I agree with you that you don't get value from adventure packs compared to buying them regularly regardless of when it is released, however i am talking about people who like the solo content and wish to play it. And for them, the later it is released the less value they get.
You are right, and indeed that is the exact response you would get from a Blizzard employee in regards to this issue, in fact i vaguely remember one of them saying that about the Dalaraan Heist release date. But that is a side effect not the real reason for the delay, if all they cared about is players having something to do they wouldn't have started putting 80% of the single player content behind a paywall. Remember, when they announced that they are abandoning card adventures for 3 expansions per year they said we would be getting FREE adventures with every expansion, yet here we are.
Imagine if they were honest in that announcement, they would have to say something like this:
"Hey guys we know you like adventures but they just don't bring in as much money as selling card packs. But don't worry, you will now be able to buy adventures for $20 each, only instead of getting a complete card set for your money, you will get 1500 dust. And to help with this transition, we will give you the first few adventures free of charge and the only downside is that they will have about 20% of the content paid adventures will have"
Am i the only person on the planet who realizes the real reason why they're releasing it so long after the expansion launched is so they make more money/syphon out more gold from players by reducing the value you get from the 15 packs that come with the adventure?
Opening packs of a new expansion is worth way more than opening packs from the previous one since you mostly open cards you don't have and thus don't have to craft them, everyone knows that. The more cards from a set you own the less value you get from opening those packs.
Let's say they release the adventure when the expansion launches or soon after, if you plan to buy for example 30 packs and craft the stuff you don't open, you just get the adventure + an aditional 15 packs, done - you spent $40
But Activision won't allow that, instead you have 2 options - either wait 3 months(remeber you get all the packs when all the wings are released) which is more than half the expansions lifetime so you can do the above and get full value, or buy the 30 packs immediately and then buy the adventure when it releases which in total costs you $60
By releasing the full adventure 3 months after the expansion launches blizzard is effectively making $20 extra from every player who is interested in the solo content.
Some other examples of greed, the real reason they abandoned the 1 expansion 1 adventure model is because adventures give you all the cards guaranteed, no gambling involved and thus less money for them. They promised free adventures when they announced that (hah!) but now we are getting reskinned dungeon runs for $20 that effectively reward you with an average 1500 dust. The real reason unplayable cards like Harbinger Celestia exist is to dilute the pool making it less likely to get the cards you need so you buy more packs. I would not at all be surprised if packs were tuned so you are 0.1% more likely to open an Octosari instead of Zephrys, it seems insignificant but makes them a lot of money over millions of customers. This is also part of the reason for abandoning adventures, you get all the cards anyway so diluting the pool earns them no extra cash.
My favorite moment is realizing Zephrys is smarter than the average player.
I agree with you that you don't get value from adventure packs compared to buying them regularly regardless of when it is released, however i am talking about people who like the solo content and wish to play it. And for them, the later it is released the less value they get.
You are right, and indeed that is the exact response you would get from a Blizzard employee in regards to this issue, in fact i vaguely remember one of them saying that about the Dalaraan Heist release date. But that is a side effect not the real reason for the delay, if all they cared about is players having something to do they wouldn't have started putting 80% of the single player content behind a paywall. Remember, when they announced that they are abandoning card adventures for 3 expansions per year they said we would be getting FREE adventures with every expansion, yet here we are.
Imagine if they were honest in that announcement, they would have to say something like this:
"Hey guys we know you like adventures but they just don't bring in as much money as selling card packs. But don't worry, you will now be able to buy adventures for $20 each, only instead of getting a complete card set for your money, you will get 1500 dust. And to help with this transition, we will give you the first few adventures free of charge and the only downside is that they will have about 20% of the content paid adventures will have"
Am i the only person on the planet who realizes the real reason why they're releasing it so long after the expansion launched is so they make more money/syphon out more gold from players by reducing the value you get from the 15 packs that come with the adventure?
Opening packs of a new expansion is worth way more than opening packs from the previous one since you mostly open cards you don't have and thus don't have to craft them, everyone knows that. The more cards from a set you own the less value you get from opening those packs.
Let's say they release the adventure when the expansion launches or soon after, if you plan to buy for example 30 packs and craft the stuff you don't open, you just get the adventure + an aditional 15 packs, done - you spent $40
But Activision won't allow that, instead you have 2 options - either wait 3 months(remeber you get all the packs when all the wings are released) which is more than half the expansions lifetime so you can do the above and get full value, or buy the 30 packs immediately and then buy the adventure when it releases which in total costs you $60
By releasing the full adventure 3 months after the expansion launches blizzard is effectively making $20 extra from every player who is interested in the solo content.
Some other examples of greed, the real reason they abandoned the 1 expansion 1 adventure model is because adventures give you all the cards guaranteed, no gambling involved and thus less money for them. They promised free adventures when they announced that (hah!) but now we are getting reskinned dungeon runs for $20 that effectively reward you with an average 1500 dust. The real reason unplayable cards like Harbinger Celestia exist is to dilute the pool making it less likely to get the cards you need so you buy more packs. I would not at all be surprised if packs were tuned so you are 0.1% more likely to open an Octosari instead of Zephrys, it seems insignificant but makes them a lot of money over millions of customers. This is also part of the reason for abandoning adventures, you get all the cards anyway so diluting the pool earns them no extra cash.
Battletag: GhostDragon#16713
Region: EU
Trade Only?: Yes, you go first (i can show quest)
Done
Battletag: GhostDragon#16713
Region: EU
Trade Only?: Yes,you go first!(i can show quest)
Done.