As a Casual, I am sad that Synthesis is ending so soon

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makarsk1 wrote:

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SeCKSEgai wrote:

It's because it's both disingenuous and seriously lacking in self-awareness.

As far as it's impact on the community, it can set unrealistic expectations. I have only 2 doctor cards that I've collected since starting in the middle of Abyss. I've never dedicated exclusively to burial chambers runs, but it's still also my most frequently run map. A lot of the folks whining stash tabs are pay to win have the erroneous impression that stash tabs make people rich in game to facilitate those 50 ex builds.

36 challenges is guaranteed to take extensive play. To say otherwise is not just a lie but an insult belittling fellow players.

I got 16 days /played over 3 month in Synthesis to push for 36 challenges. I am pretty sure you have a fraction of that. I never claimed that 36 is easy.

Idk where I lied to you or insulted you, but I am pretty sure I am casual, being a 9/5 law firm clerk with a family, who can only play when his son goes to sleep.

Edit: It was actually I who got insulted in this thread multiple times, accused of RMT and attention seeking, for no other reason than calling myself a casual, which doesn't even have a direct relation to the main topic of the thread - that 3-month leagues are too short.

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makarsk1 wrote:

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hyttemaier wrote:

Now let's say you own an IT store, you have some regulars that come in to check out the newest hardware, and regulary buy new products, business is going good.

One day a few protesters stand outside, they have bought one product, but they want you to change your business model completely, and want you to sell used products, or else they wont buy from you again!

The catch is, if you meet the protesters demands, you know the regulars would buy products elsewhere, if your store dosent have the newest hardware.

Now i ask you, would you change your business model, to meet the few protesters demands?

But you see, the business is not going good. 3-month release shedule already has some problems - not enough time to test the leagues, inability to deliver deep gameplay, feeling foreced to fall back on shallower leagues just to save on development time and costs.

Sythesis had great potential but died too early because of inability to properly develop it in the alotted time.

There are three types of audience here:


1. Ultra-hardcore, who do 40/40 in a month, then quit until the next league.

2. Real casuals, who buy a supporter pack, because why not, play a little, get a few challenges, then get bored and quit while waiting for the next league and the next supporter pack. These are the bread and butter of GGG business model.

3. Harcore casuals, who cannot play more than a few hours per day, but still try to push for 36/40 and top meta builds (which is expensive and time-consuming). These are punished the most by 3-month shedule.

Abandoning 3-month schedule in favor of 4-month shedule would not hurt anyone from audiences 1 and 2 in any meaningful way (yeah, you got to wait for the next league a bit longer, can work on your Steam backlog in the meantime), while helping audience 3 immensely.

It would also hurt GGGs revenue in short term , but in turn gives them more time to deliver better leagues and attract more players in the long term.

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DAKKONx wrote:

The OP makes good points. Unfortunately the message got lost by the use of the word "casual". Being a law clerk you are an educated individual and would look past that word and review the content. The angry mob decides otherwise and bays for blood. Form over substance is something to think about when drafting a message across on any general discussion forum.

On to the topic - It comes down to the hard dollars. The game is F2P and hence is entirely reliant on MTX as revenue. It is clear from their internal data (and frankly common sense would tell you) that spending is highest at a new launch. Ask yourself - why does Apple keep needing to launch new iPhones instead of focusing on improving existing versions? Finding the sweet spot in terms of how many launches per year really is more a science than an art. An optimal balance between league cycles and player retention is absolutely key and the reality is that leagues depopulate rapidly after the first month and with that revenues goes down. GGG needs to keep things fresh and having a 4 month league instead of a 3 month league is a loss of 25% of revenue based on napkin math.

Anyone that posts on this forum constitutes the top 10% of the player base. The rest of them can be termed "casuals". We are a vocal minority, which whilst important to GGG, still represents only a minority share of the wallet despite the impressive supporter packs next to our name.