I wont buy HCO boosters at "retail" prices.

But I'm not going to boycott the regular clix either.

Wouldn't boycotting the one thing that's wrong get the point across better than boycotting it all?

I'm just sayin..

I agree with the overall sentiment, not surprised at the high MSRP but I will not buy digital products at the same price-point as the physical figs.

Likewise, monthly fees of any sort will likely drive me out of the HCO community.

I have not had a change to browse very thouroughly, but it appears WK/NECA/Icarus Studios intends to charge a fee to play in their sponsored tournaments. I can live with reasonably-priced pay-to-play, but not high prices for digital boosters and monthly fees.

Yeah, this pretty much sums up my thoughts exactly. Kind of glad I didn't have a home computer available to take advantage of the beta testing for them if this was the end result.

I am new to this game, but even I know they are charging way too much

Well they actually dropped the ball on the game itself.

They had 2 options:
1. Make the game as similar as possible to physical heroclix.
2. Make the game different.

Let's work backwards.

If the game had animations (I'm still surprised the figures slide)
If they removed the bases (why does my virtual thor need a clix base?)
If they added sound effects (when I smash ulik, I want to hear him moan)
If they added special effects (if I get a critical hit I want people to know about it)
If they streamlined the game (removing dice and having it auto calculate)
If they changed the rules so that they make sense (this was an opportunity for them to create new rules to a poorly ruled game. removing "actions", making things simple. Making someone in stealth actually ... stealthy)

But

Since they decided to mimic the table game:
This means that they cannot use the same pricing model as the game. Why? That's because it's a different market.
I would expect anyone who went to business school to know this.


I will give it to them though - they brainwashed most of their customers (and 99% of this site). They are selling a product in which you purchase before you know what it is. That's apple's style.

I paid for about $30 worth of clixbux. So far it has let me buy two boosters for the Pestilence tournament (10 figs ) and all of the leftover I used to buy a bunch of figs from auctions. You can get Common/Uncommon figs for 3-8 Clixbux and it goes up a bit for Rare. I have compiled almost half of the set for that amount now and have clixbux left for tournaments and such. I have no desire to be a completist online, which is what I think is what most people want.

I would pay a monthly fee to play ($10-12) if I was able to use ANY figure in existence. I would even pay a few bucks to "unlock" future sets.

OR

A lower monthly fee ($5-7) and I start with 6 sets (split between Modern and Golden Age) of my choosing, then pay a small fee ($5) to "unlock" other sets would be doable too. Tournaments that cost a few dollars, but would "unlock" a set or two for you should you win would be cool, too.

A system to purchase single figures (with a tier system, so that figures of the same "rarity" cost the same) would greatly enhance the experience. Purchasing figures in this fashion would cost you more in the long run, but if you only wanted a few figures from certain sets, you could do it.

What's in place NOW, though? No thanks. Of course, it's only the beta.

Boycotts are dumb. Just don't buy HCOnline if you think it is too expensive...that's just letting the free market send a message to WizKids.

Part of the problem is that WK has a license to make a miniatures game with DC and Marvel figures. They can't stray too far from these concepts since other compnaies hold licenses to make computer games with those very same characters.

This is a post I placed in another thread that I thought might be worth placing here..

Let me start by saying I agree that the price per booster is a "bit" too high, I've always maintained that. That said I have chosen to pay the current prices and you know what? I have so far payed about 115$ for about 2 bricks (about 20 boosters) of product. I have almost compleated my set of HoT and I have 1800CB left in my account which equals about 90$. So in short I've payed 25$ for 2 bricks and a whole lot of fun. How you ask? The sealed tournaments give a huge payout! I have won 2 and placed in 2. I've also sold figures in the auction house I have dbls of or that I didn't want to get more CB. So in short how is this too expencive? Evin without the tournament wins you can nearly match the price of a booster with Auction sales of the right figures. I see the higher cost of boosters as the pool that all this prize support comes from. I know many ppl are gonna say "but I can't win tournaments" . Well my reply to that is just play more and you'll get good enough to at least place. To get a good constructed team in this game all you need to invest is about 12$. 2$ for starter and 10$ for 200CB for auction house and tournaments. Prime figures like Asguardien Warrior and Valkyrie are going for about 40CB tops. If your good at this game....and I know many of you ppl who are complaining are "VERY" good at this game you can eaisly make back most of your investment to use for the next set. JUST PLAY AND HAVE FUN!!! Sheesh it's a game. You can choose to invest a few bucks and play ANYTIME you want or you can complain. It's your choice. By the way I know for a fact I'm not the only one who's made significant returns in CB for there investemnt just ask around online you'll be suprised.

I've yet to have any intention of ever playing HCO.

So I see no reason for me to boycot the companies physical products over what they do with a digital one.

Who are you and why do we care?

I love Clix. I'm not boycotting my favorite game because YOU don't like the prices. I tried HCO - didn't like it - won't play it. But there is no way I'm going to stop playing Real Heroclix because you or anyone else doesn't like the cost of Virtual Clix.

Seriously, you think the world revolves around you and your opinion and your pocket book to the point where the rest of us are supposed to give up our game FOR YOU?

You are either delusional or very bad at crafting sarcastic, not-to-be-taken seriously threads.

If you don't like the cost - then don't pay it.

Don't care much about HCO prices, so that's my "boycott". I care a lot about Heroclix real pieces, so it would be insane to let HCO prices affect my real interest. Just bought Captain America, intend to buy more of Superman.

Not sure what you mean by this statement. I know when I buy a booster of heroclix there will be heroclix in the box.

As far as boycotting NECA, nah.

I plan to not support HCO by not spending money on it. It is as simple as that. Even if they made it super cheap, it will still take away money I could have spent on more real Heroclix or at least a real video game (I need a 3DS).