The Kakyoin Badge Wheel of Fate Is a Perfect Example of How to Drive Players Away
I love Golden Spirit and genuinely want this game to succeed, but events like the current Kakyoin Wheel of Fate are getting really frustrating, and I don't understand how the developers expect players to accept this.
You need 500 points for ONE badge and 2,000 points for the full set, while the wheel has six 1-point rewards, two 2-point rewards, one 3-point reward and one 40-point reward, with the 40-point reward guaranteed every 10 spins.
Assuming all 10 outcomes are equally likely, a regular spin averages 5.3 points, so nine regular spins plus the guaranteed 40-point reward give you an average of about 88 points per 10 spins.
That means roughly 57 spins for one badge and 228 spins for the full set.
You can currently get only 10 spins with in-game currency and around 15 more from Challenge Mode, which doesn't even get you close to the first badge. Meanwhile, 50 spins cost 1,300 CZK (around €53), putting the estimated average cost at roughly €60 for one badge and €240 for the full set. That's an absurd amount for a single badge set in a mobile game.
And honestly, wouldn't simply adding a zero to every reward, making the guaranteed reward 400 points instead of 40, and adjusting the other rewards accordingly make this event considerably more reasonable?
I'm not asking for everything to be free. I understand that the developers need to make money, but there's a difference between monetization and making players feel like their time and money are barely worth anything. F2P players can't make meaningful progress, and even paying players face ridiculous costs.
I want to keep playing this game, but if every event continues in this direction, people will eventually stop investing their time and money, and some will simply quit. I really hope the developers reconsider these numbers before that happens.
Are other players just as frustrated with this? Because I think it's time we made it clear that this approach isn't working.