[Advice] DLC removed

[Kampfschwein Fjonda]

There are a couple of champions for 5$ in store with a tag that DLC will be removed.
What does this mean? Just creating FOMO?

[JC]

It means that skin is being retired from the store and in the future you will have to wait for a wild offer for it to return. No actual hero is being removed, it's just the unique skin you would have to wait for it to return at random. From what I've noticed is the retiring sales can often has some nice things. Wild offers sometimes cost a bit more, i see them for 10 bucks, but sometimes other prices.

There is a dragon familiar, for 2.50, that i just noticed so thanks for pointing out another round of retiring things.

As for FOMO, that's just life, you can't do/have everything even if you were the richest person in the world. Though i will say it's something I've noticed on the steam forums a lot as of late with a ton of different games so it's obviously an issue for some people. But FOMO is purely external validation, so work on the internal. The classic happiness begins with-in sorta thing. That's my tip of the day anyway. :)

[Kyouko Tsukino]

So, in short, they're just creating future FOMO while also creating a bit of present FOMO for those who don't know nothing is ever "eliminated" from the game.

[Chama]

do people really care about skins in this game

[Kampfschwein Fjonda]

Seeing how skin-infested many games are these days it is for me like sugar in yoghurts or soft drinks: impossible to tell if big business or stupid consumers want it more...

[Wyndfoot]

Originally posted by Gradymeister:

do people really care about skins in this game

Don't really care about them but there are some features that add dps for having team in skins

[Kyouko Tsukino]

It's a laughably low buff per skin so missing out on one skin isn't the end of anyone's world.

And if it's just for the sake of seeing champions using their skins in-game, Jim can take care of that. It's always disguise party time when Jim's around.

Edit: Credit where credit's due, it's a better buff than "achievements" give.

[Starvingartizt]

Originally posted by Gradymeister:

do people really care about skins in this game

yah this doesnt seem a game for skins. i mean noone but you can see what you have....

[Kyouko Tsukino]

No gaming company has something for sale in their games that nobody buys, so it's pretty obvious that those who will waste real money in virtual trinkets are the majority in this game.

These "retiring" skins are likely skins that sell less, so instead of getting sold as an item, they're instead offered at a higher price later on - but the "smart customers" are made to believe they're "saving money" by buying them along with other trinkets.

[Kampfschwein Fjonda]

Originally posted by Kyouko Tsukino:

it's pretty obvious that those who will waste real money in virtual trinkets are the majority in this game.

On the contrary, it has been established some years ago that about 10% of players make 90% of ftp game profits by spending a lot while the majority spends little or nothing.

[JC]

Originally posted by Gradymeister:

do people really care about skins in this game

I do, Part of this game to me is the hero. The art is a big part of it. I certainly don't go crazy about them, but I've picked up a few i really liked. They also come with a feat and some chests which is nice especially for newer people as 50k Gems can take a while. The higher cost ones have a lot more but they are bit out of my price range. Still some of them are really nice. The season passes also have a skin for each hero so that can be a cheaper way to get skins if your into them.

You can also get some skins through mission rewards, and Patrons. They also have some random events that you can buy them with the event currency. There are also skin unlocks for gems so even if you don't want to spend any real money you can get some skins but they are a bit more limited.

Originally posted by Fjonda:

It has been established some years ago that about 10% of players make 90% of ftp game profits by spending a lot while the majority spends little or nothing.

That's basically every FTP game made and some games it's even lower than that. But the bigger thing to remember is when those 10% stop spending money, the games get shut down. I just don't the folks that complain about how other gamer's spend money, especially when it funds the game they are playing

My gaming budget for the last half of this year was going to have been for divinity OS 1,2 bundle. Instead i found this game hence why i don't have those. I just love turn based games and had been waiting for years to squeeze that bundle into the ol budget and i said this was the year! But then this little gem came along and well a few familiars, a couple passes and skins later, No divinity bundle this year.. but hey i'm having a great time and isn't that why we all play games?

[kab_reg]

I'm not a big fan of skins either, but I did buy one as a birthday present for myself, and two others on a sale (although in the latter case I was more interested in accompanying chests). I considered buying one more this year, but decided not to buy it in the end.

[ryodee1a]

I do like the skins. For one thing, Jim likes it when his teammates have skins. Second, many of the skins look ten times better than the original or are really cute, so they're worth it to me if it's a champion that Jim will be teamed up with and/or if it's a champion that I see a lot. Like have you seen Walnut in Wolfnut form with a little hat on? But no, they're not something you need. They're just nice to have if you like them.

Cheap familiars are more useful, though, unless you have most of the ones that exist. I never seem to have enough.

[Jimmy]

Also i would say there might be a limit on DLC in the Steam store?
I mean this game has so many things that the steam listing would be crazy big.

[Kyouko Tsukino]

Steam only has fifteen DLCs listed for this game. That's barely even offensive as far as "monetization" goes. Some mediocre "retro" garbage games have the same number of DLCs - or more.

Now compare to games that cost fool's full AAA price and have up to eighty DLCs, like Payday 2, or games that opted to become "freemium" just to lure in all the money-wasters into buying DLCs, like The Sims 4 with its seventy "one cute sofa!" DLCs.

It's like that old saying "the sky is the limit" except Steam's sky is greed-colored.

[JC]

Sim's 4 has a ton of DLC, but you don't really need most of it. Only people that are totally obsessed with the sims and play it a ton would ever need to buy most. I have like 6 maybe? There is just so much to the game.

This games DLC is different from that though, as sims 4, actually changes the game play, were this stuff is enhancing what is already there so it's not a good comparison.

I personally love DLC, i'd rather pay nothing for a game or a few bucks and then add DLC as i go if im enjoying it verse buy a game outright. Like i bought everquest 2, world of war craft, oblivion, fall out 3 and barely got 40 hours out of all combined.. On the flip side i've never bought a DLC that i didn't really enjoy because i'm already loving the game in the first place.

That's not to say every DLC i own i love but that's mainly because i buy older games that often come with everything, and those games end up in the bin like most others. At least i don't feel bad spending 5 bucks on a game that i don't like verse the 50 i paid for the ones i listed above. That's the nice thing about getting older, i listen to hype far less. I know what i like and in the last 10-15 years i haven't bought a game i didn't enjoy, (at least spending more than 20 bucks, i'll still take chances when they are like 5 bucks)