Should the prices for elite cases be changed?

(flashingTier) #1

The prices for the cases should be changed too £3.99 for 5 cases, £14.99 for 10 cases and £27.99 for 15 cases.

(Alphafox) #2

They should definitely be changed. Right now they are not appealing at all and it doesn’t encourage me to buy them.

(SniperWolf) #3

5$ for 1 loadout card that may become a silver is kind of an overkill and way unappealing to many people i think it should be reduced to around 2.50 for the reason in cobalt is nothing more than a skin in game that comes along with bragging rights.

(Eox) #4

I’m all for it. Those cases feel extremely expensive for what they do.

(_Sniff_) #5

The price is way too high. They should also allow me to buy a 100 case bundle for a further discount.

(Ghosthree3) #6

I don’t have a problem with the cost as it is their main source of income and is beyond unnecessary.

Merc purchases are probably a tiny minority of the income compared to the cases, I’d say almost everyone gets at least half the mercs free with credits if not them all. Leaving only the cosmetic gambling as income.

I just can’t see a reason to complain about the price when they’re cosmetic, and not even a very impressive cosmetic change. If sales are too low because of the price then by all means they should lower it. But not for us, for themselves.

(_Sniff_) #7

[quote=“Ghosthree3;52311”]I don’t have a problem with the cost as it is their main source of income and is beyond unnecessary.

Merc purchases are probably a tiny minority of the income compared to the cases, I’d say almost everyone gets at least half the mercs free with credits if not them all. Leaving only the cosmetic gambling as income.[/quote]

There is a line where you lose sales more than you make by having a high premium
I believe they have crossed that line. By lowering the price people will be more willing to purchase more cases more often.

(Ghosthree3) #8

I edited my post after you quoted and covered that. If they felt sales were too low I’m sure they’d change it on their own without feedback to be honest.

(Amerika) #9

I wouldn’t mind seeing the prices being lowered. But what I’d really like to see is, like the alienware cases, the elite cases let you pick which merc you want a random card for. That would help justify the cost and reduce some of the RNG while still making it a fun gamble for people.

(Pavivier) #10

they are way to expensive for their 80% silver chance alongside the chance that it is going to be for a character you don’t own or a card you don’t like
5€ for a random cobalt card would be fine by me but right now the price is way larger than the risk

(SteelMailbox) #11

Of course they should change it, after all those are just cosmetic cards that dont improve anything gameplay wise (I prefer it). This isn’t TF2.

(robustWonder) #12

The only people who can say they are not making money off them is SD.

No player knows the actual sales. Stop pretending that since you do not buy them no one does (I do not gamble so would never buy them even if they were cheap).

Anyone interested in these would always say “yes lower the price, they are too expensive”. It’s human nature to try and make everything more accessible or cheaper in this case.

I would like to see the odds of getting what you want from a case versus buying a full loadout for a character and crafting you own cards for the specific character you want.

As more and more characters are released I think the Elite Boxes may have to change from having any random character card to character specific Elite Boxes because over time it will be cheaper to buy a full character loadout and then craft your specific characters card.

(Jemmy) #13

At a price of ~$5 USD (its actually like $4.99), I can get 2 case keys in other notable games, which may even actually get something worth money out of it!

In this game things like loadout cards are specific, and some people have preferences to which card they want. With how random it is I would not want to risk it, it could be any one of the loadout cards from any merc (so like like 8 each merc?).

Id say that you have to consider the opportunity cost of this and especially with these microtransactions. Its easier to justify $x for a full game, but it gets tougher when it can be something I don’t want/can’t use.

(Ardez1) #14

It is $3.50 per case if you purchase the 10 pack of elite cases at $35.

Just a headsup. Buying singles is a joke and not worth it, ever.

(Yak) #15

I’d be willing to buy them if

a) they lowered the price a tad, or
b) As @Amerika said, let us choose the merc but have the loadout/skin randomized.

As of right now, they’re not worth buying.

(kAndyREW) #16

well… honestly i understand SD needs to make money to support the game…

HOWEVER, they are a little expensive. I actually wouldnt mind paying a little MORE, if they had better odds of getting a cobalt.

(Jemmy) #17

What I would consider a good value is if each elite was $2 then a pack of 10 be $10.
Id personally buy 10 pack for this price.

Edit: Id say this is actually a crazy awesome value. But I hope you guys still are able to keep this game up.

(Eox) #18

If this happens, be sure I’ll watch the video.

(titaniumCrouton) #19

[quote=“Ardez;52528”]It is $3.50 per case if you purchase the 10 pack of elite cases at $35.

Just a headsup. Buying singles is a joke and not worth it, ever.[/quote]

…which is why it should be changed imo. I shouldn’t have to pay the price of a cheap game just to get a good deal xP. It’s a little stupid. So yeah, price change imo. If they did, I’d actually bother buying them. Waste of time right now imo.

Edit: Also I saw someone saying they need to make money some how and i agree. But they’re not going to lose money if they lower the prices. In fact, they’ll make more because people will feel easier dropping smaller amounts of cash on the game rather than having to fork over what seems to be a wad.

In the long run, it’s better for everyone and this concept has been proven time and time again by many other games. It’s why it’s called “MICRO” transactions.

(Discordic) #20

3 buck per case would be better price or make it a 50% chance for silver instead of 80% chance.