Hellos, I have an idea/issue. Every time I buy a new finisher another comes out shortly after that I want and get as well. lol. Now that doesnt seem like a bad thing except that I now have to choose between a bunch of awesome finishers and that can become a task. Also incentive for getting a new one when you already have a cool one and you can only use one at a time?
So my idea was maybe instead of activating a finisher you can activate multiple finishers and they would cycle/randomize through the selected few each time you spike an opponent.
This I think would lead people to buy more finishers and there’s also a little surprise each time you spike someone, you never know which it will be ^^ What do you think?
It is such a logical feature to have that it should already have been an option to select when more than one are unlocked. It’s never too late to add options like this. Hopefully they will.
Perhaps the first selection area should be a configuration box that has a drop-down selection to choose:
“Cycle from first to last”
“Cycle from last to first”
“Randomize”
It should also have a tickable box to exclude limited-use finisher items from being randomized.
Included a mock-up.
edit
Updated image to include more options that may be desirable.
Good ideas. I didnt put a whole lot of thought into it but I just got the point where I said im done buying new finishers. I hate having to choose which I want and only being able to use one. I want to use my wurm, I want to use my ascoloian army, I want the new minstrel singing guy but im not going to buy it when I just got the golem finisher and im having to choose which to put on. Havent even seen my super explosive finisher in the longest but I like it.
I’m using a different finisher on each of my characters. My main gets the guild finisher, my asuran ‘golemancer’ the golem, and so on.
Even so, I’ll never need more finishers than I have characters, and although the minstrel would have been awesome for my main, I’m not gonna buy it. The fact that it’s limited-time only won’t change that.
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Sometimes I wonder if the devs even play their own game. It’s like they’re just factory workers. Are you factory workers? You kittening work in the entertainment business, make us feel good, make us addicted. If you want more money, then think both as a player and as a businessman, that’s how you would maximize profits from your efforts. Let me quote OP and repeat the message:
Also incentive for getting a new one when you already have a cool one and you can only use one at a time?
So my idea was maybe instead of activating a finisher you can activate multiple finishers and they would cycle/randomize through the selected few each time you spike an opponent.
This I think would lead people to buy more finishers and there’s also a little surprise each time you spike someone, you never know which it will be ^^ What do you think?
edit: as I dug up on the game update history, you guys finally put a randomize option for the finishers on the February 2015 update (good job!). But I still think it needs more tweaking (it’s like a half-hearted effort at something). Here’s my mock up of the finisher UI improvement
