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Companion Upgrade Token - unbind/increase drop rate
wentris
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With mod 6 introduction a new item appeared - Companion Upgrade Token. It was meant to be an alternative way of upgrading companion, if you didnt want to spend AD. The problem with it was it could only drop from Companion Fortification Kit (CFT) and it had a very low drop chance - about 1% for 30 tokens. The cost:return of CFT was so small I dont think anybody ever tried to upgrade their companion through Tokens - they were forgotten. With previous economy state the cost of AD was not excessively painful - or at least the cost:stat gain ratio was balanced.
However with the recent changes to AD generation the upgrade cost will become severe and should be looked at.
You made a great decision with Mark of Potency pricing - you lowered the cost of upgrade for players, without negative impact on your money gain - Preservation/Coalescent wards are needed as much as before and its the part where, at some point, real money is involved. In fact I think your income will increase, since more people will upgrade enchantments now. Why not to do the same with companion upgrades? Unfortunately, even though CFT cost in AD decreased, as everything without fixed cost, its contents too - perhaps even more than CFT cost itself - its much easier to upgrade Lesser Bonding Runestone to Normal one and rank 7s and 8s arent too appealing as well. It is still not going to be worth to gamble Tokens, since, on average, you need to open 400 Kits to upgrade companion from Epic to Legendary - its not only about the cost:return if you sold everything else, but managing drops from 400 kits is going to be too tedious for anybody. The drop chance of Tokens from CFT should increase, perhaps there should be additional ways of getting them, even from Zen-only purchases - for example if you buy a companion from Zen store you get a Lesser Bonding Runestone - why not to give some Upgrade Tokens as well? But, I think, the most important change would be unbinding them and making them a tradable currency.
Maybe you, Devs, or other players will find better ways of introducing this solution, but the general idea is: Make Companion Upgrade Tokens a viable way of upgrading a companion. Its AD cost would fluctuate with economy, it gives you real money at some point and, introduced wisely, it lessens burden of companion upgrade cost.
However with the recent changes to AD generation the upgrade cost will become severe and should be looked at.
You made a great decision with Mark of Potency pricing - you lowered the cost of upgrade for players, without negative impact on your money gain - Preservation/Coalescent wards are needed as much as before and its the part where, at some point, real money is involved. In fact I think your income will increase, since more people will upgrade enchantments now. Why not to do the same with companion upgrades? Unfortunately, even though CFT cost in AD decreased, as everything without fixed cost, its contents too - perhaps even more than CFT cost itself - its much easier to upgrade Lesser Bonding Runestone to Normal one and rank 7s and 8s arent too appealing as well. It is still not going to be worth to gamble Tokens, since, on average, you need to open 400 Kits to upgrade companion from Epic to Legendary - its not only about the cost:return if you sold everything else, but managing drops from 400 kits is going to be too tedious for anybody. The drop chance of Tokens from CFT should increase, perhaps there should be additional ways of getting them, even from Zen-only purchases - for example if you buy a companion from Zen store you get a Lesser Bonding Runestone - why not to give some Upgrade Tokens as well? But, I think, the most important change would be unbinding them and making them a tradable currency.
Maybe you, Devs, or other players will find better ways of introducing this solution, but the general idea is: Make Companion Upgrade Tokens a viable way of upgrading a companion. Its AD cost would fluctuate with economy, it gives you real money at some point and, introduced wisely, it lessens burden of companion upgrade cost.
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i pay for zen to get a key to open a lockbox that has a chance to drop a fortification box that has a chance to drop a token.... my head hurts.
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This of course all takes time and patience, and the ability to be able to transfer my tokens to other toons would be a great addition. Also, you are right, the upgrade costs at epic and legendary are ridiculous.