Monetization abuse in v258

KappaDrew

Hello Nexon and team, I have a few questions regarding the recent patch, and would request that you reverse course.

1. Why are the VAC pets only available via gambling means where if you hit the AVERAGE you pay 40 dollars more than the normal rate of VAC pets.

2. Why are the cheaper water of life's for only the gambling oriented option for VAC pets, could it be that you are trying to entice us to GAMBLE instead of paying a flat price previously? for functionally the SAME product?

3. Why is the Chains of Resentment (CoR) not in Philobooks for Interactive? I believe the purpose of CoR was to help alieviate the frenzy service meta over time, or were you just simply baiting the playerbase and rug pulling the Interactive server Playerbase?

4. Why are you repeatedly delaying an actually Genuinely accessible route to get Mystical Familar Cards (Blue Cards) via 3 familiar cards per month for another 2 months.

5. Why are you then promoting 40 USD battlepasses in order to access more than 6x the normally accessible amount for money instead of putting them in a shop for meso similar to cubes?

6. Why are the Fusing rates for Wonderberrys NERFED for no reason? They have been nerfed by 5% or so

7. Why are Wonderberrys MORE expensive?

Just because the playerbase has given you leeway recently Nexon does not entitle you to take the opprotunity to abuse your playerbase financially when there are MANY viable ways of profiting without screwing over the player base, as a matter of fact you have something new coming THIS VERY SAME PATCH the Steam Community Market. And that is one way which is allowing more interaction with the playerbase while also allowing Nexon to profit off of old NX items which players just have laying around doing nothing.

Nexon America and Inkwell.

Fix this, Thank you.

TLDR: Nexon is asking you to pay more money for less on a number of different NX purchases, as well as changing VAC pets on Heroic Worlds from flat fees to gambling.

happycows

The answer to these questions is that players continue to spend enough money (and time) to signal to Nexon that their monetization strategies work.

My only suggestion to anyone reading this is to please consider how you spend your money (and time) with this company. Consider not buying RNG boxes even if its disappointing to be missing out on a collaboration event, for example. Consider simply not doing an event, if you find it too tedious or burdonsome.

People jest about FOMO, but the struggle against it is very real. Many of those complaining about how expensive or time consuming such and such content is continue to support Nexon with their TIME and MONEY (happily or begrudgingly)

Anyways, i sympathize with your post. If you look at my post history, you will see several suggestions about changing philo books in a way that's less toxic. I stopped spending money with Nexon since i do not like their approach to various sales and events. too many RNG traps, and disrespectfully trash fluf items in philo, etc.

RedRaven

while none of the above are my concern(stuff i dont need).....fomo is def bs and i'am also upset that on average it would cost 170$ to get Inosuke outfit......well over 510$ with bad luck

peak of stupidity move...meanwhile a super lucky player willl pay 1/10 of what another would pay

they rly gotta stop with fomo

setting the price to a static 100$ for specific outfit would be more than enough for those that rly want it(expensive as hell too)

fomo may also make a player quit if they didn't get what they want within X attempt...aka never spending again if you ruined them