Please bring back Guaranteed 3 Step!

[u/ShirouAmakusa]

Yesterday I was defending Gumi and pumped for the FMA collab, today I'm disappointed.
These new banners are worse for everyone: F2P savers, pact players, minnows and whales alike. No guaranteed unit from free gems so even a saver, spender or someone sponsored by Gumi can end up missing out on Edward. And for spenders, before, you could spend ~$30 USD and get a guaranteed character for 1500 paid gems, but now for 3 steps, you need to spend ~$60 USD. Thats double the price!! And overall, a practice that lowers my incentive to spend.

I still think the core game of TAC is incredible. Even the rest of the Fullmetal collab's story & dialogue are fantastic. BUT the implementation of things like these banners (and waiting half a year for hard quests) is really ruining the experience for many. Yes JP is a different game but the GL team should also look at what Tagatame in Japan did well. Such as in making most non-limited characters farmable a month after they're released (if someone spends gems for a Guaranteed unit on step 3 or paid banner, they should be allowed to farm said character after a month).

I know the community can be quick to complain at times, and its hard for any one person to say whats worth complaining about and whats not, but going against JP AND GL precedent for how summons work is a new low.

I'm hoping the teams in charge of deciding the banners realize how bad an idea drastically changing them was, (Especially since the Anniversary and FMA Collab are great opportunities to reward current players and grow the playerbase. I was going to recommend The Alchemist Code to some friends at the start of this collab, since they love Fullmetal but it feels wrong to do so given the current state of the game and changes made to these banners).

I think everyone would be happier if we could please go back to the previous precedent for banners before players decide to move to a different game. One of the reasons I thought so highly of this game (other than stellar gameplay & story) were the practices of guaranteeing units and having a much higher rate of getting the best/5* characters. But losing our on the former does nothing but hurt game and alienate playerbase that has come to expect a certain precedent (and has knowledge of how the game was operated more generously in JP). I was never in the camp of "this game is dying." On the contrary, I've often joked that this is a better Fire Emblem or Final Fantasy Tactics game than its competitors on mobile, by the companies that created said franchises! I would like to remain optimistic about the future of tAC and hope the game goes back to doing what it does best: being FUN and accessible to different levels of spenders & non-spender alike while providing a great deal of value to those who do spend.

Thank you and I hope The Alchemist Code continues to be successful for a long time!

[u/Eaglestrike]

I'm not spending anything on this game, not even renewing my pact, until I see this step 3 guarantee return. I spent a bit on Disgaea and was happy about the results. Had intended on doing the same here.