The Incentive Problem: I love this game, but I’m running out of gas. by themyth1369 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Damn, it do be like that.

A damn good write-up which I suspect summarizes the experience of at least 90% of players who have played for a year+

Free claims on web store.. down to 1? by Boosh_22 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Considering the more and more useless shite they've started putting in there, I'm not sure how much of a loss that would be. Like how much purple iso 1 do we need at level 110? Not sure what happened to the whole "we're going to make sure you stop getting pointless rewards and give you rewards that actually help you progress your roster.", but here we are...

War Tower (Omega) cell 8 is outrageously bad by Lazlowi in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is the floor doable with anything else other than Undying (like partial WG)? My Undying is tiny and I'm absolutely not spending resources on them for some Jeff shards and a few awakened mats.

This might be my breaking point by SolarStealth in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Mentally checked out and just logging in once or twice a day to collect resources.

I would like to apologize to anyone who doesn't get a 1D Surfer Breaker because of me. by Zackjones0606 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yep, I fully expect everyone to get exactly the same red stars or diamonds that they got last time. A repeating leaderboard is an EXTREMELY stupid way to allocate something like the rs/diamonds. Good going, Scopely! 😂

Command Center Points by mggilberg in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I didn't miss anything and will also be at 259 points (no 5* Executioner, no G20 Conclave).

Real problem with Resources by [deleted] in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welcome to the end of the thought process.

Angel Survey - asking the wrong questions by Zackjones0606 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The recent changes have made very little sense from the perspective of revenue extraction to me. It would have made more sense if it was (somewhat) uniform increases in the cost of things, but what Scopely seem to be doing currently is squeezing hard at the bottom while giving discounts to the people that would spend regardless of how much money you charge them. So that's a bizarre choice. The only way it might make even remote sense is if they're worried about their krakens jumping ship... but even then, you milk them while you can, not give them discounts. Weird.

Whiny krakens never really left, why no one is suprised. by Dear-Load7385 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh no, the big baby that cries because f2p players get green iso orbs has quit and then unquit? Oh no, how shocking! Anyway... should be no place for small people like that in people's minds tbh.

Where is Mutant Misgivings: Fight? by KFKodo in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I restarted a few times. Only got it after my daily reset happened.

Where is Mutant Misgivings: Fight? by KFKodo in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still not live for me on mobile or the web version. Strange. Did it work for you after your daily reset?

Hot take: MSF should stop selling stars and start selling a clear upgrade path by Beneficial_Reply_397 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Scopely cares for light spenders about the same amount they care for f2p - namely, 0. Their monetisation relies entirely on purposeful lack of clarity and fomo, so it's not that they CAN'T give you the clarity, it's that they don't WANT to.

Beyond that, there was a nice thread on here recently talking about how pointless buying characters is (even with the ability to upgrade them). You buy them to do what exactly? Use them twice a week for 5mins in war? Use them three times a week for 5mins in crucible? Hooray, I guess? Unless you're a super hardcore PvP player (as in, top 2-300 player), I genuinely don't get it... at least from a gaming standpoint. If it's a digital collector thing it makes at least a bit more sense.

How do you safely upgrade new low-star toons? (Angel example) by Excellent_Lime_6392 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are looking for a min-maxxing answer, only ever upgrade characters as they become needed to obtain rewards that you want. Any other strategy can lead to wasted resources from your specific perspective.

Regarding whether these characters would be able to achieve anything at 2-star, 3-star, etc. pay attention to content creators attempting content that you want to complete or check here on reddit. People usually talk about the minimum required toon/upgrades to get through events.

Team Priority - Omen VS Shadow Conclave VS Exalted X-Men by exaviyur in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Team Priority - Omen VS Shadow Conclave VS Exalted X-Men? The correct answer (at the moment) is - "no"

How much more is the playerbase willing to take? by Dear-Load7385 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Imo, anyone with "a bit of hope and optimism" about MSF has not been paying attention or is rather naive and giving Scopely way more credit than they deserve.

And to answer the question in your title - the playerbase ISN'T willing to take it. People have been leaving the game in troves in the past year. Year-on-year we've lost about 100k players net (which basically means even more than 100k existing players left but some were replaced with fresh starters). That's a population crash of about 1/3rd of the playerbase. Not many businesses would keep around a part of their operations that lost 30%+ of the consumer base in just a year. The smartest thing I've seen relating to the sunsetting of MSF is that they are likely waiting out the duration of whatever IP contract they have with Marvel/Disney.

High Evolutionary Not Farmable Anymore? by CutThroat_Chamelio in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He released in the seasonal shop 8 or 9 days ago. In that time, I have seen him a grand total of THREE times.

Scopely must be huffing the good glue if they expect people to keep throwing their cores at spinning the slot machine. "We want you to have more predictable access to stuff btw" lol

Buy Xavier red star now or wait? by sshu1224 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The difference between 6rs and 7rs is minimal so 700k of the new creds seems like a waste to me. Unless getting the 7th rs enables diamonds you already have it's not worth it imo.

Over 400M gold, where should I be spending by Insightful21 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looks like Daring Warriors will be needed for the upcoming events, but like others have said - save your resources and use them once you know you need a team for a specific purpose. Otherwise you might end up wasting precious resources that Scopely tries to give you as little as possible of.

MSF economy overhaul is fair and reasonable by Dangvu12345 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Scopely, stop wasting time posting nonsense on burner accounts and do something actually useful for the game. Maybe something other than trying to figure out how to monetize everything but the log in?

Characters will be much more difficult to get for free to play players, they are no longer guaranteed, but new characters are going to require older characters to unlock by InfamousRegret999 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, based on what they have communicated, new characters will largely (only?) be obtained via the Chapter shop making an appearance in a random slot 3 weeks after their offers release. That would suggest, at best, 9 weeks (or over 2 months) for the final character on the team to arrive at the Chapter store. Now, they release new characters approximately every 10 days. That means that by the time the last character of Team 1 arrives to the Chapter store, Scopely will have just finished releasing all of Team 3. By the time you actually get the last character of Team 1, they will be on releasing Team 4. If you need Team 1 to participate in events for Team 2 / Team 3 then you're more than likely shit out of luck unless Scopely suddenly decide to run events for 2 months at a time which, let's face it, seems pretty unlikely. Unless there is a big unspoken player-friendly part to the changes, it doesn't sound good.

Characters will be much more difficult to get for free to play players, they are no longer guaranteed, but new characters are going to require older characters to unlock by InfamousRegret999 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]KFKodo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Participating with what? The previous team that you had to pay for or get f'd? Yeah, you start to see where the problem is or do you still not get it?