Gazillion is out of Ideas for the game since month....

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• JeroKane Member EpicPosts: 7,096

  August 2015

  This is old News really.

   

  All their spam mails I have gotten from them the past year + has nothing been but selling new heroes.

  I have yet to see a spam email announcing actual New content. Hence, why I don´t bother playing this game.

  All they are doing is cashing in on creating and selling new heroes. That´s it.

   

  And people continue on praising these Free to Play crap games. /facepalm
• Pongping Member UncommonPosts: 131

  August 2015

  Originally posted by JeroKane
  
  This is old News really. All their spam mails I have gotten from them the past year + has nothing been but selling new heroes.I have yet to see a spam email announcing actual New content. Hence, why I don´t bother playing this game.All they are doing is cashing in on creating and selling new heroes. That´s it. And people continue on praising these Free to Play crap games. /facepalm

   

  nice to see there are some reasonable people left on this planet.
  
  i expected a Fanboi flood trying to deny everything i wrote.
• Kothoses Member UncommonPosts: 931

  August 2015

  Online games, especially PVE lead free to play games seem to operate with the following things in mind.

   

  Firstly attract whales, these are the free to play players who put thousands of Dollars/Pounds/Euros what ever a month into the game, and I do mean thousands, not a hundred quid package a month but thousands, every free to play game has a share of these.    Keep these players happy by adding "exclusive" stuff to your cash shop, if its done by lock boxes then thats all the better since they get the "Thrill" of finding that ultra rare item that appears in about 1 out of every 1000 boxes.

   

   

  Second, account for churn, the vast majority of MMOs these days understand that the audience switches games on a regular basis, the average player will play a new mmo for 2-3 months before moving on, but here is the important part.  If they have played it once they are likely to come back in the future when they are bored, the chance of this happening increases by a huge amount if that player has A played for more than 2-3 hours in their first sitting and B if they dropped money on the game.

   

  Finally, get that first purchase, studies have shown that its 10 times easier to get some one to make a second purchase than it is to get them to make a first.

   

  Gazillion are simply aware of their market, action RPGs are transitory games that most of the player base plays for a short blast then leaves and comes back.  While new content creates a surge in players, Gazillion dont need to do this, as Marvel movies generate all the hype and visibility they need so they just need the framework they have and they will attract people.

   

   

  Its a shame, as the game is fun for a while, but like any game, without new stuff to do it loses its appeal, but for everyone who gets bored and leaves, you can be sure there is some one who watched the latest Marvel movie and then saw the Gazillion ad and thought "Wow cool, I can be DeadPool / Starlord / Wolverine" and got their credit card out.
• rojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722

  August 2015

  The only update i will care about is the one that will say they are working on a PS4 port.

  Come one Brevs, we know you want it. I want it too.

  
  
  
  
  
• tuccos Member Posts: 36

  August 2015

  Originally posted by Kothoses

  Online games, especially PVE lead free to play games seem to operate with the following things in mind.

   

  Firstly attract whales, these are the free to play players who put thousands of Dollars/Pounds/Euros what ever a month into the game, and I do mean thousands, not a hundred quid package a month but thousands, every free to play game has a share of these.    Keep these players happy by adding "exclusive" stuff to your cash shop, if its done by lock boxes then thats all the better since they get the "Thrill" of finding that ultra rare item that appears in about 1 out of every 1000 boxes.

   

   

  Second, account for churn, the vast majority of MMOs these days understand that the audience switches games on a regular basis, the average player will play a new mmo for 2-3 months before moving on, but here is the important part.  If they have played it once they are likely to come back in the future when they are bored, the chance of this happening increases by a huge amount if that player has A played for more than 2-3 hours in their first sitting and B if they dropped money on the game.

   

  Finally, get that first purchase, studies have shown that its 10 times easier to get some one to make a second purchase than it is to get them to make a first.

   

  Gazillion are simply aware of their market, action RPGs are transitory games that most of the player base plays for a short blast then leaves and comes back.  While new content creates a surge in players, Gazillion dont need to do this, as Marvel movies generate all the hype and visibility they need so they just need the framework they have and they will attract people.

   

   

  Its a shame, as the game is fun for a while, but like any game, without new stuff to do it loses its appeal, but for everyone who gets bored and leaves, you can be sure there is some one who watched the latest Marvel movie and then saw the Gazillion ad and thought "Wow cool, I can be DeadPool / Starlord / Wolverine" and got their credit card out.

  well said.

  i fully agree.

  I have played Marvel Heroes too and spent like $50 in 2 years for it. I had some month interruption inbetween these 2 years though.

  I am out of ideas with my 45 level 60 heroes too.

  Gazillion seems to milk the cow on the easiest way possible by just adding new heroes instead new content.
• Nailzzz Member UncommonPosts: 515

  August 2015

   It is a great, well done game for what it is. But the OP is not wrong. I love Marvel Heroes personally and would recommend it, but primarily to ARPG fans who like marvel. But it isn't City of Heroes. It isn't suited to be a hardcore primary MMO.
• TechnoPanda Member UncommonPosts: 18

  August 2015

  The game's not for everyone. I can see completionists having a good time with the achievements/gearing/prestiging/leveling and fanboys enjoying or waiting for their favorite characters. But it really gets old quickly. What's the point of releasing new heroes when your players are limited to what they can do with them once they get to 60? The optimization for this game also sucks. This was my main game when I got back into PC gaming and I thought performance issues was because of my crappy laptop/connection. Then I started playing other games and realized it was MH2015, not me.

  I think I dropped about $120-$180 (luckily it was just Steam/Amazon gift cards won in giveaways and wasn't real money) in costumes and FC cards during the time it was my main game hoping they would add new raids every few months but apparently 2 was enough. I was pleasantly surprised at the real life money that some of the artifacts in this game and my account was able to generate considering the state of the endgame and game in general and the fact that a lot of good artifacts drop like candy during the right events. I was able to recuperate all the money I invested in the game (and then some) and used the extra money to pay for a new gaming laptop in full.

  I still play the game from time to time, but only during the best events now and not for fun, but more as a side job as an "artifact hunter" on the weekends. It's also mildly entertaining to see the lengths that some of the hardcore people in the community will go to to defend Gaz and the game.
• FrodoFragins Member EpicPosts: 6,050

  August 2015

  I got completely bored with the game during the Anniversary event (Granted I have 1200 hours played so they have that going for them).  It offers a lot to new players, but it has specifically avoided the competitive/hardcore segment of the market.  They've also not grown the game in areas I think they are drastically lacking in.  They did get at least $150 from me this year though I believe.

   

  This is their trend on Steam over the last six months

  http://steamcharts.com/app/226320#6m

   

  This is their one year status:

  http://steamcharts.com/app/226320#1y

   

  In my opinion the game has more than enough heroes and patrol zones.  In order for me to spend more money they'll need to add must have costumes to existing heroes or step up their game.  the modes they've announced they are adding aren't really going to be enough and there are some very intriguing ARPGs on the horizon.

   

  The massive advantage of omegas and the grindy nature of accruing them is probably the biggest reason I lost interest.

   

   
• BruceYee Member EpicPosts: 2,556

  August 2015

  This was my main game for about a year 1/2 but imo they've lost their way.
  
  The decisions they've made in the past 8 months finally got me to just not log in anymore.
  
  It really started feeling too much like an app game with everything they've done recently imo.
  
  
  
• peterliew Member UncommonPosts: 13

  October 2015

  i still playing haha
• sohaicham Member UncommonPosts: 17

  October 2015

  Dont like dont play lol