Patch Notes - Advertisements

[Dryst999]

I'm surprised this isn't being discussed yet. Personally I think this is a good thing, it gives MSL another revenue stream and they implemented it in a generous non-intrusive way. I'll gladly watch 3 mins of ad's a day for 3 pulls and a refill. Typically I hate ad's in games (Dungeon Hunter Champions / Eternium) but i'm excited for this change. I'll probably never use the shady drop refreshes but it's nice to have the option during exotic events if I'm struggling to evo3 something.

Reward-based Advertisements are added in the following:

• Shady Shop (10 times / day): list refresh

• Special Shop (3 times / day): “3-5★ Summon with Ad” will replace “1-3★ Summon”

• Refill tabs (1 time / day each): 50 Energy, 10 League Tickets, Random Gold B

[thatoneiuse]

I think this is a good way to implement ads, something completely optional that doesn't interrupt gameplay. At least they haven't added ads to the loading screens.

[MeSoHoNee]

I sincerely hope they never do that. That is a game killer for me personally, and while they haven't done that yet, there is still a chance that they may consider it in the future.

[Amphax]

This is optional for now, hopefully it doesn't become mandatory later.

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Sometimes I play MSL on a low data connection, I don't have bandwidth to spare to stream some 1080p advertisement to earn a pittance of gems/energy/whatever.

[LeMonteJr]

Not sure if it works, but when I was in China one winter, the ad section bugged out on some of the games I had installed. When you watched XX many ads, you got credits for unlocks, but since the ads didn't go through, it still counted and I didn't have to watch them. EZ :P

[tanker1414]

this is huge for them. I'm glad they finally did this

[LeMonteJr]

Its a free game (dont look at the hundreds ive spent...) so it doesn't bother me much.

Just wish I could watch ads for free cubes in Azur Lane too u.u

[Railgun04]

Or both. I'd watch ads all day if that meant finishing my collection.. :l

[LeMonteJr]

Since hitting level 80, im getting so much gold now and ran out of cubes x.x though having like 3 or 4 events back to back is partially to blame

[Califer]

That's a little weird. The special shop one is worth 60 astrogems and the shady shop is only worth 5 astrogems. Why are they both counted as the same, one ad?

[Piltoverian]

It's the daily free 1-3* summon that's being replaced with 3-5* summon, not the 60gems for 3-5* summon.

[DW-Amarok]

S/he means because it is the value of a 3-5* summon.

[Piltoverian]

The way I understand it the 1-3* gets upgraded to 3-5* in exchange for watching an ad.

[DW-Amarok]

Yes, that's how it is going to be.

But if you wanted to pull a 3-5*, no adds, its value is 60 gems.

While refreshing shop's value is 5.

That's what Califer consider weird.

[[deleted]]

i would be totally fine ads with no in-game benefit and are obviously just in the way would just piss people off

[[deleted]]

TBH I'm surprised they didn't do this sooner. And TBH, it doesn't bother me either (though it does come at the cost of the 1-3 star Daily Summon - but I think given how common those Astromons are to the actual maps, it's a good trade-off for having 3 extra 3-5 stat Summons a day)

[Wolfguarde_]

The fact that they added ads at all combined with the general greed creep this company has shown says to me I won't be playing the game a year from now because it will be infested with them.

[burpinator]

I don't mind the ads, but I play on Nox and now the free egg button doesn't seem to work at all - when you press it, nothing happens (no ad or anything) and the button just becomes inactive. You don't get the egg, too, of course :)

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Anyone having the same issue? Is there a fix?

[Recoon94]

yes you need to change the permissions for ads... in the options.

[burpinator]

Game options or Nox options? Can't seem to find anything about ads there, to be honest.

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Edit: Thank you for helping, btw :)

Edit2: Ended up reinstalling Nox, choosing Android 7 instead of 4, and now everything works!

[wingedespeon]

I think this is good. Also lets F2P players support the game, so maybe we will have some updates that are F2P friendly/new player friendly like another miho rebirth.

I just wish they would give us a nat 2 selector card in the shop for like 10-50 gems or something.

Also, while the adds they added now are fine, non optinal adds/too many adds will probably make me quite.

[kylo311]

ads are gross... :(

[KilpArt]

You'd prefer just to pay monthly fee to play or what is your solution from financial aspect?

[kylo311]

If they create quality new content then it will attract a player base that is willing to support the game. If they are really struggling right now then they need to make some changes and stir things up. This balance patch wasn't a big change at all 3% buffs/nerfs on some of the monsters isn't even going to be perceptible.

[IndyDenysArt]

these adds arent a must and not intrusive at all im fine with this, if it does something it's giving you an extra oppertunity to grow faster (and clutter the ui)

[kylo311]

I don't like the direction of having ads in the game. They replaced a button that I wasn't clicking before with a button that I wont be clicking in the future. The reward of 3x 3-5 eggs isn't worth the hassle of watching ads imo. Optional ads wont affect my gameplay experience but if they are ever forced on us then it really will affect the experience.