I'm trying to examine the idea critically here, so please don't take this personally. This is meant to analyze its viability.
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But what price would be put on the larger buildings? Already the Red Forest's stats for ch 18 (6900/6900) are better than the Giant Snail Palace (6x4, 2900/3200) which sells for 3000 diamonds. Basically, the exclusive building is half the price and nearly 1/3 the size of an already offered building with significantly better stats over time (it's upgradeable). If they're going to offer the chance to purchase old buildings, how much would they increase the diamond price of the Royal Prize Pass?
And it would probably be better business for them to push the building out to the second base or the 11th artifact (280-320 stardust) as that's more dedication to get it. But then, what would be the reason for paying diamonds for the Royal Prize Pass? The building is offered up front as basically
the reason to purchase it. In the first 10 artifacts, I'm given:
- 21,500 T3 in my ch 7 city
- five 30 min timers
- 3 CCs
- 1 pet food
- one 20 hour timer
- 1 blueprint
- five 5 hour timers
- 2 MM spells
- 1 Ferris Wheel Galore
To compare, I can produce 21,500 T3 in 18 hours (3831 every 3 hours w/ my 3 current manus; quicker when I level 2 of them up). This is the only variable in the offerings, and it might be worth it to later chapter players who need seeds - what with seed buildings being such a problem - to purchase the RPP if they're offered. But other than the blueprint and the FWG, I can make all of those things, win them in the Spire, or even get the MM spells as prizes for NH (and I do get MM spells that way). And I can win the blueprint - and the MM spells - in the Tourney, so it's really only the FWG.
If there weren't a building on offer at the outset, no one would purchase the RPP for the possible chance that they might perhaps get something good if they manage to get the good will of the RNG and end up with the bonus 100/150/200 event currency in chests so that they don't have to
also spend diamonds on event currency.
I'm not saying it's not a good idea to improve the RPP prizes. And it might even be a good idea to reintroduce some of the grand prize buildings from the previous events as part of the spread. But it can't be a replacement for that initial building or no one's going to purchase the RPP. Not with the other 'prizes'.
So then we're back to a price increase if they're offering the older grand prize buildings at the outset. Since this is the first time they've done the RPP (at least in Elvenar), they're going to be looking at whether/how well it sells before they think about making 'improvements'.
Would you be willing to pay 3000 diamonds for Rise of Phoenix? Comparatively, the Red Forest offers 6900/6900 at ch 18; the Rise of Phoenix offers 10900/27000 at ch 18 (numbers are pop/culture). Per square, we're looking at RF=767/767, RoP=545/1350. Would it be worth it to you to pay twice as much in diamonds for the building? Realistically it has to be understood that they are in business to make money so the result of asking for a building that's better than the Giant Snail Palace that already sells for 3000 diamonds when they're offering a better building for half price now is, logically, that they increase the cost of the RPP.
And if they aren't offering the older grand prize buildings at the outset, then they're offering them in addition to the initial building that sells the RPP for them. So, again, that necessitates a price increase on their end. Or setting it out at 500 stardust. And I don't know anyone who gets 500 event points without spending diamonds currently. Who knows, maybe they would consider that to be the additional cost and still offer the RPP at 1500 diamonds.