[Declined] Spectrum Module placed into the Shop

[Paix 1]

This topic could be an open-and-shut case because of the fact that the Spectrum M-A, M-B, M-C is a reward and an extremely valuable module. However, maybe the Spectrum module could be added into the shop for different ranks...? 

 

For example, the different modules could start being available in the shop at the rank of Master Sergeant:

 

Ranks Master Sergeant to Warrant Officer 1-- Spectrum M-D (offers 10% protection)

Ranks Warrant Officer 2 to Third Lieutenant-- Spectrum M-E (offers 15% protection)

Ranks Second Lieutenant to Major-- Spectrum M-F (offers 20% protection)

Ranks Lieutenant Colonel to General-- Spectrum M-G (offers 25% protection)

Ranks Marshal to Legend-- Spectrum M-H (offers 30% protection)

And of course the Spectrum M-A, M-B, M-C will remain as a highly valuable reward with the original protections against all turrets.

 

With this being available only in the shop, the issue of price will occur. Since it is just in the shop, the players who do not buy will be put a disadvantage. This could be solved by making the specific Spectrum modules more expensive than anything else in the shop. Ex: Spectrum M-F could cost 50 USD with the price increasing each step of the module. This would lower the number of people that have this very powerful module because of the price. There should also be no micro-upgrading available for the Spectrum module and the percentages of protection will be lowered for each step (my numbers are just examples). When someone wishes to buy the next step of the module, the new module level will replace the current module that is in that particular person's garage. As I said before, this idea is completely ridiculous because of the fact of what the Spectrum module even is, but I hope it could be considered.

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Declined

 

I'm not declining this because I don't want others to have the special module I own, but instead because this would simply be too OP. I can confidently say that the 20% module given to helpers now is already rather OP, so it's definitely a worthy reward and I suppose it's fairly balanced, since not many players have it, they get it only for a month and they need to work hard to get that reward.

 

Adding an option to buy the module would be equivalent to selling power, i.e. turning the game into pay-to-win (even more than it already is that). 30% protection from ALL 12 (soon to be 13) turrets is extremely powerful and would guarantee victory to anyone who owns that module, unless there are others with the same module on the opposite. So yeah, the Spectrum modules are too OP to be sold for money. It would cause an outrage.

[Paix 1]

Ya, I kind of knew it was ridiculous idea, but I just thought I'd put it out there. My numbers were just examples, but even with lower numbers... I see how it could be way too OP.