New Year's Step Based Gacha Thread

[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...

[nazrin992]

From a marketing perspective, they certainly did rush things.

November definitely brought in potential spenders.

December likely turned them away just as fast.

Now that is what I call Good Marketing Strategy.

Welcoming the New Year with a shameless Pay Wall. Good old Nutaku.

[Drip]

Just a few things holding me back:
-If I were to pull any rainbows (so far, all my rainbows were guaranteed deals), it'd probably be one or more Black Baccara dupes. But I have no interest in playing with BB, and already keep her benched anyway.
-I probably still wouldn't pull Poinsetia
-December is a bloody expensive month as it is, and I'm already looking forward to my next paycheck, which is still more than 3 weeks away. So this would be a more tempting deal in a "cheaper" month, like, March, perhaps? Or maybe May, in that month we often get "holiday savings" payout around here.

If anything, I'd probably suggest changing the 11-draws into 10-draws + a guaranteed roll ticket. Like, a 5* guaranteed ticket for the first step, a 6* guaranteed ticket for the second, and a "pick your favourite 6*" ticket for the third step. Yes, it's pretty easy to turn a mediocre deal into an awesome deal.

[Distortedrealms]

Suppose you could you say I have been a whale more than once on this game and I do not regret it but this is beyond ridiculous, no thank you.

[kringley]

I'm vaguely contemplating it. The size of the upfront payment is quite large, and if you've been playing since the start and have a good collection already then it probably isn't a good value. My collection isn't particularly large (2 rainbows, 1 from BF) and about 10 or so gacha golds (and 7 or so event golds). The first step is clearly not worth it but the 2nd two make up for it if you're in that situation and willing to shell out. It would still be problematic for me to get a lot of use out of those girls and it guarantees that I'd be broke (in game $) for months for leveling and evolutions. Still thinking about it though. It'd likely be the only time I took a deal like that.

Update:
Ok, I just pulled the Limited 1 gacha after having gotten in the extra 5 FGs from the compensation. Rolled Flowering Peach, Black Baccara, Kale, and dupes of Setaria and Lupine. I'm probably set for a long time with that...

[Jinxer]

One of the biggest NOPE's of 2016.