Hai ppl,
I have a free evening so I thought I'd write a thread on what CCG's next update should be. It's a little rushed so soz, but I kinda wanna get to the library soon. Haven't done one of these in a while, let's see if I still remember how:
I have a free evening so I thought I'd write a thread on what CCG's next update should be. It's a little rushed so soz, but I kinda wanna get to the library soon. Haven't done one of these in a while, let's see if I still remember how:
For those of you who don't frequently browse the server store, the PLUS rank is a subscription-based service amounting to £7 a month. In exchange, you receive bragging rights, in-game confetti and a few other perks that do not currently justify the price (and I say this objectively). Allow me to draw your attention to an extract from a thread I made in the summer:
To the surprise of approximately four people in the entire world, there hasn't been any new content added to this rank since release. (Edit: PLUS ranks were given /afk and kill dialogues in August. Very lacklustre considering the amount of time that's passed, but some of the best perks under the rank's belt to date). This is confounding, because a subscription-based system is probably what CCG needs more than ever right now (and because it was literally marketed as one of the reasons you should buy it!) This is of course running with the theory that CCG removed most of its games due to a decline in revenue. Allow me, somebody who is absolutely not an economics student (take from that what you will), to explain why a subscription service is beneficial:
CCG has an "artificial ceiling" on its income, one caused in part by the current rank system. Essentially, once somebody owns a rank, they have no reason to buy anything from the store ever again. They could upgrade their rank, but the perks have always been sub-par at best for the price, especially now that CCG has butchered, bludgeoned and executed 90% of the perks with "The Big Change". Also, once somebody is Obsidian rank there are no more upgrades, and a lot of people buy ranks either for the prefix or for a specific perk (say, Skywars vote options, which ends with the diamond rank).
Take me, for instance: I bought diamond rank on my main, at the cost of £70, in 2015. Since then, I've spent a grand total of £0 on the server, because there's not really anything else to buy. I could buy emerald rank, but I don't care about /fly enough to do so; I could buy cubelets, except there isn't any "catch" to them, that is, something attractive enough to entice me to role a dice with my money to win said catch.
To the surprise of approximately four people in the entire world, there hasn't been any new content added to this rank since release. (Edit: PLUS ranks were given /afk and kill dialogues in August. Very lacklustre considering the amount of time that's passed, but some of the best perks under the rank's belt to date). This is confounding, because a subscription-based system is probably what CCG needs more than ever right now (and because it was literally marketed as one of the reasons you should buy it!) This is of course running with the theory that CCG removed most of its games due to a decline in revenue. Allow me, somebody who is absolutely not an economics student (take from that what you will), to explain why a subscription service is beneficial:
CCG has an "artificial ceiling" on its income, one caused in part by the current rank system. Essentially, once somebody owns a rank, they have no reason to buy anything from the store ever again. They could upgrade their rank, but the perks have always been sub-par at best for the price, especially now that CCG has butchered, bludgeoned and executed 90% of the perks with "The Big Change". Also, once somebody is Obsidian rank there are no more upgrades, and a lot of people buy ranks either for the prefix or for a specific perk (say, Skywars vote options, which ends with the diamond rank).
Take me, for instance: I bought diamond rank on my main, at the cost of £70, in 2015. Since then, I've spent a grand total of £0 on the server, because there's not really anything else to buy. I could buy emerald rank, but I don't care about /fly enough to do so; I could buy cubelets, except there isn't any "catch" to them, that is, something attractive enough to entice me to role a dice with my money to win said catch.
Because a lot of the player-base have ranks already (hell, they've had five years to buy one), there are plenty of potential customers who have no reason to spend any more money. I will personally never buy PLUS because I don't play the server, but if I did still play, I would expect to see some really intriguing perks. Keep in mind the rank costs £7 a month, equalling the amount of a Runescape Subscription which gives access to two entire MMORPG games. I would expect to get a similar amount of enjoyment from this rank as I would playing Runescape3 and Oldschool Runescape combined, or watching a healthy amount of Netflix across the span of a month. If that sounds implausible, then you need to lower your prices.
Secondly, there's a possibility that players will buy PLUS for a month to try it out, realise it's not for them, and cancel their subscription. This is obviously a problem for CCG, because a customer has just left their store with the minimum amount of product and probably won't be coming back. A lot of subscriptions offer a cheaper option if you buy long durations at a time. Here's an example from Runescape, since I was already on its website in getting examples for this thread:
You can save money by buying a year-long subscription. However, the money is paid up-front and cannot be refunded, meaning you are stuck with a year of membership if you are dissatisfied. For dedicated CCG players, a cheaper, more committed purchase might be appreciated. I think it's worth considering for PLUS.
Third, the perks have got to be better.
Here is another extract from the aforementioned thread. I haven't included the reviews of every perk because that'd be excessive, but this should be enough to express my point:
Personally, I think the '+30 friends' perk should be changed to allow an infinite amount of friends. It's the least that can be done. Also, the 'Join announcements' and 'Bold name in game' perks clearly cater to attention-seekers. Not that this is a bad thing, it's just the perks attract the wrong kind of attention. I think giving PLUS members their own kill and death dialogues would be a better, less invasive option. For example:
Divine_Athena killed Efcluke94.
Divine_Athena smoked Efcluke94.
Divine_Athena made Efcluke94 sleep with the fishes.
Divine_Athena used Rest. Efcluke94 fainted!
If you were to add dozens of these dialogues and make them exclusive to PLUS members, you could probably also sell a few cubelets from this feature.
As for other ideas, I'm afraid I'm short of them. I haven't been on the server in over half a year, so I cannot think of anything that hasn't already been mentioned in my previous thread. I will link all ideas from the previous thread here, but keep in mind some of its content might no longer be applicable since it was written a few months ago:
Secondly, there's a possibility that players will buy PLUS for a month to try it out, realise it's not for them, and cancel their subscription. This is obviously a problem for CCG, because a customer has just left their store with the minimum amount of product and probably won't be coming back. A lot of subscriptions offer a cheaper option if you buy long durations at a time. Here's an example from Runescape, since I was already on its website in getting examples for this thread:
You can save money by buying a year-long subscription. However, the money is paid up-front and cannot be refunded, meaning you are stuck with a year of membership if you are dissatisfied. For dedicated CCG players, a cheaper, more committed purchase might be appreciated. I think it's worth considering for PLUS.
Third, the perks have got to be better.
Here is another extract from the aforementioned thread. I haven't included the reviews of every perk because that'd be excessive, but this should be enough to express my point:
Personally, I think the '+30 friends' perk should be changed to allow an infinite amount of friends. It's the least that can be done. Also, the 'Join announcements' and 'Bold name in game' perks clearly cater to attention-seekers. Not that this is a bad thing, it's just the perks attract the wrong kind of attention. I think giving PLUS members their own kill and death dialogues would be a better, less invasive option. For example:
Divine_Athena killed Efcluke94.
Divine_Athena smoked Efcluke94.
Divine_Athena made Efcluke94 sleep with the fishes.
Divine_Athena used Rest. Efcluke94 fainted!
If you were to add dozens of these dialogues and make them exclusive to PLUS members, you could probably also sell a few cubelets from this feature.
As for other ideas, I'm afraid I'm short of them. I haven't been on the server in over half a year, so I cannot think of anything that hasn't already been mentioned in my previous thread. I will link all ideas from the previous thread here, but keep in mind some of its content might no longer be applicable since it was written a few months ago:
Thnx for reading. Tl;dr - Buff the PLUS rank as promised, because it's still bad but has potential to be better.
How often do you use your exclusive forum, or tune into your exclusive livestreams? Have you received your exclusive hat(s) yet? Am a curious bee. Thnx.
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