New Year's Step Based Gacha Thread

[IvanLedah21]

Step 2 chance to get one or more rainbows: ~43.2%
Step 3 chance to get one or more rainbows: ~68.7%
Combined chance to get one or more rainbows in either or both step 2 and/or 3: 82.1%

Considering that there's a fair chance to get multiple rainbows, it's a pretty good deal. Considering that there's also a fair chance to get no rainbows, it's a pretty bad deal.
I wonder what Moarsi does. ADD SALT, Moarsi, YOU CAN DO EET!

The problem here is the 10k paywall those two steps are locked behind. If that didn't exist, it would be feasible, if not still pricey.

[Unregistered]

The problem here is the 10k paywall those two steps are locked behind. If that didn't exist, it would be feasible, if not still pricey.

The paywall is why the other two steps can be a minimum 22 golds.

[IvanLedah21]

The paywall is why the other two steps can be a minimum 22 golds.

True, but even making that paywall 5k instead of 10k would cut price down to $130 total (still a lot of money per whale) and wouldn't insta-turn-off almost everyone who sees it (seriously, only the most absurdly hardcore whales would think about this, and most of them probably have 90+% of the golds anyways)

[fate]

True, but even making that paywall 5k instead of 10k would cut price down to $130 total (still a lot of money per whale) and wouldn't insta-turn-off almost everyone who sees it (seriously, only the most absurdly hardcore whales would think about this, and most of them probably have 90+% of the golds anyways)

only new whales and crazy whales will do this

[IvanLedah21]

I used to be a decent (not hard-core but solid) whale who invested in every guaranteed 6* deal, but outside of the Black Friday deal (which EVERYONE agrees was crazy good), I haven't spent on FKG in months. Their "deals" have not included a guaranteed 6* so I haven't gone for them. I don't know why they seem to think that gold units are the key to opening wallets (especially with the negative reactions on Discord, especially this time around; then again, Nameless is probably the only one who reads Discord and has no say in this stuff)

[Drip]

The paywall is why the other two steps can be a minimum 22 golds.

The paywall is why step 2 and 3 are only 5,000 and 3,000 NGold respectively. They could've made each step only 6,000 gold, but risk more people stopping at step 2 already, for a total of 12,000 NGold, while now step 2 takes an investment of 15,000 gold, leaving step 3 too good to pass up.

[Eab1990]

Ahaha, they really gotta make up for November's generosity, huh.

Updating the list once more.

1. Ticket #1 (7/01 - 7/08): Anemone / Cactace / Cattleya / Dendrobium
2. Step-Up #1 (8/05 - 8/12): Random (up to and including Daisy)
3. Ticket #2 (8/12 - 8/19): Fritillaria / Sakura / Mei Plumblossom
4. Step-Up #2 (9/02 - 9/09): Kerria
5. Ticket #3 (9/08 - 9/17, player-voted): Alpinia / Anemone / Flowering Peach
6. Step-Up #3 (9/15 - 9/22): (Bridal) Cactace, $110 total
7. Ticket #4 (9/29 - 10/06): Cherry / Daisy / Dianthus
8. Step-Up #4 (10/06 - 10/13): Dogwood + ten $5 bonus steps for possible rainbow skill/dressbloom
9. Step-Up #5 (10/13 - 10/20): Black Baccara
10. Ticket #5 (10/20 - 10/27): Dendrobium / Ionocidium / Fritillaria
11. 5* Step-Up #1 (10/27 - 11/3): Four steps, $66 total, 1-2 random golds + a choice of any gold (prior to Lantana / Apple of Sodom)
12. 10+1 FG roll guaranteed gold special (11/3 - 11/10): Bridal Oncidium, 20% chance vs. 80% random gold
13. Early Black Friday (11/10 - 11/17): Sakura only, $30 single-roll
14. 5* Ticket #1 (11/17 - 11/24): Single roll, $30 each (up to three times), pick any gold (prior to Epidendrum / Snapdragon)
15. Black Friday ticket special (11/25 - 11/28): $10 11-roll, pick any rainbow except Lycoris / Bridal Oncidium
16. Step-Up #6 (12/2 - 12/9): Lycoris + $30 rainbow skill/dressbloom
17. Step-Up #7 (12/15 - 12/22): Christmas Rose + three steps, 1x secret gift each, NO guaranteed golds
18. Early Christmas special (12/22 - 12/29): Apple/Ivy only, $30 each
19. New Year's Step-Up (12/30/16 - 1/6/17): Three 11-roll steps, step 1 ($100): regular rates, step 2 ($50): 5* and 6* only (95%/5%), step 3 ($30): 5* and 6* only (90%/10%)

[Wutan]

in the end this Gacha hurts Nutaku more than it hurts us.

I don't think there are that many people spending money for this Gacha.

December was a really bad month in terms of Special Gachas.

I hope we will get at least some Standard Deals in the near future (Nerine Step Up Gacha, Victoria Step Up Gacha, Bride Oncidium Step Up Gacha etc.)

If they decide to continue the current Bad/Semi-Bad Gacha streak i will spend my money on the DMM Version exclusively.

[Eab1990]

From a marketing perspective, they certainly did rush things.

November definitely brought in potential spenders.

December likely turned them away just as fast.

[Zenithale]

Welcome to the year of hungry whales!
Honestly, Nutaku's greed knows no limit... ... 180€... which is enough to buy 4+ complete PC/Console Games...