WG, why not give all inactive players a free skill reset?

[SKurj]

In every other game I have played that contains "skill trees" when those trees are changed, all players are given a free reset regardless of whether they are active or not.  At first login a popup appears stating, "your skills have been reset" or something similar.

 

Currently you have set all inactive player's skills to YOUR recommended with no regard for the customer, who may play certain or all ships in ways you didn't envision.

 

My proposal... leave the skills as you have them now with your recommended, but give each customer 1 free reset.  (only to those who did not use the free reset you provided on the website)

let it expire in 6 months if you want...  but please show some regard for your customers.

 

 

[crazyeightyfive]

Good suggestion.  +1

[Dunnik]

[Compassghost]

This is a completely reasonable ask.

[anonym_dwPXzz2asd6M]

[DrHolmes52]

44 minutes ago, Compassghost said:

This is a completely reasonable ask.

Probably why it will never happen.

[anonym_dwPXzz2asd6M]

6 minutes ago, DrHolmes52 said:

Probably why it will never happen.

There's no column on the spreadsheet for it. 

 

[Navis_Nobilite]

They can make a lot more money if returning players have to pay full price.

[SKurj]

2 minutes ago, Navis_Nobilite said:

They can make a lot more money if returning players have to pay full price.

that relies on players being willing to do so...   many players, as we can see in other recent threads would be angry, and it may have a negative effect on income instead with players just returning from months away, now being discouraged immediately....

[SoothingWhaleSongEU]

From what I've heard the "best fit skills selection for the casuals" (or anyone who wasn't playing for those 4 weeks) is pretty out of whack.

Although honestly I'd rather free skill resets were a feature of having a Premium Account if WG won't make it universally free. But that's a drum I'll bang and never expect to actually see.

 

1 hour ago, Navis_Nobilite said:

They can make a lot more money if returning players have to pay full price.

Possibly but it also might hit the killing the golden goose situation. 

Leech-like microtransactions don't work if the customer notices how much they're paying all at once. The occasional few £ or $ for 500 doubloons is easy to overlook, if it's for a all your best captains at once; not so much.

If a longtime player comes back after a few months and discovers they missed the opportunity to use the "reset all captain skills button" they might just not bother paying to reset and just logoff.

But perhaps those that do pay through the nose will cover the losses (and some more) of those who walk away.

 

[Dunnik]

23 minutes ago, Navis_Nobilite said:

They can make a lot more money if returning players have to pay full price.

Balanced against the risk returning players will leave. Non-players don't make them money. 

[Sabot_100]

33 minutes ago, Navis_Nobilite said:

They can make a lot more money if returning players have to pay full price.

Unless the returning players mostly decide their hiatus from WOWS was a good thing and should continue.:

Edit:

I see a lot of posters had the same thought

 

[RipNuN2]

Sure, why not?

[Bandi73]

48 minutes ago, DrHolmes52 said:

Probably why it will never happen.

Lol. You beat me. 

[vak_]

2 hours ago, SKurj said:

Currently you have set all inactive player's skills to YOUR recommended with no regard for the customer, who may play certain or all ships in ways you didn't envision.

I remember being surprised just how bad of a job they did with automatic skill reassignment. Should've saved some screenshots though, because now I don't recall any actual details, just the general feeling of amazement.

[SKurj]

Just now, vak_ said:

I remember being surprised just how bad of a job they did with automatic skill reassignment. Should've saved some screenshots though, because now I don't recall any actual details, just the general feeling of amazement.

the indicators are still there ... for the recommended

[DrHolmes52]

51 minutes ago, Bandi73 said:

Lol. You beat me. 

I think there are a few reasons they did this.

a.  It makes them money (duh).

b.  Programming a button that doesn't work for more than a month, and works more than once is more work.

c.  There is probably a thought in WG that some players would use this to "take advantage" of them.  (Yeah, get your laugh on).

[Bandi73]

18 minutes ago, vak_ said:

I remember being surprised just how bad of a job they did with automatic skill reassignment. Should've saved some screenshots though, because now I don't recall any actual details, just the general feeling of amazement.

Enjoy.

[vak_]

1 minute ago, Bandi73 said:

Enjoy.

Yes, yes, this is the sort of stuff I mean! 

[Sabot_100]

18 minutes ago, DrHolmes52 said:

c.  There is probably a thought in WG that some players would use this to "take advantage" of them.  (Yeah, get your laugh on).

It should be simple for WG to check if you played/logged into the game at any point during the rebork. If you did, sorry. If not, give the player the benefit of the doubt. Pretty sure WG will permanently lose 90% of these returning players when they see the time and expense needed to reset all of their captains.

[GRIMLOCK__]

You'd think they'd be able to just do this automatically for anyone who has not logged in since the reskill.....

[Ducky_shot]

2 hours ago, Navis_Nobilite said:

They can make a lot more money if returning players have to pay full price.

Ding ding ding, we have a winner. 

New employees in different spots in WG than there were a couple years ago. The monetization and reset of the economy is in full swing. No more nice guy freebies from them anymore. They are in full monetization now

[Ducky_shot]

13 minutes ago, vak_ said:

Yes, yes, this is the sort of stuff I mean! 

What's wrong with outnumbered being auto assigned? /s

[cgbosn4]

You would hope there are some “tweaks” coming down the line and they’ll offer a limited reset period then. 

One can hope...

[IfYouSeeKhaos]

Wish I would have screen shotted it...

Forget which 1 but while running snowflakes I had a gunboat DD w/the 1 point quick loader ammo switch skill assigned...I didn't even look at the rest of the skills...just hit the reassignment button... 😔