only provide a few hours of satisfaction at best, but people do it all the time anyway.

And this is going to very quickly approach the slippery slope of "how is any hobby *worth* anything", so we'll leave it at that and go back to how bad of a deal this is, even if you like some good-old Wazakita art.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Right guys, that's what I meant. What I said might've sounded a bit rude, but my point was that if they always had the $10 6*, then you wouldn't think that's cheap anymore. You might even think about passing on some of them. $10 for JUST an ugly christmas rose with no guaranteed 5*? That's robbery! But a $3 6* would sound like a great deal.


It's all relative. Unless you're a real whale (probably in the tens of millions in networth), you'll be psychologically affected by this. To them, there is 0 marginal cost of giving you a 6*. But they want to make as much profit as possible, so the sacrifice some days to make bank on other days.


That said, I'm not sure if this was a smart move right before christmas, the time when they'll probably get the most sales

That makes more sense. I mentioned before how a few people were complaining about the $15/$30 skill/dressblooms in the shop being too expensive, and considering that golds were recently priced at $30 in a step-up, and rainbows are typically $50/$60, paying half that or a little over half that for essentially half a dupe isn't a bad deal at all.

But some people got used to the Black Friday sales and were somehow hoping for $5/$10 blooms instead, which if that happened would just fuck with our perception of a gold/rainbow's given value and hurt sales in the long run.

I'm not judging. When I make my millions, I'm gonna spend thousands on virtual games like these too once in a while just for the giggles. Why not?

I was coming from the perspective of economics and psychology. If you don't have a "bad deal" to compare with, you won't know what is a "good deal". All these companies care about is ARPU and they'll try everything they can to maximize that value.

While true, I'd hope that this far down the line, we'd already have a perception of what is a bad deal.

Nobody asked for them to one-up the terrible "deal" that was the bridal Cactus gacha, and we certainly didn't need it after several good Black Friday sales either.

This is not even worth the money, the girl is butt ugly. Just observe fkg's discord, you will know that quite a few people buy Lycoris on last gacha, something that a few people will get no matter what price it is as long as they have enough money (got to get that waifu), maybe this justify that they will likely keep this price tag on longterm. Other thing is they wont change their price if they are not short on cash. Sengoku providence comes right after black friday, coincidence?.

So many people with bad taste and/or no appreciation for Wazakita art.

Sure, Dianthus is probably drawn more... tastefully, shall we say, but Christmas Rose is cute too. And lewd. Lewdness is important.

Besides Waifu taste this deal is the worst they ever made. I have stalked Discord today and even some Hardcore Whales are pissed about that.

What's with the Special Gacha Schedule btw? Shouldn't be Nerine's, Bride Oncidium's and Victoria's Special Gacha released first?

I mean i understand the reason behind the Lycoris Step Up Gacha at least a little bit: Many guys consider her a Waifu and crushed on her in the Discord Chat but this Step Up Gacha makes no sense for the playerbase...

Originally Posted by Wutan

Besides Waifu taste this deal is the worst they ever made. I have stalked Discord today and even some Hardcore Whales are pissed about that.

What's with the Special Gacha Schedule btw? Shouldn't be Nerine's, Bride Oncidium's and Victoria's Special Gacha released first?

I mean i understand the reason behind the Lycoris Step Up Gacha at least a little bit: Many guys consider her a Waifu and crushed on her in the Discord Chat but this Step Up Gacha makes no sense for the playerbase...

I wouldnt say thats the worst deal. The cactace bride one was worse. I mean we are talking about a 6 star girl here. The chances of getting a 6 star are at 0,5%. That means that even if you spend 1000€ it isnt guaranteed that youll ever get one. So if compare ~1000€ to 60€ this deal is much cheaper.

Of course this isnt cheap but if you consider getting this girl just through gacha pulls then im pretty sure youll lose much more money if you are not the luckiest guy in the world.

Originally Posted by Eab1990

So many people with bad taste and/or no appreciation for Wazakita art.

Sure, Dianthus is probably drawn more... tastefully, shall we say, but Christmas Rose is cute too. And lewd. Lewdness is important.

Maybe i am just too harsh judging her beauty. She seems like a short elf on Christmas. Her cloth is a bit twisted and weird. I also like loli like justicia and Apricot. Christmas rose is just not the top waifu... I also like Dianthus as second rate waifu.

Originally Posted by Dorei0sama

Maybe i am just too harsh judging her beauty. She seems like a short elf on Christmas. Her cloth is a bit twisted and weird. I also like loli like justicia and Apricot. Christmas rose is just not the top waifu... I also like Dianthus as second rate waifu.

I dont particularly fancy her either, so have no worries.

Originally Posted by Dorei0sama

Maybe i am just too harsh judging her beauty. She seems like a short elf on Christmas. Her cloth is a bit twisted and weird. I also like loli like justicia and Apricot. Christmas rose is just not the top waifu... I also like Dianthus as second rate waifu.

Nah it's definitely one of the worst looking loli's. I don't really fancy loli's but atleast if they are cute like Holly they have some redeeming qualities. As far as I'm concerned, Christmas Rose has no redeeming qualities at all.