Coin Economy Tweaks

[jibjqrkl]

Well you got 2 options from what I see;

1) Increase coin return in-game. PRO: Non-Facebook people happy. CON: Goals mean less.
2) Decrease coin return in-game. PRO: Goals mean something. CON: Non-facebook people unhappy.

From what I've seen so far, you will probably return to option 2 once enough Facebook people say they have too many coins and don't have anything to do with them.

The only other option is to patch blitz to work "correctly" without Facebook, which I'll give a less than 1% chance of happening.

Either way... Good Luck with that!

or maybe find other ways to let people spend coins

completely random example, for 500.000 coins someone could make a goal on rock band world (that stays up for a week or so, max. 5 songs or something etc.) for everyone. people with loads of coins would be happy, people without coins have an extra goal.

[MagicMurderBag7]

Now 'long songs' is the primary deterrent.

Why would I play the full 2112 when playing its three separate parts in sequence would be three times as profitable?

Because it's an awesome song thats better played in full without breaks and you don't need rewards for everything you do?

[HeyRiles]

Thanks for the change, Harmonix. This definitely eases my thoughts on the coin economy and I can comfortably play old songs I want to gold star again

I stand corrected. I did not think you'd be able to change these things without a patch - I thought the only tweaks you'd be able to make are RBW/facebook rewards. Bravo.

Hotfixes, man. Gotta love hotfixes

Since it's only a feature that works while you play online, it is possible to adjust that part of the game without the need of updating everybody's game since coin distribution was (probably) never coded into the actual download itself

or maybe find other ways to let people spend coins

completely random example, for 500.000 coins someone could make a goal on rock band world (that stays up for a week or so, max. 5 songs or something etc.) for everyone. people with loads of coins would be happy, people without coins have an extra goal.

That could work. I would also love it if coins could be spent on cosmetic features in-game, if for nothing else than to make my experience with the game unique. That would be a really cool feature

[www1221]

I'm 0-0 in Score Wars. The one time I received a challenge, it was for a song I didn't own and was unwilling to buy. The two times I sent out a challenge (a random song to a random person, which is all I can do), it was ignored and it expired with no coins rewarded. I'll send in a screen grab if this is not something that others have seen.

There is no screen that is like "Hey you won here is 750 coins". This was talked about on Twitter when Nord was getting bombed with challenges.

[Blasteroids]

or maybe find other ways to let people spend coins.

Well let's hope they do.

[CJHobbes]

From what I've seen so far, you will probably return to option 2 once enough Facebook people say they have too many coins and don't have anything to do with them.

I'd like to see them add aesthetic changes that you can spend coins on, like a different background, colored effects, etc. Something that's a topical money dump wouldn't be a bad idea, especially if it ends up people are swimming in coins a la Scrooge McDuck.

Side question: Are the devs capable of adding powerups in the future without a title update? Or is it safe to assume that what we have now is it? (until a hypothetical Blitz 2 or expansion of some sort)

Edit: Thanks for the ninja jibs and Riles.

[HMXMister_Game]

There is no screen that is like "Hey you won here is 750 coins". This was talked about on Twitter when Nord was getting bombed with challenges.

You should have an inbox message for each challenge that tells you what happened: won, lost, or declined.

[Meat-Popsicle]

There is no screen that is like "Hey you won here is 750 coins". This was talked about on Twitter when Nord was getting bombed with challenges.

I fully expected to win my first challenge by default, but I distinctly remember getting a message on Facebook stating that it had expired with zero coins awarded. I'll see if I can find it when I get home, or replicate it if my next challenge expires the same way.

[jibjqrkl]

seems to be working now, got 600 coins!

[CJHobbes]

Oh, and also wanted to add you guys and gals at Harmonix rock. Thanks for checking out the feedback and tweaking things a little for the community. Always nice to see that.

So, kudos!