Zahld.4956 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Make past (prior to last) living story season episodes free (unlocked) with latest expansion purchase or to owners of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starhunter.6015 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 > @"Zahld.4956" said: > Make past (prior to last) living story season episodes free (unlocked) with latest expansion purchase or to owners of it. But they are already free if you just log in during the time they are live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahld.4956 Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 This is for new players who don't have older episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 > @"Zahld.4956" said: > This is for new players who don't have older episodes. How do they make money in them though if they give away for free for regular players and then again later for new players? I’m all for a better strategy, but I’m not sure basically giving them away to all (which is what this leads to), is a good business decision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahld.4956 Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > @"Zahld.4956" said: > > This is for new players who don't have older episodes. > > How do they make money in them though if they give away for free for regular players and then again later for new players? > > I’m all for a better strategy, but I’m not sure basically giving them away to all (which is what this leads to), is a good business decision This is a system on all missed episodes that can be encumbering to new players. The new strategy would only encumber them with the most recent episodes where anet could make money. Old episodes have came at the cost of old retail packages that have served their uses. People and anet have gotten their use out of them. Why hinder new players with this encumbering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 > @"Zahld.4956" said: > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > @"Zahld.4956" said: > > > This is for new players who don't have older episodes. > > > > How do they make money in them though if they give away for free for regular players and then again later for new players? > > > > I’m all for a better strategy, but I’m not sure basically giving them away to all (which is what this leads to), is a good business decision > > This is a system on all missed episodes that can be encumbering to new players. > The new strategy would only encumber them with the most recent episodes where anet could make money. > Old episodes have came at the cost of old retail packages that have served their uses. People and anet have gotten their use out of them. Why hinder new players with this encumbering. Ok, but again how do they replace those funds they’d no longer get? New episodes alone are already free because they reward loyalty and regular logins. I get that it’s a problem for new players, but your idea doesn’t address a potentially large drop in income that would result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Farm gold. Convert to gems. LS chapters are inexpensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahld.4956 Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 5 seasons worth of episodes. That's a lot of grinding. Grind wars it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahld.4956 Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 And continuing. When season 10 comes, new players will never catch up or pay a ransom otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 > @"Zahld.4956" said: > 5 seasons worth of episodes. That's a lot of grinding. > Grind wars it is. Three Seasons. Can't buy Season 1, and Season 5 is yet to be released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanner Blackfeather.6509 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Personally, I've been thinking that seasons older than "last season" should be free or bundled with expac purchase, specifically to reduce the threshold for new players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anninke.7469 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 What about giving them all for free (to those who own the relevant expansions)? Or for just a symbolic price, like 1 - 5 gems each, just to get players to visit the gem store. It might raise the population in LW maps and that would be a good thing, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddoctor.2738 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 > @"Randulf.7614" said: > Ok, but again how do they replace those funds they’d no longer get? I'm very positive the funds they'll be missing from the episodes going free will be a drop in the ocean compared to the funds they are gonna miss by making Heart of Thorns free with the purchase of Path of Fire. Also, you are assuming new/returning players actually buy the episodes, but they don't. When they reach the point that progress is blocked by gem purchase, they skip it. Either because they have to grind, or because since they are new-ish players that already invested in buying the expansion they aren't convinced to spend even more money on the game. Path of Fire has higher completion rates than the last 3 episodes of Season 3, this shows clearly that Episodes aren't as popular as Expansions and players buy expansions and skip Episodes completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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