Originally Posted by Maladaptive

I figure I spend hours and hours playing the game, so for the cost of a couple of coffees, I am giving some money to Nutaku and FKG owner (DMM?) for the enjoyment they give me. Nutaku have staff they have to pay, servers they have to hire etc., so I'm with you paraphin - if people want to pay for some of the content, that is their choice, and in fact, their purchases probably make it possible for the rest of us to keep enjoying the game.

I pretty much subscribe to this line of thinking except I learned my lesson. About 8 years ago I whaled the crap out of this MMO I was playing for like 3 years straight and let's just say that I could have bought a decent used car for what I spent on it only to have the server up and close suddenly due to lack of interest by the developer (they were making a sequel to the game) and the publisher ( who lacked the skills and desire to continue the game) and as is typical, I had absolutely nothing to show for it.

So now I'm a reformed whale...more like a minnow...when it comes to games. Normally I would have been taken a crack at this and dropped $120 like a boss, but...no...just...no...I missed the 1500 NG 6* which I am kicking myself for doing so but I'm just not going to spend like that and will be patient and wait for it to come around again. I have 2 rainbows and a solid 5 star line up and that's good enough for me.

Also because RNG hates me, so there's that.

Originally Posted by Mindrunner

You spent $400,000 on a MMO?

um...well I don't know about the used cars you buy seeing as $400K US would get me a killer Ferrari or Bugatti but I was thinking more like a Subaru or Camry clocking in at about $6K....lol

Edit: as an aside...the game was more like a world of warcraft type game, not subscription based but completely PVP based so the item mall was deep with leveling items and consumables and maybe only 4 vanity items. 144 levels in game which, if you played religiously 10 hours a day, without botting or cheating, it was designed to take well over a year and a half to hit cap level and fully max out everything. The shortcut chopped about 6 months off I guess and I was not a big spender by any means. I knew Guild leaders who dropped well over $15-20K on this game so...it's at a whole other level than these browser based games .

Jesus Christ Mindrunner what gold-plated platinum-wheeled monster are you driving right now?

Originally Posted by Bloodsport Bloom

Jesus Christ Mindrunner what gold-plated platinum-wheeled monster are you driving right now?

Probably something like this lol!

On the topic of the actual gacha, it's an increased 6 Star priority pull and I feel strangely about them at this point.

On the one hand, if ever I were to really start whaling, I think this is how I'd do it. I'm not a big gambler but this type of pull is basically a no-lose unless you pull no rainbows and those are all you wanted, where as I can still make great use out of any golds I'd pull.

On the other hand, while I'm fine with spending the same amount on entertainment as I do for the odd treat for myself (I'm a light smoker so my two or three packs a week can be easily viewed by most people as a waste of my money.) 120$ is pretty steep though, and I'm not ready to whale like that just yet.

I didn't pull the Winner's Gacha because 30$ felt like a lot to toss after buying into so many other rolls, but honestly it was a tempting offer, and again, a tempting offer to expand my collection and not a price I'd personally argue with, after seeing what Mindrunner drops down on a used car, but it's just too soon for me after the Easter sales we got. I might pull the next Rainbow Odds Up gacha that appears, but it depends what we get between now and then.

I don't think FKG's newbie package is amazing but I'm also not in the belief that it's not worth getting. 6$ Sakura is great for newbies who actually get it. I'm not into the whole belief that FKG is in need of a newbie package that would offer any more than that. Maybe one or two heavily discounted 10+1 rolls, to really plant that into new players, would be the only other thing we could expect. Maybe an extended portion of the tutorial that gives you 5 free FGs and forces you to spend them on Character Inventory slots, 25 free slots is something that would help players out without really giving anything away. I mean, honestly anything more would be pretty silly. Remember that this is a business. They do this for a living.

Honestly thats a pretty good deal especially for people who dont have many golds or rainbows. We already had 2 similar deals before and this one is clearly the best. The first one was 180€, the second one 150€ and this one 120€ and it has the highest chances on 6 stars. The only reason i dont take this offer is cause i have way too many 6 stars and golds already. I think im only missing 4 6 stars. So my chances of getting new ones are pretty low. I also have a lot of golds, so for people like me this gacha isnt really worth it.

Yeah, this is a pretty good one.I don't know why people think this was a bad deal. I think people got too spoiled by the Easter and other similar holiday deals that they get/choose what they want for less than $10. Don't forget, this is a gambling game and this kind of deal is more in line of what nutaku do as a business.

Think of this way:
1. This is their normal promo.
2. The choose you own 6* for less than $10 and similar offers are their Holiday/Anniversary/Nutaku being too generous promo.

Originally Posted by Mindrunner

Rofl, Also FKG is a F2P Action-Adventure game, NOT a gambling game..

What is Gacha?

One of the core mechanic of this game and it's main selling point nonetheless is rolling a slot machine to get and collect girls.