Sh0ck-Wave Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Something I've been thinking about as I find myself logging into WF less frenquently .. the login rewards do not act as an incentive to play, but merely as a throw of the dice to possibly entice you to spend money .. which I think could be updated. Don't get me wrong, I still play WF for long entertaining sessions on the weekends and 'some' nights, but the need to login daily for what ever reason is waning to the point of being irrelevant. I used to log in every night, now I rarely do during the week. Extractors were fun, but now I'm resource heavy and they're really not any sort of incentive as it's more about 'not' having them destroyed through an extended deployment rather then looking for what goodies they've discovered .. so the overall solution was to just 'not' deploy them. What I'm thinking is some type of login reward that is in itself a reason to play the game. For example I was originally thinking of a weapon, so it could be something like : - A weapon which who's BP is reward only - A weapon which requires parts dropped by various factions, and a component that is login only .. but then I started thinking of a limited time or duration locked aesthetic item which a player could randomly gain when they login, and can then apply to their frame until it runs out. By aesthetic I mean a weapon or frame skin or helmet, badge or sigil, or armor style component. So a player logs in and for 24 hours gets one of a random assortment of unique aesthetic items. The item is purely login only, the player can not ever 'own it', but during the duration they can equip it and look totally unique during their time of play. To me there are enough weapons, and adding weapons always scales the existing one's and potentially causes lots of other issues .. but an aesthetic (skin, sigil, whatever) is there for the player and is made to make their time playing the game more entertaining. No scaling required. Getting a really cool looking item to equip on my frame for a period of time would be far more of an incentive to play, and to show it off in the game. Plus it introduces other players to the concept of skins and other items which itself should promote more market sales, and playing the game to hunt down other items like sigils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hueminator Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Not an incentive to play, but it surely does boost your mood a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The66Monkey Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 well if you check the wiki you see that if on the 1 day reward there is 30 free plat, so try and only log in every second day, so they are more an incentive to play in limited amounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalvorax Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 heh, many players would argue against your thread title.....many hate the fact that all they get are useless xp rewards, credits, and BPs (how many gorgon and glaive BPs, not to mention warframe BPs do we REALLY need, especially if we have the weapon done already) and would prefer they get the discounts. Especially 7 day+ logins where the plat discounts really should matter lol (its the only time i ever buy plat is if its 50% or the ultra rare (for me at least) 75% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sh0ck-Wave Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 May be a region thing but no one I know who plays the game has ever received free plat, only % off (20, 50, 75). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazenFury Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 because free plat is like day 1-2 reward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure.M Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Extractors were fun, but now I'm resource heavy and they're really not any sort of incentive as it's more about 'not' having them destroyed through an extended deployment rather then looking for what goodies they've discovered .. so the overall solution was to just 'not' deploy them. Extractors only take damage while they're actually extracting. Once they have the resources you can leave them there for as long as you like before collecting them and nothing will happen. You don't need to log in every day to use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magneu Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Got a 50% off yesterday, dropped $25 for 1000 plat. Incentive enough for me. I get 25-50% off about 4-7 times a month on average, logging in every day. XP bonus needs to GTFO though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypernaut1 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 you're just asking for free stuff. Log-in rewards are just a bonus. Make it anything too good and you'll have even more people whining about RNG being unfair to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARavenousPanda Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) the plat discounts are for players who love the game but dont have alot of time to play it. They get plat discounts to lessen the gap between those that can and do play everyday and those that can't. Money=time, especially in a game that lets you pay for convenience Edited July 21, 2015 by DarkArchon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphic-Sandra Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) I think time-limited cosmetics would be more fun than the crap we get. I don't mind the plat discounts but similar to being resource heavy there's a point where you just don't care anymore. Edited July 21, 2015 by Sapphic-Sandra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwalryeokso Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 It's an incentive to log-in every day. Oh, I'm logged in. Might as well play some alert missions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfhsanseiIII Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Free ___ isn't a good reason to play a game at all. I agree that the plat discounts are there to encourage players to spend money, which I think is fine. They need to make money to pay for all of their content. The limited nature of login rewards is fine as it is. It is a small bonus to a game that is otherwise broad in content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire616 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) Something I've been thinking about as I find myself logging into WF less frenquently .. the login rewards do not act as an incentive to play, but merely as a throw of the dice to possibly entice you to spend money .. which I think could be updated. Don't get me wrong, I still play WF for long entertaining sessions on the weekends and 'some' nights, but the need to login daily for what ever reason is waning to the point of being irrelevant. I used to log in every night, now I rarely do during the week. Extractors were fun, but now I'm resource heavy and they're really not any sort of incentive as it's more about 'not' having them destroyed through an extended deployment rather then looking for what goodies they've discovered .. so the overall solution was to just 'not' deploy them. What I'm thinking is some type of login reward that is in itself a reason to play the game. For example I was originally thinking of a weapon, so it could be something like : - A weapon which who's BP is reward only - A weapon which requires parts dropped by various factions, and a component that is login only .. but then I started thinking of a limited time or duration locked aesthetic item which a player could randomly gain when they login, and can then apply to their frame until it runs out. By aesthetic I mean a weapon or frame skin or helmet, badge or sigil, or armor style component. So a player logs in and for 24 hours gets one of a random assortment of unique aesthetic items. The item is purely login only, the player can not ever 'own it', but during the duration they can equip it and look totally unique during their time of play. To me there are enough weapons, and adding weapons always scales the existing one's and potentially causes lots of other issues .. but an aesthetic (skin, sigil, whatever) is there for the player and is made to make their time playing the game more entertaining. No scaling required. Getting a really cool looking item to equip on my frame for a period of time would be far more of an incentive to play, and to show it off in the game. Plus it introduces other players to the concept of skins and other items which itself should promote more market sales, and playing the game to hunt down other items like sigils. Also i get better rewards if i dont log in for 7days and longer, kinda strange but yea. all i got for the past 4 weeks was item exp and one time a 20% discount. I get blueprints ,50% discount and stuff id rather have alot more frequently on the 3day login bonus Edited July 21, 2015 by Hellfire616 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapClown Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) After a few years it would be nice to get at least one 75% off never got a 50% just some random 20% once in a blue moon Edited July 21, 2015 by SlapClown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)Bowjangelz Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Does anyone know if PS4 players can get the 30 free plat or the discount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)PeetSquared Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 As a ps4 player, I would love the chance to find out if discounted plat for daily rewards would increase my desire to play...I surely think it would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magusat999 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 You know why it isn't an incentive to play? Because the only way you'll see a discount come up is to NOT PLAY for a while!. We had to swallow that pill back in 2013. You got one discount when you start. If your EXTREMELY LUCKY you might get another one some time during your game play (6-12 months) - don't count on 50-75%, tho... it's going to be 20%. BUT... and this works to THIS DAY; take off 3 days to a week and you'll get rewarded with the big (50 - 75%) discount! Works for me EVERY TIME, and I HATE not playing every day but sometimes I need plat and that's the only way to get bang for my buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sh0ck-Wave Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 I guess the difference I have is that the plat incentive doesn't bother me. Totally agree that not logging in for a couple days means you're more likely to get a 50% or 75% discount. For months all I ever got was the odd 20%, but when my interest started to wane and I logged in less frequently I also noticed that I was getting more 50% and 75% offers (which I didn't use). Hence why I thought adding in something like a skin or other visual item might be worth a try, because for me it'd be a reason to log in and play it a bit more .. and there are a ton of ultra stylized warframes wandering around in the game that look awesome, so I'd thought a few others might be keen on this type of thing too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhux Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 So to resume... More RNG :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallerian Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 ~3 years playing this game and I haven't gotten the 75% off I'd be pretty excited if I did though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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