On March 5, the Springblossom Tree was released for purchase with an incorrect price. We quickly moved to take the tree out of the shop and fix this mistake.
The price of the tree was adjusted from 750 to 250 Hearthsteel, and the Spring Blossom Decor Pack was fixed to provide three trees per purchase.
We have identified all players who purchased the tree or the pack before our adjustment, and we will soon provide them with two additional trees (per purchase of the pack) and a refund of Hearthsteel equal to the difference in price (per purchase of a single tree).
Thank you to all who provided valuable feedback on this.
So does this mean the other packs also need to have their prices adjusted? Why is a shelf just as much hearthsteel as a tree, why is the fungal fountain double the cost of the tree? All of these housing items still seem ridiculously over priced for what we would be receiving.
For better or worse, this is a new income stream they’ve identified and they’re not gonna lighten up on it. Which, like, from a business perspective, I get it.
I get that they want to make money, really I do. However, if they realized this “mistake” and that that item was incorrectly priced, where is the communication or justification for the other items that are currently on the shop right now? They are telling us a Gazeebo is now worth the cost of half the monthly game time to play their game? The fountain is 1/3rd the cost of said game time, but now a tree, (because rightfully so, the player base wants more than just 1 tree to utilize in their builds) has been decreased in price and increased in amount in the bundle, why are the other packs like the fungal fountain not increased in quantity as well, or heck, even straight up, get multiple of each item in every bundle versus these random quantities of 3x, 2x, etc
To those it may concern however…you must have been losing a considerable amount of money or potential money to react this fast. There’s a lesson to be learned here but I doubt you’ll learn a thing, Blizzard.
Because why then should any of the other items be “more” expensive than a 250 price point? Why are some 10 cents, some 50 cents, and others $2.50 now?
I have some critical feedback, Get rid of this predatory based fakebucks system.
You’ve received so much feedback from players stating to remove this, yet here you are, driving at 50 mph down that same road without a care in the world. Heck, you’re not even following your own “Guiding principles” for this new fakebucks system.
Please, give us some faith back in your company and this game, and remove this predatory based system before its too late. This is one heckuva slippery slope you’ve started.
Tbh I quit playing a while back.. Got midnight for housing but if we’re going to go down this road, i’m really not interested. Though, I understand the business model. Unfortunate for the devs and Kaivax for having to deal with greedy decisions.
Unsubbed again today though! Gotta put money where ya mouth is.
Its going to be hilarious when the EU bans this kind of digital sale and requires items for direct payment only, no middle steps. Basically a company wont be able to sell an item for X currency and then that X currency for Y real money.
