Posted by Black Friday "Prize Pool" Rehaul

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2019-11-04 12:52:08

We all know the Black Friday issue that people complain about every year. The "Rare Item" prize pool.
This prize pool is for people who purchase $100 worth of GB on Black Friday (this year it's November 29th).
You are randomly given one of the following items.

EDIT 2022: The prize pool has expanded since I made this post to add items like Mukombero and added previous year MODs into the pool as well. However, this pool is STILL unbalanced.
There is now a grand total of 45 items in this pool (including 2021 MODs) which is still around a 10 in 45 (20-25%) chance to pull a item like a Black Stallion or a Giant Tortoise, etc.




This suggestion would be altering how rewards work for Black Friday.

Option 1

Removing of the items; Roasted Vulture, Shamanic Stew, Giant Tortoise, Energy Boost, and Black Stallion mainly.
This makes the prize pool smaller, but allows for a $100 purchase to be more beneficial to players.

Option 2
Suggested by #166486
Removal of the items in Option 1 still, but adding in some higher rewards. Items like Interstellar Remnants, Mukombero, Solaris applicator, maybe even Seducation, and/or Sunset Markings

Edit 2022: Since Mukomberos have been added, include Interstellar Remnants, Solaris, Seduction, etc. Or perhaps some UNIQUE TO BLACK FRIDAY base/marking applicators?

Option 3

Removal of the items from Option 1 as well, or maybe don't.
However, you can pick what prize you'd like from the prize pool. MODs excluded.
This allows for people to not abuse picking MODs and still get a prize they want.

As for the MODs in this option, there could be a certain % spawn rate upon purchase to get a MOD. Less than the 30% décor one, of course.




This suggestion has 252 supports and 4 NO supports.



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Edited on 24/11/22 @ 10:48:07 by Roxanne (HIATUS TIL FEB) (#121082)

[♰] Yharnam (#112370)

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Posted on
2023-11-14 23:56:16
Bumping this for urgency. Last Black Friday's decisions severely damaged the market. Please support and let's get this changed before the Pie and Patches market plummets further (if it's even possible).



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Raven-WOOO (#189020)

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2023-11-20 22:30:06
bumping for support. def needs to be changed.



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Goobie12 (#277518)

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2023-11-23 11:07:54
Bumping this but also would like to add if this sale extended a few more days to be a full week I would 100% be able to participate this year. Kinda bummed to not be able to (payday falls the following Friday) so I have to pass. Seeing the comments about the lower valued items i do have to agree that they should be bundled with the lower tiers. Leave the higher valued items to be randomized for players spending $100+USD Personally the MODs are the reason I indulge, that is why I wish the sale extended until the following Friday. Hopefully that might be an option in future years!



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[♰] Yharnam (#112370)

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Posted on
2023-11-24 03:12:41
2023: Still not fixed.



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RAGAN!! (#235639)

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2023-11-24 11:16:22
damn. Didn't get updated



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snowmew [G1 14BO
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2023-11-24 11:21:31
I'm a whale on this game so not sure how valid my opinion is but honestly the prize pool doesn't affect me that much. I spend hundreds of dollars on black friday for the MODs, not for the prize pool. Because I feel like those are just extra perks and it doesn't really affect me one way or another if I get a black stallion or a shamatic stew. If I really wanted higher value items I would buy them with the GB lol which i think is why the prize pool has low value items to begin with so that it keeps some balance?



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Edited on 25/11/23 @ 00:42:25 by snowmew [G1 14BO Abyssinian] (#63212)

[♰] Yharnam (#112370)

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2023-11-24 15:02:53
Totally get that. It's more how some of these items are dirt cheap compared to the others, i think was the main point



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Fern [side] (#163971)

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2023-11-24 23:01:29
If there's going to be a pool of potential prizes, even if it's a bonus, it would make the most sense for every item in the pool to be a similar value. The fact that two people can both spend $100 but one gets a 1 GB Shamanic Stew and the other gets a 200 GB Muk is kinda absurd as a concept.

EDIT: Just noticed this year they actively added Random Marking Replacer... a 2 GB Oasis item? Why?



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Edited on 25/11/23 @ 01:00:40 by Fern [side] (#163971)

Raven-WOOO (#189020)

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2023-11-24 23:04:45
i agree. i spent 150. got 1 muk, 1 egg yolk, a turtle and an energy boost. was hoping for some breeding items, im greatful for the muk but cmon... a turtle, egg, and energy boost???? i cant even use the egg yolk on my king. i def think anything under the 20 GB mark should be taken out.



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Roxanne (#121082)


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2023-11-27 05:49:14
@Fern - They did WHAT?

I just rolled, I need to go look at this.



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🌙 Morrígra
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2023-12-07 10:05:11
Support! I mostly lucked out, this was the first year I could even participate and got a GMO and a muk from my 100$ purchase, but my third item was a tort :') I've got 200 of those lioden I do not need more lmfao. But the prizes were half the reason I bought 100$ instead of 50$. Even if I had bought 2 50s, I wouldn't have gotten the third item. I was going to get 75$ and then decided against it *for the third bonus prize* and the extra GB. I don't ever spend money on GB though so that's not a huge deal to me.

Still, and I'm going to get into my personal opinion on lioden's black Friday here so this can absolutely be ignored, I said all I needed to about my thoughts on the thread -- I'm not a big fan of MODs, and the market for them has crashed big time, so other than maybe having gotten a rarer, higher valued mod (I did not, 4/4 patches mods lmfao) I'm kind of bummed about my BF purchase. More GB is always nice but I made twice that in basically as many days selling groupies and other bits and bobs. 242 GB is a nice chunk but for such a widely regarded deal as black Friday weekend I'm not super impressed. You hear about it all year and then it's just....an extra bit of GB on top of the normal added GB, mods if youre into that or there's a good market for it, and some random items that could have just as easily been an IBF, black stallion, and random marking replacer as it could have been a muk, gnawrock, and yoh bark.



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[♰] Yharnam (#112370)

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2023-12-07 11:26:04
I think that for the price they're expecting users to pay, versus how the MoD market has crashed and the value of G2 patches and pies has crashed, they need to, at the very least, let users pick if they want a patch or pie, and from which generation.

At this point, some of them becoming rarer and harder to get due to being less popular picks when the new batches release, would be a *boon* to the market, as they'd become more coveted by those who do want them.



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🌙 Morrígra
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2023-12-07 11:55:19
Very much agree with Yharnam. Picking MODS and getting bonus prizes as RNG would be really great.

Honestly, without things that are oasis items the prize pool would be much more sought after. It'd actually bring in MORE 100$ donations instead of 50-75s. OR through picking those too...tho I think that could ruin the fun a little with people obviously going to pick just the most expensive things, so I think taking out the oasis items and RNGing the rest would be better



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Roxanne (#121082)


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2023-12-07 14:17:31
It's been a while since I've commented on this but; I do think choice is a great incentive, but also narrowing down the pool and getting rid of those minor items like Giant Torts and stuff would be a great alternative.

I've always had a huge issue with the prize pools, and thankfully, I've never been unfortunate enough to roll one of those low tier items (but I sympathize with those who have because I know they're out there).

I could also tolerate if maybe just the $75-100 options were choice-only. Or just the 100$ one.

TLDR; I will always hate the Stallion, Stew, Giant Tort, etc., for being an option if I've spent 100$.

Edit: There's also items that could be added into that pool that haven't yet, I believe. It's been a while since I've checked it since I did not spend money this year, so I'll have to check again and maybe edit OP again.



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Edited on 07/12/23 @ 14:19:33 by Rox (November Hiatus) (#121082)







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