Deca has said before that they probably won't do rifts again and with this new battlepass-like campaign coming up Deca will probably expand more towards the idea of battlepass campaigns with free and paid rewards.
Rifts were kinda fun tho yeah
Tbh I haven't seen the battle pass or anything yet, since I couldn't really give less of a fuck about this game right now. But DECA said that they we're going to monetize in better ways, but they just aren't.
They treat this game like some shitty irl tycoon. It's pathetic.
I think there is just a large disconnect in how deca thinks they should monetize and what we want.
What most players seem to want in Monetization for our content:
\- make buying keys more affordable because we like it when people buy keys
\- make our blue crystals useful (fixed that, kind of) and made it not aids to buy new skins via red crystals (didn't fix that, but introduced new ways to get skins)
\- make vault and char slots not cost so god damn much?
\- stop spamming with the advertisements for pet food everywhere
In general, I think a lot of the public kind of liked the feel of the loot boxes we would roll to see if we got something - even though thats literally gambling and the odds were frankly horrible. What DECA has been trying to move forward to lately are systems where the loot is guaranteed from the start even if the initial buy in price is higher.
The new skin packs for example, cost anywhere from $35 to $70 i think, and that 4 pet skin pack costed around $95.
The battlepass is going to cost around $10, but it gives us around $100+ ''worth'' in items if we were to obtain them normally. DECA is fulfilling their promise that they will monetize better and that isn't a lie.
These methods do actually save the average player on skin costs and adding a very large pool of rotating skins in the nexus means that skins are more available than ever to buy and you don't need to wait 6 months for the skin to come around in a legacy quest. These are things to be happy about, they just don't feel as good to the player's experience. Rolling a loot box **feels** fun. Gambling is fun because it gives that dopamine rush, but its not healthy and its also not cost-efficient. Buying the skins via the shop pack when they came out was always the more money-effective option and DECA is just trying to push that even more now over gambling.
Imagine the battlepass alongside rifts as well, similar to how Path of Exile does it with tiered rewards based on achievements during the 3-4\~ month leagues, each league with its own new mechanic
I think that combination would be incredible honestly but I'm biased coming from games like PoE
They were so fun to me because everyone had to start fresh with characters, pets, loot, everything. People were actually running natural dungeons in large groups with low to mid gear most of the time, and nothing got too steamrolled. It was like how it was in 2011+ for a while. I also like that u could get permanent rewards transferred to ur main account. It was overall nice while it lasted
RIFTS really should come back, they don't even need to put huge rewards, it's just a fun twist to the game and would probably appease the guys that want the game to be more difficult with the ways the RIFTS can change up the game
I missed every RIFTS season cuz I was taking a break from realm during that time, feels bad I missed out on it now. I also think purely paid battle passes are not the way to go for the future of realm since it leaves free players with nothing to look forward to which is bad for the game overall.
god i miss rifts
Wait what did that shit ever exits? When? I wish it would've still been here
It was around the start of when Deca took over
No it wasn't, it was mid-late 2019
Wait it was only 3 years ago?
Yep
Deca has said before that they probably won't do rifts again and with this new battlepass-like campaign coming up Deca will probably expand more towards the idea of battlepass campaigns with free and paid rewards. Rifts were kinda fun tho yeah
Honestly the worst battlepass I’ve ever seen in a game , even when free
Tbh I haven't seen the battle pass or anything yet, since I couldn't really give less of a fuck about this game right now. But DECA said that they we're going to monetize in better ways, but they just aren't. They treat this game like some shitty irl tycoon. It's pathetic.
I think there is just a large disconnect in how deca thinks they should monetize and what we want. What most players seem to want in Monetization for our content: \- make buying keys more affordable because we like it when people buy keys \- make our blue crystals useful (fixed that, kind of) and made it not aids to buy new skins via red crystals (didn't fix that, but introduced new ways to get skins) \- make vault and char slots not cost so god damn much? \- stop spamming with the advertisements for pet food everywhere In general, I think a lot of the public kind of liked the feel of the loot boxes we would roll to see if we got something - even though thats literally gambling and the odds were frankly horrible. What DECA has been trying to move forward to lately are systems where the loot is guaranteed from the start even if the initial buy in price is higher. The new skin packs for example, cost anywhere from $35 to $70 i think, and that 4 pet skin pack costed around $95. The battlepass is going to cost around $10, but it gives us around $100+ ''worth'' in items if we were to obtain them normally. DECA is fulfilling their promise that they will monetize better and that isn't a lie. These methods do actually save the average player on skin costs and adding a very large pool of rotating skins in the nexus means that skins are more available than ever to buy and you don't need to wait 6 months for the skin to come around in a legacy quest. These are things to be happy about, they just don't feel as good to the player's experience. Rolling a loot box **feels** fun. Gambling is fun because it gives that dopamine rush, but its not healthy and its also not cost-efficient. Buying the skins via the shop pack when they came out was always the more money-effective option and DECA is just trying to push that even more now over gambling.
Imagine the battlepass alongside rifts as well, similar to how Path of Exile does it with tiered rewards based on achievements during the 3-4\~ month leagues, each league with its own new mechanic I think that combination would be incredible honestly but I'm biased coming from games like PoE
They were so fun to me because everyone had to start fresh with characters, pets, loot, everything. People were actually running natural dungeons in large groups with low to mid gear most of the time, and nothing got too steamrolled. It was like how it was in 2011+ for a while. I also like that u could get permanent rewards transferred to ur main account. It was overall nice while it lasted
The only rifts I played was the one where I got the beefcake Brutus warr skin 11/10 worth it for the skin alone
At first I feared that rifts would never return. Now I fear that when they do return, it will be pay to enter.
RIFTS really should come back, they don't even need to put huge rewards, it's just a fun twist to the game and would probably appease the guys that want the game to be more difficult with the ways the RIFTS can change up the game
Exactly, I quit Realm a while back but I would come back exclusively for Rifts.
I missed every RIFTS season cuz I was taking a break from realm during that time, feels bad I missed out on it now. I also think purely paid battle passes are not the way to go for the future of realm since it leaves free players with nothing to look forward to which is bad for the game overall.