A Thought Experiment

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  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 8,171 Chairperson of the Boards

    @SnowcaTT said:

    @bluewolf said:
    I stand by my assertion that the main reason the devs don't give us more content is because they don't want you to earn too much stuff from play.

    Just like when PVP was all seeds and seals they shut that down once they figured out how.

    Yeah there was a fairness issue for seals, but spending fell dramatically in Sept 2025, which was just after a couple months of "play infinite pvp and earn tons of resources" to the lowest level I have seen,.

    More free stuff = less spending. Simple equation.

    If "player engagement" and "amount of time played" were things that were actually high priorities, then PVE timers and PVP all seeds would still exist.

    They'd only care about this stuff if they had ads, why would it matter otherwise?

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 8,171 Chairperson of the Boards

    @MegaBee said:

    @SnowcaTT said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    Except why do people want to open up packs and level up characters if they don't care about the match-3? What purpose do the rewards serve? Why do some players want stuff that has no value to them?

    I mean....answer this and create world peace

    It's cheaper and less self-destructive than buying scratch-off lottery tickets.

    So, I get that gambling is fun and the dopamine rush is fun or whatever, but why MPQ then?

    Like there's a million games on the app store, and there are games where all you do is open tokens and get flashing rewards for doing nothing. That gameplay experience is available for those who want it. Why pick a puzzle game with 400 unique characters and endless strategy and combos if you just want to skip all that stuff and open tokens?

    Basically if the game you want to play is Cookie Clicker (and no judgement, it's a fun game!) why not just play Cookie Clicker instead of pretending MPQ is Cookie Clicker, and demanding the mpq devs change their game into Cookie Clicker?

    Why colonize Street Fighter and demand that it be turned into Hat Collector?

  • MegaBee
    MegaBee Posts: 1,364 Chairperson of the Boards

    @entrailbucket said:

    @MegaBee said:

    @SnowcaTT said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    Except why do people want to open up packs and level up characters if they don't care about the match-3? What purpose do the rewards serve? Why do some players want stuff that has no value to them?

    I mean....answer this and create world peace

    It's cheaper and less self-destructive than buying scratch-off lottery tickets.

    So, I get that gambling is fun and the dopamine rush is fun or whatever, but why MPQ then?

    Like there's a million games on the app store, and there are games where all you do is open tokens and get flashing rewards for doing nothing. That gameplay experience is available for those who want it. Why pick a puzzle game with 400 unique characters and endless strategy and combos if you just want to skip all that stuff and open tokens?

    Basically if the game you want to play is Cookie Clicker (and no judgement, it's a fun game!) why not just play Cookie Clicker instead of pretending MPQ is Cookie Clicker, and demanding the mpq devs change their game into Cookie Clicker?

    Why colonize Street Fighter and demand that it be turned into Hat Collector?

    That I can't answer. I like MPQ.

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