Dom
But this like an absolute money grab in every facet.
What I'm going to write now will probably sound crazy, ridiculous and totally unrealistic, but try stepping into my fantasy world while reading:
What if running a game like this and at this scale needs servers, storage and network? What if the host of these servers is a b*st*rd who doesn't want to give that for free and sends Jack a monthly bill that he needs to pay with real money?
What if maintaining a game like this needs people? What if these people have families and all of those want to eat daily? What if they are very spoiled and also want to live in a house with heating and electricity and running water? What if they for some crazy reason don't get this all for free from someone and expect Jack to pay them a salary with real money to be able to pay for all this luxury?
What if keeping the game fixed in the previous state meant close to all maxed out players had no incentive whatsoever to spend any money to progress faster, because there was simply nothing new to progress through and the free money and tokens received every race covered more than enough?
What if this meant that the revenue was lower than the money needed to cover the costs to keep the game running and Jack was spending his own money to keep the game alive because he loves his "baby" and has still many dreams to expand it further?
What if introducing new levels and features gives maxed out players a path to progress through again and tempts several to spend some money on tokens to progress a bit faster?
What if this new injection of revenue ensures Jack can pay the bills again and everyone can keep playing the game without being forced to pay anything?
I know we live in a world where everything is free and the above seems truly far-fetched, but what if...?