Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-9713390-20130915140630/@comment-11067648-20130918114557

After a bit more thinking about the economics of the game I actually think this new PVP event will be a big tempting drain on resource to do well - and by resource, I mean energon and BCs.

In a raid event, Mobage makes money through the Space Bridge and from people buying BCs and energon.

In a campaign event, Mobage makes money through the SB, buying energon and BCs, and buying chains.

Prescoper's excellent primer on how these events work in GI Joe clearly points to energon and BCs being in demand for this event. But then add in this fact that Mobage has already revealed on the blog: So this means no Space Bridge. Given it is not a campaign event, there's no need for chains either. So that points to only two sources of revenue - energon and BCs. Now I would speculate that Mobage probably makes at least half its revenue each ep via the SB.
 * No new cards will be available during the PVP Episode. You will be creating the best deck you can with your current cards.

Using that logic, taking it out means 50% revenue is gone. Can you see Mobage putting up with a 50% revenue drain for a whole week? Hell no. They will need to fill that gap and it all points to energon and BCs. Why else would they dangle the carrot of R6 cards in front of us now... if not to encourage a big spend up in this event to get the rank that you "need" to get a shot at an R6?

Unless, of course, there is something else they have planned to fill the gap. Maybe the SB will still operate but only with the old cards from the past three events available on the roulette wheel. That would fit with the "no new cards" statement.

But I don't think so. I think this one is going to be a resource hog to encourage purchase of BCs and energon.

Which brings me on to the point of this ramble. At the end of this you get a rank with a bonus. But you will need BCs and energon as well to get that coveted R6 in the next ep. So if you don't want to pay a lot for resources, should you really go all out for the rank bonus this ep... or just settle for a mid range rank, and keep resource to make a good fist of the raid event? After all, a few bucks in the SB in that event might snag you some raid cards that boost your deck power further than a rank could....?

Lots to think about if you're watching your spend and trying to plan resource usage in the next two weeks.