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August 9, 2024, 6:48pm
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Fourdottwoone:
I suspect the main issue was that the avatar they tried it with was some butt-ugly dwarf nobody really wanted, even for free, and it cost $10. Bit like a pizza shop trying to sell you a cow pie, then wondering why demand is so low.
I actually don’t think the dwarf avatar is that ugly, especially once you start adding armor. Honestly, I probably would have bought it or the Lupina avatar at the time I was buying stuff to support the game and raise VIP, but it’s hidden away from in Specials shop. I definitely did not remember it was there…
I also found a thread from 2016 where the devs addressed the reception of the avatar cosmetics . I was around when Salty commented on it, but the original release was well before my time so it’s interesting to read their replies. Here’s one of Sirrian’s:
I think the issues here are all part of the problem… in order to get a reasonable number of sales we would need to offer a LOT of different races/looks, in all genders, + revamp areas of the store to better show off the troops AND probably lower the price a little!
End result is something that’s probably not going to be cost effective for us until the player base is larger (which is slowly happening… it’s grown by another 6% these last 2 weeks).
We’ll almost certainly revisit cosmetics at a later time I think.