Equipment re-leveling desperately needed - PixelFederation

Equipment re-leveling desperately needed

pixel_player494942177

Whether in the main game or in special weeks, the equipment you can ‘purchase’ with special items, eg Halloween 2021 dog collars, are WAY too low in value. 360 energy (the highest level prize) isn’t even close to the needed level for advanced Terra players. I won’t even put it in my camp unless it is 395. When is pixel federation going to reassess the levels of equipment so that they are of value to players?

AllMenAreIslands

pixel_player494942177 the poor equipment values begin quite early, but they start off slowly. At first there are only a couple of useless items. As each region is accessed, the quality gets worse and worse.

I'm at only the second god in New World, but there are items for Terra --"off-limits"-- which I would not buy now even if they were available, because they aren't of use to me. Why? Tile costs keep increasing -- why isn't the equipment being set at the right value?

Who gets to Terra without acquiring suitable equipment to generate the energy?

Why isn't this being fixed?

That is a bad problem. These are serious errors in basic math.

Why doesn't Pixel care?

LuckyFour

AllMenAreIslands Oh, I think Pixel cares - about their financial bottom line. It is a business after all. They want all players to buy gems/equipment, they are not going to give it away. It is no math error. At the higher levels I think Pixel knows how addicted we have become and perhaps some players become more willing to spend money on a game. I think Pixel is banking on it.

pixel_player58684214

Another option would be to have an extra row in your camp. That could be quite expensive, and/or only available with New world/Terra materials. But that would mean we can get more use out of our old equipment, which is even better than upgrading available equipment!

EmilyDiggynson

pixel_player58684214

I’d love to see an option to put pieces of equipment on top of each other. So use a slot of 4 high to put two pieces of equipment of 2 high on top of each other.

pixel_player185074605

How did you do it ? By me does it not possible. to put in in a 4 high slot two pieces of equipment of 2 high on top of each other.

EmilyDiggynson

pixel_player185074605

It is not possible. That’s why I said I would love to see Pixel introduce such a feature.

pixel_player185074605

Sorry I have it wrong understood. My English is not so good.

AllMenAreIslands

LuckyFour here's a newsflash.

If Pixel want to sell more gems, the way to do it is make stuff cheaper. The more you can buy with a gem or two, the more you want to buy. Right now, I never spend gems on food. All those idiotic items in the Special Packs are for the ignorant. But what if those food items cost 1, 2, or 5 gems? Then it would seem more worthwhile to treat oneself to something now and then. Before you know it, you decide it would be worth buying a packet of gems. Nobody is going to spend money on gems when everything is overpriced. There is no value in it.

And what of penalizing players who spend money by making equipment in higher regions only useful to people who didn't spend money? Well, they end up pushing us away. I am not going to keep spending money. Instead of getting more money, they end up getting less.

Their approach to making money is flawed. They are not providing incentives to spend but rather a disincentive. Being coerced to spend money as the only way to improve camp results in players withdrawing either financially or completely.

LuckyFour

AllMenAreIslands You are right. I have thought and decided. I will not spend another penny on this game until changes are made. We are being manipulated as if we were drugs addicts, which in a way I am with this game. Maybe time to find another game. I can change, but Pixel probably will not. I wish you and all players well. Do your thing.

AllMenAreIslands

LuckyFour all the best to you, too.

Although you didn't question me on it, I want to explain why the gem prices are too high, especially on food.

The factors are

Gem price & amount of energy being offered (& how long it lasts)
Vs.
How long it takes to generate that much energy in my camp or by making food
And
how long it takes to acquire that many gems

Let's take a current example. The current special pack has a food item of Plum Jam at 42,250 energy, with sticker price of 350 gems. One is allowed to buy a maximum of 15. I'm in New World, so these values might be different for you. This Plum Jam would almost be enough to clear a Diamond tile of 50,000. A more usual room contains a few 900 tiles, a few 1150s, some 2000, 2100, 3000, 3900 and 4000 tiles.

In my day camp, I generate 65,900 in 1 hour and 20 minutes.
I make Chilli Cake for 5800 per cake in 4 hours. Usually I make 6 at a time =34,800
I make Olive bread for 4000 per bread in 2 hours. Six at a time = 24,000
I make Piranha Salad for 20,000 energy per salad in 8 hours. Usually is my overnight food item, bringing 120,000 in food energy by morning.

350 gems is so ridiculously overpriced it's laughable. Except one has to wonder why Pixel would do this. Why rely on ignorance of the players to make money? It doesn't make sense to me.

Since gems are not readily available in the gameplay in this region, I rely on the 25 + 50 thru daily bonus (75 total every 20 days) and the gems that come via achievements.

Gems take a long time and a lot of effort to EARN. This is why I call those food items idiotic. They're an insult, a waste of bandwidth and a waste of gems for anyone.

There are lots of great game enhancements on which to spend the gems. Overpriced energy is not one of them.

pixel_player378155422

One of my peeves is that tiles in repeat events (e.g., Muan this week) cost the same as new events, but the camp equipment available is for the previous, lower level I was at when the event was new. I am somewhat new to the Greece level and so I am finding it extremely difficult to participate in the events at Greece prices. The most expensive equipment is the same level as what I got in Atlantis. I used to look forward to and fully participate in the events (collect everything available). Now it is just too expensive for too little reward.