Heroes and Merchants (EN)
We are planning some changes and an expansion of the game in an upcoming update. We would like to ask you a few questions about this.
Some of you may be aware that Heroes and Merchants is funded by revenue from watching voluntary promotional videos. In the past, there have always been problems with advertising providers, which subsequently led to massive loss of income and called into question the secure financing of the game. Since then we have thought long and hard about how we can secure the financing of the game, which we only run as a hobby. We have so far ruled out monetizing the game (P2W) or even installing mandatory advertising, and we don't want to take this step now either.
Heroes and Merchants should continue to be playable for free with all functions. Advertising should remain voluntary, and the rewards should still not be game-changing.
In order to secure the financing nevertheless, we have considered the following:
A "supporter" status will be introduced that will bring a few privileges that will be available for the purchased period (4 weeks).
Bronze Supporter: Friendship lists are introduced. You can add friends. Friends in the list are shown when they are online. You can challenge friends from the list (who are online) to a friendly duel. Friendly duels do not cost tickets, do not count towards ranking or events, and do not bring any rewards
Silver Supporter: In addition to the Bronze Supporter content, all advertisements of: Duel Reward, Adventure Reward, Revive Adventure, Daily Quest 3, Daily Quest 5, Tavern Quests, Tavern Reward will be skipped. You get the reward without watching a video. Timers persist.
Gold Supporter: In addition to the content of the Bronze and Silver Supporter, the login calendar reward, the copper box, the guild shop and the optics will also be switched to ad-free. The game is completely ad-free. Timers persist. In addition, the supporter receives a selection of additional free optics for his hero profile.
In the update, the adventure is to be updated and such
a) more visually appealing (new walls, floors and decorative elements)
and
b) be designed with changing builds and rooms.
Your opinion is important to us, so we ask you to fill out the questionnaire. Thanks very much!